1969 Chicago Cubs season

1969 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
OwnersPhilip K. Wrigley
General managersJohn Holland
ManagersLeo Durocher
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
RadioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1969 Chicago Cubs season was the 98th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 94th in the National League and the 54th at Wrigley Field. The season involved the Cubs gaining renown as "the most celebrated second-place team in the history of baseball."[1] In the first season after the National League was split into two divisions, the Cubs finished with a record of 92–70, 8 games behind the New York Mets in the newly established National League East. Caustic 64-year-old Leo Durocher was the Cubs manager. The ill-fated season saw the Cubs in first place for 155 days, until mid-September when they lost 17 out of 25 games.

  1. ^ Kuenster, John. Heartbreakers. ISBN 1-56663-366-4.