# 2006 Chicago Cubs season

The 2006 Chicago Cubs season was the 135th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 131st in the National League and the 91st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished with a record of 66–96 in last place of the National League Central. Chicago was managed by Dusty Baker.

## Offseason

* December 7, 2005: Juan Pierre was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Chicago Cubs for Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco, and Renyel Pinto.
* January 10, 2006: Jacque Jones was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### National League Central

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 78 | .516 | — | 49‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Houston Astros | 82 | 80 | .506 | 1½ | 44‍–‍37 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 80 | 82 | .494 | 3½ | 42‍–‍39 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 75 | 87 | .463 | 8½ | 48‍–‍33 | 27‍–‍54 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | .414 | 16½ | 43‍–‍38 | 24‍–‍57 |
| Chicago Cubs | 66 | 96 | .407 | 17½ | 36‍–‍45 | 30‍–‍51 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2006 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | — | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 4–11 |
| Atlanta | 1–6 | — | 6–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 3–3 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 5–10 |
| Chicago | 2–4 | 1–6 | — | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 8–8 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 4–11 |
| Cincinnati | 2–4 | 3–4 | 9–10 | — | 5–1 | 4–2 | 10–5 | 0–6 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 5–1 | 6-9 |
| Colorado | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–15 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 10–8 | 2–7 | 8–0 | 11–4 |
| Florida | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 3–4 | 1–5 | 7–0 | 8–11 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 11–7 | 9–9 |
| Houston | 5–4 | 4–3 | 8–7 | 5–10 | 2–4 | 4-3 | — | 3–3 | 10–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 13–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 9–7 | 4–4 | 7–11 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 5–13 | 13–6 | 0–7 | 4–2 | 5–10 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–8 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 0–7 | 5–10 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 7–9 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 7–9 | 1–5 | 6–9 |
| New York | 6–1 | 11–7 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 11–8 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 12–6 | 6–9 |
| Philadelphia | 5-1 | 11–7 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 8–11 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–13 |
| Pittsburgh | 1–5 | 3–3 | 9–6 | 7–9 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–13 | 4–6 | 9–7 | 4–5 | 3–3 | — | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–9 | 3–3 | 3–12 |
| San Diego | 10–9 | 2–7 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | — | 7–12 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 7–8 |
| San Francisco | 11–8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–13 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 12–7 | — | 1–4 | 1–5 | 8–7 |
| St. Louis | 3–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 6–9 | 7–2 | 5-1 | 7–9 | 7–0 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 | 2–4 | 4–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–10 |
| Washington | 5–1 | 8–10 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–8 | 7-11 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 6–12 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 7–11 |

### Notable transactions

* June 6, 2006: Jeff Samardzija was drafted by the Cubs in the 5th round (149th overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft.

