october 14, 1908 was the last world series the cubs won before 2016.
october 14, 1908 was the last world series the cubs won before 2016.
what was the last world series the cubs won before 2016?
october 14, 1908
the 1908 world series was significant for being the last world series championship the cubs would win until the world series (108 years later). before the 2016 series, the team would go on to appear in seven world series; in , , , , , , and , losing each time. the cubs had been one of baseball's most dominant teams in the early 1900s. this was the year of the infamous "merkle's boner" play that allowed the chicago cubs to reach the world series after beating the new york giants (now the san francisco giants) in a one-game "playoff", actually the makeup game for the tie that the merkle play had caused.
1908 world series
the championship was the marlins' second despite never having won a division title. the atlanta braves had won the nl east every year since 1995 going into this world series, a strike ended the 1994 season without division winners, and the philadelphia phillies won the marlins' division in 1993 (that streak would end in 2006, when the new york mets claimed the nl east title). the marlins also became the first team since the creation of the division series to win the world series without ever having home-field advantage during their entire post-season. , the marlins have a 6-0 record in postseason series play; until the tampa bay rays lost the 2008 world series, they had extended their home state's perfect streak to 8-0. this was the last world series game held in the original yankee stadium before its closure after the 2008 season. the last world series in which two stadiums hosted their final world series games until this year was the 1959 world series. the marlins have not played in a world series since 2003, but the yankees have, as the new yankee stadium opened in 2009, the year of their 27th world championship.
2003 world series