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 1Umpires: 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 |
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| Balk | No-Hitter |