At the same time for the Cubs, Pete Crow-Armstrong joined the 40-40 club, with 45 home runs and 40 stolen bases in the same season. Before him, no Cubs player had ever hit those milestones in the same campaign, and according to Major League Baseball, Crow-Armstrong is just the seventh player in league history to achieve that feat.
Chicago baseball history was made as both the Cubs and White Sox clinched playoff spots within minutes of each other Thursday.
It marks the first time the two teams have ever clinched on the same day.
It’s also only the third time the two teams have reached the playoffs in a full season, joining the 1906 and 2008 in that category.
The teams faced off in the 1906 World Series, with the White Sox beating the Cubs in six games. It took 102 years for both teams to reach the playoffs in the same year again, but both clubs lost in the Division Series, with the Tampa Bay Rays taking out the White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers dispatching the Cubs.
Both teams did reach the playoffs in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, but both lost during the Wild Card Round that year.
Thursday’s history doesn’t stop there.
The White Sox also became the first team to ever do so after consecutive 100-loss seasons.
