# 2012 Chicago Cubs season

The 2012 Chicago Cubs season was the 141st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 137th in the National League and the 97th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 61–101, their worst record since 1966. The Cubs began the season at home on April 5, 2012 against the Washington Nationals and finished the season at home on October 3 against the Houston Astros.
The season marked the first season with Jed Hoyer as General Manager and Theo Epstein as President of Baseball Operations. It also marked the first season with Dale Sveum as manager. The season also marked the last season with the Houston Astros in the National League Central as they would move to the American League West in 2013.
The season also marked the first season in the Cubs rebuilding project under Theo Epstein that would break their 108-year World Series drought and lead the Cubs to the 2016 World Series championship.
The season was the last full season with the Cubs for Alfonso Soriano, who would be traded at the 2013 trade deadline.
During the offseason, the Cubs would acquire future All-Star Anthony Rizzo from the San Diego Padres. During the season, the Cubs would also acquire players that would play important roles during their 2016 World Series season: Travis Wood was acquired via trade from the Cincinnati Reds on December 23, 2011, Albert Almora was drafted on June 4, Jorge Soler was signed as an amateur free agent on June 30, and Kyle Hendricks was acquired via a trade with the Texas Rangers on July 30.

## Offseason transactions
### November 2011

* November 2, Justin Berg, Robert Coello, Angel Guzman, Scott Moore, Chris Robinson, and Jeff Stevens granted free agency.
* November 15, signed Justin Berg as a free agent.
* November 18, Luis Montanez granted free agency.
* November 30, signed David DeJesus as a free agent.

### December

* December 8, drafted Lendy Castillo from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2011 rule 5 draft. Ryan Flaherty drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2011 rule 5 draft. Marwin Gonzalez drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2011 rule 5 draft.
* December 8, traded Tyler Colvin and DJ LeMahieu to the Colorado Rockies. Received Casey Weathers (minors) and Ian Stewart.
* December 9, selected Jeff Bianchi off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.
* December 12, Koyie Hill granted free agency.
* December 21, signed Reed Johnson as a free agent.
* December 22, signed Manny Corpas as a free agent.
* December 23, traded Sean Marshall to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dave Sappelt, Ronald Torreyes, and Travis Wood.
* December 26, signed Andy Sonnanstine as a free agent.

### January 2012

* January 4, signed Andy Sonnanstine as a free agent.
* January 5, traded Carlos Zambrano and cash to the Miami Marlins. Received Chris Volstad.
* January 6, signed Edgar Gonzalez as a free agent. Traded Kyung-Min Na (minors) and Andrew Cashner to the San Diego Padres. Received Zach Cates (minors) and Anthony Rizzo.
* January 10, signed Paul Maholm as a free agent.
* January 11, Jeff Bianchi selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.
* January 13, signed Alfredo Amezaga and Kerry Wood as a free agents.
* January 18, signed Jason Jaramillo as a free agent.
* January 19, signed Rodrigo Lopez as a free agent.
* January 20, signed Bobby Scales as a free agent.
* January 30, signed Trever Miller and Matt Tolbert as a free agents.

### February

* February 2, signed Ryan Rowland-Smith as a free agent.
* February 6, selected Adrian Cardenas off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.
* February 18, signed Nate Robertson as a free agent.
* February 21, traded a player to be named later and Chris Carpenter to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later. Sent Aaron Kurcz (minors) (March 15, 2012) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade. Received Jair Bogaerts (minors) (March 29, 2012) to complete the trade.

### March

* March 11, signed Gerardo Concepcion as an amateur free agent
* March 16, selected Frankie De La Cruz off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
* March 24, Andy Sonnanstine granted free agency.
* March 26, signed Shawn Camp as a free agent. Released Trever Miller.
* March 27, released Jason Jaramillo.
* March 31, released Bobby Scales.

