it took the cubs 1907 and 1908 to win a world series.
it took the cubs 1907 and 1908 to win a world series.
how long did it take the cubs to win a world series?
1907 and 1908
both of chicago's baseball teams were involved in supposed curses. the chicago cubs, after benefiting from a baserunning error by new york giants' fred merkle during the last couple of weeks in the season, won the 1908 world series. from 1909 to 2015, the cubs did not win a world series, despite participating as the national league (nl) champion seven times between 1910 and 1945. the 1945 world series appearance was most notable because it marked the start of the curse of the billy goat. that incident involved billy sianis, owner of the billy goat tavern, who was asked to leave a world series game vs. the detroit tigers because his pet goat's odor bothered other fans. from 1946 to 2015, the closest the cubs had advanced to the world series was five outs away in game 6 of the 2003 nlcs vs. the florida marlins, when steve bartman, a cubs fan, attempted to catch a foul ball. the cubs defeated the los angeles dodgers in the 2016 national league championship series (nlcs), winning the organization's first national league (nl) pennant since 1945. the cubs finally won the 2016 world series against the cleveland indians, their first championship in 108 years.
sports-related curses
the cardinals–cubs rivalry refers to games between the st. louis cardinals and the cubs. the cubs lead the series 1,137–1,106 through , while the cardinals lead in national league pennants with 19 against the cubs' 17. the cubs have won 11 of those pennants in major league baseball's modern era (1901–present), while all 19 of the cardinals' have been won since 1901. the cardinals also have a clear edge when it comes to world series successes, having won 11 championships to the cubs' 3. the cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their chicago rivals in the regular season standings. in the 70 seasons from 1946 through 2016, the cardinals have finished ahead of the cubs 53 times. in that same span the cardinals have had 50 seasons in which their winning percentage was over .500, while the cubs have finished over that mark 21 times (they finished at an even .500 twice). cardinals-cubs games see numerous visiting fans in either st. louis' busch stadium or chicago's wrigley field. when the national league split into two, and then three divisions, the cardinals and cubs remained together. this has added excitement to several pennant races over the years, most recently in 1984, , , , 2015, and 2016; the first three times the division title was won by the cubs, the fourth by the cardinals, who went on to win the national league pennant as the cubs faltered in the second half of the 2004 season. however, 2015 and 2016 were special years for the cubs. in 2015, the cubs finished in third place in the nl central division behind the cardinals and pirates, but they made the playoffs as the second national league wild card team. after defeating the pirates 4-0 in the wild card game, they disposed of the cardinals in the nlds in four games (3-1); however, they later lost to the new york mets in the nlcs (mets 4- cubs 0). in 2016, the tide really turned in a positive direction for the chicago cubs. they won the nl central division crown with a record of 103-58 which was 17.5 games ahead of the second place cardinals (86-76). 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 an epic 2016 world series, the cubs ended their 108-year world series championship drought by defeating the cleveland indians in a thrilling seven game series (4-3).
history of the chicago cubs