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Team Founded:
1876
Team History:
1876-1893 - Chicago White Stockings
1894-1897 - Chicago Colts
1898-1902 - Chicago Orphans
1903-Present - Chicago Cubs
Team Colors: Royal
Blue, Red, White & Gray
Derivative: A newspaper
contest tabbed the name CUBS.
Mailing & Stadium Address:
Chicago National League Ball Club,
Inc.
Wrigley Field
1060 West Addison Street
Chicago, IL. 60613-4397
(773) - 404-2827
Opened: 1914
First Official Game: April
20, 1916, 7-6 win over Cincinnati
Reds in 11 innings.
Stadium Capacity:
38,902
Surface: Natural
Grass
Dimensions:
* Home to Left Field - 355 Feet
* Home to Left-Center Field - 368
Feet
* Home to Center Field - 400 Feet
* Home to Right-Center Field - 368
Feet
* Home to Right Field - 353 Feet
* Height of Outside Walls - 11 1/2
Feet
Ground Rules:
- If the ball hits the railing or
screen above the bleacher wall and
bounces back onto the playing field,
it is in play.
- If the ball hits the top of the
screen and drops between the screen
and drops between the screen and
wall, or hits the screen and bounces
into the bleachers, it's a home
run.
- If the ball sticks in the screen
or in the vines, it's a double.
- If the ball hits foul markers
above the painted mark, it's a home
run.
- If the ball goes under the grates
in left field or right field and
remains there, it's a double.
- If the ball hits the foul markers
below the painted mark and
bounces back on playing field, it
is in play.
- If the ball goes in or under the
grates on either side of home plate
and remains there, it's one base
on a pitched ball and two bases
on a
over thrown ball.
Owner - Chicago Tribune
Board of Directors: Jim Dowdle,
Andrew B. MacPhail, Andrew J. McKenna
Executive Vice President of Business
Operations: Marc Mcguire
CEO & General Manager: Andrew
MacPhail
Manager: |
Coaching
History:
Term Coach Reg.Season Playoffs
1876-77 Albert Spalding 126- 78
1878 Bob Ferguson 30- 30
1879-97 Cap Anson 1283-932
1898-99 Tommy Burns 160-138
1900-01 Tom Loftus 118-161
1902-05 Frank Selee 280-213
(Replaced after 65 games of 1905 Season)
Frank Chance 55- 33
1906-12 Frank Chance 713-356 11- 9-1
1913 Johnny Evers 88- 65
1914 Hank O'Day 78- 76
1915 Roger Bresnahan 73- 80
1916 Joe Tinker 67- 86
1917-20 Fred Mitchell 308-269 2- 4
1921-25 Bill Killefer 300-293
(Replaced after 75 games of 1925 Season)
Rabbit Maranville 23- 30
(Interim manager for 53 games of 1925 Season)
George Gibson 12- 14
(Interim manager for 26 games of 1925 Season)
1926-30 Joe McCarthy 442-321 1- 4
(Replaced after 152 games of 1930 Season)
Rogers Hornsby 4- 0
1931-32 Rogers Hornsby 137-116
(Replaced after 99 games of 1932 Season)
Charlie Grimm 37- 18 0- 4
1933-38 Charlie Grimm 497-351 2- 4
(Replaced after 81 games of 1938 Season)
Gabby Harnett 44- 27
1939-40 Gabby Harnett 159-149
1941-44 Jimmy Wilson 213-258
(Replaced after 10 games of 1944 Season)
Roy Johnson 0- 1
(Interim manager for 1 game of 1944 Season)
Charlie Grimm 74- 69
1945-49 Charlie Grimm 332-333 3- 4
(Replaced after 50 games of 1949 Season)
Frankie Frish 42- 62
1950-51 Frankie Frish 99-134
(Replaced after 81 games of 1951 Season)
Phil Cavaretta 27- 47
1952-53 Phil Cavaretta 142-166
1954-56 Stan Hack 196-265
1957-59 Bob Scheffing 208-254
1960 Lou Boudreau 54- 83
