1989 Chicago Cubs season

The 1989 Chicago Cubs season was the 118th season of the franchise, the 114th in the National League and 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.

1989 Chicago Cubs
National League East Division Champion
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place1st place
Other information
OwnersTribune Company
General managersJim Frey
ManagersDon Zimmer
Local televisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN
(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats)
Local radioWGN
(Dewayne Staats, Dave Nelson, Harry Caray)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The Cubs stole the National League spotlight during the 1989 season along with their NL West rivals San Francisco Giants.[1] The Cubs had All-Star seasons from Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson, Rick Sutcliffe, and closing pitcher Mitch Williams. Williams gave the Cubs a strong stopper in the bullpen in his impressive National League debut[1] while the 1989 NL Rookie of the Year was Chicago's very own Jerome Walton, who proved himself to be a dependable centerfielder.[1]

The Cubs finished the season 93–69 to win the East Division for the second time in franchise history, battling the St. Louis Cardinals into the last week of the season.[1] The Cubs lost the National League Championship Series four games to one to the San Francisco Giants, who proved to be more dominant with a strong hitting presence.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9369 0.574 — 48–33 45–36
New York Mets 8775 0.537 6 51–30 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 8676 0.531 7 46–35 40–41
Montreal Expos 8181 0.500 12 44–37 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7488 0.457 19 39–42 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6795 0.414 26 38–42 29–53

