# 2010 Chicago Cubs season

The 2010 Chicago Cubs season was the 139th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 135th in the National League and the 95th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 75–87.
The Cubs played 10 extra inning games during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 2010.

## Off-season

In December 2009, Florida Governor Charlie Crist met with Cubs president Crane Kenney, chairman Tom Ricketts and other team officials about possibly moving the Cubs' spring training and minor league facilities from Mesa to Naples. In January 2010, however, the city of Mesa approved an agreement that would have the Cubs remain in that city for spring training through 2035, with the city building a new $84 million stadium and training facility. The agreement would take effect pending financing legislation and subsequent voter referendum in November 2010.

## 2009 post-season changes
### Trades

| November 19, 2009 | To Arizona Diamondbacks Aaron Heilman | To Chicago Cubs Scott Maine and Ryne White |
| December 3, 2009 | to Oakland Athletics Aaron Miles and Jake Fox | to Chicago Cubs Jeff Gray and Minor League Prospects |
| December 18, 2009 | to Seattle Mariners Milton Bradley | to Chicago Cubs Carlos Silva |

### Free agent acquisitions

| Player | Former team | Contract Terms |
| Marlon Byrd | Texas Rangers | 3 years, $15,000,000 |
| Xavier Nady | New York Yankees | 1 year, $3,300,000 |
| Chad Tracy | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 year, $900,000 |
| Kevin Millar | Toronto Blue Jays | Undisclosed |

### Players lost to free agency

| Player | New team |
| Rich Harden | Texas Rangers |
| Neal Cotts | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| So Taguchi | Orix Buffaloes |
| Kevin Gregg | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Reed Johnson | Los Angeles Dodgers |

## Regular season
### Midseason Trades

| March 27, 2010 | to Texas Rangers Andrés Blanco | to Chicago Cubs Player to be named, or cash |
| August 1, 2010 | To Los Angeles Dodgers Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot | To Chicago Cubs Blake DeWitt, Kyle Smitt and Brett Wallach |
| August 12, 2010 | to San Francisco Giants Mike Fontenot | to Chicago Cubs Evan Crawford |
| August 19, 2010 | to Atlanta Braves Derrek Lee | to Chicago Cubs Robinson Lopez, Tyrelle Harris and Jeffrey Lorick |

### Season standings
#### National League Central

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 42‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 | 52‍–‍29 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 14 | 40‍–‍41 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Houston Astros | 76 | 86 | .469 | 15 | 42‍–‍39 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | .463 | 16 | 35‍–‍46 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 105 | .352 | 34 | 40‍–‍41 | 17‍–‍64 |

#### National League Wild Card

vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| San Francisco Giants | 92 | 70 | .568 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 71 | .562 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Atlanta Braves | 91 | 71 | .562 | — |
| San Diego Padres | 90 | 72 | .556 | 1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 |
| Colorado Rockies | 83 | 79 | .512 | 8 |
| Florida Marlins | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11 |
| New York Mets | 79 | 83 | .488 | 12 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 14 |
| Houston Astros | 76 | 86 | .469 | 15 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | .463 | 16 |
| Washington Nationals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 22 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 65 | 97 | .401 | 26 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 105 | .352 | 34 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2010 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–13 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 6–9 |
| Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 8–10 | 9–6 |
| Chicago | 6–1 | 2–4 | – | 4–12 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 9–6 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–10 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| Cincinnati | 5–2 | 2–3 | 12–4 | – | 2–5 | 5–2 | 10–5 | 5–4 | 11–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 10–6 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 8–7 |
| Colorado | 9–9 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | – | 3–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 9–6 |
| Florida | 3–3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 6–2 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 13–5 | 7–8 |
| Houston | 3–4 | 1–5 | 11–7 | 5–10 | 4–2 | 3–3 | – | 2–4 | 8–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–4 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 10–5 | 4–4 | 3–12 |
| Los Angeles | 13–5 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 11–7 | 2–4 | 4–2 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–11 |
| Milwaukee | 4–3 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 3–11 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 7–8 | 2–4 | – | 5–2 | 1–5 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 8–7 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| New York | 1–5 | 7–11 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | – | 9–9 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–9 | 13–5 |
| Philadelphia | 4–2 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–9 | – | 2–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–2 | 3–6 | 10–5 | 6–10 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 4–11 | 3–4 | 5–13 | 1–6 | 4–2 | – | 0–6 | 2–4 | 6–9 | 1–5 | 2–13 |
| San Diego | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 6–0 | – | 12–6 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| San Francisco | 13–5 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 7–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–4 | 6–2 | 6–9 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 7–8 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | – | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| Washington | 4–3 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 5–13 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | – | 5–13 |

