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 |
|---|---|---|
| (1916 - 2023)
|
8479
|
|
| (1914 - 1915)
|
155
|
First Game
4/23/1914: Chicago Whales (9) vs. Kansas City Packers (1)Umpires:
Managers:
Starting Pitchers: Claude Hendrix (CHF) vs Chief Johnson (KCF)
First Pitch:
Attendance: 21,000
Time of Game:
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. 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) |
| Hit | John Potts (KCF) - Singled |
| Run Scored | Dutch Zwilling (CHF) |
| Run Batted In | Jack Farrell (CHF) |
| Single | |
| Double | |
| Triple | |
| Home Run | Art Wilson (CHF) vs. Chief Johnson (KCF) on 4/23/1914 (2nd inning) |
| Grand Slam | Rollie Zeider (CHF) vs. Harry Moran (BUF) on 5/6/1914 (4th inning) |
| IPHR | Max Flack (CHF) vs. Gene Packard (KCF) on 7/11/1915 (3rd inning) |
| Stolen Base | |
| Sacrifice Hit | |
| Sacrifice Fly | |
| Cycle | |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | Claude Hendrix (CHF) |
| Loss | Chief Johnson (KCF) |
| Strikeout | |
| Shutout | |
| Shutout, SP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Save | |
| Hit by Pitch | |
| Wild Pitch | |
| Balk | |
| No-Hitter | Fred Toney (CIN) vs. Cubs on 5/2/1917 |
| Batting Event | Last |
|---|---|
| Last Batter | |
| Hit | - |
| Run Scored | |
| Run Batted In | |
| Single | |
| 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 |