### Roster
## Game log

2006 Game Log (66–96) :
April: 13–10 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Reds16–7Ohman (1–0)Harang (0–1)42,5911–0
2April 5@ Reds8–6Arroyo (1–0)Rusch (0–1)Weathers (1)27,2871–1
3April 7Cardinals5–1Maddux (1–0)Suppan (0–1)40,8692–1
4April 8Cardinals3–2Howry (1–0)Thompson (1–1)Dempster (1)40,1823–1
5April 9Cardinals8–4Williamson (1–0)Isringhausen (0–1)39,8394–1
6April 11Reds9–2Arroyo (2–0)Rusch (0–2)36,7084–2
7April 12Reds4–1Maddux (2–0)Claussen (0–1)Dempster (2)37,2525–2
8April 13Reds8–3Milton (2–0)Zambrano (0–1)40,8815–3
9April 14@ Pirates8–6Marshall (1–0)Santos (1–2)20,2336–3
10April 15@ Pirates2–1Duke (1–1)Williams (0–1)Gonzalez (2)34,2646–4
11April 16@ Pirates7–3Rusch (1–2)Snell (0–1)15,0207–4
12April 17@ Dodgers4–1Maddux (3–0)Tomko (1–1)Dempster (3)33,5118–4
13April 18@ Dodgers2–1Saito (1–0)Ohman (1–1)37,3428–5
14April 19@ Dodgers5–4Williamson (2–0)Báez (0–1)Dempster (4)41,2889–5
15April 21@ Cardinals9–3Mulder (2–0)Williams (0–2)41,3799–6
16April 22@ Cardinals4–1Ponson (2–0)Rusch (1–3)Isringhausen (5)41,4249–7
17April 23@ Cardinals7–3Maddux (4–0)Marquis (3–1)41,37310–7
18April 24Marlins6–3Aardsma (1–0)Johnson (1–2)Dempster (5)36,86511–7
19April 25Marlins3–1Marshall (2–0)Willis (1–1)Dempster (6)38,68012–7
20April 26Marlins7–5Nolasco (1–0)Williamson (2–1)Borowski (3)39,61112–8
21April 28Brewers6–2Maddux (5–0)Bush (2–2)39,52213–8
22April 29Brewers16–2Davis (1–2)Rusch (1–4)40,64413–9
23April 30Brewers9–0Capuano (4–2)Zambrano (0–2)39,22913–10 :
May: 7–22 (Home: 5–9; Away: 2–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1Pirates2–1Howry (2–0)Grabow (0–1)Dempster (7)36,60214–10
25May 2Pirates8–0Duke (2–2)Guzmán (0–1)39,11014–11
26May 3@ Diamondbacks5–1Batista (3–1)Maddux (5–1)Valverde (8)25,33514–12
27May 4@ Diamondbacks6–0Cruz (1–0)Hill (0–1)24,56514–13
28May 5@ Padres1–0Cassidy (2–0)Williamson (2–2)37,12314–14
29May 6@ Padres2–1Cassidy (3–0)Howry (2–1)37,74514–15
30May 7@ Padres6–3Williams (3–1)Guzmán (0–2)Sweeney (1)39,84714–16
31May 8@ Padres8–3Young (3–2)Maddux (5–2)24,13914–17
32May 9@ Giants6–1Schmidt (3–2)Hill (0–2)39,35714–18
33May 10@ Giants8–1Zambrano (1–2)Cain (1–5)39,65515–18
34May 11@ Giants9–3Wright (3–3)Marshall (2–1)38,13215–19
35May 12Padres10–5Sweeney (2–0)Rusch (1–5)39,24515–20
36May 13Padres4–3Meredith (1–0)Dempster (0–1)Hoffman (7)40,09515–21
37May 14Padres9–0Hensley (2–2)Hill (0–3)39,57015–22
38May 16Nationals4–0Zambrano (2–2)Hernández (1–5)39,29816–22
39May 17Nationals5–0Marshall (3–1)Day (2–4)39,75717–22
40May 18Nationals5–3Ortiz (1–4)Wood (0–1)Cordero (4)40,51717–23
41May 19@ White Sox6–1Buehrle (5–2)Maddux (5–3)39,30117–24
42May 20@ White Sox7–0García (7–1)Hill (0–4)39,38717–25
43May 21@ White Sox7–4Zambrano (3–2)Cotts (0–2)Dempster (8)38,64518–25
44May 22@ Marlins9–1Nolasco (3–1)Marshall (3–2)9,46218–26
45May 23@ Marlins5–4Kensing (1–1)Dempster (0–2)10,97918–27
46May 24@ Marlins9–3Moehler (2–4)Maddux (5–4)7,72018–28
47May 26Braves6–5Remlinger (2–2)Dempster (0–3)Ray (1)40,86518–29
48May 27Braves2–1Ramírez (1–0)Marshall (3–3)Remlinger (2)41,52618–30
49May 28Braves13–12Villarreal (7–0)Eyre (0–1)Ray (2)41,69818–31
50May 29Reds7–3Wood (1–1)Ramirez (2–4)Dempster (9)40,07219–31
51May 30Reds8–3Maddux (6–4)Claussen (3–6)39,00020–31
52May 31Reds3–2Milton (3–2)Zambrano (3–3)Coffey (2)39,81020–32 :
June: 9–18 (Home: 1–10; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 2@ Cardinals5–4Dempster (1–3)Hancock (1–2)45,79921–32
54June 3@ Cardinals8–5Rusch (2–5)Mulder (5–4)Howry (1)45,82022–32
55June 4@ Cardinals9–6Marquis (8–4)Maddux (6–5)Isringhausen (18)45,75322–33