### Game log

2010 Game Log: 75–87 (Home: 35–46, Away: 40–41) :
April: 11–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Braves16–5Lowe (1–0)Zambrano (0–1)53,0810–1
2April 7@ Braves3–2Moylan (1–0)Grabow (0–1)36,1700–2
3April 8@ Braves2–0Dempster (1–0)Hanson (0–1)Mármol (1)27,4431–2
4April 9@ Reds5–4Owings (1–0)Caridad (0–1)24,4191–3
5April 10@ Reds4–3Zambrano (1–1)Rhodes (0–1)Mármol (2)27,2352–3
6April 11@ Reds3–1Masset (1–0)Grabow (0–2)Cordero (2)25,1682–4
7April 13Brewers9–5Dempster (1–0)Davis (0–1)41,3063–4
8April 14Brewers7–6Gray (1–0)Hawkins (0–1)Mármol (3)39,5654–4
9April 15Brewers8–6Narveson (1–0)Samardzija (0–1)Hoffman (3)38,0264–5
10April 16Astros7–2Silva (1–0)Paulino (0–1)37,2915–5
11April 17Astros4–3Oswalt (1–2)Gorzelanny (0–1)Lindstrom (1)40,4715–6
12April 18Astros3–2 (10)Byrdak (1-0)Marshall (0-1)Lindstrom (2)39,5065-7
13April 19@ Mets6–1Nieve (1–1)Russell (0–1)27,9405–8
14April 20@ Mets4–0Pelfrey (3–0)Zambrano (1–2)27,5025–9
15April 21@ Mets9–3Silva (2–0)Pérez (0–2)25,6846–9
16April 22@ Mets5–2Santana (2–1)Gorzelanny (0–2)Rodríguez (1)28,5356–10
17April 23@ Brewers8–1Dempster (2–0)Suppan (0–1)37,8487–10
18April 24@ Brewers5–1Lilly (1–0)Davis (0–2)43,4108–10
19April 25@ Brewers12–2Wells (2–0)Bush (1–1)38,3649–10
20April 26Nationals4–3 (10)Mármol (1-0)Bruney (1-1)37,85010-10
21April 27Nationals3–1Hernández (3-1)Gorzelanny (0-3)Capps (9)37,44010-11
22April 28Nationals3–2Atilano (2-0)Dempster (2-1)Capps (10)36,66010-12
23April 29Diamondbacks13–5Kennedy (1-1)Lilly (1-1)36,85010-13
24April 30Diamondbacks11–5Wells (3-0)López (1-1)37,80011-13 :
May: 13–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Diamondbacks7–5Marshall (1-1)Gutierrez (0-3)Mármol (4)40,36812-13
26May 2Diamondbacks10–5Gorzelanny (1-3)Jackson (1-3)38,14413-13
27May 4@ Pirates3–2Maholm (2-2)Dempster (2-2)Dotel (4)10,97213-14
28May 5@ Pirates4–2Morton (1-5)Lilly (1-2)Dotel (5)11,05313-15
29May 6@ Pirates11–1Burres (2-1)Wells (3-1)11,08513-16
30May 7@ Reds14–7Silva (3-0)Bailey (0-2)20,03014-16
31May 8@ Reds14–2Harang (2-4)Gorzelanny (1-4)26,40414-17
32May 9@ Reds5–3Leake (3-0)Dempster (2-3)Cordero (10)20,40214-18
33May 10Marlins4–2Robertson (3-3)Lilly (1-3)Núñez (6)38,26614-19
34May 11Marlins3–2Nolasco (3-2)Wells (3-2)Núñez (7)38,00714-20
35May 12Marlins4–3Silva (4-0)Volstad (3-3)Mármol (5)38,63715-20
36May 14Pirates10–6Meek (2-1)Zambrano (1-3)39,08215-21
37May 15Pirates4–3Maholm (3-3)Dempster (2-4)Dotel (7)41,33615-22
38May 16Pirates4–3Marshall (2-1)Carrasco (1-1)Mármol (6)40,63616-22
39May 17Rockies4–2 (11)Marshall (3-1)Belisle (1-1)35,76017-22
40May 18Rockies6–2Silva (5-0)Chacin (2-2)37,02918-22
41May 19@ Phillies4–1Gorzelanny (2-4)Moyer (2-4)Mármol (7)45,14019-22
42May 20@ Phillies5–4Báez (2-1)Grabow (0-3)Contreras (2)45,32519-23
