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Rk Year Tm Lg G W L Ties W-L% Finish Playoffs R RA BatAge PitchAge #Bat #Pitch Managers
1 2009 Chicago Cubs NL Central 161 83 78 0 .516 2nd of 6 707 672 29.9 28.4 45 24 Lou Piniella (83-78)
2 2008 Chicago Cubs NL Central 161 97 64 0 .602 1st of 6 Lost LDS (3-0) 855 671 30.0 28.9 42 23 Lou Piniella (97-64)
3 2007 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 85 77 0 .525 1st of 6 Lost LDS (3-0) 752 690 29.3 28.4 47 22 Lou Piniella (85-77)
4 2006 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 66 96 0 .407 6th of 6 716 834 28.6 28.0 46 23 Dusty Baker (66-96)
5 2005 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 79 83 0 .488 4th of 6 703 714 29.8 28.2 46 22 Dusty Baker (79-83)
6 2004 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 89 73 0 .549 3rd of 6 789 665 30.1 29.1 43 19 Dusty Baker (89-73)
7 2003 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 88 74 0 .543 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (4-3) 724 683 31.3 28.2 42 17 Dusty Baker (88-74)
8 2002 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 67 95 0 .414 5th of 6 706 759 30.1 27.6 44 22 Don Baylor (34-49), Rene Lachemann (0-1) and Bruce Kimm (33-45)
9 2001 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 88 74 0 .543 3rd of 6 777 701 30.7 29.8 43 20 Don Baylor (88-74)
10 2000 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 65 97 0 .401 6th of 6 764 904 30.7 28.4 51 24 Don Baylor (65-97)
11 1999 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 67 95 0 .414 6th of 6 747 920 31.2 28.8 47 25 Jim Riggleman (67-95)
12 1998 Chicago Cubs NL Central 163 90 73 0 .552 2nd of 6 Lost LDS (3-0) 831 792 30.1 28.8 47 24 Jim Riggleman (90-73)
13 1997 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 68 94 0 .420 5th of 5 687 759 29.4 28.2 42 21 Jim Riggleman (68-94)
14 1996 Chicago Cubs NL Central 162 76 86 0 .469 4th of 5 772 771 29.0 28.3 41 17 Jim Riggleman (76-86)
15 1995 Chicago Cubs NL Central 144 73 71 0 .507 3rd of 5 693 671 28.2 27.8 43 21 Jim Riggleman (73-71)
16 1994 Chicago Cubs NL Central 113 49 64 0 .434 5th of 5 500 549 28.2 28.3 35 18 Tom Trebelhorn (49-64)
17 1993 Chicago Cubs NL East 163 84 78 1 .519 4th of 7 738 739 28.0 28.3 38 17 Jim Lefebvre (84-78)
18 1992 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 78 84 0 .481 4th of 6 593 624 28.3 27.2 41 17 Jim Lefebvre (78-84)
19 1991 Chicago Cubs NL East 160 77 83 0 .481 4th of 6 695 734 28.9 27.5 39 19 Don Zimmer (18-19), Joe Altobelli (0-1) and Jim Essian (59-63)
20 1990 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 77 85 0 .475 4th of 6 690 774 28.2 26.1 39 20 Don Zimmer (77-85)
21 1989 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 93 69 0 .574 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (4-1) 702 623 27.6 27.2 36 15 Don Zimmer (93-69)
22 1988 Chicago Cubs NL East 163 77 85 1 .475 4th of 6 660 694 27.6 27.1 39 18 Don Zimmer (77-85)
23 1987 Chicago Cubs NL East 161 76 85 0 .472 6th of 6 720 801 28.9 27.6 36 15 Gene Michael (68-68) and Frank Lucchesi (8-17)
