During that season, Goodman lost his sixteen-year battle with leukemia four days before the Cubs clinched the division title.

In 1908, the Cubs clinched the pennant after defeating the Giants in part due to Merkle's Boner.

The Cubs clinched the pennant three days later.

The Cubs clinched the pennant in St. Louis, although their streak had been snapped by then.

In what some called the most exciting Major League Baseball season ever, the Cubs clinched the Central on September 28.

On September 28, 2007, the Cubs clinched the National League Central for the first time since 2003 with an 84-76 record.

Two days later, the Cubs clinched the home field advantage through the National League Playoffs by beating the New York Mets.

The club played well, but the Cubs clinched on the final Friday of the season.

Goodman died in September of that year, four days before the Cubs clinched the National League Eastern Division title, their first title in 39 years.

The Cubs clinch their second-straight NL Central title.