2010 Chicago Cubs season

The 2010 Chicago Cubs season was the 139th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 135th in the National League and the 95th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 75–87.

2010 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Family trust of Joe Ricketts
General managers	Jim Hendry
Managers	Lou Piniella (51-74) Mike Quade (24-13)
Television	WGN-TV WGN America CSN Chicago CSN Chicago Plus WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Radio	WGN (AM) Chicago Cubs Radio Network (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Judd Sirott)
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The Cubs played 10 extra inning games during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 2010.^[1]

Off-season

In December 2009, Florida Governor Charlie Crist met with Cubs president Crane Kenney, chairman Tom Ricketts and other team officials about possibly moving the Cubs' spring training and minor league facilities from Mesa to Naples.^[2] In January 2010, however, the city of Mesa approved an agreement that would have the Cubs remain in that city for spring training through 2035, with the city building a new $84 million stadium and training facility. The agreement would take effect pending financing legislation and subsequent voter referendum in November 2010.^[3]

2009 post-season changes

Trades

November 19, 2009	To Arizona Diamondbacks Aaron Heilman	To Chicago Cubs Scott Maine and Ryne White
December 3, 2009	to Oakland Athletics Aaron Miles and Jake Fox	to Chicago Cubs Jeff Gray and Minor League Prospects
December 18, 2009	to Seattle Mariners Milton Bradley	to Chicago Cubs Carlos Silva

Free agent acquisitions

Player Former team Contract Terms Marlon Byrd Texas Rangers 3 years, $15,000,000 Xavier Nady New York Yankees 1 year, $3,300,000 Chad Tracy Arizona Diamondbacks 1 year, $900,000 Kevin Millar Toronto Blue Jays Undisclosed

Players lost to free agency

Player New team Rich Harden Texas Rangers Neal Cotts Pittsburgh Pirates So Taguchi Orix Buffaloes Kevin Gregg Toronto Blue Jays Reed Johnson Los Angeles Dodgers

Regular season

Memorial outside Wrigley Field following Ron Santo's death in 2010

Midseason Trades

March 27, 2010	to Texas Rangers Andrés Blanco	to Chicago Cubs Player to be named, or cash
August 1, 2010	To Los Angeles Dodgers Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot	To Chicago Cubs Blake DeWitt, Kyle Smitt and Brett Wallach
August 12, 2010	to San Francisco Giants Mike Fontenot	to Chicago Cubs Evan Crawford
August 19, 2010	to Atlanta Braves Derrek Lee	to Chicago Cubs Robinson Lopez, Tyrelle Harris and Jeffrey Lorick

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	91	71	.562	—	49‍–‍32	42‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	5	52‍–‍29	34‍–‍47
Milwaukee Brewers	77	85	.475	14	40‍–‍41	37‍–‍44
Houston Astros	76	86	.469	15	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	75	87	.463	16	35‍–‍46	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	105	.352	34	40‍–‍41	17‍–‍64

National League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	97	65	.599
San Francisco Giants	92	70	.568
Cincinnati Reds	91	71	.562

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	91	71	.562	—
San Diego Padres	90	72	.556	1
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	5
Colorado Rockies	83	79	.512	8
Florida Marlins	80	82	.494	11
Los Angeles Dodgers	80	82	.494	11
New York Mets	79	83	.488	12
Milwaukee Brewers	77	85	.475	14
Houston Astros	76	86	.469	15
Chicago Cubs	75	87	.463	16
Washington Nationals	69	93	.426	22
Arizona Diamondbacks	65	97	.401	26
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	105	.352	34