### April

* April 4, selected Luis Valbuena off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
Source

## Regular season
### NL Central standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 50‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 49‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 83 | .488 | 18 | 45‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36 | 38‍–‍43 | 23‍–‍58 |
| Houston Astros | 55 | 107 | .340 | 42 | 35‍–‍46 | 20‍–‍61 |

### NL Wild Card

vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Washington Nationals | 98 | 64 | .605 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| San Francisco Giants | 94 | 68 | .580 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Atlanta Braves | 94 | 68 | .580 | +6 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | .543 | — |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 83 | .488 | 9 |
| San Diego Padres | 76 | 86 | .469 | 12 |
| New York Mets | 74 | 88 | .457 | 14 |
| Miami Marlins | 69 | 93 | .426 | 19 |
| Colorado Rockies | 64 | 98 | .395 | 24 |
| Chicago Cubs | 61 | 101 | .377 | 27 |
| Houston Astros | 55 | 107 | .340 | 33 |

### Record vs. opponents

2012 National League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012 :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | HOU | LAD | MIA | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 2–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 9–7 | 6–0 | 12–6 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 9–6 |
| Atlanta | 5–2 | – | 3–4 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 14–4 | 3–3 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 8–10 | 8–10 |
| Chicago | 4–5 | 4–3 | – | 4–12 | 2–4 | 8–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–13 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–8 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 7–10 | 1–6 | 5–10 |
| Cincinnati | 5–2 | 5–1 | 12–4 | – | 5–1 | 10–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 11–7 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 2–5 | 7–8 |
| Colorado | 7–9 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 1–5 | – | 5–2 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2–7 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–13 |
| Houston | 0–6 | 2–4 | 5–8 | 5–10 | 2–5 | – | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–12 | 3–5 | 1–8 | 4–11 | 1–7 | 6–9 |
| Los Angeles | 6–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 4–2 | – | 4–2 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 11–7 | 8-10 | 6–5 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
| Miami | 3–5 | 4–14 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | – | 4–4 | 4–12 | 8–10 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 5–13 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 13–4 | 6–9 | 1–5 | 9–8 | 6–1 | 4–4 | – | 3–2 | 2–5 | 11–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–9 | 3–5 | 6–9 |
| New York | 4–3 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 2–6 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–4 | 2–3 | – | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 4–14 | 8–7 |
| Philadelphia | 4–2 | 6–12 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 8–10 | – | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 9-9 | 5–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–3 | 2–3 | 8–8 | 7–11 | 4–2 | 12–5 | 1–6 | 4–1 | 4–11 | 2–5 | 4–3 | – | 1–5 | 3–3 | 8–7 | 3–2 | 10–8 |
| San Diego | 11–7 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–6 | 10–8 | 5–3 | 7–11 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 5–1 | – | 6–12 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 8–7 |
| San Francisco | 9–9 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 14–4 | 8–1 | 10–8 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 12–6 | – | 3–3 | 1–5 | 7–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–1 | 1–5 | 10–7 | 7–6 | 5–2 | 11–4 | 5–6 | 5–2 | 9–6 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 7–8 | 3–3 | 3–3 | – | 3–4 | 8–7 |
| Washington | 4–2 | 10–8 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 7–1 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 5–3 | 14–4 | 9-9 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5-1 | 4-3 | – | 10–8 |

### Transactions
#### April

* April 5, John Gaub selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.
* April 21, traded Marlon Byrd and cash to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later and Michael Bowden. The Boston Red Sox sent Hunter Cervenka (May 15, 2012) to complete the trade.
* April 29, released Edgar Gonzalez.

#### May

* May 12, signed Brian Esposito as a free agent.
* May 15, signed Mike MacDougal as a free agent.
* May 19, Kerry Wood voluntarily retired. Purchased Koyie Hill from the Cincinnati Reds.
* May 25, signed Diory Hernandez as a free agent.
* May 29, signed Shane Lindsay as a free agent. Released Nate Robertson.

#### June

* June 1, selected Jairo Asencio off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
* June 4, signed Hung-Chih Kuo as a free agent. Drafted Albert Almora in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2012.
* June 17, Koyie Hill granted free agency.
* June 27, released Shane Lindsay.
* June 30, signed Jorge Soler as an amateur free agent.

