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Throughout the club's history, the Cubs have played in a total of eleven World Series. The 1906 Cubs won 116 games, finishing 116–36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of .763, before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox ("The Hitless Wonders") by four games to two. The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908, becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series, and the first to win it twice. Most recently, the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series, which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and a 108-year World Series championship drought, both of which are record droughts in Major League Baseball. The 108-year drought was also the longest such occurrence in all major North American sports. Since the start of divisional play in 1969, the Cubs have appeared in the postseason ten times through the 2019 season. The Cubs are known as "the North Siders", a reference to the location of Wrigley Field within the city of Chicago, and in contrast to the White Sox, whose home field (Guaranteed Rate Field) is located on the South Side.

Throughout the club's history, the Cubs have played in a total of eleven World Series. The 1906 Cubs won 116 games, finishing 116–36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of .763, before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox ("The Hitless Wonders") by four games to two. The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908, becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series, and the first to win it twice. Most recently, the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series, which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and a 108-year World Series championship drought, both of which are record droughts in Major League Baseball. The 108-year drought was also the longest such occurrence in all major North American sports. Since the start of divisional play in 1969, the Cubs have appeared in the postseason ten times through the 2019 season. The Cubs are known as "the North Siders", a reference to the location of Wrigley Field within the city of Chicago, and in contrast to the White Sox, whose home field (Guaranteed Rate Field) is located on the South Side.

1939 Chicago Cubs

1870-2021 (152 seasons)

Chicago Cubs Team History

All-time franchise record

11186-10605 (.513)

10 championships in 18 appearances

Franchise History

1903-2021

Chicago Cubs (MLB)

1901-1902

Chicago Orphans (MLB)

1898-1900

Chicago Orphans (NL)

1890-1897

Chicago Colts (NL)

1876-1889

Chicago White Stockings (NL)

1871-1875

Chicago White Stockings (NA)

1870

Chicago White Stockings (NABBP)

Top Seasons

Year Record Result

2016 103-58 Won World Series

1945 98-56 Lost World Series

1938 89-63 Lost World Series

1935 100-54 Lost World Series

1932 90-64 Lost World Series

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Last 5 Seasons

Year Record Result

2021 71-91 Missed Playoffs

2020 34-26 Lost Wild Card Game

2019 84-78 Missed Playoffs

2018 95-68 Lost Wild Card Game

2017 92-70 Lost NLCS

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1st Round Draft Picks

Year Rd/Pick Player

2021 1 / 21 Jordan Wicks LHP

2020 1 / 16 Ed Howard SS

2019 1 / 27 Ryan Jensen P

2018 1 / 24 Nico Hoerner SS

2017 1 / 27 Brendon Little LHP

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Longest Serving GM's

Tenure Years General Manager

1957-75 19 John Holland

2002-11 10 Jim Hendry

1941-49 9 James T. Gallagher

2012-20 9 Jed Hoyer

1950-56 7 Wid Matthews

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Team Owners

Tenure Years Owner

2009-21 13 Thomas S. Ricketts

1981-08 28 Tribune Company

1977-80 4 William Wrigley III

1932-76 45 Philip K. Wrigley

1918-31 14 William Wrigley Jr.

1916-18 3 Charles Weeghman

1914-15 2 Charles Taft

1906-13 8 Charles Murphy

1902-05 4 James Hart

1882-01 20 Al Spalding

1870-81 10 William Hulbert

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