1989 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs logo.svg 1989 National League East champions National League East Wrigley Field Chicago 93 69 y 1st Tribune Company Jim Frey Don Zimmer WGN-TV/Superstation WGN(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats) WGN(Dewayne Staats, Dave Nelson, Harry Caray) chc CHC The 1989 Chicago Cubs season was the 118th season of the franchise, the 114th in the National League and 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 National League East. The Cubs stole the National League spotlight during the 1989 season along with their NL West rivals San Francisco Giants. Complete Book of 1990 Baseball Cards 1990 Publications International, Ltd. 0-88176-804-9 13 The Cubs had All-Star seasons from Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson, Rick Sutcliffe, and closing pitcher Mitch Williams. Williams gave the Cubs a strong stopper in the bullpen in his impressive National League debut while the 1989 NL Rookie of the Year was Chicago's very own Jerome Walton, who proved himself to be a dependable centerfielder. The Cubs finished the season 93–69 to win the NL East for the second time in franchise history, battling the St. Louis Cardinals into the last week of the season. The Cubs lost the NLCS four games to one to the San Francisco Giants, who proved to be more dominant with a strong hitting presence. 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).Rafael Palmeiro at Baseball Reference December 7, 1988: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.Scott Sanderson at Baseball Reference December 8, 1988: Rolando Roomes was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Lloyd McClendon.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roomero01.shtml Rolando Roomes Stats March 28, 1989: Rich Gossage was released by the Cubs.Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC 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.Paul Assenmacher at Baseball Reference 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.Phil Stephenson at Baseball Reference Roster 1989 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 45 Paul Assenmacher 36 Mike Bielecki 51 Kevin Blankenship 39 Paul Kilgus 43 Joe Kraemer 50 Les Lancaster 31 Greg Maddux 37 Pat Perry 41 Jeff Pico 21 Scott Sanderson 32 Calvin Schiraldi 40 Rick Sutcliffe 38 Dean Wilkins 28 Mitch Williams 44 Steve Wilson Catchers  9 Damon Berryhill  7 Joe Girardi  1 Rick Wrona Infielders 12 Shawon Dunston 17 Mark Grace  2 Vance Law 15 Domingo Ramos 11 Luis Salazar 23 Ryne Sandberg 16 Greg Smith 19 Curtis Wilkerson Outfielders 29 Doug Dascenzo  8 Andre Dawson 30 Darrin Jackson 10 Lloyd McClendon 18 Dwight Smith 11 Phil Stephenson 24 Gary Varsho 20 Jerome Walton 33 Mitch Webster 25 Marvell Wynne Manager  4 Don Zimmer Coaches  6 Joe Altobelli  5 Chuck Cottier 35 Larry Cox  3 José Martínez 34 Dick Pole Game log Chicago Cubs; 1989 Chicago Cubs regular season game log: 93–69 (93 69) y Chicago Cubs; April: 12–11 (12 11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |1||April 4|| Phillies||5–4 ||Sutcliffe (1–0)||Youmans (0–1)||Williams (1)|| 33,361 ||1–0|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |2||April 5|| Phillies||12–4 ||Howell (1–0)||Maddux (0–1)||Maddux (1)|| 18,674 ||1–1|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |3||April 6|| Phillies||8–3 ||Ontiveros (1–0)||Kilgus (0–1)|||| 6,364 ||1–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |4||April 7|| Pirates||6–5 ||Wilson (1–0)||Taylor (0–1)||Williams (2)|| 6,195 ||2–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |5||April 8|| Pirates||5–3 ||Bielecki (1–0)||Heaton (0–1)||Schiraldi (1)|| 19,374 ||3–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |6||April 9|| Pirates||8–3 ||Sutcliffe (2–0)||Walk (0–1)|||| 11,387 ||4–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |7||April 11|| Cardinals||5–4 ||Schiraldi (1–0)||DeLeón (1–1)||Williams (3)|| 7,943 ||5–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |8||April 12|| Cardinals||3–2 ||Kilgus (1–1)||Terry (0–1)||Williams (4)|| 21,187 ||6–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |9||April 