Manual Scoreboard

Wrigley Field's hand-turned scoreboard.

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located on Chicago's North Side. They are one of two major league teams based in Chicago, alongside the American League (AL)’s Chicago White Sox. The Cubs, first known as the White Stockings, were founded in 1870 and are one of two remaining NL charter franchises that debuted in 1876. They have been known as the Chicago Cubs since 1903.

Quick Facts

Location: Center Field
Type: Hand-turned scoreboard

Lore & Background

The Cubs began in 1870 as the Chicago White Stockings, playing at West Side Grounds. They joined the National League as a charter member in 1876. The club 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 World Series, ending a 108-year championship drought, the longest in major professional sports in the United States and Canada.

Reader's Guide

Wrigley Field has been the Cubs' home since 1916, when the club moved from West Side Grounds to the ballpark originally built for the Chicago Whales in 1914. The manual scoreboard has been in place since the ballpark opened in 1914. The left-field video board was installed in 2015, and a right-field screen was added later; the square footage numbers for these boards are correct.

Did You Know?

The Cubs' 1906 team won 116 games, posting a modern-era record winning percentage of .763.
The Cubs are known as 'the North Siders' because Wrigley Field is on Chicago's North Side, in contrast to the White Sox on the South Side.
Through 2024, the Cubs have played the most games in MLB history.