A Century of Suck Chicago Cubs

SUCK* OF A CENTURY 1909-2008 CHICAGO CUBS (* and counting...) MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot -September 1908: A baserunning gaffe by the Giants' Fred Merkle gives the Cubs the NL pennant by one game. L Year 116 107 1906 45 1907 1908 1908 World Series: 4-1 Cubs over Tigers 36 99 55 104 104 49 50 1910 1910 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs. 92 62 91 88 78 73 59 65 O 1914: Wrigley field is built, complete Merkle's Boner! 76 1914 with flagpoles to hold WS banners. The empty poles rust and are eventually taken down. 80 67 86 74 84 75 75 80 45 65 79 1918 1918 World Series: 4-2 Red Sox over Cubs L1918 World Series: Babe Ruth pitches the Sox to wins in Games 1 and 4. 1921: The first radio broadcast of a baseball 64 89 80 83 81 68 74 71 72 86 72 68 63 54 1929 64 game 82 85 91 98 90 1929 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs 1924: The Chicago Tribune launches WGN radio Ruth's Called Shot 1932 World Series: 84 70 1932 4-0 Yankees over Cubs 90 86 86 100 87 93 89 84 75 68 65 54 1935 67 61 63 70 79 84 68 86 79 75 79 1932 World Series, Game 3: Babe Ruth hits his "called shot" HR at Wrigley. L1935 World Series:4-2 Tigers over Cubs 1938 L1938 World Series: 4-0 Yankees over Cubs r1945 World Series, Game 4: Longtime patrons William "Billy Goat" Sianis and his pet goat are ejected from Wrigley Field. Sianis vows that the Cubs will never win another World Series. 70 74 98 82 1945 Billy Goat's Curse 56 69 64 61 71 85 90 93 L1945 World Series: 4-3 Tigers over Cubs 1939: The first TV broadcast of a 64 89 1961-62: Cubs owner replaces his manager with a "college of coaches." Cubs record their worst 62 92 77 77 baseball game 65 89 64 90 72 81 1948: WGN TV is launched 60 94 season ever in '62. 62 92 72 82 74 1969: Cardinals June 1964: 6th-place Cubs trade rookie Lou Brock to 8th-place Cardinals for Ernie Broglio. Brock leads Cards to WS win. Arguably the worst trade ever. 80 radio announcer Harry Caray is fired 60 94 College of Coaches 64 59 103 82 90 1961 1962 80 76 86 1964 72 90 59 87- 74 84 92 103 September 1969: A black cat mysteriously appears on the field, and stares down Ron Santo and the entire Cubs dugout. The first- place Cubs suffer an epic ten-game collapse to the "Miracle Mets," losing the pennant. 78 70 1969 1970 84 78 83 79 85 77 66 70 84 96 1970: Though he recanted his curse, Sianis dies without seeing another Cubs playoff game. 75 87 75 Black Cat's Curse 87 81 79 80 64 38 81 83 82 April 1983: Manager Lee Elia delivers an infamous post-game rant against his team's fans after a 5-14 start. 98 1979: Announcing for the White Sox, Caray leads the crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" 65 73 71 96 89 91 1983 65 1984 NLCS: 4-3 Padres over Cubs 15 1984 77 84 October 1984: Leon Durham muffs an easy grounder to lose the pennant. 70 90 76 77 93 85 85 69 1981-1998: Caray becomes the voice of the Cubs until his death 1989 L1989 NLCS: 4-1 Giants over Cubs 77 85 77 83 Lee Elia Goes Off 78 84 49 84 78 64 1992 L1992: The Cubs trade for future HR champ Sammy Sosa. 73 71 86 N 1998 NLDS: 3-0 Braves over Cubs 76 68 90 67 94 73 95 2003 NLCS: 4-3 Marlins over Cubs 2003 NLCS Game 6: Five outs away from the Series, a fan, Steve Bartman, knocks a pop foul out of Moises Alou's glove. Cubs lose the game and the pennant. Bartman is exiled. 1998 65 88 67 88 89 97 74 95 74 2003 73 2004 2004: Sosa sneezes, is placed on disabled list. Later, quits the team in last game of season. 