Pete Henry Crow-Armstrong...Is in his sixth season in the Cubs organization (seventh overall)…Won his first career NL Gold Glove Award in 2025, ranking third in the Majors in fielding run value (21) and fifth in outs above average (21) according to Baseball Savant...In 2025, became just the second player in Cubs franchise history (third occurrence) since 1901 to reach the 30 HR/30 SB mark (also: Sammy Sosa in 1993 and '95)...Also became the first player in franchise history to record 30 home runs, 30 doubles and 30 stolen bases in a single season...Made his first career All-Star Team in 2025, going 1-for-2 and starting in center field...Entered the 2024 season ranked as the Cubs' No. 1 prospect and the No. 16 prospect overall according to MLB Pipeline...Made his Major League debut with the Cubs on Sept. 11, 2023 in Colorado and played in 13 games to end the season, picking up three walks, one RBI and two stolen bases...Received Cubs Minor League Player of the Month for April 2022 after hitting .375 (24-for-64) with four doubles, one triple, three home runs and 13 RBI in 16 games...Participated in the 2022 and 2023 Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game in Los Angeles and Seattle, respectively...Following the 2022 season, was awarded a Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove and was named a Midwest League Postseason All-Star and an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Was acquired from New York (NL) on July 30, 2021 for SS Javier Báez and RHP Trevor Williams...Missed the majority of the 2021 season after tearing his labrum in his right shoulder in his sixth professional game...Was selected by New York (NL) in the first round (19th overall) of the 2020 First-Year Player Draft...Was committed to Vanderbilt University prior to signing with the Mets...Graduated from Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, Calif.
2025
Batted .247 (146-for-591) with 37 doubles, four triples, 31 home runs, 95 RBI and 35 stolen bases in 157 games...Became just the second player in Cubs franchise history (third occurrence) since 1901 to reach the 30 HR/30 SB mark (also: Sammy Sosa in 1993 and '95)...Also became the first player in franchise history to record 30 home runs, 30 doubles and 30 stolen bases in a single season...Finished fifth in the NL in stolen bases (35), tied for fifth in extra-base hits (72) and tied for eighth in home runs (31)...Ranked third in the majors in fielding run value (21) and fifth in outs above average (21), according to Baseball Savant...His sprint speed (29.5 mph) was in the 96th percentile...Became the fastest to reach 20 stolen bags by a Cub since Tony Campana in 2012 (60 games)...On April 13 in Los Angeles, tallied his second career multi-homer game (also: July 14, 2024 at St. Louis) and his first career game with three extra-base hits (two HR, one 3B)...Became the first Major League player with two homers and a triple in a game since Seiya Suzuki (Aug. 24, 2024 at Miami)...OPTAStats noted that in 34 games from April 13-May 23, he had nine doubles, three triples, 14 home runs, 40 RBI and eight stolen bases...No other MLB player has reached all of those marks over any 34-game span since RBI became official in 1920...Became the fourth player in MLB history 23 years or younger to accumulate 10+ homers and 10+ stolen bags through their team's first 41 games of the season (also: Dave Kingman - 1972, Kal Daniels -1987 and José Canseco - 1988)...ESPN Stats and Info noted that he became the first player in Cubs history with at least 12 home runs, 30 RBI and 10 stolen bases in the team's first 45 games of a season...Per Codify, he's the fourth player in Major League history with at least 12 home runs, 13 stolen bases and 36 RBI in their team's first 45 games (also: Ken Williams - 1922, Lou Brock - 1967 and Eric Davis - 1987)...Became the fifth player in Major League history to have 15-plus home runs and 15-plus stolen bases in the first 56 games of a season (others: Alfonso Soriano - 2003, Eric Davis - 1987, Bobby Bonds - 1975 and Ken Williams - 1922), per Sarah Langs...In the month of May, ranked second in the Majors in RBI (29), sixth in homers (nine) and 11th in slugging percentage (.604)...His 11 home runs and 20 extra-base hits from April 12-May 13 were both the most in the Majors...Became the third player in Major League history with 25 homers/100 RBI/50 stolen bases in the first 200 games in the Major Leagues, joining Mike Trout (37 HR/110 RBI/56 SB) and Mitchell Page (27/103/52), per Elias Sports Bureau...On May 16 vs. White Sox, matched a franchise record for RBI by a leadoff hitter in a single game with a career-high six (done four times - last: Rick Monday - May 5, 1976 vs. Dodgers)...In the game, he tied his career high with four hits and became the first Cub since Christian Bethancourt to tally at least six RBI in a game (Aug. 28, 2024 at Pirates)...Hit the game-winning grand slam in the seventh inning on May 23, capping his two-homer, six-RBI effort...Tied his career high with six RBI (last: May 16 vs. White Sox) and recorded his fourth career multi-homer game, third this season (last: May 2 at Milwaukee)...The grand slam marked his second career game-winning homer in the seventh inning or later (last: April 13 at Dodgers)...Became the 13th player (14th occurrence - Sammy Sosa twice) in Cubs history and the first since Kris Bryant in 2016 to have multiple six-plus-RBI games in a single season...Ed Hartig noted that he became the first player in Cubs franchise history to have two six-plus-RBI games in the same month...His five-game span in between six-RBI efforts was the fewest amount of contests in between six-RBI games in Cubs franchise history, surpassing Hack Wilson's 13 games in between Aug. 30-Sept. 12, 1930...On May 28 vs. Colorado, recorded his 50th RBI of the season in the team's 56th game of the season...Ed Hartig pointed out that Suzuki and Crow-Armstrong are the first pair of Cubs teammates in franchise history to record at least 50 RBI in the first 56 team games...On June 17 vs. Milwaukee, hit his 19th home run of the season (452 feet)...The ball hit the right-field video board, the 24th time it has happened since the video boards were installed in 2015 (last - Mike Tauchman, Sept. 22, 2024 vs. Washington)...On June 19 vs. Milwaukee, hit his 20th home run of the season, reaching the 20/20 mark in the fewest games of any player in Cubs franchise history (73 individual games/74 team games), surpassing Sammy Sosa in 1994 (96 individual games) and in 1995 (100 team games)...Also became the youngest Cub in franchise history to reach 20 HR/20 SB (23 years old)...Became the first player in the Majors with 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases...On July 4 vs. St. Louis, tallied his fifth career multi-homer game, his 22nd and 23rd homers this season and recorded a career-high-tying four hits (last: May 16 vs. White Sox)...His second homer to right field was the 25th home run to reach the right-field video board at Wrigley Field...On July 10 in Minnesota, reached the 25-homer and 25-stolen base mark in his 92nd game, the fourth-fastest any player has reached the 25/25 mark in MLB history (also: Eric Davis in 1987, 69 G; Alfonso Soriano in 2002, 91 G; Bobby Bonds in 1973, 91 G)...In the contest, became the first player in Cubs history to have at least five multi-homer games in a season at age 23 or younger and the first Cub since Derrek Lee in 2005 (eight games) to record at least five multi-homer games in a season...Played in his first All-Star Game in July, recording a double and finishing the night 1-for-2...Voted a starter for the game...On July 23 vs. Kansas City, hit his 27th home run of the season, surpassing Kris Bryant's single-season franchise record at age 23 or younger (26 in 2015)...Recorded his 30th stolen base of the season on Aug. 10 at St. Louis...On Sept. 26 vs. St. Louis, blasted his 30th home run of the season...On Sept. 27, hit the right-field video board for his 31st home run of the season…It was the 28th home run to hit the right-field video board since they were installed in 2015 and the third time he hit the board on the season...Made his postseason debut and hit .185 (5-for-27) with three RBI in eight playoff games for the Cubs.
2024
Pete hit .237 (88-for-372) with 13 doubles, six triples, 10 homers, 47 RBI and 27 stolen bases in 123 games with the Cubs in 2024...His six triples were tied with Seiya Suzuki for the most by a Cub and his 27 stolen bases were the second most, trailing Nico Hoerner (31 SB)…Among Major League rookies, his six triples were tied for first, his 90.0% successful stolen base rate ranked first (min. 20 attempts) and his 27 stolen bases were third...Hit .255 (38-for-110) with nine doubles, two triples, five home runs, 14 RBI, 10 stolen bases and a .808 OPS in 26 games with Triple-A Iowa...Was named the International League Player of the Week of May 20-26...Played 117 games at center field, made four pinch-hitting appearances and seven at pinch-running...Became the first Cub since Kris Bryant in 2015 with at least 10 doubles, five triples and 10 home runs in his rookie season...Was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on April 24 and made his season debut as a defensive replacement in center field in the eighth inning vs. Houston...On April 25 vs. Houston launched his first Major League home run, a game-winning, two-run blast which was also his first career hit...Became the first Cub since Christopher Morel (May 17, 2022) to homer for their first career Major League hit...Went 23-for-23 in stolen base attempts from May 2 to Aug. 17, the second-most consecutive successful stolen base attempts to begin a season by any rookie since 1951, trailing Michael Page (26 SB in 1977)…June 1 vs. Cincinnati he recorded his first-career game with two stolen bases as well as his first career outfield assist...On July 3 vs. Philadelphia, notched two RBI doubles, for his first career game with multiple extra-base hits...Had his first career multi-homer game on July 14 at St. Louis, becoming the youngest Cubs with a multi-homer game since Addison Russell (Sept. 4, 2015), which was also the last time a Cubs rookie hit two long balls in a game out of the nine spot in the batting order...During the month of August, his .375 OBP and .933 OPS were the third-highest among Major League rookies, while his .413 average (27-for-86) was the fourth-highest...His two triples, and 17 RBI were also fourth...Recorded a career-high seven-game hitting streak from Aug. 2-9, was batting .417 (10-for-24) with two doubles, two triples and six RBI during the run...Notched his first-career inside-the-park-home run on Aug. 23 at Miami and the first by a Cub since Seiya Suzuki did so (July 4, 2022) and first Cub age 22 or younger to do so since Corey Patterson (age 21 on Sept. 24, 2000 vs. St. Louis)…According to Statcast, he went home to home in 14.08 seconds, the fastest time this season in the Majors...On Aug. 24 at Miami, he tallied a career-high three RBI for the first time...On Aug. 26 at Pittsburgh, recorded a career-high three stolen bases in one game...Became the first Cub since Tony Campana (June 12, 2012) to record three stolen bases in one game...Notched a career-high four hits and scored a career-high four runs on Aug. 28 at Pittsburgh...Became the first Cubs player age 22 or younger to record four hits and four runs since Ron Santo...Tied his career high with three RBI on Sept. 4, tallying his sixth-career three-hit game...From Sept. 14-20 tied his career-high seven-game hitting streak, batting .308 (8-for-26) with one double, two homers and three RBI...On Sept. 14-15, hit a home run in consecutive games, the second time in his career he has notched homers in back-to-back games (also Aug. 23-24 at MIA)…From July 27-end of the season, he batted .289 (56-for-194) with an .806 OPS, ranking fifth in average and sixth in OPS among qualified rookies during the stretch.
2023
Pete made his Major League debut Sept. 11, 2023 ... he played in 13 games with the Cubs, picking up three walks, one RBI and two stolen bases...Hit .283 (124-for-438) with 26 doubles, seven triples, 20 home runs, 82 RBI, 37 stolen bases and a .511 slugging percentage in 107 minor league games between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa, his first appearances at the Double-A and Triple-A levels...Named the 2023 MiLB Defensive Player of the Year...Appeared in the Futures Game at All-Star Weekend for the second-straight year...Recorded his first career RBI Sept. 12 at Colorado on a fielder's choice.
2022
Pete enjoyed a breakout 2022 season, batting a combined .312 (132-for-423) with 20 doubles, 10 triples, 16 home runs, 61 RBI, 32 stolen bases and 36 walks, contributing to a .376 on-base percentage and an .896 OPS in 101 games with Low-A Myrtle Beach and High-A South Bend... In 2022, was the lone player in minor league baseball with a .300+ average, 20+ doubles, 10+ triples, 15+ home runs, 60+ RBI and 30+ stolen bases....Began the season with Myrtle Beach, where he was named the Cubs Minor League Player of the Month for April after hitting .375 (24-for-64) with four doubles, one triple, three home runs and 13 RBI in 16 games....Tallied 12 multi-hit efforts in a 14-game span from April 20-May 7, including seven-straight from April 28-May 7, batting .483 (29-for-60) during that span.... Batted .354 (56-for-158) with five doubles, three triples, seven home runs, 27 RBI and 13 stolen bases in 38 games with Myrtle Beach prior to his May 31 promotion... His .354 average was the second-highest in the Carolina League (min. 100 AB)....In 63 games with South Bend, hit .287 (76-for-265) with 15 doubles, seven triples, nine home runs, 34 RBI and 19 steals....Batted .362 (17-for-47) vs. lefties, compared to .271 (59-for.218) against righties with South Bend....Participated in the 2022 Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game in Los Angeles, going 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored....In August, batted .356 (36-for-101) with seven doubles, one triple, three home runs, 17 RBI, 12 stolen bases and a .952 OPS....Following the season, was awarded a Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove and was named a Midwest League Post-Season All-Star and an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star.
2021
Was limited to six games in 2021 due to a torn right labrum suffered on May 11 ... hit .417 (10-for-24) with two doubles, four RBI and two steals with Single-A Lucie...Was traded to the Cubs, July 30 for SS Javier Báez and RHP Trevor Williams...Following the season, was ranked as the Cubs' No. 5 prospect per MLB Pipeline.
2020
Did not play after being taken in the first round of First-Year Player Draft in June due to the cancellation of the minor league season.
