2009 Chicago Cubs season

2009 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago (since 1870)
Results
Record	83-78 (.516)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Tribune Company
General manager(s)	Jim Hendry
Manager(s)	Lou Piniella
Local television	WGN-TV WGN America CSN Chicago CSN Chicago Plus WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Local radio	WGN (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Judd Sirott)
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The 2009 Chicago Cubs season was the 138th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 134th in the National League and the 94th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs, attempting to win the NL Central division for the third consecutive season, fell short by finishing in second place with a record of 83–78.

Minor League affiliates

In 2009 The Chicago Cubs had three minor league affiliates. The team's Single-A affiliate is the Peoria Chiefs, located in Peoria. The Chicago Cubs' Double-A affiliate is the Tennessee Smokies based in the Knoxville, Tennessee metropolitan area. Finally the Chicago Cubs Triple-A Affiliate is the Iowa Cubs, located in Iowa. The Iowa Cubs are coached by former Cub and Hall of Fame player Ryne Sandberg In 2010. Sandberg previously coached the Chiefs and Smokies as well.

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	91	71	0.562	—	46–35	45–36
Chicago Cubs	83	78	0.516	7½	46–34	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	0.494	11	40–41	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	0.481	13	40–41	38–43
Houston Astros	74	88	0.457	17	44–37	30–51
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	99	0.385	28½	40–41	22–58

Record vs. opponents

2009 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–4	4-2	1–5	7-11	5–3	5–4	7-11	2–5	5–2	1–5	6–1	11-7	5-13	2–4	1–5	5–10
Atlanta	4–3	–	4–2	3–6	4–4	8-10	3-3	4–3	3–3	13–5	10-8	3–4	3–3	3–4	4–2	10-8	7–8
Chicago	2-4	2–4	–	10-5	2–4	4–3	11–6	3–5	10-7	3-3	1–5	10-4	4–5	4-2	6-10	5–2	6–9
Cincinnati	5-1	6-3	5-10	–	0-7	3-3	12-4	1-5	8-7	2-4	2-5	13-5	1-6	3-3	8-8	3-4	6-9
Colorado	11-7	4-4	4-2	7-0	–	2-4	2-5	4-14	6-0	3-4	2-4	6-3	10-8	8-10	6-1	6-0	11-4
Florida	3-5	10-8	3-4	3-3	4-2	–	4–3	3-3	3-4	11-7	9-9	2-4	4-2	3-4	3-3	12-6	10-8
Houston	4–5	3-3	6-11	4-12	5-2	3-4	–	4–3	5-10	1-5	6-2	10-5	6-1	2-4	6-9	3-3	6-9
Los Angeles	11-7	3-4	5-3	5-1	14-4	3-3	3-4	–	3–3	5-1	4-3	4-3	10-8	11-7	2-5	3-2	9-9
Milwaukee	5-2	3-3	7-10	7-8	0-6	4-3	10-5	3-3	–	3-3	4-3	9-5	2-4	4-5	9-9	5-3	5-10
New York	2-5	5-13	3-3	4-2	4-3	7-11	5-1	1-5	3-3	–	6-12	4-3	2-5	5-3	4-5	10-8	5–10
Philadelphia	5-1	8-10	5-1	5-2	4-2	9-9	2-6	3-4	3-4	12-6	–	4-2	5-2	3-4	4-1	15-3	6-12
Pittsburgh	1-6	4-3	4-10	5-13	3-6	4-2	5-10	3-4	5-9	3-4	2-4	–	3-4	2-4	5-10	5-3	8–7
San Diego	7-11	3-3	5-4	6-1	8-10	2-4	1-6	8-10	4-2	5-2	2-5	4-3	–	10-8	1-6	4-2	5–10
San Francisco	13-5	4–3	2–4	3–3	10-8	4–3	4–2	7-11	5-4	3–5	4–3	4–2	8-10	–	4–3	4–2	9–6
St. Louis	4-2	2-4	10-6	8-8	1-6	3-3	9-6	5-2	9-9	5-4	1-4	10-5	6-1	3-4	–	6–1	9–6
Washington	5-1	8-10	2-5	4-3	0-6	6-12	3-3	2-3	3-5	8-10	3-15	3-5	2-4	2-4	1-6	–	7–11