1961 Vedie Himsl 10- 21
(Replaced after 31 games of 1961 Season)
Harry Craft 7- 9
(Replaced after 16 games of 1961 Season)
Elvin Tappe 42- 53
1962 Elvin Tappe 4- 16
(Replaced after 20 games in 1962 Season)
Lou Klein 12- 18
(Interim manager for 30 games in 1962 Season)
Charlie Metro 43- 69
1963-65 Bob Kennedy 182-198
1966-72 Leo Durocher 535-526
(Replaced after 91 games of 1972 Season)
Whitey Lockman 39- 26
1973-74 Whitey Lockman 118-136
(Replaced after 93 games of 1974 Season)
Jim Marshall 25- 44
1975-76 Jim Marshall 150-174
1977-79 Herman Franks 238-241
(Replaced after 155 games of 1979 Season)
Joe Amalfitano 2- 5
(Interim manager for 7 games of 1979 Season)
1980 Preston Gomez 38- 52
(Replaced after 90 games of 1980 Season)
Joe Amalfitano 26- 46
1981 Joe Amalfitano 38- 65
(Replaced after 52 games of 1981 Season)
1982-83 Lee Elia 127-158
(Replaced after 123 games of 1983 Season)
Charlie Fox 17- 22
1984-86 Jim Frey 196-182 2- 3
(Replaced after 56 games of 1986 Season)
John Vukovich 1- 1
(Interim manager for 1 game of 1986 Season)
Gene Michael 46- 56
1987 Gene Michael 68- 68
(Replaced after 136 games of 1987 Season)
Frank Lucchesi 8- 17
(Interim manager for 25 games of 1987 Season)
1988-91 Don Zimmer 265-258 1- 4
(Replaced after 1 game of 1991 Season)
Joe Altobelli 0- 1
(Interim manager for 1 game of 1991 Season)
Jim Essian 59- 63
(Interim manager for 122 games of 1991 Season)
1992-93 Jim Lefevre 162-162
1994-1995 Tom Trebelhorn 122-135
1996-1999 Jim Riggleman 301-348 0- 3
2000-2002 Don Baylor 187-220
(Replaced after 83 games in 2002 season)
2002-2002 Bruce Kimm 33-46
Retired
Numbers: (2)
14 - Ernie Banks
26 - Billy Williams
Cubs
in the Hall of Fame: (40)
1938 - Grover Cleveland Alexander
1939 - Cap Anson, A.G. Spalding
1942 - Rogers Hornsby
1945 - Roger Bresnahan, Hugh Duffy, King
Kelly
1946 - Frank Chance, Johnny Evers, Clark
C. Griffith, Joe Tinker,
Rube Waddell
1947 - Frankie Frisch
1949 - Mordecai Brown
1951 - Jimmie Fox
1953 - Dizzy Dean
1954 - Rabbit Maranville
1955 - Gabby Hartnett
1957 - Joe McCarthy
1963 - John Clarkson
1964 - Burleigh Grimes
1968 - Kiki Cuyler
1970 - Lou Boudreau
1973 - George Kelly, Monte Irvin
1975 - Billy Herman, Ralph Kiner
1976 - Fred Lindstrom, Robin Roberts
1977 - Ernie Banks
1979 - Hack Wilson
1980 - Chuck Klein
1985 - Lou Brock, Hoyt Wilhelm
1987 - Billy Williams
1991 - Ferguson Jenkins, Tony Lazzeri
1994 - Leo Durocher
1995 - Richie Ashburn
1999 - Frank Selee
World Series Titles: (2) 1907, '08
National League Pennants: (17) 1876, '80,
'81, 82, '85, '86
1906, '07, '08, '10, '18, '29, '32, '35,
'38,
1945
Division Titles: (2) 1984, '89
Wild Card: (1) 1998
NL
Most Valuable Player NL Cy Young Award
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1911 - Frank Schulte 1971 - Ferguson Jenkins
1929 - Rogers Hornsby 1979 - Bruce Sutter
1935 - Gabby Harnett 1984 - Rick Sutcliffe
1945 - Phil Cavarretta 1992 - Greg Maddux
1952 - Hank Sauer
1958 - Ernie Banks1959 - Ernie Banks
1984 - Ryne Sandberg
1987 - Andre Dawson
1998 - Sammy Sosa
Rookie
of the Year (BBWA) Manager of the Year
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1961 - Billy Williams 1984 - Jim Frey
1962 - Ken Hubbs 1989 - Don Zimmer
1989 - Jerome Walton
1998 - Kerry Wood
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