Last Date in First
Cubs and Sox 		 
The results screen for a year identifies where each team finished: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.
Click on their place of finish to learn the last date they were in first place.
  • If your last day in first place was Opening Day...
  • ... you never spent a single day in first that year!
  • The Sox experienced this sorry fate 32 times
  • It happened to the Cubs 26 times
  • 1918: Cubs take flag; Sox spend 0 days in first
  • 1919: Sox take flag; Cubs spend 0 days in first
    		•    BAD YEARS FOR CHICAGO FANS:
    1923, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1949
    1968, 1979, 1981, 1986
       Neither team spent a single day in 1st

       Sox go three years without spending
    a single day in first place: 1921 to 1923

      Last date in first place: APRIL
  • Sox: 22 times
  • Cubs: 30 times

      Last date in first place: MAY
  • Sox: 9 times
  • Cubs: 10 times

    •   Last date in first place: JUNE
  • Sox: 11 times
  • Cubs: 11 times

      Last date in first place: JULY
  • Sox: 5 times
  • Cubs: 2 times

    •    AUGUST
  • Cubs: 5 times
  • Sox: 8 times

      SEPTEMBER
  • Cubs: 1930, 1969
  • Sox: 1955, 1964, 1967
    • The above info covers the years 1901-2000
    For the 21st Century the results are a little different!
  • 2001 Cubs: last date in first: August 17
  • 2003 Sox: last date in first: September 14
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