CHICAGOCUBS
...o runs to be scored by the opposing team) against Louisville. Eventually succeeding to win the National League pennant. During the last years of the Nineteenth Century the team played in five different locations and became baseballs first dynasty. Winning the inaugural National League championship and six of the first eleven titles. Many notable players emerged during this time. On May 30, 1884 Ned Willamson became the first player to hit three home runs in a single game. Then on June 29th, 1897 the Chicago Whitestockings beat Louisville with a score of 36-7, setting the record for number of runs scored in a game. Also, Adrian “Cap” Anson set the franchise record for career hits, 2,995 in all. Breaking into the Twentieth Century lead by Frank Selee, the new club manager, the Cubs finally found a home at the West Side Grounds. This was to be there home for then next twenty-two years. It was at this time during 1907 that the Chicago White Stockings officially adopted the nickname “Chicago Cubs” as their team name. During these two decades the Chicago Cubs enjoyed the most celebrated and most triumphant seasons to date. In 1906 the Cubs won an amazing one hundred and sixteen games posting a Seventy-six percent plus winning record. This winning season culminated with the winning of the first pennant of the 20th century, the only all-Chicago World Series was played. With the Chicago Cubs versus the Chicago White Sox a cross-town rivalry was born. Playing six games the White Sox prevailed, winning four games to two. Burned by the loss to the cross-town rivals the Cubs go on to win a second National League pennant in 1907. Following up these spectacular seasons the Cubs go on to win their first World Series, defeating the Detroit Tigers four games to two. On the following year pitcher Mordecai “Three-Finger” Brown goes on to win twenty-nine games, setting a team...