#### July

* July 6, released Hung-Chih Kuo.
* July 12, purchased Justin Germano from the Boston Red Sox.
* July 27, signed Jeff Frazier as a free agent.
* July 30, traded Reed Johnson, Paul Maholm and cash to the Atlanta Braves. Received Jaye Chapman and Arodys Vizcaino.
* July 31, traded Geovany Soto to the Texas Rangers. Received Jake Brigham and player to be named or cash. Traded Ryan Dempster to the Texas Rangers. Received Christian Villanueva (minors) and Kyle Hendricks.

#### August

* August 5, traded Jeff Baker to the Detroit Tigers. Received players to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Marcelo Carreno (minors) (October 16, 2012) and cash (October 16, 2012) to complete the trade.
* August 13, signed Seth McClung as a free agent.
* August 14, released Frankie De La Cruz.
* August 16, signed Horacio Ramirez as a free agent.
* August 19, selected Alex Hinshaw off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
* August 23, selected Miguel Socolovich off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
* August 27, traded Blake Lalli to the Oakland Athletics. Received Anthony Recker.
* August 29, Scott Maine selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

#### September

* September 7, selected Jason Berken off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

#### October

* October 4, Blake DeWitt, Alex Hinshaw, and Randy Wells granted free agency.
* October 25, Anthony Recker selected by the New York Mets off waivers.
* October 26, Manny Corpas granted free agency. Chris Volstad selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.
* October 27, signed Edwin Maysonet as a free agent.
* October 29, Alfredo Amezaga, Shawn Camp, and Justin Germano granted free agency.
* October 31, Joe Mather granted free agency.
Source.

