The Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series championship run through comprehensive highlights, exclusive interviews, and breathtaking footage. Overall, this series severely bucked the trend of declining World Series viewership, drawing ratings that almost equaled the 2004 series featuring the Red Sox and their 86-year “curse” and were in line with (or better than) ratings from the late-90s. Obviously the Cubs in a Game 7 is an extenuating circumstance, and these numbers don’t mean baseball is back on the upswing nationally, but at least the sport showed it’s capable of drawing a massive audience when all the stars align. 2016 World Series Champions: Chicago Cubs. Jake Arrieta was fourth at 2.75 and Jon Lester was fifth at 2.81. Through August 22, Kyle Hendricks led the Majors in ERA for pitchers with over 140 innings at 2.16. This year’s Game 7 saw a huge boost in viewership over Games 1-6, which had all averaged fewer than 25 million viewers. The Cubs magic number moved to 16 as they moved to a season-high 38 games over. The last game to draw more than 40 million viewers was Game 7 of the 1991 World Series between the Twins and Braves. There had been five Game 7s between then and Wednesday, ranging from 23.5 million viewers (Royals-Giants in 2014) to 39 million viewers (Diamondbacks-Yankees in 2001). The most-watched baseball game in 25 years. World Series Game 7 average audience is over 40 million viewers – it is If you know anything about baseball cards, it wont come as a shock that this Honus Wagner card sold for a staggering 3.
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