Chicago Cubs is a team of Major League Baseball (MLB). The team has a relatively strong economic strength, with a history of more than 100 years, and its fans are widely distributed throughout the United States, but it has not won the World Series championship in 100 years. This is the longest team in the major leagues that have not won the championship in a row.
On November 3, 2016, the Chicago Cubs finally welcomed the World Series championship after 108 years of waiting. On February 14, 2017, he won the 2017 Lawrence World Sports Awards Best Team of the Year Award.
Team Profile
- Chicago Cubs is a Major League Baseball team in Chicago, Illinois, affiliated to the Central District of the National League.
- Created: When it was founded in 1870, it was an independent professional club. Joined the National Federation in 1871. In 1876, he joined the National Alliance as a founding member.
- affiliated to partitions: National League Central District (1994-present), National League East District (1969-1993)
- Previous team names: Chicago Orphans (1898-1901), Chicago Pony (1890-1897), Chicago White Stockings (1870-1889)
- Home: Whiteley Stadium (1916-present)
- Jersey color: Blue, red and white
Feet history
Located in the Midwest United States Big City, the Chicago Cubs are the second veteran team in the major league (the oldest is the Reds). The team history can be far from that of the Chicago White Sox in 1874 (White (White) ( Stockings, then affiliated with the National Association. The National League was established in 1876, and the White Sox was one of the eight founding teams and won the first championship of the National League. In 1897, he defeated Louisville 36-7, setting a record for the highest scoring in the team history.
Entered the White Stockings team in the 20th century, and changed the team names such as White Stockings, Colts, Orphans, etc., and could not find a suitable name. Until 1902, a newspaper reporter used the Cubs' name in the newspaper column and was widely popular among fans. So in 1907, the Cubs became the official team name. The Cubs in 1906 were the strongest team ever, setting a record of 116 wins in the major league season. They also faced the White Sox, which is also part of Chicago City, in the World Series. This is also the first time in the history of the World Series in the same city, but unfortunately the Cubs lost with two wins and four losses. In 1907, he entered the World Championship again, defeated the Detroit Tigers and won the first world championship in team history. In 1908, he once again pulled out his tiger claws and became the first team in history to win the world championship. The Bear has never tasted the taste of a world champion since then, and it is also a record in the history of professional baseball. In the same year, pitcher "Three-Finger" Brown won 29 wins in the season, and is still a team record.
In 1916, the main stadium moved to Weeghman Park (later renamed Wrigley Field) and has been used to this day. It is the second oldest stadium in the major leagues (the oldest stadium is Fenway Park in Boston). In a game against the Reds in 1917, the two teams started the only game in the first nine innings in the major leagues where the two teams had no hits. The Reds later won 1-0 in the tenth inning. In 1918, the Red Sox team, led by famous player Baby Ruth (who was still a pitcher at the time), was suffocated to death by the Red Sox.
1920, gum tycoon William Wrigley (the owner of Wrigley chewing gum ) bought the Cubs and renamed the stadium to Cubs Park, and in 1926 it was renamed Wrigley Field, and at the same time, the second floor stand was added to increase the seats to 40,000 seats.In 1929, Wrigley Field held the World Championship for the first time, but unfortunately the Bears lost to the Philadelphia Athletics team 1-3. Although the Bears had firepower support from Hall of Fame such as Rogers Hornsby (National League MVP, hit rate.380), Hack Wilson (strike rate.345) and Kiki Cuyler (strike rate.360), they still lost to the athletes and passed by the world champion again.
1930, outfielder Hack Wilson set a record for the highest major league record of 191 points in a single season, and no one can break it yet. He entered the World Championship again in 1932, but he couldn't pass the Yankees level. In the same year, the boss William Wrigley passed away and his son P.K. Wrigley inherited the team's ownership. He began to conceive how to rebuild the Rigley Stadium to become his ideal stadium. In 1937, the stadium added an outfield stand and a new scoring board, and the famous ivy was planted on the home run wall. It has been used to this day and has become a major feature of the stadium. In 1938, he lost to the New York Yankees again in the World Championship. In 1945, the Cubs advanced to the World Championship for the last time, and they still lost to the Detroit Tigers' claws until the seventh game.
