# 1996 Chicago Cubs season

The 1996 Chicago Cubs season was the 125th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 121st in the National League and the 81st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 76–86.

## Offseason

* March 9, 1996: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Houston Astros | 82 | 80 | .506 | 6 | 48‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7 | 46‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Cubs | 76 | 86 | .469 | 12 | 43‍–‍38 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 73 | 89 | .451 | 15 | 36‍–‍44 | 37‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1996 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–8 |
| Cincinnati | 5–7 | 8–5 | — | 7–6 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 5–8 |
| Colorado | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | — | 5–8 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 8–4 |
| Florida | 7–6 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 8–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–6 |
| Houston | 6–6 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 2–11 |
| Los Angeles | 7–5 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Montreal | 3–10 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 3–9 | — | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 8–4 |
| New York | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–7 | — | 7–6 | 8–5 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 |
| Philadelphia | 4-9 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 2–10 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | — | 4–9 | 8–4 | 3–10 |
| San Diego | 4–9 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 11–2 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 2–11 | — | 7–6 |
| St. Louis | 4–9 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 11-2 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 | — |

### Game log

1996 Game Log: 76–86 (Home: 43–38; Away: 33–48) :
April: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Padres5–4 (10)Patterson (1–0)Hoffman—38,7341–0
2April 3Padres5–7HamiltonCastillo (0–1)Hoffman29,6381–1
3April 4Dodgers9–4Foster (1–0)Astacio—12,6262–1
4April 5Dodgers11–1Bullinger (1–0)Candiotti—19,3243–1
5April 6Dodgers1–3ParkNavarro (0–1)Worrell24,4283–2
6April 7Dodgers5–4Jones (1–0)Osuna—19,0024–2
7April 8@ Rockies9–6Adams (1–0)RitzJones (1)50,1855–2
8April 10@ Rockies9–10LeskanicJones (1–1)—50,0835–3
9April 12@ Giants1–4LeiterNavarro (0–2)Beck45,5895–4
10April 13@ Giants2–3 (10)JudenMyers (0–1)—22,1205–5
11April 14@ Giants6–2Foster (2–0)WatsonWendell (1)23,1376–5
12April 15Reds2–3 (10)MoorePatterson (1–1)Brantley20,3956–6
13April 16Reds6–3Trachsel (1–0)Portugal—11,4647–6
14April 17Reds8–6 (10)Wendell (1–0)Ruffin—13,0238–6
15April 18Giants7–6Perez (1–0)VanLandinghamWendell (2)15,8579–6
16April 19Giants10–6Foster (3–0)Watson—17,66210–6
17April 20Giants4–8GardnerBullinger (1–1)—28,04710–7
18April 21Giants6–7FernandezTrachsel (1–1)Beck28,06510–8
19April 22Rockies2–4FreemanNavarro (0–3)Leskanic21,22710–9
20April 23Rockies3–4RekarCastillo (0–2)Leskanic14,32510–10
21April 24@ Padres4–5HamiltonFoster (3–1)Hoffman15,60810–11
22April 25@ Padres3–8TewksburyBullinger (1–2)—18,73610–12
23April 26@ Dodgers0–1AstacioTrachsel (1–2)Worrell31,17210–13
24April 27@ Dodgers4–3 (10)Navarro (1–3)OsunaJones (2)43,51911–13
25April 28@ Dodgers3–0Castillo (1–2)Park—45,44112–13
26April 29@ Dodgers4–10ValdezFoster (3–2)—39,00312–14
27April 30Cardinals7–6Wendell (2–0)Eckersley—20,77113–14 :
May: 9–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Cardinals9–3Trachsel (2–2)Benes—25,66814–14
29May 3Mets4–2Navarro (2–3)Wilson—19,82215–14
30May 4Mets3–7JonesCastillo (1–3)Henry30,04115–15
31May 5Mets5–4Wendell (3–0)Dipoto—25,94916–15
32May 6@ Expos2–6MartinezBullinger (1–3)—46,89316–16
33May 7@ Expos3–8VeresAdams (1–1)—13,23616–17
34May 8@ Expos2–4CormierNavarro (2–4)Rojas12,48416–18
