Overview

• Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson each memorialized Sandberg’s leadership and inspiration to fans.
• Cubs president Tom Ricketts and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred praised Sandberg’s defensive excellence and unwavering integrity.
• Over 16 seasons, Sandberg hit 282 home runs, earned 10 All-Star selections, won nine Gold Gloves, seven Silver Sluggers and was named 1984 National League MVP.
• Sandberg was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005 and had his number retired alongside a statue unveiling at Wrigley Field in 2024.
• Sandberg’s public announcement of metastatic prostate cancer in 2023 and his brief remission a year later drew attention to the disease among male athletes and fans.