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| 1934 | The Cubs trade Guy Bush, who posted 152 wins and 101 losses during his 11 years with the team, pitcher Jim Weaver, and outfielder Babe Herman to the Pirates. In exchange, Chicago receives southpaw Larry French and Freddie Lindstrom, an eventual Hall of Fame OF/3B who will hit .275 in 90 games in his one season with the club. |
| 1972 | In the last three years, Johnny Bench wins his second National League MVP award, easily outdistancing runner-up Cubs' left fielder Billy Williams by 52 points. The 24-year-old Cincinnati catcher, a significant cog in the Big Red Machine, hit a league-leading 40 home runs en route to driving in 110 for the National League champs. |
| 2013 |
Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, to Ernie Banks, a Hall of Famer who played 19 seasons with the Cubs. During the White Ceremony, the two-time National League MVP presented the first black U.S. president a baseball bat that once belonged to Jackie Robinson, the first African American major-leaguer in modern history.
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