Record vs. opponents
1989 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–78–108–106–106–62–108–44–87–116–123–9
Chicago 7–5—7–55–77–510–810–810–812–68–46–611–7
Cincinnati 10–85–7—8–108–104–84–84–87–59–98–108–4
Houston 10–87–510–8—10–84–86–69–37–58–108–107–5
Los Angeles 10–65–710–88–10—7–55–76–67–56–1210–83–9
Montreal 6–68–108–48–45–7—9–99–911–75–77–55–13
New York 10–28–108–46–67–59–9—12–69–95–73–910–8
Philadelphia 4–88–108–43–96–69–96–12—10–82–104–87–11
Pittsburgh 8–46–125–75–75–77–119–98–10—3–95–713–5
San Diego 11–74–89–910–812–67–57–510–29–3—8–102–10
San Francisco 12–66–610–810–88–105–79–38–47–510–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–37–114–85–79–313–58–1011–75–1310–25–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1989 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
1989 Chicago Cubs regular season game log: 93–69 (.574)
April: 12–11 (.522)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordOther Info
1April 4Phillies5–4Sutcliffe (1–0)Youmans (0–1)Williams (1)33,3611–0
2April 5Phillies12–4Howell (1–0)Maddux (0–1)Maddux (1)18,6741–1
3April 6Phillies8–3Ontiveros (1–0)Kilgus (0–1)6,3641–2
4April 7Pirates6–5Wilson (1–0)Taylor (0–1)Williams (2)6,1952–2
5April 8Pirates5–3Bielecki (1–0)Heaton (0–1)Schiraldi (1)19,3743–2
6April 9Pirates8–3Sutcliffe (2–0)Walk (0–1)11,3874–2
7April 11Cardinals5–4Schiraldi (1–0)DeLeón (1–1)Williams (3)7,9435–2
8April 12Cardinals3–2Kilgus (1–1)Terry (0–1)Williams (4)21,1876–2
9April 14@ Phillies6–4Sanderson (1–0)Ruffin (0–2)Williams (5)20,8517–2
10April 16@ Phillies5–3Sutcliffe (3–0)Youmans (0–2)Williams (6)32,2498–2
11April 17@ Expos2–1Gross (2–1)Maddux (0–2)Burke (3)8,8478–3
12April 18@ Expos11–2B. Smith (1–0)Kilgus (1–2)11,9138–4
13April 19@ Expos3–2Den. Martinez (1–0)Sanderson (1–1)Burke (4)9,0148–5
14April 20@ Mets4–3Gooden (3–0)Williams (0–1)McDowell (1)28,9448–6
15April 21@ Mets8–4Sutcliffe (4–0)Ojeda (0–3)Wilson (1)34,6909–6
16April 22@ Mets3–1Fernandez (2–0)Maddux (0–3)McDowell (2)41,3239–7
17April 23@ Mets4–2Aguilera (1–0)Schiraldi (1–1)40,2689–8
18April 25Dodgers4–0Belcher (2–1)Sanderson (1–2)31,8769–9
19April 26Dodgers3–1Morgan (2–1)Sutcliffe (4–1)Howell (2)13,2219–10
20April 27Dodgers1–0Maddux (1–3)Hershiser (3–2)12,01310–10
21April 28Padres3–1Kilgus (2–2)Rasmussen (1–4)Williams (7)9,50411–10
22April 29Padres5–4Terrell (3–2)Bielecki (1–1)Davis (11)34,74811–11
23April 30Padres7–3Sanderson (2–2)Show (4–2)28,73512–11
May: 16–11 (.593)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordOther Info
24May 1@ Giants4 – 3 12Pico (1–0)LaCoss (1–2)Schiraldi (2)17,91413–11
25May 2@ Giants4–0Reuschel (4–2)Maddux (1–4)Gossage (1)11,12813–12
26May 3@ Padres5–4Kilgus (3–2)Grant (0–1)Williams (8)20,40314–12
27May 4@ Padres4–0Bielecki (2–1)Terrell (3–3)25,89215–12
28May 5@ Dodgers4–2Sanderson (3–2)Belcher (2–3)Williams (9)46,76716–12
29May 6@ Dodgers3–0Morgan (3–1)Sutcliffe (4–2)Howell (3)46,38916–13
30May 7@ Dodgers4–2Wilson (2–0)Hershiser (4–3)Williams (10)46,32917–13
31May 9Giants4–2Krukow (2–0)Kilgus (3–3)Lefferts (5)13,94917–14
32May 10Giants4–3LaCoss (2–3)Williams (0–2)Lefferts (6)25,63817–15
33May 12Astros3–1Deshaies (5–2)Sutcliffe (4–3)21,14117–16
34May 13Astros1–0Knepper (2–5)Maddux (1–5)Smith (6)27,77517–17
35May 14Astros5–1Scott (5–2)Kilgus (3–4)23,39117–18
36May 15Braves4–0Bielecki (3–1)Lilliquist (2–3)16,92018–18
37May 16Braves4–3Sanderson (4–2)Glavine (5–1)Williams (11)24,07019–18
38May 17Braves4–0Pico (2–0)Z. Smith (1–6)31,19620–18
39May 19@ Reds8–2Maddux (2–5)Jackson (2–7)29,20221–18
40May 20@ Reds7–3Kilgus (4–4)Browning (3–4)Perry (1)49,17522–18
41May 21@ Reds7–2Mahler (6–4)Bielecki (3–2)34,12822–19
42May 22@ Astros5–3Sutcliffe (5–3)Deshaies (5–3)Schiraldi (3)11,92323–19
43May 23@ Astros5–4Sanderson (5–2)Scott (6–3)Schiraldi (4)15,66524–19
44May 24@ Astros3–1Maddux (3–5)Knepper (2–6)Williams (12)17,04225–19
45May 26Reds10 – 8 12Dibble (4–1)Schiraldi (1–2)33,58325–20
46May 27Reds5–3Sutcliffe (6–3)Rijo (4–1)34,54626–20
47May 28Reds6–1Bielecki (4–2)Jackson (3–8)37,23127–20
48May 29@ Braves2–1Lilliquist (3–3)Sanderson (5–3)Boever (7)15,12327–21
