1993 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
OwnersTribune Company
General managersLarry Himes
ManagersJim Lefebvre
TelevisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN
(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Thom Brennaman)
RadioWGN
(Thom Brennaman, Ron Santo, Harry Caray)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons
A ticket for a 1993 game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs.

The 1993 Chicago Cubs season was the 122nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 118th in the National League and the 78th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 84–78.

Offseason

  • December 2, 1992: Steve Lake was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[1]
  • December 8, 1992: Dan Plesac was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[2]
  • December 9, 1992: Randy Myers signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[3]
  • December 18, 1992: Willie Wilson was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[4]
  • February 8, 1993: Steve Lyons was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[5]
  • March 28, 1993: Steve Lyons was released by the Chicago Cubs.[5]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9765 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Montreal Expos 9468 0.580 3 55–26 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 8775 0.537 10 49–32 38–43
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 13 43–38 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 0.463 22 40–41 35–46
Florida Marlins 6498 0.395 33 35–46 29–52
New York Mets 59103 0.364 38 28–53 31–50

Record vs. opponents

1993 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–510–313–07–58–58–57–59–36–67–59–47–66–6
Chicago 5–7—7–58–46–74–87–55–8–18–57–65–88–46–68–5
Cincinnati 3–105–7—9–47–56–75–84–86–64–88–49–42–115–7
Colorado 0–134–84–9—7–511–27–63–96–63–98–46–73–105–7
Florida 5–77–65–75–7—3–95–75–84–94–96–77–54–84–9
Houston 5–88–47–62–119–3—9–45–711–15–77–58–53–106–6
Los Angeles 5–85–78–56–77–54–9—6–68–42–108–49–47–66–6
Montreal 5–78–5–18–49–38–57–56–6—9–46–78–510–23–97–6
New York 3–95–86–66–69–41–114–84–9—3–104–95–74–85–8
Philadelphia 6-66–78–49–39–47–510–27–610–3—7–66–64–88–5
Pittsburgh 5–78–54–84–87–65–74–85–89–46–7—9–35–74–9
San Diego 4–94–84–97–65–75–84–92–107–56–63–9—3–107–5
San Francisco 6–76–611–210–38–410–36–79–38–48–47–510–3—4–8
St. Louis 6–65–87–57–59–46–66–66–78–55–89–45–78–4—

Notable Transactions

  • June 1, 1993: Heathcliff Slocumb was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Jose Hernandez.[6]
  • June 3, 1993: Brooks Kieschnick was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 1993.[7]
  • June 3, 1993: Steve Rain was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 1993.[8]
  • July 30, 1993: Karl Rhodes was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs. The New York Yankees sent John Habyan to the Kansas City Royals. The Chicago Cubs sent Paul Assenmacher to the New York Yankees.[9]
  • August 19, 1993: Glenallen Hill was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Candy Maldonado.[10]

