2012 Chicago Cubs season

The 2012 Chicago Cubs season was the 141st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 137th in the National League and the 97th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the NL Central with a record of 61–101, their worst record since 1966. The Cubs began the season at home on April 5, 2012 against the Washington Nationals and finished the season at home on October 3 against the Houston Astros.

2012 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Results
Record	61–101 (.377)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball Operations	Theo Epstein
General manager(s)	Jed Hoyer
Manager(s)	Dale Sveum
Local television	WGN-TV WGN America CSN Chicago CSN Chicago Plus WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Local radio	WGN (AM) Chicago Cubs Radio Network (Pat Hughes, Keith Moreland, Judd Sirott)
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The season marked the first season with Jed Hoyer as General Manager and Theo Epstein as President of Baseball Operations.[1] It also marked the first season with Dale Sveum as manager.[2] The season also marked the last season with the Houston Astros in the National League Central as they would move to the American League West in 2013.[3][4]

The season also marked the first season in the Cubs rebuilding project under Theo Epstein that would break their 108-year World Series drought and lead the Cubs to the 2016 World Series championship.

The season was the last full season with the Cubs for Alfonso Soriano, who would be traded at the 2013 trade deadline.[5]

During the offseason, the Cubs would acquire future All-Star Anthony Rizzo from the San Diego Padres.[6] During the season, the Cubs would also acquire players that would play important roles during their 2016 World Series season: Travis Wood was acquired via trade from the Cincinnati Reds on December 23, 2011,[7] Albert Almora was drafted on June 4,[8] Jorge Soler was signed as an amateur free agent on June 30,[9] and Kyle Hendricks was acquired via a trade with the Texas Rangers on July 30.[10]

Offseason transactions

November 2011

• November 2, Justin Berg, Robert Coello, Angel Guzman, Scott Moore, Chris Robinson, and Jeff Stevens granted free agency.
• November 15, signed Justin Berg as a free agent.
• November 18, Luis Montanez granted free agency.
• November 30, signed David DeJesus as a free agent.

December

• December 8, drafted Lendy Castillo from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2011 rule 5 draft. Ryan Flaherty drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2011 rule 5 draft. Marwin Gonzalez drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2011 rule 5 draft.
• December 8, traded Tyler Colvin and DJ LeMahieu to the Colorado Rockies. Received Casey Weathers (minors) and Ian Stewart.
• December 9, selected Jeff Bianchi off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.
• December 12, Koyie Hill granted free agency.
• December 21, signed Reed Johnson as a free agent.
• December 22, signed Manny Corpas as a free agent.
• December 23, traded Sean Marshall to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dave Sappelt, Ronald Torreyes, and Travis Wood.
• December 26, signed Andy Sonnanstine as a free agent.

January 2012

• January 4, signed Andy Sonnanstine as a free agent.
• January 5, traded Carlos Zambrano and cash to the Miami Marlins. Received Chris Volstad.
• January 6, signed Edgar Gonzalez as a free agent. Traded Kyung-Min Na (minors) and Andrew Cashner to the San Diego Padres. Received Zach Cates (minors) and Anthony Rizzo.
• January 10, signed Paul Maholm as a free agent.
• January 11, Jeff Bianchi selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.
• January 13, signed Alfredo Amezaga and Kerry Wood as a free agents.
• January 18, signed Jason Jaramillo as a free agent.
• January 19, signed Rodrigo Lopez as a free agent.
• January 20, signed Bobby Scales as a free agent.
• January 30, signed Trever Miller and Matt Tolbert as a free agents.

February

• February 2, signed Ryan Rowland-Smith as a free agent.
• February 6, selected Adrian Cardenas off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.
• February 18, signed Nate Robertson as a free agent.
• February 21, traded a player to be named later and Chris Carpenter to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later. Sent Aaron Kurcz (minors) (March 15, 2012) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade. Received Jair Bogaerts (minors) (March 29, 2012) to complete the trade.

March

• March 11, signed Gerardo Concepcion as an amateur free agent
• March 16, selected Frankie De La Cruz off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
• March 24, Andy Sonnanstine granted free agency.
• March 26, signed Shawn Camp as a free agent. Released Trever Miller.
• March 27, released Jason Jaramillo.
• March 31, released Bobby Scales.