Game log

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|- ! colspan=2 style=; | 2009 Game Log: 83–78 (Home:46–34, Away: 37–44) |- valign="top"

April (10–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 6	@ Astros	4–2	Zambrano (1–0)	Oswalt (0–1)	Gregg (1)	43,827	1–0
2	April 7	@ Astros	3 – 2 (10)	Brocail (1–0)	Cotts (0–1)		31,121	1–1
3	April 8	@ Astros	11–6	Lilly (1–0)	Moehler (0–1)		30,047	2–1
4	April 10	@ Brewers	4–3	Villanueva (1–0)	Gregg (0–1)		45,455	2–2
5	April 11	@ Brewers	6–5	Heilman (1–0)	Villanueva (1–1)	Mármol (1)	43,768	3–2
6	April 12	@ Brewers	8–5	Dempster (1–0)	Suppan (0–2)		40,168	4–2
7	April 13	Rockies	4–0	Lilly (2–0)	Jiménez (1–1)		40,077	5–2
8	April 15	Rockies	5–2	Marquis (2–0)	Harden (0–1)	Grilli (1)	39,361	5–3
9	April 16	Cardinals	7–4	Wainwright (2–0)	Patton (0–1)	Franklin (2)	38,909	5–4
10	April 17	Cardinals	8–7	Heilman (2–0)	Pérez (0–1)	Mármol (2)	40,250	6–4
11	April 18	Cardinals	7 – 5 (11)	Guzmán (1–0)	Reyes (0–1)		40,878	7–4
	April 19	Cardinals	Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 12
12	April 21	Reds	7–2	Harden (1–1)	Owings (0–2)		38,403	8–4
13	April 22	Reds	3–0	Cueto (1–1)	Lilly (2–1)	Cordero (6)	38,738	8–5
14	April 23	Reds	7–1	Harang (2–2)	Zambrano (1–1)		40,039	8–6
15	April 24	@ Cardinals	4–3	McClellan (1–0)	Mármol (0–1)	Franklin (5)	45,812	8–7
16	April 25	@ Cardinals	8–2	Boggs (1–0)	Marshall (0–1)		46,707	8–8
17	April 26	@ Cardinals	10–3	Harden (2–1)	Wellemeyer (1–2)		44,742	9–8
18	April 27	@ Diamondbacks	7–2	Haren (2–3)	Lilly (2–2)		29,471	9–9
19	April 28	@ Diamondbacks	11–3	Zambrano (2–1)	Petit (0–2)		30,351	10–9
20	April 29	@ Diamondbacks	10–0	Davis (2–3)	Dempster (1–1)		26,999	10–10
21	April 30	Marlins	8 – 2 (10)	Pinto (2–0)	Heilman (2–1)		37,956	10–11

