Last Cub Lefty to win 10 games?

[Z38Cubs]

Ted Lilly won his 10th game of the season today. Without looking it up, can anyone name the last Cub left hander to win 10 games in a season?

[Alfonso Soriano]

Greg Hibbard?

[NCCubFan]

Greg Hibbard?

Yep; 1993, I believe.

[Alfonso Soriano]

Greg Hibbard?

Yep; 1993, I believe.

Really? That was a wild guess.

Horray for paying some attention to that team.

[NCCubFan]

He was 15-11 that year, his only year as a Cub. He was one of the pitchers that Larry Himes thought could collectively replace Greg Maddux. (I looked it up on Baseball Reference after answering and confirmed it was 1993.)

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

He was 15-11 that year, his only year as a Cub. He was one of the pitchers that Larry Himes thought could collectively replace Greg Maddux. (I looked it up on Baseball Reference after answering and confirmed it was 1993.)

 

I haven't heard his name in a long time. He lived a few blocks from my parents' house.

[BigbadB]

Didn't exactly "earn" that 10th win, but hey, who cares?

[Banedon]

Didn't exactly "earn" that 10th win, but hey, who cares?

 

It proably makes up for a game where he pitched good and got no run support somewhere along the line.

[Magnetic Curses]

greg hibbard initially came to my mind. don't know why we didn't sign him longer.

[cuubs4life]

I was going to guess Terry Moholand in 98'

[Banedon]

I was going to guess Terry Moholand in 98'

 

He pitched too much out of the bullpen. He was 6-5.

[Derwood]

Didn't exactly "earn" that 10th win, but hey, who cares?

 

he only gave up 2 or 3 earned in 5 innings, what's wrong with that?

[BigbadB]

Yeah, I guess his outing wasn't as bad as I originally thought. I was only half watching the game yesterday.

[Derwood]

i had no doubt that Lilly could win 10 games this year, just didn't know it would be this early in the season.

[NCCubFan]

greg hibbard initially came to my mind. don't know why we didn't sign him longer.

He was never signed by the Cubs in the first place; he was traded to the Cubs by Florida for Gary Scott and Alex Arias (after Florida took him from the White Sox in the expansion draft). He was a free agent after 1993 and signed with Seattle; I don't remember whether the Cubs tried to re-sign him or not. As it turns out not re-signing him was the right move. He was 1-5 with a 6.69 ERA with Seattle in 1994 and never pitched again after that (I'm almost certain he suffered some kind of arm-related injury and was never able to recover).

[The Ghost of Dave Rosello]

I was going to guess Steve Trout

[cjbucks]

I was going to guess Steve Trout

 

Steve "Lake" Trout he was one of my favorites

[SouthSideRyan]

I was going to guess Steve Trout

 

Steve "Lake" Trout he was one of my favorites

 

Rainbow I thought.

[cjbucks]

I was going to guess Steve Trout

 

Steve "Lake" Trout he was one of my favorites

 

Rainbow I thought.

 

You might be right :?

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Jamie Moyer was going to be my guess, but I wasn't sure he even won ten.

[UncleDon]

I was going to guess Terry Mulholland. I think he won 10 games in 1999, but they weren't all with the Cubs.

[NCCubFan]

Trout (Rainbow was his nickname) and Moyer both won 10 or more games for the Cubs (two consecutive years for Trout), but they were all before Hibbard. Mulholland won exactly 10 games total in 1999, but it was 6 with the Cubs and 4 with the Braves.

[bobbyd20]

Lance Dickson?

[C.C.]

I was going to guess Steve Trout

 

Steve "Lake" Trout he was one of my favorites

 

Rainbow I thought.

 

Rainbow. Remember when Steve Lake would catch Steve Trout? That was funny....

[NCCubFan]

I was going to guess Steve Trout

 

Steve "Lake" Trout he was one of my favorites

 

Rainbow I thought.

 

Rainbow. Remember when Steve Lake would catch Steve Trout? That was funny....

Yes; that's when the Lake Trout references were made.