It doesn’t get much better than a 4-0 week. That’s what we had for you in our last installment of Historical Heroes and Goats. The 1989 Cubs played four games and won them all during the second week of the season. Mitch Williams achieved what is, I’d imagine, a rare feat in saving every game played by a team in a single week. Certainly, a number of relievers have accomplished four or more games in a single calendar week, but having them be all of the games played? That’s unusual.
Those four wins added on top of four wins and two losses the first week gave the Cubs eight wins in their first 10 games.