<Tr> <Th> General Manager </Th> <Td> Jed Hoyer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> President of Baseball Operations </Th> <Td> Theo Epstein </Td> </Tr> <P> The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois . The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division . The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field, located on the city's North Side . The Cubs are one of two major league teams in Chicago; the other, the Chicago White Sox, is a member of the American League (AL) Central division . The Cubs, first known as the White Stockings, was a founding member of the NL in 1876, becoming the Chicago Cubs in 1903 . </P> <P> The Cubs have appeared in a total of eleven World Series . The 1906 Cubs won 116 games, finishing 116--36 and posting a modern - era record winning percentage of . 763, before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox ("The Hitless Wonders") by four games to two . The Cubs won back - to - back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908, becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series, and the first to win it twice . Most recently, the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series, which ended a 71 - year National League pennant drought and a 108 - year World Series championship drought, both of which are record droughts in Major League Baseball . The 108 - year drought was also the longest such occurrence in all major North American sports . Since the start of divisional play in 1969, the Cubs have appeared in the postseason nine times through the 2017 season . </P>

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