April

• April 4, selected Luis Valbuena off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

Source[11]

Regular season

NL Central standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	9	50–31	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	14	49–32	34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	18	45–36	34–47
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	36	38–43	23–58
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	42	35–46	20–61

NL Wild Card

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	0.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	0.580

Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	0.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	5
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	0.500	7
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	0.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	0.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	0.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	33

Record vs. opponents

2012 National League Records Source: MLB Standings Grid
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	HOU	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–5	5–4	2–5	9–7	6–0	12–6	5–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	3–4	7–11	9–9	1–5	2–4	9–6
Atlanta	5–2	–	3–4	1–5	6–1	4–2	3–3	14–4	3–3	12–6	12–6	3–2	4–3	3–4	5–1	8–10	8–10
Chicago	4–5	4–3	–	4–12	2–4	8–5	2–4	2–4	4–13	4–2	2–4	8–8	3–3	1–6	7–10	1–6	5–10
Cincinnati	5–2	5–1	12–4	–	5–1	10–5	2–4	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	11–7	6–2	4–3	6–7	2–5	7–8
Colorado	7–9	1–6	4–2	1–5	–	5–2	8–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	2–7	2–4	8–10	4–14	2–5	4–3	2–13
Houston	0–6	2–4	5–8	5–10	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	8–9	4–2	3–3	5–12	3–5	1–8	4–11	1–7	6–9
Los Angeles	6–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–8	4–2	–	4–2	1–6	4–3	5–2	6–1	11–7	8-10	6–5	4–2	6–9
Miami	3–5	4–14	4–2	3–3	4–3	4–2	2–4	–	4–4	4–12	8–10	1–4	5–1	5–2	2–5	9–9	5–13
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	13–4	6–9	1–5	9–8	6–1	4–4	–	3–2	2–5	11–4	3–4	2–4	6–9	3–5	6–9
New York	4–3	6–12	2–4	2–6	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–4	2–3	–	10–8	5–2	4–3	4–4	4–3	4–14	8–7
Philadelphia	4–2	6–12	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–3	2–5	10–8	5–2	8–10	–	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–2	9-9	5–10
Pittsburgh	4–3	2–3	8–8	7–11	4–2	12–5	1–6	4–1	4–11	2–5	4–3	–	1–5	3–3	8–7	3–2	10–8
San Diego	11–7	3–4	3–3	2–6	10–8	5–3	7–11	1–5	4–3	3–4	3–4	5–1	–	6–12	3–3	2–3	8–7
San Francisco	9–9	4–3	6–1	3–4	14–4	8–1	10–8	2–5	4–2	4–4	4–2	3–3	12–6	–	3–3	1–5	7–8
St. Louis	5–1	1–5	10–7	7–6	5–2	11–4	5–6	5–2	9–6	3–4	3–4	7–8	3–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–7
Washington	4–2	10–8	6–1	5–2	3–4	7–1	2–4	9–9	5–3	14–4	9-9	2–3	3–2	5-1	4-3	–	10–8

April

• April 5, John Gaub selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.
• April 21, traded Marlon Byrd and cash to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later and Michael Bowden. The Boston Red Sox sent Hunter Cervenka (May 15, 2012) to complete the trade.
• April 29, released Edgar Gonzalez.

May

• May 12, signed Brian Esposito as a free agent.
• May 15, signed Mike MacDougal as a free agent.
• May 19, Kerry Wood voluntarily retired. Purchased Koyie Hill from the Cincinnati Reds.
• May 25, signed Diory Hernandez as a free agent.
• May 29, signed Shane Lindsay as a free agent. Released Nate Robertson.

June

• June 1, selected Jairo Asencio off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
• June 4, signed Hung-Chih Kuo as a free agent. Drafted Albert Almora in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2012.
• June 17, Koyie Hill granted Free Agency.
• June 27, released Shane Lindsay.
• June 30, signed Jorge Soler as an amateur free agent.

July

• July 6, released Hung-Chih Kuo.
• July 12, purchased Justin Germano from the Boston Red Sox.
• July 27, signed Jeff Frazier as a free agent.
• July 30, traded Reed Johnson, Paul Maholm and cash to the Atlanta Braves. Received Jaye Chapman and Arodys Vizcaino.
• July 31, traded Geovany Soto to the Texas Rangers. Received Jake Brigham and player to be named or cash. Traded Ryan Dempster to the Texas Rangers. Received Christian Villanueva (minors) and Kyle Hendricks.

August

• August 5, traded Jeff Baker to the Detroit Tigers. Received players to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Marcelo Carreno (minors) (October 16, 2012) and cash (October 16, 2012) to complete the trade.
• August 13, signed Seth McClung as a free agent.
• August 14, released Frankie De La Cruz.
• August 16, signed Horacio Ramirez as a free agent.
• August 19, selected Alex Hinshaw off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
• August 23, selected Miguel Socolovich off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
• August 27, traded Blake Lalli to the Oakland Athletics. Received Anthony Recker.
• August 29, Scott Maine selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

September

• September 7, selected Jason Berken off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

October

• October 4, Blake DeWitt, Alex Hinshaw, and Randy Wells granted free agency.
• October 25, Anthony Recker selected by the New York Mets off waivers.
• October 26, Manny Corpas granted free agency. Chris Volstad selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.
• October 27, signed Edwin Maysonet as a free agent.
• October 29, Alfredo Amezaga, Shawn Camp, and Justin Germano granted free agency.
• October 31, Joe Mather granted free agency.

