One Hundred Bags, One Backyard

Naperville

His father grew up a Cubs fan in Naperville, Illinois, and later taught high school English and theater arts in Los Angeles. When Pete Crow-Armstrong was young, he rooted for the Red Sox after their 2004 title and later the Cardinals and Packers — partly to needle him. At nine years old, his father told him the Cubs would improve, and that he needed to suffer through the bad years to legitimately join the bandwagon later.

The Mets drafted him 19th overall in 2020 out of Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. He signed for $3.359 million and bypassed a Vanderbilt commitment. In 2021, recovering from shoulder surgery, he was traded to Chicago as the key prospect returning for Javier Baez and Trevor Williams.

The Number

On September 8, Crow-Armstrong stole his 100th career base. He is 24, in his fourth season, all of it with the Cubs. The milestone arrived in a year where he has played 146 games and hit 41 home runs. He debuted on September 11, 2023, and has been with the Cubs since.

He won an NL Gold Glove in 2025 and has been an All-Star twice. His teammate Nico Hoerner has described him as defining what an All-Star is through performance, fan engagement, personality, and impact on winning.

The Backyard

His parents are actors Ashley Crow and Matthew John Armstrong, who met on the short-lived CBS police drama Turks in 1999. Crow's credits include Little Big League and Heroes; Armstrong has appeared in Heroes and American Dreams. Crow-Armstrong spent his childhood outdoors in a large backyard with very little screen time. His mother recalled that the backyard was essentially his home from the moment he woke up each day.

He reached 100 stolen bases on September 8, 439 games into a career that began on September 11, 2023.

Reporting: The Athletic, Sporting News, EssentiallySports, Baseball-Reference. Career and biographical data: MLB StatsAPI, via the Fever engine.