### Game log

2012 Regular season game log: 61–101 (Home: 38–43; Away: 23–58) :
April: 8–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 3–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5Nationals1–2Clippard (1–0)Mármol (0–1)Lidge (1)41,1760–1L1
2April 7Nationals4–7Mattheus (1–0)Wood (0–1)Rodriguez (1)40,1020–2L2
3April 8Nationals4–3Samardzija (1–0)Zimmermann (0–1)Mármol (1)31,9731–2W1
4April 9Brewers5–7Marcum (1–0)Camp (0–1)Axford (1)38,1361–3L1
5April 10Brewers4–7Narveson (1–0)Maholm (0–1)Rodriguez (1)37,2651–4L2
6April 11Brewers1–2Gallardo (1–1)Dempster (0–1)Axford (2)34,0441–5L3
7April 12Brewers8–0Garza (1–0)Greinke (1–1)—
36,3112–5W1
8April 13@ Cardinals9–5Samardzija (2–0)Wainwright (0–2)—
46,8823–5W2
9April 14@ Cardinals1–5Lynn (2–0)Volstad (0–1)—
46,7923–6L1
10April 15@ Cardinals3–10Westbrook (2–0)Maholm (0–2)—
44,9523–7L2
11April 17@ Marlins2–5Cishek (1–0)Dolis (0–1)Bell (1)24,5443–8L3
12April 18@ Marlins1–9Buehrle (1–2)Garza (1–1)25,7233–9L4
13April 19@ Marlins3–5Nolasco (2–0)Samardzija (2–1)Bell (2)23,1683–10L5
14April 20Reds4–9Bailey (1–2)Volstad (0–2)—
37,7823–11L6
15April 21Reds6–1Maholm (1–2)Leake (0–2)—
38,4054–11W1
16April 22Reds3–4Cueto (2–0)López (0–1)Marshall (3)35,8014–12L1
17April 23Cardinals3–2Dolis (1–1)Motte (1–1)—
37,7945–12W1
18April 24Cardinals3–2 (10)Russell (1–0)Salas (0–1)—
38,8946–12W2
19April 25Cardinals1–5Lynn (4–0)Volstad (0–3)—
34,8946–13L1
20April 27@ Phillies5–1Maholm (2–2)Halladay (3–2)Dolis (1)45,2617–13W1
21April 28@ Phillies2–5Blanton (2–3)Wells (0–1)Papelbon (7)45,1967–14L1
22April 29@ Phillies5–1Garza (2–1)Kendrick (0–2)—
45,5508–14W1
23April 30@ Phillies4–6Qualls (1–0)Maine (0–1)Papelbon (8)45,3978–15L1 :
May: 10–17 (Home: 7–7; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
--May 1@ RedsPostponed (rain). Makeup Date August 18.
24May 2@ Reds3–1Samardzija (3–1)Arroyo (1–1)Mármol (2)18,8689–15W1
25May 3@ Reds3–4 (10)Ondrusek (2–0)Dolis (1–2)—
23,2889–16L1
26May 4Dodgers5–4Maholm (3–2)Billingsley (2–2)Dolis (2)37,33210–16W1
27May 5Dodgers1–5Capuano (4–0)Volstad (0–4)—
39,87410–17L1
28May 6Dodgers4–3 (11)Dolis (2–2)Wright (1–2)—
38,12511–17W1
29May 7Braves5–1Samardzija (4–1)Hanson (3–3)—
36,30712–17W2
30May 8Braves1–3Medlen (1–0)Wood (0–2)Kimbrel (10)38,52312–18L1
31May 9Braves1–0Maholm (4–2)Hudson (1–1)Dolis (3)31,90413–18W1
32May 11@ Brewers7–8 (13)Chulk (1–0)Castillo (0–1)—
40,09713–19L1
33May 12@ Brewers2–8Marcum (2–1)Volstad (0–5)—
42,33913–20L2
34May 13@ Brewers8–2Camp (1–1)Loe (2–1)—
42,16714–20W1
35May 14@ Cardinals6–4Camp (2–1)Boggs (0–1)Dolis (4)44,27615–20W2
36May 15@ Cardinals6–7Motte (2–1)Dolis (2–3)—
45,53815–21L1
37May 16Phillies2–9Contreras (1–0)Camp (2–2)—
38,67815–22L2
38May 17Phillies7–8Halladay (4–3)Volstad (0–6)Papelbon (11)37,98615–23L3
39May 18White Sox2–3Thornton (2–3)Samardzija (4–2)Reed (4)34,93715–24L4
40May 19White Sox4–7Danks (3–4)Dempster (0–2)—
40,22815–25L5
41May 20White Sox0–6Peavy (5–1)Maholm (4–3)—
38,37415–26L6
42May 21@ Astros4–8Norris (5–1)Garza (2–2)—
16,89515–27L7
43May 22@ Astros1–2Happ (4–3)Wood (0–1)Myers (11)20,09115–28L8
44May 23@ Astros1–5Rodríguez (4–4)Samardzija (4–3)—
18,73215–29L9
45May 25@ Pirates0–1Burnett (3–2)Dempster (0–3)Hanrahan (11)29,91415–30L10
46May 26@ Pirates2–3Hanrahan (2–0)Dolis (2–4)—
38,13215–31L11
47May 27@ Pirates4–10Bédard (3–5)Garza (2–3)—
27,48615–32L12
48May 28Padres11–7Wells (1–1)Hinshaw (0–1)—
38,45216–32W1
49May 29Padres5–3Samardzija (5–3)Stults (1–1)Russell (1)35,21917–32W2
50May 30Padres8–6Russell (2–0)Thayer (0–1)—
38,51618–32W3 :
June: 10–17 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
51June 1@ Giants3–4Bumgarner (6–4)Maholm (4–4)López (1)41,10018–33L1
52June 2@ Giants1–2Cain (6–2)Garza (2–4)Romo (1)41,23918–34L2
53June 3@ Giants0–2Zito (5–2)Wood (0–2)Romo (2)41,11218–35L3
54June 4@ Giants2–3Vogelsong (4–2)Mármol (0–2)Affeldt (1)41,52418–36L4
55June 5@ Brewers10–0Dempster (1–3)Gallardo (4–5)—
