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And, of course, Mr. Cub Ernie Banks lands on top of the list.
The Sun-Times’ initial ranking of the top 50 players in Cubs history in 2010 was notable for one particularly ignominious distinction: There were more players from the 1969 team that spectacularly collapsed in September and failed to make the playoffs (seven) than players from the 1907-08 teams that had won the Cubs’ only World Series in the modern era (six).
In fact, four of the top seven players on that initial list were ’69 Cubs: Ernie Banks (No.