33 Chicago Cubs Facts: Read About The Famous American Baseball Team

Based in Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team that plays in the MLB, or Major League Baseball.

The Chicago Cubs is a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division. The home games of the Chicago Cubs are played at Wrigley Field, which is located on the North Side of the city.

Chicago has only two major league teams, and the Chicago Cubs is one of them. The other team is the Chicago White Sox that is actually a member of the American League (AL) Central Division.

The Chicago Cubs were earlier known as the White Stockings and the team was a founding member of the National League (NL) in 1876. The team became the Chicago Cubs in 1903.

The Chicago Cubs have appeared in eleven World Series. Additionally, the Chicago Cubs of 1906 had a brilliant season, winning 116 games and finishing 116–36.

The team posted a modern-era record winning percentage of 0.763. However, the Chicago Cubs lost the World Series to the Chicago White Sox by four games to two.

In 1907 and 1908, the Chicago Cubs won back-to-back World Series Championships. The team became the first major league team to appear in three consecutive World Series and the first team to win it two times.

Cubs fans are proud of their team, win or lose.

Facts About The Chicago Cubs

Here are some facts about the Chicago Cubs:

• The American professional baseball team known as the Chicago Cubs is one of the famous ones in the country, and plays Major League Baseball in the National League Central Division.
• The team is also known as the White Stockings or 'the North Siders.'
• The latter is a reference to the area where the home ground Wrigley Field is located in Chicago.
• The stadium where the Chicago Cubs play was built in 1914. Since 1916, the team has been playing its home games in this very stadium.
• During the games, the stadium is filled with Cubs fans- popular all over the world for their exuberant cheers even when the Chicago Cubs are not winning.
• The Chicago Cubs held the record for the longest dry spell among all American professional sports until 2016 when they won the World Series.
• There is a famous myth surrounding the team (though versions of the tale vary).
• Reporters know the name Billy Goat from Billy Goat's Tavern, which is located on Lower Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago.
• It is said that during the 1945 World Series, a person by the name Vasili 'Billy Goat' Sianis attended game four of the World Series along with his pet goat.
• It was the seventh inning of the game when the security guards in the stadium asked Vasili Sianis to leave as the goat was bothering other people sitting in the stadium.
• Sianis was enraged at this and cursed the team saying they weren't going to win anymore. He further stated that the team would never win a World Series so long as his goat was not allowed in Wrigley Field.
• The curse was taken as a joke, but some fans believe that the curse is the reason why the Chicago Cubs were not able to win a single World Series for 71 years between 1945 to 2016.
• It took many years for the Chicago Cubs to install lights in their home stadium.
• The former owner of the club, P.K. Wrigley, wanted to install lights during the 1942 season, but donated those same lights to a shipyard to be used for the war after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
• For the first 26 years of the existence of the Chicago Cubs, the team was known by many names such as the Chicago Orphans, the Chicago White Stockings, and the Chicago Colts.
• Radio recreations were done for the Cubs games by Ronald Reagan.
• Wrigley Field is also known as Cubs Park and Weeghman Park.

The Chicago Cubs' Achievements

The Cubs compete in the MLB and have accumulated a lot of achievements in over the years. The Cubs rallied to become the greatest in the game.

• They have appeared in 11 World Series.
• In 1906, the team won 116 games and had a modern-era record winning percentage of 0.763.
• The team won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908 after appearing in three consecutive World Series and is the first team to win twice in a row.
• Since the '40s, the Cubs had a consecutive winning season from 1967 to 1969. But they couldn't win a championship.
• The Chicago Cubs won the first World Series after 71 years. The curse of not winning the World Series was finally over.
• The Chicago Cubs have the record for most wins in a season with 116 games.
• That season, the team went to the World Series but lost to the Chicago White Sox. This occurred in 1906.
• A 'W' flag is raised after every win at the home ground to mark the win. It's how the Chicago Cubs celebrate and immortalize their win.
• A flag saying 'Hack 191' is seen on the roof of Wrigley.
• This flag honors the 191 RBIs by Hack Wilson in 1930. He actually holds the major league record to date.

Famous Cubs Players

Here are some famous players in the club's history. The Cubs roster has a lot of great players.

• Andre Dawson, Aramis Ramirez, Phil Cavarretta, Rick Sutcliffe, Derrek Lee, Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano, Bruce Sutter, Don Kessinger, Lee Smith, Billy Herman, Mark Grace, Anthony Rizzo, Randy Hundley, Hack Wilson, Stan Hack, Mordecai Brown, Frank Chance, Sammy Sosa, Greg Maddux, Cap Anson, Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Ryne Sandberg, and Ernie Banks are some notable mentions from the Chicago Cubs.
• Chuck Connors played 66 games for the Chicago Cubs. He was known as the star of the TV show 'The Rifleman.'
• Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, and Billy Williams have bronze statues outside of Wrigley Field.
• Foul balls were allowed to be kept by the fans in the Wrigley Field and it was the first professional MLB ballpark to do so.
• Hall of Fame Cubs broadcaster Jack Brickhouse had a home run call of 'Hey Hey', and that is what is written on all the foul poles of the home stadium.
• Baseman Ron Santo was considered to be one of the greatest players not to be included in the Hall of Fame when he died. He was later elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.

The Chicago Cubs' History

Here are some historical facts about the club:

• The Chicago Cubs started in 1870 and wore all-white uniforms. This is why they were called the Chicago White Stockings.
• The years along the 1890s saw the club called the Chicago Colts.
• In the 1900s, both names, Colts and Cubs were used, and the Cubs' name stuck until it became official in 1906.
• The early years of the club saw the team become very successful.
• The First National League championship was won in 1876. Several awards were won in the 1880s and the early 1900s.
• The World Series was won in both 1907 and 1908.
• The early '30s saw future president, Ronald Reagan, broadcast from Cubs games for the Chicago Cubs.
• Since the '80s, the Chicago Cubs have appeared in many postseason series.
• Up until 2016, the Chicago Cubs had not won the World Series since 1908.
• The Chicago Tribune bought the team from the Wrigley family in the '80s.
• They operated the team for 30 years and sold it to the Ricketts family in 2009.
• From 1921 to 1951, the Cubs trained on Catalina Island which is off the coast of Los Angeles. There was a short break during the Second World War.