A Cubs-centric look at baseball’s past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow along as we view selected moments gleaned from the rich pageant of Major League Baseball history.
Today in baseball history:
- 1896 - Phillies outfielder Ed Delahanty hits four home runs in one game in a 9-8 loss to the hometown Colts. All of the future Hall-of-Famer’s quartet of round-trippers at Chicago’s West Side Grounds are of the inside-the-park variety. (1)
There’s no box score.