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Major League Baseball team season
2011 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago, Illinois
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place5th
OwnersTom Ricketts
General managersJim Hendry
ManagersMike Quade
TelevisionWGN-TV
WGN America
CSN Chicago
CSN Chicago Plus
WCIU-TV
(Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
RadioWGN (AM)
Chicago Cubs Radio Network
(Pat Hughes, Keith Moreland, Judd Sirott)
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The 2011 Chicago Cubs season was the 140th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 136th in the National League and the 96th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs, under new manager Mike Quade, finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 71–91. The Cubs displayed a patch on their uniforms to remember Cub broadcaster and player Ron Santo, who died in December 2010.

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 96 66 .593 — 57‍–‍24 39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 90 72 .556 6 45‍–‍36 45‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 79 83 .488 17 42‍–‍39 37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 90 .444 24 36‍–‍45 36‍–‍45
Chicago Cubs 71 91 .438 25 39‍–‍42 32‍–‍49
Houston Astros 56 106 .346 40 31‍–‍50 25‍–‍56

National League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies 102 60 .630
Milwaukee Brewers 96 66 .593
Arizona Diamondbacks 94 68 .580
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
St. Louis Cardinals 90 72 .556 —
Atlanta Braves 89 73 .549 1
San Francisco Giants 86 76 .531 4
Los Angeles Dodgers 82 79 .509 7½
Washington Nationals 80 81 .497 9½
Cincinnati Reds 79 83 .488 11
New York Mets 77 85 .475 13
Colorado Rockies 73 89 .451 17
Florida Marlins 72 90 .444 18
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 90 .444 18
Chicago Cubs 71 91 .438 19
San Diego Padres 71 91 .438 19
Houston Astros 56 106 .346 34


