2012 Chicago Cubs season

2012 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Results
Record	61–101 (.377)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Ricketts
General manager(s)	Jed Hoyer
Manager(s)	Dale Sveum
Local television	WGN-TV WGN America CSN Chicago CSN Chicago Plus WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenley)
Local radio	WGN (AM) Chicago Cubs Radio Network (Pat Hughes, Keith Moreland, Judd Sirott)
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The 2012 Chicago Cubs season was the 141st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 137th in the National League and the 97th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the NL Central with a record of 61-101, their worst record since 1966.

Regular season

NL Central standings

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	9	50–31	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	14	49–32	34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	18	45–36	34–47
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	36	38–43	23–58
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	42	35–46	20–61

NL Wild Card

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	0.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	0.580

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	0.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	5
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	0.500	7
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	0.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	0.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	0.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	33

Record vs. opponents

2012 National League Records Source: MLB Standings Grid
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	HOU	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–5	5–4	2–5	9–7	6–0	12–6	5–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	3–4	7–11	9–9	1–5	2–4	9–6
Atlanta	5–2	–	3–4	1–5	6–1	4–2	3–3	14–4	3–3	12–6	12–6	3–2	4–3	3–4	5–1	8–10	8–10
Chicago	4–5	4–3	–	4–12	2–4	8–5	2–4	2–4	4–13	4–2	2–4	8–8	3–3	1–6	7–10	1–6	5–10
Cincinnati	5–2	5–1	12–4	–	5–1	10–5	2–4	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	11–7	6–2	4–3	6–7	2–5	7–8
Colorado	7–9	1–6	4–2	1–5	–	5–2	8–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	2–7	2–4	8–10	4–14	2–5	4–3	2–13
Houston	0–6	2–4	5–8	5–10	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	8–9	4–2	3–3	5–12	3–5	1–8	4–11	1–7	6–9
Los Angeles	6–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–8	4–2	–	4–2	1–6	4–3	5–2	6–1	11–7	8-10	6–5	4–2	6–9
Miami	3–5	4–14	4–2	3–3	4–3	4–2	2–4	–	4–4	4–12	8–10	1–4	5–1	5–2	2–5	9–9	5–13
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	13–4	6–9	1–5	9–8	6–1	4–4	–	3–2	2–5	11–4	3–4	2–4	6–9	3–5	6–9
New York	4–3	6–12	2–4	2–6	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–4	2–3	–	10–8	5–2	4–3	4–4	4–3	4–14	8–7
Philadelphia	4–2	6–12	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–3	2–5	10–8	5–2	8–10	–	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–2	9-9	5–10
Pittsburgh	4–3	2–3	8–8	7–11	4–2	12–5	1–6	4–1	4–11	2–5	4–3	–	1–5	3–3	8–7	3–2	10–8
San Diego	11–7	3–4	3–3	2–6	10–8	5–3	7–11	1–5	4–3	3–4	3–4	5–1	–	6–12	3–3	2–3	8–7
San Francisco	9–9	4–3	6–1	3–4	14–4	8–1	10–8	2–5	4–2	4–4	4–2	3–3	12–6	–	3–3	1–5	7–8
St. Louis	5–1	1–5	10–7	7–6	5–2	11–4	5–6	5–2	9–6	3–4	3–4	7–8	3–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–7
Washington	4–2	10–8	6–1	5–2	3–4	7–1	2–4	9–9	5–3	14–4	9-9	2–3	3–2	5-1	4-3	–	10–8

