Five Random Cubs Cards

 I've got 21,847 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: 1969 Topps #43 Joe Niekro The righty pitched in just four games for the 1969 Cubs before being traded to the Padres.

1980s: 1989 Score #223 Rich Gossage  The Cubs released Gossage just before the start of the 1989 season.  They were still on the hook for his $1.25 million salary.  

1990s: 1991 O-Pee-Chee #135 Jerome Walton It seems odd to me that OPC left the Topps logo on the cards in 1991.

2000s: 2003 Elite #2 Mark Prior I bought this card for my rule-following relic collection.  I wish that the pinstripe was placed vertically when the card was made.

2010s: 2012 Bricks and Ivy Geovany Soto The Cubs went the artistic route with this design, having a black and white photo with just a limited amount of blue and red.