2007 Chicago Cubs season

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2007  Chicago Cubs
National League Central Champions
Chicago Cubs logo.svg
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Wrigley Field
City Chicago
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place1st
Owners Tribune Company
General managers Jim Hendry
Managers Lou Piniella
Television CSN Chicago
Superstation WGN
WCIU-TV
(Len Kasper, Bob Brenly, Cory Provus)
Radio WGN (AM) 720
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Cory Provus)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2007 Chicago Cubs season was the 136th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 132nd in the National League and the 92nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs, trying to rebound after a season in which they finished last in their division for the first time since 2000, finished first in the National League Central with a record of 85–77. They were swept three games to none by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS.

Contents

Offseason

In an attempt to rebuild the team, the Cubs were very aggressive in the free-agent market, signing a number of players with the goal of overtaking the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals in a competitive NL Central to win the World Series for the first time since 1908.

The first change was the signing of a new manager. On October 17, 2006, Lou Piniella signed a three-year deal with an option for a fourth season to manage the Cubs — the 50th manager in team history after Dusty Baker was not offered an extension of his contract following the 2006 season. [1]

On November 14, 2006, the Cubs improved their depth by signing Mark DeRosa to a three-year, $13 million contract. [2] DeRosa had played several positions for the Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves earlier in his career. Two days later on November 16, Neal Cotts was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for David Aardsma and Carlos Vásquez (minors). [3]

The Cubs made the largest acquisition in their team's history on November 20, 2006, as Alfonso Soriano agreed to an eight-year contract worth $136 million, an average of $17 million per year. [4]

On December 7, Josh Hamilton was drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2006 rule 5 draft. Several hours later, Hamilton was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago Cubs. [5]

The Cubs added two starting pitchers to the rotation, starting with the signing of Ted Lilly [6] on December 15, 2006, to a four-year, $40 million deal. [7] This was followed on December 19, 2006, with the signing of Jason Marquis to a three-year contract worth $21 million. [8]

Regular season

Cubs and fans celebrate the 2007 National League Central Championship. Cubs Win flags abound. 20070928 Cubs celebrate victory and fans show Cubs Win flags.jpg
Cubs and fans celebrate the 2007 National League Central Championship. Cubs Win flags abound.

Season summary

The Cubs got off to a poor start after the first two months of the season, posting a 22–29 record going into a home series against the Atlanta Braves during the first weekend after Memorial Day. Derrek Lee led a players only meeting on May 30 attempting to turn around the team's poor performance. [9] On the Friday start at Wrigley, Carlos Zambrano took the mound and the Cubs fell behind 7–1, including allowing five runs (four earned) in the fifth inning. [10] Included in the inning was a passed ball and throwing error by catcher Michael Barrett. [10] An altercation ensued between the pitcher and catcher in the dugout, in full view of the television camera crews. [10] Zambrano was pulled from the game after the scuffle in which he gave up thirteen hits and had zero strikeouts, and Barrett was replaced by backup Koyie Hill. [10]

On Saturday, the weekend series continued to be interesting, albeit outside of the boxscore. The Braves took an early 3–0 lead in the fourth inning against starting pitcher Rich Hill, but the Cubs clawed back with single runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings, tying the game 3–3. [11] The Braves regained the lead in the eighth against reliever Will Ohman, but in the bottom of the frame, rookie Ángel Pagán led off by lining a ball into the right-field corner, and stopped at second with a double. [11] Two pitches later, Pagán attempted to advance to third on a wild pitch, but was thrown out on a close play. [11] Both Piniella and third-base coach Mike Quade argued the call with umpire Mark Wegner, and Piniella began kicking dirt, throwing and kicking his cap until being thrown out of the game. [11] Allegedly, Piniella kicked umpire Wegner, and was reported to the MLB offices by crew chief Bruce Froemming. [11] Play was delayed for seven minutes while the grounds crew cleaned up debris in the outfield. [11] The Cubs lost the game 5–3, worsening their record to a season-low nine games below .500 at 22–31. [11] Piniella was suspended for four games for the incident, and later recognized that Wegner made the right call. [9]

