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Year Wins Losses Home Games Winning % Standing Attendance

2005 77 83 80 0.481 4 31002622004 89 73 81 0.549 3 31701842003 88 74 80 0.543 1 29626302002 67 95 78 0.414 5 26930962001 88 74 81 0.543 3 27794652000 65 97 81 0.401 6 27895111999 67 95 81 0.414 6 28138541998 90 73 82 0.552 2 26231941997 68 94 81 0.420 5 21903081996 76 86 81 0.469 4 22191101995 73 71 72 0.507 3 19182651994 49 64 59 0.434 5 18452081993 84 78 82 0.519 4 26537631992 78 84 81 0.481 4 21267201991 77 83 83 0.481 4 2314250

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• The Chicago Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908.

• The Cubs came five outs away from the World Series when a fan accidentally robbed Moises Alou of catching a foul ball.

– The Florida Marlins went on to score many runs that inning and win the 2003 National League Championship and later the World Series.

• The “Curse of the Billy Goat” began in 1945 after a Cubs fan put a curse on the team.

– He cursed the team because he was not allowed to bring his goat in to the stadium to watch Game 4 of the 1945 World Series.

• The Cubs have not been to the World Series since 1945.

• The Cubs have sent many players to the Hall of Fame, but none since 1908 have entered with a World Series ring.

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