35May 10@ Mets0–2JonesCastillo (1–4)Franco16,68716–19
36May 11@ Mets6–7HenryJones (1–2)—23,23716–20
37May 12@ Mets3–0Bullinger (2–3)Clark—19,12217–20
38May 13Astros6–0Trachsel (3–2)Reynolds—22,61018–20
39May 14Astros3–6KileNavarro (2–5)Jones17,56218–21
40May 15Astros5–7WallCastillo (1–5)Jones16,09318–22
41May 16Astros13–1Telemaco (1–0)Drabek—15,90219–22
42May 17Marlins3–1Bullinger (3–3)LeiterWendell (3)32,52820–22
43May 18Marlins2–3BurkettTrachsel (3–3)Nen38,00320–23
44May 19Marlins7–8 (11)ManteiWendell (3–1)Nen30,42020–24
45May 20@ Braves1–18AveryCastillo (1–6)—29,98420–25
46May 21@ Braves4–2Telemaco (2–0)WohlersPatterson (1)31,04521–25
47May 22@ Braves4–9GlavineBullinger (3–4)—33,18621–26
48May 24@ Astros7–8 (10)JonesPatterson (1–2)—23,91021–27
49May 25@ Astros2–5DrabekNavarro (2–6)Jones34,32621–28
50May 26@ Astros2–7ReynoldsCastillo (1–7)—33,24521–29
51May 27Braves1–9GlavineTelemaco (2–1)—33,07021–30
52May 29Braves0–2SmoltzTrachsel (3–4)—30,60121–31
53May 31@ Marlins2–1Navarro (3–6)Rapp—19,55222–31 :
June: 16–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Marlins5–4 (10)Wendell (4–1)Mathews—30,13323–31
55June 2@ Marlins2–3BrownTelemaco (2–2)Nen22,17423–32
56June 3Phillies4–3Patterson (2–2)Ryan—26,32024–32
57June 4Phillies3–12WilliamsBullinger (3–5)—15,43124–33
58June 5Phillies9–6Adams (2–1)BorlandWendell (4)18,18925–33
59June 7Expos3–9FasseroCastillo (1–8)—23,86025–34
60June 8Expos6–4Telemaco (3–2)MartinezWendell (5)37,37326–34
61June 9Expos4–2Trachsel (4–4)RueterWendell (6)30,78527–34
62June 10@ Phillies2–1Navarro (4–6)Mulholland—19,58828–34
63June 11@ Phillies9–2Campbell (1–0)Munoz—23,22029–34
64June 12@ Phillies3–4FernandezCastillo (1–9)Bottalico27,28729–35
65June 13Padres6–3 (14)Jones (2–2)Blair—28,95330–35
66June 14Padres5–1Trachsel (5–4)Tewksbury—30,87731–35
67June 15Padres1–2WorrellNavarro (4–7)Hoffman39,46531–36
68June 16Padres8–4Castillo (2–9)ValenzuelaBullinger (1)33,37632–36
69June 18Dodgers6–9MartinezTelemaco (3–3)Worrell—32–37
70June 18Dodgers7–4Campbell (2–0)Valdez—23,36233–37
71June 19Dodgers3–4 (13)ParkAdams (2–2)Worrell28,47733–38
72June 20@ Padres3–2Navarro (5–7)WorrellWendell (7)19,96934–38
73June 21@ Padres1–2 (10)HoffmanWendell (4–2)—49,50334–39
74June 22@ Padres9–6 (16)Myers (1–1)Blair—51,91735–39
75June 23@ Padres4–5HamiltonTelemaco (3–4)Hoffman30,67235–40
76June 25@ Dodgers2–0Trachsel (6–4)Nomo—37,44836–40
77June 26@ Dodgers6–4Navarro (6–7)CandiottiAdams (1)35,20037–40
78June 28@ Reds4–7SmileyCastillo (2–10)Smith27,86437–41
79June 29@ Reds5–9PortugalBullinger (3–6)—32,27337–42
80June 30@ Reds6–0Trachsel (7–4)Burba—30,35238–42 :
July: 14–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Pirates1–4DarwinNavarro (6–8)Plesac15,91038–43
82July 2@ Pirates15–7Telemaco (4–4)Wagner—13,24139–43
83July 3@ Pirates2–3NeagleCastillo (2–11)Plesac22,15739–44
84July 4Reds1–2PortugalBullinger (3–7)Brantley38,04739–45
85July 5Reds0–3BurbaTrachsel (7–5)Brantley40,74339–46
86July 6Reds6–2Patterson (3–2)Carrasco—38,69040–46
87July 7Reds7–6 (13)Sturtze (1–0)Ruffin—36,35241–46
88July 11Cardinals6–0Navarro (7–8)Osborne—38,80242–46
89July 12Cardinals3–13BenesTrachsel (7–6)—38,91842–47
90July 13Cardinals5–10StottlemyreBullinger (3–8)Eckersley39,25442–48
91July 14Cardinals6–7BenesAdams (2–3)Eckersley38,63842–49
92July 15Pirates12–2Castillo (3–11)Miceli—32,11943–49
93July 16Pirates5–10NeagleNavarro (7–9)—26,50243–50
94July 18@ Cardinals6–5Bottenfield (1–0)PetkovsekWendell (8)38,98344–50
95July 19@ Cardinals1–9BenesCastillo (3–12)—45,33644–51
96July 20@ Cardinals3–0Trachsel (8–6)MorganWendell (9)50,41845–51
97July 21@ Cardinals5–6 (10)PetkovsekWendell (4–3)—42,25745–52
98July 22@ Giants2–3BautistaBottenfield (1–1)—12,90245–53
99July 23@ Giants9–6Myers (2–1)DeLuciaPatterson (2)15,87846–53
100July 24@ Giants7–1Castillo (4–12)VanLandingham—13,69547–53
101July 25@ Rockies10–8Bottenfield (2–1)RuffinPatterson (3)48,08748–53
102July 26@ Rockies17–4Navarro (8–9)FreemanAdams (2)48,06249–53