79 83 66 85 97 96 77 64 2007 2008 2007 NLDS: 3-0 Diamondbacks over Cubs 2008 NLDS: 3-0 Dodgers over Cubs Bartman's Blunder SUCK* OF A CENTURY 1909-2008 CHICAGO CUBS (* and counting...) MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot -September 1908: A baserunning gaffe by the Giants' Fred Merkle gives the Cubs the NL pennant by one game. L Year 116 107 1906 45 1907 1908 1908 World Series: 4-1 Cubs over Tigers 36 99 55 104 104 49 50 1910 1910 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs. 92 62 91 88 78 73 59 65 O 1914: Wrigley field is built, complete Merkle's Boner! 76 1914 with flagpoles to hold WS banners. The empty poles rust and are eventually taken down. 80 67 86 74 84 75 75 80 45 65 79 1918 1918 World Series: 4-2 Red Sox over Cubs L1918 World Series: Babe Ruth pitches the Sox to wins in Games 1 and 4. 1921: The first radio broadcast of a baseball 64 89 80 83 81 68 74 71 72 86 72 68 63 54 1929 64 game 82 85 91 98 90 1929 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs 1924: The Chicago Tribune launches WGN radio Ruth's Called Shot 1932 World Series: 84 70 1932 4-0 Yankees over Cubs 90 86 86 100 87 93 89 84 75 68 65 54 1935 67 61 63 70 79 84 68 86 79 75 79 1932 World Series, Game 3: Babe Ruth hits his "called shot" HR at Wrigley. L1935 World Series:4-2 Tigers over Cubs 1938 L1938 World Series: 4-0 Yankees over Cubs r1945 World Series, Game 4: Longtime patrons William "Billy Goat" Sianis and his pet goat are ejected from Wrigley Field. Sianis vows that the Cubs will never win another World Series. 70 74 98 82 1945 Billy Goat's Curse 56 69 64 61 71 85 90 93 L1945 World Series: 4-3 Tigers over Cubs 1939: The first TV broadcast of a 64 89 1961-62: Cubs owner replaces his manager with a "college of coaches." Cubs record their worst 62 92 77 77 baseball game 65 89 64 90 72 81 1948: WGN TV is launched 60 94 season ever in '62. 62 92 72 82 74 1969: Cardinals June 1964: 6th-place Cubs trade rookie Lou Brock to 8th-place Cardinals for Ernie Broglio. Brock leads Cards to WS win. Arguably the worst trade ever. 80 radio announcer Harry Caray is fired 60 94 College of Coaches 64 59 103 82 90 1961 1962 80 76 86 1964 72 90 59 87- 74 84 92 103 September 1969: A black cat mysteriously appears on the field, and stares down Ron Santo and the entire Cubs dugout. The first- place Cubs suffer an epic ten-game collapse to the "Miracle Mets," losing the pennant. 78 70 1969 1970 84 78 83 79 85 77 66 70 84 96 1970: Though he recanted his curse, Sianis dies without seeing another Cubs playoff game. 75 87 75 Black Cat's Curse 87 81 79 80 64 38 81 83 82 April 1983: Manager Lee Elia delivers an infamous post-game rant against his team's fans after a 5-14 start. 98 1979: Announcing for the White Sox, Caray leads the crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" 65 73 71 96 89 91 1983 65 1984 NLCS: 4-3 Padres over Cubs 15 1984 77 84 October 1984: Leon Durham muffs an easy grounder to lose the pennant. 70 90 76 77 93 85 85 69 1981-1998: Caray becomes the voice of the Cubs until his death 1989 L1989 NLCS: 4-1 Giants over Cubs 77 85 77 83 Lee Elia Goes Off 78 84 49 84 78 64 1992 L1992: The Cubs trade for future HR champ Sammy Sosa. 73 71 86 N 1998 NLDS: 3-0 Braves over Cubs 76 68 90 67 94 73 95 2003 NLCS: 4-3 Marlins over Cubs 2003 NLCS Game 6: Five outs away from the Series, a fan, Steve Bartman, knocks a pop foul out of Moises Alou's glove. Cubs lose the game and the pennant. Bartman is exiled. 1998 65 88 67 88 89 97 74 95 74 2003 73 2004 2004: Sosa sneezes, is placed on disabled list. Later, quits the team in last game of season. 