Game log

Legend
	Cubs win
	Cubs loss
	Postponement
Bold	Cubs team member

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April (8–15) – home (5–8) – road (3–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 5	Nationals	1–2	Clippard (1–0)	Mármol (0–1)	Lidge (1)	41,176	0–1
2	April 7	Nationals	4–7	Mattheus (1–0)	Wood (0–1)	Rodriguez (1)	40,102	0–2
3	April 8	Nationals	4–3	Samardzija (1–0)	Zimmermann (0–1)	Mármol (1)	31,973	1–2
4	April 9	Brewers	5–7	Marcum (1–0)	Camp (0–1)	Axford (1)	38,136	1–3
5	April 10	Brewers	4–7	Narveson (1–0)	Maholm (0–1)	Rodriguez (1)	37,265	1–4
6	April 11	Brewers	1–2	Gallardo (1–1)	Dempster (0–1)	Axford (2)	34,044	1–5
7	April 12	Brewers	8–0	Garza (1–0)	Greinke (1–1)		36,311	2–5
8	April 13	@ Cardinals	9–5	Samardzija (2–0)	Wainwright (0–2)		46,882	3–5
9	April 14	@ Cardinals	1–5	Lynn (2–0)	Volstad (0–1)		46,792	3–6
10	April 15	@ Cardinals	3–10	Westbrook (2–0)	Maholm (0–2)		44,952	3–7
11	April 17	@ Marlins	2–5	Cishek (1–0)	Dolis (0–1)	Bell (1)	24,544	3–8
12	April 18	@ Marlins	1–9	Buehrle (1–2)	Garza (1–1)		25,723	3–9
13	April 19	@ Marlins	3–5	Nolasco (2–0)	Samardzija (2–1)	Bell (2)	23,168	3–10
14	April 20	Reds	4–9	Bailey (1–2)	Volstad (0–2)		37,782	3–11
15	April 21	Reds	6–1	Maholm (1–2)	Leake (0–2)		38,405	4–11
16	April 22	Reds	3–4	Cueto (2–0)	López (0–1)	Marshall (3)	35,801	4–12
17	April 23	Cardinals	3–2	Dolis (1–1)	Motte (1–1)		37,794	5–12
18	April 24	Cardinals	3–2 (10)	Russell (1–0)	Salas (0–1)		38,894	6–12
19	April 25	Cardinals	1–5	Lynn (4–0)	Volstad (0–3)		34,894	6–13
20	April 27	@ Phillies	5–1	Maholm (2–2)	Halladay (3–2)	Dolis (1)	45,261	7–13
21	April 28	@ Phillies	2–5	Blanton (2–3)	Wells (0–1)	Papelbon (7)	45,196	7–14
22	April 29	@ Phillies	5–1	Garza (2–1)	Kendrick (0–2)		45,550	8–14
23	April 30	@ Phillies	4–6	Qualls (1–0)	Maine (0–1)	Papelbon (8)	45,397	8–15

