1991 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs logo.svg 1991 National League East Wrigley Field Chicago 77 83 y 4th Tribune Company Jim Frey Don Zimmer, Joe Altobelli, Jim Essian WGN-TV/Superstation WGN(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Thom Brennaman) WGN(Thom Brennaman, Ron Santo, Bob Brenly, Harry Caray) chc CHC The 1991 Chicago Cubs season was the 120th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 116th in the National League and the 76th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 77–83. Offseason November 21, 1990: Danny Jackson was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksda02.shtml Danny Jackson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More Baseball-Reference.com April 9, 2023 December 6, 1990: George Bell was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.George Bell at Baseball Reference December 7, 1990: Dave Smith was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithda02.shtml Dave Smith Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More Baseball-Reference.com April 9, 2023 December 17, 1990: Randy Kramer was released by the Cubs.Randy Kramer at Baseball Reference March 29, 1991: Gary Varsho was traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Steve Carter.Gary Varsho at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions April 7, 1991: Mitch Williams was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chuck McElroy and Bob Scanlan.Mitch Williams at Baseball Reference September 29, 1991: Damon Berryhill and Mike Bielecki were traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Turk Wendell and Yorkis Pérez.Damon Berryhill at Baseball Reference Notable games July 23: In a 6–4 victory over the Reds, Andre Dawson was ejected in the bottom of the seventh inning for arguing a called third strike by umpire Joe West. After Jim Essian was also ejected for arguing, Dawson proceeded to throw seventeen bats from the bat racks onto the field from the dugout.Wrigleyville Nation https://web.archive.org/web/20141020200646/http://wrigleyvillenation.com/2014/07/23/cubs-calendar-july-23-1991/ October 20, 2014 . Retrieved 2014-Oct-20. Dawson was fined $1,000 and suspended for one game.Chicago Tribune. 1991 Sept 14. Retrieved 2014-Oct-20. Roster 1991 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 45 Paul Assenmacher 36 Mike Bielecki 47 Shawn Boskie 49 Frank Castillo 22 Mike Harkey 32 Danny Jackson 50 Les Lancaster 31 Greg Maddux 39 Scott May 35 Chuck McElroy 46 Dave Pavlas 33 Yorkis Pérez 39 Laddie Renfroe 30 Bob Scanlan 51 Heathcliff Slocumb 42 Dave Smith 40 Rick Sutcliffe 44 Steve Wilson Catchers  9 Damon Berryhill  7 Joe Girardi 37 Erik Pappas 19 Héctor Villanueva  2 Rick Wilkins Infielders 12 Shawon Dunston 17 Mark Grace 10 Luis Salazar 15 Rey Sánchez 23 Ryne Sandberg 25 Gary Scott  1 Doug Strange 16 José Vizcaíno 47 Chico Walker Outfielders 11 George Bell 29 Doug Dascenzo  8 Andre Dawson 28 Ced Landrum 27 Derrick May 18 Dwight Smith 20 Jerome Walton Manager  6 Joe Altobelli 41 Jim Essian  4 Don Zimmer Coaches  6 Joe Altobelli (bench/hitting)  5 Chuck Cottier (third base)  3 José Martínez (first base) 34 Dick Pole (pitching) 48 Phil Roof (bullpen) Opening Day lineup CF 20 Jerome Walton 2B 23 Ryne Sandberg 1B 17 Mark Grace LF 11 George Bell RF 8 Andre Dawson C 9 Damon Berryhill SS 12 Shawon Dunston 3B 25 Gary Scott P 32 Danny Jackson Schedule yes 1 April 9 l Cardinals 1–4 Smith Jackson Smith 31,622 0–1 2 April 10 w Cardinals 2–0 Maddux DeLeon Smith 11,204 1–1 3 April 11 l Cardinals 4–5 Hill Harkey Smith 10,830 1–2 4 April 12 l Pirates 1–3 Smiley Boskie Palacios 8,704 1–3 5 April 13 w Pirates 7–3 Bielecki Drabek 23,838 2–3 6 April 14 w Pirates 6–4 Slocumb Belinda Smith 25,994 3–3 7 April 15 w Phillies 5–4 Maddux Grimsley Smith 27,794 4–3 8 April 16 w Phillies 4–3 (13) Bielecki Williams 11,571 5–3 9 April 17 w Phillies 4–1 Boskie Combs Smith 13,680 6–3 10 April 18 w yes Pirates 3–2 Sutcliffe Drabek Assenmacher 9,148 7–3 11 April 19 l yes Pirates 4–5 Belinda Smith 13,157 7–4 12 April 20 l yes Pirates 3–9 Smith Maddux 13,179 7–5 13 April 21 l yes Pirates 12–13 (11) Patterson Bielecki 10,860 7–6 14 April 22 l yes Cardinals 2–3 Agosto Smith 23,943 7–7 15 April 23 l yes Cardinals 2–4 Tewksbury Sutcliffe Smith 25,384 7–8 16 April 24 w yes Cardinals 1–0 Bielecki DeLeon Assenmacher 25,339 8–8 17 April 25 l yes Reds 4–6 Power Slocumb Myers 22,914 8–9 18 April 26 l yes Reds 1–3 Rijo Harkey Dibble 37,681 8–10 19 April 27 w yes Reds 8–3 Boskie Charlton Assenmacher 35,265 9–10 20 April 28 l yes Reds 3–4 Hammond Sutcliffe Dibble 33,518 9–11 21 April 30 w Astros 10–3 Bielecki Portugal 27,523 10–11 22 May 1 w Astros 11–8 Maddux Deshaies 17,606 11–11 23 May 3 l yes Braves 2–5 Glavine Boskie Mercker 30,476 11–12 24 May 4 l yes Braves 2–4 Smoltz Sutcliffe Berenguer 20,724 11–13 25 May 5 w yes Braves 9–6 McElroy Leibrandt Smith 27,141 12–13 26 May 6 w yes Astros 4–3 Maddux Deshaies Smith 9,736 13–13 27 May 7 w yes Astros 4–3 Scanlan Hernandez Smith 13,640 14–13 28 May 8 l yes Astros 2–4 Harnisch Boskie Schilling 11,307 14–14 29 May 10 w Reds 6–5 Sutcliffe Browning Smith 35,484 15–14 30 May 11 l Reds 2–12 Rijo Bielecki 35,998 15–15 31 May 12 l Reds 3–5 Armstrong Maddux Dibble 32,353 15–16 32 May 13 l Braves 3–5 Glavine Boskie 29,579 15–17 33 May 14 w Braves 5–4 Assenmacher Mercker Smith 31,446 16–17 34 May 15 w Braves 6–1 Assenmacher Berenguer 25,814 17–17 35 May 17 l yes Phillies 0–1 (16) Greene Lancaster 28,044 17–18 36 May 18 l yes Phillies 2–5 Boever Assenmacher Williams 34,877 17–19 37 May 19 w yes Phillies 2–1 (10) Bielecki McDowell Smith 27,830 18–19 38 May 21 l yes Mets 6–8 Gooden Sutcliffe Franco 29,129 18–20 39 May 22 w yes Mets 5–2 Maddux Viola 28,749 19–20 40 May 23 w yes Mets 4–3 Lancaster Franco Assenmacher 29,763 20–20 41 May 24 w Expos 4–3 Scanlan Gardner Slocumb 32,410 21–20 42 May 25 w Expos 6–1 Bielecki Mahler McElroy 16,961 22–20 43 May 26 w Expos 8–6 Lancaster Burke Smith 35,417 23–20 44 May 27 l Mets 1–3 Viola Maddux Franco 33,897 23–21 45 May 28 l Mets 8–9 Pena Assenmacher Franco 32,811 23–22 46 May 29 l Mets 1–8 Cone Scanlan 31,359 23–23 47 May 31 w yes