Crunching numbers, and they are not good

In a major league first – and you will be so glad to know this – the expansion New York Mets of 1962 and the almost-as-bad Chicago Cubs meet 64 years ago today at Wrigley Field for a game between two teams starting a series each with 100 losses for the season.

Never happens before this day in 1962.

For those who care – and, really, you know you do – the Cubs win 3-2 with the difference coming on Bob Will’s two-run, pinch-hit double in the sixth inning off Mets starter Galen Cisco.

That hit snaps a 1-1 tie and eventually lifts the Cubs’ record to 58-102.

The Mets – oh, those historically bad 1962 Mets – fall to 39-119 on their way to finishing at 40-120 for the most losses in baseball history.

This particular Friday afternoon game attracts a crowd of – count ’em – 595 fans at Wrigley.

The crowds improve over the weekend, as if they could get any worse, with 2,870 taking in the Mets’ 2-1 victory in the Saturday game before 3,960 turn out for Sunday’s season finale that the Cubs win 5-1.

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