1996 Chicago Cubs season

The 1996 Chicago Cubs season was the 125th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 121st in the National League and the 81st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 76–86.

1996 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersTribune Company
General managersEd Lynch
ManagersJim Riggleman
Local televisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN/Chicagoland Cable
(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Wayne Larrivee)
Local radioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Harry Caray)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
  • March 9, 1996: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[1]

Regular season

Season standings
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 8874 0.543 — 48–33 40–41
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 6 48–33 34–47
Cincinnati Reds 8181 0.500 7 46–35 35–46
Chicago Cubs 7686 0.469 12 43–38 33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates 7389 0.451 15 36–44 37–45

Record vs. opponents
1996 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–57–55–76–76–65–710–37–69–49–39–47–59–4
Chicago 5–7—5–85–76–65–88–56–67–57–64–96–67–55–8
Cincinnati 5–78–5—7–63–97–64–83–96–610–25–89–39–45–8
Colorado 7–57–56–7—5–88–56–73–97–56–67–58–55–88–4
Florida 7–66–69–38–5—7–56–75–87–66–75–73–95–76–6
Houston 6–68–56–75–85–7—6–64–98–410–28–56–68–42–11
Los Angeles 7–55–88–47–67–66–6—9–38–47–66–65–87–68–4
Montreal 3–106–69–39–38–59–43–9—7–66–77–54–89–48–4
New York 6–75–76–65–76–74–84–86–7—7–68–53–106–65–7
Philadelphia 4-96–72–106–67–62–106–77–66–7—7–54–86–64–8
Pittsburgh 3–99–48–55–77–55–86–65–75–85–7—4–98–43–10
San Diego 4–96–63–95–89–36–68–58–410–38–49–4—11–24–8
San Francisco 5–75–74–98–57–54–86–74–96–66–64–82–11—7–6
St. Louis 4–98–58–54–86–611-24–84–87–58–410–38–46–7—

