1989 Chicago Cubs season
The 1989 Chicago Cubs season was the 118th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 114th in the National League and the Cubs' 74th season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Don Zimmer in his second season as manager and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of Major League Baseball's National League East Division.
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Record | 93–69 (.574) |
Divisional place | 1st |
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Owner(s) | Tribune Company |
General manager(s) | Jim Frey |
Manager(s) | Don Zimmer |
Local television | WGN-TV/Superstation WGN (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats) |
Local radio | WGN (Dewayne Staats, Dave Nelson, Harry Caray) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The Cubs finished the season 93–69 to win the East Division for the second time in franchise history. The Cubs lost the National League Championship Series four games to one to the San Francisco Giants.
The Cubs had All-Star seasons from Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson, Rick Sutcliffe, and Mitch Williams while Jerome Walton was the NL Rookie of the Year.
Offseason
- December 5, 1988: Rafael Palmeiro, Jamie Moyer, and Drew Hall were traded by the Cubs to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Paul Kilgus, Mitch Williams, Curtis Wilkerson, Steve Wilson, Luis Benitez (minors), and Pablo Delgado (minors).[1]
- December 7, 1988: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.[2]
- December 8, 1988: Rolando Roomes was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Lloyd McClendon.[3]
- March 28, 1989: Rich Gossage was released by the Cubs.[4]
Regular season
Season standings
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | — | 48–33 | 45–36 |
New York Mets | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 6 | 51–30 | 36–45 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 7 | 46–35 | 40–41 |
Montreal Expos | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 12 | 44–37 | 37–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 19 | 39–42 | 35–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 26 | 38–42 | 29–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–10 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 11–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Montreal | 6–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–13 | |||||
New York | 10–2 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4-8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 13–5 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 2–10 | |||||
San Francisco | 12–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 10–2 | 5–7 | — |
Notable transactions
- August 24, 1989: The Cubs traded players to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Paul Assenmacher. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Kelly Mann and Pat Gomez to the Braves on September 1.[5]
- August 30, 1989: Calvin Schiraldi, Darrin Jackson and a player to be named later were traded by the Cubs to the San Diego Padres for Marvell Wynne and Luis Salazar. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Phil Stephenson to the Padres on September 5.[6]
Roster
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Game log
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April: 12–11 (.522)
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May: 16–11 (.593)
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June: 13–15 (.464)
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July: 18–9 (.667)
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August: 16–8 (.667)
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September: 17–11 (.607)
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Damon Berryhill | 91 | 334 | 86 | .257 | 5 | 41 |
1B | Mark Grace | 142 | 510 | 160 | .314 | 13 | 79 |
2B | Ryne Sandberg | 157 | 606 | 176 | .290 | 30 | 76 |
3B | Vance Law | 130 | 408 | 96 | .235 | 7 | 42 |
SS | Shawon Dunston | 138 | 471 | 131 | .278 | 9 | 60 |
LF | Dwight Smith | 109 | 343 | 111 | .324 | 9 | 52 |
CF | Jerome Walton | 116 | 475 | 139 | .293 | 5 | 46 |
RF | Andre Dawson | 118 | 416 | 105 | .252 | 21 | 77 |
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 |
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Mitch Webster | 98 | 272 | 70 | .257 | 3 | 19 |
Lloyd McClendon | 92 | 259 | 74 | .286 | 12 | 40 |
Domingo Ramos | 85 | 179 | 47 | .263 | 1 | 19 |
Joe Girardi | 59 | 157 | 39 | .248 | 1 | 14 |
Curt Wilkerson | 77 | 160 | 39 | .244 | 1 | 10 |
Doug Dascenzo | 47 | 139 | 23 | .165 | 1 | 12 |
Rick Wrona | 38 | 92 | 26 | .283 | 2 | 14 |
Gary Varsho | 61 | 87 | 16 | .184 | 0 | 6 |
Darrin Jackson | 45 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 1 | 8 |
Luis Salazar | 26 | 80 | 26 | .325 | 1 | 12 |
Phil Stephenson | 17 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Smith | 4 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Greg Maddux | 35 | 238 | 19 | 12 | 2.95 | 135 |