May (15–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
22	May 1	Marlins	8–6	Patton (1–1)	Badenhop (1–1)	Gregg (2)	38,336	11–11
23	May 2	Marlins	6–1	Lilly (3–2)	Sánchez (1–3)		40,083	12–11
24	May 3	Marlins	6–4	Zambrano (3–1)	Nolasco (1–3)	Gregg (3)	40,457	13–11
25	May 4	Giants	4–2	Dempster (2–1)	Sánchez (1–2)	Gregg (4)	39,112	14–11
26	May 5	Giants	6–2	Lincecum (3–1)	Marshall (0–2)		39,497	14–12
27	May 6	@ Astros	6–3	Harden (3–1)	Hampton (1–3)	Gregg (5)	29,415	15–12
28	May 7	@ Astros	8–5	Lilly (4–2)	Ortiz (2–1)		28,625	16–12
29	May 8	@ Brewers	3–2	Stetter (2–0)	Heilman (2–2)	Hoffman (5)	42,025	16–13
30	May 9	@ Brewers	12–6	Gallardo (4–1)	Dempster (2–2)		44,428	16–14
31	May 10	@ Brewers	4–2	Marshall (1–2)	Suppan (2–3)	Gregg (6)	41,646	17–14
32	May 12	Padres	6–2	Harden (4–1)	Peavy (2–5)		39,963	18–14
33	May 13	Padres	6 – 4 (8)	Lilly (5–2)	Young (2–2)	Mármol (3)	38,410	19–14
34	May 14	Padres	11–3	Dempster (3–2)	Gaudin (0–3)		39,728	20–14
	May 15	Astros	Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 30
35	May 16	Astros	5–4	Marshall (2–2)	Hawkins (1–1)		40,549	21–14
36	May 17	Astros	6–5	Moehler (1–2)	Harden (4–2)	Sampson (1)	40,478	21–15
37	May 19	@ Cardinals	3–0	Piñeiro (5–3)	Lilly (5–3)		41,374	21–16
38	May 20	@ Cardinals	2–1	Carpenter (2–0)	Dempster (3–3)	Franklin (10)	41,703	21–17
39	May 21	@ Cardinals	3–1	Wainwright (4–2)	Marshall (2–3)	Franklin (11)	44,235	21–18
40	May 22	@ Padres	4–0	Peavy (4–5)	Zambrano (3–2)	Bell (12)	27,260	21–19
41	May 23	@ Padres	3–1	Geer (1–1)	Wells (0–1)	Mujica (1)	37,798	21–20
42	May 24	@ Padres	7–2	Young (4–2)	Lilly (5–4)		39,593	21–21
43	May 25	Pirates	10–8	Gorzelanny (2–1)	Cotts (0–2)	Burnett (1)	38,942	21–22
44	May 26	Pirates	6 – 1 (6)	Marshall (3–3)	Snell (1–6)		38,303	22–22
45	May 27	Pirates	5–2	Mármol (1–1)	Chavez (0–2)	Gregg (7)	38,314	23–22
46	May 28	Dodgers	2–1	Wolf (3–1)	Wells (0–2)	Troncoso (3)	39,579	23–23
47	May 29	Dodgers	2–1	Lilly (6–4)	Billingsley (6–3)	Gregg (8)	40,148	24–23
48	May 30	Dodgers	7–0	Dempster (4–3)	Stults (4–2)		41,153	25–23
49	May 31	Dodgers	8–2	Milton (2–0)	Marshall (3–4)		40,091	25–24

June (11–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
50	June 2	@ Braves	6 – 5 (12)	Soriano (1–0)	Heilman (2–3)		30,262	25–25
51	June 3	@ Braves	3 – 2 (11)	Guzmán (2–0)	Bennett (2–3)	Gregg (9)	30,646	26–25
	June 4	@ Braves	Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for June 22
52	June 5	@ Reds	2–1	Zambrano (4–2)	Owings (3–7)	Gregg (10)	32,374	27–25
53	June 6	@ Reds	4 – 3 (11)	Masset (3–0)	Marshall (3–5)		40,914	27–26
54	June 7	@ Reds	6 – 3 (14)	Patton (2–1)	Lincoln (1–1)	Guzmán (1)	32,629	28–26
55	June 9	@ Astros	7–1	Lilly (7–4)	Moehler (2–4)		29,669	29–26
56	June 10	@ Astros	2–1	Sampson (3–0)	Guzmán (2–1)		29,840	29–27
57	June 11	@ Astros	2 – 1 (13)	Fulchino (2–1)	Ascanio (0–1)		34,250	29–28
58	June 12	Twins	7–4	Slowey (9–2)	Wells (0–3)	Nathan (14)	41,509	29–29
59	June 13	Twins	2–0	Swarzak (2–2)	Harden (4–3)	Nathan (15)	40,899	29–30
60	June 14	Twins	3–2	Mármol (2–1)	Crain (2–3)		40,814	30–30
	June 16	White Sox	Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for September 3
61	June 17	White Sox	4–1	Danks (5–5)	Dempster (4–4)	Jenks (15)	40,444	30–31
62	June 18	White Sox	6–5	Gregg (1–1)	Thornton (4–2)		40,467	31–31
63	June 19	Indians	8 – 7 (10)	Gregg (2–1)	Vizcaíno (1–3)		40,155	32–31
64	June 20	Indians	6 – 5 (13)	Patton (3–1)	Wood (2–3)		41,007	33–31
65	June 21	Indians	6–2	Wells (1–3)	Sowers (1–5)	Gregg (11)	40,866	34–31
66	June 22	@ Braves	0–2	Vázquez (5–6)	Dempster (4–5)	Soriano (6)	31,701	34–32
67	June 23	@ Tigers	4–5	Lyon (3–3)	Gregg (BS 3) (2–2)		38,046	34–33
68	June 24	@ Tigers	3–5	Miner (BS 2) (5–1)	Harden (4–4)	Rodney (15)	36,438	34–34
69	June 25	@ Tigers	5–6	Galarraga (4–7)	Lilly (7–5)	Rodney (16)	42,332	34–35
70	June 26	@ White Sox	5–4	Wells (2–3)	Contreras (2–7)	Gregg (12)	39,015	35–35
71	June 27	@ White Sox	7–8	Jenks (2–2)	Marshall (3–6)		39,529	35–36
72	June 28	@ White Sox	0–6	Danks (6–6)	Zambrano (4–3)		39,745	35–37
73	June 29	@ Pirates	3–1	Harden (5–4)	Duke	Gregg (13)	15,400	36–37
74	June 30	@ Pirates	0–3	Ohlendorf (7–6)	Lilly (7–6)	Capps (18)	17,054	36–38

