Ian Edward Happ...Has a wife, Julie...Was a 2022 NL All-Star and is a three-time NL Gold Glove recipient (2022-24)...Was selected by the Cubs in the first round (ninth overall) in the 2015 draft...Made his MLB debut on May 13, 2017...Had over 30 doubles, 20 home runs, 80 RBI and 80 walks in 2023 and 2024, joining only Juan Soto as the only two Major leaguers to put up those numbers in each of the 2023 and 2024 seasons...On April 12, 2023, signed a three-year extension with the Cubs covering the 2024-26 seasons...Is one of 26 Cubs to reach 100 career home runs and the first Cub in franchise history (since 1901) to reach 10 homers in each of the first six seasons of his career...Became the fastest player in Cubs history to reach 20 homers, doing so in just 89 career games...Rated as the Cubs' second-best prospect entering the 2017 season by Baseball America...Was third-best entering 2016...Ranked as the 28th-best prospect in baseball according to MLB.com’s Top 100 entering the 2017 season...Attended the University of Cincinnati, where in 2015 he was named a First-Team All-American by ABCA and D1Baseball. com, a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist and the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year...Was a first-team Academic All-American as well...Was the first University of Cincinnati Bearcat to be selected in the first round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft when he was selected by Chicago with the ninth pick in the 2015 draft...Was a two-time Cape Cod League All-Star with Harwich (2013-14)...Graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, Pa...Batted .449 in four seasons with 33 doubles, 12 homers and 65 RBI.
2025
Happ appeared in 150 games for the Cubs in 2025, hitting .243 (138-for-569) with 23 homers, 79 RBI and 55 extra-base hits...Reached the 20-homer mark for the third straight season, achieving the feat in four of his last five seasons...Scored his 500th career run, recorded his 500th RBI and picked up his 500th walk...Committed only one error at left field for the second year in a row...Led National League left fielders in putouts (300) and fielding average (.997)...Recorded two walk-off hits (April 22 - 1B; June 15 - 1B), bringing his career total to three...Hit the Cubs' first home run of the season March 27 at Arizona...It marked the fourth time he has recorded the club's first long ball (also: 2018, 2020, 2023)...Played in his 1,000th career game on April 5 vs. San Diego, becoming the 32nd player in team history to reach 1,000 games...He also became the 21st to play his 1,000th MLB game as his 1,000th with the Cubs (started their careers with the Cubs and stayed with the Cubs through at least 1,000 games)...Only Happ, Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston were drafted by the Cubs (the draft started in 1965) and played 1,000 games with the Cubs (thanks, Ed Hartig!)...Per Elias, Happ is one of eight active players to reach 1,000 games played with one team...Others: Jose Altuve, Andrew McCutchen, Salvador Pérez, Mike Trout, José Ramirez, Carlos Santana and Aaron Judge...Since the start of divisional play in 1969, eight Cubs players have hit 1,000 games: Glenn Beckert, 1971; Don Kessinger, 1971; Ryne Sandberg, 1988; Shawon Dunston, 1994; Mark Grace, 1994; Sammy Sosa, 1999; Aramis Ramirez, 2011 and Anthony Rizzo, 2018...On April 18 vs. Arizona, hit his fifth career grand slam in the seventh inning...His last two grand slams have come against the Diamondbacks (last: April 16, 2024)...Had a seven-game hitting streak from April 29-May 5 (11-for-27/.407)...Batted .391 (25-for-64) in 16 games from April 16-May 5, the highest average in the Majors during the stretch...Was on IL from May 13-May 20 with a left oblique strain...Made his return from the injured list on May 20 in Miami, going 1-for-6 with an RBI...Tied his season-high in RBI with four on June 5 at Washington (also: Apr. 18 vs. ARI)...On June 10 in Philadelphia, recorded his 16th career multi-homer game, his first this season (last: Sept. 17, 2024 vs. Athletics)...On June 15 vs. Pittsburgh, recorded his third career walk-off hit, second this season (also: April 22 vs. Dodgers)...Homered in three consecutive games (June 19-21) for the third time in his career (last: Sept. 6-8, 2021 vs. Cincinnati) - he has never homered in four consecutive games...Hit leadoff home runs in back-to-back games June 20-21 vs. Seattle, the first Cub to accomplish the feat since Anthony Rizzo did so June 13-14, 2017 at Mets...It was the eighth time (fifth player) that the feat has been accomplished in Cubs history (since 1976)...On June 21 vs. Seattle, recorded his 17th career multi-homer game, second this season (also: June 10 at Philadelphia)...His second homer was his 161st career long ball, surpassing Kris Bryant for 15th place on the Cubs' all-time home run list...Recorded a season-high nine-game hitting streak from Aug. 26-Sept 5, hitting .412 (14-for-34)...His nine-game hitting streak was one game shy of tying his career-high 10-game streak set in 2023...His 28 walks from Aug. 11 to the end of the season were tied for the fifth-most in the National League...Hit two home runs in the NLDS against Milwaukee on Oct. 4 and Oct. 9.
