2013 Chicago Cubs season

2013 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Record	66–96 (.407)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Tom Ricketts
General managers	Jed Hoyer
Managers	Dale Sveum
Television	WGN-TV WGN America CSN Chicago CSN Chicago Plus WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies)
Radio	WGN (AM) Chicago Cubs Radio Network (Pat Hughes, Keith Moreland, Judd Sirott)
Seasons

The 2013 Chicago Cubs season was the 142nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 138th in the National League and the 98th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth and last in the National League Central with a record of 66–96. The Cubs began the season on April 1 at the Pittsburgh Pirates and finished the season on September 29 at the St. Louis Cardinals.

The season marked the second year of the Cubs rebuild under President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein and General Manager Jed Hoyer which would result in the Cubs breaking their 108-year World Series drought and lead the Cubs to the 2016 World Series championship.

The season was the last season with the Cubs for manager Dale Sveum as he was fired following the season. The season was also the last season with the Cubs for slugger Alfonso Soriano who would be traded at the trade deadline.

During the season, the Cubs drafted future Rookie of the Year, MVP, and All Star Kris Bryant with the second overall pick of the 2013 Draft. The Cubs would also acquire other players that would play important roles during their 2016 World Series season: Héctor Rondón was selected from the 2012 rule 5 draft from the Cleveland Indians on December 6, 2011, Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop were acquired via trade with the Baltimore Orioles on July 2, and Carl Edwards Jr. and Justin Grimm were acquired via trade with the Texas Rangers on July 22.

Offseason transactions

November 2012

• November 2, selected Zach Putnam off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.
• November 3, Jim Adduci, Justin Berg, Adrian Cardenas, Brian Esposito, Jeff Frazier, Diory Hernandez, Rodrigo Lopez, Seth McClung, Blake Parker, Horacio Ramirez, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Miguel Socolovich, Matt Tolbert, and Jairo Asencio granted free agency.
• November 7, signed Blake Parker as a free agent.
• November 13, signed Scott Baker and Alberto Gonzalez as free agents.
• November 14, signed Brian Bogusevic and J.C. Boscan as free agents.
• November 16, signed Dioner Navarro as a free agent.
• November 19, signed Shawn Camp as a free agent.
• November 20, traded Jake Brigham to the Texas Rangers. Received Barret Loux (minors).
• November 21, released Bryan LaHair.
• November 27, signed Scott Feldman as a free agent.
• November 30, Jaye Chapman, Zach Putnam, and Ian Stewart granted free agency.

December

• December 6, drafted Hector Rondon from the Cleveland Indians in the 2012 rule 5 draft.
• December 7, signed Jensen Lewis and Kyuji Fujikawa as a free agent.
• December 12, signed Ian Stewart as a free agent. Selected Sandy Rosario off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
• December 13, signed Cory Wade as a free agent.
• December 15, signed Chang-Yong Lim as a free agent.
• December 17, signed Drew Carpenter as a free agent.
• December 21, signed Brad Nelson and Nate Schierholtz as a free agent. Jeff Beliveau selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers. Sandy Rosario selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.
• December 25, signed Jaye Chapman and Zach Putnam as a free agent.
• December 27, signed Hisanori Takahashi as a free agent.
• December 31, signed Dayan Diaz as a free agent.

January 2013

• January 2, signed Edwin Jackson as a free agent.
• January 3, signed Dontrelle Willis as a free agent.
• January 10, signed Brent Lillibridge and Darnell McDonald as a free agent.
• January 26, signed Carlos Villanueva as a free agent.

February

• February 10, signed Scott Hairston as a free agent.
• February 18, traded Tony Campana to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Jesus Castillo (minors) and Erick Leal (minors).

March

• March 22, released Jason Berken.
• March 27, selected Guillermo Moscoso off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
• March 30, released Dontrelle Willis.

Source

Regular season transactions

April

• April 2, signed Ryan Sweeney as a free agent.
• April 3, signed Donnie Murphy as a free agent.
• April 4, released Jay Jackson.
• April 14, signed Kevin Gregg as a free agent. Selected Kameron Loe off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
• April 16, selected Cody Ransom off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
• April 19, released Jensen Lewis. Selected Julio Borbon off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

May

• May 6, released Cory Wade.
• May 9, sold Alberto Gonzalez to the New York Yankees.
• May 10, sent Drew Carpenter to the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal. Kameron Loe granted free agency.
• May 21, selected Eduardo Sanchez off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.
• May 27, selected Alex Burnett off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

June

• June 6, drafted Kris Bryant in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed July 12, 2013. Drafted Rob Zastryzny in the 2nd round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2013.
• June 7, drafted Zack Godley in the 10th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2013.
• June 11, traded Ian Dickson (minors) to the Washington Nationals. Received Henry Rodriguez.
• June 21, sold Brent Lillibridge to the New York Yankees.
• June 22, sold Hisanori Takahashi to the Colorado Rockies.
• June 25, released Ian Stewart.