28,07119–36W1
56June 6@ Brewers0–8Greinke (7–2)Maholm (4–5)—
27,11219–37L1
57June 7@ Brewers3–4 (10)Axford (1–2)Coleman (0–1)—
30,12319–38L2
58June 8@ Twins7–8 (10)Capps (1–3)Camp (2–3)—
38,01419–39L3
59June 9@ Twins3–11Diamond (5–1)Samardzija (5–4)—
39,30919–40L4
60June 10@ Twins8–2Dempster (2–3)Liriano (1–7)—
37,52620–40W1
61June 12Tigers4–3Mármol (1–2)Coke (1–3)Camp (1)41,16421–40W2
62June 13Tigers4–8Porcello (4–4)Garza (2–5)—
41,32621–41L1
63June 14Tigers3–5Verlander (6–4)Wood (0–3)Valverde (13)42,29221–42L2
64June 15Red Sox3–0Dempster (3–3)Matsuzaka (0–2)Mármol (3)40,07322–42W1
65June 16Red Sox3–4Lester (4–4)Samardzija (5–5)Aceves (16)40,76622–43L1
66June 17Red Sox4–7Albers (2–0)Camp (2–4)—
38,53122–44L2
67June 18@ White Sox12–3Garza (3–5)Stewart (1–2)—
33,21523–44W1
68June 19@ White Sox2–1Wood (1–3)Peavy (6–3)Mármol (4)30,28224–44W2
69June 20@ White Sox0–7Floyd (5–7)Wells (1–2)—
32,31124–45L1
70June 22@ D-backs1–6Ziegler (4–1)Samardzija (5–6)Hernandez (2)34,65424–46L2
71June 23@ D-backs5–10Breslow (2–0)Maholm (4–6)—
38,54224–47L3
72June 24@ D-backs1–5Miley (9–3)Garza (3–6)—
33,44824–48L4
73June 25Mets6–1Wood (2–3)Santana (5–4)—
34,09225–48W1
74June 26Mets5–3Maine (1–1)Gee (5–6)Mármol (5)34,06426–48W2
75June 27Mets1–17Niese (6–3)Samardzija (5–7)—
35,83726–49L1
76June 29Astros4–0Maholm (5–6)Norris (5–5)Mármol (6)32,89127–49W1
77June 30Astros3–2Garza (4–6)Happ (6–8)Mármol (7)37,90628–49W2 :
July: 15–10 (Home: 9–3; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
78July 1Astros3–0Wood (3–3)Rodríguez (6–6)Mármol (8)37,38929–49W3
79July 2@ Braves4–1Samardzija (6–7)Hanson (9–5)Russell (2)22,29230–49W4
80July 3@ Braves3–10Jurrjens (2–2)Volstad (0–7)—
27,83430–50L1
81July 4@ Braves5–1Maholm (6–6)Delgado (4–9)—
40,60431–50W1
82July 5@ Braves3–7Minor (5–6)Garza (4–7)—
24,40831–51L1
83July 6@ Mets8–7Wood (4–3)Santana (6–5)—
27,95632–51W1
84July 7@ Mets1–3Gee (6–7)Samardzija (6–8)Parnell (2)26,09632–52L1
85July 8@ Mets7–0Dempster (4–3)Niese (7–4)—
25,92033–52W1
83rd All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri
86July 13D-backs8–1Maholm (7–6)Kennedy (6–8)—
36,87834–52W2
87July 14D-backs4–1Dempster (5–3)Saunders (4–6)Mármol (9)38,06835–52W3
88July 15D-backs3–1Garza (5–7)Cahill (7–8)Mármol (10)36,65936–52W4
89July 17Marlins5–9Sánchez (5–6)Wood (4–4)—
34,39736–53L1
90July 18Marlins5–1 (8)Russell (3–0)Johnson (5–7)—
34,93437–53W1
91July 19Marlins4–2Maholm (8–6)Buehrle (9–9)Mármol (11)32,74138–53W2
92July 20@ Cardinals1–4Lohse (10–2)Dempster (5–4)Motte (21)43,78638–54L1
93July 21@ Cardinals0–12Westbrook (8–8)Germano (0–1)—
43,42438–55L2
94July 22@ Cardinals0–7Lynn (12–4)Wood (4–5)—
42,41138–56L3
95July 23@ Pirates2–0Samardzija (7–8)Bédard (5–11)Mármol (12)27,58639–56W1
96July 24@ Pirates5–1Maholm (9–6)McDonald (10–4)—
32,49740–56W2
97July 25@ Pirates2–3Correia (8–6)Dempster (5–5)Hanrahan (29)33,93540–57L1
98July 27Cardinals6–9Lynn (13–4)Wood (4–6)Motte (23)40,77840–58L2
99July 28Cardinals3–2Russell (4–0)Kelly (1–4)Mármol (13)41,27641–58W1
100July 29Cardinals4–2 (10)Russell (5–0)Rosenthal (0–1)—
39,53442–58W2
101July 30Pirates14–4Germano (1–1)Bédard (5–12)—
33,33743–58W3
102July 31Pirates0–5Burnett (13–3)Coleman (0–2)—
33,15843–59L1 :
August: 8–21 (Home: 7–9; Away: 1–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
103August 1Pirates4–8Karstens (4–2)Wood (4–7)—
33,01443–60L2
104August 3@ Dodgers1–6Billingsley (7–9)Samardzija (7–9)—
43,53743–61L3
105August 4@ Dodgers1–3Kershaw (9–6)Volstad (0–8)Jansen (21)46,58843–62L4
106August 5@ Dodgers6–7Jansen (5–3)Camp (2–5)—
42,49543–63L5
107August 6@ Padres0–2Stults (2–2)Wood (4–8)Street (19)27,18743–64L6
108August 7@ Padres4–7Ohlendorf (4–2)Raley (0–1)Street (20)26,51843–65L7
109August 8@ Padres0–2Richard (9–11)Samardzija (7–10)—
24,66343–66L8
110August 9Reds5–3Camp (3–5)Marshall (4–4)Mármol (14)33,39744–66W1