Two weeks later, Barrett was recorded having a heated discussion with starter Rich Hill. [12] Questions quickly surfaced to the level of friction between the two players due to the recent incident with Zambrano, but both players indicated that there was no issue, rather frustration due to the opposing pitcher Jarrod Washburn hitting a hanging slider that put the Mariners up 3–2. [12] The Cubs ultimately lost the game 5–3 in extra innings on another contentious play where Barrett dropped the ball on a throw to the plate. [12] After the altercations with Zambrano and Hill, Barrett lost his role as the everyday catcher for the team. [13] Just one week later, Barrett was traded to the San Diego Padres for catcher Rob Bowen. [14]

The Cubs improved their play during the month of June, upping their record to 38–39 after a stretch of 16–8 after the Piniella ejection. [15] They finished June with a key series at home against the first-place Milwaukee Brewers starting on June 29. Rich Hill once again took the mound, but gave up five runs in the first inning and lasted just three innings. [15] The Cubs relievers kept the game close, but they still trailed 5–3 going into the bottom of the ninth against Francisco Cordero. Going into the game, Cordero led the league with 27 saves, and had blown only two. [15] After retiring the first player in the inning, Cordero gave up back-to-back singles, and with runners at first and third allowing the potential winning run to come to the plate in the player of Derrek Lee. Lee hit a deep fly ball, but the wind knocked it down and was caught for a sacrifice fly. [15] That made it two outs bringing third baseman Aramis Ramírez to the plate. Ramirez hit the first pitch into the left-center bleachers, winning the game 6–5. [15] The victory pulled the Cubs back to .500, and trimmed the Brewers lead down to 6½ games. The Cubs ended the first half of the season 4.5 games out of first place, behind the Milwaukee Brewers, with a record of 44 wins and 43 losses.

The Chicago Cubs got off to a good start in the second half by sweeping the Houston Astros at home and taking three of four from the San Francisco Giants. In those series Ted Lilly won his third and fourth starts in a row, helping pitch the Cubs to 9–3 and 9–8 victories. On July 22, the Cubs passed the two-million attendance mark at Wrigley Field averaging over 40,000 fans per game at home through the first 49 games of the season and on pace to set a new home attendance record for the club. [16] The Cubs spent a majority of July in hopes of claiming first place. After finishing the month with seventeen wins and nine losses, the team was merely half a game behind the Brewers by July 31. [17] The Cubs won their final game in July and first game in August. The latter win, coupled with an earlier Brewers' loss, allowed the two teams to be tied for first place in the NL Central. [18] However, the Cubs began to struggle in their next outings. They failed to win three consecutive series, and later temporarily lost Alfonso Soriano, Ángel Pagán, and Will Ohman to injuries. [19] Despite the slump, the Cubs only managed to remain half a game behind the Brewers, who managed to lose thirteen of eighteen games. [20] [21] They closed out the final weeks of the season by having a successful home stand, where they won five of six games and took a three and a half game lead over the Brewers.

At their final home game, the Cubs' organization reported that they had set a franchise attendance record of 3,252,462 fans over the season. [22]

During the month of June, the Cubs ended up winning seventeen games, making that their best month of the season: taking two of three from Milwaukee, two of three from the Seattle, sweeping the White Sox as well as the Rockies, and then taking another two of three games from Milwaukee. The Cubs won another seventeen games during that month; taking three of four from the Nationals, sweeping the Giants, two of three from the Cardinals, and two of three from the Phillies. During this three-month-long hot streak, the Cubs managed to sign Carlos Zambrano to a five-year, ninety million dollar contract. Also, the Cubs left fielder, Alfonso Soriano, was named the June National League player of the Month; followed by the Cubs ace, Carlos Zambrano, being named the National League Pitcher of the month. The team struggled throughout August, but managed to surpass the Milwaukee Brewers and win the division.