Bears seemed to be in a low tide after entering the 1950s and have missed the post-season game, but the players still have some excellent performances. In 1955, pitcher Sam Jones made a no-hit match against the Buccaneers, becoming the first pitcher to make a no-hit match. In 1957, rookie pitcher Dick Drott struck out 515 people in the game against Warriors, including three strikeouts against Hank Aaron. In 1959, "Mr. Bears" became the first player in the National League to receive the league's MVP for two consecutive years. In 1960, the boss P.K. Wrigley boldly adopted the coaching team system to replace the head coaching system in an attempt to revitalize the Cubs, but the Cubs proved the failure of this policy with a record-breaking 120 losses in 1962. In October 1965, Leo Durocher was appointed head coach, ending the five-year coaching team system of the Cubs. "Mr. Bears" retired in 1971 and hit 512 home runs in his career and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame three years later. In 1975, Rick and Paul Reuschel became the first pair of brother pitchers in history to join forces to block the Dodgers (7-0).
- The first big thing that came to the 1980s was that the little bear changed its owner, and its new owner was the Chicago Tribune. The Bears seemed to be reborn, reaching the post-season in 1984 (first after 1945), with the audience exceeding two million. Second baseman Ryne Sandberg was selected as the NFC MVP, and pitcher Rick Sutcliffe won the NFC Young Award with 16 wins and 1 defeat. In 1988, the Chicago City Council finally passed the permission of a limited number of night games, so the first night game of the Rigley Stadium was held on August 8, but it was interrupted by the rain. The official night game was postponed to August 9 before the game was completed, and the Bears defeated the Mets 6-4. In 1989, the Bears advanced to the National League Championship again and were defeated by the Giants with 4 wins and 1 loss.
- 90s star emerged, second baseman Ryne Sandberg set a major league record in 123 consecutive games without mistakes in 1990, and also dominated the NFC with 40 home runs. In 1992, pitcher Greg Maddux won the National League Cy Young Award with 20 wins and 11 losses, and began to show his style of huge shots. In 1993, the previous year, the Chicago White Sox traded outfielder Sammy Sosa with 33 home runs, and 36 times stolen bases became the first Cubs player to reach 30/30. In 1994, Sosa continued to maintain a 30/30 record while hitting the 10,000th home run in team history. In 1995, the Bears won the 9000th victory in team history, far exceeding any professional team in other cities. In 1997, Ryne Sandberg announced his retirement and hit a total of 277 home runs in his career, making him the second baseman with the most home runs in major league history. In 1998, rookie pitcher Kerry Wood made 20 strikeouts in a single game, tied the major league record, and was also selected as the NFC Rookie of the Year, becoming the first pitcher in team history to win this award. Sosa hit 66 home runs second only to the Cardinals' McGwire (70) and won the NFC MVP. The Cubs, which are both good at offense and defense, entered the post-season game, but were eliminated in the first round.Unfortunately, both the two Hall of Fame broadcasters, Harry Caray and Jack Brickhouse, passed away this year, especially Harry Caray led fans to sing the unique vocals of baseball songs during the intermission of the seventh inning, leaving unlimited memories for Bear fans. In 1999, Sosa continued his blow firepower, becoming the first player in major league history to hit more than 60 home runs for two consecutive years.
After 2000's silence (65 wins and 97 losses), the Bears attacked again in 2001, with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. Moreover, the opponent's pitcher did not make nine innings in the entire season, making them the first team in major league history. The pitching group teamed up to set 1,344 strikeouts, setting a new major league record. In the game against the Reds, pitcher Jon Lieber faced only 27 hitters, shot 78 goals, and was hit with a hit, and ended up blocking the opponent. He had a record of 5 wins and 0 losses against the Reds in the season. In 2002, Sammy Sosa, Fred McGriff, Rafael Palmeiro and Juan Gonzalez made their debut at the same time in the Cubs’ cross-league match against the Rangers, making it the first game in major league history where four players had more than 400 home runs at the same time. In addition, in the game against the Brewers, Mark Bellhorn became the first person in history to hit a home run with his left and right arrows in the same inning. Sosa also hit the 499th home run in his career during the season, and was the 200th team. The third time in team history, the team has more than 200 home runs. The excellent hit record did not help the record, ending the 2002 season with only 67 wins and 95 losses.
