Lockman also managed the Chicago Cubs for 2½ seasons.

This happened in, when Dusty Baker managed the National League team despite having moved from the National League champion San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs.

In addition to these players, Mike Quade, a former manager of the Chicago Cubs, managed the Iowa Cubs from 2003 to 2006.

Another former Chicago Cubs manager Bruce Kimm is an Iowa native who managed the Iowa Cubs from 2001 to 2002.

Former Chicago Cubs catcher Jody Davis managed the team during the 2006 season before moving to the Single A Daytona Cubs.

The 1988 team, managed by future major league manager Jim Tracy was the subject of the Joseph Bosco book " The Boys Who Would Be Cubs ".

Bresnahan also managed the Cardinals ( 1909 – 1912 ) and Cubs ( 1915 ).

The Peaches are managed by Jimmy Dugan, a former marquee Cubs slugger who lost his career to alcohol.

Known as a developer of young pitchers, Gibson later managed the Toronto Maple Leafs of the AAA International League in 1919, the Pirates ( 1920 – 1922, 1932 – 1934 ) and the Chicago Cubs ( 1925 ).

He later managed the expansion Colorado Rockies for six years and the Chicago Cubs for three.

He became the hitting coach for the Atlanta Braves in and was hired to manage the Chicago Cubs in and managed through.

He managed to hit his first home run during the Cubs ' first game in May, and gradually increased his batting average throughout the month.

By 1901, however, he had worn out his welcome and his contract was sold to the Cubs, then managed by Tom Loftus, who had had success with Waddell in Columbus / Grand Rapids ; but Loftus did not have the latitude to cope with Rube he had had Columbus owner / manager.

He managed the Cardinals ( 1933 – 1938 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1940 – 1946 ), and Chicago Cubs ( 1949 – 1951 ).

Schalk became a coach for the Chicago Cubs in 1930 and 1931, and later managed the Buffalo Bisons in the Double-A International League from to.

In his sixteen-year Major League career, he managed the Boston Beaneaters ( Atlanta Braves ) for twelve seasons, and the Chicago Orphans ( Cubs ) for four.

Noted for having a keen ability to assess talent, Selee managed the Boston Beaneaters ( 1890 – 1901 ) and the Chicago Cubs ( 1902 – 1905 ).

After returning to umpiring in 1913, he managed the Cubs to a 78 – 76 finish in 1914, and then went back to umpiring for good.

After his playing days, Kennedy managed, coached, and instructed in the minor leagues for the St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers.

He spent most of his playing career with, and briefly managed the Chicago Cubs.

In 1989, Zimmer managed the Cubs to a division title and was named Manager of the Year.

The club was originally called the Chicago White Stockings, after the nickname abandoned by the Cubs, and the name was soon shortened to Chicago White Sox, believed to have been because the paper would shorten it to Sox in the headlines.

Comiskey moved his St. Paul club to the Near South Side and renamed it the White Stockings, grabbing a nickname that had once been used by the Chicago Cubs.

Da Super Fan sketch has not been brought back by SNL, with the exception of a single appearance by Horatio Sanz as a Super Fan for the Cubs on Weekend Update in 2003.

After a disappointing record of 59-73 and a 9th-place finish in 1897, Anson was released by the Cubs as both a player and manager.

They then won back to back World Series titles in 1907 – 08 In 1902, Spalding, who by this time had revamped the roster to boast what would soon be one of the best teams of the early century, sold the club to Jim Hart, and the franchise became known as the Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs responded by winning a pennant in the war-shortened season of 1918, where they played a part in another team's curse.

Due to the wartime travel restrictions, the first three games of the 1945 World Series were played in Detroit, where the Cubs won two games, including a one-hitter by Claude Passeau, and the final four were played at Wrigley.

It has also been said by many that Sianis put a " curse " on the Cubs, apparently preventing the team from playing in the World Series.

The Cubs hit a high-water mark on June 28 at 47 – 22, boasting an game NL East lead, as they were led by Bobby Murcer ( 27 Hr / 89 RBI ), and Rick Reuschel ( 20 – 10 ).

However, the Philadelphia Phillies cut the lead to two by the All-star break, as the Cubs sat 19 games over. 500, but they swooned late in the season, going 20 – 40 after July 31.

The 1983 Cubs had finished 71 – 91 under Lee Elia, who was fired before the season ended by Green.

It was the second game of a double header and the Cubs had won the first game in part due to a three run home run by Moreland.

This was approved by Major League Baseball and would have enabled the Cubs to host games 1 and 2, along with games 6 and 7 if necessary.

In 1989, the first full season with night baseball at Wrigley Field, Don Zimmer's Cubs were led by a core group of veterans in Ryne Sandberg, Rick Sutcliffe and Andre Dawson, who were boosted by a crop of youngsters such as Mark Grace, Shawon Dunston, Greg Maddux, Rookie of the Year Jerome Walton, and Rookie of the Year Runner-Up Dwight Smith.

The Cubs were swamped by media attention in 1998, and the team's two biggest headliners were Sosa and rookie flamethrower Kerry Wood.

" One of the biggest stories of the season transpired as the club made a midseason deal for Fred McGriff, which was drawn out for nearly a month as McGriff debated waiving his no-trade clause, as the Cubs led the wild card race by 2. 5 games in early September.

Most notably, they traded with the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Kenny Lofton and third baseman Aramis Ramirez, and rode dominant pitching, led by Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, as the Cubs led the division down the stretch.

Chicago halted St. Louis ' run to the playoffs by taking 4 of 5 games from the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in early September, after which the hapless Cubs finally won their first division title in 14 years.

A Chicago Cubs fan by the name of Steve Bartman, of Northbrook, IL, reached for the ball and deflected it away from the glove of Moisés Alou for the second out of the 8th inning.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.