In a 5 – 3 win at Wrigley Field, Phillies RF Bake McBride handles 11 chances, tying the National League mark for right fielders. It was last matched by the Cubs’ Bill Nicholson, in 1945, in the same park.

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On September 8, 1978 — In a 5 – 3 win at Wrigley Field, Phillies RF Bake McBride handles 11 chances, tying the National League mark for right fielders. It was last matched by the Cubs’ Bill Nicholson, in 1945, in the same park.

 

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