Record vs. opponents

2010 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2010 v t e
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–4	1–6	2–5	9–9	3–3	4–3	5–13	3–4	5–1	2–4	2–4	8–10	5–13	4–5	3–4	6–9
Atlanta	4–3	–	4–2	3–2	2–4	11–7	5–1	5–3	5–2	11–7	8–10	6–3	4–2	4–3	2–6	8–10	9–6
Chicago	6–1	2–4	–	4–12	2–3	4–2	7–11	3–4	9–6	3–4	4–2	5–10	3–5	2–5	9–6	4–2	8–10
Cincinnati	5–2	2–3	12–4	–	2–5	5–2	10–5	5–4	11–3	4–2	2–5	10–6	2–4	3–4	6–12	4–3	8–7
Colorado	9–9	4–2	3–2	5–2	–	3–4	2–4	7–11	5–4	3–3	1–6	3–4	12–6	9–9	3–4	5–3	9–6
Florida	3–3	7–11	2–4	2–5	4–3	–	3–3	4–2	4–4	12–6	5–13	6–2	3–6	2–5	3–2	13–5	7–8
Houston	3–4	1–5	11–7	5–10	4–2	3–3	–	2–4	8–7	3–4	4–3	11–4	2–5	2–7	10–5	4–4	3–12
Los Angeles	13–5	3–5	4–3	4–5	11–7	2–4	4–2	–	4–2	3–4	2–4	4–3	8–10	8–10	3–4	3–3	4–11
Milwaukee	4–3	2–5	6–9	3–11	4–5	4–4	7–8	2–4	–	5–2	1–5	13–5	3–4	2–5	8–7	4–2	9–6
New York	1–5	7–11	4–3	2–4	3–3	6–12	4–3	4–3	2–5	–	9–9	6–1	3–3	3–4	3–3	9–9	13–5
Philadelphia	4–2	10–8	2–4	5–2	6–1	13–5	3–4	4–2	5–1	9–9	–	2–4	5–2	3–3	4–4	12–6	10–8
Pittsburgh	4–2	3–6	10–5	6–10	4–3	2–6	4–11	3–4	5–13	1–6	4–2	–	0–6	2–4	6–9	1–5	2–13
San Diego	10–8	2–4	5–3	4–2	6–12	6–3	5–2	10–8	4–3	3–3	2–5	6–0	–	12–6	3–4	3–3	9–6
San Francisco	13–5	3–4	5–2	4–3	9–9	5–2	7–2	10–8	5–2	4–3	3–3	4–2	6–12	–	3–3	4–2	7–8
St. Louis	5–4	6–2	6–9	12–6	4–3	2–3	5–10	4–3	7–8	3–3	4–4	9–6	4–3	3–3	–	3–3	9–6
Washington	4–3	10–8	2–4	3–4	3–5	5–13	4–4	3–3	2–4	9–9	6–12	5–1	3–3	2–4	3–3	–	5–13