Going into the last week of the season, the Cubs won ten of twelve games and had a three-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers. However, the Cubs dropped three in a row to the Florida Marlins, a team that the Cubs did not win a single game against during the whole season. Meanwhile, the Brewers lost two out of three, hurting their chance at taking over the top of the division. On September 28, thanks to a Cubs 6–0 win over the Cincinnati Reds and a Brewers 6–3 loss to the San Diego Padres, the Cubs clinched the NL Central division.

Postseason

The Cubs played the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series. After falling 3–1 to Arizona on October 3 and an 8–4 loss on October 4, the Cubs returned on October 6 to Wrigley Field to lose the third game of the series by score of 5–1. The loss eliminated the Cubs from postseason play.

In-season trades

First-year player draft

The Cubs selected high school third baseman Josh Vitters with the third overall pick of the 2007 MLB Draft.

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8577.525—44‍–‍3741‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers 8379.512251‍–‍3032‍–‍49
St. Louis Cardinals 7884.481743‍–‍3835‍–‍46
Houston Astros 7389.4511242‍–‍3931‍–‍50
Cincinnati Reds 7290.4441339‍–‍4233‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Pirates 6894.4201737‍–‍4431‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record

Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona —4–24–22–48–106–15–28–102–53–45–15–410–810–84–36–18–7
Atlanta 2–4—5–41–64–210–83–34–35–29–99–95–15–24–33–411–74–11
Chicago 2–44–5—9–95–20–68–72–59–62–53–48–73–55–211–56–18–4
Cincinnati 4–26–19–9—2–44–34–112–48–72–52–49–72–44–36–91–67-11
Colorado 10–82–42–54–2—3–33–412–64–24–24–34–311–810–83–44–310–8
Florida 1–68–106–03–43–3—2–34–32–57–119–93–43–41–62–48–109–9
Houston 2–53–37–811–44–33-2—4–35–132–53–35–104–32–47–92–59–9
Los Angeles 10–83–45–24–26–123–43–4—3–35–54–25–28–1010–83–35–15–10
Milwaukee 5–22–56–97–82–45–213–53–3—2–43–410–62–54–57–84–28–7
New York 4–39–95–25–22–411–75–25–54–2—6–124–22–44–25–29–98–7
Philadelphia 1-59–94–34–23–49–93–32–44–312–6—4–24–34–46–312–68–7
Pittsburgh 4–51–57–87–93–44–310–52–56–102–42–4—1–64–26–124–25–10
San Diego 8–102–55–34–28–114–33–410–85–24–23–46–1—14–43–44–26–9
San Francisco 8–103–42–53–48–106–14–28–105–42–44–42–44–14—4–13–45–10
St. Louis 3–44–35–119–64–34-29–73–38–72–53–612–64–31–4—1–56–9
Washington 1–67–111–66–13–410-85–21–52–49–96–122–42–44–35–1—9–9