Expos 7–2 Bielecki Martinez Lancaster 17,308 24–23 48 June 1 w yes Expos 2–1 (10) McElroy Jones Smith 22,184 25–23 49 June 2 w yes Expos 4–3 Assenmacher Ruskin Smith 23,070 26–23 50 June 4 l Padres 1–7 Benes Scanlan 32,712 26–24 51 June 5 l Padres 0–3 Rasmussen Bielecki 22,500 26–25 52 June 6 w Padres 6–2 Maddux Melendez 23,200 27–25 53 June 7 l Dodgers 2–3 Morgan Boskie Howell 35,414 27–26 54 June 8 w Dodgers 4–3 McElroy Gross Smith 35,101 28–26 55 June 9 l Dodgers 3–6 Hershiser Jackson 34,446 28–27 56 June 10 l Dodgers 5–13 Martinez Bielecki Hartley 33,204 28–28 57 June 11 l Giants 6–8 (10) Downs Smith Righetti 32,449 28–29 58 June 12 w Giants 6–1 Boskie Robinson Smith 33,880 29–29 59 June 13 w Giants 4–3 Bielecki Wilson Assenmacher 34,149 30–29 60 June 14 w yes Padres 7–3 Jackson Benes Smith 30,161 31–29 61 June 15 l yes Padres 2–6 Rasmussen Bielecki 23,557 31–30 62 June 16 l yes Padres 2–4 Melendez Maddux Andersen 28,961 31–31 63 June 17 l yes Dodgers 4–6 Morgan Boskie Crews 42,767 31–32 64 June 18 l yes Dodgers 5–6 (13) Hartley Bielecki 37,402 31–33 65 June 19 l yes Dodgers 8–9 Howell Assenmacher 39,287 31–34 66 June 20 l yes Giants 3–4 Oliveras Lancaster Righetti 16,408 31–35 67 June 21 l yes Giants 2–4 Downs Maddux Righetti 17,198 31–36 68 June 22 l yes Giants 3–6 Wilson Boskie Oliveras 31,841 31–37 69 June 23 l yes Giants 1–2 Brantley Smith 42,389 31–38 70 June 25 w yes Pirates 5–1 Lancaster Smiley 31,115 32–38 71 June 26 l yes Pirates 6–7 Walk Maddux Landrum 41,389 32–39 72 June 27 l yes Pirates 3–4 Palacios Assenmacher 30,960 32–40 73 June 28 l Cardinals 6–14 Olivares Scanlan 35,220 32–41 74 June 29 w Cardinals 6–4 Lancaster Tewksbury Assenmacher 34,957 33–41 75 June 30 w Cardinals 7–4 McElroy DeLeon 32,736 34–41 76 July 1 w Pirates 6–5 (13) Scanlan Belinda 32,633 35–41 77 July 2 l Pirates 4–13 Drabek Boskie 34,332 35–42 78 July 3 l Pirates 7–11 Smith Lancaster 33,432 35–43 79 July 4 w Pirates 9–8 (11) McElroy Landrum 31,098 36–43 80 July 5 w yes Cardinals 5–1 Castillo DeLeon 49,251 37–43 81 July 6 w yes Cardinals 12–2 Bielecki Smith 48,313 38–43 82 July 7 l yes Cardinals 7–8 (12) Fraser Renfroe 39,595 38–44 83 July 11 l Astros 4–6 (11) Osuna Smith Capel 32,313 38–45 84 July 12 w Astros 5–2 Castillo Portugal Assenmacher 33,772 39–45 85 July 13 w Astros 4–3 Lancaster Capel 32,588 40–45 86 July 14 w Astros 4–3 Bielecki Kile Assenmacher 33,750 41–45 87 July 15 w yes Braves 6–4 Maddux Smith Assenmacher 25,057 42–45 88 July 16 l yes Braves 5–8 Freeman Scanlan Berenguer 25,893 42–46 89 July 17 l yes Braves 2–12 Smoltz Lancaster 16,984 42–47 90 July 19 l yes Astros 2–5 Harnisch Scanlan Osuna 27,577 42–48 91 July 20 w yes Astros 6–0 Maddux Kile 37,970 43–48 92 July 21 w yes Astros 4–2 Castillo Clancy 28,847 44–48 93 July 23 w Reds 8–5 Lancaster Myers Assenmacher 34,458 45–48 94 July 24 l Reds 3–12 Browning Bielecki 36,215 45–49 95 July 25 w Reds 5–4 (13) Slocumb Layana 35,008 46–49 96 July 26 l Braves 2–6 Avery Castillo 35,604 46–50 97 July 27 w Braves 7–5 Lancaster Smoltz McElroy 34,023 47–50 98 July 28 w Braves 6–2 Bielecki