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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Enters 12th Major League season in 2025 and first with Angels after spending his first 11 seasons with Cubs.
◆ Member of Cubs 2016 World Series Championship team...Was Chicago’s starting pitcher in Game 7 of the World
Series at Cleveland (ND; 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R , 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO).
◆ Reached 10 years of Major League service on June 26, 2024.
◆ Ranks seventh in Cubs history with 1,259 career strikeouts and his 270 starts are tied for ninth...His 11 career
Postseason starts are the most in Cubs history...Seven career Postseason starts at Wrigley Field are the most in
the ballpark’s history.
◆ Has four seasons of 20+ starts and a sub-3.50 ERA...Joins Carlos Zambrano as the only Cubs to do so since 2000.
◆ Finished third in the N.L. Cy Young voting in 2016 after leading Majors with a 2.13 ERA (190 IP - 45 ER) and setting
career bests in victories (16) and strikeouts (170).
◆ Is one of six Cubs to record at least five 30-start campaigns, joining Rick Reuschel, Greg Maddux, Carlos
Zambrano, Fergie Jenkins and Jon Lester.
◆ Allowed four-or-fewer runs in 48-straight starts from Aug. 21, 2015 - May 24, 2017...Second-longest streak in
Majors since 1913, trailing only Baltimore’s Tom Phoebus (49 games, June 15, 1967 - Aug. 16, 1968).
◆ Made Major League debut with Cubs in a July 10, 2014 start at Cincinnati (ND; 6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 SO).
MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
HENDRICKS
2023
◆ In 10th season with Cubs, went 6-8 with a 3.74 ERA (137 IP - 57 ER) in 24 starts...Had his lowest ERA with 20+
starts in a season since 2019 (3.46 ERA).
◆ Held opponents to a .180 average (51/283) with 70 strikeouts against his changeup.
◆ Posted a 3.29 ERA (65.2 IP - 24 ER) on the road, compared to a 4.16 ERA (71.1 IP - 33 ER) at Wrigley Field.
◆ Earned first win of season, June 10 at San Francisco, pitching a season-high 8.0 scoreless innings...Took a no-hit
bid through 7.2 IP during the game.
◆ Walked one batter across five starts from June 29 - July 19 (29.1 IP), his fewest in a five-game span in his career.
◆ Started July 9 at New York (A.L.) and July 14 vs. Boston, becoming first Cubs pitcher since Carlos Zambrano (July
8 and 13, 2007) to start back-to-back team games.
◆ From June 29-Sept. 21, walked two-or-fewer batters in 17-straight games.
◆ Began season on 15-day IL, rehabbing from a capsular tear in his right shoulder suffered in July 2022...Made five
rehab starts with Triple-A Iowa.
2022
◆ Limited to 16 starts for Cubs due to a right shoulder strain...Was diagnosed with a capsular tear in right shoulder
and was on injured list from July 6 through the end of the season.
◆ In 16 starts, totaled 24 walks and 66 strikeouts...Averaged 7.01 strikeouts per 9.0 innings and posted a 1.29
WHIP...Walked two-or-fewer batters in each of final 14 outings.
◆ Tossed 7.0+ shutout innings three times: April 23 vs. PIT (7.0 IP), June 24 at STL (7.1 IP) and May 9 at SD (8.2 IP).
◆ On April 7 vs. Milwaukee, made third straight Opening Day start...Became first Cubs pitcher with three-straight
Opening Day starts since Jon Lester (2017-19) and first right-hander to do so since Carlos Zambrano (2005-10).
◆ Recorded 17 strikeouts across first three starts of the season, his most in a three-start span to begin a season in
his career (had 15 SO in 2016 and 2020).
◆ Made final start of season July 5 at Milwaukee, allowing two runs in 3.0 innings before being removed due to
right shoulder soreness.
2021
◆ Led Cubs with 14 victories, going 14-7 with a 4.77 ERA (181 IP - 96 ER) and one complete game in 32 starts...Had
19 quality starts, which tied for ninth-most in Majors...The 14 wins ranked tied for fifth-most in N.L.
◆ Went 16-straight starts without a loss from May 16-Aug. 6, the second-longest streak in franchise history (Jake
Arrieta, 24 starts from July 30, 2015 - May 31, 2016)...Was 11-0 with a 2.79 ERA (100 IP - 31 ER) during the stretch
and the career-high 11-game winning streak tied for the longest in the Majors on the season.
◆ Earned the win in a career-high eight-straight starts from May 16 - June 22...Longest streak by a Cub since Jake
Arrieta won nine-straight starts from Sept. 22, 2015 - May 3, 2016.
◆ Completed at least 6.0 innings in 13-straight starts from May 16 - July 21, which tied for second-longest stretch
in Majors on the season.
◆ Had streak of 41 consecutive starts allowing fewer than three walks snapped on Opening Day vs. Pittsburgh.
◆ Tossed sixth-career complete game (7.0 innings in Game 1 of a doubleheader) on May 4 vs. Dodgers.

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