July (18–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
75	July 1	@ Pirates	4–1	Wells (3–3)	Vasquez (1–1)	Gregg (14)	15,770	37–38
76	July 2	Brewers	9–5	Dempster (5–5)	McClung (3–2)		40,545	38–38
77	July 3	Brewers	2 – 1 (10)	Gregg (3–2)	DiFelice (4–1)		41,204	39–38
78	July 4	Brewers	2–11	Looper (7–4)	Harden (5–5)		40,088	39–39
79	July 5	Brewers	8–2	Lilly (8–6)	Burns (1–2)		40,369	40–39
80	July 6	Braves	4–2	Wells (4–3)	Jurrjens (6–7)	Gregg (15)	40,042	41–39
81	July 7	Braves	1–2	Vázquez (6–7)	Zambrano (4–4)	Soriano (9)	40,359	41–40
82	July 8	Braves	1–4	Kawakami (5–6)	Hart (0–1)	Soriano (10)	40,531	41–41
83	July 10	Cardinals	3–8	Carpenter (7–3)	Harden (5–6)		40,687	41–42
84	July 11	Cardinals	5–2	Lilly (9–6)	Thompson (2–6)	Gregg (16)	41,210	42–42
85	July 12	Cardinals	7–3	Zambrano (5–4)	Lohse (4–5)		40,701	43–42
86	July 12	Cardinals	2–4	Wanwright (10–5)	Wells (4–4)	Franklin (21)	41,244	43–43
87	July 16	@ Nationals	6–2	Harden (6–6)	Lannan (6–7)		26,980	44–43
88	July 17	@ Nationals	3–1	Zambrano (6–4)	Stammen (2–5)	Gregg (17)	27,581	45–43
89	July 18	@ Nationals	6–5	Wells (5–4)	Zimmermann (3–5)	Gregg (18)	36,014	46–43
90	July 19	@ Nationals	11–3	Hart (1–1)	Mock (0–3)		34,574	47–43
91	July 20	@ Phillies	1–10	Lopez (2–0)	Lilly (9–7)	Durbin (1)	45,268	47–44
92	July 21	@ Phillies	1–4 (13)	Condrey (6–2)	Samardzija (0–1)		45,214	47–45
93	July 22	@ Phillies	10–5	Zambrano (7–4)	Moyer (9–7)	Gregg (19)	45,257	48–45
94	July 24	Reds	8–5	Wells (6–4)	Harang (5–11)		41,406	49–45
95	July 25	Reds	5–3	Hart (2–1)	Cueto (8–7)	Gregg (20)	41,364	50–45
96	July 26	Reds	5–2	Harden (7–6)	Owings (6–11)	Gregg (21)	41,528	51–45
97	July 27	Astros	5–1 (13)	Samardzija (1–1)	Sampson (4–2)		40,794	52–45
98	July 28	Astros	6–11	Fulchino (4–3)	Guzmán (2–2)		40,814	52–46
99	July 29	Astros	12–0	Wells (7–4)	Hampton (6–8)		41,538	53–46
100	July 30	Astros	12–3	Hart (3–1)	Ortiz (3–6)		41,524	54–46
101	July 31	@ Marlins	2–5	Donnelly (1–0)	Mármol (2–2)	Núñez (9)	25,024	54–47