24 1986 Chicago Cubs NL East 160 70 90 0 .438 5th of 6 680 781 29.7 28.5 39 18 Jim Frey (23-33), John Vukovich (1-1) and Gene Michael (46-56)
25 1985 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 77 84 1 .478 4th of 6 686 729 30.2 28.4 40 20 Jim Frey (77-84)
26 1984 Chicago Cubs NL East 161 96 65 0 .596 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (3-2) 762 658 29.4 28.7 40 18 Jim Frey (96-65)
27 1983 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 71 91 0 .438 5th of 6 701 719 29.1 29.5 43 18 Lee Elia (54-69) and Charlie Fox (17-22)
28 1982 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 73 89 0 .451 5th of 6 676 709 28.7 29.9 37 15 Lee Elia (73-89)
29 1981 Chicago Cubs NL East 106 38 65 3 .369 6th of 6 370 483 28.2 28.1 39 15 Joey Amalfitano (38-65)
30 1980 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 64 98 0 .395 6th of 6 614 728 28.9 28.0 34 12 Preston Gomez (38-52) and Joey Amalfitano (26-46)
31 1979 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 80 82 0 .494 5th of 6 706 707 28.5 27.7 37 14 Herman Franks (78-77) and Joey Amalfitano (2-5)
32 1978 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 79 83 0 .488 3rd of 6 664 724 27.7 27.5 39 14 Herman Franks (79-83)
33 1977 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 81 81 0 .500 4th of 6 692 739 27.7 26.9 35 16 Herman Franks (81-81)
34 1976 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 75 87 0 .463 4th of 6 611 728 27.3 27.8 39 18 Jim Marshall (75-87)
35 1975 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 75 87 0 .463 5th of 6 712 827 27.0 27.1 39 19 Jim Marshall (75-87)
36 1974 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 66 96 0 .407 6th of 6 669 826 27.0 25.6 38 14 Whitey Lockman (41-52) and Jim Marshall (25-44)
37 1973 Chicago Cubs NL East 161 77 84 0 .478 5th of 6 614 655 30.2 27.6 36 12 Whitey Lockman (77-84)
38 1972 Chicago Cubs NL East 156 85 70 1 .548 2nd of 6 685 567 29.9 28.7 41 15 Leo Durocher (46-44) and Whitey Lockman (39-26)
39 1971 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 83 79 0 .512 3rd of 6 637 648 30.2 28.7 42 15 Leo Durocher (83-79)
40 1970 Chicago Cubs NL East 162 84 78 0 .519 2nd of 6 806 679 30.0 27.7 43 18 Leo Durocher (84-78)
41 1969 Chicago Cubs NL East 163 92 70 1 .568 2nd of 6 720 611 29.2 27.6 41 17 Leo Durocher (92-70)
42 1968 Chicago Cubs NL 163 84 78 1 .519 3rd of 10 612 611 28.4 25.4 42 19 Leo Durocher (84-78)
43 1967 Chicago Cubs NL 162 87 74 1 .540 3rd of 10 702 624 27.5 25.1 43 21 Leo Durocher (87-74)
44 1966 Chicago Cubs NL 162 59 103 0 .364 10th of 10 644 809 26.7 26.9 49 23 Leo Durocher (59-103)
45 1965 Chicago Cubs NL 164 72 90 2 .444 8th of 10 635 723 27.9 29.7 40 15 Bob Kennedy (24-32) and Lou Klein (48-58)
46 1964 Chicago Cubs NL 162 76 86 0 .469 8th of 10 649 724 27.3 30.0 43 21 Bob Kennedy (76-86)
47 1963 Chicago Cubs NL 162 82 80 0 .506 7th of 10 570 578 25.8 28.5 36 15 Bob Kennedy (82-80)
48 1962 Chicago Cubs NL 162 59 103 0 .364 9th of 10 632 827 25.8 26.6 43 19 El Tappe (4-16), Lou Klein (12-18) and Charlie Metro (43-69)