Game log
1996 Game Log: 76–86 (Home: 43–38; Away: 33–48)
April: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Padres5–4 (10)Patterson (1–0)Hoffman—38,7341–0
2April 3Padres5–7HamiltonCastillo (0–1)Hoffman29,6381–1
3April 4Dodgers9–4Foster (1–0)Astacio—12,6262–1
4April 5Dodgers11–1Bullinger (1–0)Candiotti—19,3243–1
5April 6Dodgers1–3ParkNavarro (0–1)Worrell24,4283–2
6April 7Dodgers5–4Jones (1–0)Osuna—19,0024–2
7April 8@ Rockies9–6Adams (1–0)RitzJones (1)50,1855–2
8April 10@ Rockies9–10LeskanicJones (1–1)—50,0835–3
9April 12@ Giants1–4LeiterNavarro (0–2)Beck45,5895–4
10April 13@ Giants2–3 (10)JudenMyers (0–1)—22,1205–5
11April 14@ Giants6–2Foster (2–0)WatsonWendell (1)23,1376–5
12April 15Reds2–3 (10)MoorePatterson (1–1)Brantley20,3956–6
13April 16Reds6–3Trachsel (1–0)Portugal—11,4647–6
14April 17Reds8–6 (10)Wendell (1–0)Ruffin—13,0238–6
15April 18Giants7–6Perez (1–0)VanLandinghamWendell (2)15,8579–6
16April 19Giants10–6Foster (3–0)Watson—17,66210–6
17April 20Giants4–8GardnerBullinger (1–1)—28,04710–7
18April 21Giants6–7FernandezTrachsel (1–1)Beck28,06510–8
19April 22Rockies2–4FreemanNavarro (0–3)Leskanic21,22710–9
20April 23Rockies3–4RekarCastillo (0–2)Leskanic14,32510–10
21April 24@ Padres4–5HamiltonFoster (3–1)Hoffman15,60810–11
22April 25@ Padres3–8TewksburyBullinger (1–2)—18,73610–12
23April 26@ Dodgers0–1AstacioTrachsel (1–2)Worrell31,17210–13
24April 27@ Dodgers4–3 (10)Navarro (1–3)OsunaJones (2)43,51911–13
25April 28@ Dodgers3–0Castillo (1–2)Park—45,44112–13
26April 29@ Dodgers4–10ValdezFoster (3–2)—39,00312–14
27April 30Cardinals7–6Wendell (2–0)Eckersley—20,77113–14
May: 9–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Cardinals9–3Trachsel (2–2)Benes—25,66814–14
29May 3Mets4–2Navarro (2–3)Wilson—19,82215–14
30May 4Mets3–7JonesCastillo (1–3)Henry30,04115–15
31May 5Mets5–4Wendell (3–0)Dipoto—25,94916–15
32May 6@ Expos2–6MartinezBullinger (1–3)—46,89316–16
33May 7@ Expos3–8VeresAdams (1–1)—13,23616–17
34May 8@ Expos2–4CormierNavarro (2–4)Rojas12,48416–18
35May 10@ Mets0–2JonesCastillo (1–4)Franco16,68716–19
36May 11@ Mets6–7HenryJones (1–2)—23,23716–20
37May 12@ Mets3–0Bullinger (2–3)Clark—19,12217–20
38May 13Astros6–0Trachsel (3–2)Reynolds—22,61018–20
39May 14Astros3–6KileNavarro (2–5)Jones17,56218–21
40May 15Astros5–7WallCastillo (1–5)Jones16,09318–22
41May 16Astros13–1Telemaco (1–0)Drabek—15,90219–22
42May 17Marlins3–1Bullinger (3–3)LeiterWendell (3)32,52820–22
43May 18Marlins2–3BurkettTrachsel (3–3)Nen38,00320–23
44May 19Marlins7–8 (11)ManteiWendell (3–1)Nen30,42020–24
45May 20@ Braves1–18AveryCastillo (1–6)—29,98420–25
46May 21@ Braves4–2Telemaco (2–0)WohlersPatterson (1)31,04521–25
47May 22@ Braves4–9GlavineBullinger (3–4)—33,18621–26
48May 24@ Astros7–8 (10)JonesPatterson (1–2)—23,91021–27
49May 25@ Astros2–5DrabekNavarro (2–6)Jones34,32621–28
50May 26@ Astros2–7ReynoldsCastillo (1–7)—33,24521–29
51May 27Braves1–9GlavineTelemaco (2–1)—33,07021–30
52May 29Braves0–2SmoltzTrachsel (3–4)—30,60121–31
53May 31@ Marlins2–1Navarro (3–6)Rapp—19,55222–31
June: 16–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Marlins5–4 (10)Wendell (4–1)Mathews—30,13323–31
55June 2@ Marlins2–3BrownTelemaco (2–2)Nen22,17423–32
56June 3Phillies4–3Patterson (2–2)Ryan—26,32024–32
57June 4Phillies3–12WilliamsBullinger (3–5)—15,43124–33
58June 5Phillies9–6Adams (2–1)BorlandWendell (4)18,18925–33
59June 7Expos3–9FasseroCastillo (1–8)—23,86025–34
60June 8Expos6–4Telemaco (3–2)MartinezWendell (5)37,37326–34
61June 9Expos4–2Trachsel (4–4)RueterWendell (6)30,78527–34
62June 10@ Phillies2–1Navarro (4–6)Mulholland—19,58828–34
63June 11@ Phillies9–2Campbell (1–0)Munoz—23,22029–34
64June 12@ Phillies3–4FernandezCastillo (1–9)Bottalico27,28729–35
65June 13Padres6–3 (14)Jones (2–2)Blair—28,95330–35
66June 14Padres5–1Trachsel (5–4)Tewksbury—30,87731–35
67June 15Padres1–2WorrellNavarro (4–7)Hoffman39,46531–36
68June 16Padres8–4Castillo (2–9)ValenzuelaBullinger (1)33,37632–36
69June 18Dodgers6–9MartinezTelemaco (3–3)Worrell—32–37
70June 18Dodgers7–4Campbell (2–0)Valdez—23,36233–37
71June 19Dodgers3–4 (13)ParkAdams (2–2)Worrell28,47733–38
72June 20@ Padres3–2Navarro (5–7)WorrellWendell (7)19,96934–38
73June 21@ Padres1–2 (10)HoffmanWendell (4–2)—49,50334–39
74June 22@ Padres9–6 (16)Myers (1–1)Blair—51,91735–39
75June 23@ Padres4–5HamiltonTelemaco (3–4)Hoffman30,67235–40
76June 25@ Dodgers2–0Trachsel (6–4)Nomo—37,44836–40
77June 26@ Dodgers6–4Navarro (6–7)CandiottiAdams (1)35,20037–40
78June 28@ Reds4–7SmileyCastillo (2–10)Smith27,86437–41
79June 29@ Reds5–9PortugalBullinger (3–6)—32,27337–42
80June 30@ Reds6–0Trachsel (7–4)Burba—30,35238–42
July: 14–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Pirates1–4DarwinNavarro (6–8)Plesac15,91038–43
82July 2@ Pirates15–7Telemaco (4–4)Wagner—13,24139–43
83July 3@ Pirates2–3NeagleCastillo (2–11)Plesac22,15739–44
84July 4Reds1–2PortugalBullinger (3–7)Brantley38,04739–45
85July 5Reds0–3BurbaTrachsel (7–5)Brantley40,74339–46
86July 6Reds6–2Patterson (3–2)Carrasco—38,69040–46
