In the top of the seventh inning of Friday’s Cubs win over the Twins, Billy Hamilton replaced Kyle Schwarber in the lineup. Hamilton played center field, with Cameron Maybin moving to left.
This gave the Cubs an all-Black outfield of Maybin, Hamilton and Jason Heyward for two innings until David Ross sent Ildemaro Vargas up to bat for Hamilton in the bottom of the eighth.
The Cubs haven’t had many Black outfielders in recent years. Before Friday, the last time the Cubs had an all-Black outfield was June 24, 2006, when Juan Pierre, Jacque Jones and Freddie Bynum were the starting outfield.