49 1961 Chicago Cubs NL 156 64 90 2 .416 7th of 8 689 800 27.1 25.1 37 12 Avitus Himsl (10-21), Harry Craft (7-9), El Tappe (42-54) and Lou Klein (5-6)
50 1960 Chicago Cubs NL 156 60 94 2 .390 7th of 8 634 776 28.1 24.5 47 17 Charlie Grimm (6-11) and Lou Boudreau (54-83)
51 1959 Chicago Cubs NL 155 74 80 1 .481 5th of 8 673 688 29.0 26.3 39 18 Bob Scheffing (74-80)
52 1958 Chicago Cubs NL 154 72 82 0 .468 5th of 8 709 725 28.5 25.1 46 20 Bob Scheffing (72-82)
53 1957 Chicago Cubs NL 156 62 92 2 .403 7th of 8 628 722 27.6 26.4 44 17 Bob Scheffing (62-92)
54 1956 Chicago Cubs NL 157 60 94 3 .390 8th of 8 597 708 28.4 28.8 37 16 Stan Hack (60-94)
55 1955 Chicago Cubs NL 154 72 81 1 .471 6th of 8 626 713 28.5 29.7 37 16 Stan Hack (72-81)
56 1954 Chicago Cubs NL 154 64 90 0 .416 7th of 8 700 766 29.5 28.2 38 16 Stan Hack (64-90)
57 1953 Chicago Cubs NL 155 65 89 1 .422 7th of 8 633 835 29.4 28.9 40 16 Phil Cavarretta (65-89)
58 1952 Chicago Cubs NL 155 77 77 1 .500 5th of 8 628 631 28.5 28.2 35 14 Phil Cavarretta (77-77)
59 1951 Chicago Cubs NL 155 62 92 1 .403 8th of 8 614 750 28.3 27.6 37 14 Frankie Frisch (35-45) and Phil Cavarretta (27-47)
60 1950 Chicago Cubs NL 154 64 89 1 .418 7th of 8 643 772 27.5 28.5 32 12 Frankie Frisch (64-89)
61 1949 Chicago Cubs NL 154 61 93 0 .396 8th of 8 593 773 28.8 29.7 40 15 Charlie Grimm (19-31) and Frankie Frisch (42-62)
62 1948 Chicago Cubs NL 155 64 90 1 .416 8th of 8 597 705 28.1 27.4 37 16 Charlie Grimm (64-90)
63 1947 Chicago Cubs NL 155 69 85 1 .448 6th of 8 569 722 30.0 29.1 36 15 Charlie Grimm (69-85)
64 1946 Chicago Cubs NL 155 82 71 2 .536 3rd of 8 626 581 29.5 29.3 46 19 Charlie Grimm (82-71)
65 1945 Chicago Cubs NL 155 98 56 1 .636 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-3) 735 532 29.8 33.1 37 15 Charlie Grimm (98-56)
66 1944 Chicago Cubs NL 157 75 79 3 .487 4th of 8 702 669 29.5 30.3 40 14 Jimmie Wilson (1-9), Roy Johnson (0-1) and Charlie Grimm (74-69)
67 1943 Chicago Cubs NL 154 74 79 1 .484 5th of 8 632 599 28.1 30.3 40 15 Jimmie Wilson (74-79)
68 1942 Chicago Cubs NL 155 68 86 1 .442 6th of 8 591 665 26.9 28.9 39 18 Jimmie Wilson (68-86)
69 1941 Chicago Cubs NL 155 70 84 1 .455 6th of 8 666 670 26.5 30.1 41 18 Jimmie Wilson (70-84)
70 1940 Chicago Cubs NL 154 75 79 0 .487 5th of 8 681 636 28.9 29.7 29 11 Gabby Hartnett (75-79)
71 1939 Chicago Cubs NL 156 84 70 2 .545 4th of 8 724 678 29.0 31.7 29 13 Gabby Hartnett (84-70)
72 1938 Chicago Cubs NL 154 89 63 2 .586 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-0) 713 597 29.3 29.7 29 12 Charlie Grimm (45-36) and Gabby Hartnett (44-27)
73 1937 Chicago Cubs NL 154 93 61 0 .604 2nd of 8 811 682 27.5 29.6 27 11 Charlie Grimm (93-61)
74 1936 Chicago Cubs NL 154 87 67 0 .565 2nd of 8 755 603 27.2 27.9 26 10 Charlie Grimm (87-67)
75 1935 Chicago Cubs NL 154 100 54 0 .649 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-2) 847 597 26.0 27.0 27 11 Charlie Grimm (100-54)
76 1934 Chicago Cubs NL 152 86 65 1 .570 3rd of 8 705 639 28.6 28.5 29 11 Charlie Grimm (86-65)
77 1933 Chicago Cubs NL 154 86 68 0 .558 3rd of 8 646 536 28.6 29.4 29 11 Charlie Grimm (86-68)
