As the Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant, wears the number 17 jersey today. Bryant already has made a name for himself, winning the 2015 Rookie of the Year Award. He also helped the Chicago Cubs to the World Series in his 2016 National League MVP campaign. But as history would tell, Bryant wasn’t the first to wear number 17. Cubs legend and probably the famous first baseman in Cubs history was Mark Grace, who spent nearly all of his career in the Windy City.
On June 3, 1985, Grace was drafted by the Cubs in the 24th round of the 1985 amateur draft.