Chicago Cubs in 1906 won 116 games and lost 36. They played 152 games of their 154 game schedule. Can the Dodgers can get to 116 wins in 152 games? For the Dodgers to match the Cubs’ output of 1906 they would have to win 123 games.
The 1906 Cubs were led by first baseman player/manager Frank Chance and pitcher Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown. That team was so good and so far ahead of the competition that some players took time off near the end of the season. Most players back then had farms, or second jobs to attend.
They got just soft enough to lose to the White Sox in their only City World Series, but came roaring back to thrash Ty Cobb’s Tigers in 1907.
Frank Chance was possibly the greatest Cub ever. He was a solid player and a tough manager who got a team of egos to play together as a precision machine. Some of his teammates hated each other and would not even talk off the field.
Frank Chance should have a statue at Wrigley, but of course back then they played at West Side Grounds.