July

• July 2, sold Ronald Torreyes to the Houston Astros. Traded Steve Clevenger and Scott Feldman to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jake Arrieta, Pedro Strop and cash. Traded Carlos Marmol and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Matt Guerrier.
• July 7, released Shawn Camp.
• July 8, traded Scott Hairston, cash and player to be named to the Washington Nationals. Received Ivan Pineyro (minors) and player to be named.
• July 10, signed Edgar Gonzalez as a free agent.
• July 13, selected Cole Gillespie off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
• July 18, released Esmailin Caridad.
• July 22, traded Matt Garza to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later, Carl Edwards Jr., Justin Grimm, and Mike Olt. The Texas Rangers sent Neil Ramirez (August 23, 2013) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
• July 26, sold Guillermo Moscoso to the San Francisco Giants. Traded Alfonso Soriano and cash to the New York Yankees. Received Corey Black (minors).

August

• August 5, selected Thomas Neal off waivers from the New York Yankees.
• August 19, sold David DeJesus to the Washington Nationals.
• August 23, released Dayan Diaz.

September

• September 4, selected Daniel Bard off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
• September 16, released Cody Ransom.

October

• October 1, Michael Bowden and Eduardo Sanchez granted free agency.
• October 3, selected Mat Gamel off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
• October 10, J.C. Boscan granted free agency.
• October 11, Thomas Neal granted free agency.
• October 15, Darnell McDonald granted free agency.
• October 31, Scott Baker, Kevin Gregg, Matt Guerrier, and Dioner Navarro granted free agency.

Source.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Monday, April 1, 2013 at Pittsburgh Pirates

Name	Pos.
David DeJesus	CF
Starlin Castro	SS
Anthony Rizzo	1B
Alfonso Soriano	LF
Nate Schierholtz	RF
Welington Castillo	C
Luis Valbuena	3B
Brent Lillibridge	2B
Jeff Samardzija	SP

Season standings

NL Central standings

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	.599	—	54‍–‍27	43‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates	94	68	.580	3	50‍–‍31	44‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds	90	72	.556	7	49‍–‍31	41‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	.457	23	37‍–‍44	37‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs	66	96	.407	31	31‍–‍50	35‍–‍46

NL Wild Card

Division Winners

Team	W	L	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	.599
Atlanta Braves	96	66	.593
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	.568

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	94	68	.580	+4
Cincinnati Reds	90	72	.556	—
Washington Nationals	86	76	.531	4
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	.500	9
San Francisco Giants	76	86	.469	14
San Diego Padres	76	86	.469	14
Colorado Rockies	74	88	.457	16
New York Mets	74	88	.457	16
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	.457	16
Philadelphia Phillies	73	89	.451	17
Chicago Cubs	66	96	.407	24
Miami Marlins	62	100	.383	28

Record vs. opponents

2013 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	2–4	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	3–3	7–12	7–12	4–3	2–4	11–9
Atlanta	4–2	—	5–1	4–3	6–1	5–2	13–6	2–4	10–9	11–8	4–3	1–5	3–4	4–3	13–6	11–9
Chicago	3–4	1–5	—	5–14	3–3	1–6	4–3	6–13	3–3	3–3	7–12	3–4	4–3	7–12	3–4	13–7
Cincinnati	4–3	3–4	14–5	—	2–4	4–3	6–1	10–9	4–2	4–2	8–11	3–3	6–1	8–11	3–4	11–9
Colorado	7–12	1–6	3–3	4–2	—	10–9	3–4	4–2	3–4	3–4	4–2	12–7	9–10	3–4	3–4	5–15
Los Angeles	9–10	2–5	6–1	3–4	9–10	—	5–2	4–2	5–1	5–2	4–2	11–8	8–11	4–3	5–1	12–8
Miami	2–4	6–13	3–4	1–6	4–3	2–5	—	1–5	11–8	7–12	2–4	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–14	9–11
Milwaukee	1–6	4–2	13–6	9–10	2–4	2–4	5–1	—	4–3	5–2	7–12	3–4	5–2	5–14	3–4	6–14
New York	4–3	9–10	3–3	2–4	4–3	1–5	8–11	3–4	—	10–9	2–5	4–3	4–2	2–5	7–12	11–9
Philadelphia	4–3	8–11	3–3	2–4	4–3	2–5	12–7	2–5	9–10	—	3–4	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–11	7–13
Pittsburgh	3–3	3–4	12–7	11–8	2–4	2–4	4–2	12–7	5–2	4–3	—	3–4	4–3	10–9	4–3	15–5
San Diego	12–7	5–1	4–3	3–3	7–12	8–11	4–3	4–3	3–4	2–4	4–3	—	8–11	2–4	2–5	8–12
San Francisco	12–7	4–3	3–4	1–6	10–9	11–8	3–4	2–5	2–4	3–3	3–4	11–8	—	2–4	3–3	6–14
St. Louis	3–4	3–4	12–7	11–8	4–3	3–4	4–2	14–5	5–2	5–2	9–10	4–2	4–2	—	6–0	10–10
Washington	4–2	6–13	4–3	4–3	4–3	1–5	14–5	4–3	12–7	11–8	3–4	5–2	3–3	0–6	—	11–9

