Chicago Cubs' Kerry Wood was among the players who did not make the cut for the team's Mount Rushmore of starting pitchers.
Going back to their inception in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings, the team has had plenty of legendary players take the field for them.
A little further down their list of all-time bWAR is Carlos Zambrano. He pitched for Chicago during the first 11 years of his career before ending with one season on theEffectively wild throughout his career, Zambrano led the Majors in walks surrendered twice; in 2006 with 115 and in 2007 with 101. In 2006, he also led the National League with 16 wins and finished fifth in the Cy Young award voting.
He had some incredible performances during his career in Chicago that were marred at times by injuries. A strong argument could be made for Wood based on what he gave the team during several stellar regular season performances. But he, along with Greg Maddux, came up short during the postseason when the franchise needed them most.Hendricks came in at No. 2 on the list for his longevity and contributions to the Cubs breaking their World Series drought in 2016.
Lester, who was No. 4 on the list, threw three innings of one-run ball himself. During that postseason, he pitched 35.2 innings and recorded a sparkling 2.02 ERA. He recorded two top-10 finishes in the NL Cy Young Award voting as well.
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