Forgotten Cubs Opening Day starting pitchers since 1980

Terry Mulholland in 1997 Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Credit where credit is due — I adapted this article idea from this MLB.com article, which lists one “forgotten” Opening Day starting pitcher for each MLB team. You can read that article to find out who that is for the Cubs, but I’m going to include him here as well.

Though it hasn’t been officially announced yet, Kyle Hendricks will almost certainly be the Cubs’ Opening Day starter for the second straight season. But what about others with less acclaim in Cubs history?

Most of these men were Opening Day starting pitchers the year after a really bad season, or beginning a really bad season, which makes sense. Some of them were good…