Game log

2013 regular season game log: 66–96 (Home: 31–50; Away: 35–46)
April: 10–16 (Home: 4–6; Away: 6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 1 @ Pirates 3–1 Samardzija (1–0) Burnett (0–1) Fujikawa (1) 39,078 1–0 W1 2 April 3 @ Pirates 0–3 Rodríguez (1–0) Jackson (0–1) Grilli (1) 27,667 1–1 L1 3 April 4 @ Pirates 3–2 Wood (1–0) McDonald (0–1) Mármol (1) 11,634 2–1 W1 4 April 5 @ Braves 1–4 Minor (1–0) Feldman (0–1) Kimbrel (2) 33,443 2–2 L1 5 April 6 @ Braves 5–6 O'Flaherty (1–0) Mármol (0–1) — 38,498 2–3 L2 6 April 7 @ Braves 1–5 Hudson (1–0) Samardzija (1–1) — 45,800 2–4 L3 7 April 8 Brewers 4–7 Estrada (1–0) Jackson (0–2) Jim Henderson (1) 40,083 2–5 L4 8 April 9 Brewers 6–3 Mármol (1–1) Axford (0–2) Fujikawa (2) 30,065 3–5 W1 – April 10 Brewers Postponed (rain). Makeup Date July 30. 9 April 11 Giants 6–7 Vogelsong (1–1) Feldman (0–2) Romo (6) 25,460 3–6 L1 10 April 12 Giants 4–3 Fujikawa (1–0) Romo (0–1) — 30,996 4–6 W1 11 April 13 Giants 2–3 Bumgarner (3–0) Samardzija (1–2) Casilla (1) 34,778 4–7 L1 12 April 14 Giants 7–10 (10) Kontos (1–1) Camp (0–1) Romo (7) 33,326 4–8 L2 13 April 16 Rangers 2–4 Holland (1–1) Wood (1–1) Nathan (5) 29,344 4–9 L3 – April 17 Rangers Postponed (rain). Makeup Date May 6. 14 April 18 Rangers 6–2 Villanueva (1–0) Ogando (2–1) — 26,083 5–9 W1 15 April 19 @ Brewers 4–5 Estrada (2–0) Samardzija (1–3) Henderson (3) 28,346 5–10 L1 16 April 20 @ Brewers 1–5 Burgos (1–0) Jackson (0–3) — 42,230 5–11 L2 17 April 21 @ Brewers 2–4 Peralta (1–1) Feldman (0–3) Henderson (4) 37,123 5–12 L3 18 April 22 @ Reds 4–5 (13) Simón (2–1) Bowden (0–1) — 18,090 5–13 L4 19 April 23 @ Reds 4–2 (10) Mármol (2–1) Parra (0–1) Gregg (1) 24,021 6–13 W1 20 April 24 @ Reds 0–1 Latos (1–0) Samardzija (1–4) Chapman (4) 16,426 6–14 L1 21 April 25 @ Marlins 4–3 Camp (1–1) Cishek (1–3) Mármol (2) 19,817 7–14 W1 22 April 26 @ Marlins 4–2 Feldman (1–3) LeBlanc (0–4) Gregg (2) 16,017 8–14 W2 23 April 27 @ Marlins 3–2 Wood (2–1) Sanabia (2–3) Gregg (3) 27,519 9–14 W3 24 April 28 @ Marlins 4–6 Nolasco (2-2) Villanueva (1–1) Cishek (3) 19,817 9-15 L1 25 April 29 Padres 5–3 Bowden (1–1) Richard (0–3) Gregg (4) 32,169 10–15 W1 26 April 30 Padres 7–13 Volquez (2–3) Jackson (0–4) — 31,303 10–16 L1