Game log

2010 Game Log: 75–87 (Home: 35–46, Away: 40–41)
April: 11–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Braves 16–5 Lowe (1–0) Zambrano (0–1) 53,081 0–1 2 April 7 @ Braves 3–2 Moylan (1–0) Grabow (0–1) 36,170 0–2 3 April 8 @ Braves 2–0 Dempster (1–0) Hanson (0–1) Mármol (1) 27,443 1–2 4 April 9 @ Reds 5–4 Owings (1–0) Caridad (0–1) 24,419 1–3 5 April 10 @ Reds 4–3 Zambrano (1–1) Rhodes (0–1) Mármol (2) 27,235 2–3 6 April 11 @ Reds 3–1 Masset (1–0) Grabow (0–2) Cordero (2) 25,168 2–4 7 April 13 Brewers 9–5 Dempster (1–0) Davis (0–1) 41,306 3–4 8 April 14 Brewers 7–6 Gray (1–0) Hawkins (0–1) Mármol (3) 39,565 4–4 9 April 15 Brewers 8–6 Narveson (1–0) Samardzija (0–1) Hoffman (3) 38,026 4–5 10 April 16 Astros 7–2 Silva (1–0) Paulino (0–1) 37,291 5–5 11 April 17 Astros 4–3 Oswalt (1–2) Gorzelanny (0–1) Lindstrom (1) 40,471 5–6 12 April 18 Astros 3–2 (10) Byrdak (1-0) Marshall (0-1) Lindstrom (2) 39,506 5-7 13 April 19 @ Mets 6–1 Nieve (1–1) Russell (0–1) 27,940 5–8 14 April 20 @ Mets 4–0 Pelfrey (3–0) Zambrano (1–2) 27,502 5–9 15 April 21 @ Mets 9–3 Silva (2–0) Pérez (0–2) 25,684 6–9 16 April 22 @ Mets 5–2 Santana (2–1) Gorzelanny (0–2) Rodríguez (1) 28,535 6–10 17 April 23 @ Brewers 8–1 Dempster (2–0) Suppan (0–1) 37,848 7–10 18 April 24 @ Brewers 5–1 Lilly (1–0) Davis (0–2) 43,410 8–10 19 April 25 @ Brewers 12–2 Wells (2–0) Bush (1–1) 38,364 9–10 20 April 26 Nationals 4–3 (10) Mármol (1-0) Bruney (1-1) 37,850 10-10 21 April 27 Nationals 3–1 Hernández (3-1) Gorzelanny (0-3) Capps (9) 37,440 10-11 22 April 28 Nationals 3–2 Atilano (2-0) Dempster (2-1) Capps (10) 36,660 10-12 23 April 29 Diamondbacks 13–5 Kennedy (1-1) Lilly (1-1) 36,850 10-13 24 April 30 Diamondbacks 11–5 Wells (3-0) López (1-1) 37,800 11-13
May: 13–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 Diamondbacks 7–5 Marshall (1-1) Gutierrez (0-3) Mármol (4) 40,368 12-13 26 May 2 Diamondbacks 10–5 Gorzelanny (1-3) Jackson (1-3) 38,144 13-13 27 May 4 @ Pirates 3–2 Maholm (2-2) Dempster (2-2) Dotel (4) 10,972 13-14 28 May 5 @ Pirates 4–2 Morton (1-5) Lilly (1-2) Dotel (5) 11,053 13-15 29 May 6 @ Pirates 11–1 Burres (2-1) Wells (3-1) 11,085 13-16 30 May 7 @ Reds 14–7 Silva (3-0) Bailey (0-2) 20,030 14-16 31 May 8 @ Reds 14–2 Harang (2-4) Gorzelanny (1-4) 26,404 14-17 32 May 9 @ Reds 5–3 Leake (3-0) Dempster (2-3) Cordero (10) 20,402 14-18 33 May 10 Marlins 4–2 Robertson (3-3) Lilly (1-3) Núñez (6) 38,266 14-19 34 May 11 Marlins 3–2 Nolasco (3-2) Wells (3-2) Núñez (7) 38,007 14-20 35 May 12 Marlins 4–3 Silva (4-0) Volstad (3-3) Mármol (5) 38,637 15-20 36 May 14 Pirates 10–6 Meek (2-1) Zambrano (1-3) 39,082 15-21 37 May 15 Pirates 4–3 Maholm (3-3) Dempster (2-4) Dotel (7) 41,336 15-22 38 May 16 Pirates 4–3 Marshall (2-1) Carrasco (1-1) Mármol (6) 40,636 16-22 39 May 17 Rockies 4–2 (11) Marshall (3-1) Belisle (1-1) 35,760 17-22 40 May 18 Rockies 6–2 Silva (5-0) Chacin (2-2) 37,029 18-22 41 May 19 @ Phillies 4–1 Gorzelanny (2-4) Moyer (2-4) Mármol (7) 45,140 19-22 42 May 20 @ Phillies 5–4 Báez (2-1) Grabow (0-3) Contreras (2) 45,325 19-23 