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Chicago, IL · 1893–1915 · 1750 games

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Home clubs

Chicago Cubs

Cleveland Spiders

First game

1893-05-14

Last game

1915-10-03

Avg attendance

6,168

Largest crowd

35,000

Big games

11 World Series, 11 postseason

League: NL; CHN:1893(Sun);1894-1915

Year by year

Season	Home team	Games	Home W–L	Pct	Avg attendance
1915	Chicago Cubs	77	42–34	.553	5,182
1914	Chicago Cubs	76	46–30	.605	5,320
1913	Chicago Cubs	76	51–25	.671	7,092
1912	Chicago Cubs	78	46–30	.605	7,684
1911	Chicago Cubs	84	49–32	.605	9,110
1910	Chicago Cubs	77	58–19	.753	10,743	World Series
1909	Chicago Cubs	77	47–29	.618	8,069
1908	Chicago Cubs	78	47–30	.610	8,068	World Series
1907	Chicago Cubs	76	54–19	.740	6,170	World Series
1906	Chicago Cubs	79	56–21	.727	9,150	World Series
1905	Chicago Cubs	81	54–25	.684	6,437
1904	Chicago Cubs	78	49–27	.645	6,071
1903	Chicago Cubs	73	45–28	.616	5,204
1902	Chicago Cubs	72	33–38	.465	3,747
1901	Chicago Cubs	70	30–39	.435	3,295
1900	Chicago Cubs	77	45–30	.600	3,912
1899	Chicago Cubs	85	44–39	.530	4,924
1898	Chicago Cubs	89	58–31	.652	5,231
1898	Cleveland Spiders	1	0–1	.000
1897	Chicago Cubs	67	36–30	.545	4,997
1896	Chicago Cubs	68	42–24	.636	4,533
1895	Chicago Cubs	67	43–24	.642	6,016
1894	Chicago Cubs	68	35–31	.530	3,850
1893	Chicago Cubs	65	34–30	.531	3,853

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