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May (10–17) – home (7–7) – road (3–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
--	May 1	@ Reds	Postponed (rain). Makeup Date August 18.
24	May 2	@ Reds	3–1	Samardzija (3–1)	Arroyo (1–1)	Mármol (2)	18,868	9–15
25	May 3	@ Reds	3–4 (10)	Ondrusek (2–0)	Dolis (1–2)		23,288	9–16
26	May 4	Dodgers	5–4	Maholm (3–2)	Billingsley (2–2)	Dolis (2)	37,332	10–16
27	May 5	Dodgers	1–5	Capuano (4–0)	Volstad (0–4)		39,874	10–17
28	May 6	Dodgers	4–3 (11)	Dolis (2–2)	Wright (1–2)		38,125	11–17
29	May 7	Braves	5–1	Samardzija (4–1)	Hanson (3–3)		36,307	12–17
30	May 8	Braves	1–3	Medlen (1–0)	Wood (0–2)	Kimbrel (10)	38,523	12–18
31	May 9	Braves	1–0	Maholm (4–2)	Hudson (1–1)	Dolis (3)	31,904	13–18
32	May 11	@ Brewers	7–8 (13)	Chulk (1–0)	Castillo (0–1)		40,097	13–19
33	May 12	@ Brewers	2–8	Marcum (2–1)	Volstad (0–5)		42,339	13–20
34	May 13	@ Brewers	8–2	Camp (1–1)	Loe (2–1)		42,167	14–20
35	May 14	@ Cardinals	6–4	Camp (2–1)	Boggs (0–1)	Dolis (4)	44,276	15–20
36	May 15	@ Cardinals	6–7	Motte (2–1)	Dolis (2–3)		45,538	15–21
37	May 16	Phillies	2–9	Contreras (1–0)	Camp (2–2)		38,678	15–22
38	May 17	Phillies	7–8	Halladay (4–3)	Volstad (0–6)	Papelbon (11)	37,986	15–23
39	May 18	White Sox	2–3	Thornton (2–3)	Samardzija (4–2)	Reed (4)	34,937	15–24
40	May 19	White Sox	4–7	Danks (3–4)	Dempster (0–2)		40,228	15–25
41	May 20	White Sox	0–6	Peavy (5–1)	Maholm (4–3)		38,374	15–26
42	May 21	@ Astros	4–8	Norris (5–1)	Garza (2–2)		16,895	15–27
43	May 22	@ Astros	1–2	Happ (4–3)	Wood (0–1)	Myers (11)	20,091	15–28
44	May 23	@ Astros	1–5	Rodríguez (4–4)	Samardzija (4–3)		18,732	15–29
45	May 25	@ Pirates	0–1	Burnett (3–2)	Dempster (0–3)	Hanrahan (11)	29,914	15–30
46	May 26	@ Pirates	2–3	Hanrahan (2–0)	Dolis (2–4)		38,132	15–31
47	May 27	@ Pirates	4–10	Bédard (3–5)	Garza (2–3)		27,486	15–32
48	May 28	Padres	11–7	Wells (1–1)	Hinshaw (0–1)		38,452	16–32
49	May 29	Padres	5–3	Samardzija (5–3)	Stults (1–1)	Russell (1)	35,219	17–32
50	May 30	Padres	8–6	Russell (2–0)	Thayer (0–1)		38,516	18–32

June (10–17) – home (6–5) – road (4–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
51	June 1	@ Giants	3–4	Bumgarner (6–4)	Maholm (4–4)	López (1)	41,100	18–33
52	June 2	@ Giants	1–2	Cain (6–2)	Garza (2–4)	Romo (1)	41,239	18–34
53	June 3	@ Giants	0–2	Zito (5–2)	Wood (0–2)	Romo (2)	41,112	18–35
54	June 4	@ Giants	2–3	Vogelsong (4–2)	Mármol (0–2)	Affeldt (1)	41,524	18–36
55	June 5	@ Brewers	10–0	Dempster (1–3)	Gallardo (4–5)		28,071	19–36
56	June 6	@ Brewers	0–8	Greinke (7–2)	Maholm (4–5)		27,112	19–37
57	June 7	@ Brewers	3–4 (10)	Axford (1–2)	Coleman (0–1)		30,123	19–38
58	June 8	@ Twins	7–8 (10)	Capps (1–3)	Camp (2–3)		38,014	19–39
59	June 9	@ Twins	3–11	Diamond (5–1)	Samardzija (5–4)		39,309	19–40
60	June 10	@ Twins	8–2	Dempster (2–3)	Liriano (1–7)		37,526	20–40
61	June 12	Tigers	4–3	Mármol (1–2)	Coke (1–3)	Camp (1)	41,164	21–40
62	June 13	Tigers	4–8	Porcello (4–4)	Garza (2–5)		41,326	21–41
63	June 14	Tigers	3–5	Verlander (6–4)	Wood (0–3)	Valverde (13)	42,292	21–42
64	June 15	Red Sox	3–0	Dempster (3–3)	Matsuzaka (0–2)	Mármol (3)	40,073	22–42
65	June 16	Red Sox	3–4	Lester (4–4)	Samardzija (5–5)	Aceves (16)	40,766	22–43
66	June 17	Red Sox	4–7	Albers (2–0)	Camp (2–4)		38,531	22–44
67	June 18	@ White Sox	12–3	Garza (3–5)	Stewart (1–2)		33,215	23–44
68	June 19	@ White Sox	2–1	Wood (1–3)	Peavy (6–3)	Mármol (4)	30,282	24–44
69	June 20	@ White Sox	0–7	Floyd (5–7)	Wells (1–2)		32,311	24–45
70	June 22	@ Diamondbacks	1–6	Ziegler (4–1)	Samardzija (5–6)	Hernandez (2)	34,654	24–46
71	June 23	@ Diamondbacks	5–10	Breslow (2–0)	Maholm (4–6)		38,542	24–47
72	June 24	@ Diamondbacks	1–5	Miley (9–3)	Garza (3–6)		33,448	24–48
73	June 25	Mets	6–1	Wood (2–3)	Santana (5–4)		34,092	25–48
74	June 26	Mets	5–3	Maine (1–1)	Gee (5–6)	Mármol (5)	34,064	26–48
75	June 27	Mets	1–17	Niese (6–3)	Samardzija (5–7)		35,837	26–49
76	June 29	Astros	4–0	Maholm (5–6)	Norris (5–5)	Mármol (6)	32,891	27–49
77	June 30	Astros	3–2	Garza (4–6)	Happ (6–8)	Mármol (7)	37,906	28–49

