| 1969 Chicago Cubs | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | National League | |
| Division | East | |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
| City | Chicago | |
| Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
| General managers | John Holland | |
| Managers | Leo Durocher | |
| Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit) | |
| Radio | WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) | |
| Stats | ESPN.com BB-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.