August (11–17)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
102	August 1	@ Marlins	9–8 (10)	Gregg (4–2)	Núñez (3–4)	Heilman (1)	35,811	55–47
103	August 2	@ Marlins	2–3	Donnelly (2–0)	Gregg (4–3)		25,969	55–48
104	August 3	@ Reds	4–2	Wells (8–4)	Harang (5–13)	Mármol (4)	22,222	56–48
105	August 4	@ Reds	6–3	Gorzelanny (4–1)	Cueto (8–9)		17,992	57–48
106	August 5	@ Reds	0–4	Lehr (1–0)	Harden (7–7)		22,098	57–49
107	August 7	@ Rockies	2–6	Jiménez (9–9)	Marshall (3–7)		46,118	57–50
108	August 8	@ Rockies	6–5	Dempster (6–5)	Marquis (12–8)	Gregg (22)	47,845	58–50
109	August 9	@ Rockies	5–11	Hammel (7–6)	Wells (8–5)		40,217	58–51
110	August 10	@ Rockies	5–11	de la Rosa (10–8)	Gorzelanny (4–2)		34,485	58–52
111	August 11	Phillies	3–4	Eyre (2–1)	Gregg (4–4)	Durbin (2)	41,477	58–53
112	August 12	Phillies	5–12	Martínez (1–0)	Samardzija (1–2)		41,133	58–54
113	August 13	Phillies	1–6	Lee (10–9)	Dempster (6–6)		41,100	58–55
114	August 14	Pirates	17–2	Wells (9–5)	Morton (2–6)		41,619	59–55
115	August 15	Pirates	3–1	Gorzelanny (5–2)	Duke (9–11)	Gregg (23)	41,197	60–55
	August 16	Pirates	Postponed (rain)
116	August 17	@ Padres	1–4	Bell (5–2)	Gregg (4–5)		23,420	60–56
117	August 18	@ Padres	3–6	Carrillo (1–1)	Dempster (6–7)	Bell (30)	19,814	60–57
118	August 19	@ Padres	7–1	Harden (8–7)	Latos (4–3)		18,012	61–57
119	August 20	@ Dodgers	2–7	Belisario (2–3)	Guzmán (2–3)		48,974	61–58
120	August 21	@ Dodgers	1–2	Wolf (8–6)	Wells (9–6)	Broxton (27)	51,579	61–59
121	August 22	@ Dodgers	0–2	Haeger (1–1)	Lilly (9–8)	Sherrill (21)	49,297	61–60
122	August 23	@ Dodgers	3–1	Dempster (7–7)	Billingsley (12–7)	Mármol (5)	49,711	62–60
123	August 25	Nationals	6–15	Mock (3–5)	Zambrano (7–5)		37,297	62–61
124	August 26	Nationals	9–4	Guzmán (3–3)	Bergmann (2–3)		36,562	63–61
125	August 27	Nationals	4–5	Martin (3–3)	Wells (9–7)	MacDougal (14)	35,174	63–62
126	August 28	Mets	5–2	Gregg (5–5)	Stokes (1–3)	Mármol (6)	39,381	64–62
127	August 29	Mets	11–4	Dempster (8–7)	Parnell (3–7)		40,857	65–62
128	August 30	Mets	4–1	Figueroa (1–3)	Zambrano (7–6)	Rodríguez (28)	39,907	65–63
129	August 31	Astros	5–3	Oswalt (8–5)	Harden (8–8)	Valverde (20)	36,990	65–64

