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As the 1994 postseason was canceled due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, 1995 was the first postseason with a wild card team. Beginning in 2012, a second wild card team was added to each league. [2] The two wild card teams in each league face each other in a one-game playoff, the Wild Card Game, with the winner advancing to meet ...
The following lists statistical records and all-time leaders as well as awards and major accomplishments for the Chicago Cubs professional baseball club of Major League Baseball. The records list the top 5 players in each category since the inception of the Cubs.
The Cubs finished the 2015 season in third place in the NL Central, with a record of 97–65, the third best record in the majors and earned a wild card berth. On October 7, in the 2015 National League Wild Card Game , Arrieta pitched a complete game shutout and the Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 4–0.
August 10 – After a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants, the Cubs had moved into the wild card spot and held a 3.5 game lead for the second place wild card qualifier. August 23 – The Cubs swept the Atlanta Braves, their fourth, four-game sweep of the season; first time since 1945. The Cubs led the NL in both home runs and runs ...
The Cubs and Rockies became the first teams in MLB history to lose tiebreaker games at the end of the regular season yet still enter postseason play, [3] as they played in the first divisional tie-breaker games needed since MLB's addition of a second Wild Card team in 2012. The Cubs entered the Wild Card Game with a record of 95–68, while the ...
The loss dropped the Cubs into a tie with the Marlins for the last wild card spot. September 28 – Looking to avoid a sweep and to keep in the wild card chase, Marcus Stroman allowed four runs, two earned, in two innings. The Cubs fell behind 5–0 after three, but rallied to narrow the score to 5–3 in the eighth.
The 2024 Chicago Cubs season was the 153rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 149th in the National League, and the Cubs' 109th season at Wrigley Field.The Cubs were led by first-year manager Craig Counsell and played as members of Major League Baseball's National League Central division.
A home run by David Ross and RBIs by Willson Contreras and Addison Russell gave the Cubs the 3–1 win. The win was the 57th at home for the Cubs, breaking the team record from 1933 and 1935. [89] The win also marked the team's 99th with of the season, the most wins by a Cubs' team since 1935. [90]