July (15–10) – home (9–3) – road (6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	July 1	Astros	3–0	Wood (3–3)	Rodríguez (6–6)	Mármol (8)	37,389	29–49
79	July 2	@ Braves	4–1	Samardzija (6–7)	Hanson (9–5)	Russell (2)	22,292	30–49
80	July 3	@ Braves	3–10	Jurrjens (2–2)	Volstad (0–7)		27,834	30–50
81	July 4	@ Braves	5–1	Maholm (6–6)	Delgado (4–9)		40,604	31–50
82	July 5	@ Braves	3–7	Minor (5–6)	Garza (4–7)		24,408	31–51
83	July 6	@ Mets	8–7	Wood (4–3)	Santana (6–5)		27,956	32–51
84	July 7	@ Mets	1–3	Gee (6–7)	Samardzija (6–8)	Parnell (2)	26,096	32–52
85	July 8	@ Mets	7–0	Dempster (4–3)	Niese (7–4)		25,920	33–52
86	July 13	Diamondbacks	8–1	Maholm (7–6)	Kennedy (6–8)		36,878	34–52
87	July 14	Diamondbacks	4–1	Dempster (5–3)	Saunders (4–6)	Mármol (9)	38,068	35–52
88	July 15	Diamondbacks	3–1	Garza (5–7)	Cahill (7–8)	Mármol (10)	36,659	36–52
89	July 17	Marlins	5–9	Sánchez (5–6)	Wood (4–4)		34,397	36–53
90	July 18	Marlins	5–1 (8)	Russell (3–0)	Johnson (5–7)		34,934	37–53
91	July 19	Marlins	4–2	Maholm (8–6)	Buehrle (9–9)	Mármol (11)	32,741	38–53
92	July 20	@ Cardinals	1–4	Lohse (10–2)	Dempster (5–4)	Motte (21)	43,786	38–54
93	July 21	@ Cardinals	0–12	Westbrook (8–8)	Germano (0–1)		43,424	38–55
94	July 22	@ Cardinals	0–7	Lynn (12–4)	Wood (4–5)		42,411	38–56
95	July 23	@ Pirates	2–0	Samardzija (7–8)	Bédard (5–11)	Mármol (12)	27,586	39–56
96	July 24	@ Pirates	5–1	Maholm (9–6)	McDonald (10–4)		32,497	40–56
97	July 25	@ Pirates	2–3	Correia (8–6)	Dempster (5–5)	Hanrahan (29)	33,935	40–57
98	July 27	Cardinals	6–9	Lynn (13–4)	Wood (4–6)	Motte (23)	40,778	40–58
99	July 28	Cardinals	3–2	Russell (4–0)	Kelly (1–4)	Mármol (13)	41,276	41–58
100	July 29	Cardinals	4–2 (10)	Russell (5–0)	Rosenthal (0–1)		39,534	42–58
101	July 30	Pirates	14–4	Germano (1–1)	Bédard (5–12)		33,337	43–58
102	July 31	Pirates	0–5	Burnett (13–3)	Coleman (0–2)		33,158	43–59