Roster

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Game log

2007 Game Log (85–77)
April: 10–14 (Home: 4–9 ; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
1April 2@ Reds 5–1 Harang (1–0) Zambrano (0–1)42,7200–1
2April 4@ Reds 4–1 Lilly (1–0) Arroyo (0–1) Dempster (1)25,9651–1
3April 5@ Reds 5–2 Santos (1–0) Howry (0–1) Weathers (1)25,0701–2
4April 6@ Brewers 9–3 Hill (1–0) Bush (0–1)41,7582–2
5April 7@ Brewers 6–3 Zambrano (1–1) Sheets (1–1) Dempster (2)41,2823–2
6April 8@ Brewers 9–4 Capuano (1–0) Miller (0–1)28,0193–3
7April 9 Astros 5–3 Qualls (1–1) Howry (0–2) Wheeler (1)41,3883–4
8April 10 Astros 4–2 Sampson (1–0) Marquis (0–1)35,9243–5
–April 11 Astros Postponed (snow)Rescheduled for June 11
9April 13 Reds 6–5 Coffey (1–0) Zambrano (1–2) Weathers (4)37,2673–6
10April 14 Reds 7–0 Hill (2–0) Arroyo (0–2)38,5984–6
11April 15 Reds 1–0 Lohse (1–0) Lilly (1–1) Weathers (5)39,8204–7
12April 16 Padres 12–4 Marquis (1–1) Hensley (0–3)32,1265–7
13April 17 Padres 4–3 (14) Brocail (1–0) Ohman (0–1) Hoffman (3)36,0215–8
14April 18@ Braves 8–6 Villarreal (1–0) Eyre (0–1) Wickman (5)26,8375–9
15April 19@ Braves 3–0 Hill (3–0) Redman (0–3) Dempster (3)31,6036–9
16April 20 Cardinals 2–1 Looper (3–1) Lilly (1–2) Isringhausen (4)38,9556–10
17April 21 Cardinals 6–0 Marquis (2–1) Reyes (0–3)41,6377–10
18April 22 Cardinals 12–9 (10) Isringhausen (1–0) Dempster (0–1)40,1937–11
19April 23 Brewers 5–4 (12) Villanueva (1–0) Cherry (0–1) Turnbow (1)33,9207–12
20April 24 Brewers 4–1 Suppan (2–2) Hill (3–1) Cordero (8)34,3827–13
21April 25 Brewers 9–3 Lilly (2–2) Dessens (1–1)38,5818–13
22April 27@ Cardinals 5–3 Marquis (3–1) Reyes (0–4) Dempster (4)45,1319–13
23April 28@ Cardinals 8–1 Zambrano (2–2) Wainwright (1–2)45,01510–13
–April 29@ Cardinals Postponed (death of Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock)Rescheduled for September 15
24April 30@ Pirates 3–2 Capps (2–0) Wuertz (0–1) Torres (8)11,43710–14
May: 12–15 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
25May 1@ Pirates 8–6 Cherry (1–1) Bayliss (2–2) Dempster (5)13,08211–14
26May 2@ Pirates 7–1 Marquis (4–1) Snell (2–2)21,76512–14
27May 4 Nationals 6–4 Zambrano (3–2) Bergmann (0–3) Dempster (6)39,44413–14
28May 5 Nationals 5–3 Hill (4–1) Patterson (1–5) Dempster (7)40,26714–14
29May 6 Nationals 4–3 (10) Dempster (1–1) Wagner (0–2)40,48115–14
30May 8 Pirates 4–3 (15) Bayliss (3–2) Cotts (0–1) Torres (10)39,70815–15
31May 9 Pirates 1–0 Marquis (5–1) Gorzelanny (4–2)40,26416–15
32May 10 Pirates 6–4 Maholm (2–4) Zambrano (3–3) Torres (11)41,10116–16
33May 11@ Phillies 7–2 Hamels (5–1) Hill (4–2)42,47316–17
34May 12@ Phillies 11–7 Alfonseca (2–1) Howry (0–3)45,02616–18
35May 13@ Phillies 4–1 Lilly (3–2) Lieber (1–2) Dempster (8)45,12917–18
36May 14@ Mets 5–4 Heilman (4–2) Wuertz (0–2)34,03317–19
37May 15@ Mets 10–1 Zambrano (4–3) Maine (5–1)37,48718–19
38May 16@ Mets 8–1 Sosa (3–0) Hill (4–3)37,48318–20
39May 17@ Mets 6–5 Burgos (1–0) Dempster (1–2)42,66718–21
40May 18 White Sox 6–3 Lilly (4–2) MacDougal (1–1) Dempster (9)40,87419–21
41May 19 White Sox 11–6 Howry (1–3) Aardsma (2–1)41,10120–21
42May 20 White Sox 10–6 Masset (2–1) Zambrano (4–4)41,16420–22
43May 22@ Padres 5–1 Peavy (6–1) Hill (4–4) Hoffman (12)26,19220–23