79 83 66 85 97 96 77 64 2007 2008 2007 NLDS: 3-0 Diamondbacks over Cubs 2008 NLDS: 3-0 Dodgers over Cubs Bartman's Blunder SUCK* OF A CENTURY 1909-2008 CHICAGO CUBS (* and counting...) MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot -September 1908: A baserunning gaffe by the Giants' Fred Merkle gives the Cubs the NL pennant by one game. L Year 116 107 1906 45 1907 1908 1908 World Series: 4-1 Cubs over Tigers 36 99 55 104 104 49 50 1910 1910 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs. 92 62 91 88 78 73 59 65 O 1914: Wrigley field is built, complete Merkle's Boner! 76 1914 with flagpoles to hold WS banners. The empty poles rust and are eventually taken down. 80 67 86 74 84 75 75 80 45 65 79 1918 1918 World Series: 4-2 Red Sox over Cubs L1918 World Series: Babe Ruth pitches the Sox to wins in Games 1 and 4. 1921: The first radio broadcast of a baseball 64 89 80 83 81 68 74 71 72 86 72 68 63 54 1929 64 game 82 85 91 98 90 1929 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs 1924: The Chicago Tribune launches WGN radio Ruth's Called Shot 1932 World Series: 84 70 1932 4-0 Yankees over Cubs 90 86 86 100 87 93 89 84 75 68 65 54 1935 67 61 63 70 79 84 68 86 79 75 79 1932 World Series, Game 3: Babe Ruth hits his "called shot" HR at Wrigley. L1935 World Series:4-2 Tigers over Cubs 1938 L1938 World Series: 4-0 Yankees over Cubs r1945 World Series, Game 4: Longtime patrons William "Billy Goat" Sianis and his pet goat are ejected from Wrigley Field. Sianis vows that the Cubs will never win another World Series. 70 74 98 82 1945 Billy Goat's Curse 56 69 64 61 71 85 90 93 L1945 World Series: 4-3 Tigers over Cubs 1939: The first TV broadcast of a 64 89 1961-62: Cubs owner replaces his manager with a "college of coaches." Cubs record their worst 62 92 77 77 baseball game 65 89 64 90 72 81 1948: WGN TV is launched 60 94 season ever in '62. 62 92 72 82 74 1969: Cardinals June 1964: 6th-place Cubs trade rookie Lou Brock to 8th-place Cardinals for Ernie Broglio. Brock leads Cards to WS win. Arguably the worst trade ever. 80 radio announcer Harry Caray is fired 60 94 College of Coaches 64 59 103 82 90 1961 1962 80 76 86 1964 72 90 59 87- 74 84 92 103 September 1969: A black cat mysteriously appears on the field, and stares down Ron Santo and the entire Cubs dugout. The first- place Cubs suffer an epic ten-game collapse to the "Miracle Mets," losing the pennant. 78 70 1969 1970 84 78 83 79 85 77 66 70 84 96 1970: Though he recanted his curse, Sianis dies without seeing another Cubs playoff game. 75 87 75 Black Cat's Curse 87 81 79 80 64 38 81 83 82 April 1983: Manager Lee Elia delivers an infamous post-game rant against his team's fans after a 5-14 start. 98 1979: Announcing for the White Sox, Caray leads the crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" 65 73 71 96 89 91 1983 65 1984 NLCS: 4-3 Padres over Cubs 15 1984 77 84 October 1984: Leon Durham muffs an easy grounder to lose the pennant. 70 90 76 77 93 85 85 69 1981-1998: Caray becomes the voice of the Cubs until his death 1989 L1989 NLCS: 4-1 Giants over Cubs 77 85 77 83 Lee Elia Goes Off 78 84 49 84 78 64 1992 L1992: The Cubs trade for future HR champ Sammy Sosa. 73 71 86 N 1998 NLDS: 3-0 Braves over Cubs 76 68 90 67 94 73 95 2003 NLCS: 4-3 Marlins over Cubs 2003 NLCS Game 6: Five outs away from the Series, a fan, Steve Bartman, knocks a pop foul out of Moises Alou's glove. Cubs lose the game and the pennant. Bartman is exiled. 1998 65 88 67 88 89 97 74 95 74 2003 73 2004 2004: Sosa sneezes, is placed on disabled list. Later, quits the team in last game of season. 