May: 13–14 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 27 May 1 Padres 6–2 Feldman (2–3) Cashner (1–2) — 34,832 11–16 W1 28 May 2 Padres 2–4 Thatcher (2–0) Wood (2–2) Street (6) 32,865 11–17 L1 29 May 3 Reds 5–6 Leake (2–1) Villanueva (1–2) Hoover (1) 32,579 11–18 L2 30 May 4 Reds 4–6 Ondrusek (2–0) Mármol (2–2) Chapman (7) 36,455 11–19 L3 31 May 5 Reds 4–7 Latos (3–0) Jackson (0–5) Hoover (2) 33,449 11–20 L4 32 May 6 Rangers 9–2 Feldman (3–3) Tepesch (2–3) — 32,618 12–20 W1 33 May 7 Cardinals 2–1 Wood (3–2) Lynn (5–1) Gregg (5) 30,161 13–20 W2 34 May 8 Cardinals 4–5 Maness (2–0) Bowden (1–2) Mujica (9) 26,354 13–21 L1 35 May 10 @ Nationals 3–7 Detwiler (2–3) Samardjiza (1–5) — 37,191 13–22 L2 36 May 11 @ Nationals 8–2 Jackson (1–5) Strasburg (1–5) — 37,116 14–22 W1 37 May 12 @ Nationals 2–1 Russell (1–0) Soriano (0–1) Gregg (6) 38,788 15–22 W2 38 May 13 Rockies 9–1 Wood (4–2) Nicasio (3–1) — 35,080 16–22 W3 39 May 14 Rockies 4–9 Francis (2–3) Villanueva (1–3) — 38,123 16–23 L1 40 May 15 Rockies 6–3 Samardjiza (2–5) Garland (3–4) — 38,083 17–23 W1 41 May 17 Mets 2–3 Harvey (5–0) Jackson (1–6) Parnell (5) 34,890 17–24 L1 42 May 18 Mets 8–2 Feldman (4–3) Hefner (0–5) — 38,766 18–24 W1 43 May 19 Mets 3–4 Rice (2–3) Fujikawa (1–1) Parnell (6) 34,258 18–25 L1 44 May 21 @ Pirates 4–5 Rodríguez (5–2) Russell (1–1) Grilli (18) 16,092 18–26 L2 45 May 22 @ Pirates 0–1 Liriano (3–0) Samardjiza (2–6) Melancon (1) 12,675 18–27 L3 46 May 23 @ Pirates 2–4 Mazzaro (3–0) Jackson (1–7) Grilli (19) 24,552 18–28 L4 47 May 24 @ Reds 4–7 Arroyo (5–4) Feldman (4–4) Chapman (11) 40,716 18–29 L5 48 May 25 @ Reds 2–5 Bailey (3–3) Wood (4–3) Chapman (12) 40,909 18–30 L6 49 May 26 @ Reds 5–4 Gregg (1–0) Hoover (0–4) — 41,321 19–30 W1 50 May 27 @ White Sox 7–0 Samardjiza (3–6) Quintana (3–2) — 30,631 20-30 W2 - May 28 @ White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup Date July 8. 51 May 29 White Sox 9–3 Feldman (5–4) Danks (0–1) — 31,279 21–30 W3 52 May 30 White Sox 8–3 Wood (5–3) Peavy (6–3) — 31,968 22–30 W4 53 May 31 D-backs 7–2 Garza (1–0) Miley (3–5) — 24,645 23–30 W5
June: 12–15 (Home: 4–8; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 54 June 1 D-backs 4–12 Kennedy (3–3) Mármol (2–3) — 31,465 23–31 L1 55 June 2 D-backs 4–8 Corbin (9–0) Jackson (1–8) — 29,667 23–32 L2 56 June 4 @ Angels 3–4 Coello (2–1) Villanueva (1–4) Frieri (13) 32,223 23–33 L3 57 June 5 @ Angels 8–6 Gregg (2–0) Coello (2–2) — 30,171 24–33 W1 58 June 7 Pirates 0–2 Liriano (4–2) Wood (5–4) Grilli (23) 31,614 24–34 L1 59 June 8 Pirates 2–6 Burnett (4–6) Samardzija (3–7) — 38,405 24–35 L2 60 June 9 Pirates 4–1 Jackson (2–8) Wilson (5–1) Gregg (7) 31,858 25–35 W1 61 June 10 Reds 2–6 Bailey (4–4) Feldman (5–5) — 28,052 25–36 L1 62 June 11 Reds 2–12 Cingrani (3–0) Garza (1–1) — 30,937 25–37 L2 63 June 12 Reds 