14||@ Phillies||6–4 ||Sanderson (1–0)||Ruffin (0–2)||Williams (5)|| 20,851 ||7–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |10||April 16||@ Phillies||5–3 ||Sutcliffe (3–0)||Youmans (0–2)||Williams (6)|| 32,249 ||8–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |11||April 17||@ Expos||2–1 ||Gross (2–1)||Maddux (0–2)||Burke (3)|| 8,847 ||8–3|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |12||April 18||@ Expos||11–2 ||B. Smith (1–0)||Kilgus (1–2)|||| 11,913 ||8–4|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |13||April 19||@ Expos||3–2 ||Den. Martinez (1–0)||Sanderson (1–1)||Burke (4)|| 9,014 ||8–5|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |14||April 20||@ Mets||4–3 ||Gooden (3–0)||Williams (0–1)||McDowell (1)|| 28,944 ||8–6|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |15||April 21||@ Mets||8–4 ||Sutcliffe (4–0)||Ojeda (0–3)||Wilson (1)|| 34,690 ||9–6|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |16||April 22||@ Mets||3–1 ||Fernandez (2–0)||Maddux (0–3)||McDowell (2)|| 41,323 ||9–7|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |17||April 23||@ Mets||4–2 ||Aguilera (1–0)||Schiraldi (1–1)|||| 40,268 ||9–8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |18||April 25|| Dodgers||4–0 ||Belcher (2–1)||Sanderson (1–2)|||| 31,876 ||9–9|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |19||April 26|| Dodgers||3–1 ||Morgan (2–1)||Sutcliffe (4–1)||Howell (2)|| 13,221 ||9–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |20||April 27|| Dodgers||1–0 ||Maddux (1–3)||Hershiser (3–2)|||| 12,013 ||10–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |21||April 28|| Padres||3–1 ||Kilgus (2–2)||Rasmussen (1–4)||Williams (7)|| 9,504 ||11–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |22||April 29|| Padres||5–4 ||Terrell (3–2)||Bielecki (1–1)||Davis (11)|| 34,748 ||11–11|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |23||April 30|| Padres||7–3 ||Sanderson (2–2)||Show (4–2)|||| 28,735 ||12–11|| |- y Chicago Cubs; May: 16–11 (16 11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |24||May 1||@ Giants||4–3 (12)||Pico (1–0)||LaCoss (1–2)||Schiraldi (2)|| 17,914 ||13–11|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |25||May 2||@ Giants||4–0 ||Reuschel (4–2)||Maddux (1–4)||Gossage (1)|| 11,128 ||13–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |26||May 3||@ Padres||5–4 ||Kilgus (3–2)||Grant (0–1)||Williams (8)|| 20,403 ||14–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |27||May 4||@ Padres||4–0 ||Bielecki (2–1)||Terrell (3–3)|||| 25,892 ||15–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |28||May 5||@ Dodgers||4–2 ||Sanderson (3–2)||Belcher (2–3)||Williams (9)|| 46,767 ||16–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |29||May 6||@ Dodgers||3–0 ||Morgan (3–1)||Sutcliffe (4–2)||Howell (3)|| 46,389 ||16–13|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |30||May 7||@ Dodgers||4–2 ||Wilson (2–0)||Hershiser (4–3)||Williams (10)|| 46,329 ||17–13|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |31||May 9|| Giants||4–2 ||Krukow (2–0)||Kilgus (3–3)||Lefferts (5)|| 13,949 ||17–14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |32||May 10|| Giants||4–3 ||LaCoss (2–3)||Williams (0–2)||Lefferts (6)|| 25,638 ||17–15|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |33||May 12|| Astros||3–1 ||Deshaies (5–2)||Sutcliffe (4–3)|||| 21,141 ||17–16|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |34||May 13|| Astros||1–0 ||Knepper (2–5)||Maddux (1–5)||Smith (6)|| 27,775 ||17–17|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |35||May 14|| Astros||5–1 ||Scott (5–2)||Kilgus (3–4)|||| 23,391 ||17–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |36||May 15|| Braves||4–0 ||Bielecki (3–1)||Lilliquist (2–3)|||| 16,920 ||18–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |37||May 16|| Braves||4–3 ||Sanderson (4–2)||Glavine (5–1)||Williams (11)|| 24,070 ||19–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |38||May 17|| Braves||4–0 ||Pico (2–0)||Z. Smith (1–6)|||| 31,196 ||20–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |39||May 