Cubs through history: June 16, 1884. The first roller coaster in America opens on Coney Island. The Cubs (known then as the White Stockings) are in Buffalo losing to the Bisons 20-9. Ned Williamson sets the single-season homer record that year with 27. Babe Ruth breaks it 1919...his last year with the Red Sox. Ned was long dead by then. He passes away in 1894 at the age of 36.