September (17–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
130	September 1	Astros	4–1	Wells (10–7)	Moehler (8–10)	Mármol (7)	36,332	66–64
131	September 2	Astros	2–0	Lilly (10–8)	Paulino (2–7)	Mármol (8)	39,192	67–64
132	September 3	White Sox	0–5	Torres (1–0)	Dempster (8–8)		40,741	67–65
133	September 4	@ Mets	2–6	Stokes (2–4)	Gregg (5–6)	Rodríguez (29)	37,953	67–66
134	September 5	@ Mets	5–3	Harden (9–8)	Figueroa (2–4)	Mármol (9)	38,759	68–66
135	September 6	@ Mets	2–4	Pelfrey (10–10)	Wells (10–8)	Rodríguez (30)	39,593	68–67
136	September 7	@ Pirates	4–2	Lilly (11–8)	McCutchen (0–1)	Mármol (10)	14,673	69–67
137	September 8	@ Pirates	9–4	Dempster (9–8)	Duke (10–14)		17,862	70–67
138	September 9	@ Pirates	8–5	Zambrano (8–6)	Hart (4–6)	Mármol (11)	10,899	71–67
139	September 11	Reds	6–4	Stevens (1–0)	Lehr (4–2)	Mármol (12)	39,881	72–67
140	September 12	Reds	5–7	Rhodes (1–1)	Mármol (2–3)	Cordero (34)	40,351	72–68
141	September 13	Reds	5–2	Lilly (12–8)	Bailey (5–5)		39,805	73–68
142	September 14	Brewers	2–0	Dempster (10–8)	Suppan (6–10)	Mármol (13)	38,725	74–68
143	September 15	Brewers	13–7	Heilman (3–3)	Garrardo (12–12)		38,986	75–68
144	September 16	Brewers	5–9	Looper (13–6)	Harden (9–9)		38,084	75–69
145	September 17	Brewers	4–7	Bush (5–7)	Wells (10–9)	Hoffman (33)	39,158	75–70
146	September 18	@ Cardinals	2–3	Franklin (3–3)	Heilman (3–4)		45,959	75–71
147	September 19	@ Cardinals	1–2	Franklin (4–3)	Mármol (2–4)		46,506	75–72
148	September 20	@ Cardinals	6 – 3 (11)	Caridad (1–0)	Boggs (2–3)	Mármol (14)	44,937	76–72
149	September 21	@ Brewers	10–2	Gorzelanny (6–2)	Looper (13–7)		34,192	77–72
150	September 22	@ Brewers	7–2	Wells (11–9)	Bush (5–8)		34,316	78–72
151	September 23	@ Brewers	2–3	Narveson (2–0)	Samardzija (1–3)	Hoffman (35)	32,340	78–73
152	September 24	@ Giants	3–2	Heilman (4–4)	Wilson (5–6)	Mármol (15)	31,603	79–73
153	September 25	@ Giants	3–0	Zambrano (9–6)	Lincecum (14–7)		33,970	80–73
154	September 26	@ Giants	6–2	Gorzelanny (7–2)	Zito (10–13)		35,885	81–73
155	September 27	@ Giants	1–5	Cain (14–7)	Wells (11–10)	Wilson (37)	38,330	81–74
156	September 29	Pirates	6–0	Dempster (11–8)	Hart (4–9)		35,308	82–74
157	September 30	Pirates	0–4	Morton (5–9)	Lilly (12–9)		34,362	82–75
158	September 30	Pirates	2–8	Karstens (4–5)	Zambrano (9–7)		33,299	82–76

October (1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
159	October 1	Pirates	Canceled
160	October 2	Diamondbacks	3–12	Buckner (4–6)	Gorzelanny (7–3)		33,786	82–77
161	October 3	Diamondbacks	5–0	Wells (12–10)	Cabrera (0–6)		39,138	83–77
162	October 4	Diamondbacks	2–5	Davis (9–14)	Dempster (11–9)	Gutiérrez (9)	39,154	83–78

