Nico Hoerner could join Chicago Cubs notables such as Cap Anson, Phil Cavarretta, Billy Williams, Bill Madlock, Bill Buckner and Derrek Lee if he can win a National League batting title.

After Sunday’s 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rayus, in which his two-run double in the seventh inning provided the winning margin, he is hitting .299.

Only one player in the NL is hitting better than .300 — the Philadelphia Phillies’ Trea Turner at .305. And his number will stay the same for a while as Turner went on the 10-day injured list Sept. 7 with a hamstring injury. The Phillies are expecting him back for the playoffs.

Since Buckner in 1980 and Lee in 2005, the Cubs have gone dry in that accomplishment. Twenty years later, can they finally have another hitting champ?

It’s not one of his top priorit

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