43May 21@ Rangers2–1Lewis(4-2)Lilly (1-4)Feliz (12)38,94319-24
44May 22@ Rangers5–4 (10)Marshall (4-1)O'day (1-2)Mármol (8)46,18020-24
45May 23@ Rangers5–4Silva (6-0)Wilson (3-2)Mármol (9)37,77721-24
46May 25Dodgers3–0Dempster (3-4)Kershaw (4-3)Mármol (10)34,74922-24
47May 26Dodgers8–5Billingsley (6-2)Gorzelanny (2-5)Broxton (11)35,82822-25
48May 27Dodgers1–0Marshall (5-1)Ely (3-2)Mármol (11)33,86823-25
49May 28Cardinals7–1Carpenter (6-1)Wells (3-3)39,53623-26
50May 29Cardinals5–0Silva (7-0)Ottavino (0-1)40,60124-26
51May 30Cardinals9–1Wainwright (7-3)Dempster (3-5)41,35324-27
52May 31@ Pirates2–1Meek (3-1)Marshall (5-2)Dotel (11)20,23524-28 :
June: 10–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1@ Pirates3–2Hanrahan (2-1)Lilly (1-5)Dotel (12)11,33424-29
–June 2@ PiratesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for June 7
54June 4@ Astros3–1Paulino (1-7)Zambrano (1-4)Lindstrom (12)28,78424-30
55June 5@ Astros8–5Dempster (4-5)Oswalt (3-8)Mármol (12)34,24125-30
56June 6@ Astros6–3Myers (4-3)Wells (3-4)Lindstrom (13)29,49325-31
57June 7@ Pirates6–1Silva (8-0)Eveland (3-5)Marshall (1)12,76826-31
58June 8@ Brewers3–2Axford (2-1)Mármol (1-1)30,08226-32
59June 9@ Brewers9–4Zambrano (2-4)Wolf (4-6)30,32627-32
60June 10@ Brewers5–4 (10)Axford (3-1)Howry (1-1)36,36327-33
61June 11White Sox10–5Peavy (5-5)Wells (3-5)41,12927-34
62June 12White Sox2–1Buehrle (4-6)Silva (8-1)Jenks (11)40,39727-35
63June 13White Sox1–0Lilly (2-5)Floyd (2-7)Mármol (13)40,45628-35
64June 15Athletics9–5Cahill (6-2)Zambrano (2-5)34,39028-36
65June 16Athletics6–2Dempster (5-5)Gonzalez (6-5)36,24429-36
66June 17Athletics3–2Mármol (2-1)Blevins (2-1)36,94230-36
67June 18Angels7–6Kazmir (7-5)Silva (8-2)Rodney (6)39,72930-37
68June 19Angels12–0Weaver (7-3)Lilly (2-6)40,00830-38
69June 20Angels12–1Zambrano (3-5)Saunders (5-8)39,85031-38
70June 22@ Mariners2–0Vargas (6-2)Dempster (5-6)Aardsma (16)27,97531-39
71June 23@ Mariners8–1Lee (6-3)Wells (3-6)31,39431-40
72June 24@ Mariners3–2 (13)Grabow (1-3)Olson (0-2)Gorzelanny (1)41,32932-40
73June 25@ White Sox6–0Peavy (7-5)Zambrano (3-6)39,36432-41
74June 26@ White Sox3–2Putz (4-2)Cashner (0-1)Thornton (3)39,47932-42
75June 27@ White Sox8–6Dempster (6-6)Danks (7-6)39,68233-42
76June 28Pirates2–1Maholm (5-6)Cashner (0-2)Dotel (15)38,51233-43
77June 29Pirates3–1Lilly (3-6)Karstens (2-3)Mármol (14)36,91434-43
78June 30Pirates2–0Lincoln (1-2)Cashner (0-3)Dotel (16)37,39134-44 :
July: 12–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Reds3–2Smith (1-0)Howry (1-2)Cordero (22)36,88034-45
80July 2Reds12–0Arroyo (8-4)Dempster (6-7)40,36134-46
81July 3Reds3–1Wells (4-6)Smith (1-1)Mármol (15)40,67735-46
82July 4Reds14–3Leake (6-1)Lilly (3-7)41,07935-47
83July 5@ Diamondbacks9–4Gorzelanny (3-5)Kennedy (3-7)26,25036-47
