The most games the Cubs have won in a season is 116 in 1906.
The Cubs (1906) and Mariners (2001) who won 116 games in one season.
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The Cubs were 88-74.
The 'magic number' is the number of Cubs wins and Brewers losses, when added together, it takes for the Cubs to make the playoffs. With a magic number of 6, if the Cubs win 4 more games and the Brewers lose 2 games the Cubs make the playoffs. If the Cubs win 2 more games and the Brewers lose 4 more games, the Cubs are in. If the Cubs win 0 and the Brewers lose 6, the Cubs are in.
Many major league teams have won 100 games in a season. The most wins ever in the National League was 116 by the 1906 Chicago Cubs and the most in the American League was 111 by the Cleveland Indians in 1954. The last team to win 100 games was the Philadelphia Phillies with 102 in 2011.
The 1906 Cubs are tied with the 2001 Seattle Mariners for the MLB record for wins by a team in the regular season with 116.
Through the 2008 season, that was the 1979 and 1982 seasons when the Brewers won 95 games.
Yes they sweeped the cubs
The team with the most wins in a 162-game season in Major League Baseball's National League is the 1906 Chicago Cubs, who won 116 games. They set this record during a season when they had a remarkable win-loss record of 116-36. This achievement remains one of the most iconic in baseball history.
The Cubs won 79 games in 2005, and finished with a record of 79-83.
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No they did not. They lost to the Pirates 6-3.