Chicago White Stockings
In 1869, Cincinnati Red Stockings was a successful and famous baseball group, which added many small groups at that time. The Chicago Base Ball Club formed a group, Chicago White Stockings, and began their first open game on April 29, 1870, with a 47-1 victory over St. Louis Unions. White Stockings built their home league Union Base-Ball Grounds on the west side of Chicago and joined the National Association of Base Ball Players at the time. The White Stockings won the National Association this year, but it was the last year of the league.
1871, William Hulbert, the operator of the White Stockings Group, became the founder of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, and White Stockings is also a member of the league. On October 8, 1871, the Chicago Fire burned the stadium and equipment. After the season, the white stockings were forced to leave the league for two years during the city rebuilding, and in 1874, the white stockings returned to the league. The league's last two seasons were controlled by the Boston Red Stockings and also hid many excellent players. Later, due to problems, the league changed hands and changed its name to the National League in 1876, and the White Stockings also became a member of the National League.
1876-1902National League era
- 1976, Hulbert, general manager of the Chicago Club, signed several star players, including pitcher Ayer Spalding , outfielders Ross Barnes, Deacon White and Adrian Anson, making White Stockings the top team in the new league at the time, won the National League’s first year with Spalding winning 47 wins and the Barnes hitting a 0.429 strike rate, which was the highest trophy in baseball at the time. After that, the White Stockings won the championship in 1880 and 1881. After Hulbert's death and Spalding retired to establish the Spalding Sports Goods Store, the team served as general manager and player, and won the team's third championship in 1882. Later in 1885 and 1886, the White Stockings won the National League championship for two consecutive years, and held the St. Louis Brown Stockings World Series with the then American Association champion, which won the World Series, in 1885 by the White Stockings and in 1886 by the Brown Stockings. In total, under the leadership of Anson, White Stockings won 6 National League championships in 1876-1886. Therefore, in 1890, the Chicago club used a transitional name Chicago Colts, sometimes called Anson's Pony. It can be seen that Anson had a great influence in the club at that time.
- 1897, Anson completed the milestone of 3,000 hits in this year, but left the Pony the next year, and the Chicago Pony was renamed Chicago Orphans, which was forgotten in the following seasons. In 1900, the American League was established, and a new team was established in Chicago South under the old name "White Stockings" of Chicago orphans.
In 1906, the Bears won 116 victories in the team history record and won the World Championship for two consecutive years from 1907 to 1908.
1902-1920 Bear era
1902, after Jim Hart bought the Chicago Orphan and changed his name to the familiar Chicago Bear. During the five years from 1906 to 1910, the Bears won a total of 4 league championships and 2 World Series championships. In 1906, the Bears won a team record of 116 wins (0.763 win rate). The World Series of this year was held by the Bears and the Chicago White Sox in the same city. The final match was the White Sox won the World Series championship with 4 wins and 2 losses. The next year, the Bears won the World Series championship for two consecutive years, and the championships in these three years were won by the Chicago City team.
1909, the team's senior catcher Johnny Kling left the team and became a professional baseball player. Some historians believe that the Cubs, which lack Kling, will not be able to win the championship. After the season ended this year, the Cubs ended the game with second place, with a 6.5 win difference from the first place. Kling returned to the team in 1910, and the Cubs successfully won the championship again, but the Cubs lost to Philadelphia athletes in the World Series. In 1914, the Cubs began building a new stadium, which was completed two years later and named Weeghman Park. In 1918, the Cubs won the National League championship and held a World Series with the American League champion Boston Red Sox. The Cubs lost 2 wins and 4 losses, and won the championship by the Red Sox. However, the Red Sox sold the pitcher Babe Ruth in the formation to the New York Yankees, and opened the 86-year-old Babe Ruth curse.