49May 30@ Braves3–2Maddux (4–5)P. Smith (1–7)Williams (13)7,56628–21
50May 31@ Braves3–2Smoltz (7–3)Kilgus (4–5)Boever (8)7,95828–22
June: 13–15 (.464)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordOther Info
51June 2@ Cardinals5–2Sutcliffe (7–3)Magrane (3–4)Williams (14)46,44829–22
52June 3@ Cardinals6 – 5 10Quisenberry (2–1)Schiraldi (1–3)44,71929–23
53June 4@ Cardinals11–3Sanderson (6–3)Terry (4–5)45,65930–23
54June 5Mets15–3Maddux (5–5)Cone (3–5)34,84031–23
55June 6Mets8–4Kilgus (5–5)Ojeda (2–6)33,55832–23
56June 7Mets10–5Gooden (7–2)Sutcliffe (7–4)Aguilera (4)35,37232–24
57June 8Mets5 – 4 10Williams (1–2)Aase (1–2)36,35833–24
58June 9Cardinals1–0DeLeón (8–3)Sanderson (6–4)Worrell (7)34,93733–25
59June 10Cardinals6–0Magrane (4–5)Maddux (5–6)38,04533–26
60June 11Cardinals10–7Carpenter (2–4)Schiraldi (1–4)35,45033–27
61June 12Cardinals10–3Wilson (3–0)Terry (4–6)27,15434–27
62June 13@ Mets4–2Bielecki (5–2)Darling (4–5)Williams (15)26,66435–27
63June 14@ Mets2 – 0 7Gooden (8–2)Sanderson (6–5)Aguilera (5)27,27835–28
64June 15@ Mets4 – 3 12Aguilera (3–1)Perry (0–1)24,68935–29
65June 16@ Expos8–5B. Smith (7–2)Kilgus (5–6)Burke (14)26,26435–30
66June 17@ Expos3–2Sutcliffe (8–4)Pérez (3–8)Williams (16)35,09536–30
67June 18@ Expos5–4Bielecki (6–2)Langston (2–2)Williams (17)35,96837–30
68June 20@ Pirates5 – 4 11Schiraldi (2–4)Garcia (0–1)Kilgus (1)11,71338–30
69June 21@ Pirates1 – 0 11Maddux (6–6)Bair (0–1)Williams (18)23,97039–30
70June 22@ Pirates8–0Sutcliffe (9–4)Kramer (1–4)16,43040–30
71June 23Expos5–1Langston (3–2)Bielecki (6–3)Burke (15)36,23940–31
72June 24Expos5–0Gross (7–6)Kilgus (5–7)36,06840–32
73June 25Expos5–0Den. Martinez (7–1)Sanderson (6–6)34,49140–33
74June 26Pirates2–1Drabek (5–5)Maddux (6–7)35,40740–34
75June 27Pirates5–4Kramer (2–4)Sutcliffe (9–5)Landrum (7)35,64640–35
76June 28Pirates3–1Robinson (4–6)Bielecki (6–4)Landrum (8)34,11440–36
77June 29@ Giants12–2Brantley (1–0)Kilgus (5–8)12,33940–37
78June 30@ Giants6–4Sanderson (7–6)Wilson (0–1)Williams (19)49,24141–37
July: 18–9 (.667)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordOther Info
79July 1@ Giants3–2Maddux (7–7)Reuschel (12–3)Williams (20)29,01942–37
80July 2@ Giants4–3Brantley (2–0)Sutcliffe (9–6)Bedrosian (12)41,35042–38
81July 4Padres5–1Bielecki (7–4)Whitson (10–6)Wilson (2)32,92043–38
82July 5Padres5–3Sanderson (8–6)Rasmussen (3–6)Kilgus (2)33,46444–38
83July 6Padres7–3Maddux (8–7)Terrell (4–12)Williams (21)34,81445–38
84July 7Dodgers6–4Sutcliffe (10–6)Wetteland (2–2)Williams (22)35,43446–38
85July 8Dodgers8–2Morgan (6–8)Pico (2–1)37,09646–39
86July 9Dodgers11–4Bielecki (8–4)Valenzuela (4–8)35,53347–39
87July 13@ Padres7–3Maddux (9–7)Hurst (7–7)Lancaster (1)23,48148–39
88July 14@ Padres7–4Whitson (12–6)Bielecki (8–5)Davis (23)27,64948–40
89July 15@ Padres3–2Terrell (5–12)Kilgus (5–9)54,71748–41
90July 16@ Padres4–3Rasmussen (4–6)Sutcliffe (10–7)Davis (24)30,54948–42
91July 17@ Dodgers6–3Lancaster (1–0)Leary (6–7)Williams (23)39,91449–42
92July 18@ Dodgers4–1Hershiser (11–7)Maddux (9–8)37,54349–43
93July 19@ Dodgers4–0Bielecki (9–5)Morgan (6–10)40,05050–43
94July 20Giants4 – 3 11Lancaster (2–0)McCament (1–1)32,30651–43
95July 21Giants4–3Garrelts (8–3)Sutcliffe (10–8)Lefferts (17)34,72551–44
96July 22Giants5–2Sanderson (9–6)Hammaker (6–5)Lancaster (2)35,53052–44
97July 23Giants9–5Maddux (10–8)Robinson (8–7)35,70753–44
98July 24@ Cardinals3–2Bielecki (10–5)Terry (7–9)Williams (24)45,18354–44
99July 25@ Cardinals4–2Kilgus (6–9)Magrane (11–7)Williams (25)46,62155–44
100July 26@ Cardinals2–0DeLeón (10–9)Sutcliffe (10–9)Worrell (13)43,00055–45
101July 28Mets6–5Schiraldi (3–4)Aguilera (6–5)Williams (26)37,55456–45
102July 29Mets10–3Maddux (11–8)Whitehurst (0–1)38,01257–45
103July 30Mets6–4Lancaster (3–0)Aguilera (6–6)36,83758–45
104July 31@ Phillies10–2Sutcliffe (11–9)Mulholland (1–5)59–45
105July 31@ Phillies7–4Carman (3–11)Kilgus (6–10)Parrett (4)22,16059–46
August: 16–8 (.667)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordOther Info
106August 1@ Phillies4–1Wilson (4–0)McWilliams (2–11)Williams (27)23,61460–46