Game log

Legend
Cubs Win Cubs Loss Game Postponed
2011 Game Log
April (12–14): Home (6–8); Road (6–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record
1 April 1 Pirates 3–6 Correia (1–0) Dempster (0–1) Hanrahan (1) 41,358 0–1
2 April 2 Pirates 5–3 Marshall (1–0) Meek (0–1) Mármol (1) 35,782 1–1
3 April 3 Pirates 4–5 Karstens (1–0) Mármol (0–1) Hanrahan (2) 30,857 1–2
4 April 4 Diamondbacks 4–1 Wells (1–0) Saunders (0–1) Mármol (2) 26,292 2–2
5 April 5 Diamondbacks 6–5 Russell (1–0) Demel (1–1) Marshall (1) 27,039 3–2
6 April 6 Diamondbacks 4–6 Galarraga (1–0) Dempster (0–2) Putz (2) 32,272 3–3
7 April 8 @ Brewers 7–4 Zambrano (1–0) Wolf (0–2) Mármol (3) 34,310 4–3
8 April 9 @ Brewers 0–6 Narveson (1–0) Garza (0–1) 42,478 4–4
9 April 10 @ Brewers 5–6 Loe (1–0) Wood (0–1) Axford (3) 37,193 4–5
10 April 11 @ Astros 5–4 Dempster (1–2) Figueroa (0–2) Mármol (4) 20,175 5–5
11 April 12 @ Astros 2–11 Myers (1–0) Russell (1–1) 23,523 5–6
12 April 13 @ Astros 9–5 Zambrano (2–0) W. Rodríguez (0–2) 20,987 6–6
13 April 15 @ Rockies 0–5 Chacín (3–0) Garza (0–2) 30,218 6–7
14 April 16 @ Rockies 8–3 Coleman (1–0) Hammel (1–1) 40,164 7–7
15 April 17 @ Rockies 5–9 Betancourt (1–0) Mateo (0–1) 42,061 7–8
16 April 18 Padres 1–0 (10) Mármol (1–1) Qualls (0–1) 36,597 8–8
– April 19 Padres Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 20 (Game 2)
17 April 20 Padres 2–1 (11) Samardzija (1–0) Gregerson (0–1) 35,544 9–8
18 April 20 Padres 4–5 Harang (4–0) Russell (1–2) Bell (5) 35,095 9–9
19 April 22 Dodgers 2–12 Billingsley (2–1) Coleman (1–1) 36,595 9–10
20 April 23 Dodgers 10–8 Samardzija (2–0) Guerrier (1–1) Mármol (5) 41,161 10–10
21 April 24 Dodgers 3–7 Kuroda (3–2) Zambrano (2–1) 32,943 10–11
22 April 25 Rockies 3–5 Rogers (3–1) Garza (0–3) Street (8) 37,417 10–12
23 April 26 Rockies 3–4 de la Rosa (4–0) Russell (1–3) Street (9) 38,261 10–13
– April 27 Rockies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 27 (Game 2)
24 April 28 @ Diamondbacks 2–11 Enright (1–2) Dempster (1–3) 21,720 10–14
25 April 29 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Zambrano (3–1) Galarraga (3–2) Mármol (6) 29,450 11–14
26 April 30 @ Diamondbacks 5–3 Garza (1–3) Putz (0–1) Mármol (7) 27,711 12–14
May (11–16): Home (6–10); Road (5–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record
27 May 1 @ Diamondbacks 3–4 D. Hudson (2–4) Coleman (1–2) Putz (6) 26,620 12–15
28 May 2 @ Dodgers 2–5 Kershaw (3–3) Russell (1–4) Broxton (7) 29,663 12–16
29 May 3 @ Dodgers 4–1 Wood (1–1) Broxton (1–2) Mármol (8) 38,017 13–16
30 May 4 @ Dodgers 5–1 Zambrano (4–1) Lilly (2–3) 28,419 14–16
31 May 6 Reds 4–5 Volquez (3–1) Garza (1–4) Cordero (5) 35,471 14–17
32 May 7 Reds 3–2 Mateo (1–1) Cordero (2–1) 37,666 15–17
33 May 8 Reds 0–2 Cueto (1–0) Dempster (1–4) Cordero (6) 31,931 15–18
34 May 10 Cardinals 4–6 Carpenter (1–2) Wood (1–2) Sánchez (4) 34,249 15–19
35 May 11 Cardinals 11–4 Garza (2–4) Westbrook (2–3) 34,439 16–19
36 May 12 Cardinals 1–9 García (5–0) Coleman (1–3) 32,559 16–20
37 May 13 Giants 11–4 Dempster (2–4) Bumgarner (0–6) 37,433 17–20
38 May 14 Giants 0–3 (6) Vogelsong (3–0) Davis (0–1) 39,706 17–21
– May 15 Giants Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 28