56June 5@ Astros8–0Zambrano (4–3)Buchholz (3–5)32,81423–33
57June 6@ Astros4–1Rodríguez (7–3)Wood (1–2)35,90323–34
58June 7@ Astros1–0Sampson (1–0)Marshall (3–4)Lidge (15)42,49223–35
59June 8@ Reds7–1Arroyo (8–2)Rusch (2–6)26,05923–36
60June 9@ Reds6–5Maddux (7–5)Ramirez (2–5)Dempster (10)41,06424–36
61June 10@ Reds4–2Zambrano (5–3)Claussen (3–7)Dempster (11)34,14125–36
62June 11@ Reds9–3Mármol (1–0)Milton (4–3)27,25026–36
63June 13Astros9–2Pettitte (6–7)Marshall (3–5)40,56326–37
64June 14Astros5–4Oswalt (6–3)Maddux (7–6)Lidge (17)39,94626–38
65June 15Astros3–2Borkowski (1–0)Howry (2–2)Lidge (18)40,23626–39
66June 16Tigers5–3Robertson (7–3)Rusch (2–7)Jones (18)40,68326–40
67June 17Tigers9–3Verlander (8–4)Mármol (1–1)41,45926–41
68June 18Tigers12–3Rogers (10–3)Prior (0–1)39,93826–42
69June 19@ Indians12–8Marshall (4–5)Johnson (3–8)26,76927–42
70June 20@ Indians4–2Lee (6–5)Maddux (7–7)Wickman (10)25,04927–43
71June 21@ Indians9–2Zambrano (6–3)Sabathia (5–4)27,18228–43
72June 23@ Twins7–2Santana (8–4)Mármol (1–2)34,36128–44
73June 24@ Twins3–0Bonser (2–1)Prior (0–2)Nathan (12)42,30428–45
74June 25@ Twins8–1Radke (6–7)Marshall (4–6)35,12828–46
75June 26Brewers6–0Capuano (9–4)Maddux (7–8)39,69828–47
76June 27Brewers8–5Shouse (1–0)Dempster (1–4)Turnbow (22)39,39928–48
77June 28Brewers6–3Howry (3–2)Kolb (2–2)Dempster (12)39,32129–48
78June 29Brewers5–4González (1–0)Prior (0–3)Turnbow (23)39,14429–49
79June 30White Sox6–2Garland (7–3)Marshall (4–7)40,72029–50 :
July: 14–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1White Sox8–6Cotts (1–2)Dempster (1–5)Jenks (25)41,02729–51
81July 2White Sox15–11Zambrano (7–3)Buehrle (9–5)Howry (2)40,91930–51
82July 3@ Astros7–2Clemens (1–2)Mármol (1–3)41,65530–52
83July 4@ Astros7–2Pettitte (7–9)Prior (0–4)41,50230–53
84July 5@ Astros1–0Marshall (5–7)Oswalt (6–5)Dempster (13)31,95231–53
85July 6@ Brewers2–0Capuano (10–4)Maddux (7–9)37,32631–54
86July 7@ Brewers7–2Zambrano (8–3)Jackson (1–2)41,17232–54
87July 8@ Brewers3–1Mármol (2–3)Bush (5–7)Dempster (14)42,26833–54
88July 9@ Brewers11–4Rusch (3–7)Davis (5–6)41,52834–54
89July 14Mets6–3Trachsel (9–4)Maddux (7–10)40,78234–55
90July 15Mets9–2Zambrano (9–3)Glavine (11–3)41,36835–55
91July 16Mets13–7Feliciano (3–2)Marshall (5–8)40,15735–56
92July 18Astros4–2Mármol (3–3)Oswalt (6–7)Dempster (15)39,88336–56
93July 19Astros4–2Clemens (2–3)Maddux (7–11)Lidge (22)40,34436–57
94July 20Astros4–1Zambrano (10–3)Pettitte (8–10)Dempster (16)40,20837–57
95July 21@ Nationals7–6Rauch (3–1)Howry (3–3)Cordero (15)35,44237–58
96July 22@ Nationals7–3Hernández (7–8)Williamson (2–3)38,02137–59
97July 23@ Nationals7–1Armas (7–5)Mármol (3–4)30,85137–60
98July 24@ Mets8–7Maddux (8–11)Trachsel (9–5)Dempster (17)45,63138–60
99July 25@ Mets8–6Zambrano (11–3)Glavine (11–4)Howry (3)47,68639–60
100July 26@ Mets1–0Heilman (1–3)Rusch (3–8)40,29939–61
101July 27Cardinals5–4Novoa (1–0)Johnson (0–2)Dempster (18)40,34640–61
102July 28Cardinals6–5Mármol (4–4)Marquis (12–8)Dempster (19)40,42041–61
103July 29Cardinals4–2Maddux (9–11)Reyes (2–5)Dempster (20)41,30242–61
104July 30Cardinals6–3Zambrano (12–3)Carpenter (10–5)40,03343–61
105July 31Diamondbacks15–4Webb (12–4)Prior (0–5)39,22643–62 :
August: 11–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Diamondbacks9–3Hill (1–4)Vargas (8–8)38,97044–62
---August 2DiamondbacksPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 344–62
107August 3Diamondbacks10–2Cruz (4–6)Mármol (4–5)44–63
108August 3Diamondbacks7–3Mateo (1–0)González (3–3)40,71545–63
109August 4Pirates6–0Gorzelanny (2–2)Zambrano (12–4)39,97345–64
110August 5Pirates7–5Prior (1–5)Duke (7–10)Dempster (21)41,00746–64