August (8–21) – home (7–9) – road (1–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
103	August 1	Pirates	4–8	Karstens (4–2)	Wood (4–7)		33,014	43–60
104	August 3	@ Dodgers	1–6	Billingsley (7–9)	Samardzija (7–9)		43,537	43–61
105	August 4	@ Dodgers	1–3	Kershaw (9–6)	Volstad (0–8)	Jansen (21)	46,588	43–62
106	August 5	@ Dodgers	6–7	Jansen (5–3)	Camp (2–5)		42,495	43–63
107	August 6	@ Padres	0–2	Stults (2–2)	Wood (4–8)	Street (19)	27,187	43–64
108	August 7	@ Padres	4–7	Ohlendorf (4–2)	Raley (0–1)	Street (20)	26,518	43–65
109	August 8	@ Padres	0–2	Richard (9–11)	Samardzija (7–10)		24,663	43–66
110	August 9	Reds	5–3	Camp (3–5)	Marshall (4–4)	Mármol (14)	33,397	44–66
111	August 10	Reds	8–10	Bailey (10–7)	Germano (1–2)	Chapman (26)	36,891	44–67
112	August 11	Reds	2–4	Arroyo (8–7)	Russell (5–1)	Chapman (27)	40,602	44–68
113	August 12	Reds	0–3	Cueto (15–6)	Raley (0–2)	Chapman (28)	35,461	44–69
114	August 13	Astros	7–1	Samardzija (8–10)	Galarraga (0–3)		31,452	45–69
115	August 14	Astros	1–10	Harrell (10–8)	Volstad (0–9)		33,376	45–70
116	August 15	Astros	7–2	Germano (2–2)	Norris (5–10)		33,714	46–70
117	August 17	@ Reds	3–7	Arroyo (9–7)	Wood (4–9)		35,332	46–71
118	August 18	@ Reds	3–5	Cueto (16–6)	Samardzija (8–11)	Chapman (29)	28,754	46–72
119	August 18	@ Reds	9–7	Raley (1–2)	Redmond (0–1)	Mármol (15)	41,236	47–72
120	August 19	@ Reds	4–5	Chapman (5–4)	Camp (3–6)		41,615	47–73
121	August 20	@ Brewers	5–9	Rogers (1–1)	Germano (2–3)		28,776	47–74
122	August 21	@ Brewers	2–5	Estrada (1–5)	Rusin (0–1)	Axford (19)	29,179	47–75
123	August 22	@ Brewers	2–3	Gallardo (13–8)	Wood (4–10)	Axford (20)	30,743	47–76
124	August 24	Rockies	5–3	Russell (6–1)	Belisle (3–5)	Mármol (16)	31,255	48–76
125	August 25	Rockies	3–4	Torres (3–1)	Corpas (0–1)	Betancourt (26)	35,296	48–77
126	August 26	Rockies	5–0 (8)	Volstad (1–9)	Chacín (1–4)	Camp (2)	32,346	49–77
127	August 27	Brewers	4–15	Estrada (2–5)	Germano (2–4)		32,541	49–78
128	August 28	Brewers	1–4	Gallardo (14–8)	Wood (4–11)	Axford (21)	30,017	49–79
129	August 29	Brewers	1–3	Fiers (8–6)	Samardzija (8–12)	Axford (22)	33,271	49–80
130	August 30	Brewers	12–11	Mármol (2–2)	Rodríguez (2–7)		28,859	50–80
131	August 31	Giants	6–4	Volstad (2–9)	Bumgarner (14–9)	Mármol (17)	32,476	51–80