39 May 16 @ Reds 4–7 Bailey (3–0) Zambrano (4–2) Cordero (8) 16,981 17–22
40 May 17 @ Reds 5–7 Bray (1–0) Wood (1–3) Masset (1) 18,861 17–23
41 May 18 @ Marlins 7–5 Samardzija (3–0) Mujica (4–2) Mármol (9) 14,422 18–23
42 May 19 @ Marlins 5–1 Coleman (2–3) Volstad (2–3) 16,345 19–23
43 May 20 @ Red Sox 5–15 Lester (6–1) Davis (0–2) Atchison (1) 37,140 19–24
44 May 21 @ Red Sox 9–3 Marshall (2–0) Albers (0–2) 37,798 20–24
45 May 22 @ Red Sox 1–5 Wakefield (1–1) Russell (1–5) 37,688 20–25
46 May 24 Mets 11–1 Dempster (3–4) Niese (3–5) 35,707 21–25
47 May 25 Mets 4–7 (7) Gee (4–0) Coleman (2–4) 36,666 21–26
48 May 26 Mets 9–3 Zambrano (5–2) Beato (1–1) 33,378 22–26
49 May 27 Pirates 2–4 Correia (7–4) Davis (0–3) Hanrahan (14) 34,105 22–27
50 May 28 Pirates 0–10 Maholm (2–7) Wells (1–1) 38,413 22–28
51 May 29 Pirates 3–2 Dempster (4–4) Karstens (3–4) Mármol (10) 37,464 23–28
52 May 30 Astros 7–12 Escalona (1–0) Samardzija (3–1) 30,450 23–29
53 May 31 Astros 3–7 F. Rodriguez (1–0) Mármol (1–2) 31,178 23–30
June (11–18): Home (7–6); Road (4–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record
54 June 1 Astros 1–3 Myers (2–4) Davis (0–4) Melancon (4) 31,340 23–31
55 June 3 @ Cardinals 1–6 García (6–1) Dempster (4–5) 40,419 23–32
56 June 4 @ Cardinals 4–5 (12) Sánchez (2–1) Samadzija (3–2) 43,195 23–33
57 June 5 @ Cardinals 2–3 (10) Salas (3–0) López (0–1) 40,701 23–34
58 June 6 @ Reds 2–8 Leake (5–2) Garza (2–5) 22,568 23–35
59 June 7 @ Reds 2–8 Volquez (4–2) Davis (0–5) 24,921 23–36
60 June 8 @ Reds 4–1 Dempster (5–5) Arroyo (4–6) Mármol (11) 31,367 24–36
61 June 9 @ Phillies 4–3 (11) Marshall (3–0) Herndon (0–1) Mármol (12) 44,906 25–36
62 June 10 @ Phillies 5–7 Halladay (9–3) Zambrano (5–3) Bastardo (2) 45,602 25–37
63 June 11 @ Phillies 1–7 Lee (6–5) Garza (2–6) 45,738 25–38
64 June 12 @ Phillies 3–4 Oswalt (4–4) Marshall (3–1) Madson (15) 45,361 25–39
65 June 13 Brewers 1–0 Samardzija (4–2) Loe (2–6) Mármol (13) 39,070 26–39
66 June 14 Brewers 5–4 (10) Samardzija (5–2) Dillard (1–1) 39,151 27–39
67 June 15 Brewers 5–9 Narveson (4–4) Zambrano (5–4) 39,821 27–40
68 June 16 Brewers 12–7 Garza (3–6) Greinke (6–2) 40,024 28–40
69 June 17 Yankees 3–1 Davis (1–5) García (5–6) Mármol (14) 42,219 29–40
70 June 18 Yankees 3–4 Burnett (7–5) Dempster (5–6) Rivera (17) 42,236 29–41
71 June 19 Yankees 4–10 Sabathia (9–4) Marshall (3–2) 41,828 29–42
72 June 20 @ White Sox 6–3 Zambrano (6–4) Floyd (6–7) Mármol (15) 36,005 30–42
73 June 21 @ White Sox 2–3 Crain (3–2) Samardzija (5–3) Santos (13) 35,155 30–43
74 June 22 @ White Sox 3–4 Peavy (3–1) Davis (1–6) Santos (14) 35,403 30–44
75 June 24 @ Royals 6–4 Marshall (4–2) Crow (2–1) Mármol (16) 32,918 31–44
76 June 25 @ Royals 2–3 Holland (2–1) Samardzija (5–4) Soria (12) 38,744 31–45
77 June 26 @ Royals 3–6 Hochevar (5–8) Wells (1–2) Soria (13) 28,401 31–46
78 June 27 Rockies 7–3 Garza (4–6) Chacín (8–5) 40,854 32–46
79 June 28 Giants 7–13 Vogelsong (6–1) Davis (1–7) 39,157 32–47
80 June 28 Giants 3–6 Zito (1–1) López (0–2) Wilson (24) 38,360 32–48
81 June 29 Giants 2–1 Mármol (2–2) Romo (3–1) 37,221 33–48
82 June 30 Giants 5–2 (13) Grabow (1–0) Ramírez (2–1) 38,158 34–48