103July 27@ Rockies6–10ThompsonTelemaco (4–5)—48,09649–54
104July 28@ Rockies7–5Bullinger (4–8)RitzBottenfield (1)48,07350–54
105July 30Giants4–0Castillo (5–12)VanLandinghamAdams (3)37,42451–54
106July 31Giants4–1Trachsel (9–6)WatsonWendell (10)28,98852–54 :
August: 15–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Rockies4–1Navarro (9–9)ThompsonPatterson (4)25,56453–54
108August 2Rockies2–7RitzTelemaco (4–6)—34,18653–55
109August 3Rockies2–8WrightBullinger (4–9)—40,46053–56
110August 4Rockies1–6ReynosoCastillo (5–13)—38,73853–57
111August 5Mets7–3Trachsel (10–6)Wilson—36,76654–57
112August 6Mets3–0Navarro (10–9)ClarkPatterson (5)24,55855–57
113August 7Mets7–11DipotoAdams (2–4)—27,08655–58
114August 9@ Expos11–9Bullinger (5–9)CormierPatterson (6)15,49856–58
115August 10@ Expos3–2Casian (1–0)DyerWendell (11)16,72457–58
116August 11@ Expos3–4 (10)RojasBottenfield (2–2)—20,12057–59
117August 12@ Mets11–1Navarro (11–9)Isringhausen—17,63658–59
118August 13@ Mets3–2Telemaco (5–6)HarnischWendell (12)17,81959–59
119August 14@ Mets5–8JonesBullinger (5–10)Franco20,11059–60
120August 16Astros3–8HamptonCastillo (5–14)—37,13959–61
121August 17Astros12–3Trachsel (11–6)Kile—39,77560–61
122August 18Astros10–8Navarro (12–9)BrocailWendell (13)37,21061–61
123August 19Marlins3–4BrownTelemaco (5–7)Nen32,30261–62
124August 20Marlins8–1Foster (4–2)Hutton—22,11962–62
125August 21Marlins8–3Castillo (6–14)Rapp—27,69963–62
126August 23@ Braves3–4MadduxTrachsel (11–7)Wohlers38,21063–63
127August 24@ Braves5–6ClontzCasian (1–1)—46,80463–64
128August 25@ Braves3–2Foster (5–2)WohlersWendell (14)35,17664–64
129August 27@ Astros5–6MormanAdams (2–5)Hernandez15,37464–65
130August 28@ Astros4–5OlsonBottenfield (2–3)—18,02664–66
131August 29@ Astros4–3Navarro (13–9)ReynoldsWendell (15)16,15165–66
132August 30Braves3–2Foster (6–2)GlavinePatterson (7)—66–66
133August 30Braves5–6BorowskiBottenfield (2–4)Wohlers31,54866–67
134August 31Braves12–0Castillo (7–14)NeagleAdams (4)38,69167–67 :
September: 9–19 (Home: 5–6; Away: 4–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Braves2–1 (12)Campbell (3–0)Borowski—40,19268–67
136September 2@ Marlins3–4ValdesTrachsel (11–8)Nen16,62268–68
137September 3@ Marlins11–3Navarro (14–9)Leiter—15,52869–68
138September 4@ Marlins2–9BrownFoster (6–3)—14,87969–69
139September 5@ Phillies1–6SchillingCastillo (7–15)—18,16469–70
140September 6@ Phillies6–4Bullinger (6–10)RyanWendell (16)17,80370–70
141September 7@ Phillies2–4HunterBottenfield (2–5)Bottalico18,02170–71
142September 8@ Phillies5–3Navarro (15–9)MimbsWendell (17)27,60071–71
143September 9Expos3–1Foster (7–3)Paniagua—24,45272–71
144September 10Expos10–3Bottenfield (3–5)Daal—26,70073–71
145September 11Expos1–2UrbinaAdams (2–6)Rojas30,72973–72
146September 13Phillies4–2Trachsel (12–8)HunterWendell (18)23,04874–72
147September 14Phillies2–6MimbsNavarro (15–10)Ryan36,29074–73
148September 15Phillies1–6SchillingFoster (7–4)—24,69774–74
149September 17@ Cardinals3–5OsbornePatterson (3–3)Mathews29,61274–75
150September 18@ Cardinals3–5StottlemyreTrachsel (12–9)Eckersley32,84374–76
151September 19@ Cardinals4–5 (13)BaileyCampbell (3–1)—34,92374–77
152September 20@ Pirates4–6LieberFoster (7–5)Ericks19,28574–78
153September 21@ Pirates3–8LoiselleSwartzbaugh (0–1)—23,61974–79
154September 22@ Pirates3–11 (8)CordovaCastillo (7–16)—27,47274–80
155September 23@ Pirates4–3Trachsel (13–9)SchmidtPatterson (8)7,68475–80
156September 24@ Reds3–6LyonsNavarro (15–11)Brantley18,58475–81
157September 25@ Reds3–4BurbaFoster (7–6)Brantley18,50675–82
158September 26@ Reds4–12JarvisSwartzbaugh (0–2)—20,77775–83
159September 27Pirates4–7 (10)PlesacWendell (4–4)——75–84
160September 27Pirates10–9Adams (3–6)Boever—18,75776–84
161September 28Pirates7–8 (10)PlesacWendell (4–5)—29,72976–85
162September 29Pirates3–8LoaizaNavarro (15–12)—26,87376–86 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Cubs team member :