111August 6Pirates6–1Hill (2–4)Snell (9–8)40,32047–64
112August 8@ Brewers6–3Mármol (5–5)Ohka (3–3)Dempster (22)36,20048–64
113August 9@ Brewers6–3Bush (8–8)Zambrano (12–5)Cordero (4)36,01248–65
114August 10@ Brewers8–6Davis (8–6)Prior (1–6)Cordero (5)41,68648–66
115August 11@ Rockies10–2Cook (8–10)Hill (2–5)35,74448–67
116August 12@ Rockies8–4Fogg (8–7)Guzmán (0–3)43,48548–68
117August 13@ Rockies8–7Novoa (2–0)Corpas (0–1)Dempster (23)35,40849–68
118August 14@ Astros3–0Zambrano (13–5)Oswalt (9–8)Dempster (24)37,26050–68
119August 15@ Astros8–6Hill (3–5)Borkowski (1–1)41,53151–68
120August 16@ Astros1–0O'Malley (1–0)Pettitte (11–13)Howry (4)38,98952–68
121August 18Cardinals11–3Marquis (13–11)Mármol (5–6)40,34652–69
122August 19Cardinals5–4Wuertz (1–0)Isringhausen (4–6)40,86453–69
123August 20Cardinals5–3Carpenter (12–6)Mateo (1–1)Isringhausen (30)40,48553–70
124August 21Phillies6–5Lieber (6–9)Hill (3–6)Rhodes (3)38,95053–71
125August 22Phillies6–3Moyer (1–0)O'Malley (1–1)Madson (1)38,77053–72
126August 23Phillies2–1Myers (9–6)Howry (3–4)Geary (1)39,47053–73
127August 24Phillies11–2Zambrano (14–5)Hamels (6–7)39,46454–73
128August 25@ Cardinals2–0Suppan (10–7)Mateo (1–2)Isringhausen (31)46,00454–74
129August 26@ Cardinals2–1Flores (1–1)Novoa (2–1)46,03654–75
130August 27@ Cardinals10–6Looper (7–1)Howry (3–5)44,93754–76
131August 28@ Pirates11–6Snell (12–8)Guzmán (0–4)12,66654–77
132August 29@ Pirates7–6Capps (5–1)Dempster (1–6)14,61854–78
133August 30@ Pirates10–9McLeary (1–0)Dempster (1–7)12,73054–79 :
September: 11–17 (Home: 8–9; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Giants6–2Hill (4–6)Lowry (7–8)38,58255–79
135September 2Giants4–2Cain (11–9)Marshall (5–9)Stanton (4)40,13555–80
136September 3Giants7–4Schmidt (11–8)Wuertz (1–1)Stanton (5)40,70255–81
137September 4Pirates5–4Maholm (7–10)Zambrano (14–6)Torres (2)37,99455–82
138September 5Pirates6–5Grabow (4–1)Dempster (1–8)Torres (3)31,49455–83
139September 6Pirates7–2Wuertz (2–1)Grabow (4–2)32,55756–83
140September 7Pirates7–5Bayliss (1–0)Eyre (0–2)Torres (4)27,10556–84
141September 8@ Braves8–4Hudson (12–10)Guzmán (0–5)30,97756–85
142September 9@ Braves7–3James (9–3)Miller (0–1)40,58456–86
143September 10@ Braves2–1Cormier (3–4)Mateo (1–3)Wickman (13)28,21256–87
144September 11@ Braves8–3Hill (5–6)Smoltz (12–9)19,44457–87
145September 12Dodgers9–8Aardsma (2–0)Hamulack (0–3)35,61858–87
146September 13Dodgers6–0Penny (16–8)Guzmán (0–6)35,86858–88
147September 14Dodgers6–5Eyre (1–2)Tomko (8–7)Howry (5)31,36159–88
148September 15Reds4–0Arroyo (14–9)Mármol (5–7)37,18859–89
149September 16Reds4–0Hill (6–6)Michalak (1–3)40,52660–89
150September 17Reds11–3Zambrano (15–6)Milton (8–8)39,16461–89
151September 18@ Phillies11–6Wuertz (3–1)Lieber (8–10)31,10162–89
152September 19@ Phillies4–1Moyer (3–2)Miller (0–2)Gordon (32)31,89262–90
153September 20@ Phillies6–2Myers (12–6)Walrond (0–1)35,26962–91
154September 22@ Reds4–2Michalak (2–3)Hill (6–7)Coffey (8)21,33262–92
155September 23@ Reds11–4Zambrano (16–6)Lohse (2–5)28,26463–92
156September 24@ Reds3–2Harang (15–11)Dempster (1–9)22,22663–93
157September 25@ Reds5–4Schoeneweis (2–0)Eyre (1–3)Weathers (12)16,27863–94
158September 26Brewers14–6Marshall (6–9)Villanueva (1–2)31,93264–94
159September 27Brewers3–2Howry (4–5)Cordero (3–1)36,27365–94
160September 29Rockies5–2Fogg (11–9)Zambrano (16–7)Fuentes (30)33,72165–95
161September 30Rockies11–9Ramírez (4–3)Ryu (0–1)39,48365–96 :
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Rockies8–5Aardsma (3–0)Affeldt (4–2)39,60966–96 :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