43 May 21 @ Rangers 2–1 Lewis(4-2) Lilly (1-4) Feliz (12) 38,943 19-24 44 May 22 @ Rangers 5–4 (10) Marshall (4-1) O'day (1-2) Mármol (8) 46,180 20-24 45 May 23 @ Rangers 5–4 Silva (6-0) Wilson (3-2) Mármol (9) 37,777 21-24 46 May 25 Dodgers 3–0 Dempster (3-4) Kershaw (4-3) Mármol (10) 34,749 22-24 47 May 26 Dodgers 8–5 Billingsley (6-2) Gorzelanny (2-5) Broxton (11) 35,828 22-25 48 May 27 Dodgers 1–0 Marshall (5-1) Ely (3-2) Mármol (11) 33,868 23-25 49 May 28 Cardinals 7–1 Carpenter (6-1) Wells (3-3) 39,536 23-26 50 May 29 Cardinals 5–0 Silva (7-0) Ottavino (0-1) 40,601 24-26 51 May 30 Cardinals 9–1 Wainwright (7-3) Dempster (3-5) 41,353 24-27 52 May 31 @ Pirates 2–1 Meek (3-1) Marshall (5-2) Dotel (11) 20,235 24-28
June: 10–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 @ Pirates 3–2 Hanrahan (2-1) Lilly (1-5) Dotel (12) 11,334 24-29 – June 2 @ Pirates Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 7 54 June 4 @ Astros 3–1 Paulino (1-7) Zambrano (1-4) Lindstrom (12) 28,784 24-30 55 June 5 @ Astros 8–5 Dempster (4-5) Oswalt (3-8) Mármol (12) 34,241 25-30 56 June 6 @ Astros 6–3 Myers (4-3) Wells (3-4) Lindstrom (13) 29,493 25-31 57 June 7 @ Pirates 6–1 Silva (8-0) Eveland (3-5) Marshall (1) 12,768 26-31 58 June 8 @ Brewers 3–2 Axford (2-1) Mármol (1-1) 30,082 26-32 59 June 9 @ Brewers 9–4 Zambrano (2-4) Wolf (4-6) 30,326 27-32 60 June 10 @ Brewers 5–4 (10) Axford (3-1) Howry (1-1) 36,363 27-33 61 June 11 White Sox 10–5 Peavy (5-5) Wells (3-5) 41,129 27-34 62 June 12 White Sox 2–1 Buehrle (4-6) Silva (8-1) Jenks (11) 40,397 27-35 63 June 13 White Sox 1–0 Lilly (2-5) Floyd (2-7) Mármol (13) 40,456 28-35 64 June 15 Athletics 9–5 Cahill (6-2) Zambrano (2-5) 34,390 28-36 65 June 16 Athletics 6–2 Dempster (5-5) Gonzalez (6-5) 36,244 29-36 66 June 17 Athletics 3–2 Mármol (2-1) Blevins (2-1) 36,942 30-36 67 June 18 Angels 7–6 Kazmir (7-5) Silva (8-2) Rodney (6) 39,729 30-37 68 June 19 Angels 12–0 Weaver (7-3) Lilly (2-6) 40,008 30-38 69 June 20 Angels 12–1 Zambrano (3-5) Saunders (5-8) 39,850 31-38 70 June 22 @ Mariners 2–0 Vargas (6-2) Dempster (5-6) Aardsma (16) 27,975 31-39 71 June 23 @ Mariners 8–1 Lee (6-3) Wells (3-6) 31,394 31-40 72 June 24 @ Mariners 3–2 (13) Grabow (1-3) Olson (0-2) Gorzelanny (1) 41,329 32-40 73 June 25 @ White Sox 6–0 Peavy (7-5) Zambrano (3-6) 39,364 32-41 74 June 26 @ White Sox 3–2 Putz (4-2) Cashner (0-1) Thornton (3) 39,479 32-42 75 June 27 @ White Sox 8–6 Dempster (6-6) Danks (7-6) 39,682 33-42 76 June 28 Pirates 2–1 Maholm (5-6) Cashner (0-2) Dotel (15) 38,512 33-43 77 June 29 Pirates 3–1 Lilly (3-6) Karstens (2-3) Mármol (14) 36,914 34-43 78 June 30 Pirates 2–0 Lincoln (1-2) Cashner (0-3) Dotel (16) 37,391 34-44