44May 23@ Padres 2–1 Wells (2–2) Marshall (0–1) Hoffman (11)27,53520–24
45May 24@ Padres 3–1 Howry (2–3) Meredith (1–2) Dempster (10)32,25821–24
46May 25@ Dodgers 9–8 Seánez (2–0) Ohman (0–2) Saito (15)46,01121–25
47May 26@ Dodgers 4–2 Zambrano (5–4) Hendrickson (2–2) Dempster (11)48,24322–25
48May 27@ Dodgers 2–1 (11) Billingsley (3–0) Guzmán (0–1)51,19822–26
49May 28 Marlins 5–3 Kim (3–2) Marshall (0–2) Gregg (5)41,63022–27
50May 29 Marlins 9–4 Willis (7–3) Marquis (5–2) Gregg (6)39,78822–28
51May 30 Marlins 9–0 Messenger (1–1) Lilly (4–3)36,69922–29
June: 17–11 (Home: 9–6 ; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
52June 1 Braves 8–5 Davies (1–1) Zambrano (5–5)39,52322–30
53June 2 Braves 5–3 Yates (2–0) Ohman (0–3) Wickman (9)40,29022–31
54June 3 Braves 10–1 Marshall (1–2) Cormier (0–1)40,15523–31
55June 4@ Brewers 7–2 Mármol (1–0) Bush (3–6)35,76024–31
56June 5@ Brewers 7–5 Vargas (4–1) Lilly (4–4) Cordero (22)38,53524–32
57June 6@ Brewers 6–2 Zambrano (6–5) Suppan (7–6)40,18625–32
58June 7@ Braves 2–1 Hill (5–4) James (5–5) Dempster (12)32,90226–32
59June 8@ Braves 9–1 Marshall (2–2) Cormier (0–2)37,12327–32
60June 9@ Braves 9–5 Moylan (2–1) Marquis (5–3)51,81627–33
61June 10@ Braves 5–4 Paronto (3–1) Dempster (1–3) Wickman (11)32,75227–34
62June 11 Astros 2–1 Zambrano (7–5) Williams (2–9) Dempster (13)37,94728–34
63June 12 Mariners 5–3 (13) O'Flaherty (3–0) Ohman (0–4) Putz (18)40,07128–35
64June 13 Mariners 3–2 Marshall (3–2) Batista (7–5) Dempster (14)40,16329–35
65June 14 Mariners 5–4 Howry (3–3) Morrow (3–1)39,84630–35
66June 15 Padres 4–1 Lilly (5–4) Wells (3–4) Dempster (15)40,47931–35
67June 16 Padres 1–0 Bell (1–2) Zambrano (7–6) Hoffman (19)41,63231–36
68June 17 Padres 11–3 Maddux (6–3) Hill (5–5)40,96431–37
69June 19@ Rangers 5–4 Mármol (2–0) Benoit (2–2) Dempster (16)38,29032–37
70June 20@ Rangers 7–3 Loe (3–6) Marquis (5–4)37,56432–38
71June 21@ Rangers 6–5 Gagné (2–0) Howry (3–4)38,40632–39
72June 22@ White Sox 5–1 Zambrano (8–6) Buehrle (4–4)39,04633–39
73June 23@ White Sox 2–1 Wuertz (1–2) Jenks (2–3) Howry (1)39,04334–39
74June 24@ White Sox 3–0 Marshall (4–2) Contreras (5–8) Howry (2)39,19435–39
75June 25 Rockies 10–9 Howry (4–4) Fuentes (0–2)40,26936–39
76June 26 Rockies 8–5 Lilly (6–4) López (4–1) Ohman (1)40,12137–39
77June 27 Rockies 6–4 Zambrano (9–6) Hirsh (3–7) Mármol (1)39,97238–39
78June 29 Brewers 6–5 Howry (5–4) Cordero (0–2)41,90939–39
79June 30 Brewers 13–4 Sheets (10–3) Marshall (4–3)41,41539–40
July: 17–9 (Home: 9–4 ; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
80July 1 Brewers 5–1 Marquis (6–4) Bush (6–7)41,48640–40
81July 2@ Nationals 7–2 Lilly (7–4) Simontacchi (5–6)24,01541–40
82July 3@ Nationals 3–1 Zambrano (10–6) Redding (0–1) Howry (3)30,10642–40
83July 4@ Nationals 6–0 Chico (4–5) Hill (5–6)39,20742–41
84July 5@ Nationals 4–2 Ohman (1–4) Ayala (0–1) Howry (4)22,59443–41
85July 6@ Pirates 8–4 Maholm (5–11) Marquis (6–5)27,86843–42
86July 7@ Pirates 7–1 Lilly (8–4) Van Benschoten (0–3)33,29344–42
87July 8@ Pirates 6–2 Youman (2–0) Zambrano (10–7)22,47044–43
All–Star Break (July 9–12)
88July 13 Astros 6–0 Zambrano (11–7) Jennings (1–5)41,59345–43
89July 14 Astros 9–3 Lilly (9–4) Oswalt (8–6)41,44846–43
90July 15 Astros 7–6 Wuertz (2–2) Rodríguez (6–8) Howry (5)41,75747–43
