Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 15,069 Cubs cards from 122 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.

1900s - 1970s: 1972 Topps #512 Paul Popovich  He was one of my favorite Cubs as a kid, not because he was any good, but because we share the same first name.  He missed some time during the 1972 season because of an ulcer flare-up.  His average for the season was .194.  That's the kind of average that will give a player an ulcer.

1980s: 1980 TCMA Baseball Immortals #17 Cap Ansonb   The 1939 flag on the card refers to the year that Anson was inducted into the Hall of Fame.  That was just the fourth class, so he went in pretty early on.

1990s: 1993 Bowman #648 Jeff Hartsock  This is the second week in a row that the RNG has given us an unknown from the Bowman set.  Hartsock pitched four innings for the Cubs in 1992.  He gave up seven runs in nine innings.  He never returned to the big leagues.

2000s: 2006 Heritage #239 Kerry Wood  The 2006 campaign was another lost season for the oft-injured Wood.  He pitched in just four games.  Those four were the final starts of his career.  He moved to the bullpen for the remainder of his appearances.

2010s: 2015 Topps Factory Team Set #CHC3 Starlin Castro  The card is only two years old but it seems like Castro has been gone a lot longer than that.