Rick Sutcliffe | 35 | 229 | 16 | 11 | 3.66 | 153 |
Mike Bielecki | 33 | 212.1 | 18 | 7 | 3.14 | 147 |
Other pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Scott Sanderson | 37 | 146 | 11 | 9 | 3.94 | 86 |
Paul Kilgus | 35 | 145.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.39 | 61 |
Jeff Pico | 53 | 90.2 | 3 | 1 | 3.77 | 38 |
Steve Wilson | 53 | 85.2 | 6 | 4 | 4.20 | 65 |
Relief pitchers
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mitch Williams | 76 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 2.76 | 67 |
Calvin Schiraldi | 54 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3.78 | 54 |
Les Lancaster | 42 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1.36 | 56 |
Pat Perry | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.77 | 20 |
Paul Assenmacher | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.21 | 15 |
Dean Wilkins | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 | 14 |
NLCS
Game 1
October 4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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San Francisco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
Chicago | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
W: Scott Garrelts (1–0) L: Greg Maddux (0–1) S: None | ||||||||||||
HR: SF – Will Clark (1), (2), Kevin Mitchell (1) CHC – Mark Grace (1), Ryne Sandberg (1) | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: SF – Garrelts, Brantley (8), Hammaker (9) CHC – Maddux, Kilgus (5), Wilson (8) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 39,195 |
Game 2
October 5 at Wrigley Field in Chicago
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Chicago | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 11 | 0 |
W: Les Lancaster (1–0) L: Rick Reuschel (0–1) S: None | ||||||||||||
HR: SF – Kevin Mitchell (2), Matt Williams (1), Robby Thompson (1) CHC – None | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: SF – Reuschel, Downs (1), Lefferts (6), Brantley (7), Bedrosian (8) CHC – Bielecki, Assenmacher (5), Lancaster (6) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 39,195 |
Game 3
October 7 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chicago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
San Francisco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 3 |
W: Don Robinson (1–0) L: Les Lancaster (1–1) S: Steve Bedrosian (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: CHC – None SF – Robby Thompson (2) | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: CHC – Sutcliffe, Assenmacher (7), Lancaster (7) SF – LaCoss, Brantley (4), Robinson (7), Lefferts (8), Bedrosian (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 62,065 |
Game 4
October 8 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chicago | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 1 |
W: Kelly Downs (1–0) L: Steve Wilson (1–1) S: Steve Bedrosian (2) | ||||||||||||
HR: CHC – Luis Salazar (1) SF – Matt Williams (2) | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: CHC – Maddux, Wilson (4), Sanderson (6), Williams (8) SF – Garrelts, Downs (5), Bedrosian (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 62,078 |
Game 5
October 9 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chicago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 3 | 4 | 1 |
W: Rick Reuschel (1–1) L: Mike Bielecki (0–1) S: Steve Bedrosian (3) | ||||||||||||
HR: CHC – None SF – None | ||||||||||||
Pitchers: CHC – Bielecki, Williams (8), Lancaster (8) SF – Reuschel, Bedrosian (9) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 62,084 |
The Giants made it to their first World Series since 1962 with a 3–2 win over the Cubs to win the 1989 National League pennant, four games to one. The final game pitted Mike Bielecki against a well-rested (due to his quick exit from Game 2) Rick Reuschel. Reuschel made amends for his poor start in Game 2 by giving up only one run over eight innings. The one run Reuschel gave up was an unearned run the Cubs scored when Walton reached on an error by Mitchell and then scored on Sandberg's double. The Cubs held the 1–0 lead until the seventh inning when Will Clark tripled and scored on Mitchell's sacrifice fly.
The Cubs did rally, however, in the ninth with three straight singles that made it 3–2. But Sandberg grounded out sending the Giants to their first World Series since 1962.
Awards and honors
- Ryne Sandberg, National League Leader, Runs (104)
- Ryne Sandberg, Second Base, Starter
- Andre Dawson, Outfield, Reserve
- Rick Sutcliffe, Pitcher, Reserve
- Mitch Williams, Relief Pitcher, Reserve
Farm system
References
- Rafael Palmeiro at Baseball Reference
- Scott Sanderson at Baseball Reference
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roomero01.shtml
- Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
- Paul Assenmacher at Baseball Reference
- Phil Stephenson at Baseball Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997