Thursday, March 17, 2022

The Patricks on the 17th

 There have been just eight "Patricks" that have played for the Cubs since 1900.  That comes to just one every fifteen seasons.  I thought that there would have been more.  I have at least one card of each in my collection with the exception of Pat Ragan, who played in just two games for the 1909 Cubs.  For him, I borrowed a picture of one of his cards with the Braves.


Pat Moran, 1906-1909


Pat Ragan, 1909


Pat Malone, 1928 - 1934


Pat Bourque, 1971 - 1973


Pat Tabler, 1981-1982


Pat Perry, 1988-1989


Pat Mahomes, 2002


Patrick Wisdom, 2021

7 comments:

  1. Nice data-dig. Eight is a surprisingly low number considering Patrick is a relatively common name. Do you happen to know what the most common Cubs first name is? Off the top of my head, I'd guess Thomas/Tom/Tommy or Michael/Mike.

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    1. I used the complete listing of Cubs players on Wikipedia.
      #1 is Bill with 55. Add in 17 for Billy and 3 Williams and it is also the largest combo at 75 players.
      Next single name was 49 for Bob and 48 for Jim
      Bob/Bobby/Robert has 67. (49/16/2)
      Jim/Jimmy/Jimmie/James has 66 (48/13/3/2)
      Tom/Timmy/Thomas = 42 (30/11/1)
      Mike/Michael = 53 (48/5)

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    2. Interesting stuff, thanks.

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  2. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Nice theme for today's post, very cool. Were there any Cubs players with the last name Green (or a variation of Green)?

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  3. Danny Green, OF, 1898–1901
    Adam Greenberg, OF, 2005
    Willie Greene, 3B, 2000

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  4. Hey, two of those four played for the Mets, too. (Mahomes and Tabler) We've also had Pat Zachary and Patrick Misch, at least.

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  5. Pat Borque was traded for Gonzalo Marquez....and they have the same rookie card. Pat Perry went to a school less than 70 miles from me. I interviewed to teach physics at his high school of Taylorville, IL and chose another school to teach, although it was under consideration.

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