79 83 66 85 97 96 77 64 2007 2008 2007 NLDS: 3-0 Diamondbacks over Cubs 2008 NLDS: 3-0 Dodgers over Cubs Bartman's Blunder SUCK* OF A CENTURY 1909-2008 CHICAGO CUBS (* and counting...) MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot -September 1908: A baserunning gaffe by the Giants' Fred Merkle gives the Cubs the NL pennant by one game. L Year 116 107 1906 45 1907 1908 1908 World Series: 4-1 Cubs over Tigers 36 99 55 104 104 49 50 1910 1910 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs. 92 62 91 88 78 73 59 65 O 1914: Wrigley field is built, complete Merkle's Boner! 76 1914 with flagpoles to hold WS banners. The empty poles rust and are eventually taken down. 80 67 86 74 84 75 75 80 45 65 79 1918 1918 World Series: 4-2 Red Sox over Cubs L1918 World Series: Babe Ruth pitches the Sox to wins in Games 1 and 4. 1921: The first radio broadcast of a baseball 64 89 80 83 81 68 74 71 72 86 72 68 63 54 1929 64 game 82 85 91 98 90 1929 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs 1924: The Chicago Tribune launches WGN radio Ruth's Called Shot 1932 World Series: 84 70 1932 4-0 Yankees over Cubs 90 86 86 100 87 93 89 84 75 68 65 54 1935 67 61 63 70 79 84 68 86 79 75 79 1932 World Series, Game 3: Babe Ruth hits his "called shot" HR at Wrigley. L1935 World Series:4-2 Tigers over Cubs 1938 L1938 World Series: 4-0 Yankees over Cubs r1945 World Series, Game 4: Longtime patrons William "Billy Goat" Sianis and his pet goat are ejected from Wrigley Field. Sianis vows that the Cubs will never win another World Series. 70 74 98 82 1945 Billy Goat's Curse 56 69 64 61 71 85 90 93 L1945 World Series: 4-3 Tigers over Cubs 1939: The first TV broadcast of a 64 89 1961-62: Cubs owner replaces his manager with a "college of coaches." Cubs record their worst 62 92 77 77 baseball game 65 89 64 90 72 81 1948: WGN TV is launched 60 94 season ever in '62. 62 92 72 82 74 1969: Cardinals June 1964: 6th-place Cubs trade rookie Lou Brock to 8th-place Cardinals for Ernie Broglio. Brock leads Cards to WS win. Arguably the worst trade ever. 80 radio announcer Harry Caray is fired 60 94 College of Coaches 64 59 103 82 90 1961 1962 80 76 86 1964 72 90 59 87- 74 84 92 103 September 1969: A black cat mysteriously appears on the field, and stares down Ron Santo and the entire Cubs dugout. The first- place Cubs suffer an epic ten-game collapse to the "Miracle Mets," losing the pennant. 78 70 1969 1970 84 78 83 79 85 77 66 70 84 96 1970: Though he recanted his curse, Sianis dies without seeing another Cubs playoff game. 75 87 75 Black Cat's Curse 87 81 79 80 64 38 81 83 82 April 1983: Manager Lee Elia delivers an infamous post-game rant against his team's fans after a 5-14 start. 98 1979: Announcing for the White Sox, Caray leads the crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" 65 73 71 96 89 91 1983 65 1984 NLCS: 4-3 Padres over Cubs 15 1984 77 84 October 1984: Leon Durham muffs an easy grounder to lose the pennant. 70 90 76 77 93 85 85 69 1981-1998: Caray becomes the voice of the Cubs until his death 1989 L1989 NLCS: 4-1 Giants over Cubs 77 85 77 83 Lee Elia Goes Off 78 84 49 84 78 64 1992 L1992: The Cubs trade for future HR champ Sammy Sosa. 73 71 86 N 1998 NLDS: 3-0 Braves over Cubs 76 68 90 67 94 73 95 2003 NLCS: 4-3 Marlins over Cubs 2003 NLCS Game 6: Five outs away from the Series, a fan, Steve Bartman, knocks a pop foul out of Moises Alou's glove. Cubs lose the game and the pennant. Bartman is exiled. 1998 65 88 67 88 89 97 74 95 74 2003 73 2004 2004: Sosa sneezes, is placed on disabled list. Later, quits the team in last game of season. 