A founding member of the National League and 2016 World Series champions.
Chicago baseball, since 1876.
The Chicago Cubs, first known as the White Stockings, were a founding member of the National League in 1876 and became the Chicago Cubs in 1903. The club competes in Major League Baseball and has played in 11 World Series.
The 1906 Cubs won 116 games, finishing 116-36 with a modern-era record winning percentage of .763. They won back-to-back World Series titles in 1907 and 1908, the first team to play in three straight and the first to win it twice.
Most recently, the Cubs won the 2016 World Series, ending a 108-year championship drought, the longest in Major League Baseball. Through 2025 the franchise’s all-time record is 11,419–10,837, for a .513 winning percentage across 150 seasons.