1929-1938 Every three years, one National League champion
1921, the owner of Wrigley Company, William Wrigley, Jr., bought Weeghman's stock, and in 1925, he became the new boss of the Bears. He then changed his home court to Wrigley Stadium. During this period, the Bears trained some baseball Hall of Fame players, such as Hack Wilson, Gabby Hartnett and Rogers Hornsby, making the Bears a competitive team in these 10 years. In 1929, the Bears won the National League championship. From this year on, the Bears will win the National League championship every three years, including 1932, 1935 and 1938. However, these successful seasons did not allow the Bears to win the World Championship. In the 1929 World Series, the Bears lost the championship with 1 win and 4 losses in the game against the Philadelphia Athlete. The third game of the 1932 World Series appeared in the legend of "Babe Ruth's Called Shot" (Babe Ruth's Called Shot) that the Bears were defeated by the Yankees for four consecutive victories.
In September 1935, the Bears scored a record of winning 21 consecutive games, but lost to the championship in the World Championship that year with 2 wins and 4 losses. The last game of the 1938 season was also a key game. He faced the Pittsburgh Pirates at home. In the end, Hartnett hit a goodbye home run, helping the Bears win the championship and ticket to the 1938 World Series. However, although the sore arm of pitcher Dizzy Dean supported the Cubs for a whole year, he exhausted his strength in the series and suffered four consecutive victories and lost the championship by the Yankees. In 1939, both double-Bills (Wrigley and Veeck) passed away, and Wrigley's son P.K. Wrigley was unable to run the team as successfully as his dad, making the Bears' performance a very flat commission in the next few years.
1945 Goat Curse
1945 was the last year of World War II . In this year, the Bears won the National League championship that they had not won for several years with 98 wins and 56 losses, and the opponent they faced in the World Championship was the Detroit Tigers.In the first three games, the Bears won 2 wins and 1 defeat, and the famous goat curse in history occurred in the fourth game. The curse originated from Billy Sianis, an Greek expatriate. He has a tavern near the stadium (the now famous Billy Goat Tavern). He is also a loyal fan of the Bears. Every time he plays, he brings his own home-raised goats to cheer for the Bears and ridicule his opponent. At that time in the Fourth World War, Billy spent money to buy two tickets for himself and his goat Murphy as usual, and cheered for the bear together. In the 7th game, it started to rain in the sky, and the wet goats emitted a odor. The fans complained repeatedly, and the stadium staff had to invite Billy and his goats out of the field, which made Billy very unhappy.
According to Billy's family, Billy asked Wheelley, the owner of the Bears team, after the game, but he gave the conclusion that "people can enter the field, but the goats are not accurate." Wheelley also said: "Because the goats are too smelly." As soon as this was said, Billy was furious and said to Wheelley on the spot: Because you insulted my goats, the Bears will lose the World Competition that year, and the Bears will never be able to win the World Competition again. Coincidentally, the bear lost to the tiger back then and handed over the championship. The following year in 1946, although the Bears had a winning rate of more than 50%, they only won the third place and were unable to enter the playoffs. In the 20 years since they were all gone, the Bears became a bad team in the national league, with the rankings in the bottom few. From 1947 to 1967, the winning rate in only three years reached 50%. In 1945, the key player Phil Cavarretta, who is also the team's infielder and general manager, admitted that the Bears were not the team that could squeeze into the top 5 in his mind after the spring training in 1954. shortstop Ernie Banks became the best player in the next 10 years, but in the absence of good players on the team and the team boss did not manage the team seriously, the Bears have never been able to perform well.
