1996 Chicago Cubs season

1996 Chicago Cubs
1996 Chicago Cubs
	File:Chicago Cubs Logo.png
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Tribune Company
Managers	Jim Riggleman
Television	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN/Chicagoland Cable; (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Wayne Larrivee)
Radio	WGN; (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Harry Caray)
Stats	ESPN.com; Baseball Reference

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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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NL 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 record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	Padres	5–4 (10)	Patterson (1–0)	Hoffman	—	38,734	1–0
2	April 3	Padres	5–7	Hamilton	Castillo (0–1)	Hoffman	29,638	1–1
3	April 4	Dodgers	9–4	Foster (1–0)	Astacio	—	12,626	2–1
4	April 5	Dodgers	11–1	Bullinger (1–0)	Candiotti	—	19,324	3–1
5	April 6	Dodgers	1–3	Park	Navarro (0–1)	Worrell	24,428	3–2
6	April 7	Dodgers	5–4	Jones (1–0)	Osuna	—	19,002	4–2
7	April 8	@ Rockies	9–6	Adams (1–0)	Ritz	Jones (1)	50,185	5–2
8	April 10	@ Rockies	9–10	Leskanic	Jones (1–1)	—	50,083	5–3
9	April 12	@ Giants	1–4	Leiter	Navarro (0–2)	Beck	45,589	5–4
10	April 13	@ Giants	2–3 (10)	Juden	Myers (0–1)	—	22,120	5–5
11	April 14	@ Giants	6–2	Foster (2–0)	Watson	Wendell (1)	23,137	6–5
12	April 15	Reds	2–3 (10)	Moore	Patterson (1–1)	Brantley	20,395	6–6
13	April 16	Reds	6–3	Trachsel (1–0)	Portugal	—	11,464	7–6
14	April 17	Reds	8–6 (10)	Wendell (1–0)	Ruffin	—	13,023	8–6
15	April 18	Giants	7–6	Perez (1–0)	VanLandingham	Wendell (2)	15,857	9–6
16	April 19	Giants	10–6	Foster (3–0)	Watson	—	17,662	10–6
17	April 20	Giants	4–8	Gardner	Bullinger (1–1)	—	28,047	10–7
18	April 21	Giants	6–7	Fernandez	Trachsel (1–1)	Beck	28,065	10–8
19	April 22	Rockies	2–4	Freeman	Navarro (0–3)	Leskanic	21,227	10–9
20	April 23	Rockies	3–4	Rekar	Castillo (0–2)	Leskanic	14,325	10–10
21	April 24	@ Padres	4–5	Hamilton	Foster (3–1)	Hoffman	15,608	10–11
22	April 25	@ Padres	3–8	Tewksbury	Bullinger (1–2)	—	18,736	10–12
23	April 26	@ Dodgers	0–1	Astacio	Trachsel (1–2)	Worrell	31,172	10–13
24	April 27	@ Dodgers	4–3 (10)	Navarro (1–3)	Osuna	Jones (2)	43,519	11–13
25	April 28	@ Dodgers	3–0	Castillo (1–2)	Park	—	45,441	12–13
26	April 29	@ Dodgers	4–10	Valdez	Foster (3–2)	—	39,003	12–14
27	April 30	Cardinals	7–6	Wendell (2–0)	Eckersley	—	20,771	13–14

May: 9–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 3–10)

