Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 21,804 Cubs cards from 317 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.

1900s - 1970s: 1957 Topps #55 Ernie Banks Two weeks in a row that the RNG starts us off with Ernie Banks!  The 1957 set is the last one in which you'll see Cubs players wearing a hat with the wishbone C.  They switched to the rounded C in 1957 and those started showing up in the '57 set's late series cards.

1980s: 1985 Circle K #18 Billy Williams  And we follow up Mr. Cub with Billy Williams!  The RNG is on quite a roll.

1990s: 1990 Donruss #647 Scott Sanderson Sanderson was not on the 1990 Cubs. became a free agent after the 1989 season and was signed by the A's.  He had a decent 1990 season for them, going 17-11.

2000s: 2006 Upper Deck #998 Jae Kuk Ryu Its only in a set with 1250 cards that you'll find one for Jae Kuk Ryu.

2010s: 2017 Silver Packs #ARU Addison Russell I never imagined when I got this card in 2017 that Russell would be gone from the team in two years.  Right now he's playing in the Mexican League.