Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: 1990s edition

Here we have a nice view of the iconic Wrigley Field scoreboard, with the simple (non-digital) message board below it, a board that existed from 1982 until the Ricketts family bought the team in 2009. This photo was sent to me by BCB reader Cary Noren — and again, a reminder, if you have any Cubs/Wrigley photos you want me to sleuth, send ‘em along!

My first instinct was that this was in the later parts of that era with the “46” as the Cubs starting pitcher, which would be Ryan Dempster. Dempster started eight games against the Pirates at Wrigley Field during his Cubs career. But none of those eight games match the innings we see on the board.

So, I had to look at some other pitchers.

There…