91July 16 Giants 3–2 Hill (6–6) Correia (1–5) Howry (6)40,28248–43
92July 17 Giants 4–2 Zito (7–9) Mármol (2–1) Hennessey (6)41,10248–44
93July 18 Giants 12–1 Zambrano (12–7) Cain (3–11) Gallagher (1)39,79249–44
94July 19 Giants 9–8 Lilly (10–4) Morris (7–6) Howry (7)40,19850–44
95July 20 D-backs 6–2 Marquis (7–5) Webb (8–8)41,07151–44
96July 21 D-backs 3–2 Cruz (4–1) Howry (5–5) Valverde (29)41,63251–45
97July 22 D-backs 3–0 Petit (2–2) Marshall (4–4) Valverde (30)41,70551–46
98July 24@ Cardinals 4–3 Zambrano (13–7) Wells (4–13) Dempster (17)45,43652–46
99July 25@ Cardinals 7–1 Lilly (11–4) Wainwright (9–8)45,31653–46
100July 26@ Cardinals 11–1 Looper (8–8) Marquis (7–6)45,30853–47
101July 27@ Reds 5–4 Weathers (2–3) Howry (5–6)36,63553–48
102July 28@ Reds 8–1 Marshall (5–4) Harang (10–3)42,36554–48
103July 29@ Reds 6–0 Zambrano (14–7) Belisle (5–8)33,06155–48
104July 30 Phillies 4–1 Hamels (12–5) Lilly (11–5) Myers (7)41,68655–49
105July 31 Phillies 7–3 Marquis (8–6) Eaton (9–7)40,49556–49
August: 12–16 (Home: 7–8 ; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
106August 1 Phillies 5–4 Dempster (2–3) Myers (1–3)40,55857–49
107August 2 Phillies 10–6 Durbin (4–2) Marshall (5–5)40,98857–50
108August 3 Mets 6–2 Mota (1–0) Dempster (2–4)41,51257–51
109August 4 Mets 6–2 Lilly (12–5) Maine (12–6)41,41258–51
110August 5 Mets 8–3 Glavine (10–6) Marquis (8–7)41,59958–52
111August 6@ Astros 2–1 (10) Lidge (3–1) Wuertz (2–3)36,45958–53
112August 7@ Astros 5–2 Williams (6–12) Marshall (5–6) Lidge (7)37,56158–54
113August 8@ Astros 8–2 Oswalt (12–6) Zambrano (14–8)41,65558–55
114August 9@ Rockies 10–2 Lilly (13–5) Jiménez (1–2)40,73859–55
115August 10@ Rockies 6–2 Marquis (9–7) Cook (8–7)41,28260–55
116August 11@ Rockies 15–2 Fogg (7–7) Hill (6–7)48,09560–56
117August 12@ Rockies 6–3 Herges (1–0) Wood (0–1) Corpas (9)39,17660–57
118August 14 Reds 6–5 Harang (12–3) Zambrano (14–9) Weathers (23)40,75060–58
119August 15 Reds 11–9 Bray (1–0) Howry (5–7) Weathers (24)40,16260–59
120August 16 Reds 12–4 Marquis (10–7) Livingston (3–3)40,37261–59
121August 17 Cardinals 2–1 Hill (7–7) Looper (10–10) Dempster (18)41,63462–59
122August 18 Cardinals 5–3 Marshall (6–6) Reyes (2–12) Dempster (19)41,36963–59
–August 19 Cardinals Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 10
123August 20 Cardinals 6–4 Piñeiro (4–2) Lilly (13–6) Isringhausen (23)40,14163–60
124August 21@ Giants 5–1 Eyre (1–1) Lincecum (7–4)41,24264–60
125August 22@ Giants 4–2 Mármol (3–1) Misch (0–3) Dempster (20)39,54865–60
126August 23@ Giants 4–1 Cain (6–13) Zambrano (14–10) Hennessey (13)41,55865–61
127August 24@ D-backs 6–2 Marshall (7–6) Owings (6–7) Dempster (21)36,70066–61
128August 25@ D-backs 3–1 Davis (11–11) Lilly (13–7) Valverde (39)46,17366–62
129August 26@ D-backs 5–4 González (6–2) Marquis (10–8) Valverde (40)38,90266–63
130August 28 Brewers 5–3 Hill (8–7) Linebrink (4–6) Dempster (22)40,88467–63
131August 29 Brewers 6–1 Sheets (11–4) Zambrano (14–11)40,51267–64
132August 30 Brewers 5–4 Mármol (4–1) Capuano (5–12) Dempster (23)40,79068–64
133August 31 Astros 6–1 Rodríguez (8–12) Marshall (7–7)41,29768–65
September: 17–12 (Home: 8–4 ; Away: 9–8 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