107August 2@ Phillies6–0Howell (9–7)Sanderson (9–7)21,68860–47
108August 3@ Phillies2–0Maddux (12–8)Ruffin (3–5)Lancaster (3)21,98361–47
109August 4@ Pirates3–2Bielecki (11–5)Drabek (8–8)Williams (28)29,16962–47
110August 5@ Pirates4–2Wilson (5–0)Landrum (2–2)Lancaster (4)23,26263–47
111August 6@ Pirates5 – 4 18Drabek (9–8)Sanderson (9–8)24,71663–48
112August 7Expos5–2Maddux (13–8)Pérez (6–11)39,00264–48
113August 8Expos4–2Bielecki (12–5)Den. Martinez (12–2)Lancaster (5)38,12665–48
114August 9Expos3–0Sutcliffe (12–9)B. Smith (9–6)Williams (29)39,00966–48
115August 10Phillies16–13Parrett (9–4)Wilson (5–1)36,74566–49
116August 11Phillies9–2Maddux (14–8)Carman (3–12)36,44067–49
117August 12Phillies9–7Bielecki (13–5)Howell (9–8)Williams (30)37,75268–49
118August 13Phillies5–3Parrett (10–4)Wilson (5–2)37,05468–50
119August 15@ Reds5 – 2 12Williams (2–2)Roesler (0–1)31,69469–50
120August 16@ Reds5–1Bielecki (14–5)Leary (8–10)29,76470–50
121August 17@ Reds3–2Sutcliffe (13–9)Franco (3–6)Williams (31)29,27871–50
122August 18@ Astros6–5Smith (3–3)Schiraldi (3–5)31,98771–51
123August 19@ Astros8–4Portugal (3–1)Maddux (14–9)41,66171–52
124August 20@ Astros8–4Darwin (11–3)Lancaster (3–1)38,62471–53
125August 21Reds6 – 5 10Charlton (6–1)Schiraldi (3–6)Franco (26)37,62671–54
126August 22Reds7–2Browning (13–10)Kraemer (0–1)35,17971–55
127August 23Reds8–5Scudder (3–5)Maddux (14–10)33,05471–56
128August 25Braves4 – 3 12Williams (3–2)Eichhorn (4–4)35,45672–56
129August 26Braves5–3Valdez (1–2)Sutcliffe (13–10)Boever (21)35,75272–57
130August 27Braves3 – 2 10Williams (4–2)Eichhorn (4–5)35,10773–57
131August 28Astros6–1Maddux (15–10)Cano (0–1)23,03974–57
132August 29Astros10 – 9 10Assenmacher (2–3)Smith (3–4)25,82975–57Cubs come back from 9–0 deficit
133August 30Astros8–4Scott (18–7)Sutcliffe (13–11)37,21875–58
September: 17–11 (.607)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordOther Info
134September 1@ Braves5–1Lilliquist (8–8)Wilson (5–3)Stanton (2)14,25575–59
135September 2@ Braves10–3Maddux (16–10)Clary (4–3)41,02076–59
136September 3@ Braves8–5P. Smith (5–13)Bielecki (14–6)Stanton (3)25,18976–60
137September 4@ Mets7–3Sutcliffe (14–11)Cone (12–7)Lancaster (6)46,04977–60
138September 5@ Mets3–2Fernandez (11–3)Williams (4–3)39,35277–61
139September 6@ Phillies9–1Ruffin (5–8)Maddux (16–11)17,27277–62
140September 7@ Phillies6–2Bielecki (15–6)Howell (11–11)13,05878–62
141September 8Cardinals11–8Carpenter (3–4)Williams (4–4)Quisenberry (6)35,23178–63
142September 9Cardinals3 – 2 10Assenmacher (3–3)Dayley (3–2)37,63379–63
143September 10Cardinals4–1Sanderson (10–8)Hill (7–12)Williams (32)37,28180–63
144September 11Expos4–3Maddux (17–11)Langston (11–7)Williams (33)29,19081–63
145September 12Expos2–0Bielecki (16–6)B. Smith (10–9)36,33382–63
146September 13Expos3–1Sanderson (11–8)Gross (11–11)Lancaster (7)34,87083–63
147September 15@ Pirates7–2Sutcliffe (15–11)Belinda (0–1)12,60784–63
148September 16@ Pirates8–6Smiley (12–7)Maddux (17–12)15,66884–64
149September 17@ Pirates2–0Drabek (13–11)Bielecki (16–7)21,08184–65
150September 18Mets10–6Wilkins (1–0)Viola (3–5)Williams (34)38,13885–65
151September 19Mets5–2Ojeda (13–10)Wilson (5–4)Gooden (1)35,93785–66
152September 20Phillies9–8Carman (5–15)Lancaster (3–2)McDowell (19)21,62085–67
153September 21Phillies9–1Maddux (18–12)Mulholland (4–7)22,88586–67
154September 22Pirates4–2Bielecki (17–7)Drabek (13–12)Williams (35)34,04087–67
155September 23Pirates3–2Lancaster (4–2)Bair (2–3)36,84988–67
156September 24Pirates4–2Wilson (6–4)Robinson (7–12)Pico (1)37,90489–67
157September 25@ Expos4 – 3 10Burke (9–3)Sanderson (11–9)10,30589–68
158September 26@ Expos3–2Maddux (19–12)Den. Martinez (16–7)Williams (36)11,61590–68Cubs clinch NL East title
159September 27@ Expos7–2Bielecki (18–7)Thompson (0–2)Pico (2)12,44291–68
160September 29@ Cardinals7–5Dayley (4–3)Assenmacher (3–4)Terry (2)41,59991–69
161September 30@ Cardinals6–4Pico (3–1)Costello (5–4)Lancaster (8)43,57092–69
October: 1–0 (1.000)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordOther Info
162October 1@ Cardinals5–1Sutcliffe (16–11)Hill (7–15)37,84693–69