78 1932 Chicago Cubs NL 154 90 64 0 .584 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-0) 720 633 28.8 30.6 31 13 Rogers Hornsby (53-46) and Charlie Grimm (37-18)
79 1931 Chicago Cubs NL 156 84 70 2 .545 3rd of 8 828 710 29.2 30.1 30 11 Rogers Hornsby (84-70)
80 1930 Chicago Cubs NL 156 90 64 2 .584 2nd of 8 998 870 29.4 28.5 29 13 Joe McCarthy (86-64) and Rogers Hornsby (4-0)
81 1929 Chicago Cubs NL 156 98 54 4 .645 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-1) 982 758 29.9 29.7 31 12 Joe McCarthy (98-54)
82 1928 Chicago Cubs NL 154 91 63 0 .591 3rd of 8 714 615 28.7 28.6 28 11 Joe McCarthy (91-63)
83 1927 Chicago Cubs NL 153 85 68 0 .556 4th of 8 750 661 28.1 27.3 34 14 Joe McCarthy (85-68)
84 1926 Chicago Cubs NL 155 82 72 1 .532 4th of 8 682 602 27.8 26.4 32 12 Joe McCarthy (82-72)
85 1925 Chicago Cubs NL 154 68 86 0 .442 8th of 8 723 773 27.5 28.2 40 13 Bill Killefer (33-42), Rabbit Maranville (23-30) and George Gibson (12-14)
86 1924 Chicago Cubs NL 154 81 72 1 .529 5th of 8 698 699 25.6 27.5 32 12 Bill Killefer (81-72)
87 1923 Chicago Cubs NL 154 83 71 0 .539 4th of 8 756 704 25.6 27.7 33 13 Bill Killefer (83-71)
88 1922 Chicago Cubs NL 156 80 74 2 .519 5th of 8 771 808 26.8 26.0 36 13 Bill Killefer (80-74)
89 1921 Chicago Cubs NL 153 64 89 0 .418 7th of 8 668 773 27.9 27.0 35 15 Johnny Evers (41-55) and Bill Killefer (23-34)
90 1920 Chicago Cubs NL 154 75 79 0 .487 5th of 8 619 635 29.3 30.1 31 13 Fred Mitchell (75-79)
91 1919 Chicago Cubs NL 140 75 65 0 .536 3rd of 8 454 407 28.5 29.0 29 10 Fred Mitchell (75-65)
92 1918 Chicago Cubs NL 131 84 45 2 .651 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-2) 538 393 27.8 28.0 29 11 Fred Mitchell (84-45)
93 1917 Chicago Cubs NL 157 74 80 3 .481 5th of 8 552 567 27.6 27.5 37 12 Fred Mitchell (74-80)
94 1916 Chicago Cubs NL 156 67 86 3 .438 5th of 8 520 541 27.6 29.7 45 11 Joe Tinker (67-86)
95 1915 Chicago Cubs NL 156 73 80 3 .477 4th of 8 570 620 28.3 27.9 33 12 Roger Bresnahan (73-80)
96 1914 Chicago Cubs NL 156 78 76 2 .506 4th of 8 605 638 28.6 28.2 36 11 Hank O'Day (78-76)
97 1913 Chicago Cubs NL 155 88 65 2 .575 3rd of 8 720 630 28.9 28.6 39 15 Johnny Evers (88-65)
98 1912 Chicago Cubs NL 152 91 59 2 .607 3rd of 8 756 668 28.5 28.0 40 18 Frank Chance (91-59)
99 1911 Chicago Cubs NL 157 92 62 3 .597 2nd of 8 757 607 28.2 28.5 35 17 Frank Chance (92-62)
100 1910 Chicago Cubs NL 154 104 50 0 .675 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-1) 712 499 29.0 28.6 27 12 Frank Chance (104-50)
101 1909 Chicago Cubs NL 155 104 49 2 .680 2nd of 8 635 390 28.3 28.1 31 14 Frank Chance (104-49)
102 1908 Chicago Cubs NL 158 99 55 4 .643 1st of 8 Won WS (4-1) 624 461 28.7 28.7 26 10 Frank Chance (99-55)
103 1907 Chicago Cubs NL 155 107 45 3 .704 1st of 8 Won WS (4-0-1) 574 390 28.0 28.2 24 8 Frank Chance (107-45)
104 1906 Chicago Cubs NL 155 116 36 3 .763 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-2) 704 381 27.0 27.1 23 9 Frank Chance (116-36)
