1986 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1986
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
General Managers:	Dallas Green
Managers:	Jim Frey, John Vukovich, Gene Michael
Television:	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats)
Radio:	WGN (Dewayne Staats, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray)
Espntn:	chc
Brtn:	CHC

The 1986 Chicago Cubs season was the 115th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 111th in the National League and the 71st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 70–90.

Offseason

November 9, 1985: Ced Landrum was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[1]
December 11, 1985: Dave Owen was traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Manny Trillo.^[2]
December 20, 1985: Derek Botelho was released by the Chicago Cubs.^[3]
January 13, 1986: Larry Whitford (minors) and Rich Rembielak (minors) were traded by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Martin.^[4]
January 14, 1986: Jerome Walton was drafted by the Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed May 12, 1986.^[5]
January 15, 1986: Steve Christmas was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.^[6]
January 17, 1986: Gary Jones (minors) and John Cox (minors) were traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Stephenson and Bob Bathe (minors).^[7]
February 1, 1986: Matt Keough was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.^[8]

1986 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	148	528	132	.250	21	74
1B	141	484	127	.262	20	65
2B	154	627	178	.284	14	76
SS	150	581	145	.250	17	68
3B	97	256	70	.273	13	36
LF	123	370	96	.259	21	46
CF	108	324	73	.225	4	18
RF	156	586	159	.271	12	79

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
111	309	94	.304	5	32
59	157	47	.299	6	22
95	155	44	.284	6	23
81	152	45	.296	1	19
86	124	31	.250	2	8
87	120	33	.275	1	9
53	108	15	.139	1	7
28	101	28	.277	1	7
22	73	18	.247	3	12
24	67	18	.269	4	11
10	19	8	.421	0	4
8	13	1	.077	0	0
3	9	1	.111	0	2

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	201.0	6	11	4.57	137
28	176.2	5	14	4.64	122
37	169.2	9	11	4.19	124
37	161.0	5	7	4.75	69
16	87.1	7	4	5.05	45
6	31.0	2	4	5.52	20
5	23.2	1	2	4.56	21

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
23	99.2	7	5	3.79	57
32	84.0	6	2	3.86	47

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
66	9	9	31	3.09	93
42	3	5	2	3.86	24
38	2	0	2	4.37	45
36	2	4	5	5.37	42
35	2	4	0	5.40	41
30	2	4	0	5.18	43
19	2	2	0	4.97	19
17	0	2	0	7.65	10
6	0	0	0	5.06	3