111August 10Reds8–10Bailey (10–7)Germano (1–2)Chapman (26)36,89144–67L
112August 11Reds2–4Arroyo (8–7)Russell (5–1)Chapman (27)40,60244–68L
113August 12Reds0–3Cueto (15–6)Raley (0–2)Chapman (28)35,46144–69L
114August 13Astros7–1Samardzija (8–10)Galarraga (0–3)—
31,45245–69W1
115August 14Astros1–10Harrell (10–8)Volstad (0–9)—
33,37645–70L
116August 15Astros7–2Germano (2–2)Norris (5–10)—
33,71446–70W1
117August 17@ Reds3–7Arroyo (9–7)Wood (4–9)—
35,33246–71L
118August 18@ Reds3–5Cueto (16–6)Samardzija (8–11)Chapman (29)28,75446–72L
119August 18@ Reds9–7Raley (1–2)Redmond (0–1)Mármol (15)41,23647–72W1
120August 19@ Reds4–5Chapman (5–4)Camp (3–6)—
41,61547–73L
121August 20@ Brewers5–9Rogers (1–1)Germano (2–3)—
28,77647–74L
122August 21@ Brewers2–5Estrada (1–5)Rusin (0–1)Axford (19)29,17947–75L
123August 22@ Brewers2–3Gallardo (13–8)Wood (4–10)Axford (20)30,74347–76L
124August 24Rockies5–3Russell (6–1)Belisle (3–5)Mármol (16)31,25548–76W1
125August 25Rockies3–4Torres (3–1)Corpas (0–1)Betancourt (26)35,29648–77L1
126August 26Rockies5–0 (8)Volstad (1–9)Chacín (1–4)Camp (2)32,34649–77W1
127August 27Brewers4–15Estrada (2–5)Germano (2–4)—
32,54149–78L1
128August 28Brewers1–4Gallardo (14–8)Wood (4–11)Axford (21)30,01749–79L2
129August 29Brewers1–3Fiers (8–6)Samardzija (8–12)Axford (22)33,27149–80L3
130August 30Brewers12–11Mármol (2–2)Rodríguez (2–7)—
28,85950–80W1
131August 31Giants6–4Volstad (2–9)Bumgarner (14–9)Mármol (17)32,47651–80W2 :
September: 9–19 (Home: 3–9; Away: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
132September 1Giants2–5Lincecum (8–14)Germano (2–5)Romo (9)32,47751–81L1
133September 2Giants5–7Casilla (6–5)Mármol (2–3)López (6)39,76051–82L2
134September 3@ Nationals1–2Detwiler (9–6)Samardzija (8–13)Clippard (30)23,21551–83L3
135September 4@ Nationals5–11Jackson (9–9)Rusin (0–2)—
17,64851–84L4
136September 5@ Nationals1–9Gonzalez (18–7)Volstad (2–10)—
21,24451–85L5
137September 6@ Nationals2–9Zimmermann (10–8)Germano (2–6)—
22,44751–86L6
138September 7@ Pirates12–2Wood (5–11)Burnett (15–6)—
32,69952–86W1
139September 8@ Pirates4–3Samardzija (9–13)Grilli (1–5)—
35,66153–86W2
140September 9@ Pirates4–2Russell (7–1)Grilli (1–6)Mármol (18)28,67154–86W3
141September 10@ Astros4–1Volstad (3–10)Rodriguez (1–10)Mármol (19)13,12155–86W4
142September 11@ Astros0–1Lyles (4–11)Germano (2–7)López (4)14,20555–87L1
143September 12@ Astros5–1Wood (6–11)Abad (0–4)—
13,10156–87W1
144September 14Pirates7–4Rusin (1–2)McDonald (12–8)Mármol (20)26,94657–87W2
145September 15Pirates6–7Rodríguez (11–13)Berken (0–1)Hanrahan (35)32,77457–88L1
146September 16Pirates13–9Beliveau (1–0)Hughes (2–2)—
33,55958–88W1
147September 17Pirates0–3Correia (11–9)Wood (6–12)Hanrahan (36)33,01758–89L
148September 18Reds1–3Bailey (12–9)Germano (2–8)Broxton (26)32,54758–90L
149September 19Reds5–6 (11)Ondrusek (5–2)Cabrera (0–1)Broxton (27)31,00158–91L
150September 20Reds3–5Cueto (18–9)Corpas (0–2)Simón (1)25,89158–92L
151September 21Cardinals5–4 (11)Cabrera (1–1)Kelly (5–7)—
29,10059–92W1
152September 22Cardinals4–5 (10)Boggs (4–1)Chapman (0–1)Motte (39)40,29859–93L1
153September 23Cardinals3–6Lohse (16–3)Germano (2–9)Motte (40)33,35459–94L2
154September 25@ Rockies5–10 (7)Torres (5–3)Rusin (1–3)—
26,66059–95L3
155September 26@ Rockies0–6Pomeranz (2–9)Berken (0–2)—
27,05759–96L4
156September 27@ Rockies5–7Chacín (3–5)Volstad (3–11)Betancourt (31)30,28859–97L5
157September 28@ D-backs3–8Kennedy (15–11)Wood (6–13)—
28,46359–98L6
158September 29@ D-backs2–8Cahill (13–12)Germano (2–10)—
29,08459–99L7
159September 30@ D-backs7–2Rusin (2–3)Shaw (1–6)—
35,53560–99W1 :
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 1Astros0–3Harrell (11–11)Berken (0–3)Wright (1)32,16760–100L1
161October 2Astros0–3Norris (7–13)Volstad (3–12)López (10)33,16860–101L2
162October 3Astros5–4Mármol (3–3)Ambriz (1–1)—
27,60661–101W1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Cubs team member :