July (9–17): Home (6–7); Road (3–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record
83 July 1 White Sox 4–6 Jackson (5–6) Wells (1–3) Santos (18) 41,486 34–49
84 July 2 White Sox 0–1 Humber (8–4) Garza (4–7) Thornton (3) 42,165 34–50
85 July 3 White Sox 3–1 López (1–2) Floyd (6–8) Mármol (17) 42,311 35–50
86 July 4 @ Nationals 4–5 (10) Rodríguez (3–1) Mateo (1–2) 32,937 35–51
87 July 5 @ Nationals 2–3 Detwiler (1–0) Ortiz (0–1) Storen (21) 19,181 35–52
88 July 6 @ Nationals 4–5 Mattheus (2–0) Wood (1–4) Storen (22) 19,631 35–53
89 July 7 @ Nationals 10–9 Marshall (5–2) Rodríguez (3–2) Mármol (18) 22,016 36–53
90 July 8 @ Pirates 4–7 D. McCutchen (3–1) Marshall (5–3) Hanrahan (26) 37,140 36–54
91 July 9 @ Pirates 6–3 Dempster (6–6) Correia (11–7) Mármol (19) 39,235 37–54
92 July 10 @ Pirates 1–9 Maholm (6–9) Ortiz (0–2) 31,428 37–55
93 July 14 Marlins 3–6 Mujica (7–2) Mármol (2–3) 38,145 37–56
94 July 15 Marlins 2–1 Dempster (7–6) Nolasco (6–6) Marshall (2) 38,391 38–56
95 July 16 Marlins 3–13 Vázquez (6–8) Zambrano (6–5) 40,709 38–57
96 July 17 Marlins 5–7 Mujica (8–2) Wood (1–5) Oviedo (26) 37,634 38–58
97 July 18 Phillies 6–1 López (2–2) Halladay (11–4) 38,183 39–58
98 July 19 Phillies 2–4 Stutes (4–1) Marshall (5–4) Bastardo (7) 38,857 39–59
99 July 20 Phillies 1–9 Worley (6–1) Dempster (7–7) 37,864 39–60
100 July 22 Astros 4–2 Zambrano (7–5) Norris (5–7) Marshall (3) 39,855 40–60
101 July 23 Astros 5–1 Wells (2–3) W. Rodríguez (6–7) 40,486 41–60
102 July 24 Astros 5–4 (10) Grabow (2–0) Carpenter (0–1) 40,406 42–60
103 July 26 @ Brewers 2–3 Narveson (7–6) Dempster (7–8) Axford (28) 39,183 42–61
104 July 27 @ Brewers 0–2 Greinke (8–4) Zambrano (7–6) Axford (29) 39,233 42–62
105 July 28 @ Brewers 2–4 Marcum (10–3) Wells (2–4) Axford (30) 40,008 42–63
106 July 29 @ Cardinals 2–9 Jackson (8–7) Garza (4–8) 42,042 42–64
107 July 30 @ Cardinals 5–13 Lohse (9–7) López (2–3) 43,784 42–65
108 July 31 @ Cardinals 6–3 Dempster (8–8) Westbrook (9–5) Mármol (20) 43,960 43–65
August (16–13): Home (7–6); Road (9–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record
109 August 1 @ Pirates 5–3 Zambrano (8–6) Maholm (6–11) Mármol (21) 22,248 44–65
110 August 2 @ Pirates 11–6 Wells (3–4) Correia (12–9) 26,109 45–65
111 August 3 @ Pirates 1–0 Garza (5–8) Resop (3–3) Mármol (22) 19,106 46–65
112 August 4 @ Pirates 7–6 Samardzija (6–4) D. McCutchen (3–3) Mármol (23) 29,317 47–65
113 August 5 Reds 4–3 Dempster (9–8) Leake (9–7) Mármol (24) 42,245 48–65
114 August 6 Reds 11–4 Zambrano (9–6) Cueto (7–5) 41,978 49–65
115 August 7 Reds 7–8 Masset (2–5) Marshall (5–5) Cordero (20) 39,619 49–66
– August 8 Nationals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 11
116 August 9 Nationals 1–3 Wang (1–2) Garza (5–9) Storen (30) 37,109 49–67
117 August 10 Nationals 4–2 López (3–3) Detwiler (1–2) Mármol (25) 38,010 50–67
118 August 11 Nationals 4–3 Dempster (10–8) Zimmermann (7–10) Mármol (26) 34,733 51–67
119 August 12 @ Braves 4–10 Minor (2–2) Zambrano (9–7) 50,146 51–68
120 August 13 @ Braves 8–4 Wells (4–4) Lowe (7–11) Mármol (27) 49,781 52–68
121 August 14 @ Braves 6–5 Grabow (3–0) O'Flaherty (1–4) Mármol (28) 32,011 53–68