105 1905 Chicago Cubs NL 155 92 61 2 .601 3rd of 8 667 442 27.5 26.7 20 7 Frank Selee (37-28) and Frank Chance (55-33)
106 1904 Chicago Cubs NL 156 93 60 3 .608 2nd of 8 597 517 27.4 26.8 28 7 Frank Selee (93-60)
107 1903 Chicago Cubs NL 139 82 56 1 .594 3rd of 8 695 599 26.9 27.7 27 10 Frank Selee (82-56)
108 1902 Chicago Orphans NL 143 68 69 6 .496 5th of 8 544 505 26.7 26.6 39 11 Frank Selee (68-69)
109 1901 Chicago Orphans NL 140 53 86 1 .381 6th of 8 578 699 26.4 25.2 25 7 Tom Loftus (53-86)
110 1900 Chicago Orphans NL 146 65 75 6 .464 6th of 8 635 751 27.9 27.7 30 10 Tom Loftus (65-75)
111 1899 Chicago Orphans NL 152 75 73 4 .507 8th of 12 812 763 27.2 26.0 25 9 Tom Burns (75-73)
112 1898 Chicago Orphans NL 152 85 65 2 .567 4th of 12 828 679 27.6 25.1 25 12 Tom Burns (85-65)
113 1897 Chicago Colts NL 138 59 73 6 .447 9th of 12 832 894 29.2 24.1 21 9 Cap Anson (59-73)
114 1896 Chicago Colts NL 132 71 57 4 .555 5th of 12 815 804 29.2 24.9 22 8 Cap Anson (71-57)
115 1895 Chicago Colts NL 133 72 58 3 .554 4th of 12 866 854 28.7 28.6 24 10 Cap Anson (72-58)
116 1894 Chicago Colts NL 137 57 75 5 .432 8th of 12 1056 1080 27.3 26.6 22 9 Cap Anson (57-75)
117 1893 Chicago Colts NL 128 56 71 1 .441 9th of 12 829 874 26.5 25.3 31 15 Cap Anson (56-71)
118 1892 Chicago Colts NL 147 70 76 1 .479 7th of 12 635 735 26.9 27.3 21 7 Cap Anson (70-76)
119 1891 Chicago Colts NL 137 82 53 2 .607 2nd of 8 832 730 28.1 25.9 21 7 Cap Anson (82-53)
120 1890 Chicago Colts NL 139 83 53 3 .610 2nd of 8 847 692 27.2 25.4 27 9 Cap Anson (84-53)
121 1889 Chicago White Stockings NL 136 67 65 4 .508 3rd of 8 867 814 27.0 23.9 19 7 Cap Anson (67-65)
122 1888 Chicago White Stockings NL 136 77 58 1 .570 2nd of 8 734 659 26.8 22.3 22 11 Cap Anson (77-58)
123 1887 Chicago White Stockings NL 127 71 50 6 .587 3rd of 8 813 716 26.7 23.7 19 10 Cap Anson (71-50)
124 1886 Chicago White Stockings NL 126 90 34 2 .726 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-2) 900 555 27.6 25.2 15 5 Cap Anson (90-34)
125 1885 Chicago White Stockings NL 113 87 25 1 .777 1st of 8 Won WS (3-3-1) 834 470 27.2 24.0 19 7 Cap Anson (87-25)
126 1884 Chicago White Stockings NL 113 62 50 1 .554 5th of 8 834 647 26.4 25.3 21 14 Cap Anson (62-50)
127 1883 Chicago White Stockings NL 98 59 39 0 .602 2nd of 8 679 540 26.0 26.7 11 5 Cap Anson (59-39)
128 1882 Chicago White Stockings NL 84 55 29 0 .655 1st of 8 604 353 25.6 26.3 12 3 Cap Anson (55-29)
129 1881 Chicago White Stockings NL 84 56 28 0 .667 1st of 8 550 380 24.7 24.7 12 3 Cap Anson (56-28)
130 1880 Chicago White Stockings NL 86 67 17 2 .798 1st of 8 538 317 23.8 22.3 13 6 Cap Anson (67-17)
131 1879 Chicago White Stockings NL 83 46 33 4 .582 4th of 8 437 411 24.5 23.0 16 2 Cap Anson (41-21) and Silver Flint (5-12)
132 1878 Chicago White Stockings NL 61 30 30 1 .500 4th of 6 371 331 26.1 21.8 15 3 Bob Ferguson (30-30)
133 1877 Chicago White Stockings NL 60 26 33 1 .441 5th of 6 366 375 25.4 24.2 18 5 Al Spalding (26-33)
134 1876 Chicago White Stockings NL 66 52 14 0 .788 1st of 8 624 257 25.9 25.1 11 5 Al Spalding (52-14)
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