Here’s some more proof that The Billy Goat Curse is real! Did you know that over 40 former players have gone on to win the World Series after leaving the Cubs? These players include:
- Andy Pafko (who, coincidentally, played in the 1945 World Series as a member of the Cubs)
- Gene Baker
- Smoky Burgess
- Don Hoak
- Dale Long
- Lou Brock (whose first title was in 1964 after a mid-season trade to the St. Louis Cardinals)
- Lou Johnson
- Jim Brewer
- Moe Drabowsky
- Don Cardwell
- Ken Holtzman
- Paul Noce
- Billy North
- Fred Norman
- Bill Madlock
- Manny Trillo
- Greg Gross
- Rick Monday
- Burt Hooton
- Bruce Sutter
- Willie Hernández
- Milt Wilcox
- Joe Niekro
- Dennis Eckersley
- Joe Carter
- Greg Maddux
- Joe Girardi (as both a player and a manager)
- José Vizcaíno
- Glenallen Hill (after his second stint with the Cubs; his title came in 2000 after a mid-season trade)
- Luis Gonzalez
- Mike Morgan
- Mark Grace
- Mark Bellhorn
- Bill Mueller
- Scott Eyre (whose title came in 2008 after he been traded from the Cubs during the season)
- Tom Gordon
- Matt Stairs
- Jamie Moyer
- Mark DeRosa
- Mike Fontenot,
- Ryan Theriot,
- Ángel Pagán
- Ryan Dempster, Dontrelle Willis and Jon Garland were traded as minor leaguers (coincidentally, the former won a World Series ring with the Marlins team that defeated the Cubs in the 2003 NLCS).
- Tim Lincecum was originally drafted by the Cubs
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Learn more about The Billy Goat Curse on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Billy_Goat
