Cubs Opening Days Notes

Most Opening Day Starts in a Cub uniform (position players):

1. Ron Santo/Ryne Sandberg, 13
3. Sosa/Grace, 12
5. Dunston

Most Cub Opening Day Starts (pitchers)
1. Jenkins, 7
2. Sutcliffe, 5
3. Jackson/Reuschel/Zambrano,4

Big Z will tie Sutcliffe for second all time when he makes his 5th Opening Day start for the Cubs tomorrow.

Projected Lineup tomorrow, amount of Opening Day starts for the Cubs:

C- Geovany Soto, 2nd Opening Day start for the Cubs
1B- Derrek Lee, 6th
2B- Mike Fontenot, 1st
SS- Theriot, 2nd
3B- Ramirez, 6th
LF- Soriano, 3rd (1 in LF, second in CF)
CF- Kosuke, 2nd (first was in RF)
RF- Bradley, 1st

Last 10 Cub Opening Days:
2008: MIL 4, Cubs 3
'07: CIN 5, Cubs 1
'06: Cubs 16, CIN 7
'05: Cubs 16, ARI 6
'04: Cubs 7, CIN 4
'03: Cubs 15, NYM 2
'02: CIN 5, Cubs 4
'01: MON 5, Cubs 4
'00: Cubs 5, NYM 3
1999: HOU 4, Cubs 2

Cubs VS Astros Opening Day Matchups:
1999: Loss 4-2
1962: Loss 11-2

More Opening Day Notes

• Cubs All Time Opening Day record: 73-58-2
• Zambrano has yet to get a Win in 4 Opening Days. He has 3 no decisions and a loss.
• The most runs the Cubs have allowed on an Opening Day is 12 (1994).
• The Cubs have played 2 extra inning Opening Day games in the last 8 years.
• The longest extra-inning game in Cubs history went 13 innings in 1988 against the Braves.
• The latest Cubs Opening Day was 1877, when they did not start the season until May 8.
• The earliest Opening Day game was March 29, 2000 against the Mets in Japan.

Carlos Zambrano VS Roy Oswalt at Minute Maid park in Houston tomorrow at 6:05 PM CT on ESPN, CSN Chicago, and WGN Radio. I'll be muting the TV and listening to Pat and Ron's call of the game!

I can't wait!

And....

"I don't care who wins as long as it's the Cubs!"