### Roster
## Statistics
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Jeff Baker | 54 | 134 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 20 | .269 | 4 |
| Darwin Barney | 156 | 548 | 73 | 139 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 44 | .254 | 6 |
| Marlon Byrd | 13 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .070 | 0 |
| Tony Campana | 89 | 174 | 26 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .264 | 30 |
| Adrian Cardenas | 45 | 60 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .183 | 0 |
| Welington Castillo | 52 | 170 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .265 | 0 |
| Starlin Castro | 162 | 646 | 78 | 183 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 78 | .283 | 25 |
| Steve Clevenger | 69 | 199 | 16 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .201 | 0 |
| David DeJesus | 148 | 506 | 76 | 133 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 50 | .263 | 7 |
| Blake DeWitt | 18 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .138 | 0 |
| Koyie Hill | 11 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .179 | 0 |
| Brett Jackson | 44 | 120 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .175 | 0 |
| Reed Johnson | 76 | 169 | 23 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 16 | .302 | 2 |
| Bryan LaHair | 130 | 340 | 42 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 40 | .259 | 4 |
| Blake Lalli | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 | 0 |
| Joe Mather | 103 | 225 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .209 | 5 |
| Anthony Recker | 9 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | 0 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 87 | 337 | 44 | 96 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 48 | .285 | 3 |
| Dave Sappelt | 26 | 69 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .275 | 0 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 151 | 561 | 68 | 147 | 33 | 2 | 32 | 108 | .262 | 6 |
| Geovany Soto | 52 | 176 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | .199 | 0 |
| Ian Stewart | 55 | 179 | 16 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | .201 | 0 |
| Luis Valbuena | 90 | 265 | 26 | 58 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .219 | 0 |
| Josh Vitters | 36 | 99 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .121 | 2 |
| Jason Berken | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Michael Bowden | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Casey Coleman | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Manny Corpas | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Ryan Dempster | 16 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .094 | 0 |
| Matt Garza | 18 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | 0 |
| Justin Germano | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | 0 |
| Paul Maholm | 21 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .077 | 0 |
| Scott Maine | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Brooks Raley | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| Chris Rusin | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 |
| James Russell | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jeff Samardzija | 31 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | 0 |
| Chris Volstad | 21 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | 0 |
| Randy Wells | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |
| Kerry Wood | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Travis Wood | 28 | 53 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .189 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5411 | 613 | 1297 | 265 | 36 | 137 | 570 | .240 | 94 |

