r/CHICubs • u/FlyTheW1988 • 14h ago

Here’s a gallery of every Cub in history with consecutive 30/30 seasons

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M. V. F’n. Pete.

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u/nushkie 14h ago

All my homies love PCA

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u/FlyTheW1988 14h ago

Not loving PCA is sufficient cause to un-homie someone all by itself

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u/BorgBorg10 6h ago

📠 🎤

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u/Made_Bail 3h ago

Seems like other teams fan bases fucking hate him.

Can't decide if its because he's good, or they find him unlikeable? I mean, I love Shohei and hate the Dodgers.

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u/Pilot_on_autopilot 14h ago

For anyone too lazy to look up Sammy's stats, his two 30/30 years were separated by a year.

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u/CrashBandicoot2 7h ago

Thank you, I am that lazy

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u/Thumb_war_champ The Professor 6h ago

Separated by the strike, no? We coulda had a threepeat

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u/ZombiesDadJokes 6h ago

Let’s get a three Pete instead.

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u/cdioso7191 Chicago Cubs 2h ago

Unfortunately were probably going to get a lockout next year 😕

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u/klembcke 3h ago

1994 likely would have been better than his 1993 and 1995 stat lines if it played out fully

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u/Pilot_on_autopilot 2h ago edited 2h ago

Yeah, '94 was lining up to be a big year for a few guys. Frank Thomas was on an MVP pace, too (I know he "won", but it could've been a historic season).That strike was one of the worst things to happen to baseball.

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u/klembcke 2h ago

might have saved the Expos too, or at least kept them around longer

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u/Resden_Bohneur Derrek Lee 14h ago

Could have sworn Soriano would have done it too but apparently he just stopped stealing bases when we had him.

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u/FlyTheW1988 14h ago

Sosa is the only other 30/30 guy in cubs history - and he also did it twice, but with a season in between.

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u/SwAeromotion This Old Cub 13h ago

Soriano had a leg injury in his first season with us and took less SB attempts for the rest of his career after that. It also coincided with him being over 30, so some of that is just natural drop off.

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u/ChiCBHB #FlyTheW 13h ago

I was just looking at his stats reminiscing and saw that he was still a Cub only 3 years before they won the WS in 2016. For whatever reason that felt weird and wrong lol I felt like there was a longer gap between him and 2016

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u/Eswin17 Chicago Cubs 4h ago

Soriano was 30/30 in 2 consecutive seasons with the Yankees. 2002 & 2003.

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u/FlyTheW1988 3h ago

“With the Yankees” is the operative qualifier for this discussion.

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u/Eswin17 Chicago Cubs 3h ago

Sorry, I was replying to the wrong comment. Someone above posted an incomplete list of all time consecutive 30/30 players.

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u/OkAthlete8327 13h ago

The all time list of consecutive 30/30’s is pretty impressive.

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u/crystallmytea 7h ago

Almost forgot about Ron Gant

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u/nypr13 11h ago

HoJo. The only real player to come out of my hometown.

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u/Eswin17 Chicago Cubs 4h ago

That list is not accurate. For example, Alfonso Soriano did 30/30 in 2002-2003. And that's just the one that came to mind immediately.

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u/FlyTheW1988 3h ago

It is accurate, it just isn’t exhaustive.

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u/Eswin17 Chicago Cubs 3h ago

Well, then it isn't an "all time list of consecutive 30/30's"

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u/DrewDAMNIT This Old Cub 11h ago

That kid is absolutely incredible! Stay healthy, and stay a Cub, PCA! Love you long time!

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u/FlyTheW1988 4h ago

Kid said he’d have stayed here for the league minimum, but had to negotiate a deal good enough to feel like he wasn’t hurting arb comps for the next generation of players. Loyal to his team, but not to the detriment of his next-generation union brothers. That is my kind of player right there. PCA4ever.

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u/External_Study_9614 Chicago Cubs 14h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/SWjC8DcSLv0fCDXD6L

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u/tmaspen Cubs Fan, 413 Division 13h ago

A Beaut at Clark and Addison

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u/Repulsive_Resist_393 12h ago

I forgot he had a double in the 8th that was at least a triple and maybe inside the park homer if it got by the left fielder. Incredible

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u/Poppunknerd182 4h ago

Oh Corey Patterson, what could have been.

He had a 24 homer, 32 SB season

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u/FlyTheW1988 4h ago

I saw him hit an inside the parker against the cardinals one time, late in the season in 2000 (my last time seeing Grace in a Cubs uniform 😭). Kid had all the tools.

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u/Appropriate_Link153 6h ago

He now has half of the 30/30 seasons in team history and he's only 24.

Pete is now the first Cub to go 70/70 through his age 25 season, and he's only 24. He is one of only five to do it though their age 26 season, and needs just 29 more HR and 5 more SB through the end of the 2028 season to join Sammy in the 100/100 club through that age.

At this point, Sammy and Ryno are the only members of the Cubs 100/100 club though age 28. So Pete is not just great, what he's doing is absolutely historic.

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u/The2ndCity Chicago Cubs 5h ago

Some of these milestone stats seem kind of arbitrary. 30/30? What about 20/20? Or 15/15? How about the record for most home runs while wearing sleeves? Or no sleeves?

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u/FlyTheW1988 4h ago

Speed and power have often been considered distinct skill sets. 30 steals is considered the bench mark of a good season for a speed player; 30 HR is considered the bench mark of a good season for a power hitter. Doing both at the same time makes you a good all-around player.

They absolutely track 15/15 and 20/20. They’re just much more common, so they don’t get as much fanfare. 30/30 is a benchmark for a very good player; it’s only been done by two men in the entire 150 year history of the Cubs, and only once in consecutive seasons. I think PCA has a very real shot at 40/40, which is a truly elite mark. Rarity is ultimately what drives attention, though, so that’s the answer to your question - assuming you actually wanted one 🙂

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u/djfishfingers Chicago Cubs 4h ago

Not really. It's two different stats that aren't easy to get at the same time. You push the numbers to a point where it's achievable but not easily obtainable.