In sports, trades are won and trades are lost by teams. Why is that relevant? Because the Chicago Cubs surely won a trade in 1984 with the Cleveland Indians bringing over the next #RememberThatCub feature, Rick Sutcliffe.

The 6–7, 215 pound Sutcliffe was struggling to begin 1984 with Cleveland putting up a 4–5 record with a 5.15 ERA. On June 13th the Cubs brought him over in a trade in which they also got George Frazier, and Ron Hassey with Joe Carter, Mel Hall, Don Schulze and Darryle Banks going to the Indians.

Through the rest of 1984 Rick Sutcliffe put together a Cy Young-winning season going 16–1 with a 2.69 ERA. The 1984 Cubs would win the NL East and return to the postseason for the first time since 1945. He dazzled in game 1 of the NLCS pitching seven shutout innings and even hitting a home run onto Sheffield Avenue. Sadly the Cubs would lose that series to the Padres but it was memorable nonetheless.

In the offseason Sutcliffe resigned with the Cubs and spent seven more seasons on the northside. He was an allstar in 1987 and 1989 and finished second in Cy Young voting in 1987. His overall tenure with the Cubs he posted a 82–65 record with a 3.74 ERA, two allstar honors, and a Cy Young honor.

Throughout that time he had some other distinctive moments. While it was unofficial due to a rain out, Sutcliffe threw out the first ever pitch under the lights at Wrigley Field on August 8th, 1988. He was also the first ever Cubs pitcher to throw a pitch in an NLCS game seeing as the Cubs last trip to the postseason was 1945 and there was just the World Series in October.

He finished his career in 1994 with the Cardinals which completed an 18 year career which he played with the Dodgers, Indians, Cubs, Orioles and Cardinals.

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Alex Patt is a writer for Wrigley Rapport and you can follow him on twitter @chifanpatt1