2016 World Series Teams Team (Wins) Manager (s) Season Chicago Cubs (4) Joe Maddon 103 -- 58,. 640, 171⁄2 GA Cleveland Indians (3) Terry Francona 94 -- 67,. 584, 8 GA Dates October 25 -- November 2 MVP Ben Zobrist (Chicago) Umpires Chris Guccione, John Hirschbeck (crew chief), Sam Holbrook, Marvin Hudson, Tony Randazzo, Larry Vanover and Joe West. ALCS Cleveland Indians defeated Toronto Blue Jays, 4 -- 1 NLCS Chicago Cubs defeated Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 -- 2 Broadcast Television Fox (English) Fox Deportes (Spanish) TV announcers Joe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci (English) Carlos Álvarez, Duaner Sánchez, Karim García and Jaime Motta (Spanish) Radio ESPN (English) ESPN Deportes (Spanish) WTAM (Cleveland Indians) WSCR (Chicago Cubs) Radio announcers 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) World Series Program ← 2015 World Series 2017 →
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