Source.[11]

Game log

2012 Regular season game log: 61–101 (Home: 38–43; Away: 23–58)
April: 8–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 3–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 5 Nationals 1–2 Clippard (1–0) Mármol (0–1) Lidge (1) 41,176 0–1 L1 2 April 7 Nationals 4–7 Mattheus (1–0) Wood (0–1) Rodriguez (1) 40,102 0–2 L2 3 April 8 Nationals 4–3 Samardzija (1–0) Zimmermann (0–1) Mármol (1) 31,973 1–2 W1 4 April 9 Brewers 5–7 Marcum (1–0) Camp (0–1) Axford (1) 38,136 1–3 L1 5 April 10 Brewers 4–7 Narveson (1–0) Maholm (0–1) Rodriguez (1) 37,265 1–4 L2 6 April 11 Brewers 1–2 Gallardo (1–1) Dempster (0–1) Axford (2) 34,044 1–5 L3 7 April 12 Brewers 8–0 Garza (1–0) Greinke (1–1) — 36,311 2–5 W1 8 April 13 @ Cardinals 9–5 Samardzija (2–0) Wainwright (0–2) — 46,882 3–5 W2 9 April 14 @ Cardinals 1–5 Lynn (2–0) Volstad (0–1) — 46,792 3–6 L1 10 April 15 @ Cardinals 3–10 Westbrook (2–0) Maholm (0–2) — 44,952 3–7 L2 11 April 17 @ Marlins 2–5 Cishek (1–0) Dolis (0–1) Bell (1) 24,544 3–8 L3 12 April 18 @ Marlins 1–9 Buehrle (1–2) Garza (1–1) 25,723 3–9 L4 13 April 19 @ Marlins 3–5 Nolasco (2–0) Samardzija (2–1) Bell (2) 23,168 3–10 L5 14 April 20 Reds 4–9 Bailey (1–2) Volstad (0–2) — 37,782 3–11 L6 15 April 21 Reds 6–1 Maholm (1–2) Leake (0–2) — 38,405 4–11 W1 16 April 22 Reds 3–4 Cueto (2–0) López (0–1) Marshall (3) 35,801 4–12 L1 17 April 23 Cardinals 3–2 Dolis (1–1) Motte (1–1) — 37,794 5–12 W1 18 April 24 Cardinals 3–2 (10) Russell (1–0) Salas (0–1) — 38,894 6–12 W2 19 April 25 Cardinals 1–5 Lynn (4–0) Volstad (0–3) — 34,894 6–13 L1 20 April 27 @ Phillies 5–1 Maholm (2–2) Halladay (3–2) Dolis (1) 45,261 7–13 W1 21 April 28 @ Phillies 2–5 Blanton (2–3) Wells (0–1) Papelbon (7) 45,196 7–14 L1 22 April 29 @ Phillies 5–1 Garza (2–1) Kendrick (0–2) — 45,550 8–14 W1 23 April 30 @ Phillies 4–6 Qualls (1–0) Maine (0–1) Papelbon (8) 45,397 8–15 L1
May: 10–17 (Home: 7–7; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak -- May 1 @ Reds Postponed (rain). Makeup Date August 18. 24 May 2 @ Reds 3–1 Samardzija (3–1) Arroyo (1–1) Mármol (2) 18,868 9–15 W1 25 May 3 @ Reds 3–4 (10) Ondrusek (2–0) Dolis (1–2) — 23,288 9–16 L1 26 May 4 Dodgers 5–4 Maholm (3–2) Billingsley (2–2) Dolis (2) 37,332 10–16 W1 27 May 5 Dodgers 1–5 Capuano (4–0) Volstad (0–4) — 39,874 10–17 L1 28 May 6 Dodgers 4–3 (11) Dolis (2–2) Wright (1–2) — 38,125 11–17 W1 29 May 7 Braves 5–1 Samardzija (4–1) Hanson (3–3) — 36,307 12–17 W2 30 May 8 Braves 1–3 Medlen (1–0) Wood (0–2) Kimbrel (10) 38,523 12–18 L1 31 May 9 Braves 1–0 Maholm (4–2) Hudson (1–1) Dolis (3) 31,904 13–18 W1 32 May 11 @ Brewers 7–8 (13) Chulk (1–0) Castillo (0–1) — 40,097 13–19 L1 33 May 12 @ Brewers 2–8 Marcum (2–1) Volstad (0–5) — 42,339 13–20 L2 34 May 13 @ Brewers 8–2 Camp (1–1) Loe (2–1) — 42,167 14–20 W1 35 May 14 @ Cardinals 6–4 Camp (2–1) Boggs (0–1) Dolis (4) 44,276 15–20 W2 36 May 15 @ Cardinals 6–7 Motte (2–1) Dolis (2–3) — 45,538 15–21 L1 37 May 16 Phillies 2–9 Contreras (1–0) Camp (2–2) — 38,678 15–22 L2 38 May 17 Phillies 7–8 Halladay (4–3) Volstad (0–6) Papelbon (11) 37,986 15–23 L3 39 May 18 White Sox 2–3 Thornton (2–3) Samardzija (4–2) Reed (4) 34,937 15–24 L4 40 May 19 White Sox 4–7 Danks (3–4) Dempster (0–2) — 40,228 15–25 L5 41 May 20 White