Where do most Chicago Cubs players live? Far more of the homeowning Cubs have bought places in the city than in the suburbs.
Most major league baseball players rent homes in their teams’ cities. Many lead an itinerant lifestyle, as they are subject to the whims of team owners who can trade or release them at any time, and the advent of free agency has made long careers with any one team rare.Also, with players now paid more than ever, the lure of sun-kissed states with no income tax, such as Florida and Texas, can be high and as a result, players own homes in those states and live there in the offseason.
“Living in Streeterville was a lot of fun,” he said. “I could walk to Michigan Avenue, a lot of good restaurants and Navy Pier. I wanted to be able to get around quickly around town.”Glanville later rented in Greektown. For most of the rest of his career, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies, and he rented in that city for two years before deciding to buy a house in Conshohocken, a Philadelphia suburb.
With the kind of money that Banks was earning with the Cubs, he and then-wife Eloyce could have afforded to live in a wealthy enclave.
Future Hall of Famer Billy Williams and his wife, Shirley, initially lived in South Shore, at 7410 S. Constance Ave. He told Elite Street that he and Banks would take turns driving back and forth together from the South Side to Wrigley Field. In 1981, however, the Williamses decided to return to Glen Ellyn, where their daughters had friends. So they bought a house that Williams, now a widower, inhabits to this day.Well-known Cubs continued to buy suburban homes into the early 1980s. Pitcher Mike Krukow owned a house in Highland Park, while outfielder Bobby Murcer, who later became a popular New York Yankees broadcaster, owned a three-bedroom town home on Wimbolton Drive in Mount Prospect from 1978 until 1981.
Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg douses winning pitcher Rick Sutcliffe with Champagne after the Cubs clinched the National League East title on Sept. 24, 1984, in Pittsburgh.After 1999, the balance dramatically shifted to Cubs players owning in the city. Second baseman Eric Young, onetime pitching phenom Mark Prior and starting pitcher Kerry Wood all purchased homes in the city. Wood owned homes in River North and Lincoln Park’s Old Town Triangle before trading up in 2008, paying $3.
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