Player stats

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
CDamon Berryhill9133486.257541
1BMark Grace142510160.3141379
2BRyne Sandberg157606176.2903076
3BVance Law13040896.235742
SSShawon Dunston138471131.278960
LFDwight Smith109343111.324952
CFJerome Walton116475139.293546
RFAndre Dawson118416105.2522177

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 Webster9827270.257319
Lloyd McClendon9225974.2861240
Domingo Ramos8517947.263119
Curt Wilkerson7716039.244110
Joe Girardi5915739.248114
Doug Dascenzo4713923.165112
Rick Wrona389226.283214
Gary Varsho618716.18406
Darrin Jackson458319.22918
Luis Salazar268026.325112
Marvell Wynne20489.18814
Phil Stephenson17213.14300
Greg Smith452.40002

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 Maddux35238.019122.95135
Rick Sutcliffe35229.016113.66153
Mike Bielecki33212.11873.14147
Joe Kraemer13.2014.915

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
Scott Sanderson37146.01193.9486
Paul Kilgus35145.26104.3961
Jeff Pico5390.2313.7738
Steve Wilson5385.2644.2065

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
Mitch Williams7644362.7667
Calvin Schiraldi543643.7854
Les Lancaster424281.3656
Pat Perry190111.7720
Paul Assenmacher142105.2115
Dean Wilkins111004.6014
Kevin Blankenship20001.692

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 301 400 030 11130
Chicago 201 000 000 381
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 000 200 021 5100
Chicago 600 003 00X 9110
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 200 100 100 4100
San Francisco 300 000 20X 583
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 110 020 000 4121
San Francisco 102 120 00X 691
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 001 000 001 2101
San Francisco 000 000 12X 341
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

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
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  2. Rafael Palmeiro at Baseball Reference
  3. Scott Sanderson at Baseball Reference
  4. "Rolando Roomes Stats".
  5. Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
  6. Paul Assenmacher at Baseball Reference
  7. Phil Stephenson at Baseball Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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