Five Random Cubs Cards

  I've got 19,681 Cubs cards from 297 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.

1900s - 1970s: 1962 Post #190 Don Elston  Elson halved his ERA in 1962, dropping it from 5.61 to a team-best 2.45.  Ironically, his record was 4-8.  He didn't allow many runs, but when he did, it was at the worst time.

1980s: 1981 Donruss #587 Doug Capilla  You don't see shots like this any more - a Cubs pitcher posing in the outfield in front of the ivy.

1990s: 1999 Bowman #64 Mark Grace  What a very plain looking design.  His name is on the bottom but didn't scan very well.

2000s: 2008 Topps Traded #214 Carlos Zambrano He worked the third and fourth innings in the 2008 All Star game.  He faced the first six batters in the AL lineup and retired them all, sort of.  The last batter in the fourth inning, Milton Bradley, reached base on an error.  Zambrano then picked him off.  

2010s: 2011  Attax #198 Tyler Colvin  I don't know what those Attax number mean, but Colvin's real numbers in 2011 were horrendous.  He had just 31 hits in 206 at-bats, a .150 average.