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The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The team was founded in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings, as one of the inaugural teams in the National League. [1] [2]

## Contents

* 1 Championships
* 2 Locations and Nicknames
* 3 Retired Numbers
* 4 Notes

## Championships[edit]

The team has had a total of 3 championship-winning seasons in the modern era (1901 and later) of major-league baseball, winning the World Series in 1907, 1908, and 2016. They were also National League champions, but lost in the World Series, 8 times, in 1906, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945. [3]

Prior to the start of the modern World Series in 1903, the team won 6 National League titles, in 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885, and 1886. They appeared in a 19th-century version of the World Series in 1885 and 1886, playing against the champion from the American Association (a baseball league active during the period 1882-1891). They tied the AA champion St. Louis Browns in 1885, winning 3 games, losing 3, and tying 1. In 1886 they beat the Browns 4 games to 2.[4] [5]

## Locations and Nicknames[edit]

The team has been based in Chicago since its inception in 1876. They have played their home games at the following stadiums.[6]

* 1876-1877: 23rd Street Grounds
* 1878-1884: Lakefront Park
* 1885-1891: West Side Park (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only in 1891)
* 1891-1893: South Side Park (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only in 1891)
* 1893-1915: West Side Grounds
* 1916-present: Wrigley Field (Originally named Weeghman Park, renamed Cubs Park in 1919, renamed Wrigley Field in December 1926)

They have been known by 4 different nicknames: [7]

* 1876-1889 Chicago White Stockings
* 1890-1897 Chicago Colts
* 1898-1902 Chicago Orphans
* 1903-present Chicago Cubs

## Retired Numbers[edit]

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them.[8] [9]

* 10 Ron Santo
* 14 Ernie Banks
* 23 Ryne Sandberg
* 26 Billy Williams
* 31 Greg Maddux
* 31 Ferguson Jenkins
* 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/index.shtml
2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1876.shtml
3. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml
4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/
5. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/
6. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/cubs/history/ballparks
7. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/
8. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/cubs/history/retired-numbers
9. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/index.shtml