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| NL East |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 43 | 61 |
| Florida Marlins | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 56 | 44 |
| Montreal Expos | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 51 | 54 |
| New York Mets | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 57 | 47 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 51 | 59 |
| Total | 31 | 30 | 0.508 | 258 | 265 |
| NL Central |||||||
| Chicago Cubs | | | | | |
| Cincinnati Reds | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 55 | 63 |
| Houston Astros | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 76 | 67 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | 9 | 0.308 | 73 | 86 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 61 | 74 |
| Total | 19 | 33 | 0.365 | 265 | 290 |
| NL West |||||||
| Colorado Rockies | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 72 | 73 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 61 | 47 |
| San Diego Padres | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 54 | 49 |
| San Francisco Giants | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 62 | 47 |
| Total | 26 | 23 | 0.531 | 249 | 216 |
| Season Total | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 772 | 771 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0.481 | 136 | 128 |
| May | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0.346 | 99 | 130 |
| June | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0.593 | 126 | 112 |
| July | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0.538 | 150 | 127 |
| August | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0.536 | 150 | 123 |
| September | 28 | 9 | 19 | 0.321 | 111 | 151 |
| Total | 162 | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 772 | 771 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 43 | 38 | 0.531 | 413 | 372 |
| Away | 81 | 33 | 48 | 0.407 | 359 | 399 |
| Total | 162 | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 772 | 771 |