July: 12–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 Reds 3–2 Smith (1-0) Howry (1-2) Cordero (22) 36,880 34-45 80 July 2 Reds 12–0 Arroyo (8-4) Dempster (6-7) 40,361 34-46 81 July 3 Reds 3–1 Wells (4-6) Smith (1-1) Mármol (15) 40,677 35-46 82 July 4 Reds 14–3 Leake (6-1) Lilly (3-7) 41,079 35-47 83 July 5 @ Diamondbacks 9–4 Gorzelanny (3-5) Kennedy (3-7) 26,250 36-47 84 July 6 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Silva (9-2) Enright (1-1) Mármol (16) 20,067 37-47 85 July 7 @ Diamondbacks 8–3 Dempster (7-7) Jackson (6-7) 20,914 38-47 86 July 8 @ Dodgers 3–2 Kershaw 9-4 Wells (4-7) Broxton (19) 43,640 38-48 87 July 9 @ Dodgers 9–7 Billingsley (7-4) Lilly (3-8) 43,790 38-49 88 July 10 @ Dodgers 7–3 Gorzelanny (4-5) Ely (4-7) 49,016 39-49 89 July 11 @ Dodgers 7–0 Padilla (4-2) Silva (9-3) 45,398 39-50 90 July 15 Phillies 12–6 Dempster (8-7) Moyer (9-9) 40,879 40-50 91 July 16 Phillies 4–3 Marshall (6-2) Madson (2-1) Mármol (17) 40,622 41-50 92 July 17 Phillies 4–1 Durbin (1-1) Mármol (2-2) Lidge (7) 40,924 41-51 93 July 18 Phillies 11–6 Gorzelanny (5-5) Halladay (10-8) 39,333 42-51 94 July 19 Astros 11–5 Rodríguez (7-11) Silva (9-4) 35,514 42-52 95 July 20 Astros 14–7 Cashner (1-3) Lyon (5-4) 36,401 43-52 96 July 21 Astros 4–3 (12) Lyon (6-4) Howry (1-3) Chacin (1) 38,533 43-53 97 July 23 Cardinals 5–0 Wells (5-7) Suppan (0-6) 40,687 44-53 98 July 24 Cardinals 6–5 Gorzelanny (6-5) Hawksworth (4-6) Mármol (18) 41,009 45-53 99 July 25 Cardinals 4–3 (11) Franklin (5-1) Schlitter (0-1) Reyes (1) 41,406 45-54 100 July 26 @ Astros 5–2 Silva (10-4) Wright (0-1) Mármol (19) 25,037 46-54 101 July 27 @ Astros 6–1 Myers (8-6) Cashner (1-4) 28,047 46-55 102 July 28 @ Astros 8–1 Norris (3-7) Wells (5-8) 28,046 46-56 103 July 30 @ Rockies 17–2 Francis (4-3) Dempster (8-8) 40,189 46-57 104 July 31 @ Rockies 6–5 Street (2-2) Marshall (6-3) 48,065 46-58
August: 10–19 (Home: 3–12; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 @ Rockies 8–7 de la Rosa (4-3) Silva (10-5) 38,256 46-59 106 August 2 Brewers 18–1 Gallardo (10-5) Wells (5-9) 37,731 46-60 107 August 3 Brewers 4–3 Narveson (9-7) Diamond (0-1) Axford (16) 36,183 46-61 108 August 4 Brewers 15–3 Dempster (9-8) Parra (3-9) 38,425 47-61 109 August 6 Reds 3–0 Arroyo (12-6) Gorzelanny (6-6) Cordero (30) 40,696 47-62 110 August 7 Reds 4–3 Ondrusek (3-0) Wells (5-10) Masset (2) 41,227 47-63 111 August 8 Reds 11–4 Wood (3-1) Diamond (0-2) 39,016 47-64 112 August 9 @ Giants 4–3 (11) Ray (5-0) Mateo (0-1) 41,943 47-65 113 August 10 @ Giants 8–6 Dempster (10-8) Lincecum (11-6) 35,389 48-65 114 August 11 @ Giants 5–4 Romo (5-3) Berg (0-1) Wilson (33) 36,139 48-66 115 August 12 @ Giants 8–7 Wilson (3-1) Cashner (1-5) 40,872 48-67 116 August 13 @ Cardinals 6–3 Westbrook (7-7) Diamond (0-3) Franklin (21) 45,546 48-68 117 August 14 @ Cardinals 3–2 Zambrano (4-6) Carpenter (13-4) Mármol (20) 46,313 49-68 118 August 15 @ Cardinals 9–7 Dempster (11-8) Lohse (1-5) Mármol (21) 44,074 50-68 119 August 16 Padres 9–5 Correia (10-7) Gorzelanny (6-7) 36,814 50-69 120 August 17 Padres 1–0 Garland (12-8) Wells (5-11) Bell (36) 33,664 50-70 121 August 18 Padres 5–1 Richard (11-5) Coleman (0-1) 33,267 50-71 122 August 19 Padres 5–3 Latos (13-5) Marshall (6-4) Bell (37) 30,687 50-72 123 August 20 Braves 5–3 Moylan (5-2) Mármol (2-3) Wagner (30) 39,345 50-73 124 August 21 Braves 5–4 Gorzelanny (7-7) Hanson (8-9) Mármol (22) 41,099 