79 83 66 85 97 96 77 64 2007 2008 2007 NLDS: 3-0 Diamondbacks over Cubs 2008 NLDS: 3-0 Dodgers over Cubs Bartman's Blunder SUCK* OF A CENTURY 1909-2008 CHICAGO CUBS (* and counting...) MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot -September 1908: A baserunning gaffe by the Giants' Fred Merkle gives the Cubs the NL pennant by one game. L Year 116 107 1906 45 1907 1908 1908 World Series: 4-1 Cubs over Tigers 36 99 55 104 104 49 50 1910 1910 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs. 92 62 91 88 78 73 59 65 O 1914: Wrigley field is built, complete Merkle's Boner! 76 1914 with flagpoles to hold WS banners. The empty poles rust and are eventually taken down. 80 67 86 74 84 75 75 80 45 65 79 1918 1918 World Series: 4-2 Red Sox over Cubs L1918 World Series: Babe Ruth pitches the Sox to wins in Games 1 and 4. 1921: The first radio broadcast of a baseball 64 89 80 83 81 68 74 71 72 86 72 68 63 54 1929 64 game 82 85 91 98 90 1929 World Series: 4-1 Athletics over Cubs 1924: The Chicago Tribune launches WGN radio Ruth's Called Shot 1932 World Series: 84 70 1932 4-0 Yankees over Cubs 90 86 86 100 87 93 89 84 75 68 65 54 1935 67 61 63 70 79 84 68 86 79 75 79 1932 World Series, Game 3: Babe Ruth hits his "called shot" HR at Wrigley. L1935 World Series:4-2 Tigers over Cubs 1938 L1938 World Series: 4-0 Yankees over Cubs r1945 World Series, Game 4: Longtime patrons William "Billy Goat" Sianis and his pet goat are ejected from Wrigley Field. Sianis vows that the Cubs will never win another World Series. 70 74 98 82 1945 Billy Goat's Curse 56 69 64 61 71 85 90 93 L1945 World Series: 4-3 Tigers over Cubs 1939: The first TV broadcast of a 64 89 1961-62: Cubs owner replaces his manager with a "college of coaches." Cubs record their worst 62 92 77 77 baseball game 65 89 64 90 72 81 1948: WGN TV is launched 60 94 season ever in '62. 62 92 72 82 74 1969: Cardinals June 1964: 6th-place Cubs trade rookie Lou Brock to 8th-place Cardinals for Ernie Broglio. Brock leads Cards to WS win. Arguably the worst trade ever. 80 radio announcer Harry Caray is fired 60 94 College of Coaches 64 59 103 82 90 1961 1962 80 76 86 1964 72 90 59 87- 74 84 92 103 September 1969: A black cat mysteriously appears on the field, and stares down Ron Santo and the entire Cubs dugout. The first- place Cubs suffer an epic ten-game collapse to the "Miracle Mets," losing the pennant. 78 70 1969 1970 84 78 83 79 85 77 66 70 84 96 1970: Though he recanted his curse, Sianis dies without seeing another Cubs playoff game. 75 87 75 Black Cat's Curse 87 81 79 80 64 38 81 83 82 April 1983: Manager Lee Elia delivers an infamous post-game rant against his team's fans after a 5-14 start. 98 1979: Announcing for the White Sox, Caray leads the crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" 65 73 71 96 89 91 1983 65 1984 NLCS: 4-3 Padres over Cubs 15 1984 77 84 October 1984: Leon Durham muffs an easy grounder to lose the pennant. 70 90 76 77 93 85 85 69 1981-1998: Caray becomes the voice of the Cubs until his death 1989 L1989 NLCS: 4-1 Giants over Cubs 77 85 77 83 Lee Elia Goes Off 78 84 49 84 78 64 1992 L1992: The Cubs trade for future HR champ Sammy Sosa. 73 71 86 N 1998 NLDS: 3-0 Braves over Cubs 76 68 90 67 94 73 95 2003 NLCS: 4-3 Marlins over Cubs 2003 NLCS Game 6: Five outs away from the Series, a fan, Steve Bartman, knocks a pop foul out of Moises Alou's glove. Cubs lose the game and the pennant. Bartman is exiled. 1998 65 88 67 88 89 97 74 95 74 2003 73 2004 2004: Sosa sneezes, is placed on disabled list. Later, quits the team in last game of season. 79 83 66 85 97 96 77 64 2007 2008 2007 NLDS: 3-0 Diamondbacks over Cubs 2008 NLDS: 3-0 Dodgers over Cubs Bartman's Blunder