1989 Chicago Cubs season
1989 Chicago Cubs | ||
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National League East Champions | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Record | 93–69 (.574) | |
Divisional place | 1st place | |
Owners | Tribune Company | |
General managers | Jim Frey | |
Managers | Don Zimmer | |
Television | WGN-TV/Superstation WGN (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats) | |
Radio | WGN (Dewayne Staats, Dave Nelson, Harry Caray) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1989 Chicago Cubs season was the 118th season of the franchise, the 114th in the National League and 74th season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Don Zimmer in his second season as manager and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of National League East.
The Cubs stole the National League spotlight during the 1989 season along with their NL West rivals San Francisco Giants.[1] The Cubs had All-Star seasons from Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson, Rick Sutcliffe, and closing pitcher Mitch Williams. Williams gave the Cubs a strong stopper in the bullpen in his impressive National League debut[1] while the 1989 NL Rookie of the Year was Chicago's very own Jerome Walton, who proved himself to be a dependable centerfielder.[1]
The Cubs finished the season 93–69 to win the NL East for the second time in franchise history, battling the St. Louis Cardinals into the last week of the season.[1] The Cubs lost the NLCS four games to one to the San Francisco Giants, who proved to be more dominant with a strong hitting presence.[1]
Offseason
[edit]- December 5, 1988: Rafael Palmeiro, Jamie Moyer, and Drew Hall were traded by the Cubs to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Paul Kilgus, Mitch Williams, Curtis Wilkerson, Steve Wilson, Luis Benitez (minors), and Pablo Delgado (minors).[2]
- December 7, 1988: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.[3]
- December 8, 1988: Rolando Roomes was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Lloyd McClendon.[4]
- March 28, 1989: Rich Gossage was released by the Cubs.[5]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 48–33 | 45–36 |
New York Mets | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 51–30 | 36–45 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 7 | 46–35 | 40–41 |
Montreal Expos | 81 | 81 | .500 | 12 | 44–37 | 37–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 88 | .457 | 19 | 39–42 | 35–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 67 | 95 | .414 | 26 | 38–42 | 29–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–10 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 11–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Montreal | 6–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–13 | |||||
New York | 10–2 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 13–5 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 2–10 | |||||
San Francisco | 12–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 10–2 | 5–7 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- August 24, 1989: The Cubs traded players to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Paul Assenmacher. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Kelly Mann and Pat Gomez to the Braves on September 1.[6]
- August 30, 1989: Calvin Schiraldi, Darrin Jackson and a player to be named later were traded by the Cubs to the San Diego Padres for Marvell Wynne and Luis Salazar. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Phil Stephenson to the Padres on September 5.[7]
Roster
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Game log
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April: 12–11 (.522)
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May: 16–11 (.593)
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June: 13–15 (.464)
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July: 18–9 (.667)
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August: 16–8 (.667)
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September: 17–11 (.607)
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Damon Berryhill | 91 | 334 | 86 | .257 | 5 | 41 |
1B | Mark Grace | 142 | 510 | 160 | .314 | 13 | 79 |
2B | Ryne Sandberg | 157 | 606 | 176 | .290 | 30 | 76 |
3B | Vance Law | 130 | 408 | 96 | .235 | 7 | 42 |
SS | Shawon Dunston | 138 | 471 | 131 | .278 | 9 | 60 |
LF | Dwight Smith | 109 | 343 | 111 | .324 | 9 | 52 |
CF | Jerome Walton | 116 | 475 | 139 | .293 | 5 | 46 |
RF | Andre Dawson | 118 | 416 | 105 | .252 | 21 | 77 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Mitch Webster | 98 | 272 | 70 | .257 | 3 | 19 |
Lloyd McClendon | 92 | 259 | 74 | .286 | 12 | 40 |
Domingo Ramos | 85 | 179 | 47 | .263 | 1 | 19 |
Curt Wilkerson | 77 | 160 | 39 | .244 | 1 | 10 |
Joe Girardi | 59 | 157 | 39 | .248 | 1 | 14 |
Doug Dascenzo | 47 | 139 | 23 | .165 | 1 | 12 |
Rick Wrona | 38 | 92 | 26 | .283 | 2 | 14 |
Gary Varsho | 61 | 87 | 16 | .184 | 0 | 6 |
Darrin Jackson | 45 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 1 | 8 |
Luis Salazar | 26 | 80 | 26 | .325 | 1 | 12 |
Marvell Wynne | 20 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 1 | 4 |
Phil Stephenson | 17 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Smith | 4 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Greg Maddux | 35 | 238.0 | 19 | 12 | 2.95 | 135 |
