<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> 2016 World Series </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Team ( Wins ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Manager ( s ) </Td> <Td> Season </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Chicago Cubs ( 4 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joe Maddon </Td> <Td> 103 -- 58 , . 640 , 171⁄2 GA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cleveland Indians ( 3 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Terry Francona </Td> <Td> 94 -- 67 , . 584 , 8 GA </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dates </Th> <Td> October 25 -- November 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> MVP </Th> <Td> Ben Zobrist ( Chicago ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Umpires </Th> <Td> Chris Guccione , John Hirschbeck ( crew chief ) , Sam Holbrook , Marvin Hudson , Tony Randazzo , Larry Vanover and Joe West . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ALCS </Th> <Td> Cleveland Indians beat Toronto Blue Jays , 4 -- 1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> NLCS </Th> <Td> Chicago Cubs beat Los Angeles Dodgers , 4 -- 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Broadcast </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Television </Th> <Td> Fox ( English ) Fox Deportes ( Spanish ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> TV announcers </Th> <Td> Joe Buck , John Smoltz , Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci ( English ) Carlos Álvarez , Duaner Sánchez , Karim García and Jaime Motta ( Spanish ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Radio </Th> <Td> ESPN ( English ) ESPN Deportes ( Spanish ) NewsRadio WTAM 1100 ( Cleveland Indians ) 670 The Score ( Chicago Cubs ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Radio announcers </Th> <Td> Dan Shulman and Aaron Boone ( English ) Eduardo Ortega , José Francisco Rivera , Renato Bermúdez and Orlando Hernández ( Spanish ) Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus ( on Indians radio ) Pat Hughes , Len Kasper , Ron Coomer , and Jim Deshaies ( on Cubs radio ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> World Series Program </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2015 </Td> <Td> World Series </Td> <Td> 2017 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who did cubs beat in 2016 world series
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