September (9–19) – home (3–9) – road (6–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	Giants	2–5	Lincecum (8–14)	Germano (2–5)	Romo (9)	32,477	51–81
133	September 2	Giants	5–7	Casilla (6–5)	Mármol (2–3)	López (6)	39,760	51–82
134	September 3	@ Nationals	1–2	Detwiler (9–6)	Samardzija (8–13)	Clippard (30)	23,215	51–83
135	September 4	@ Nationals	5–11	Jackson (9–9)	Rusin (0–2)		17,648	51–84
136	September 5	@ Nationals	1–9	Gonzalez (18–7)	Volstad (2–10)		21,244	51–85
137	September 6	@ Nationals	2–9	Zimmermann (10–8)	Germano (2–6)		22,447	51–86
138	September 7	@ Pirates	12–2	Wood (5–11)	Burnett (15–6)		32,699	52–86
139	September 8	@ Pirates	4–3	Samardzija (9–13)	Grilli (1–5)		35,661	53–86
140	September 9	@ Pirates	4–2	Russell (7–1)	Grilli (1–6)	Mármol (18)	28,671	54–86
141	September 10	@ Astros	4–1	Volstad (3–10)	Rodriguez (1–10)	Mármol (19)	13,121	55–86
142	September 11	@ Astros	0–1	Lyles (4–11)	Germano (2–7)	López (4)	14,205	55–87
143	September 12	@ Astros	5–1	Wood (6–11)	Abad (0–4)		13,101	56–87
144	September 14	Pirates	7–4	Rusin (1–2)	McDonald (12–8)	Mármol (20)	26,946	57–87
145	September 15	Pirates	6–7	Rodríguez (11–13)	Berken (0–1)	Hanrahan (35)	32,774	57–88
146	September 16	Pirates	13–9	Beliveau (1–0)	Hughes (2–2)		33,559	58–88
147	September 17	Pirates	0–3	Correia (11–9)	Wood (6–12)	Hanrahan (36)	33,017	58–89
148	September 18	Reds	1–3	Bailey (12–9)	Germano (2–8)	Broxton (26)	32,547	58–90
149	September 19	Reds	5–6 (11)	Ondrusek (5–2)	Cabrera (0–1)	Broxton (27)	31,001	58–91
150	September 20	Reds	3–5	Cueto (18–9)	Corpas (0–2)	Simón (1)	25,891	58–92
151	September 21	Cardinals	5–4 (11)	Cabrera (1–1)	Kelly (5–7)		29,100	59–92
152	September 22	Cardinals	4–5 (10)	Boggs (4–1)	Chapman (0–1)	Motte (39)	40,298	59–93
153	September 23	Cardinals	3–6	Lohse (16–3)	Germano (2–9)	Motte (40)	33,354	59–94
154	September 25	@ Rockies	5–10 (7)	Torres (5–3)	Rusin (1–3)		26,660	59–95
155	September 26	@ Rockies	0–6	Pomeranz (2–9)	Berken (0–2)		27,057	59–96
156	September 27	@ Rockies	5–7	Chacín (3–5)	Volstad (3–11)	Betancourt (31)	30,288	59–97
157	September 28	@ Diamondbacks	3–8	Kennedy (15–11)	Wood (6–13)		28,463	59–98
158	September 29	@ Diamondbacks	2–8	Cahill (13–12)	Germano (2–10)		29,084	59–99
159	September 30	@ Diamondbacks	7–2	Rusin (2–3)	Shaw (1–6)		35,535	60–99

October (1–2) – home (1–2) – road (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	Astros	0–3	Harrell (11–11)	Berken (0–3)	Wright (1)	32,167	60–100
161	October 2	Astros	0–3	Norris (7–13)	Volstad (3–12)	López (10)	33,168	60–101
162	October 3	Astros	5–4	Mármol (3–3)	Ambriz (1–1)		27,606	61-101

