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Pete Crow-Armstrong Reaches 30–30, First Cub to Do It Since Sosa

His milestone lands in a season that features a record six 30–30 players across MLB.

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Overview

  • The 23-year-old sealed the feat by hitting his 30th home run against the Cardinals on Sept. 26, pairing it with at least 35 steals.
  • He is just the third player in Cubs history to log a 30–30 season, following Sammy Sosa’s 1993 and 1995 campaigns.
  • Crow-Armstrong became the sixth MLB player to go 30–30 this year, joining Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor, Corbin Carroll, Jazz Chisholm Jr., and José Ramírez.
  • He also notched at least 30 doubles, making him the first Cub with 30 homers, 30 doubles and 30 steals in a single season.
  • He entered Friday at .244/.284/.472 (114 OPS+) with 5.6 Baseball-Reference WAR and a second-half line of .207/.253/.341, while Chicago sat 89–70 holding the NL’s top wild card as Milwaukee clinched the division.