122 August 15 @ Astros 4–3 López (4–3) Sosa (0–2) Wood (1) 20,138 54–68
123 August 16 @ Astros 5–6 A. Rodríguez (1–4) Mármol (2–4) 23,736 54–69
124 August 17 @ Astros 3–4 Norris (6–8) Coleman (2–5) Melancon (12) 24,054 54–70
125 August 19 Cardinals 5–4 (10) Marshall (6–5) Dotel (2–3) 42,343 55–70
126 August 20 Cardinals 3–0 Garza (6–9) Jackson (9–9) Mármol (29) 42,374 56–70
127 August 21 Cardinals 2–6 Westbrook (10–7) López (4–4) 39,420 56–71
128 August 22 Braves 0–3 Jurrjens (13–5) Dempster (10–9) Venters (5) 37,061 56–72
129 August 23 Braves 4–5 Minor (4–2) Coleman (2–6) Kimbrel (40) 36,639 56–73
130 August 24 Braves 3–2 Wells (5–4) Lowe (8–12) Mármol (30) 37,098 57–73
131 August 25 Braves 3–8 Beachy (7–2) Garza (6–10) 36,136 57–74
132 August 26 @ Brewers 2–5 Wolf (11–8) López (4–5) Axford (38) 41,661 57–75
133 August 27 @ Brewers 4–6 Gallardo (15–8) Dempster (10–10) Axford (39) 44,091 57–76
134 August 28 @ Brewers 2–3 Greinke (13–5) Coleman (2–7) Axford (40) 41,883 57–77
135 August 29 @ Giants 7–0 Wells (6–4) Lincecum (12–11) 41,063 58–77
136 August 30 @ Giants 5–2 Garza (7–10) Vogelsong (10–5) Mármol (31) 41,165 59–77
137 August 31 @ Giants 0–4 Bumgarner (9–12) López (4–6) 41,099 59–78
September (12–13): Home (7–5); Road (5–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record
138 September 2 Pirates 1–3 Burres (1–0) Dempster (10–11) Hanrahan (33) 35,153 59–79
139 September 3 Pirates 5–7 Resop (5–4) Mármol (2–5) Hanrahan (34) 36,628 59–80
140 September 4 Pirates 6–3 Wells (7–4) Morton (9–9) Marshall (4) 40,469 60–80
141 September 5 Reds 4–3 Garza (8–10) Willis (0–5) Mármol (32) 41,341 61–80
142 September 6 Reds 2–4 (13) Chapman (4–1) Grabow (3–1) Cordero (31) 35,297 61–81
143 September 7 Reds 6–3 Wood (2–5) Ondrusek (4–5) Mármol (33) 36,797 62–81
144 September 9 @ Mets 4–5 Acosta (3–1) Marshall (6–6) 27,639 62–82
145 September 10 @ Mets 5–4 Wood (3–5) Parnell (3–6) Mármol (34) 30,443 63–82
146 September 11 @ Mets 10–6 (11) Ortiz (1–2) Stinson (0–1) 33,502 64–82
147 September 12 @ Reds 12–8 López (5–6) Willis (0–6) 19,874 65–82
148 September 13 @ Reds 1–2 Leake (12–9) Dempster (10–12) Cordero (33) 19,159 65–83
149 September 14 @ Reds 2–7 LeCure (1–1) Coleman (2–8) 18,304 65–84
150 September 15 @ Reds 6–8 (11) Masset (3–5) Russell (1–6) 23,792 65–85
151 September 16 Astros 4–3 (12) Samardzija (7–4) Carpenter (0–3) 35,318 66–85
152 September 17 Astros 2–1 López (6–6) Sosa (2–5) Marshall (5) 39,377 67–85
153 September 18 Astros 2–3 Myers (6–13) Dempster (10–13) Melancon (18) 36,250 67–86
154 September 19 Brewers 5–2 Coleman (3–8) Narveson (10–8) 35,076 68–86
155 September 20 Brewers 1–5 Marcum (13–7) Wells (7–5) 36,571 68–87
156 September 21 Brewers 7–1 Garza (9–10) Wolf (13–10) 30,965 69–87
157 September 23 @ Cardinals 5–1 Samardzija (8–4) McClellan (12–7) 40,355 70–87
158 September 24 @ Cardinals 1–2 Motte (5–2) Mármol (2–6) 42,571 70–88
159 September 25 @ Cardinals 2–3 Dotel (5–3) Wells (7–6) Motte (9) 41,469 70–89
160 September 26 @ Padres 0–2 Latos (9–14) Coleman (3–9) Bell (43) 26,433 70–90
161 September 27 @ Padres 6–2 Garza (10–10) Qualls (6–8) 39,058 71–90
162 September 28 @ Padres 2–9 LeBlanc (5–6) Dempster (10–14) 32,452 71–91