2024
Ian in 2024 tied career-highs in home runs (25), extra-base hits (61) and set career marks in RBI (86) and runs scored (89), to go along with his .243 average (138-for-569) and 34 doubles in 153 games...Reached the 20-homer mark for the second consecutive season and for the fourth time in his career...Won the N.L. Gold Glove Award at left field for the third consecutive season...Finished second in MLB in defensive runs saves (8) according to Fangraphs...Appeared in at least 150 games for the third consecutive season...Since 2020, his 674 games played are the ninth-most in the Majors and fifth in the National League...His 80 walks ranked tied for fifth in the Major Leagues, while his 12.2% walk rate was the eighth-highest...Ranked among the team leaders in games played (first), walks (first), RBI (first), runs scored (first), doubles (second), slugging percentage (second) and hits (third)…Batted .263 (72-for-274) with 13 home runs and 41 RBI at home, compared to .224 (66-for-295) with 12 home runs and 45 RBI on the road...His 11 outfield assists were tied for second-most in the Majors this season and one short of his career-best (2023)…Had a season-high nine-game hitting streak from March 30-April 8, hitting .389 (14-for-36) with eight RBI and a 1.016 OPS in that span...March 31 at Texas recorded his fourth career four-hit game, tying a single-game career-high and reached safely a career-high five times...Had a season-high 14-game on-base streak from April 28- May 12...Doubled in three consecutive games from May 21-23 for the third time in his career...On May 26 in St. Louis blasted two home runs for his first multi-homer game of the season...Recorded nine walks from June 8-17, including two multi-walk efforts June 8-9 and five consecutive games with walks from June 12-17, good for a 20.6% walk rate...Homered three times his five games from June 15-19, hitting .588 (10-for-17) in that span with five-consecutive multi-hit efforts...July 4 vs. Philadelphia recorded his 14th career multi-homer game and a career-high six RBI and tied a career-high with four hits...Became the first Cub switch hitter since Victor Caratini (July 3, 2019 at Pittsburgh) to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game (also May 7, 2018 vs. Miami)…Per Ed Hartig, Happ (2x) is joined by Caratini, Dioner Navarro (May 29, 2013), Mark Bellhorn (2x), Ellis Burton (2x) and Augie Galan (June 25, 1937) as the lone Cubs switch hitters to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game in franchise history...Marquee Sports Network noted that Happ became the first Cub with at least a three-run homer in consecutive innings since Sammy Sosa did so in three straight innings on Aug. 10, 2002...The outfielder also became the first Cub with six RBI in a game since Patrick Wisdom did so on June 30, 2022 vs. Cincinnati and the first to go 4-for-4 with at least six RBI in a game since David Bote, June 5, 2019 vs. Colorado...In his last 35 games since May 26, Happ has recorded a National League-leading 36 RBI, only trailing the Yankees' Aaron Judge (44) for the Major League lead...Recorded a season-high three walks on Aug. 12 at Cleveland, his seventh-career three-walk game...In the ninth on Sept. 17 vs. Oakland, Happ homered off Mason Miller's 103.2 mph fastball, the fastest pitch hit for a home run in the Statcast era (since 2015) in the Major Leagues...Recorded his 15th career multi-homer game, his third of the 2024 campaign...His first home run of the night was the 149th of his career, surpassing Mark Grace for 16th-most in Cubs franchise history...Kris Bryant is 15th (160)...From Aug. 25-Sept. 17 hit .341 (31-for-91) with seven doubles, one triple, two home runs and 14 RBI...Finished the season with the most walks (80), fourth-most doubles (34), fifth-highest on-base percentage (.341) and tied for the sixth-most homers (25) among Major League switch hitters.