Sox 0–6 Peavy (5–1) Maholm (4–3) — 38,374 15–26 L6 42 May 21 @ Astros 4–8 Norris (5–1) Garza (2–2) — 16,895 15–27 L7 43 May 22 @ Astros 1–2 Happ (4–3) Wood (0–1) Myers (11) 20,091 15–28 L8 44 May 23 @ Astros 1–5 Rodríguez (4–4) Samardzija (4–3) — 18,732 15–29 L9 45 May 25 @ Pirates 0–1 Burnett (3–2) Dempster (0–3) Hanrahan (11) 29,914 15–30 L10 46 May 26 @ Pirates 2–3 Hanrahan (2–0) Dolis (2–4) — 38,132 15–31 L11 47 May 27 @ Pirates 4–10 Bédard (3–5) Garza (2–3) — 27,486 15–32 L12 48 May 28 Padres 11–7 Wells (1–1) Hinshaw (0–1) — 38,452 16–32 W1 49 May 29 Padres 5–3 Samardzija (5–3) Stults (1–1) Russell (1) 35,219 17–32 W2 50 May 30 Padres 8–6 Russell (2–0) Thayer (0–1) — 38,516 18–32 W3
June: 10–17 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 51 June 1 @ Giants 3–4 Bumgarner (6–4) Maholm (4–4) López (1) 41,100 18–33 L1 52 June 2 @ Giants 1–2 Cain (6–2) Garza (2–4) Romo (1) 41,239 18–34 L2 53 June 3 @ Giants 0–2 Zito (5–2) Wood (0–2) Romo (2) 41,112 18–35 L3 54 June 4 @ Giants 2–3 Vogelsong (4–2) Mármol (0–2) Affeldt (1) 41,524 18–36 L4 55 June 5 @ Brewers 10–0 Dempster (1–3) Gallardo (4–5) — 28,071 19–36 W1 56 June 6 @ Brewers 0–8 Greinke (7–2) Maholm (4–5) — 27,112 19–37 L1 57 June 7 @ Brewers 3–4 (10) Axford (1–2) Coleman (0–1) — 30,123 19–38 L2 58 June 8 @ Twins 7–8 (10) Capps (1–3) Camp (2–3) — 38,014 19–39 L3 59 June 9 @ Twins 3–11 Diamond (5–1) Samardzija (5–4) — 39,309 19–40 L4 60 June 10 @ Twins 8–2 Dempster (2–3) Liriano (1–7) — 37,526 20–40 W1 61 June 12 Tigers 4–3 Mármol (1–2) Coke (1–3) Camp (1) 41,164 21–40 W2 62 June 13 Tigers 4–8 Porcello (4–4) Garza (2–5) — 41,326 21–41 L1 63 June 14 Tigers 3–5 Verlander (6–4) Wood (0–3) Valverde (13) 42,292 21–42 L2 64 June 15 Red Sox 3–0 Dempster (3–3) Matsuzaka (0–2) Mármol (3) 40,073 22–42 W1 65 June 16 Red Sox 3–4 Lester (4–4) Samardzija (5–5) Aceves (16) 40,766 22–43 L1 66 June 17 Red Sox 4–7 Albers (2–0) Camp (2–4) — 38,531 22–44 L2 67 June 18 @ White Sox 12–3 Garza (3–5) Stewart (1–2) — 33,215 23–44 W1 68 June 19 @ White Sox 2–1 Wood (1–3) Peavy (6–3) Mármol (4) 30,282 24–44 W2 69 June 20 @ White Sox 0–7 Floyd (5–7) Wells (1–2) — 32,311 24–45 L1 70 June 22 @ D-backs 1–6 Ziegler (4–1) Samardzija (5–6) Hernandez (2) 34,654 24–46 L2 71 June 23 @ D-backs 5–10 Breslow (2–0) Maholm (4–6) — 38,542 24–47 L3 72 June 24 @ D-backs 1–5 Miley (9–3) Garza (3–6) — 33,448 24–48 L4 73 June 25 Mets 6–1 Wood (2–3) Santana (5–4) — 34,092 25–48 W1 74 June 26 Mets 5–3 Maine (1–1) Gee (5–6) Mármol (5) 34,064 26–48 W2 75 June 27 Mets 1–17 Niese (6–3) Samardzija (5–7) — 35,837 26–49 L1 76 June 29 Astros 4–0 Maholm (5–6) Norris (5–5) Mármol (6) 32,891 27–49 W1 77 June 30 Astros 3–2 Garza (4–6) Happ (6–8) Mármol (7) 37,906 28–49 W2
July: 15–10 (Home: 9–3; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 78 July 1 Astros 3–0 Wood (3–3) Rodríguez (6–6) Mármol (8) 37,389 29–49 W3 79 July 2 @ Braves 4–1 Samardzija (6–7) Hanson (9–5) Russell (2) 22,292 30–49 W4 80 July 3 @ Braves 3–10 Jurrjens (2–2) Volstad (0–7) — 27,834 30–50 L1 81 July 4 @ Braves 5–1 Maholm (6–6) Delgado (4–9) — 40,604 31–50 W1 82 July 5 @ Braves 3–7 Minor (5–6) Garza (4–7) — 24,408 31–51 L1 83 July 6 @ Mets 8–7 Wood (4–3) Santana (6–5) — 27,956 32–51 W1 84 July 7 @ Mets 1–3 Gee (6–7) Samardzija (6–8) Parnell (2) 26,096 32–52 L1 85 July 8 @ Mets 7–0 Dempster (4–3) Niese (7–4) — 25,920 33–52 W1 83rd All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri 86 July 13 D-backs 8–1 Maholm (7–6) Kennedy (6–8) — 36,878 34–52 W2 87 July 14 D-backs 4–1 Dempster (5–3) Saunders (4–6) Mármol (9) 38,068 35–52 W3 88 July 15 D-backs 3–1 Garza (5–7) Cahill (7–8) Mármol (10) 36,659 36–52 W4 89 July 17 Marlins 5–9 Sánchez (5–6) Wood (4–4) — 34,397 36–53 L1 90 July 18 Marlins 5–1 (8) Russell (3–0) Johnson (5–7) — 34,934 37–53 W1 91 July 19 Marlins 4–2 Maholm (8–6) Buehrle (9–9) Mármol (11) 32,741 38–53 W2 92 July 20 @ Cardinals 1–4 Lohse (10–2) Dempster (5–4) Motte (21) 43,786 38–54 L1 93 July 21 @ Cardinals 0–12 Westbrook (8–8) Germano (0–1) — 43,424 38–55 L2 94 July 22 @ Cardinals 0–7 Lynn (12–4) Wood (4–5) — 42,411 38–56 L3 95 July 23 @ Pirates 2–0 Samardzija (7–8) Bédard (5–11) Mármol (12) 27,586 39–56 W1 96 July 24 @ Pirates 5–1 Maholm (9–6) McDonald (10–4) — 32,497 40–56 W2 97 July 25 @ Pirates 2–3 Correia (8–6) Dempster (5–5) Hanrahan (29) 33,935 40–57 L1 98 July 27 Cardinals 6–9 Lynn (13–4) Wood (4–6) Motte (23) 40,778 40–58 L2 99 July 28 Cardinals 3–2 Russell (4–0) Kelly (1–4) Mármol (13) 41,276 41–58 W1 100 July 29 Cardinals 4–2 (10) Russell (5–0) Rosenthal (0–1) — 39,534 42–58 W2 101 July 30 Pirates 14–4 Germano (1–1) Bédard (5–12) — 33,337 43–58 W3 102 July 31 Pirates 0–5 Burnett (13–3) Coleman (0–2) — 33,158 43–59 L1
August: 8–21 (Home: 7–9; Away: 1–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 103 August 1 Pirates 4–8 Karstens (4–2) Wood (4–7) — 33,014 43–60 L2 104 August 3 @ Dodgers 1–6 Billingsley (7–9) Samardzija (7–9) — 43,537 43–61 L3 105 August 4 @ Dodgers 1–3 Kershaw (9–6) Volstad (0–8) Jansen (21) 46,588 43–62 L4 106 August 5 @ Dodgers 6–7 Jansen (5–3) Camp (2–5) — 42,495 43–63 L5 107 August 6 @ Padres 0–2 Stults (2–2) Wood (4–8) Street (19) 27,187 43–64 L6 108 August 7 @ Padres 4–7 Ohlendorf (4–2) Raley (0–1) Street (20) 26,518 43–65 L7 109 August 8 @ Padres 0–2 Richard (9–11) Samardzija (7–10) — 24,663 43–66 L8 110 August 9 Reds 5–3 Camp (3–5) Marshall (4–4) Mármol (14) 33,397 44–66 W1 111 August 10 Reds 8–10 Bailey (10–7) Germano (1–2) Chapman (26) 36,891 44–67 L 112 August 11 Reds 2–4 Arroyo (8–7) Russell (5–1) Chapman (27) 40,602 44–68 L 113 August 12 Reds 0–3 Cueto (15–6) Raley (0–2) Chapman (28) 35,461 44–69 L 114 August 13 Astros 7–1 Samardzija (8–10) Galarraga (0–3) — 31,452 45–69 W1 115 August 14 Astros 1–10 Harrell (10–8) Volstad (0–9) — 33,376 45–70 L 116 August 15 Astros 7–2 Germano (2–2) Norris (5–10) — 33,714 46–70 W1 117 August 17 @ Reds 3–7 Arroyo (9–7) Wood (4–9) — 35,332 46–71 L 118 August 18 @ Reds 3–5 Cueto (16–6) Samardzija (8–11) Chapman (29) 28,754 46–72 L 119 August 18 @ Reds 9–7 Raley (1–2) Redmond (0–1) Mármol (15) 41,236 47–72 W1 120 August 19 @ Reds 4–5 Chapman (5–4) Camp (3–6) — 41,615 47–73 L 121 August 20 @ Brewers 5–9 Rogers (1–1) Germano (2–3) — 28,776 47–74 L 122 August 21 @ Brewers 2–5 Estrada (1–5) Rusin (0–1) Axford (19) 29,179 47–75 L 123 August 22 @ Brewers 2–3 Gallardo (13–8) Wood (4–10) Axford (20) 30,743 47–76 L 124 August 24 Rockies 5–3 Russell (6–1) Belisle (3–5) Mármol (16) 31,255 48–76 W1 125 August 25 Rockies 3–4 Torres (3–1) Corpas (0–1) Betancourt (26) 35,296 48–77 L1 126 August 26 Rockies 5–0 (8) Volstad (1–9) Chacín (1–4) Camp (2) 32,346 49–77 W1 127 August 27 Brewers 4–15 Estrada (2–5) Germano (2–4) — 32,541 49–78 L1 128 August 28 Brewers 1–4 Gallardo (14–8) Wood (4–11) Axford (21) 30,017 49–79 L2 129 August 29 Brewers 1–3 Fiers (8–6) Samardzija (8–12) Axford (22) 33,271 49–80 L3 130 August 30 Brewers 12–11 Mármol (2–2) Rodríguez (2–7) — 28,859 50–80 W1 131 August 31 Giants 6–4 Volstad (2–9) Bumgarner (14–9) Mármol (17) 32,476 51–80 W2
September: 9–19 (Home: 3–9; Away: 6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 132 September 1 Giants 2–5 Lincecum (8–14) Germano (2–5) Romo (9) 32,477 51–81 L1 133 September 2 Giants 5–7 Casilla (6–5) Mármol (2–3) López (6) 39,760 51–82 L2 134 September 3 @ Nationals 1–2 Detwiler (9–6) Samardzija (8–13) Clippard (30) 23,215 51–83 L3 135 September 4 @ Nationals 5–11 Jackson (9–9) Rusin (0–2) — 17,648 51–84 L4 136 September 5 @ Nationals 1–9 Gonzalez (18–7) Volstad (2–10) — 21,244 51–85 L5 137 September 6 @ Nationals 2–9 Zimmermann (10–8) Germano (2–6) — 22,447 51–86 L6 138 September 7 @ Pirates 12–2 Wood (5–11) Burnett (15–6) — 32,699 52–86 W1 139 September 8 @ Pirates 4–3 Samardzija (9–13) Grilli (1–5) — 35,661 53–86 W2 140 September 9 @ Pirates 4–2 Russell (7–1) Grilli (1–6) Mármol (18) 28,671 54–86 W3 141 September 10 @ Astros 4–1 Volstad (3–10) Rodriguez (1–10) Mármol (19) 13,121 55–86 W4 142 September 11 @ Astros 0–1 Lyles (4–11) Germano (2–7) López (4) 14,205 55–87 L1 143 September 12 @ Astros 5–1 Wood (6–11) Abad (0–4) — 13,101 56–87 W1 144 September 14 Pirates 7–4 Rusin (1–2) McDonald (12–8) Mármol (20) 26,946 57–87 W2 145 September 15 Pirates 6–7 Rodríguez (11–13) Berken (0–1) Hanrahan (35) 32,774 57–88 L1 146 September 16 Pirates 13–9 Beliveau (1–0) Hughes (2–2) — 33,559 58–88 W1 147 September 17 Pirates 0–3 Correia (11–9) Wood (6–12) Hanrahan (36) 33,017 58–89 L 148 September 18 Reds 1–3 Bailey (12–9) Germano (2–8) Broxton (26) 32,547 58–90 L 149 September 19 Reds 5–6 (11) Ondrusek (5–2) Cabrera (0–1) Broxton (27) 31,001 58–91 L 150 September 20 Reds 3–5 Cueto (18–9) Corpas (0–2) Simón (1) 25,891 58–92 L 151 September 21 Cardinals 5–4 (11) Cabrera (1–1) Kelly (5–7) — 29,100 59–92 W1 152 September 22 Cardinals 4–5 (10) Boggs (4–1) Chapman (0–1) Motte (39) 40,298 59–93 L1 153 September 23 Cardinals 3–6 Lohse (16–3) Germano (2–9) Motte (40) 33,354 59–94 L2 154 September 25 @ Rockies 5–10 (7) Torres (5–3) Rusin (1–3) — 26,660 59–95 L3 155 September 26 @ Rockies 0–6 Pomeranz (2–9) Berken (0–2) — 27,057 59–96 L4 156 September 27 @ Rockies 5–7 Chacín (3–5) Volstad (3–11) Betancourt (31) 30,288 59–97 L5 157 September 28 @ D-backs 3–8 Kennedy (15–11) Wood (6–13) — 28,463 59–98 L6 158 September 29 @ D-backs 2–8 Cahill (13–12) Germano (2–10) — 29,084 59–99 L7 159 September 30 @ D-backs 7–2 Rusin (2–3) Shaw (1–6) — 35,535 60–99 W1
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 160 October 1 Astros 0–3 Harrell (11–11) Berken (0–3) Wright (1) 32,167 60–100 L1 161 October 2 Astros 0–3 Norris (7–13) Volstad (3–12) López (10) 33,168 60–101 L2 162 October 3 Astros 5–4 Mármol (3–3) Ambriz (1–1) — 27,606 61–101 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Cubs team member