1969
1960s, the Bears made up for third baseman Ron Santo, pitcher Ferguson Jenkins and outfielder Billy Williams. Later, in 1966, the Bears lost 103 games in the history of the team. The next year, the Bears had two consecutive victories in 1967 and 1968, which made the winning rate in the past two years reach more than 50%. This is the first time in the past 20 years. In 1969, major league games began to have major rules, and the two leagues were divided into two districts, and the Bears were the team of the National League East District at that time. The Cubs played well this year and were consistently leading other teams with the first place.
On August 19, Bears pitcher Ken Holtzman made a no-hit match. At this time, the Bears led the second place , the New York Metropolis, , with 58.5 games in the victory. However, in the subsequent games, the Bears' record suddenly worsened, and finally only won the second place in the division with 92 wins and 70 losses, missing the playoffs. The Mets' performance in the final season suddenly exploded, winning 39 games in the last 50 games, and chasing the Bears with 100 wins and becoming the first place in the division. Many superstitious fans blamed the reason for the Bears' collapse on the fact that when the Bears played at the Shea Stadium, the home court of the Metropolis, some fans let the Black Cat run to the court, and the previous curse appeared again.
1984
After nearly 40 years of not entering the playoff season, General Manager Dallas Green helped the team win the ace pitchers Rick Sutcliffe, Scott Sanderson, Dennis Eckersley, Ron Cey and Ryne Sandberg of the NFC MVP in the middle of the season. The team consisted of the above players helped the Cubs win the league's best 96 wins and won the NFC East Championship.
The Bears' opponent in the NFC Championship is the San Diego Padres. The first two games were obtained by the Bears. They only need to win one game to enter the World Championship. However, the Bears lost the game. After the 9th innings in the fourth game, the two sides tied 5:5. The Bears launched the terminator Lee Smith, who they had relied on back then, after 9 innings, they first struck out the first hitter, Smith was hit by the second hitter in this game, and then they lost the game by Steve Garvey. They must enter the fifth game. The Cubs led 3:2 at the end of the fifth game, and in the seventh game, Bears pitcher Rick Sutcliffe (the winner of the Cy Young Award) continued to pitch, but was passed by Leon Durham with an ordinary rolling ball through his leg. This mistake allowed the Padre to score four points, which allowed the Padres to reverse the series to eliminate the Bears into the World Series. The next four seasons of the Bears, affected by the injury of the pitcher, had no chance to win the playoffs again.
1989-1998
1989 season Bears head coach Don Zimmer formed the center players with experienced players Ryne Sandberg, Rick Sutcliffe and Andre Dawson, young players Mark Grace, Shawon Dunston, Greg McDax and Jerome Walton, who went to the major league in the first year. Under such a strategy, the Bears won the NFC championship with 93 and entered the playoffs, with their opponents in the NFC championship game being San Francisco Giants . The two sides tied 1:1 in the first two games, and the third game came to the Bay Area. In the subsequent game, the Bears lost three games in a row due to the crash of the bullpen and the head coach made a mistake, which made the Bears lose three consecutive games. In the 1989 World Series, the Giants were lost 4:0 by Oakland athletes, who are also in the Bay Area. In 1998, the Bears entered the playoffs with a wild card qualification, with their opponents being Atlanta Warriors . As a result, the Bears were eliminated with three consecutive losses. In these three games, the Bears only scored 4 points in total.
Only 5 outs were missing in 2003
- This year, the Bears hired Dusty Baker as the team's head coach, and also traded the Pirates' Kenny Lofton and Aramis Ramírez. Under the leadership of the new coach, the Bears won the division championship in 14 years. The first national league division competition was against the Warriors. The two sides tied 2 wins and 2 losses in the first four games. The fifth game must be held. The Bears took the lead in scoring 2 points in the first two games. The Warriors were suppressed by Bears pitcher Carrey Wood and scored 1 point in the whole game. In the end, the Bears successfully won 5:1 to the playoff series since 1908. The Bears' opponent in the National League Championship is the wild card qualification Florida Marlins . The Bears gained an advantage in the first five games with 3 wins and 2 losses. As long as they win 1 win, they can enter the World Series that has been out of many years. However, the Steve Bartman incident occurred in the sixth game. The Bears led 3:0 at the end of the first 7 innings. In the first half of the 8 innings, the Bears pitcher Mark Prior was only hit by three hits and not losing a single point. The hitter was Marlins' Luis Castillo. As soon as they were out, the second base had runner Juan Pierre. At this time, they were only 5 outs to enter the World Series that had been out of 58 years, and finally had the opportunity to challenge the World Series that they had not won since 1908. Steve was sitting on the left corner of the infield at the time, very close to the bullpen.