Leibrandt Assenmacher 33,782 48–50 99 July 30 l yes Reds 5–6 (10) Dibble McElroy 37,832 48–51 100 July 31 l yes Reds 1–5 Rijo Castillo Power 36,483 48–52 101 August 2 w yes Mets 4–2 (10) Assenmacher Pena 35,361 49–52 102 August 3 w yes Mets 9–2 Scanlan Viola 39,804 50–52 103 August 4 w yes Mets 8–3 Maddux Cone 36,080 51–52 104 August 5 w yes Mets 7–2 Castillo Schourek 27,508 52–52 105 August 6 l yes Phillies 2–6 (11) Williams Lancaster 26,562 52–53 106 August 7 l yes Phillies 4–5 (11) Williams Lancaster 26,294 52–54 107 August 8 l yes Phillies 1–11 Cox Jackson 32,232 52–55 108 August 9 w Mets 5–4 Maddux Cone 36,110 53–55 109 August 10 w Mets 6–2 Scanlan Burke Lancaster 35,639 54–55 110 August 11 w Mets 3–2 (14) Boskie Schourek 33,128 55–55 111 August 12 w Mets 3–2 (10) Lancaster Burke 34,342 56–55 112 August 13 l Expos 6–7 Sampen Lancaster Fassero 34,085 56–56 113 August 14 l Expos 0–2 Barnes Maddux Jones 34,817 56–57 114 August 15 w Expos 7–6 Assenmacher Fassero McElroy 33,514 57–57 115 August 16 w Phillies 9–1 Sutcliffe Ruffin 34,547 58–57 116 August 17 l Phillies 2–5 Mulholland Bielecki Williams 33,223 58–58 117 August 18 w Phillies 7–6 (10) Assenmacher Williams 32,801 59–58 118 August 19 w yes Expos 3–2 (11) Assenmacher Sampen 10,792 60–58 119 August 20 l yes Expos 2–4 Haney Scanlan Rojas 12,987 60–59 120 August 21 w yes Expos 3–1 Sutcliffe Nabholz Lancaster 15,192 61–59 121 August 23 w Padres 5–4 Lancaster Lefferts 33,090 62–59 122 August 24 l Padres 1–4 Benes Maddux Melendez 32,760 62–60 123 August 25 l Padres 9–12 Maddux Scanlan Melendez 31,190 62–61 124 August 26 l Dodgers 3–4 Gott McElroy Howell 31,149 62–62 125 August 27 w Dodgers 2–1 Castillo Martinez 31,624 63–62 126 August 28 w yes Giants 8–6 Bielecki McClellan Assenmacher 16,230 64–62 127 August 29 w yes Giants 5–4 Maddux Oliveras 19,887 65–62 128 August 30 l yes Dodgers 0–2 Belcher Jackson 39,666 65–63 129 August 31 l yes Dodgers 2–3 McDowell Assenmacher Howell 46,943 65–64 130 September 1 l yes Dodgers 3–12 Martinez Castillo 38,742 65–65 131 September 2 w yes Padres 10–8 McElroy Melendez 12,706 66–65 132 September 3 l yes Padres 1–4 Benes Maddux 9,047 66–66 133 September 4 l yes Padres 1–5 Rasmussen Jackson 9,952 66–67 134 September 6 w Giants 3–2 Castillo Hickerson Smith 22,090 67–67 135 September 7 w Giants 2–1 Bielecki McClellan Assenmacher 30,821 68–67 136 September 8 l Giants 3–4 Wilson Maddux Righetti 27,875 68–68 137 September 9 l Pirates 10–12 Belinda Smith Rodriguez 18,775 68–69 138 September 10 w Pirates 6–2 Sutcliffe Tomlin Scanlan 29,299 69–69 139 September 11 l Mets 1–4 Castillo Castillo Franco 15,795 69–70 140 September 12 l Mets 3–6 Young Bielecki Whitehurst 14,324 69–71 141 September 13 l Expos 2–3 Martinez Scanlan Jones 17,668 69–72 142 September 14 w Expos 7–5 (10) Scanlan Jones 30,130 70–72 143 September 15 l Expos 5–6 (10) Rojas Assenmacher Fassero 25,601 70–73 144 September 16 l yes Pirates 4–5 Smith Castillo Mason 16,149 70–74 145 September 17 l yes Pirates 2–9 Drabek Bielecki 18,152 70–75 146 September 18 w yes Mets 4–1 Maddux Viola 11,980 71–75 147 