Chicago Cubs

Summary

Chicago Cubs is a baseball team^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of baseball_team entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,614 views/month, #11 of 1,162).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chicago Cubs is in the country of United States^[3].
• Chicago Cubs's instance of is recorded as baseball team^[4].
• Chicago Cubs's home venue is recorded as Wrigley Field^[5].
• Chicago Cubs's league or competition is recorded as Major League Baseball^[6].
• Chicago Cubs's league or competition is recorded as National League^[7].
• Chicago Cubs's owned by is recorded as Thomas S. Ricketts^[8].
• Chicago Cubs's owned by is recorded as Laura Ricketts^[9].
• Chicago Cubs's owned by is recorded as Pete Ricketts^[10].
• Chicago Cubs's owned by is recorded as Todd Ricketts^[11].
• Chicago Cubs's owned by is recorded as Joe Ricketts^[12].
• Chicago Cubs's logo image is recorded as Chicago Cubs logo.svg^[13].
• Chicago Cubs's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago^[14].
• Chicago Cubs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141894228^[15].
• Chicago Cubs's GND ID is recorded as 4808593-5^[16].
• Chicago Cubs's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80109967^[17].
• Chicago Cubs's head coach is recorded as Craig Counsell^[18].
• Chicago Cubs's Commons category is recorded as Chicago Cubs^[19].
• Chicago Cubs's general manager is recorded as Jed Hoyer^[20].
• +1870-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chicago Cubs^[21].
• Chicago Cubs's sport is recorded as baseball^[22].
• Chicago Cubs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01yjl^[23].
• Chicago Cubs's official website is recorded as https://www.mlb.com/cubs^[24].
• Chicago Cubs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chicago Cubs^[25].
• Chicago Cubs's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Chicago-Cubs^[26].
• Chicago Cubs's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cubs'}^[27].

Body

Founding

+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chicago Cubs^[21].

Identity

Chicago Cubs's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cubs'}^[27].

Operations

Chicago Cubs's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago^[14].

Ownership

Owners include Thomas S. Ricketts^[8], a businessperson^[28], b. 1963^[29], of United States^[30]; Laura Ricketts^[9], a businessperson^[31], b. 1967^[32], of United States^[33], awarded the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame^[34]; Pete Ricketts^[10], a politician^[35], b. 1964^[36], of United States^[37], awarded the Knight in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre^[38]; Todd Ricketts^[11], a businessperson^[39], b. 1969^[40], of United States^[41]; and Joe Ricketts^[12], a businessperson^[42], b. 1941^[43], of United States^[44].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Chicago Cubs include Chicago Bears^[45], an American football team^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 1919^[48].

Why It Matters

Chicago Cubs ranks in the top 0.95% of baseball_team entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,614 views/month, #11 of 1,162).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]

Entities named for it include Chicago Bears^[45], an American football team^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 1919^[48].