- Castillo hit a very unnutritious and just about to fall into the audience. Left fielder Moises Alou rushed over and stretched his arm to catch the ball. Steve actually dropped the ball the moment Alou was about to receive it. Alou was so angry that he threw the glove to the ground and roared at Steve. The Bears immediately fought with the referee for this interference, but the referee Mike Everitt disagreed. Castillo could continue to attack, and the Marlins scored 8 points, of which 6 were erroneous and erroneous. The Bears lost 3:8. In the seventh game the next night, the Marlins beat Bears pitcher Wood and became the 2003 National League champion; the Marlins defeated the New York Yankees with 4 wins and 2 losses and won the World Championship. After the game, everyone thought that this was influenced by the goat curse.
- AAA: Iowa Cubs, Pacific Coast League
- AA: Tennessee Smokies, Southern League
- AA: Daytona Cubs, Florida State League)
- A: Peoria Chiefs, Midwest League (Midwest League)
- Short A: Boise Hawks, Northwest League (Northwest League)
- Rookies: Alizana League Bears (AZL Cubs), Alizana League (Arizona League)
- Rookies: Venezuelan League Bears (VSL Cubs), Venezuelan Summer League (Venezuelan Summer League)
2007-2008 Division champion
2008, in three months before the start of the season, the Bears had several unsuccessful transactions, such as Baltimore Orioles' second baseman Brian Roberts's trade, and the signing of Japan-China-Japan Ryu Fururu Takasuke finally proved to be a failure. After April 2008, the Bears won the team's record of 10,000 wins. In the early stages of the season, Reed Johnson and Jim Edmonds joined the trade with athletes Rich Harden in early July, so the Bears had the best NFC record before the star game. In that year, eight players from the Bears were selected, including catcher Geovany Soto (won the NFC Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year award that year). This year, the Bears successfully defended the National League Central Champion with 98 wins and 64 losses. This is also the team's second consecutive year since 1906-1908. The Bears' team player was the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Bears were surprisingly eliminated by the Dodgers with 0 wins and 3 losses. In these three games, the Bears only scored 6 points, which was far inferior to the team's 20 points. Several key mistakes also occurred. The season ended with everyone's surprise
2013
At the beginning of the season, Reed Johnson and Jim Edmonds joined, and in early July, traded Rich Harden with athletes, so that the Bears had the best record in the NFC before the star game. This year, the Bears had 8 players selected to enter the Star Game, including catcher Geovany Soto (won the NFC Major League Baseball New Year Award that year). This year, the Bears successfully defended the National League Central Champion with 98 wins and 64 losses. This is also the team's second consecutive year since 1906-1908. In the division championship game, the Bears' team player was the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Bears were surprisingly eliminated by the Dodgers with 0 wins and 3 losses. In these three games, the Bears only scored 6 points, which was far inferior to the team player's 20 points. Several key mistakes also occurred, and the season ended with everyone's surprise.
World Ranking
On August 3, 2020, the Chicago Cubs (MLB Baseball) ranked 17th in the world's top 25 most valuable sports teams in 2020 with a value of 3.2 billion US dollars.
In September 2022, it ranked 34th among the 50 highest-value sports teams in the world in 2022 announced by Forbes.
Retirement number
10 Ron Santo 3B
14 Ernie Banks SS/1B (Hall of Fame Players)
23 Ryne Sandberg 2B (Hall of Fame Players)
26 Billy Williams OF (Hall of Fame Players)
42 Jackie Robinson 2B (Hall of Fame Players, Major Leagues jointly reserve the back number, non-Bears Players)
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