Roster

1993 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1993 regular season game log: 84–78–1 (Home: 43–38–1; Away: 41–40)
April: 11–11 (Home: 6–5; Away: 5–6)
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1April 5Braves0–1Maddux (1–0)Morgan (0–1)Stanton (1)38,2180–1L1
2April 6Braves1–0Guzmán (1–0)Smoltz (0–1)–37,4021–1W1
3April 7Braves4–5 (10)Howell (1–0)Scanlan (0–1)–20,7751–2L1
4April 9@ Phillies11–7McElroy (1–0)Rivera (0–1)Myers (1)60,9852–2W1
5April 10@ Phillies4–5Mulholland (2–0)Morgan (0–2)Williams (3)21,0812–3L1
6April 11@ Phillies0–3Schilling (2–0)Guzmán (1–1)–21,9552–4L2
7April 12@ Braves5–1Hibbard (1–0)Avery (0–1)–39,7493–4W1
8April 13@ Braves2–3Glavine (2–0)Castillo (0–1)Stanton (4)49,1163–5L1
9April 14@ Braves6–0Harkey (1–0)Smith (1–1)–45,7584–5W1
10April 16Phillies3–1Morgan (1–2)Mulholland (2–1)Myers (2)16,2555–5W1
11April 17Phillies6–3Guzmán (2–1)Schilling (2–1)Myers (3)32,6806–5W2
12April 18Phillies10–11 (11)Williams (1–0)Scanlan (0–2)West (1)28,7586–6L1
—April 19AstrosPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 10
13April 20Astros
14April 21Astros
20April 28@ Astros
21April 29@ Astros
May: 13–12–1 (Home: 9–8–1; Away: 4–5)
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June: 13–15 (Home: 5–4; Away: 8–11)
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July: 15–12 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–5)
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83July 9Astros
84July 10Astros
85July 10Astros
86July 11Astros
94July 22@ Astros
95July 23@ Astros
96July 24@ Astros
97July 25@ Astros
August: 12–18 (Home: 7–10; Away: 5–8)
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123August 20Braves6–3Morgan (8–11)Stanton (4–5)Myers (36)38,79761–61–1W1
124August 21Braves3–6Freeman (2–0)Plesac (0–1)McMichael (9)39,50761–62–1L1
125August 22Braves3–4Smoltz (13–9)Guzmán (11–8)McMichael (10)38,32161–63–1L2
129August 27@ Braves9–7Boskie (5–3)Wohlers (5–1)Bautista (2)48,93963–65–1W1
130August 28@ Braves1–5Avery (15–4)Guzmán (11–9)–48,94063–66–1L1
131August 29@ Braves2–8Glavine (16–5)Hibbard (10–11)–47,36163–67–1L2
132August 30Phillies10–6 (11)Plesac (2–1)Mason (4–11)–33,27664–67–1W1
133August 31Phillies0–7Rivera (12–7)Morgan (9–13)–19,96164–68–1L1
September: 18–9 (Home: 7–4; Away: 11–5)
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134September 1Phillies1–4Mulholland (12–9)Harkey (8–8)–23,51964–69–1L2
139September 6@ Phillies7–6Harkey (9–8)Williams (1–1)Myers (40)30,76568–70–1W4
140September 7@ Phillies5–4Guzmán (12–10)Rivera (12–8)Myers (41)27,04169–70–1W5
141September 8@ Phillies8–5Hibbard (12–11)West (6–4)Myers (42)26,55370–70–1W6
142September 9@ Phillies8–10Jackson (12–10)Bautista (7–3)West (3)25,89470–71–1L1
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Cubs team member

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
CRick Wilkins136446135.3033073
1BMark Grace155594193.3251498
2BRyne Sandberg117456141.309945
SSRey Sánchez10534497.282028
3BSteve Buechele133460125.2721565
LFDerrick May128465137.2951077
CFWillie Wilson10522157.258111
RFSammy Sosa159598156.2613393

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 Vizcaíno151551158.287454
Dwight Smith11131093.3001135
Kevin Roberson6218034.189927
Candy Maldonado7014026.186315
Steve Lake4412027.225513
Eric Yelding6910822.204110
Glenallen Hill318730.3451022
Tuffy Rhodes155215.28837
Doug Jennings425213.25028
Tommy Shields20346.17601
Matt Walbeck11306.20016
Eduardo Zambrano8175.29402
Shawon Dunston7104.40002

Pitching

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
Mike Morgan32207.210154.03111
José Guzmán30191.012104.34163
Greg Hibbard31191.015113.9682
Mike Harkey28157.110105.2667
Frank Castillo29141.1584.8484
Steve Trachsel319.2024.5814

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
José Bautista58111.21032.8263
Turk Wendell722.2124.3715
William Brennan815.0214.2011

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
Randy Myers7324533.1186
Bob Scanlan704504.5444
Dan Plesac572104.7447
Chuck McElroy492204.5631
Paul Assenmacher462103.4934
Shawn Boskie395303.4339
Jim Bullinger151014.3210
Heathcliff Slocumb101003.384

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Marv Foley
AA Orlando Cubs Southern League Tommy Jones
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Bill Hayes
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Steve Roadcap
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Jerry Weinstein
Rookie Huntington Cubs Appalachian League Steve Kolinsky
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Butch Hughes

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Iowa[11]

References

  1. ↑ Steve Lake Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Dan Plesac Stats".
  3. ↑ Randy Myers Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Willie Wilson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. 1 2 Steve Lyons Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ "Brooks Kieschnick Stats".
  8. ↑ "Steve Rain Stats".
  9. ↑ "Tuffy Rhodes Stats".
  10. ↑ Glenallen Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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