51-73 125 August 22 Braves 16–5 Minor (2-0) Wells (5-12) 37,518 51-74 126 August 23 @ Nationals 9–1 Coleman (1-1) Hernández (8-9) 17,921 52-74 127 August 24 @ Nationals 5–4 Zambrano (5-6) Lannan (5-6) Mármol (23) 18,250 53-74 128 August 25 @ Nationals 4–0 Dempster (12-8) Marquis (0-7) Mármol (24) 18,344 54-74 129 August 27 @ Reds 7–1 Cueto (12-4) Gorzelanny (7-8) 36,219 54-75 130 August 28 @ Reds 3–2 Wells (6-12) Arroyo (14-8) Mármol (24) 41,292 55-75 131 August 29 @ Reds 7–5 Ondrusek (4-0) Marshall (6-5) Cordero (35) 30,809 55-76 132 August 30 Pirates 14–2 Zambrano (6-6) Maholm (7-13) 29,538 56-76 133 August 31 Pirates 14–7 Karstens (3-10) Dempster (12-9) 31,369 56-77
September: 17–9 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 Pirates 5–3 Diamond (1-3) McDonald (2-5) Mármol (25) 33,555 57-77 135 September 3 Mets 7–6 Russell (1-1) Dickey (9-6) Mármol (26) 31,424 58-77 136 September 4 Mets 5–3 Zambrano (7-6) Mejia (0-3) Mármol (27) 39,473 59-77 137 September 5 Mets 18–5 Niese (9-7) Dempster (12-10) 40,788 59-78 138 September 6 Astros 5–4 Cashner (2-5) López (5-2) Mármol (28) 31,647 60-78 139 September 7 Astros 7–3 Figueroa (5-2) Silva (10-6) 31,596 60-79 140 September 8 Astros 4–0 Myers (11-7) Wells (6-13) 33,623 60-80 141 September 10 @ Brewers 4–0 Zambrano (8-6) Bush (7-12) Mármol (29) 30,975 61-80 142 September 11 @ Brewers 1–0 Dempster (13-10) Wolf (11-11) Mármol (30) 41,463 62-80 143 September 12 @ Brewers 2–0 Gallardo (12-7) Coleman (1-2) Axford (21) 37,317 62-81 144 September 13 @ Cardinals 5–1 Samardzija (1-1) García (13-8) 40,720 63-81 145 September 14 @ Cardinals 7–2 Wells (7-13) Wainwright (18-11) 40,509 64-81 146 September 15 @ Cardinals 7–3 Zambrano (9-6) Carpenter (15-7) Mármol (31) 41,145 65-81 147 September 17 @ Marlins 2–0 Dempster (14-10) Sanabia (4-3) Mármol (32) 22,751 66-81 148 September 18 @ Marlins 5–3 Coleman (2-2) Sánchez (12-10) Mármol (33) 28,716 67-81 149 September 19 @ Marlins 13–3 Samardzija (2-1) Miller (1-3) 20,203 68-81 150 September 21 Giants 1–0 Ramírez (1-3) Cashner (2-6) Wilson (44) 36,364 68-82 151 September 22 Giants 2–0 Wells (8-13) Sánchez (11-9) Mármol (34) 37,285 69-82 152 September 23 Giants 13–0 Bumgarner (6-6) Dempster (14-11) 34,481 69-83 153 September 24 Cardinals 7–1 Wainwright (20-11) Gorzelanny (7-9) 36,553 69-84 154 September 25 Cardinals 7–3 Coleman (3-2) Carpenter (15-9) 39,316 70-84 155 September 26 Cardinals 8–7 Westbrook (9-11) Samardzija (2-2) Franklin (26) 38,057 70-85 156 September 27 @ Padres 1–0 Zambrano (10-6) Stauffer (5-5) Mármol (35) 22,739 71-85 157 September 28 @ Padres 5–2 Dempster (15-11) Laots (14-9) Mármol (36) 27,619 72-85 158 September 29 @ Padres 3–0 Young (2-0) Wells (8-14) Bell (45) 29,400 72-86 159 September 30 @ Padres 1–0 Marshall (7-5) Bell (6-1) Mármol (37) 28,576 73-86
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Astros 2–0 Coleman (4-2) Norris (9-10) Mármol (38) 33,869 74-86 161 October 2 @ Astros 8–3 Zambrano (11-6) Happ (6-4) 36,098 75-86 162 October 3 @ Astros 4–0 Figueroa (7-4) Dempster (15-12) 31,105 75-87