2023
Ian set career marks in at-bats (580), RBI (84), triples (4), walks (99), runs (86) and stolen bases (14), to go along with a .248 average (144-for-580), 35 doubles and 21 home runs in 158 games during the 2023 campaign...Named the 2023 N.L. Gold Glove Award winner at left field, his second consecutive award...His 99 walks ranked fourth in the Major Leagues...Ranked among the team leaders in games played (1st), doubles (1st), walks (1st), OBP (2nd, .360), at-bats (2nd), RBI (2nd), triples (T-2nd), hits (4th) and home runs (5th)...Was the only Cubs position player on the roster for the entire regular season...Scored at least one run in each of his first five games to start the season, the first Cub to turn the trick since Anthony Rizzo in 2020...April 12 signed a three-year extension with the Cubs covering the 2024-26 seasons...April 14 in Los Angeles recorded a career-high-tying four hits and three extra-base knocks (2 doubles, 1 home run)...June 13 vs. Pittsburgh tallied a season-high-tying four RBI, while snapping his career-high 118 at-bat, 33-game homerless drought ... the run started May 6...June 13-16 recorded four-straight multi-RBI efforts (10 RBI total) for the second time in his career (also Sept. 25-28, 2019)...Recorded his 11th career multi-homer game June 24 during the Cubs first game in London vs. St. Louis...His first home run came in the second inning, marking the Cubs first hit, home run, RBI and run scored of the 2023 London Series...July 4 in Milwaukee recorded outfield assists nabbing runners at home plate in both the 10th and 11th innings...Per ESPN Stats & Info, he became the first player with two outfield assists in extra innings in a game since Endy Chavez (NYM) in 2006...July 16 vs. Boston recorded his eighth outfield assist of the season in the team's 92nd game...Became is the first Cub since Kyle Schwarber in 2018 to record eight outfield assists by team game no. 92 and just the third since 2000 (also Alfonso Soriano in 2007)...Recorded a career-high 10-game hitting streak from Aug. 23-Sept. 12 , batting .342 (13-for-38) during the run...Tallied six home runs and 18 RBI in 27 games in Aug., his first month with at least six home runs since Aug. 2022 (also six)...Sept. 3 in Cincinnati recorded three hits and four RBI in a game for the first time in his career ... the four RBI tied a season-high mark.
2022
Ian was named a N.L. All-Star and earned his first career N.L. Gold Glove award in 2022...set numerous career highs with the Cubs including a .271 average, 42 doubles, 72 RBI, 155 hits, 252 total bases and 158 games played for Chicago....Named a reserve to the N.L. All-Star Team via the player vote...was the first Cubs full-time outfielder to make the team since Dexter Fowler in 2016... Entered the All-Star Game as a replacement in center field and walked in his lone plate appearance....Batted .271 (155-for-573) with a .342 OBP and a .440 slugging mark....His .308 home batting average (85-for-276) ranked sixth in the N.L....Led the team with 43 multi-hit games...was second with nine games of three or more hits....Led N.L. left fielders with 13 defensive runs saved, second-most among all left fielders (Cleveland's Steven Kwan, 21)... His eight outfield assists were second-most among N.L. left fielders (San Diego's Jurickson Profar, 10)....Among N.L. switch-hitters, ranked first with a .271 average, second with 155 hits and 72 RBI, tied for second with 42 doubles, third with a .342 OBP and a .440 slugging percentage....Batted .305 (39-for-128) with a .788 OPS against left-handed pitching after enter the season with a career .233 average and .694 OPS against southpaws....Recorded 14 game-winning RBI including four in his first 14 games through April 23 ... had 25 go-ahead RBI....Had two multi-homer contests: Aug. 15 at Washington and Aug. 26 at Milwaukee....Recorded two hits, one from each side of the plate, in the first inning May 16 vs. Pittsburgh ... became the first Cub to record a hit from both sides of the plate in the same inning since Angel Pagan on Sept. 6, 2006 (8th inning) vs. the Pirates....His home run May 23 in Cincinnati was his sixth-consecutive game in which he homered against the Reds...Elias Sports Bureau noted he is the first player in Cubs franchise history to homer in six consecutive games versus a particular team....Had a career high-tying nine game hitting streak, May 31-June 10...batted .353 (12-for-34) during the streak....Hit his 100th career home run Aug. 21 vs. Milwaukee's Brandon Woodruff....His two-homer game in Chicago's 4-3, 10-inning win in Milwaukee Aug. 26 accounted for the team's only hits of the game...he hit a two-run shot off Matt Bush in the seventh inning and a two-run homer off Devin Williams in the 10th... With his two-run homer to lead off the 10th, he became the first Cub ever to hit a two-run homer to begin an inning... STATS, Inc., reported that he became the first MLB player in the modern era to have two multi-run homers for his team's only two hits of the game.