June: 16–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
54	June 1	@ Marlins	5–4 (10)	Wendell (4–1)	Mathews	—	30,133	23–31
55	June 2	@ Marlins	2–3	Brown	Telemaco (2–2)	Nen	22,174	23–32
56	June 3	Phillies	4–3	Patterson (2–2)	Ryan	—	26,320	24–32
57	June 4	Phillies	3–12	Williams	Bullinger (3–5)	—	15,431	24–33
58	June 5	Phillies	9–6	Adams (2–1)	Borland	Wendell (4)	18,189	25–33
59	June 7	Expos	3–9	Fassero	Castillo (1–8)	—	23,860	25–34
60	June 8	Expos	6–4	Telemaco (3–2)	Martinez	Wendell (5)	37,373	26–34
61	June 9	Expos	4–2	Trachsel (4–4)	Rueter	Wendell (6)	30,785	27–34
62	June 10	@ Phillies	2–1	Navarro (4–6)	Mulholland	—	19,588	28–34
63	June 11	@ Phillies	9–2	Campbell (1–0)	Munoz	—	23,220	29–34
64	June 12	@ Phillies	3–4	Fernandez	Castillo (1–9)	Bottalico	27,287	29–35
65	June 13	Padres	6–3 (14)	Jones (2–2)	Blair	—	28,953	30–35
66	June 14	Padres	5–1	Trachsel (5–4)	Tewksbury	—	30,877	31–35
67	June 15	Padres	1–2	Worrell	Navarro (4–7)	Hoffman	39,465	31–36
68	June 16	Padres	8–4	Castillo (2–9)	Valenzuela	Bullinger (1)	33,376	32–36
69	June 18	Dodgers	6–9	Martinez	Telemaco (3–3)	Worrell	—	32–37
70	June 18	Dodgers	7–4	Campbell (2–0)	Valdez	—	23,362	33–37
71	June 19	Dodgers	3–4 (13)	Park	Adams (2–2)	Worrell	28,477	33–38
72	June 20	@ Padres	3–2	Navarro (5–7)	Worrell	Wendell (7)	19,969	34–38
73	June 21	@ Padres	1–2 (10)	Hoffman	Wendell (4–2)	—	49,503	34–39
74	June 22	@ Padres	9–6 (16)	Myers (1–1)	Blair	—	51,917	35–39
75	June 23	@ Padres	4–5	Hamilton	Telemaco (3–4)	Hoffman	30,672	35–40
76	June 25	@ Dodgers	2–0	Trachsel (6–4)	Nomo	—	37,448	36–40
77	June 26	@ Dodgers	6–4	Navarro (6–7)	Candiotti	Adams (1)	35,200	37–40
78	June 28	@ Reds	4–7	Smiley	Castillo (2–10)	Smith	27,864	37–41
79	June 29	@ Reds	5–9	Portugal	Bullinger (3–6)	—	32,273	37–42
80	June 30	@ Reds	6–0	Trachsel (7–4)	Burba	—	30,352	38–42

July: 14–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	@ Pirates	1–4	Darwin	Navarro (6–8)	Plesac	15,910	38–43
82	July 2	@ Pirates	15–7	Telemaco (4–4)	Wagner	—	13,241	39–43
83	July 3	@ Pirates	2–3	Neagle	Castillo (2–11)	Plesac	22,157	39–44
84	July 4	Reds	1–2	Portugal	Bullinger (3–7)	Brantley	38,047	39–45
85	July 5	Reds	0–3	Burba	Trachsel (7–5)	Brantley	40,743	39–46
86	July 6	Reds	6–2	Patterson (3–2)	Carrasco	—	38,690	40–46
87	July 7	Reds	7–6 (13)	Sturtze (1–0)	Ruffin	—	36,352	41–46
88	July 11	Cardinals	6–0	Navarro (7–8)	Osborne	—	38,802	42–46
89	July 12	Cardinals	3–13	Benes	Trachsel (7–6)	—	38,918	42–47
90	July 13	Cardinals	5–10	Stottlemyre	Bullinger (3–8)	Eckersley	39,254	42–48
91	July 14	Cardinals	6–7	Benes	Adams (2–3)	Eckersley	38,638	42–49
92	July 15	Pirates	12–2	Castillo (3–11)	Miceli	—	32,119	43–49
93	July 16	Pirates	5–10	Neagle	Navarro (7–9)	—	26,502	43–50
94	July 18	@ Cardinals	6–5	Bottenfield (1–0)	Petkovsek	Wendell (8)	38,983	44–50
95	July 19	@ Cardinals	1–9	Benes	Castillo (3–12)	—	45,336	44–51
96	July 20	@ Cardinals	3–0	Trachsel (8–6)	Morgan	Wendell (9)	50,418	45–51
97	July 21	@ Cardinals	5–6 (10)	Petkovsek	Wendell (4–3)	—	42,257	45–52
98	July 22	@ Giants	2–3	Bautista	Bottenfield (1–1)	—	12,902	45–53
99	July 23	@ Giants	9–6	Myers (2–1)	DeLucia	Patterson (2)	15,878	46–53
100	July 24	@ Giants	7–1	Castillo (4–12)	VanLandingham	—	13,695	47–53
101	July 25	@ Rockies	10–8	Bottenfield (2–1)	Ruffin	Patterson (3)	48,087	48–53
102	July 26	@ Rockies	17–4	Navarro (8–9)	Freeman	Adams (2)	48,062	49–53
103	July 27	@ Rockies	6–10	Thompson	Telemaco (4–5)	—	48,096	49–54
104	July 28	@ Rockies	7–5	Bullinger (4–8)	Ritz	Bottenfield (1)	48,073	50–54
105	July 30	Giants	4–0	Castillo (5–12)	VanLandingham	Adams (3)	37,424	51–54
106	July 31	Giants	4–1	Trachsel (9–6)	Watson	Wendell (10)	28,988	52–54

