With a full year of baseball on tap after last year’s troubles due to a combination of the corona virus and needless labor squabbles, I thought it would be interesting to look at the all time leaders in both offensive and defensive categories for each month in games that I have attended.
Thanks to the recent collective bargaining agreement adding more off days during the regular season, opening day has been moving earlier into March over the past couple of seasons. Despite that, I have only attended 2 March games coming in to this year, with both of them coming on the 31st, in 2003 and 2014.
Home Runs
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Alejandro de Aza | 2 |
| Corey Patterson | 2 |
Hits
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Corey Patterson | 4 |
| Mark Grudzielanek | 3 |
| 11 tied with | 2 |
Runs
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Sammy Sosa | 3 |
| Hee Seop Choi | 3 |
| 5 tied with | 2 |
RBI
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Corey Patterson | 7 |
| Mark Bellhorn | 4 |
| Alejandro de Aza | 3 |
| Kurt Suzuki | 3 |
Doubles
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Jeromy Burnitz | 2 |
| 8 tied with | 1 |
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The Cubs prepare to make their third straight NLCS appearance tonight in Los Angeles, in a rematch of last year’s battle against the Dodgers, which the Cubs won in 6 games. Let’s look at the offensive leaders in the now 9 LCS games I’ve attended, games 1, 6, and 7 of the 2003 NLCS, games 1 and 2 of the 2005 ALCS, games 3 and 4 of the 2015 NLCS, and games 1 and 6 of the 2016 NLCS.