The Chicago Cubs baseball club is an original member of the National League (1876 to date), established in 1874 or 1870. Here is a list of players who appeared in at least one regular season game beginning 1874. (Their 1870–1871 players are in :Category:Chicago White Stockings players among many others to about 1890.) Bold identifies members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Italics identify players with uniform numbers retired by the team. A David Aardsma, P, 2006 Bert Abbey, P, 1893–1894, 1895 Ted Abernathy, P, 1965, 1966, 1969–1970 Cliff Aberson, OF, 1947–1949 Johnny Abrego, P, 1985 Jimmy Adair, SS, 1931 Jason Adam, P, 2020 Karl Adams, P, 1915 Red Adams, P, 1946 Terry Adams, P, 1995–1999 Sparky Adams, 2B, 1922–1927 Bobby Adams, 3B, 1957–1959 Mike Adams, OF, 1976–1977 Bob Addis, OF, 1952–1953 Bob Addy, OF, 1876 Dewey Adkins, P, 1949 Jim Adduci, IF, 2019 Rick Aguilera, P, 1999–2001 Hank Aguirre, P, 1969–1970 Jack Aker, P, 1972, 1973 Arismendy Alcántara, 2B, 2014—2015 Dale Alderson, P, 1943–1944 Vic Aldridge, P, 1917–1924 Grover Alexander, P, 1918–1926 Manny Alexander, SS, 1997–1999 Matt Alexander, OF, 1973–1974 Antonio Alfonseca, P, 2002–2003 Nick Allen, C, 1916 Ethan Allen, OF, 1936 Milo Allison, OF, 1913–1914 Moisés Alou, OF, 2002–2004 Albert Almora, OF, 2016–2020 Porfi Altamirano, P, 1984 George Altman, OF, 1959–1962, 1965–1967 Adbert Alzolay, P, 2019 Joey Amalfitano, 2B, 1964–1967 Vicente Amor, P, 1955 Bob Anderson, P, 1957–1962 Brett Anderson, P, 2017 Jimmy Anderson, P, 2004 John André, P, 1955 Shane Andrews, 3B, 1999–2000 Jim Andrews, OF, 1890 Fred Andrus, OF, 1876–1884 Tom Angley, C, 1929 Cap Anson, 1B, 1876–1897 Jimmy Archer, C, 1909–1917 José Arcia, SS, 1968 Alex Arias, SS, 1992 Jamie Arnold, P, 2000 Jake Arrieta, P, 2013–2017, 2021 Jim Asbell, OF, 1938 José Ascanio, P, 2008–09 Jairo Asencio, P, 2012 Richie Ashburn, OF, 1960–1961 Ken Aspromonte, 2B, 1963 Paul Assenmacher, P, 1989–1993 Mitch Atkins, P, 2009-2010 Toby Atwell, C, 1952–1953 Earl Averill Jr., C, 1959, 1960 Alex Avila, C, 2017 Bobby Ayala, P, 1999–2000 Manny Aybar, P, 2001 B Fred Baczewski, P, 1953 Ed Baecht, P, 1931–1932 Javier Báez, IF, 2014–2021 Ed Bailey, C, 1965 Sweetbread Bailey, P, 1919–1920, 1921 Gene Baker, 2B, 1953–1957 Jeff Baker, IF-OF, 2009–12 John Baker, C, 2014 Scott Baker, P, 2013 Tom Baker, P, 1963 Paul Bako, C, 2003–2004 Mark Baldwin, P, 1887–1888 Jay Baller, P, 1985–1987 Tony Balsamo, P, 1962 Ernie Banks, SS-1B, 1953–1971 Willie Banks, P, 1993–1995