August: 15–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	Rockies	4–1	Navarro (9–9)	Thompson	Patterson (4)	25,564	53–54
108	August 2	Rockies	2–7	Ritz	Telemaco (4–6)	—	34,186	53–55
109	August 3	Rockies	2–8	Wright	Bullinger (4–9)	—	40,460	53–56
110	August 4	Rockies	1–6	Reynoso	Castillo (5–13)	—	38,738	53–57
111	August 5	Mets	7–3	Trachsel (10–6)	Wilson	—	36,766	54–57
112	August 6	Mets	3–0	Navarro (10–9)	Clark	Patterson (5)	24,558	55–57
113	August 7	Mets	7–11	Dipoto	Adams (2–4)	—	27,086	55–58
114	August 9	@ Expos	11–9	Bullinger (5–9)	Cormier	Patterson (6)	15,498	56–58
115	August 10	@ Expos	3–2	Casian (1–0)	Dyer	Wendell (11)	16,724	57–58
116	August 11	@ Expos	3–4 (10)	Rojas	Bottenfield (2–2)	—	20,120	57–59
117	August 12	@ Mets	11–1	Navarro (11–9)	Isringhausen	—	17,636	58–59
118	August 13	@ Mets	3–2	Telemaco (5–6)	Harnisch	Wendell (12)	17,819	59–59
119	August 14	@ Mets	5–8	Jones	Bullinger (5–10)	Franco	20,110	59–60
120	August 16	Astros	3–8	Hampton	Castillo (5–14)	—	37,139	59–61
121	August 17	Astros	12–3	Trachsel (11–6)	Kile	—	39,775	60–61
122	August 18	Astros	10–8	Navarro (12–9)	Brocail	Wendell (13)	37,210	61–61
123	August 19	Marlins	3–4	Brown	Telemaco (5–7)	Nen	32,302	61–62
124	August 20	Marlins	8–1	Foster (4–2)	Hutton	—	22,119	62–62
125	August 21	Marlins	8–3	Castillo (6–14)	Rapp	—	27,699	63–62
126	August 23	@ Braves	3–4	Maddux	Trachsel (11–7)	Wohlers	38,210	63–63
127	August 24	@ Braves	5–6	Clontz	Casian (1–1)	—	46,804	63–64
128	August 25	@ Braves	3–2	Foster (5–2)	Wohlers	Wendell (14)	35,176	64–64
129	August 27	@ Astros	5–6	Morman	Adams (2–5)	Hernandez	15,374	64–65
130	August 28	@ Astros	4–5	Olson	Bottenfield (2–3)	—	18,026	64–66
131	August 29	@ Astros	4–3	Navarro (13–9)	Reynolds	Wendell (15)	16,151	65–66
132	August 30	Braves	3–2	Foster (6–2)	Glavine	Patterson (7)	—	66–66
133	August 30	Braves	5–6	Borowski	Bottenfield (2–4)	Wohlers	31,548	66–67
134	August 31	Braves	12–0	Castillo (7–14)	Neagle	Adams (4)	38,691	67–67