Roster

2012 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

37 Jairo Asencio

16 Jeff Beliveau

57 Jason Berken

28,43 Michael Bowden

55 Alberto Cabrera

54 Shawn Camp

52 Lendy Castillo

37 Jaye Chapman

27 Casey Coleman

60 Manny Corpas

46 Ryan Dempster

48 Rafael Dolis

22 Matt Garza

41 Justin Germano

59 Alex Hinshaw

19 Rodrigo López

28 Paul Maholm

57 Scott Maine

49 Carlos Mármol

55,50 Blake Parker

43 Brooks Raley

18 Chris Rusin

40 James Russell

29 Jeff Samardzija

47 Miguel Socolovich

32 Chris Volstad

36 Randy Wells

34 Kerry Wood

30 Travis Wood

Catchers

53 Welington Castillo

51 Steve Clevenger

55 Koyie Hill

47 Blake Lalli

20 Anthony Recker

18 Geovany Soto

Infielders

3 Jeff Baker

15 Darwin Barney

45 Adrian Cardenas

13 Starlin Castro

11 Blake DeWitt

6 Bryan LaHair

44 Anthony Rizzo

2 Ian Stewart

24 Luis Valbuena

5 Josh Vitters

Outfielders

24 Marlon Byrd

1 Tony Campana

9 David DeJesus

7 Brett Jackson

5 Reed Johnson

6 Bryan LaHair

16,21 Joe Mather

17 Dave Sappelt

12 Alfonso Soriano

Manager

33 Dale Sveum

Coaching Staff

4 Pat Listach (third base)

39 Dave McKay (first base)

7 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)

38 James Rowson (hitting)

95 Andrew Lane (bullpen catcher)

8 Jamie Quirk (bench)

25 Chris Bosio (pitching)

35 Lester Strode (bullpen)

98 Édgar Tovar (bullpen catcher)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2b = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
1B,RF,2B	Jeff Baker	54	134	16	36	10	1	4	20	.269	4
2B	Darwin Barney	156	548	73	139	26	4	7	44	.254	6
CF	Marlon Byrd	13	43	1	3	0	0	0	2	.070	0
CF,LF	Tony Campana	89	174	26	46	6	0	0	5	.264	30
2B,LF,3B	Adrian Cardenas	45	60	5	11	6	0	0	2	.183	0
C	Welington Castillo	52	170	16	45	11	0	5	22	.265	0
SS	Starlin Castro	162	646	78	183	29	12	14	78	.283	25
C,1B	Steve Clevenger	69	199	16	40	12	0	1	16	.201	0
RF,CF	David DeJesus	148	506	76	133	28	8	9	50	.263	7
2B,LF	Blake DeWitt	18	29	1	4	1	0	0	1	.138	0
C	Koyie Hill	11	39	3	7	1	0	0	1	.179	0
CF	Brett Jackson	44	120	14	21	6	1	4	9	.175	0
OF	Reed Johnson	76	169	23	51	9	3	3	16	.302	2
1B,RF	Bryan LaHair	130	340	42	88	17	0	16	40	.259	4
C	Blake Lalli	6	15	1	2	0	0	0	2	.133	0
OF,3B	Joe Mather	103	225	18	47	11	0	5	19	.209	5
C,1B	Anthony Recker	9	18	1	3	1	0	1	4	.167	0
1B	Anthony Rizzo	87	337	44	96	15	0	15	48	.285	3
RF	Dave Sappelt	26	69	8	19	6	0	2	8	.275	0
LF	Alfonso Soriano	151	561	68	147	33	2	32	108	.262	6
C	Geovany Soto	52	176	26	35	6	1	6	14	.199	0
3B	Ian Stewart	55	179	16	36	5	2	5	17	.201	0
3B,2B	Luis Valbuena	90	265	26	58	20	0	4	26	.219	0
3B	Josh Vitters	36	99	7	12	2	0	2	5	.121	2