134September 1 Astros 4–3 Marquis (11–8) Patton (0–2) Dempster (24)40,60669–65
135September 2 Astros 6–5 Mármol (5–1) Qualls (6–4) Dempster (25)41,41570–65
136September 3 Dodgers 11–3 Loaiza (2–0) Zambrano (14–12)41,07070–66
137September 4 Dodgers 6–2 Penny (15–4) Trachsel (6–9)37,83470–67
138September 5 Dodgers 8–2 Lilly (14–7) Stults (1–3)39,55971–67
139September 6 Dodgers 7–4 Beimel (4–1) Dempster (2–5) Saito (37)39,39771–68
140September 7@ Pirates 6–1 Gorzelanny (14–7) Hill (8–8)24,48971–69
141September 8@ Pirates 5–1 Zambrano (15–12) Snell (9–12)33,37372–69
142September 9@ Pirates 10–5 Morris (9–9) Trachsel (6–10)21,86172–70
143September 10 Cardinals 12–3 Lilly (15–7) Piñeiro (5–4)40,35873–70
144September 11@ Astros 5–4 (11) Lidge (4–2) Dempster (2–6)33,49373–71
145September 12@ Astros 3–2 Hill (9–8) Albers (4–8) Dempster (26)33,11574–71
146September 13@ Astros 6–2 Trachsel (7–10) Williams (8–15)34,23475–71
147September 14@ Cardinals 5–3 Zambrano (16–12) Wainwright (13–11) Howry (8)45,75076–71
148September 15@ Cardinals 3–2 Wood (1–1) Franklin (4–4) Dempster (27)45,91877–71
149September 15@ Cardinals 4–3 Piñeiro (6–4) Marshall (7–8) Isringhausen (29)45,89477–72
150September 16@ Cardinals 4–2 Marquis (12–8) Mulder (0–3) Dempster (28)45,73578–72
151September 17 Reds 7–6 Ohman (2–4) Weathers (2–6)39,07579–72
152September 18 Reds 5–2 Harang (16–4) Zambrano (16–13) Weathers (31)40,80179–73
153September 19 Reds 3–2 Howry (6–7) Majewski (0–3)40,80580–73
154September 21 Pirates 13–8 Eyre (2–1) Osoria (0–2)41,59181–73
155September 22 Pirates 9–5 Hill (10–8) Duke (3–8)41,27182–73
156September 23 Pirates 8–0 Zambrano (17–13) Gorzelanny (14–9)41,36483–73
157September 25@ Marlins 4–2 Willis (10–15) Lilly (15–8) Tankersley (1)16,04483–74
158September 26@ Marlins 7–4 Kensing (2–0) Marquis (12–9) Gardner (2)19,05183–75
159September 27@ Marlins 6–4 Olsen (10–15) Trachsel (7–11) Gregg (31)24,80983–76
160September 28@ Reds 6–0 Zambrano (18–13) Arroyo (9–15)32,19384–76
161September 29@ Reds 4–0 Hill (11–8) Harang (16–6)38,93685–76
162September 30@ Reds 8–4 Bailey (4–2) Dempster (2–7)32,62085–77
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Cubs team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Alfonso Soriano 1355799717342533701931.299.560
Derrek Lee 150567911804312282671.317.513
Ryan Theriot 148537801433023452849.266.346
Aramis Ramírez 1325067215735426101043.310.549
Mark DeRosa 149502641472831072158.293.420
Jacque Jones 13545352129332566634.285.400
Cliff Floyd 1082824080101945035.284.422
Matt Murton 942353566130822126.281.438
Mike Fontenot 862343265124329522.278.402
Michael Barrett 57211235490929217.256.427
César Izturis 65191154711008313.246.304
Félix Pie 87177263893220814.215.33
Jason Kendall 571742147101119019.270.356
Ángel Pagán 711482139102421410.264.439
Daryle Ward 791101636130319022.327.527
Koyie Hill 36937154021208.161.269
Ronny Cedeño 38746152041323.203.392
Geovany Soto 18541221603805.389.667
Henry Blanco 225439300402.167.222
Craig Monroe 2349610401406.204.347
Rob Bowen 103132100204.065.097
Jake Fox 71432200101.143.286
Eric Patterson 7802100000.250.375
Sam Fuld 14630000003.000.000
Scott Moore 2500000000.000.000
Pitcher Totals16234924539031914.152.203
Team Totals162564375215303402815171186500.271.422