19||@ Reds||8–2 ||Maddux (2–5)||Jackson (2–7)|||| 29,202 ||21–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |40||May 20||@ Reds||7–3 ||Kilgus (4–4)||Browning (3–4)||Perry (1)|| 49,175 ||22–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |41||May 21||@ Reds||7–2 ||Mahler (6–4)||Bielecki (3–2)|||| 34,128 ||22–19|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |42||May 22||@ Astros||5–3 ||Sutcliffe (5–3)||Deshaies (5–3)||Schiraldi (3)|| 11,923 ||23–19|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |43||May 23||@ Astros||5–4 ||Sanderson (5–2)||Scott (6–3)||Schiraldi (4)|| 15,665 ||24–19|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |44||May 24||@ Astros||3–1 ||Maddux (3–5)||Knepper (2–6)||Williams (12)|| 17,042 ||25–19|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |45||May 26|| Reds||10–8 (12)||Dibble (4–1)||Schiraldi (1–2)|||| 33,583 ||25–20|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |46||May 27|| Reds||5–3 ||Sutcliffe (6–3)||Rijo (4–1)|||| 34,546 ||26–20|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |47||May 28|| Reds||6–1 ||Bielecki (4–2)||Jackson (3–8)|||| 37,231 ||27–20|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |48||May 29||@ Braves||2–1 ||Lilliquist (3–3)||Sanderson (5–3)||Boever (7)|| 15,123 ||27–21|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |49||May 30||@ Braves||3–2 ||Maddux (4–5)||P. Smith (1–7)||Williams (13)|| 7,566 ||28–21|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |50||May 31||@ Braves||3–2 ||Smoltz (7–3)||Kilgus (4–5)||Boever (8)|| 7,958 ||28–22|| |- y Chicago Cubs; June: 13–15 (13 15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |51||June 2||@ Cardinals||5–2 ||Sutcliffe (7–3)||Magrane (3–4)||Williams (14)|| 46,448 ||29–22|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |52||June 3||@ Cardinals||6–5 (10)||Quisenberry (2–1)||Schiraldi (1–3)|||| 44,719 ||29–23|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |53||June 4||@ Cardinals||11–3 ||Sanderson (6–3)||Terry (4–5)|||| 45,659 ||30–23|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |54||June 5|| Mets||15–3 ||Maddux (5–5)||Cone (3–5)|||| 34,840 ||31–23|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |55||June 6|| Mets||8–4 ||Kilgus (5–5)||Ojeda (2–6)|||| 33,558 ||32–23|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |56||June 7|| Mets||10–5 ||Gooden (7–2)||Sutcliffe (7–4)||Aguilera (4)|| 35,372 ||32–24|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |57||June 8|| Mets||5–4 (10)||Williams (1–2)||Aase (1–2)|||| 36,358 ||33–24|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |58||June 9|| Cardinals||1–0 ||DeLeón (8–3)||Sanderson (6–4)||Worrell (7)|| 34,937 ||33–25|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |59||June 10|| Cardinals||6–0 ||Magrane (4–5)||Maddux (5–6)|||| 38,045 ||33–26|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |60||June 11|| Cardinals||10–7 ||Carpenter (2–4)||Schiraldi (1–4)|||| 35,450 ||33–27|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |61||June 12|| Cardinals||10–3 ||Wilson (3–0)||Terry (4–6)|||| 27,154 ||34–27|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |62||June 13||@ Mets||4–2 ||Bielecki (5–2)||Darling (4–5)||Williams (15)|| 26,664 ||35–27|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |63||June 14||@ Mets||2–0 (7)||Gooden (8–2)||Sanderson (6–5)||Aguilera (5)|| 27,278 ||35–28|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |64||June 15||@ Mets||4–3 (12)||Aguilera (3–1)||Perry (0–1)|||| 24,689 ||35–29|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |65||June 16||@ Expos||8–5 ||B. Smith (7–2)||Kilgus (5–6)||Burke (14)|| 26,264 ||35–30|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |66||June 17||@ Expos||3–2 ||Sutcliffe (8–4)||Pérez (3–8)||Williams (16)|| 35,095 ||36–30|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |67||June 18||@ Expos||5–4 ||Bielecki (6–2)||Langston (2–2)||Williams (17)|| 35,968 ||37–30|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |68||June 20||@ Pirates||5–4 (11)||Schiraldi (2–4)||Garcia (0–1)||Kilgus (1)|| 11,713 ||38–30|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |69||June 21||@ Pirates||1–0 (11)||Maddux (6–6)||Bair (0–1)||Williams (18)|| 23,970 ||39–30|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |70||June 22||@ Pirates||8–0 ||Sutcliffe (9–4)||Kramer (1–4)|||| 16,430 ||40–30|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |71||June 23|| Expos||5–1 ||Langston (3–2)||Bielecki (6–3)||Burke (15)|| 36,239 ||40–31|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |72||June 24|| Expos||5–0 ||Gross (7–6)||Kilgus (5–7)|||| 36,068 ||40–32|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |73||June 25|| Expos||5–0 ||Den. Martinez (7–1)||Sanderson (6–6)|||| 34,491 ||40–33|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |74||June 26|| Pirates||2–1 ||Drabek (5–5)||Maddux (6–7)|||| 35,407 ||40–34|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |75||June 27|| Pirates||5–4 ||Kramer (2–4)||Sutcliffe (9–5)||Landrum (7)|| 35,646 ||40–35|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |76||June 28|| Pirates||3–1 ||Robinson (4–6)||Bielecki (6–4)||Landrum (8)|| 34,114 ||40–36|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |77||June 29||@ Giants||12–2 ||Brantley (1–0)||Kilgus (5–8)|||| 12,339 ||40–37|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |78||June 30||@ Giants||6–4 ||Sanderson (7–6)||Wilson (0–1)||Williams (19)|| 49,241 ||41–37|| |- y Chicago Cubs; July: 18–9 (18 9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |79||July 1||@ Giants||3–2 ||Maddux (7–7)||Reuschel (12–3)||Williams (20)|| 29,019 ||42–37|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |80||July 2||@ Giants||4–3 ||Brantley (2–0)||Sutcliffe (9–6)||Bedrosian (12)|| 41,350 ||42–38|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |81||July 4|| Padres||5–1 ||Bielecki (7–4)||Whitson (10–6)||Wilson (2)|| 32,920 ||43–38|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |82||July 5|| Padres||5–3 ||Sanderson (8–6)||Rasmussen (3–6)||Kilgus (2)|| 33,464 ||44–38|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |83||July 6|| Padres||7–3 ||Maddux (8–7)||Terrell (4–12)||Williams (21)|| 34,814 ||45–38|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |84||July 7|| Dodgers||6–4 ||Sutcliffe (10–6)||Wetteland (2–2)||Williams (22)|| 35,434 ||46–38|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |85||July 8|| Dodgers||8–2 ||Morgan (6–8)||Pico (2–1)|||| 37,096 ||46–39|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |86||July 9|| Dodgers||11–4 ||Bielecki (8–4)||Valenzuela (4–8)|||| 35,533 ||47–39|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |87||July 13||@ Padres||7–3 ||Maddux (9–7)||Hurst (7–7)||Lancaster (1)|| 23,481 ||48–39|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |88||July 14||@ Padres||7–4 ||Whitson (12–6)||Bielecki (8–5)||Davis (23)|| 27,649 ||48–40|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |89||July 15||@ Padres||3–2 ||Terrell (5–12)||Kilgus (5–9)|||| 54,717 ||48–41|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |90||July 16||@ Padres||4–3 ||Rasmussen (4–6)||Sutcliffe (10–7)||Davis (24)|| 30,549 ||48–42|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |91||July 17||@ Dodgers||6–3 ||Lancaster (1–0)||Leary (6–7)||Williams (23)|| 39,914 ||49–42|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |92||July 18||@ Dodgers||4–1 ||Hershiser (11–7)||Maddux (9–8)|||| 37,543 ||49–43|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |93||July 19||@ Dodgers||4–0 ||Bielecki (9–5)||Morgan (6–10)|||| 40,050 ||50–43|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |94||July 20|| Giants||4–3 (11)||Lancaster (2–0)||McCament (1–1)|||| 32,306 ||51–43|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |95||July 21|| Giants||4–3 ||Garrelts (8–3)||Sutcliffe (10–8)||Lefferts (17)|| 34,725 ||51–44|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |96||July 22|| Giants||5–2 ||Sanderson (9–6)||Hammaker (6–5)||Lancaster (2)|| 35,530 ||52–44|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |97||July 23|| Giants||9–5 ||Maddux (10–8)||Robinson (8–7)|||| 35,707 ||53–44|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |98||July 24||@ Cardinals||3–2 ||Bielecki (10–5)||Terry (7–9)||Williams (24)|| 45,183 ||54–44|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |99||July 25||@ Cardinals||4–2 ||Kilgus (6–9)||Magrane (11–7)||Williams (25)|| 46,621 ||55–44|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |100||July 26||@ Cardinals||2–0 ||DeLeón (10–9)||Sutcliffe (10–9)||Worrell (13)|| 43,000 ||55–45|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |101||July 28|| Mets||6–5 ||Schiraldi (3–4)||Aguilera (6–5)||Williams (26)|| 37,554 ||56–45|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |102||July 29|| Mets||10–3 ||Maddux (11–8)||Whitehurst (0–1)|||| 38,012 ||57–45|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |103||July 30|| Mets||6–4 ||Lancaster (3–0)||Aguilera (6–6)|||| 36,837 ||58–45|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |104||July 31||@ Phillies||10–2 ||Sutcliffe (11–9)||Mulholland (1–5)||||||59–45|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |105||July 31||@ Phillies||7–4 ||Carman (3–11)||Kilgus (6–10)||Parrett (4)|| 22,160 ||59–46|| |- y Chicago Cubs; August: 16–12 (16 12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |106||August 1||@ Phillies||4–1 ||Wilson (4–0)||McWilliams (2–11)||Williams (27)|| 23,614 ||60–46|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |107||August 2||@ Phillies||6–0 ||Howell (9–7)||Sanderson (9–7)|||| 21,688 ||60–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |108||August 3||@ Phillies||2–0 ||Maddux (12–8)||Ruffin (3–5)||Lancaster (3)|| 21,983 ||61–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |109||August 4||@ Pirates||3–2 ||Bielecki (11–5)||Drabek (8–8)||Williams (28)|| 29,169 ||62–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |110||August 5||@ Pirates||4–2 ||Wilson (5–0)||Landrum (2–2)||Lancaster (4)|| 23,262 ||63–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |111||August 6||@ Pirates||5–4 (18)||Drabek (9–8)||Sanderson (9–8)|||| 24,716 ||63–48|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |112||August 7|| Expos||5–2 ||Maddux (13–8)||Pérez (6–11)|||| 39,002 ||64–48|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |113||August 8|| Expos||4–2 ||Bielecki (12–5)||Den. Martinez (12–2)||Lancaster (5)|| 38,126 ||65–48|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |114||August 9|| Expos||3–0 ||Sutcliffe (12–9)||B. Smith (9–6)||Williams (29)|| 39,009 ||66–48|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |115||August 10|| Phillies||16–13 ||Parrett (9–4)||Wilson (5–1)|||| 36,745 ||66–49|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |116||August 11|| Phillies||9–2 ||Maddux (14–8)||Carman (3–12)|||| 36,440 ||67–49|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |117||August 12|| Phillies||9–7 ||Bielecki (13–5)||Howell (9–8)||Williams (30)|| 37,752 ||68–49|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |118||August 13|| Phillies||5–3 ||Parrett (10–4)||Wilson (5–2)|||| 37,054 ||68–50|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |119||August 15||@ Reds||5–2 (12)||Williams (2–2)||Roesler (0–1)|||| 31,694 ||69–50|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |120||August 16||@ Reds||5–1 ||Bielecki (14–5)||Leary (8–10)|||| 29,764 ||70–50|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |121||August 17||@ Reds||3–2 ||Sutcliffe (13–9)||Franco (3–6)||Williams (31)|| 29,278 ||71–50|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |122||August 18||@ Astros||6–5 ||Smith (3–3)||Schiraldi (3–5)|||| 31,987 ||71–51|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |123||August 19||@ Astros||8–4 ||Portugal (3–1)||Maddux (14–9)|||| 41,661 ||71–52|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |124||August 20||@ Astros||8–4 ||Darwin (11–3)||Lancaster (3–1)|||| 38,624 ||71–53|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |125||August 21|| Reds||6–5 (10)||Charlton (6–1)||Schiraldi (3–6)||Franco (26)|| 37,626 ||71–54|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |126||August 22|| Reds||7–2 ||Browning (13–10)||Kraemer (0–1)|||| 35,179 ||71–55|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |127||August 23|| Reds||8–5 ||Scudder (3–5)||Maddux (14–10)|||| 33,054 ||71–56|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |128||August 25|| Braves||4–3 (12)||Williams (3–2)||Eichhorn (4–4)|||| 35,456 ||72–56|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |129||August 26|| Braves||5–3 ||Valdez (1–2)||Sutcliffe (13–10)||Boever (21)|| 35,752 ||72–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |130||August 27|| Braves||3–2 (10)||Williams (4–2)||Eichhorn (4–5)|||| 35,107 ||73–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |131||August 28|| Astros||6–1 ||Maddux (15–10)||Cano (0–1)|||| 23,039 ||74–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |132||August 29|| Astros||10–9 (10)||Assenmacher (2–3)||Smith (3–4)|||| 25,829 ||75–57||Cubs come back from 9–0 deficit |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |133||August 30|| Astros||8–4 ||Scott (18–7)||Sutcliffe (13–11)|||| 37,218 ||75–58|| |- y Chicago Cubs; September: 17–11 (17 11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |134||September 1||@ Braves||5–1 ||Lilliquist (8–8)||Wilson (5–3)||Stanton (2)|| 14,255 ||75–59|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |135||September 2||@ Braves||10–3 ||Maddux (16–10)||Clary (4–3)|||| 41,020 ||76–59|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |136||September 3||@ Braves||8–5 ||P. Smith (5–13)||Bielecki (14–6)||Stanton (3)|| 25,189 ||76–60|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |137||September 4||@ Mets||7–3 ||Sutcliffe (14–11)||Cone (12–7)||Lancaster (6)|| 46,049 ||77–60|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |138||September 5||@ Mets||3–2 ||Fernandez (11–3)||Williams (4–3)|||| 39,352 ||77–61|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |139||September 6||@ Phillies||9–1 ||Ruffin (5–8)||Maddux (16–11)|||| 17,272 ||77–62|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |140||September 7||@ Phillies||6–2 ||Bielecki (15–6)||Howell (11–11)|||| 13,058 ||78–62|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |141||September 8|| Cardinals||11–8 ||Carpenter (3–4)||Williams (4–4)||Quisenberry (6)|| 35,231 ||78–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |142||September 9|| Cardinals||3–2 (10)||Assenmacher (3–3)||Dayley (3–2)|||| 37,633 ||79–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |143||September 10|| Cardinals||4–1 ||Sanderson (10–8)||Hill (7–12)||Williams (32)|| 37,281 ||80–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |144||September 11|| Expos||4–3 ||Maddux (17–11)||Langston (11–7)||Williams (33)|| 29,190 ||81–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |145||September 12|| Expos||2–0 ||Bielecki (16–6)||B. Smith (10–9)|||| 36,333 ||82–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |146||September 13|| Expos||3–1 ||Sanderson (11–8)||Gross (11–11)||Lancaster (7)|| 34,870 ||83–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |147||September 15||@ Pirates||7–2 ||Sutcliffe (15–11)||Belinda (0–1)|||| 12,607 ||84–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |148||September 16||@ Pirates||8–6 ||Smiley (12–7)||Maddux (17–12)|||| 15,668 ||84–64|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |149||September 17||@ Pirates||2–0 ||Drabek (13–11)||Bielecki (16–7)|||| 21,081 ||84–65|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |150||September 18|| Mets||10–6 ||Wilkins (1–0)||Viola (3–5)||Williams (34)|| 38,138 ||85–65|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |151||September 19|| Mets||5–2 ||Ojeda (13–10)||Wilson (5–4)||Gooden (1)|| 35,937 ||85–66|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |152||September 20|| Phillies||9–8 ||Carman (5–15)||Lancaster (3–2)||McDowell (19)|| 21,620 ||85–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |153||September 21|| Phillies||9–1 ||Maddux (18–12)||Mulholland (4–7)|||| 22,885 ||86–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |154||September 22|| Pirates||4–2 ||Bielecki (17–7)||Drabek (13–12)||Williams (35)|| 34,040 ||87–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |155||September 23|| Pirates||3–2 ||Lancaster (4–2)||Bair (2–3)|||| 36,849 ||88–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |156||September 24|| Pirates||4–2 ||Wilson (6–4)||Robinson (7–12)||Pico (1)|| 37,904 ||89–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |157||September 25||@ Expos||4–3 (10)||Burke (9–3)||Sanderson (11–9)|||| 10,305 ||89–68|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |158||September 26||@ Expos||3–2 ||Maddux (19–12)||Den. Martinez (16–7)||Williams (36)|| 11,615 ||90–68||Cubs clinch NL East title |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |159||September 27||@ Expos||7–2 ||Bielecki (18–7)||Thompson (0–2)||Pico (2)|| 12,442 ||91–68|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |160||September 29||@ Cardinals||7–5 ||Dayley (4–3)||Assenmacher (3–4)||Terry (2)|| 41,599 ||91–69|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |161||September 30||@ Cardinals||6–4 ||Pico (3–1)||Costello (5–4)||Lancaster (8)|| 43,570 ||92–69|| |- y Chicago Cubs; October: 1–0 (1 0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |162||October 1||@ Cardinals||5–1 ||Sutcliffe (16–11)||Hill (7–15)|||| 37,846 ||93–69|| |- 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 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 Dwight Smith (baseball) 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 Mitch Webster 98 272 70 .257 3 19 Lloyd McClendon 92 259 74 .286 12 40 Domingo Ramos 85 179 47 .263 1 19 Curt Wilkerson 77 160 39 .244 1 10 Joe Girardi 59 157 39 .248 1 14 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 Marvell Wynne 20 48 9 .188 1 4 Phil Stephenson 17 21 3 .143 0 0 Greg Smith Greg Smith (infielder) 4 5 2 .400 0 2 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 Greg Maddux 35 238.0 19 12 2.95 135 Rick Sutcliffe 35 229.0 16 11 3.66 153 Mike Bielecki 33 212.1 18 7 3.14 147 Joe Kraemer 1 3.2 0 1 4.91 5 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 Scott Sanderson Scott Sanderson (baseball) 37 146.0 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 Steve Wilson (baseball) 53 85.2 6 4 4.20 65 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 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 Dean Wilkins (baseball) 11 1 0 0 4.60 14 Kevin Blankenship 2 0 0 0 1.69 2 NLCS Game 1 October 4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago Team123456789RHESan Francisco30140003011130Chicago201000000381W: Scott Garrelts (1–0)   L: Greg Maddux (0–1)   S: NoneHR: 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 Team123456789RHESan Francisco0002000215100Chicago60000300X9110W: Les Lancaster (1–0)   L: Rick Reuschel (0–1)   S: NoneHR: SF – Kevin Mitchell (2), Matt Williams (1), Robby Thompson (1)  CHC – NonePitchers: 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 Team123456789RHEChicago2001001004100San Francisco30000020X583W: 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 Team123456789RHEChicago1100200004121San Francisco10212000X691W: 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 Team123456789RHEChicago0010000012101San Francisco00000012X341W: Rick Reuschel (1–1)   L: Mike Bielecki (0–1)   S: Steve Bedrosian (3)HR: CHC – None  SF – NonePitchers: 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) All-Star Game Ryne Sandberg, second base, starter Andre Dawson, outfield, reserve Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher, reserve Mitch Williams, relief pitcher, reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Pete Mackanin AA Charlotte Knights Southern League Jim Essian A Winston-Salem Spirits Carolina League Jay Loviglio A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Brad Mills A Charleston Wheelers South Atlantic League Greg Mahlberg A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Bill Hayes Rookie Wytheville Cubs Appalachian League Steve RoadcapJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References External links 1989 Chicago Cubs at Baseball Reference https://archive.today/20070619142254/http://sports-library.com/index.php/1989_Chicago_Cubs_Season 1989 Cubs on a Chicago-centric wiki el Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Category:National League East champion seasons Chicago Category:1989 in Chicago