2021
Ranked among Cubs 2021 leaders in games played (1st, 148), hits (1st, 105), runs (63), walks (1st, 62), RBI (1st, 66), doubles (T-1st, 20) and homers (2nd, 25)... His 25 homers set a career-high, surpassing his 24 in 2017, as well as a career-high in hits (105) and doubles (20) ... his 66 RBI were the second-most of his career (68 in 2017) … also recorded a career-high nine stolen bases... Recorded 22 homers and 54 RBI vs. right-handed pitching, compared to three homers and 12 RBI vs. left-handed pitching... Notched a career-high nine-game hitting streak from Aug. 31-Sept. 8, batting .436 (17-for-39) with two doubles, five homers and 10 RBI... Hit .329 (48-for-146) with nine doubles, one triple, 13 homers, 34 RBI and a 1.075 OPS in 40 games from Aug. 17- end of the season, after hitting .179 (57-for-319) in his first 108 games this season... Recorded his eighth career multi-homer game on May 20 vs. Washington... Hit 14 of his 25 home runs after Aug. 12, tied for the third-most in the N.L. during that span... Tallied an RBI in 14 of his last 24 games, including four-straight games from Sept. 5-8 … his 31 RBI from Aug. 25-end of the season were the third-most in the N.L.
2020
Ian was one of the Cubs’ most consistent hitters throughout the season, batting .258 (51-for-198) with 11 doubles, one triple, 12 homers and 28 RBI in 57 games...Led the team with 51 hits, 12 homers, 100 total bases and a .866 OPS....Among N.L. switch-hitters, ranked first with a .505 slugging, .361 OBP, 12 homers and 30 walks...Connected on four game-opening home runs, tied for second-most in the majors...Had two multi-homer games, August 30 at Cincinnati and September 5 (game one) vs St. Louis...On September 1 at Pittsburgh, he belted his third lead-off homer of the season then delivered a game-winning RBI single in the 11th frame...Became the first Cub to hit a leadoff blast and record the game-winning RBI in extra innings since Brian McRae did so, May 9, 1997 at San Francisco in a 5-3, 14-inning victory...Hit a two-run homer on Opening Day, July 24 vs. Milwaukee, accounting for two of the three runs in the Cubs’ 3-0 shutout victory...Posted similar averages against lefties and righties, posting a .260 average (39-for-150) vs. righties and a .250 average (12-for-48) vs. lefties...however, had more power vs. righties, posting a .915 OPS...had just a .713 OPS against lefties.