September: 9–19 (Home: 5–6; Away: 4–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	Braves	2–1 (12)	Campbell (3–0)	Borowski	—	40,192	68–67
136	September 2	@ Marlins	3–4	Valdes	Trachsel (11–8)	Nen	16,622	68–68
137	September 3	@ Marlins	11–3	Navarro (14–9)	Leiter	—	15,528	69–68
138	September 4	@ Marlins	2–9	Brown	Foster (6–3)	—	14,879	69–69
139	September 5	@ Phillies	1–6	Schilling	Castillo (7–15)	—	18,164	69–70
140	September 6	@ Phillies	6–4	Bullinger (6–10)	Ryan	Wendell (16)	17,803	70–70
141	September 7	@ Phillies	2–4	Hunter	Bottenfield (2–5)	Bottalico	18,021	70–71
142	September 8	@ Phillies	5–3	Navarro (15–9)	Mimbs	Wendell (17)	27,600	71–71
143	September 9	Expos	3–1	Foster (7–3)	Paniagua	—	24,452	72–71
144	September 10	Expos	10–3	Bottenfield (3–5)	Daal	—	26,700	73–71
145	September 11	Expos	1–2	Urbina	Adams (2–6)	Rojas	30,729	73–72
146	September 13	Phillies	4–2	Trachsel (12–8)	Hunter	Wendell (18)	23,048	74–72
147	September 14	Phillies	2–6	Mimbs	Navarro (15–10)	Ryan	36,290	74–73
148	September 15	Phillies	1–6	Schilling	Foster (7–4)	—	24,697	74–74
149	September 17	@ Cardinals	3–5	Osborne	Patterson (3–3)	Mathews	29,612	74–75
150	September 18	@ Cardinals	3–5	Stottlemyre	Trachsel (12–9)	Eckersley	32,843	74–76
151	September 19	@ Cardinals	4–5 (13)	Bailey	Campbell (3–1)	—	34,923	74–77
152	September 20	@ Pirates	4–6	Lieber	Foster (7–5)	Ericks	19,285	74–78
153	September 21	@ Pirates	3–8	Loiselle	Swartzbaugh (0–1)	—	23,619	74–79
154	September 22	@ Pirates	3–11 (8)	Cordova	Castillo (7–16)	—	27,472	74–80
155	September 23	@ Pirates	4–3	Trachsel (13–9)	Schmidt	Patterson (8)	7,684	75–80
156	September 24	@ Reds	3–6	Lyons	Navarro (15–11)	Brantley	18,584	75–81
157	September 25	@ Reds	3–4	Burba	Foster (7–6)	Brantley	18,506	75–82
158	September 26	@ Reds	4–12	Jarvis	Swartzbaugh (0–2)	—	20,777	75–83
159	September 27	Pirates	4–7 (10)	Plesac	Wendell (4–4)	—	—	75–84
160	September 27	Pirates	10–9	Adams (3–6)	Boever	—	18,757	76–84
161	September 28	Pirates	7–8 (10)	Plesac	Wendell (4–5)	—	29,729	76–85
162	September 29	Pirates	3–8	Loaiza	Navarro (15–12)	—	26,873	76–86

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

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

Notable transactions

May 29, 1996: Félix Fermín signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[2]

Roster

1996 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5 Jim Riggleman

Coaches

43 Dave Bialas (bullpen)
31 Fergie Jenkins (pitching)
40 Tony Muser (hitting)
3 Mako Oliveras (first base)
42 Dan Radison (third base)
26 Billy Williams (bench)

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

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

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

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

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

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.

^[3]

References

^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml
^ Félix Fermín Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1996 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

[1] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml

[2] Félix Fermín Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[3] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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