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Carlos Zambrano 18133.9534340216.118710095101177
Ted Lilly 1583.8334340207.0181918855174
Rich Hill 1183.9232320195.0170898563183
Jason Marquis 1294.6034330191.21901119876109
Sean Marshall 783.9221190103.110752453567
Bob Howry 673.32780881.17631301972
Michael Wuertz 233.48730072.16430283579
Carlos Mármol 511.43590169.14111113596
Ryan Dempster 274.736602866.25936353055
Scott Eyre 214.13550052.15926243545
Will Ohman 244.95560136.14220201633
Ángel Guzmán 013.56123030.1321212926
Kerry Wood 113.33220024.118991324
Steve Trachsel 138.3144017.1251616711
Neal Cotts 014.86160016.21599914
Rocky Cherry 113.00120015.01365613
Sean Gallagher 008.5980114.2191514125
Wade Miller 0110.5433013.224161666
Kevin Hart 000.8280011.0711413
Billy Petrick 007.458009.288876
Carmen Pignatiello 004.504002.031103
Clay Rapada 000.001000.100000
Team Totals85774.04162162391446.213406906505731211

Source:

Playoffs

NLDS vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Game [28] ScoreDateStartersTime (ET)
1Chicago Cubs 1 at Arizona Diamondbacks 3October 3 Carlos Zambrano (ND) vs. Brandon Webb (1–0)10:07 p.m.
2Chicago Cubs 4 at Arizona Diamondbacks 8October 4 Ted Lilly (0–1) vs. Doug Davis (1–0)10:07 p.m.
3Arizona Diamondbacks 5 at Chicago Cubs 1October 6 Liván Hernández (1–0) vs. Rich Hill (0–1)6:07 p.m.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Buddy Bailey
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Pat Listach
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Jody Davis
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Ryne Sandberg
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Beyers
Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Ricardo Medina

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