84July 6@ Diamondbacks6–4Silva (9-2)Enright (1-1)Mármol (16)20,06737-47
85July 7@ Diamondbacks8–3Dempster (7-7)Jackson (6-7)20,91438-47
86July 8@ Dodgers3–2Kershaw 9-4Wells (4-7)Broxton (19)43,64038-48
87July 9@ Dodgers9–7Billingsley (7-4)Lilly (3-8)43,79038-49
88July 10@ Dodgers7–3Gorzelanny (4-5)Ely (4-7)49,01639-49
89July 11@ Dodgers7–0Padilla (4-2)Silva (9-3)45,39839-50
90July 15Phillies12–6Dempster (8-7)Moyer (9-9)40,87940-50
91July 16Phillies4–3Marshall (6-2)Madson (2-1)Mármol (17)40,62241-50
92July 17Phillies4–1Durbin (1-1)Mármol (2-2)Lidge (7)40,92441-51
93July 18Phillies11–6Gorzelanny (5-5)Halladay (10-8)39,33342-51
94July 19Astros11–5Rodríguez (7-11)Silva (9-4)35,51442-52
95July 20Astros14–7Cashner (1-3)Lyon (5-4)36,40143-52
96July 21Astros4–3 (12)Lyon (6-4)Howry (1-3)Chacin (1)38,53343-53
97July 23Cardinals5–0Wells (5-7)Suppan (0-6)40,68744-53
98July 24Cardinals6–5Gorzelanny (6-5)Hawksworth (4-6)Mármol (18)41,00945-53
99July 25Cardinals4–3 (11)Franklin (5-1)Schlitter (0-1)Reyes (1)41,40645-54
100July 26@ Astros5–2Silva (10-4)Wright (0-1)Mármol (19)25,03746-54
101July 27@ Astros6–1Myers (8-6)Cashner (1-4)28,04746-55
102July 28@ Astros8–1Norris (3-7)Wells (5-8)28,04646-56
103July 30@ Rockies17–2Francis (4-3)Dempster (8-8)40,18946-57
104July 31@ Rockies6–5Street (2-2)Marshall (6-3)48,06546-58 :
August: 10–19 (Home: 3–12; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1@ Rockies8–7de la Rosa (4-3)Silva (10-5)38,25646-59
106August 2Brewers18–1Gallardo (10-5)Wells (5-9)37,73146-60
107August 3Brewers4–3Narveson (9-7)Diamond (0-1)Axford (16)36,18346-61
108August 4Brewers15–3Dempster (9-8)Parra (3-9)38,42547-61
109August 6Reds3–0Arroyo (12-6)Gorzelanny (6-6)Cordero (30)40,69647-62
110August 7Reds4–3Ondrusek (3-0)Wells (5-10)Masset (2)41,22747-63
111August 8Reds11–4Wood (3-1)Diamond (0-2)39,01647-64
112August 9@ Giants4–3 (11)Ray (5-0)Mateo (0-1)41,94347-65
113August 10@ Giants8–6Dempster (10-8)Lincecum (11-6)35,38948-65
114August 11@ Giants5–4Romo (5-3)Berg (0-1)Wilson (33)36,13948-66
115August 12@ Giants8–7Wilson (3-1)Cashner (1-5)40,87248-67
116August 13@ Cardinals6–3Westbrook (7-7)Diamond (0-3)Franklin (21)45,54648-68
117August 14@ Cardinals3–2Zambrano (4-6)Carpenter (13-4)Mármol (20)46,31349-68
118August 15@ Cardinals9–7Dempster (11-8)Lohse (1-5)Mármol (21)44,07450-68
119August 16Padres9–5Correia (10-7)Gorzelanny (6-7)36,81450-69
120August 17Padres1–0Garland (12-8)Wells (5-11)Bell (36)33,66450-70
121August 18Padres5–1Richard (11-5)Coleman (0-1)33,26750-71
122August 19Padres5–3Latos (13-5)Marshall (6-4)Bell (37)30,68750-72
123August 20Braves5–3Moylan (5-2)Mármol (2-3)Wagner (30)39,34550-73
124August 21Braves5–4Gorzelanny (7-7)Hanson (8-9)Mármol (22)41,09951-73