Roster

2011 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaching Staff

Rotation

The starting rotation for the 2011 Chicago Cubs at the beginning of the season included Ryan Dempster, Carlos Zambrano, Matt Garza, Randy Wells, and Andrew Cashner.

Transactions

Date Transaction Acquired From For Notes
November 17, 2010 Released Free agency N/A Micah Hoffpauir Signed with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
December 8, 2010 Signed Carlos Peña Free agency 1 year, $10 million $2 million signing bonus, $5 million deferred to January 2012
December 9, 2010 Claimed Mason Tobin Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim No return Rule 5 draft
December 9, 2010 Traded for Cash considerations Texas Rangers Mason Tobin
December 9, 2010 Waived No return New York Mets Ronny Morla AAA Rule 5 draft
December 9, 2010 Waived No return Baltimore Orioles Casey Lambert AAA Rule 5 draft
December 15, 2010 Signed Ángel Guzmán Free agency Minor League contract Former Cub: 2006–2009
December 15, 2010 Signed Scott Moore Free agency Minor League contract Former Cub: 2006–2007
December 15, 2010 Signed Scott Rice Free agency Minor League contract
December 15, 2010 Signed Bobby Scales Free agency Minor League contract Former Cub: 2009–2010
December 17, 2010 Signed Kerry Wood Free agency 1 year, $1.5 million Former Cub: 1998–2008
December 21, 2010 Signed Polín Trinidad Free agency Minor League contract
January 5, 2011 Waived No return New York Yankees Brian Schlitter
January 8, 2011 Traded for Matt Garza, Fernando Perez, and Zac Rosscup Tampa Bay Rays Chris Archer, Robinson Chirinos, Brandon Guyer, Sam Fuld, and Hak-Ju Lee
January 10, 2011 Claimed Max Ramírez Boston Red Sox No return
January 12, 2011 Signed Reed Johnson Free agency Minor League contract Former Cub: 2008–2009
January 12, 2011 Purchased John Urick Chico Outlaws Cash considerations
January 17, 2011 Traded for A. J. Morris, Michael Burgess, and Graham Hicks Washington Nationals Tom Gorzelanny
January 18, 2011 Signed Lou Montañez Free agency Minor League contract Former Cubs Prospect
January 25, 2011 Signed Todd Wellemeyer Free agency Minor League contract Former Cub: 2003–2005
January 27, 2011 Signed Braden Looper Free agency Minor League contract
January 27, 2011 Signed Augie Ojeda Free agency Minor League contract Former Cub: 2000–2003
January 27, 2011 Signed Rubi Silva International free agency Undisclosed, $1.2 million signing bonus
January 27, 2011 Signed Yaniel Cabezas International free agency Undisclosed, $500K signing bonus
February 15, 2011 Traded for Robert Coello Boston Red Sox Tony Thomas
March 27, 2011 Released Free Agency N/A Carlos Silva
April 10, 2011 Signed Ramón Ortiz Free agency Minor League contract
April 12, 2011 Signed Doug Davis Free agency Minor League contract
May 6, 2011 Released Free Agency N/A Max Ramírez Signed Minor League contract with the San Francisco Giants
May 7, 2011 Retired N/A Chicago Cubs Todd Wellemeyer Two stints with the Cubs 2003–2005 and 2011 (minors)
May 26, 2011 Traded for Rodrigo López Atlanta Braves Ryan Buchter
June 27, 2011 Released Free Agency N/A Bobby Scales Signed with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
June 29, 2011 Released Free Agency N/A Doug Davis Signed Minor League contract with the Chicago White Sox
July 7, 2011 Released Free Agency N/A Fernando Perez Signed Minor League contract with the New York Mets
July 9, 2011 Released Free Agency N/A Augie Ojeda
July 15, 2011 Signed Dave Bush Free agency Minor League contract
July 28, 2011 Traded for Abner Abreu and Carlton Smith Cleveland Indians Kosuke Fukudome