Roster

2012 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 37 Jairo Asencio 16 Jeff Beliveau 57 Jason Berken 28,43 Michael Bowden 55 Alberto Cabrera 54 Shawn Camp 52 Lendy Castillo 37 Jaye Chapman 27 Casey Coleman 60 Manny Corpas 46 Ryan Dempster 48 Rafael Dolis 22 Matt Garza 41 Justin Germano 59 Alex Hinshaw 19 Rodrigo López 28 Paul Maholm 57 Scott Maine 49 Carlos Mármol 55,50 Blake Parker 43 Brooks Raley 18 Chris Rusin 40 James Russell 29 Jeff Samardzija 47 Miguel Socolovich 32 Chris Volstad 36 Randy Wells 34 Kerry Wood 30 Travis Wood		Catchers 53 Welington Castillo 51 Steve Clevenger 55 Koyie Hill 47 Blake Lalli 20 Anthony Recker 18 Geovany Soto Infielders  3 Jeff Baker 15 Darwin Barney 45 Adrian Cardenas 13 Starlin Castro 11 Blake DeWitt  6 Bryan LaHair 44 Anthony Rizzo  2 Ian Stewart 24 Luis Valbuena  5 Josh Vitters		Outfielders 24 Marlon Byrd  1 Tony Campana  9 David DeJesus  7 Brett Jackson  5 Reed Johnson  6 Bryan LaHair 16,21 Joe Mather 17 Dave Sappelt 12 Alfonso Soriano		Manager 33 Dale Sveum Coaching Staff  4 Pat Listach (third base) 39 Dave McKay (first base)  7 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting) 38 James Rowson (hitting) 95 Andrew Lane (bullpen catcher)  8 Jamie Quirk (bench) 25 Chris Bosio (pitching) 35 Lester Strode (bullpen) 98 Édgar Tovar (bullpen catcher)

