Chicago Cubs rookie starting pitcher Shota Imanaga has been great to start the 2024 season. Prior to his last start, he'd yet to allow a run, and even after that start, he's still carrying a 3-0 record through four games. Over the last 35 years, there have been dozens of great pitchers for the Cubs, but there are three in particular that come to mind immediately: Greg Maddux, Mark Prior, and Jake Arrieta. For the purpose of this article, we're going to look at those three pitchers' best seasons for the Cubs and compare their first four games of those seasons to Imanaga's first four games of 2024.
1910 — The Cleveland Indians played their first game at League Park and lost to the Detroit Tigers 5-0, in front of 19,867. 1955 — The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 14-4 at Ebbets Field for their 10th consecutive victory from the start of the season — a major league record that lasted until 1981. 1957 — A power failure stops a major league game for the first time in history.
No | Player | P |
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25 | P | |
73 | P | |
P | ||
72 | P | |
54 | P | |
32 | P | |
28 | P | |
18 | P | |
45 | P | |
38 | P | |
49 | P | |
66 | P | |
51 | P | |
48 | P | |
11 | P | |
35 | P | |
50 | P | |
71 | P | |
19 | P | |
36 | P |
No | Player | P |
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9 | C | |
15 | C |
No | Player | P |
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29 | 1B | |
2 | 2B | |
1 | 3B | |
22 | 1B | |
5 | 3B | |
7 | SS |
No | Player | P |
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24 | CF | |
4 | LF | |
52 | CF | |
8 | LF | |
27 | RF | |
40 | RF | |
16 | RF |