Roster

2010 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 60 Mitch Atkins 64 Justin Berg 33 Esmailin Caridad 48 Andrew Cashner 27 Casey Coleman 46 Ryan Dempster 20 Thomas Diamond 32 Tom Gorzelanny 43 John Grabow 34 Jeff Gray 62 Bob Howry 30 Ted Lilly 57 Scott Maine 49 Carlos Mármol 45 Sean Marshall 62 Marcos Mateo 40 James Russell 29 Jeff Samardzija 51 Brian Schlitter 52 Carlos Silva 44 Jeff Stevens 36 Randy Wells 38 Carlos Zambrano		Catchers 53 Welington Castillo 55 Koyie Hill 18 Geovany Soto Infielders 28 Jeff Baker 15 Darwin Barney 13 Starlin Castro  9 Blake DeWitt 17 Mike Fontenot  6 Micah Hoffpauir 25 Derrek Lee 22 Xavier Nady 16 Aramis Ramírez 19 Bobby Scales  2 Ryan Theriot  9 Chad Tracy Outfielders 15,24 Marlon Byrd 21 Tyler Colvin  1 Kosuke Fukudome  5 Sam Fuld 56 Brad Snyder 12 Alfonso Soriano		Manager 41 Lou Piniella  8 Mike Quade Coaching Staff 11 Iván DeJesús (first base) (third base)  2 Bob Dernier (first base)  7 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)  8 Mike Quade (third base) 50 Larry Rothschild (pitching) 39 Matt Sinatro (coach) 35 Lester Strode (bullpen)  3 Alan Trammell (bench)

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	Jeff Baker	79	206	29	56	13	2	4	21	.272	1
2B	Darwin Barney	30	79	12	19	4	0	0	2	.241	0
CF	Marlon Byrd	152	580	84	170	39	2	12	66	.293	5
C	Welington Castillo	7	20	3	6	4	0	1	5	.300	0
SS	Starlin Castro	125	463	53	139	31	5	3	41	.300	10
OF	Tyler Colvin	135	358	60	91	18	5	20	56	.254	6
2B	Blake DeWitt	53	184	18	46	9	1	4	22	.250	1
2B, 3B, SS	Mike Fontenot	76	170	14	48	11	3	1	20	.282	1
RF	Kosuke Fukudome	130	358	45	94	20	2	13	44	.263	7
OF	Sam Fuld	19	28	3	4	1	0	0	3	.143	0
C	Koyie Hill	77	215	18	46	13	1	1	17	.214	1
RF, 1B	Micah Hoffpauir	24	52	5	9	3	0	0	5	.173	0
1B	Derrek Lee	109	418	63	105	21	0	16	56	.251	1
OF, 1B	Xavier Nady	119	317	33	81	13	0	6	33	.256	0
3B	Aramis Ramírez	124	465	61	112	21	1	25	83	.241	0
3B	Bobby Scales	10	13	4	4	0	0	0	2	.308	1
RF	Brad Snyder	12	27	1	5	1	0	0	5	.185	0
LF	Alfonso Soriano	147	496	67	128	40	3	24	79	.258	5
C	Geovany Soto	105	322	47	90	19	0	17	53	.280	0
2B	Ryan Theriot	96	388	45	110	10	2	1	21	.284	16
3B, 1B	Chad Tracy	28	44	6	11	2	0	0	5	.250	0
	Non-Pitcher Totals	162	5202	671	1374	293	27	148	639	.264	55