2019
Ian began the season with Triple-A Iowa, appearing in 99 games before being promoted to Chicago, July 26...batted .264 (37-for-140) with seven doubles, 11 homers and 30 RBI in 58 games with the Cubs...His .264 average, .898 OPS and .564 slugging percentage were all career-best marks...saw his plate appearance per strikeout rate improve from 2.77 in 2018 to 4.00 in 2019....Made at least three starts at first base, second base, third base, left field and center field...also made one start in right field...played the most innings at second base (82.2 innings) and center field (64.1)....Drew a career-high tying three walks and scored three runs, July 28 at Milwaukee....Connected on his fourth-career pinch-homer, August 5 vs. Oakland....Went 2-for-4 with a game-winning grand slam, August 7 vs. Oakland...marked his second-career grand slam...followed the performance up with another four-RBI game the following night, August 8 at Cincinnati, going 2-for5 with a homer, two runs and four RBI....Had a career-high tying seven-game hitting streak (.522/12-for-23), September 21-28, including three multi-hit efforts and five outings with at least two RBI....Was named N.L. Player of the Week, September 23-29...batted .455 (10-for-22) with six runs scored, three doubles, four home runs, 10 RBI, two walks and a 1.136 slugging percentage....Notched his fifth-career multi-homer game, September 28 at St. Louis, going 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBI in the Cubs' 8-6 triumph....Had at least two RBI in four-straight games, September 25-28...marked the longest streak by a Cub since Geovany Soto, September 6-12, 2009....Batted .242 (87-for-359) with 18 doubles, 16 homers, 53 RBI and a .364 on-base percentage in 99 games with Iowa...hit .324 (24-for-74) with five home runs and a .451 on-base percentage in 20 games in July.
2018
Ian played 142 games in his first full season for the Cubs, and was tied for second on the team with 70 walks, contributing to a .353 on-base percentage ... Recorded a .429 OBP as a pinch-hitter, the eighth-best mark in the N.L. ... went 7-for-23 (.304) with a team-high two pinch-homers and four walks ... Played every position except for catcher and shortstop, including at least 10 starts at all three outfield positions, as well as third base ... made his most starts in center field (49) ... Had a .816 OPS against right-handed pitching and a .608 OPS against left-handed hurlers ... His 15 home runs ranked tied for sixth-most among N.L. switch-hitters ... Batted .359 (14-for-39) with a 1.069 OPS off the bench ... Posted a .379 on-base percentage with a .256 average (60-for-234) and 11 homers prior to the All-Star Break ... however, produced a .313 on-base percentage and hit .196 (30-for-153) with four homers after the All-Star Break ... Belted the MLB season's very first pitch for a leadoff home run on Opening Day, March 29 at Miami ... became the first player to go deep on the MLB season's first pitch since Boston's Dwight Evans in 1986 ... Marked the first Opening Day leadoff homer by a Cub since Alfonso Soriano in 2009 ... Reached base safely in 16-straight games, May 6-26 ... posted a .462 OBP during the stretch ... Homered from both sides of the plate, May 7 vs. Miami, his fourth-career multi-homer effort ... Was the first Cub to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game since Dioner Navarro on May 29, 2013 vs. the White Sox ... Became the fifth Cub to accomplish the feat and, at age 23, surpassed Augie Galan at age 25 in 1937 as the youngest to do so ... Homered in both games of a doubleheader, May 19 at Cincinnati, becoming the first Cub to do so since Chris Coghlan, July 8, 2014 at Cincinnati ... was a single shy of the cycle in game one ... Went 5-for-11 with two doubles, one triple, two homers, five runs scored and nine walks in the club's four-game set at Cincinnati, May 18-20 ... his nine walks contributed to a .700 OBP in the series ... Scored a career-high three runs, July 14 at San Diego ... Made his first career pitching appearance, July 20 vs. St. Louis ... allowed just one hit in a scoreless ninth inning in the Cubs 18-5 setback ... Hit a game-winning three-run homer in the seventh inning, September 14 vs. Cincinnati ... erased a 2-0 deficit and lifted the Cubs to a 3-2 win.