Roster

2009 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

58 José Ascanio

60 Mitch Atkins

64 Justin Berg

33 Esmailin Caridad

48 Neal Cotts

46 Ryan Dempster

44 Chad Fox

22 Tom Gorzelanny

43 John Grabow

63 Kevin Gregg

37 Ángel Guzmán

40 Rich Harden

22 Kevin Hart

47 Aaron Heilman

30 Ted Lilly

49 Carlos Mármol

45 Sean Marshall

54 David Patton

29 Jeff Samardzija

52 Jeff Stevens

51 Luis Vizcaíno

43 Jason Waddell

36 Randy Wells

38 Carlos Zambrano

Catchers

55 Koyie Hill

18 Geovany Soto

Infielders

28 Jeff Baker

13 Andrés Blanco

17 Mike Fontenot

4 Ryan Freel

5 Jake Fox

25 Derrek Lee

7 Aaron Miles

16 Aramis Ramírez

24 Bobby Scales

2 Ryan Theriot

Outfielders

21 Milton Bradley

21 Tyler Colvin

1 Kosuke Fukudome

27 Sam Fuld

4 Joey Gathright

6 Micah Hoffpauir

9 Reed Johnson

12 Alfonso Soriano

99 So Taguchi

Manager

41 Lou Piniella

Coaching Staff

59 Iván DeJesús (special asst)

51 Von Joshua (hitting)

28 Gerald Perry (hitting)

8 Mike Quade (third base)

50 Larry Rothschild (pitching)

39 Matt Sinatro (first base)

35 Lester Strode (bullpen)

3 Alan Trammell (bench)

Key injuries

The Cubs were plagued by injuries in 2009, and were only able to field their Opening Day starting lineup three times the entire season. Third baseman Aramis Ramírez injured his throwing shoulder in an early May game against the Milwaukee Brewers, sidelining him until early July and forcing journeyman players like Mike Fontenot and Aaron Miles into more prominent roles. Additionally, key players like Derrek Lee (back), Alfonso Soriano (legs and knee) and Geovany Soto (shoulder) nursed minor, nagging injuries.

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	Soto, GeovanyGeovany Soto	102	331	72	.218	11	47
1B	Lee, DerrekDerrek Lee	141	532	163	.306	35	111
2B	Fontenot, MikeMike Fontenot	135	377	89	.236	9	43
SS	Theriot, RyanRyan Theriot	154	602	171	.284	7	54
3B	Ramírez, AramisAramis Ramírez	82	306	97	.317	15	65
LF	Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano	117	477	115	.241	20	55
CF	Fukudome, KosukeKosuke Fukudome	146	499	129	.259	11	54
RF	Bradley, MiltonMilton Bradley	124	393	101	.257	12	40

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
Hoffpauir, MicahMicah Hoffpauir	105	234	56	.239	10	35
Johnson, ReedReed Johnson	65	186	42	.255	4	22
Miles, AaronAaron Miles	74	157	29	.185	0	5
Hill, KoyieKoyie Hill	83	253	60	.237	2	24
Scales, BobbyBobby Scales	51	124	30	.242	3	15
Blanco, AndrésAndrés Blanco	53	123	31	.252	1	12
Freel, RyanRyan Freel	14	28	4	.143	0	1
Gathright, JoeyJoey Gathright	20	14	3	.214	0	0
Fox, JakeJake Fox	82	216	56	.259	11	44
Dempster, RyanRyan Dempster	30	64	8	.125	0	5
Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano	33	69	15	.217	4	11
Lilly, TedTed Lilly	26	57	5	.088	0	2
Harden, RichRich Harden	26	43	8	.186	0	0
Marshall, SeanSean Marshall	51	13	3	.231	0	2
Wells, RandyRandy Wells	26	47	9	.191	0	2
Guzmán, ÁngelÁngel Guzmán	55	3	0	.000	0	0
Ascanio, JoséJosé Ascanio	12	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	WHIP
Dempster, RyanRyan Dempster	31	200.0	11	9	3.64	172	1.305
Lilly, TedTed Lilly	27	177.0	12	9	3.10	151	1.056
Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano	28	169.1	9	7	3.77	152	1.376
Marshall, SeanSean Marshall	55	85.1	3	7	4.32	68	1.441
Harden, RichRich Harden	26	141.0	9	9	4.09	171	1.340
Wells, RandyRandy Wells	27	165.1	12	10	3.05	104	1.276