Pitchers batting

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
P	Mitch Atkins	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Andrew Cashner	51	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Casey Coleman	12	20	2	2	1	0	0	2	.100	0
P	Ryan Dempster	33	59	3	8	1	0	0	2	.136	0
P	Thomas Diamond	16	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Tom Gorzelanny	28	40	1	5	0	0	0	2	.125	0
P	Ted Lilly	16	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	.032	0
P	Sean Marshall	74	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Marcos Mateo	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	James Russell	57	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Jeff Samardzija	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	0
P	Carlos Silva	19	31	0	2	1	0	0	2	.065	0
P	Randy Wells	30	52	1	9	2	0	0	3	.173	0
P	Carlos Zambrano	40	52	5	12	0	0	1	6	.231	0
	Pitcher Totals	162	310	14	40	5	0	1	19	.129	0

Note: All pitchers who batted during the season is noted above.

Pitching

Starting and other 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	4	2	4.11	12	8	0	57.0	56	27	26	25	27
Ryan Dempster	15	12	3.85	34	34	0	215.1	198	110	92	86	208
Thomas Diamond	1	3	6.83	16	3	0	29.0	33	23	22	18	36
Tom Gorzelanny	7	9	4.09	29	23	1	136.1	136	70	62	68	119
Ted Lilly	3	8	3.69	18	18	0	117.0	104	53	48	29	89
Jeff Samardzija	2	2	8.38	7	3	0	19.1	21	22	18	20	9
Carlos Silva	10	6	4.22	21	21	0	113.0	120	55	53	24	80
Randy Wells	8	14	4.26	32	32	0	194.1	209	97	92	63	144
Carlos Zambrano	11	6	3.33	36	20	0	129.2	119	55	48	69	117

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
Mitch Atkins	0	0	6.30	5	0	0	10.0	12	8	7	6	10
Justin Berg	0	1	5.18	41	0	0	40.0	45	27	23	20	14
Esmailin Caridad	0	1	11.25	8	0	0	4.0	4	7	5	5	4
Andrew Cashner	2	6	4.80	53	0	0	54.1	55	31	29	30	50
John Grabow	1	3	7.36	28	0	0	25.2	35	24	21	13	20
Jeff Gray	1	0	6.75	7	0	0	9.1	12	9	7	5	4
Bob Howry	1	3	7.71	38	0	0	35.0	47	36	30	13	14
Scott Maine	0	0	2.08	13	0	0	13.0	9	4	3	5	11
Carlos Mármol	2	3	2.55	77	0	38	77.2	40	23	22	52	138
Sean Marshall	7	5	2.65	80	0	1	74.2	58	25	22	25	90
Marcos Mateo	0	1	5.82	21	0	0	21.1	20	15	14	9	26
James Russell	1	1	4.96	57	0	0	49.0	55	37	27	11	42
Brian Schlitter	0	1	12.38	7	0	0	8.0	18	11	11	5	7
Jeff Stevens	0	0	6.11	18	0	0	17.2	21	15	12	10	15
Team Pitching Totals	75	87	4.18	162	162	40	1436.2	1409	767	668	605	1268

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Marlon Byrd, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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