The 5 best individual Cubs hitting performances of 2022

Oct 27, 2022 - 6:00 PM

The past two days, we looked at some of the best and worst Cubs games from this season.

While there were good individual performances in some of those games, there were other games where individual players had outstanding days that I think are worth remembering.

Again, these are my subjective choices and I’m listing them in chronological order. You’ll note that two games that accounted for all of these performances.

June 30: Christopher Morel, 5-for-5, three runs scored, a double, a home run

This was the Cubs’ only five-hit game of the season. There’s a bit of an asterisk on Morel’s homer, as he hit it off Reds infielder Max Schrock in the eighth inning. That was his fifth hit of the night.

But it was still fun to watch [VIDEO].

Here’s a view of that homer from beyond the bleachers:

June 30: Patrick Wisdom, 3-for-6, two home runs, six RBI

This was the biggest RBI day for any Cub this year. I noted Wisdom’s grand slam in the second inning of this game in the “best games” article.

Here’s his second homer of the night [VIDEO].

Wisdom missed quite a bit of time in September with a hand injury, but still managed a 25-homer season.

The Cubs won this game 15-7.

July 22: Seiya Suzuki, 4-for-5, a home run, two runs, two RBI

Suzuki was on quite the hot streak in July after returning from his finger injury. From his return July 4 through this game: .400/.444/.600 (20-for-50), a double, three home runs in 14 games.

Here’s his home run in this game against the Phillies [VIDEO].

That one went a long way:

July 22: Ian Happ, 4-for-6, two RBI

Here are Happ’s four hits in this game, including two RBI singles [VIDEO].

July 22: Nelson Velázquez, 2-for-2, two home runs, five RBI

Showing off some of the power that got him to the big leagues, Velázquez didn’t even start this game but drove in a third of the Cubs’ 15 runs:

Here are the two homers [VIDEO].

Tomorrow: The five best Cubs pitching performances of 2022.