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
2B,3B,1B,OF Jeff Baker 81 201 20 54 12 1 3 23 .269 0
2B,SS Darwin Barney 143 529 66 146 23 6 2 43 .276 9
CF Marlon Byrd 119 446 51 123 22 2 9 35 .276 3
OF Tony Campana 95 143 24 37 3 0 1 6 .259 24
C Welington Castillo 4 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 .154 0
SS Starlin Castro 158 674 91 207 36 9 10 66 .307 22
C Steve Clevenger 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 0
OF,1B Tyler Colvin 80 206 17 31 8 3 6 20 .150 0
2B,3B,OF Blake DeWitt 121 230 21 61 11 4 5 26 .265 1
RF Kosuke Fukudome 87 293 33 80 15 2 3 13 .273 2
C Koyie Hill 46 134 15 26 3 1 2 9 .194 1
OF Reed Johnson 111 246 33 76 22 1 5 28 .309 2
1B Bryan LaHair 20 59 9 17 5 1 2 6 .288 0
2B,3B DJ LeMahieu 37 60 3 15 2 0 0 4 .250 0
OF Lou Montañez 36 54 6 12 4 0 1 9 .222 0
1B Carlos Peña 153 493 72 111 27 3 28 80 .225 2
3B Aramis Ramírez 149 565 80 173 35 1 26 93 .306 1
OF Brad Snyder 8 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .111 0
LF Alfonso Soriano 137 475 50 116 27 1 26 88 .244 2
C Geovany Soto 125 421 46 96 26 0 17 54 .228 0
Non-Pitcher Totals 162 5255 639 1385 282 35 146 603 .264 69

Pitchers batting

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

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Avg. SB
P Justin Berg 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Andrew Cashner 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Casey Coleman 21 25 1 4 1 1 0 0 .160 0
P Doug Davis 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Ryan Dempster 34 58 1 5 0 0 0 0 .086 0
P Matt Garza 30 64 2 6 0 0 0 1 .094 0
P Rodrigo López 25 30 1 2 0 0 0 0 .067 0
P Ramón Ortiz 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P James Russell 59 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 0
P Jeff Samardzija 71 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Jeff Stevens 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Randy Wells 22 43 2 6 0 0 0 1 .140 0
P Carlos Zambrano 22 44 8 14 2 0 2 5 .318 0
Pitcher Totals 162 294 15 38 3 1 2 7 .129 0

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 SV IP H R ER BB K
Casey Coleman 3 9 6.40 19 17 0 84.1 102 62 60 46 75
Doug Davis 1 7 6.50 9 9 0 45.2 59 38 33 26 36
Ryan Dempster 10 14 4.80 34 34 0 202.1 211 111 108 82 191
Matt Garza 10 10 3.32 31 31 0 198.0 186 90 73 63 197
Rodrigo López 6 6 4.42 26 16 0 97.2 116 56 48 29 54
Randy Wells 7 6 4.99 23 23 0 135.1 141 76 75 47 82
Carlos Zambrano 9 7 4.82 24 24 0 145.2 154 80 78 56 101

Relief 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 SV IP H R ER BB K
Justin Berg 0 0 3.75 8 0 0 12.0 11 5 5 6 6
Chris Carpenter 0 0 2.79 10 0 0 9.2 12 3 3 7 8
Andrew Cashner 0 0 1.69 7 1 0 10.2 3 2 2 4 8
Rafael Dolis 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
John Gaub 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 2 3
John Grabow 3 1 4.76 58 0 0 62.1 67 39 33 28 38
Scott Maine 0 0 10.29 7 0 0 7.0 11 8 8 5 5
Carlos Mármol 2 6 4.01 75 0 34 74.0 54 33 33 48 99
Sean Marshall 6 6 2.26 78 0 5 75.2 66 21 19 17 79
Marcos Mateo 1 2 4.30 23 0 0 23.0 24 11 11 10 25
Ramón Ortiz 1 2 4.86 22 2 0 33.1 31 20 18 11 25
James Russell 1 6 4.12 64 5 0 67.2 76 37 31 14 43
Jeff Samardzija 8 4 2.97 75 0 0 88.0 64 35 29 50 87
Jeff Stevens 0 0 5.14 4 0 0 7.0 4 4 4 7 4
Kerry Wood 3 5 3.35 55 0 1 51.0 45 23 19 21 57
Team Pitching Totals 71 91 4.33 162 162 40 1434.1 1439 756 690 580 1224

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Bill Dancy
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Brian Harper
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Buddy Bailey
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Casey Kopitzke
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Mark Johnson
Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Juan Cabreja

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Daytona

References

  1. "Quade new Cubs manager". October 19, 2010.

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