87July 7Reds7–6 (13)Sturtze (1–0)Ruffin—36,35241–46
88July 11Cardinals6–0Navarro (7–8)Osborne—38,80242–46
89July 12Cardinals3–13BenesTrachsel (7–6)—38,91842–47
90July 13Cardinals5–10StottlemyreBullinger (3–8)Eckersley39,25442–48
91July 14Cardinals6–7BenesAdams (2–3)Eckersley38,63842–49
92July 15Pirates12–2Castillo (3–11)Miceli—32,11943–49
93July 16Pirates5–10NeagleNavarro (7–9)—26,50243–50
94July 18@ Cardinals6–5Bottenfield (1–0)PetkovsekWendell (8)38,98344–50
95July 19@ Cardinals1–9BenesCastillo (3–12)—45,33644–51
96July 20@ Cardinals3–0Trachsel (8–6)MorganWendell (9)50,41845–51
97July 21@ Cardinals5–6 (10)PetkovsekWendell (4–3)—42,25745–52
98July 22@ Giants2–3BautistaBottenfield (1–1)—12,90245–53
99July 23@ Giants9–6Myers (2–1)DeLuciaPatterson (2)15,87846–53
100July 24@ Giants7–1Castillo (4–12)VanLandingham—13,69547–53
101July 25@ Rockies10–8Bottenfield (2–1)RuffinPatterson (3)48,08748–53
102July 26@ Rockies17–4Navarro (8–9)FreemanAdams (2)48,06249–53
103July 27@ Rockies6–10ThompsonTelemaco (4–5)—48,09649–54
104July 28@ Rockies7–5Bullinger (4–8)RitzBottenfield (1)48,07350–54
105July 30Giants4–0Castillo (5–12)VanLandinghamAdams (3)37,42451–54
106July 31Giants4–1Trachsel (9–6)WatsonWendell (10)28,98852–54
August: 15–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Rockies4–1Navarro (9–9)ThompsonPatterson (4)25,56453–54
108August 2Rockies2–7RitzTelemaco (4–6)—34,18653–55
109August 3Rockies2–8WrightBullinger (4–9)—40,46053–56
110August 4Rockies1–6ReynosoCastillo (5–13)—38,73853–57
111August 5Mets7–3Trachsel (10–6)Wilson—36,76654–57
112August 6Mets3–0Navarro (10–9)ClarkPatterson (5)24,55855–57
113August 7Mets7–11DipotoAdams (2–4)—27,08655–58
114August 9@ Expos11–9Bullinger (5–9)CormierPatterson (6)15,49856–58
115August 10@ Expos3–2Casian (1–0)DyerWendell (11)16,72457–58
116August 11@ Expos3–4 (10)RojasBottenfield (2–2)—20,12057–59
117August 12@ Mets11–1Navarro (11–9)Isringhausen—17,63658–59
118August 13@ Mets3–2Telemaco (5–6)HarnischWendell (12)17,81959–59
119August 14@ Mets5–8JonesBullinger (5–10)Franco20,11059–60
120August 16Astros3–8HamptonCastillo (5–14)—37,13959–61
121August 17Astros12–3Trachsel (11–6)Kile—39,77560–61
122August 18Astros10–8Navarro (12–9)BrocailWendell (13)37,21061–61
123August 19Marlins3–4BrownTelemaco (5–7)Nen32,30261–62
124August 20Marlins8–1Foster (4–2)Hutton—22,11962–62
125August 21Marlins8–3Castillo (6–14)Rapp—27,69963–62
126August 23@ Braves3–4MadduxTrachsel (11–7)Wohlers38,21063–63
127August 24@ Braves5–6ClontzCasian (1–1)—46,80463–64
128August 25@ Braves3–2Foster (5–2)WohlersWendell (14)35,17664–64
129August 27@ Astros5–6MormanAdams (2–5)Hernandez15,37464–65
130August 28@ Astros4–5OlsonBottenfield (2–3)—18,02664–66
131August 29@ Astros4–3Navarro (13–9)ReynoldsWendell (15)16,15165–66
132August 30Braves3–2Foster (6–2)GlavinePatterson (7)—66–66
133August 30Braves5–6BorowskiBottenfield (2–4)Wohlers31,54866–67
134August 31Braves12–0Castillo (7–14)NeagleAdams (4)38,69167–67
September: 9–19 (Home: 5–6; Away: 4–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Braves2–1 (12)Campbell (3–0)Borowski—40,19268–67
136September 2@ Marlins3–4ValdesTrachsel (11–8)Nen16,62268–68
137September 3@ Marlins11–3Navarro (14–9)Leiter—15,52869–68
138September 4@ Marlins2–9BrownFoster (6–3)—14,87969–69
139September 5@ Phillies1–6SchillingCastillo (7–15)—18,16469–70
140September 6@ Phillies6–4Bullinger (6–10)RyanWendell (16)17,80370–70
141September 7@ Phillies2–4HunterBottenfield (2–5)Bottalico18,02170–71
142September 8@ Phillies5–3Navarro (15–9)MimbsWendell (17)27,60071–71
143September 9Expos3–1Foster (7–3)Paniagua—24,45272–71
144September 10Expos10–3Bottenfield (3–5)Daal—26,70073–71
145September 11Expos1–2UrbinaAdams (2–6)Rojas30,72973–72
146September 13Phillies4–2Trachsel (12–8)HunterWendell (18)23,04874–72
147September 14Phillies2–6MimbsNavarro (15–10)Ryan36,29074–73
148September 15Phillies1–6SchillingFoster (7–4)—24,69774–74
149September 17@ Cardinals3–5OsbornePatterson (3–3)Mathews29,61274–75
150September 18@ Cardinals3–5StottlemyreTrachsel (12–9)Eckersley32,84374–76
151September 19@ Cardinals4–5 (13)BaileyCampbell (3–1)—34,92374–77
152September 20@ Pirates4–6LieberFoster (7–5)Ericks19,28574–78
153September 21@ Pirates3–8LoiselleSwartzbaugh (0–1)—23,61974–79
154September 22@ Pirates3–11 (8)CordovaCastillo (7–16)—27,47274–80
155September 23@ Pirates4–3Trachsel (13–9)SchmidtPatterson (8)7,68475–80
156September 24@ Reds3–6LyonsNavarro (15–11)Brantley18,58475–81
157September 25@ Reds3–4BurbaFoster (7–6)Brantley18,50675–82
158September 26@ Reds4–12JarvisSwartzbaugh (0–2)—20,77775–83
159September 27Pirates4–7 (10)PlesacWendell (4–4)——75–84
160September 27Pirates10–9Adams (3–6)Boever—18,75776–84
161September 28Pirates7–8 (10)PlesacWendell (4–5)—29,72976–85
162September 29Pirates3–8LoaizaNavarro (15–12)—26,87376–86
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Cubs team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions
  • May 29, 1996: Félix Fermín signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[2]