Other batters

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2b = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Avg.
P	Jason Berken	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Michael Bowden	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Casey Coleman	17	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
P	Manny Corpas	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Ryan Dempster	16	32	1	3	0	1	0	1	.094
P	Matt Garza	18	30	0	2	1	0	0	0	.067
P	Justin Germano	13	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.059
P	Paul Maholm	21	39	1	3	0	0	1	3	.077
P	Scott Maine	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Brooks Raley	5	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	.200
P	Chris Rusin	7	12	0	2	0	1	0	0	.167
P	James Russell	77	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Jeff Samardzija	31	50	0	5	0	0	0	3	.100
P	Chris Volstad	21	28	0	5	0	0	0	0	.179
P	Randy Wells	12	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
P	Kerry Wood	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Travis Wood	28	53	5	10	3	0	1	4	.189

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jason Berken	0	3	4.82	4	4	18.2	23	14	10	6	11
Ryan Dempster	5	5	2.25	16	16	104.0	81	28	26	27	83
Matt Garza	5	7	3.91	18	18	103.2	90	48	45	32	96
Justin Germano	2	10	6.75	13	12	64.0	81	52	48	21	45
Paul Maholm	9	6	3.74	21	20	120.1	115	51	50	36	81
Brooks Raley	1	2	8.14	5	5	24.1	33	23	22	11	16
Chris Rusin	2	3	6.37	7	7	29.2	38	22	21	11	21
Jeff Samardzija	9	13	3.81	28	28	174.2	157	79	74	58	180
Chris Volstad	3	12	6.31	21	21	111.1	137	81	78	47	61
Travis Wood	6	13	4.27	26	26	156.0	133	80	74	57	119

Relief pitchers

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jairo Asencio	0	0	3.07	12	0	0	14.2	12	6	5	12	8
Jeff Beliveau	1	0	4.58	22	0	0	17.2	21	9	9	13	17
Michael Bowden	0	0	2.95	30	0	0	36.2	30	12	12	17	29
Alberto Cabrera	1	1	5.40	25	0	0	21.2	16	15	13	19	27
Shawn Camp	3	6	3.59	80	0	2	77.2	79	32	31	25	54
Lendy Castillo	0	1	7.88	13	0	0	16.0	24	16	14	12	13
Jaye Chapman	0	1	3.75	14	0	0	12.0	8	5	5	12	12
Casey Coleman	0	2	7.40	17	1	0	24.1	37	20	20	12	16
Manny Corpas	0	2	5.01	48	0	0	46.2	50	27	26	19	28
Rafael Dolis	2	4	6.39	34	0	4	38.0	40	29	27	24	24
Alex Hinshaw	0	0	135.00	2	0	0	0.1	4	5	5	1	0
Rodrigo López	0	1	5.68	4	0	0	6.1	8	6	4	5	2
Scott Maine	1	1	4.79	21	0	0	20.2	17	11	11	12	26
Carlos Mármol	3	3	3.42	61	0	20	55.1	40	24	21	45	72
Joe Mather	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Blake Parker	0	0	6.00	7	0	0	6.0	10	7	4	6	6
James Russell	7	1	3.25	77	0	2	69.1	67	28	25	30	55
Miguel Socolovich	0	0	4.50	6	0	0	6.0	4	3	3	3	6
Randy Wells	1	2	5.34	12	4	0	28.2	35	18	17	25	14
Kerry Wood	0	2	8.31	10	0	0	8.2	8	8	8	11	6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Dave Bialas
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Buddy Bailey
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Brian Harper
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Casey Kopitzke
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Mark Johnson
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Bobby Mitchell

References

External links

2012 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Chicago Cubs

Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park
Plant Field
Rendezvous Park
Blair Field
HoHoKam Park
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Lore

Culture

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Key personnel

Owner: Family of Joe Ricketts; operated by Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball Operations: Theo Epstein
General Manager: Jed Hoyer
Manager: Joe Maddon

World Series
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National League
championships (17)

Division
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Central	2003 2007 2008 2016

Wild Card	1998 2015

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