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1989 Chicago Cubs
	National League East Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1876);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Wrigley Field (since 1916); Chicago (since 1870);
Results
Record	93-69 (.574)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
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 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.

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

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1989 National League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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

Game log

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	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
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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)

All-Star Game

Ryne Sandberg, Second Base, Starter
Andre Dawson, Outfield, Reserve
Rick Sutcliffe, Pitcher, Reserve
Mitch Williams, Relief Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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 Roadcap

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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

External links

[1] Rafael Palmeiro at Baseball Reference

[2] Scott Sanderson at Baseball Reference

[3] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roomero01.shtml

[4] Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference

[5] Paul Assenmacher at Baseball Reference

[6] Phil Stephenson at Baseball Reference

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

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1989 Chicago Cubs
National League East Champions

Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916) Chicago (since 1870)
Results
Record	93-69 (.574)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
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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