2017
Ian made his major league debut in May and went on to hit 24 homers, the third-most by a rookie in Cubs franchise history and second-most ever by a switch-hitting rookie in the N.L. ... was the second-most by a Cubs player in his first major league season... Became the fastest player in franchise history to hit 20 homers, doing so in 89 games ... surpassed Kyle Schwarber's 97 games to reach 20 homers... Hit 13 homers prior to the All-Star Break, the second-most in club history by a rookie (Geovany Soto, 16 in 2008)... Despite spending the first month of the season at Triple-A, set franchise rookie records for a switch-hitter in homers (24), extra-base hits (44), slugging percentage (.514) and OPS (.842)... Ranked among the top five National League rookies in runs (62, 3rd), RBI (68, 3rd), stolen bases, (8, t-3rd), homers (24, 5th) and walks (39, 4th)... Tied for third on the team with 30 two-out RBI ... his 30 two-out RBI were tied for the second-most among N.L. rookies ... his 14 go-ahead RBI were tied for fourth on the Cubs... Started games at five positions: center field (41), second base (28), left field (11), right field (8), and third base (1) ... was the first Cubs player (and rookie) to start at five different spots on the diamond since Kris Bryant did so in 2015 ... he is just the 10th Cubs player to start at five defensive positions in a single season since at least 1910 ... thanks Ed Hartig... Batted .276 (29-for-105) with five homers as a right-handed batter and .243 (63-for-259) with 19 homers as a left-handed batter... Made his major league debut, May 13 at St. Louis, and hit a homer in the seventh inning for his first major league hit ... became the first Cubs player to homer in his first major league game since Jorge Soler, August 27, 2014 and the first to homer as their first hit since Willson Contreras, June 19, 2016... Homered in his first-career game at Wrigley Field, May 16 vs. Cincinnati ... became the first Cub to homer in his first MLB home game and first MLB road game since Carmelo Martinez in 1983 ... credit to NBC Sports Chicago's Chris Kamka... Hit his first-career grand slam, June 13 at the Mets ... at 22 years, 305 days old, he became the youngest switch-hitter in franchise history with a grand slam, besting Larry Corcoran's inside-the-park grand slam, June 20, 1882 at 22 years, 314 days old... Led the Cubs with eight homers in June, the second-most homers by a Cubs rookie in June in franchise history (Mandy Brooks, nine, June of 1925)... Notched three multi-homer games: June 4 vs. St. Louis, July 2 at Cincinnati and August 17 vs. Cincinnati ... joined Kyle Schwarber as the only Cubs players with three multi-homer games within their first 78-career games played... Hit his first-career pinch-hit homer, August 13 at Arizona... Clubbed a two-out, three-run go-ahead homer in the eighth inning in the Cubs' 5-4 victory over Cincinnati, September 29... Had four games with four RBI, one of just three Cubs players to accomplish the feat (also Anthony Rizzo, 6, and Kyle Schwarber, 4)... Batted .367 (22-for-60) with four homers and 13 RBI in a 15-game span, June 20-July 5 ... had two seven-game hitting streaks within that span, which marked his season-long hitting streaks... Was promoted from Iowa after batting .298 (31-for-104) with six doubles, nine homers, 25 RBI, 21 runs scored and a .977 OPS in 26 games... Went 1-for-7 with a walk in five postseason games with the Cubs.
2016
In his first full season, Ian batted .279 (136-for-488) with 30 doubles, 15 homers and 73 RBI in 134 games between Single-A Myrtle Beach and Double-A Tennessee ... was named a Carolina League mid-season All-Star with Myrtle Beach, twice earning Player of the Week honors... Named the Cubs Minor League Player of the Month for June after batting .422 with nine doubles, four homers, 21 RBI and 16 walks... Began the season with Myrtle Beach and batted .296 (71-for-240) in 69 games ... collected 16 doubles, three triples, seven homers and 42 RBI while stealing 10 bases ... was promoted to Tennessee, June 23... Recorded 11 hits in his first four games with the Smokies, including three three-hit games ... finished with a .262 average (65-for-248), 14 doubles and eight homers in 65 games with Tennessee... Collected two multi-homer games: April 18 with Myrtle Beach at Winston-Salem and September 2 with Tennessee at Montgomery
2015
After being drafted in the first round of the June draft, Ian batted .259 (65- for-251) in his first pro action ... began his career with Single-A Eugene, appearing in 29 games before being promoted to Single-A South Bend where he finished the campaign... Batted .283 (30-for-106) with eight doubles and four homers in 29 games with the Emeralds ... after being promoted to South Bend, he batted .241 (35-for-145) in 38 games in the Midwest League... Hit his first professional home run, June 20, with Eugene at Everett ... also homered the next day... With South Bend, he batted .257 (29-for-113) against righties and .188 (6-for-32) against lefties.
