1989 Chicago Cubs season


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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C9133486.257541
1B142510160.3141379
2B157606176.2903076
3B13040896.235742
SS138471131.278960
LF109343111.324952
CF116475139.293546
RF118416105.2522177

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
9827270.257319
9225974.2861240
8517947.263119
5915739.248114
7716039.244110
4713923.165112
389226.283214
618716.18406
458319.22918
268026.325112
17213.14300
452.40002

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

NLCS

Game 1

October 4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago

Game 2

October 5 at Wrigley Field in Chicago

Game 3

October 7 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Game 4

October 8 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Game 5

October 9 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
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 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

All-Star Game