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Lost World Series (Philadelphia Athletics) 1–4 6 1918: 84 45 .651 Lost World Series (Boston Red Sox) 2–4 7 1935: 100 54 .649 Lost World Series (Detroit Tigers) 2–4 8 1929: 98 54 .645 Lost World Series (Philadelphia Athletics) 1–4 9 1908: 99 55 .643 Won World Series (Detroit Tigers) 4–1 10 2016: 103 58 .640 Won World Series (Cleveland ...
The Chicago Cubs have completed 150 seasons of baseball, second only to the Atlanta Braves at 151. Within this time, the Cubs have won 17 National League pennants, 3 World Series championships, 3 pre-World Series Championships, and tied for 2 pre-World Series Championships. By virtue of their pennants and playoff championships, the Cubs can ...
Throughout the club's history, the Cubs have played in a total of 11 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 World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The Cubs then defeated the San Francisco Giants in the NLDS (3–1) followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS (4–2) to win the NL pennant for the first time since 1945. In the 2016 World Series, the Cubs ended their 108-year World Series Championship drought by defeating the Cleveland Indians in a seven-game series (4–3).
Season Franchise League Wins Losses Pct. Games played Finish 1906: Chicago Cubs: NL: 116: 36.763: 152: Lost 1906 World Series: 1902: Pittsburgh Pirates: NL: 103: 36 ...
The Mets (who had lost a record 120 games in their inaugural season 7 years earlier), would go on to win the World Series. The Cubs, despite a respectable 92–70 record, would be remembered for having lost a remarkable 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 games in the standings to the Mets in the last quarter of the season.
Through the 2022 postseason, five NL wild card teams have gone on to win the World Series (Florida in 1997 and 2003, St. Louis in 2011, San Francisco in 2014 and Washington in 2019). Five teams won the NL pennant but lost the World Series (New York in 2000, San Francisco in 2002, Houston in 2005, Colorado in 2007, and Philadelphia in 2022).