Today is a numerologist's wet dream...9/9/09. Seems like a good day to take a look at some of the Cubs that have worn the number 9. As it turns out, there have been quite a few big names...
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For the first few months of 1932, future Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby wore the #9.
He was fired amidst a player revolt and an investigation into his gambling. After Hornsby left the team that year, Mark Koenig took the #9.
The way his Cubs teammates treated Koenig may have provided the bad karma that lost the 1932 World Series.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaM_EAnlUXlM4UXtlW2FMaseuczUWGLlgYtojc-rH-qjoPUIsFNuYsHZWtsll6xRfx3ji90DgZX_2gFhD9m7VMeMILoKYHJ267IXkHdJCgn3YGicxOy3ZnlPuXs_Mbf1jRhYA0jQ/s200/Gabby+Hartnett+1933.jpg)
In 1933 another Hall of Famer,
Gabby Hartnett,took over the #9. He wore that number for the next four seasons, including the 1935 World Series.
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In the early 50s (1950-1955) Hank Sauer wore #9. All he did with that number was win the MVP award in 1952.
He also once hit 3 home runs in one game.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0SvkelDaAF8IniEkmL_EatjmsJl-ubRjFj3l0v1dM5yY2yvE1QN1CTgVYnCgHJxW_FwRkMqhhxjCD8WK2UZUANCk6lCu3hph7UXdd3j_2o2JwbEesMMrE5eORVUeysmAcIcu-g/s200/The+Flying+Scot+Bobby+Thomson.jpg)
In the late 50s (58-59), the number 9 was worn by the man who hit the most famous home run in history (the shot heard round the world) a few years earlier for the New York Giants. His nickname was
"The Flying Scot."![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6Cm8Sc3CZTuQA2k9Wukta-UZigtcR9tA4wo9kKbv74zCZsDU-Bbq4COAU9r80zHzCRUhaS9PHSkT5XFB1YrvSmzo59a8feoMPYoZ1SEifDB2akRsnXY39LmQm78hrU-M8h3hkQ/s200/Randy+Hundley.jpg)
In the late 1960s the heart and soul of the Hey Hey Holy Mackeral Cubs, Randy Hundley, wore #9. In 1968, Hundley caught a ridiculous 160 games. (His son Todd later wore the same number in 2001-2002, but we don't talk about that.)
Those guys are obviously the best players to wear number 9, but there have been many others, including Frank Demaree (1937-38), Hank Leiber (1939-41), Chico Hernandez (1942), Clyde McCullough (1945-48), Mickey Owen (1949), Rube Novotney (1949), Bob Lennon (1957), Gordon Massa (1957), Del Rice (1960), Jim Hegan (1960), Cuno Barragan (1961-63), Steve Swisher (1974-77), Joe Wallis (1978), Tim Blackwell (1978-81), Butch Benton (1982), Larry Cox (1982), Fred Koenig (1983), Johnny Oates (1984-87), Damon Berryhill (1988-91), Matt Walbeck (1993), Scott Servais (1995-98), Benito Santiago (1999), Damon Buford (2000-01), Paul Bako (2003-04), Henry Blanco (2005), Jody Gerut (2005), Scott McClain (2005), Juan Pierre (2006), Jake Fox (2007), Reed Johnson (2008-09)