September 22 l Expos 2–6 Gardner Sutcliffe 71–76 148 September 22 l Expos 3–5 Sampen Castillo Rojas 16,061 71–77 149 September 23 w Phillies 10–3 Maddux Mulholland 16,141 72–77 150 September 24 l Phillies 2–4 Ashby Bielecki Williams 19,694 72–78 151 September 25 l Phillies 4–5 Greene Boskie Williams 9,892 72–79 152 September 27 l yes Cardinals 4–5 Tewksbury Castillo Smith 30,429 72–80 153 September 28 l yes Cardinals 2–3 Hill Maddux Smith 38,304 72–81 154 September 29 w yes Cardinals 5–3 Sutcliffe Smith Assenmacher 42,665 73–81 155 September 30 l yes Phillies 5–6 Ritchie Assenmacher 12,109 73–82 156 October 1 l yes Phillies 5–6 (13) Ruffin Assenmacher 12,291 73–83 157 October 2 w yes Phillies 1–0 Maddux de Jesus 13,680 74–83 158 October 5 w Cardinals 3–2 Scanlan Fraser 75–83 159 October 5 w Cardinals 7–5 Perez Agosto Assenmacher 21,295 76–83 160 October 6 w Cardinals 7–3 Maddux Olivares 17,169 77–83 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 Rick Wilkins Rick Wilkins (catcher) 86 203 45 .222 6 22 1B Mark Grace 160 619 169 .273 8 58 2B Ryne Sandberg 158 585 170 .291 26 100 3B Luis Salazar 103 333 86 .258 14 38 SS Shawon Dunston 142 492 128 .260 12 50 LF George Bell George Bell (outfielder) 148 558 159 .285 25 86 CF Jerome Walton 123 270 59 .219 5 17 RF Andre Dawson 149 563 153 .272 31 104 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 Chico Walker 124 374 96 .257 6 34 Doug Dascenzo 118 239 61 .255 1 18 Héctor Villanueva 71 192 53 .276 13 32 Dwight Smith 90 167 38 .228 3 21 Damon Berryhill 62 159 30 .189 5 14 José Vizcaíno 93 145 38 .262 0 10 Ced Landrum 56 86 20 .233 0 6 Gary Scott 31 79 13 .165 1 5 Joe Girardi 21 47 9 .191 0 6 Rey Sánchez 13 23 6 .261 0 2 Derrick May 15 22 5 .227 1 3 Erik Pappas 7 17 3 .176 0 2 Doug Strange 3 9 4 .444 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 Greg Maddux 37 263.0 15 11 3.35 198 Shawn Boskie 28 129.0 4 9 5.23 62 Frank Castillo 18 111.2 6 7 4.35 73 Rick Sutcliffe 19 96.2 6 5 4.10 52 Danny Jackson 17 70.2 1 5 6.75 31 Mike Harkey 4 18.2 0 2 5.30 15 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 Mike Bielecki 39 172.0 13 11 4.50 72 Les Lancaster 64 156.0 9 7 3.52 102 Bob Scanlan 40 111.0 7 8 3.89 44 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 Dave Smith 35 0 6 17 6.00 16 Paul Assenmacher 75 7 8 15 3.24 117 Chuck McElroy 71 6 2 3 1.95 92 Heathcliff Slocumb 52 2 1 1 3.45 34 Steve Wilson 8 0 0 0 4.38 9 Laddie Renfroe 4 0 1 0 13.50 4 Yorkis Pérez 3 1 0 0 2.08 3 Doug Dascenzo 3 0 0 0 0.00 2 Scott May Scott May (baseball) 2 0 0 0 18.00 1 Dave Pavlas 1 0 0 0 18.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Jim Essian and Mick Kelleher AA Charlotte Knights Southern League Jay Loviglio A Winston-Salem Spirits Carolina League Brad Mills A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Bill Hayes A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Greg Mahlberg Rookie Huntington Cubs Appalachian League Steve RoadcapJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes External links 1991 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1991 in Chicago