125August 22Braves16–5Minor (2-0)Wells (5-12)37,51851-74
126August 23@ Nationals9–1Coleman (1-1)Hernández (8-9)17,92152-74
127August 24@ Nationals5–4Zambrano (5-6)Lannan (5-6)Mármol (23)18,25053-74
128August 25@ Nationals4–0Dempster (12-8)Marquis (0-7)Mármol (24)18,34454-74
129August 27@ Reds7–1Cueto (12-4)Gorzelanny (7-8)36,21954-75
130August 28@ Reds3–2Wells (6-12)Arroyo (14-8)Mármol (24)41,29255-75
131August 29@ Reds7–5Ondrusek (4-0)Marshall (6-5)Cordero (35)30,80955-76
132August 30Pirates14–2Zambrano (6-6)Maholm (7-13)29,53856-76
133August 31Pirates14–7Karstens (3-10)Dempster (12-9)31,36956-77 :
September: 17–9 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Pirates5–3Diamond (1-3)McDonald (2-5)Mármol (25)33,55557-77
135September 3Mets7–6Russell (1-1)Dickey (9-6)Mármol (26)31,42458-77
136September 4Mets5–3Zambrano (7-6)Mejia (0-3)Mármol (27)39,47359-77
137September 5Mets18–5Niese (9-7)Dempster (12-10)40,78859-78
138September 6Astros5–4Cashner (2-5)López (5-2)Mármol (28)31,64760-78
139September 7Astros7–3Figueroa (5-2)Silva (10-6)31,59660-79
140September 8Astros4–0Myers (11-7)Wells (6-13)33,62360-80
141September 10@ Brewers4–0Zambrano (8-6)Bush (7-12)Mármol (29)30,97561-80
142September 11@ Brewers1–0Dempster (13-10)Wolf (11-11)Mármol (30)41,46362-80
143September 12@ Brewers2–0Gallardo (12-7)Coleman (1-2)Axford (21)37,31762-81
144September 13@ Cardinals5–1Samardzija (1-1)García (13-8)40,72063-81
145September 14@ Cardinals7–2Wells (7-13)Wainwright (18-11)40,50964-81
146September 15@ Cardinals7–3Zambrano (9-6)Carpenter (15-7)Mármol (31)41,14565-81
147September 17@ Marlins2–0Dempster (14-10)Sanabia (4-3)Mármol (32)22,75166-81
148September 18@ Marlins5–3Coleman (2-2)Sánchez (12-10)Mármol (33)28,71667-81
149September 19@ Marlins13–3Samardzija (2-1)Miller (1-3)20,20368-81
150September 21Giants1–0Ramírez (1-3)Cashner (2-6)Wilson (44)36,36468-82
151September 22Giants2–0Wells (8-13)Sánchez (11-9)Mármol (34)37,28569-82
152September 23Giants13–0Bumgarner (6-6)Dempster (14-11)34,48169-83
153September 24Cardinals7–1Wainwright (20-11)Gorzelanny (7-9)36,55369-84
154September 25Cardinals7–3Coleman (3-2)Carpenter (15-9)39,31670-84
155September 26Cardinals8–7Westbrook (9-11)Samardzija (2-2)Franklin (26)38,05770-85
156September 27@ Padres1–0Zambrano (10-6)Stauffer (5-5)Mármol (35)22,73971-85
157September 28@ Padres5–2Dempster (15-11)Laots (14-9)Mármol (36)27,61972-85
158September 29@ Padres3–0Young (2-0)Wells (8-14)Bell (45)29,40072-86
159September 30@ Padres1–0Marshall (7-5)Bell (6-1)Mármol (37)28,57673-86 :
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Astros2–0Coleman (4-2)Norris (9-10)Mármol (38)33,86974-86
161October 2@ Astros8–3Zambrano (11-6)Happ (6-4)36,09875-86
162October 3@ Astros4–0Figueroa (7-4)Dempster (15-12)31,10575-87 :