### 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; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Jason Berken | 0 | 3 | 4.82 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18.2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| Ryan Dempster | 5 | 5 | 2.25 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 104.0 | 81 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 83 |
| Matt Garza | 5 | 7 | 3.91 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 103.2 | 90 | 48 | 45 | 32 | 96 |
| Justin Germano | 2 | 10 | 6.75 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 64.0 | 81 | 52 | 48 | 21 | 45 |
| Paul Maholm | 9 | 6 | 3.74 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 120.1 | 115 | 51 | 50 | 36 | 81 |
| Brooks Raley | 1 | 2 | 8.14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24.1 | 33 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 16 |
| Chris Rusin | 2 | 3 | 6.37 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 29.2 | 38 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 21 |
| Jeff Samardzija | 9 | 13 | 3.81 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 174.2 | 157 | 79 | 74 | 58 | 180 |
| Chris Volstad | 3 | 12 | 6.31 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 111.1 | 137 | 81 | 78 | 47 | 61 |
| Travis Wood | 6 | 13 | 4.27 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 156.0 | 133 | 80 | 74 | 57 | 119 |
| Jairo Asencio | 0 | 0 | 3.07 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 |
| Jeff Beliveau | 1 | 0 | 4.58 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 17 |
| Michael Bowden | 0 | 0 | 2.95 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 36.2 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| Alberto Cabrera | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 27 |
| Shawn Camp | 3 | 6 | 3.59 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 77.2 | 79 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 54 |
| Lendy Castillo | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| Jaye Chapman | 0 | 1 | 3.75 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| Casey Coleman | 0 | 2 | 7.40 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 24.1 | 37 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 16 |
| Manny Corpas | 0 | 2 | 5.01 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | 50 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 28 |
| Rafael Dolis | 2 | 4 | 6.39 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 38.0 | 40 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 24 |
| Alex Hinshaw | 0 | 0 | 135.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Rodrigo López | 0 | 1 | 5.68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Scott Maine | 1 | 1 | 4.79 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 26 |
| Carlos Mármol | 3 | 3 | 3.42 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 55.1 | 40 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 72 |
| Joe Mather | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Parker | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| James Russell | 7 | 1 | 3.25 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 69.1 | 67 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 55 |
| Miguel Socolovich | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Randy Wells | 1 | 2 | 5.34 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 28.2 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 14 |
| Kerry Wood | 0 | 2 | 8.31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| Team Totals | 61 | 101 | 4.51 | 162 | 162 | 28 | 1413.2 | 1399 | 759 | 708 | 573 | 1128 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | Dave Bialas |
| AA | Tennessee Smokies | Southern League | Buddy Bailey |
| A | Daytona Cubs | Florida State League | Brian Harper |
| A | Peoria Chiefs | Midwest League | Casey Kopitzke |
| A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Mark Johnson |
| Rookie | AZL Cubs | Arizona League | Bobby Mitchell |