Statistics

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Jeff Baker	54	134	16	36	10	1	4	20	.269	4
Darwin Barney	156	548	73	139	26	4	7	44	.254	6
Marlon Byrd	13	43	1	3	0	0	0	2	.070	0
Tony Campana	89	174	26	46	6	0	0	5	.264	30
Adrian Cardenas	45	60	5	11	6	0	0	2	.183	0
Welington Castillo	52	170	16	45	11	0	5	22	.265	0
Starlin Castro	162	646	78	183	29	12	14	78	.283	25
Steve Clevenger	69	199	16	40	12	0	1	16	.201	0
David DeJesus	148	506	76	133	28	8	9	50	.263	7
Blake DeWitt	18	29	1	4	1	0	0	1	.138	0
Koyie Hill	11	39	3	7	1	0	0	1	.179	0
Brett Jackson	44	120	14	21	6	1	4	9	.175	0
Reed Johnson	76	169	23	51	9	3	3	16	.302	2
Bryan LaHair	130	340	42	88	17	0	16	40	.259	4
Blake Lalli	6	15	1	2	0	0	0	2	.133	0
Joe Mather	103	225	18	47	11	0	5	19	.209	5
Anthony Recker	9	18	1	3	1	0	1	4	.167	0
Anthony Rizzo	87	337	44	96	15	0	15	48	.285	3
Dave Sappelt	26	69	8	19	6	0	2	8	.275	0
Alfonso Soriano	151	561	68	147	33	2	32	108	.262	6
Geovany Soto	52	176	26	35	6	1	6	14	.199	0
Ian Stewart	55	179	16	36	5	2	5	17	.201	0
Luis Valbuena	90	265	26	58	20	0	4	26	.219	0
Josh Vitters	36	99	7	12	2	0	2	5	.121	2
Jason Berken	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Michael Bowden	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Casey Coleman	17	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Manny Corpas	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ryan Dempster	16	32	1	3	0	1	0	1	.094	0
Matt Garza	18	30	0	2	1	0	0	0	.067	0
Justin Germano	13	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.059	0
Paul Maholm	21	39	1	3	0	0	1	3	.077	0
Scott Maine	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Brooks Raley	5	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	.200	0
Chris Rusin	7	12	0	2	0	1	0	0	.167	0
James Russell	77	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jeff Samardzija	31	50	0	5	0	0	0	3	.100	0
Chris Volstad	21	28	0	5	0	0	0	0	.179	0
Randy Wells	12	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Kerry Wood	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Travis Wood	28	53	5	10	3	0	1	4	.189	0

Pitching

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
Jason Berken	0	3	4.82	4	4	0	18.2	23	14	10	6	11
Ryan Dempster	5	5	2.25	16	16	0	104.0	81	28	26	27	83
Matt Garza	5	7	3.91	18	18	0	103.2	90	48	45	32	96
Justin Germano	2	10	6.75	13	12	0	64.0	81	52	48	21	45
Paul Maholm	9	6	3.74	21	20	0	120.1	115	51	50	36	81
Brooks Raley	1	2	8.14	5	5	0	24.1	33	23	22	11	16
Chris Rusin	2	3	6.37	7	7	0	29.2	38	22	21	11	21
Jeff Samardzija	9	13	3.81	28	28	0	174.2	157	79	74	58	180
Chris Volstad	3	12	6.31	21	21	0	111.1	137	81	78	47	61
Travis Wood	6	13	4.27	26	26	0	156.0	133	80	74	57	119
Jairo Asencio	0	0	3.07	12	0	0	14.2	12	6	5	12	8
Jeff Beliveau	1	0	4.58	22	0	0	17.2	21	9	9	13	17
Michael Bowden	0	0	2.95	30	0	0	36.2	30	12	12	17	29
Alberto Cabrera	1	1	5.40	25	0	0	21.2	16	15	13	19	27
Shawn Camp	3	6	3.59	80	0	2	77.2	79	32	31	25	54
Lendy Castillo	0	1	7.88	13	0	0	16.0	24	16	14	12	13
Jaye Chapman	0	1	3.75	14	0	0	12.0	8	5	5	12	12
Casey Coleman	0	2	7.40	17	1	0	24.1	37	20	20	12	16
Manny Corpas	0	2	5.01	48	0	0	46.2	50	27	26	19	28
Rafael Dolis	2	4	6.39	34	0	4	38.0	40	29	27	24	24
Alex Hinshaw	0	0	135.00	2	0	0	0.1	4	5	5	1	0
Rodrigo López	0	1	5.68	4	0	0	6.1	8	6	4	5	2
Scott Maine	1	1	4.79	21	0	0	20.2	17	11	11	12	26
Carlos Mármol	3	3	3.42	61	0	20	55.1	40	24	21	45	72
Joe Mather	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Blake Parker	0	0	6.00	7	0	0	6.0	10	7	4	6	6
James Russell	7	1	3.25	77	0	2	69.1	67	28	25	30	55
Miguel Socolovich	0	0	4.50	6	0	0	6.0	4	3	3	3	6
Randy Wells	1	2	5.34	12	4	0	28.2	35	18	17	25	14
Kerry Wood	0	2	8.31	10	0	0	8.2	8	8	8	11	6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Dave Bialas
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Buddy Bailey
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Brian Harper
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Casey Kopitzke
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Mark Johnson
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Bobby Mitchell

References

1. "MLB Baseball: Chicago Cubs and Theo Epstein hire Jed Hoyer as general manager". Major League Baseball. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
2. "Cubs hire Dale Sveum as new manager". Retrieved April 24, 2017.
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External links

• Chicago Cubs schedule for the 2012 season
• 2012 Chicago Cubs season at ESPN
• 2012 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference