Kyle Hendricks, who helped Chicago Cubs win 2016 World Series, is
retiring
[November 18, 2025]
CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Hendricks, the right-hander who helped the Chicago
Cubs win the 2016 World Series and end a 108-year championship drought,
is retiring, the team announced on Monday.
The 35-year-old went 105-91 with a 3.79 ERA over 11 seasons with the
Cubs and one with the Los Angeles Angels. He was an All-Star in 2016,
going 16-8 with a major league-best 2.13 ERA. He pitched 4 1/3 shutout
innings as the Cubs lost World Series Game 3 to Cleveland 1-0 and 4 2/3
innings in Chicago’s 8-7, 10-inning win in Game 7. |
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks throws during the first
inning of Game 7 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the
Cleveland Indians, Nov. 2, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar,
File) |
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“He was one of the best all-time Cubs pitchers," Cubs chairman
Tom Ricketts said in a statement. “We would not have won the
World Series without his incredible 2016 season where he won the
major league ERA title and started Game 7 of the World Series.
The Professor was always calm, cool and collected on the mound
but his great performances excited millions of Cubs fans. From
his outstanding playoff starts in 2016 to his memorable final
appearance at Wrigley Field in 2024, he gave our fans sweet
emotions.”
Hendricks attended Dartmouth and was nicknamed "The Professor”
because of his college background and reliance on hitting spots
with a changeup and sinker in an era dominated by hard throwers.
The Cubs acquired Hendricks from Texas for Ryan Dempster at the
2012 trade deadline. He made his major league debut two years
later and went 97-81 with a 3.68 ERA in 270 starts and six
relief appearances for Chicago with 2014-24.
He signed a $2.5 million, one-year deal with the Angels last
November and was 8-10 with a 4.76 ERA in 31 starts, including a
loss to the Cubs at home in August.
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