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Mike and Mike said the Cubs have only seven home post season wins since the went to Wrigley in 1916. Is this true?  As a comparison, how many post season home wins do the Yankees have since 1923?

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Mark,

I'm so sorry. I checked my figures that I gave you the other day and both of them were incorrect.

The Cubs did indeed win seven post-season games in Wrigley field in the post-season. They had two wins there in 2003, not one as I previously told you.

The Yankees won fully 101 post-season games in Yankee Stadium, beginning with a World Series win against the NY Giants in 1923 to a win against the Indians in last year's ALDS.

Hope you'll forgive the error.

Tom

Mark,

I count only six wins for the Cubs in Wrigley in the post-season: 2 there in 1984, and one each in 1935, 1945, 1989, and 2003.

By contrast the Yankees have 89 post-season wins in Yankee Stadium.

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I will deal with the major leagues only from 19th century to present. I`m good on baseball history, records, statistics, ballparks. I don't do off-the-field stuff. Please if you already know the answer to the question, please don't ask it. I don't want to play "stump the expert."

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