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

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | Avg. | SB |
| 2B,3B,1B | Jeff Baker | 79 | 206 | 29 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 21 | .272 | 1 |
| 2B | Darwin Barney | 30 | 79 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 | 0 |
| CF | Marlon Byrd | 152 | 580 | 84 | 170 | 39 | 2 | 12 | 66 | .293 | 5 |
| C | Welington Castillo | 7 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .300 | 0 |
| SS | Starlin Castro | 125 | 463 | 53 | 139 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 41 | .300 | 10 |
| OF | Tyler Colvin | 135 | 358 | 60 | 91 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 56 | .254 | 6 |
| 2B | Blake DeWitt | 53 | 184 | 18 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | .250 | 1 |
| 2B,3B,SS | Mike Fontenot | 76 | 170 | 14 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 20 | .282 | 1 |
| RF | Kosuke Fukudome | 130 | 358 | 45 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 44 | .263 | 7 |
| OF | Sam Fuld | 19 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | 0 |
| C | Koyie Hill | 77 | 215 | 18 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .214 | 1 |
| RF,1B | Micah Hoffpauir | 24 | 52 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .173 | 0 |
| 1B | Derrek Lee | 109 | 418 | 63 | 105 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 56 | .251 | 1 |
| OF,1B | Xavier Nady | 119 | 317 | 33 | 81 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 33 | .256 | 0 |
| 3B | Aramis Ramírez | 124 | 465 | 61 | 112 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 83 | .241 | 0 |
| 3B | Bobby Scales | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 | 1 |
| RF | Brad Snyder | 12 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .185 | 0 |
| LF | Alfonso Soriano | 147 | 496 | 67 | 128 | 40 | 3 | 24 | 79 | .258 | 5 |
| C | Geovany Soto | 105 | 322 | 47 | 90 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 53 | .280 | 0 |
| 2B | Ryan Theriot | 96 | 388 | 45 | 110 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | .284 | 16 |
| 3B,1B | Chad Tracy | 28 | 44 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | 0 |
| | Non-Pitcher Totals | 162 | 5202 | 671 | 1374 | 293 | 27 | 148 | 639 | .264 | 55 |

