Wrigley Field
aka Weeghman Park; Cubs Park; Whales Park; North Side Ball Park

1914 - Present

Chicago, IL
Historic Aerials
What Was There

Team Years Games
Cubs
(1916 - 2025)
8639
Whales
(1914 - 1915)
155
First Game
4/23/1914: Chicago Whales 9, Kansas City Packers 1
Umpires: HP - Bill Brennan, 1B - Barry McCormick, 2B - (none), 3B - (none)
Managers: Joe Tinker (CHW), George Stovall (KCP)
Starting Pitchers: Claude Hendrix (CHW), Chief Johnson (KCF)
First Pitch: Chicago Corporation Counsel Sexton
Attendance: 21,000
Time of Game: 1:55
Trivia
  • Kansas City Packers pitcher Chief Johnson was served with legal papers in the second inning, enjoining him from pitching for Kansas City for the rest of the opener.
  • John Potts, who recorded the first hit at then-Weeghman Park, had only 27 career hits, the fewest for a player who recorded the first hit at an active park.
  • Chicago Whales catcher Art Wilson hit the first two home runs at the park in his first two at-bats and the second one cleared the left field wall by 150 feet and hit a house.
  • The first no-hitter thrown at Wrigley Field was a double no-hitter for nine innings between Cincinnati's Fred Toney and Chicago's Hippo Vaughn before the Reds recorded the first hit in the 10th inning
  • The first grand slam was hit by Rollie Zeider, who hit only five home runs in his nine-year career, and was the only homer he hit over the fence on the fly (the other four were either inside-the-park homers or bounced, which counted as homers at the time).


Batting Event First
First Batter Chet Chadbourne (KCF) groundout: 2B-1B
Hit John Potts (KCF) single to CF vs. Claude Hendrix (1st inning) - Single to CF (1st)
Run Scored Dutch Zwilling (CHW) on Jack Farrell single to LF vs. George Johnson (2nd inning)
Run Batted In Jack Farrell (CHW) single to LF scored Dutch Zwilling vs. George Johnson (2nd inning)
Single John Potts (KCP) to CF vs. Claude Hendrix (1st inning)
Double Rollie Zeider (CHW) to LF vs. George Johnson (1st inning)
Triple Rollie Zeider (CHW) to CF vs. Ben Harris (KCP) on 4/25/1914 (1st inning, Game No. 2)
Home Run Art Wilson (CHW) to LF vs. George Johnson (2nd inning)
Grand Slam Rollie Zeider (CHW) to RF vs. Harry Moran (BUF) on 5/6/1914: 1B-Austin Walsh, 2B-Max Flack, 3B-Claude Hendrix (4th inning, Game No. 12)
IPHR Max Flack (CHW) to RCF vs. Gene Packard on 7/11/1915 (3rd inning, Game No. 111)
Stolen Base Ted Easterly, HP and Chet Chadbourne, 2B (KCP) on double steal vs. Ad Brennan/Art Wilson (2nd inning)
Sacrifice Hit Jack Farrell (CHW) bunted Al Wickland to 2B vs. Ben Harris on 4/25/1914 (6th inning, Game No. 2)
Sacrifice Fly Art Wilson (CHW) to RF scored Al Wickland vs. Pete Henning on 4/26/1914 (4th inning, Game No. 3)
Cycle Hack Wilson (CHN): 6/23/1930 vs. PHI (HR in 1st, 1B in 4th, 3B in 6th, 2B in 8th) (Game No. 1,262)
Pitching Event First
Win Claude Hendrix (CHW): 9 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 0 HBP, 33 BF, 16 GB, 6 FB, 1 LD, 0 PU, 5 Unk, 73 GSc
Loss George Johnson (KCF): 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 0 HBP, 10 BF, 4 GB, 0 FB, 0 LD, 0 PU, 4 Unk, 36 GSc
Strikeout Claude Hendrix (CHW) struck out George Stovall (1st inning)
Shutout Mike Prendergast/Doc Watson (CHW) on 5/4/1914 vs. BUF (Game No. 10)
Shutout, SP Prendergast: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 21 BF, 8 GB, 4 FB, 0 LD, 0 PU, 4 Unk, 69 GSc
Shutout, RP Watson: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 10 BF, 1 GB, 5 FB, 1 LD, 0 PU, 2 Unk, 0 IR, 0 IS
Shutout, RP
Shutout, RP
Save Doc Watson (CHW) vs. BUF on 5/4/1914: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 10 BF (Game No. 10)
Hit by Pitch Pete Henning (KCP) hit Max Flack (CHW) on 4/26/1914 (1st inning, Game No. 3)
Wild Pitch Dwight Stone (KCP) sent Rollie Zeider to 3B with Joe Tinker at bat (6th inning)
Balk Doc Watson (CHW) sent Rollie Zeider (SLT) to 2B with Dutch Zwilling at bat on 10/1/1914 (5th inning, Game No. 71)
No-Hitter Fred Toney (CIN) vs. CHN on 5/2/1917: 10 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 32 BF, 93 GSc (Game No. 242)
No-Hitter, SP
No-Hitter, RP
No-Hitter, RP
Last Game

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Last Batter
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Run Scored
Run Batted In
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Double
Triple
Home Run
Grand Slam
IPHR
Stolen Base
Sacrifice Hit
Sacrifice Fly
Cycle
Pitching Event Last
Win
Loss
Strikeout
Shutout
Save
Hit by Pitch
Wild Pitch
Balk
No-Hitter