### Notable transactions

* May 29, 1996: Félix Fermín signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Scott Servais | 129 | 445 | 118 | .265 | 11 | 63 |
| 1B | Mark Grace | 142 | 547 | 181 | .331 | 9 | 75 |
| 2B | Ryne Sandberg | 150 | 554 | 135 | .244 | 25 | 92 |
| SS | Rey Sánchez | 95 | 289 | 61 | .211 | 1 | 12 |
| 3B | Leo Gómez | 136 | 362 | 86 | .238 | 17 | 56 |
| LF | Luis Gonzalez | 146 | 483 | 131 | .271 | 15 | 79 |
| CF | Brian McRae | 157 | 624 | 172 | .276 | 17 | 66 |
| RF | Sammy Sosa | 124 | 498 | 136 | .273 | 40 | 100 |

#### 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 |
| José Hernández | 131 | 331 | 80 | .242 | 10 | 41 |
| Dave Magadan | 78 | 169 | 43 | .254 | 3 | 17 |
| Scott Bullett | 109 | 165 | 35 | .212 | 3 | 16 |
| Ozzie Timmons | 65 | 140 | 28 | .200 | 7 | 16 |
| Tyler Houston | 46 | 115 | 39 | .339 | 2 | 19 |
| Doug Glanville | 49 | 83 | 20 | .241 | 1 | 10 |
| Todd Haney | 49 | 82 | 11 | .134 | 0 | 3 |
| Brant Brown | 29 | 69 | 21 | .304 | 5 | 9 |
| Robin Jennings | 31 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 0 | 4 |
| Brian Dorsett | 17 | 41 | 5 | .122 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Hubbard | 21 | 38 | 4 | .105 | 1 | 4 |
| Terry Shumpert | 27 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 2 | 6 |
| Bret Barberie | 15 | 29 | 1 | .034 | 1 | 2 |
| Brooks Kieschnick | 25 | 29 | 10 | .345 | 1 | 6 |
| Félix Fermín | 11 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Valdés | 9 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting 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 |
| Jaime Navarro | 35 | 236.2 | 15 | 12 | 3.92 | 158 |
| Steve Trachsel | 31 | 205.0 | 13 | 9 | 3.03 | 132 |
| Frank Castillo | 33 | 182.1 | 7 | 16 | 5.28 | 139 |
| Kevin Foster | 17 | 87.0 | 7 | 6 | 6.21 | 53 |
| Dave Swartzbaugh | 6 | 24.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.38 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Bullinger | 37 | 129.1 | 6 | 10 | 6.54 | 90 |
| Amaury Telemaco | 25 | 97.1 | 5 | 7 | 5.46 | 64 |
| Mike Campbell | 13 | 36.1 | 3 | 1 | 4.46 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Turk Wendell | 70 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 2.84 | 75 |
| Bob Patterson | 79 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3.13 | 53 |
| Terry Adams | 69 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2.94 | 78 |
| Kent Bottenfield | 48 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2.63 | 33 |
| Rodney Myers | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.68 | 50 |
| Larry Casian | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.88 | 15 |
| Doug Jones | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.01 | 26 |
| Mike Pérez | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.67 | 22 |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 7 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Iowa Cubs | American Association | Ron Clark |
| AA | Orlando Cubs | Southern League | Bruce Kimm |
| A | Daytona Cubs | Florida State League | Dave Trembley |
| A | Rockford Cubbies | Midwest League | Steve Roadcap |
| A-Short Season | Williamsport Cubs | New York–Penn League | Rubén Amaro Sr. |
| Rookie | GCL Cubs | Gulf Coast League | Sandy Alomar Sr. |