Rick Sutcliffe | 35 | 229.0 | 16 | 11 | 3.66 | 153 |
Mike Bielecki | 33 | 212.1 | 18 | 7 | 3.14 | 147 |
Joe Kraemer | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 | 5 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Scott Sanderson | 37 | 146.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.94 | 86 |
Paul Kilgus | 35 | 145.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.39 | 61 |
Jeff Pico | 53 | 90.2 | 3 | 1 | 3.77 | 38 |
Steve Wilson | 53 | 85.2 | 6 | 4 | 4.20 | 65 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mitch Williams | 76 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 2.76 | 67 |
Calvin Schiraldi | 54 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3.78 | 54 |
Les Lancaster | 42 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1.36 | 56 |
Pat Perry | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.77 | 20 |
Paul Assenmacher | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.21 | 15 |
Dean Wilkins | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 | 14 |
Kevin Blankenship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 2 |
NLCS
[edit]Game 1
[edit]October 4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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San Francisco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
Chicago | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
W: Scott Garrelts (1–0) L: Greg Maddux (0–1) S: None | ||||||||||||
HR: SF – Will Clark (1), (2), Kevin Mitchell (1) CHC – Mark Grace (1), Ryne Sandberg (1) | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: SF – Garrelts, Brantley (8), Hammaker (9) CHC – Maddux, Kilgus (5), Wilson (8) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 39,195 |
Game 2
[edit]October 5 at Wrigley Field in Chicago
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Chicago | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 11 | 0 |
W: Les Lancaster (1–0) L: Rick Reuschel (0–1) S: None | ||||||||||||
HR: SF – Kevin Mitchell (2), Matt Williams (1), Robby Thompson (1) CHC – None | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: SF – Reuschel, Downs (1), Lefferts (6), Brantley (7), Bedrosian (8) CHC – Bielecki, Assenmacher (5), Lancaster (6) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 39,195 |
Game 3
[edit]October 7 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chicago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
San Francisco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 3 |
W: Don Robinson (1–0) L: Les Lancaster (1–1) S: Steve Bedrosian (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: CHC – None SF – Robby Thompson (2) | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: CHC – Sutcliffe, Assenmacher (7), Lancaster (7) SF – LaCoss, Brantley (4), Robinson (7), Lefferts (8), Bedrosian (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 62,065 |
Game 4
[edit]October 8 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chicago | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 1 |
W: Kelly Downs (1–0) L: Steve Wilson (1–1) S: Steve Bedrosian (2) | ||||||||||||
HR: CHC – Luis Salazar (1) SF – Matt Williams (2) | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: CHC – Maddux, Wilson (4), Sanderson (6), Williams (8) SF – Garrelts, Downs (5), Bedrosian (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 62,078 |
Game 5
[edit]October 9 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chicago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 3 | 4 | 1 |
W: Rick Reuschel (1–1) L: Mike Bielecki (0–1) S: Steve Bedrosian (3) | ||||||||||||
HR: CHC – None SF – None | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: CHC – Bielecki, Williams (8), Lancaster (8) SF – Reuschel, Bedrosian (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 62,084 |
The Giants made it to their first World Series since 1962 with a 3–2 win over the Cubs to win the 1989 National League pennant, four games to one. The final game pitted Mike Bielecki against a well-rested (due to his quick exit from Game 2) Rick Reuschel. Reuschel made amends for his poor start in Game 2 by giving up only one run over eight innings. The one run Reuschel gave up was an unearned run the Cubs scored when Walton reached on an error by Mitchell and then scored on Sandberg's double. The Cubs held the 1–0 lead until the seventh inning when Will Clark tripled and scored on Mitchell's sacrifice fly.
The Cubs did rally, however, in the ninth with three straight singles that made it 3–2. But Sandberg grounded out sending the Giants to their first World Series since 1962.
Awards and honors
[edit]- Ryne Sandberg, National League Leader, Runs (104)
- Ryne Sandberg, second base, starter
- Andre Dawson, outfield, reserve
- Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher, reserve
- Mitch Williams, relief pitcher, reserve
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Complete Book of 1990 Baseball Cards. Publications International, Ltd. 1990. p. 13. ISBN 0-88176-804-9.
- ^ Rafael Palmeiro at Baseball Reference
- ^ Scott Sanderson at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Rolando Roomes Stats".
- ^ Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
- ^ Paul Assenmacher at Baseball Reference
- ^ Phil Stephenson at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997