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 |
| CF | Juan Pierre | 162 | 699 | 204 | .292 | 3 | 40 |
| 3B | Aramis Ramírez | 157 | 593 | 173 | .291 | 38 | 119 |
| SS | Ronny Cedeño | 151 | 534 | 131 | .245 | 6 | 41 |
| RF | Jacque Jones | 149 | 533 | 152 | .285 | 27 | 81 |
| LF | Matt Murton | 144 | 455 | 135 | .297 | 13 | 62 |
| C | Michael Barrett | 107 | 375 | 115 | .307 | 16 | 53 |
| 2B | Todd Walker | 94 | 318 | 88 | .277 | 6 | 40 |
| 1B | Derrek Lee | 50 | 175 | 50 | .286 | 8 | 30 |

#### Other batters

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 |
| Henry Blanco | 74 | 241 | 64 | .266 | 6 | 37 |
| Neifi Pérez | 87 | 236 | 60 | .254 | 2 | 24 |
| John Mabry | 107 | 210 | 43 | .205 | 5 | 25 |
| Phil Nevin | 67 | 179 | 49 | .274 | 12 | 33 |
| Ángel Pagán | 77 | 170 | 42 | .247 | 5 | 18 |
| Freddie Bynum | 71 | 136 | 35 | .257 | 4 | 12 |
| Ryan Theriot | 53 | 134 | 44 | .328 | 3 | 16 |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | 38 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 0 | 4 |
| Cesar Izturis | 22 | 73 | 17 | .233 | 0 | 6 |
| Tony Womack | 19 | 50 | 14 | .280 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott Moore | 16 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 2 | 5 |
| Geovany Soto | 11 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Buck Coats | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Restovich | 10 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 1 | 1 |
| José Reyes | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 2 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; S0 = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Carlos Zambrano | 33 | 214.0 | 16 | 7 | 3.41 | 210 |
| Greg Maddux | 22 | 136.1 | 9 | 11 | 4.69 | 81 |
| Sean Marshall | 24 | 125.2 | 6 | 9 | 5.59 | 77 |
| Rich Hill | 17 | 99.1 | 6 | 7 | 4.17 | 90 |
| Juan Mateo | 11 | 45.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.32 | 35 |
| Mark Prior | 9 | 43.2 | 1 | 6 | 7.21 | 38 |
| Wade Miller | 5 | 21.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.57 | 20 |
| Kerry Wood | 4 | 19.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.12 | 13 |
| Ryan O'Malley | 2 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.13 | 4 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Carlos Mármol | 19 | 77.0 | 5 | 7 | 6.08 | 59 |
| Glendon Rusch | 25 | 66.1 | 3 | 8 | 7.46 | 59 |
| Ángel Guzmán | 15 | 56.0 | 0 | 6 | 7.39 | 60 |
| Jerome Williams | 5 | 12.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.30 | 5 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Ryan Dempster | 74 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 4.80 | 67 |
| Bob Howry | 84 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3.17 | 71 |
| Will Ohman | 78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.13 | 74 |
| Scott Eyre | 74 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.38 | 73 |
| Roberto Novoa | 66 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 53 |
| David Aardsma | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.08 | 49 |
| Michael Wuertz | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.66 | 42 |
| Scott Williamson | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.08 | 32 |
| Les Walrond | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 21 |
| Jae Kuk Ryu | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.40 | 17 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | Mike Quade and Bobby Dickerson |
| AA | West Tenn Diamond Jaxx | Southern League | Bobby Dickerson and Pat Listach |
| A | Daytona Cubs | Florida State League | Don Buford and Buddy Bailey |
| A | Peoria Chiefs | Midwest League | Jody Davis |
| A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Steve McFarland |
| Rookie | AZL Cubs | Arizona League | Carmelo Martínez |