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	IP	ERA	SO	WHIP
Gregg, KevinKevin Gregg	72	5	6	23	68.2	4.72	71	1.311
Guzmán, ÁngelÁngel Guzmán	55	3	3	1	61.0	2.95	47	1.049
Mármol, CarlosCarlos Mármol	79	2	4	15	74.0	3.41	93	1.459
Heilman, AaronAaron Heilman	70	4	4	1	72.1	4.11	65	1.410
Cotts, NealNeal Cotts	19	0	2	0	11.0	7.36	9	2.091
Patton, DavidDavid Patton	20	3	1	0	27.2	6.36	23	1.807
Ascanio, JoséJosé Ascanio	14	0	1	0	15.1	3.52	18	1.761
Vizcaíno, LuisLuis Vizcaíno	4	0	0	0	3.2	0.00	3	0.545
Samardzija, JeffJeff Samardzija	20	1	3	0	34.2	7.20	21	1.760
Waddell, JasonJason Waddell	3	0	0	0	1.2	5.40	2	1.800
Fox, ChadChad Fox	2	0	0	0	0.1	135.00	0	15.000

2008–2009 off-season

Trades

November 13, 2008	To Florida Marlins José Ceda	To Chicago Cubs Kevin Gregg
December 31, 2008	to Cleveland Indians Mark DeRosa	to Chicago Cubs Minor league prospects (Gaub, Stevens, Archer)
January 6, 2009	to Colorado Rockies Jason Marquis	to Chicago Cubs Luis Vizcaíno
January 17, 2009	to Baltimore Orioles Félix Pie	to Chicago Cubs Garrett Olson and Henry Williamson
January 27, 2009	to Seattle Mariners Ronny Cedeño and Garrett Olson	to Chicago Cubs Aaron Heilman
May 8, 2009	to Baltimore Orioles Joey Gathright	to Chicago Cubs Ryan Freel
July 2, 2009	to Colorado Rockies Al Alburquerque	to Chicago Cubs Jeff Baker
July 6, 2009	to Kansas City Royals Ryan Freel	to Chicago Cubs player to be named later
July 30, 2009	to Pittsburgh Pirates Kevin Hart, José Ascanio, and Josh Harrison	to Chicago Cubs John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny

Free agent acquisitions

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
Joey Gathright	Kansas City Royals	1 year, $800,000
Aaron Miles	St. Louis Cardinals	2 years, Undisclosed
Milton Bradley	Texas Rangers	3 years, $30,000,000
So Taguchi	Philadelphia Phillies	1 year, $900,000
Paul Bako	Cincinnati Reds	Undisclosed

Players lost to free agency

Player	New team
Bob Howry	San Francisco Giants
Kerry Wood	Cleveland Indians
Henry Blanco	San Diego Padres
Daryle Ward	Cincinnati Reds
Jim Edmonds	Retired

Sale of the franchise

After many years of speculation that the Chicago Tribune wanted to sell the Chicago Cubs organization, they finally inked a deal on January 22, 2009 with the Ricketts family for a total of $900 million. The sale included the Cubs, Wrigley Field, and the Tribune's 25% stake in the Comcast Sports Network Chicago, a regional TV channel.

Media

Radio: Chicago Cubs Radio Network

The Chicago Cubs radio broadcasting team was anchored by veteran announcers Pat Hughes and Ron Santo this past season making it the duo's 15th year together. Hughes provides the play-by play-announcer while Santo serves as the color commentator.

TV: Comcast SportsNet Chicago, WGN-TV, WGN America, WCIU-TV

The Chicago Cubs 2009 television broadcasting team was anchored by Len Kasper and Bob Brenly. Games could be seen on multiple channels including: WGN-TV, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, WGN America, and even at times WCIU-TV.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Dickerson
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Ryne Sandberg
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Buddy Bailey
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Marty Pevey
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Casey Kopitzke
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Juan Cabreja

References

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