Roster
1996 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CScott Servais129445118.2651163
1BMark Grace142547181.331975
2BRyne Sandberg150554135.2442592
SSRey Sánchez9528961.211112
3BLeo Gómez13636286.2381756
LFLuis Gonzalez146483131.2711579
CFBrian McRae157624172.2761766
RFSammy Sosa124498136.27340100

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
José Hernández13133180.2421041
Dave Magadan7816943.254317
Scott Bullett10916535.212316
Ozzie Timmons6514028.200716
Tyler Houston4611539.339219
Doug Glanville498320.241110
Todd Haney498211.13403
Brant Brown296921.30459
Robin Jennings315813.22404
Brian Dorsett17415.12213
Mike Hubbard21384.10514
Terry Shumpert27317.22626
Bret Barberie15291.03412
Brooks Kieschnick252910.34516
Félix Fermín11162.12501
Pedro Valdés981.12501

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
Jaime Navarro35236.215123.92158
Steve Trachsel31205.01393.03132
Frank Castillo33182.17165.28139
Kevin Foster1787.0766.2153
Dave Swartzbaugh624.0026.3813

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
Jim Bullinger37129.16106.5490
Amaury Telemaco2597.1575.4664
Mike Campbell1336.1314.4619

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
Turk Wendell7045182.8475
Bob Patterson793383.1353
Terry Adams693642.9478
Kent Bottenfield483512.6333
Rodney Myers452104.6850
Larry Casian351101.8815
Doug Jones282225.0126
Mike Pérez241004.6722
Tanyon Sturtze61009.007

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Ron Clark
AA Orlando Cubs Southern League Bruce Kimm
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Dave Trembley
A Rockford Cubbies Midwest League Steve Roadcap
A-Short Season Williamsport Cubs New York–Penn League Rubén Amaro Sr.
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Sandy Alomar Sr.

[3]

References
  1. "Kent Bottenfield Stats".
  2. Félix Fermín Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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