#### Pitchers batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | Avg. | SB |
| P | Mitch Atkins | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Andrew Cashner | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Casey Coleman | 12 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | 0 |
| P | Ryan Dempster | 33 | 59 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .136 | 0 |
| P | Thomas Diamond | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Tom Gorzelanny | 28 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | 0 |
| P | Ted Lilly | 16 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .032 | 0 |
| P | Sean Marshall | 74 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Marcos Mateo | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | James Russell | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Jeff Samardzija | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| P | Carlos Silva | 19 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .065 | 0 |
| P | Randy Wells | 30 | 52 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .173 | 0 |
| P | Carlos Zambrano | 40 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .231 | 0 |
| | Pitcher Totals | 162 | 310 | 14 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .129 | 0 |
Note: All pitchers who batted during the season is noted above.

### Pitching
#### Starting and other pitchers

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 |
| Casey Coleman | 4 | 2 | 4.11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 57.0 | 56 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 27 |
| Ryan Dempster | 15 | 12 | 3.85 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 215.1 | 198 | 110 | 92 | 86 | 208 |
| Thomas Diamond | 1 | 3 | 6.83 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 29.0 | 33 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 36 |
| Tom Gorzelanny | 7 | 9 | 4.09 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 136.1 | 136 | 70 | 62 | 68 | 119 |
| Ted Lilly | 3 | 8 | 3.69 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 117.0 | 104 | 53 | 48 | 29 | 89 |
| Jeff Samardzija | 2 | 2 | 8.38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19.1 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 9 |
| Carlos Silva | 10 | 6 | 4.22 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 113.0 | 120 | 55 | 53 | 24 | 80 |
| Randy Wells | 8 | 14 | 4.26 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 194.1 | 209 | 97 | 92 | 63 | 144 |
| Carlos Zambrano | 11 | 6 | 3.33 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 129.2 | 119 | 55 | 48 | 69 | 117 |

#### Relief pitchers

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 |
| Mitch Atkins | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Justin Berg | 0 | 1 | 5.18 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 45 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 14 |
| Esmailin Caridad | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Andrew Cashner | 2 | 6 | 4.80 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 54.1 | 55 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 50 |
| John Grabow | 1 | 3 | 7.36 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 20 |
| Jeff Gray | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Bob Howry | 1 | 3 | 7.71 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 47 | 36 | 30 | 13 | 14 |
| Scott Maine | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| Carlos Mármol | 2 | 3 | 2.55 | 77 | 0 | 38 | 77.2 | 40 | 23 | 22 | 52 | 138 |
| Sean Marshall | 7 | 5 | 2.65 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 74.2 | 58 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 90 |
| Marcos Mateo | 0 | 1 | 5.82 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| James Russell | 1 | 1 | 4.96 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 55 | 37 | 27 | 11 | 42 |
| Brian Schlitter | 0 | 1 | 12.38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| Jeff Stevens | 0 | 0 | 6.11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
| Team Pitching Totals | 75 | 87 | 4.18 | 162 | 162 | 40 | 1436.2 | 1409 | 767 | 668 | 605 | 1268 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | Ryne Sandberg |
| AA | Tennessee Smokies | Southern League | Bill Dancy |
| A | Daytona Cubs | Florida State League | Buddy Bailey |
| A | Peoria Chiefs | Midwest League | Casey Kopitzke |
| A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Jody Davis |
| Rookie | AZL Cubs | Arizona League | Juan Cabreja |