the first time the chicago cubs won the world series was in 1907.
the first time the chicago cubs won the world series was in 1907.
when was the first time the chicago cubs won the world series?
1907
in 1902, spalding, who by this time had revamped the roster to boast what would soon be one of the best teams of the early century, sold the club to jim hart. the franchise was nicknamed the cubs by the "chicago daily news" in 1902, although not officially becoming the chicago cubs until the 1907 season. during this period, which has become known as baseball's dead-ball era, cub infielders joe tinker, johnny evers, and frank chance were made famous as a double-play combination by franklin p. adams' poem "baseball's sad lexicon". the poem first appeared in the july 18, 1910 edition of the "new york evening mail". mordecai "three-finger" brown, jack taylor, ed reulbach, jack pfiester, and orval overall were several key pitchers for the cubs during this time period. with chance acting as player-manager from 1905 to 1912, the cubs won four pennants and two world series titles over a five-year span. although they fell to the "hitless wonders" white sox in the 1906 world series, the cubs recorded a record 116 victories and the best winning percentage (.763) in major league history. with mostly the same roster, chicago won back-to-back world series championships in 1907 and 1908, becoming the first major league club to play three times in the fall classic and the first to win it twice. however, the cubs would not win another world series until 2016; this remains the longest championship drought in north american professional sports.
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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).
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