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  • Carl Lundgren Chicago Cubs 1902

    New Nickname Cubs

    The name “Cubs” first appeared in print in 1902 and gained popularity over the next four years, before becoming the sole nickname in 1906.
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  • World Series - 1907 Chicago Cubs

    World Series Winner 1907

    The 1907 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, with the Cubs winning the Series four games to none (with one tie) for their first championship.
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    World Series Winner 1908

    The 1908 World Series matched the defending champion Chicago Cubs against the Detroit Tigers in a rematch of the 1907 Series. In this first-ever rematch of this young event, the Cubs won in five games for their second consecutive title.
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  • Chicago Cubs Jersey

    Chicago Tribune Take Control

    P.K. Wrigley died in 1977. The Wrigley family sold the team to the Chicago Tribune in 1981, ending a 65-year family relationship with the Cubs.
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  • Steve Bartman Incident

    Bartman Incident

    The Steve Bartman incident occurred during a Major League Baseball playoff game between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins on October 14, 2003, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. In the eighth inning of Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, with Chicago ahead 3–0 and holding 3 games to 2 lead in the best of 7 series, several ...
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  • Tom Ricketts Chicago Cubs

    Ricketts New Owner

    The Ricketts family acquired a majority interest in the Cubs in 2009, ending the Tribune years. Apparently handcuffed by the Tribune’s bankruptcy and the sale of the club to the Ricketts family, the Cubs’ quest for an NL Central 3-peat started with notice that there would be less invested into contracts than in previous years.
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  • Chicago Cubs World Series 2016

    World Series Winner 2016

    The 2016 World Series was the 112th edition of Major League Baseball’s championship series, a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history. The Indians had a home-field advantage because the AL had won the 2016 All-Star Game. The Cubs defeated ...
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History of the Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are one of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball. The team has been a part of baseball since 1876 and has won two World Series championships, making them one of the oldest teams in MLB. Throughout their history, they have had some incredible moments that will live on forever in baseball lore.

The Cubs first began playing as an independent professional team known as the White Stockings until joining the National League (NL) for its inaugural season during the 1876-77 season when it was renamed to “Chicago,” after which they were then called “Cubs” by sportswriters who thought their young players looked like cubs or baby bears at play on the field! In 1906, Frank Chance took over as manager and led them to four straight NL pennants from 1906–1910 before finally winning their first world series title against Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers during the 1907-08 seasons with a record 116 wins! This was followed up with another championship win against Cleveland Indians during the 1908-09 seasons, where Joe Tinker famously said, "Tinker to Evers to Chance," which is now immortalized into a Hall Of Fame plaque honoring all three infielders for double plays made throughout those years.

During this period between 1910 -1945, Cubs went through many changes, including changing managers multiple times but never managed to get back into playoffs, let alone win any more titles, till 1945 when Phil Cavarretta came onto the scene, leading them back into postseason contention again while also becoming NL MVP same year due his stellar performance both offensively defensively helping secure second ever world series title defeating Detroit Tigers once more four games out five total played! After this, though, things started to go downhill quickly missing playoffs every year except 1969 & 1984 losing divisional tiebreaker games each time respectively even though having great rosters filled with superstars such as Ernie Banks Ryne Sandberg Harry Carey etcetera... yet still unable to break the curse so far despite few close calls here there recently like 2003 NLCS loss Houston Astros heartbreakingly enough but hopefully someday soon we'll see these loveable losers become champions again bringing joy fans everywhere around the country, not just city Chicago itself!





Established
1889

City
Chicago

League History
2000 – Present / Major League Baseball
1889 – 1999 / National League

Team History
1903 – Present / Chicago Cubs
1889 – 1902 / Chicago Orphans

Nickname
Cubs – A Chicago newspaper held a contest to select a new name. The term Cubs was chosen, but as other newspapers ignored the name at first, it was some time before the new nickname came into general use. Fred Hayner, sports editor of the Chicago Daily News, was among the first to use the name of Cubs.”

Championship
World Series 3
2016, 1908, 1907

Stadium
1927 – Present / Wrigley Field
1920 – 1926 / Cubs Park
1916 – 1920 / Weeghman Park
1893 – 1915 / West Side Park II
1885 – 1891 / West Side Park I

Owner
2009 – Present / Joe Ricketts Family Trust
1981 – 2009 / Tribune Company
1977 – 1981 / William Wrigley III
1932 – 1977 / Philip K. Wrigley
1921 – 1932 / William Wrigley, Jr.
1921 – 1981 / The Wrigley Family
1916 – 1921 / Charles Weeghman
1914 – 1916 / Charles Phelps Taft
1905 – 1914 / Charles W. Murphy
1902 – 1905 / James Hart
1882 – 1902 / Albert G. Spalding
1870 – 1882 / William A. Hulbert

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Retired Number
10 / Ron Santo
14 / Ernie Banks
23 / Ryne Sandberg
26 / Billy Williams
31 / Ferguson Jenkins
31 / Greg Maddux
42 / Jackie Robinson

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