1–2 Leake (6–3) Wood (5–5) Chapman (17) 24,749 25–38 L3 64 June 13 Reds 6–5 (14) Rondon (1–0) Broxton (2–2) — 28,986 26–38 W1 65 June 14 @ Mets 6–3 Jackson (3–8) Marcum (0–8) Gregg (8) 32,208 27–38 W2 66 June 15 @ Mets 5–2 Feldman (6–5) Niese (3–6) Gregg (9) 27,004 28–38 W3 67 June 16 @ Mets 3–4 Parnell (5–3) Mármol (2–4) — 30,256 28–39 L1 68 June 17 @ Cardinals 2–5 Miller (8–4) Wood (5–6) Mujica (20) 44,172 28–40 L2 69 June 18 @ Cardinals 4–2 Samardzija (4–7) Wainwright (10–4) Gregg (10) 44,139 29–40 W1 70 June 19 @ Cardinals 1–4 Westbrook (3–2) Jackson (3–9) Mujica (21) 43,878 29–41 L1 71 June 20 @ Cardinals 1–6 Lynn (10–1) Feldman (6–6) — 43,651 29–42 L2 72 June 21 Astros 3–1 Garza (2–1) Keuchel (4–4) Gregg (11) 33,119 30–42 W1 73 June 22 Astros 3–4 Cisnero (2–0) Gregg (2–1) Veras (15) 38,870 30–43 L1 74 June 23 Astros 14–6 Samardzija (5–7) Lyles (4–2) — 35,121 31–43 W1 75 June 25 @ Brewers 3–9 Lohse (3–6) Jackson (3–10) — 30,172 31–44 L1 76 June 26 @ Brewers 5–4 Feldman (7–6) Gallardo (6–7) Gregg (12) 28,061 32–44 W1 77 June 27 @ Brewers 7–2 Garza (3–1) Peralta (5–9) — 31,792 33–44 W2 78 June 28 @ Mariners 4–5 (10) Medina (3–2) Parker (0–1) — 31,471 33–45 L1 79 June 29 @ Mariners 5–3 (11) Villanueva (2–4) Pérez (2–2) Parker (1) 34,630 34–45 W1 80 June 30 @ Mariners 7–6 Jackson (4–10) Bonderman (1–2) Gregg (13) 24,701 35–45 W2
July: 14–13 (Home: 6–7; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 81 July 2 @ Athletics 7–8 Otero (1–0) Russell (1–2) Balfour (20) 17,273 35–46 L1 82 July 3 @ Athletics 3–1 Garza (4–1) Colón (11–3) Gregg (14) 35,067 36–46 W1 83 July 4 @ Athletics 0–1 Straily (5–1) Guerrier (2–4) Balfour (21) 26,967 36–47 L1 84 July 5 Pirates 2–6 Liriano (8–3) Samardzija (5–8) — 38,615 36–48 L2 85 July 6 Pirates 4–1 Jackson (5–10) Morton (1–2) Gregg (15) 36,590 37–48 W1 86 July 7 Pirates 4–3 Guerrier (3–4) Morris (4–3) — 33,146 38–48 W2 87 July 8 @ White Sox 8–2 Garza (5–1) Thornton (0–3) — 31,552 39–48 W3 88 July 9 Angels 7–2 Wood (6–6) Blanton (2–11) — 31,579 40–48 W4 89 July 10 Angels 2–13 Wilson (9–6) Samardzija (5–9) — 31,111 40–49 L1 90 July 11 Cardinals 3–0 Jackson (6–10) Westbrook (5–4) Gregg (16) 35,379 41–49 W1 91 July 12 Cardinals 2–3 Kelly (1–3) Villanueva (2–5) Mujica (26) 37,322 41–50 L2 92 July 13 Cardinals 6–4 Garza (6–1) Lynn (11–4) Gregg (17) 42,240 42–50 W1 93 July 14 Cardinals 6–10 Mujica (2–1) Gregg (2–2) — 35,178 42–51 L1 94 July 19 @ Rockies 3–1 Samardzija (6–9) Escalona (1–3) Gregg (18) 42,976 43–51 W1 95 July 20 @ Rockies 3–9 Nicasio (6–4) Villanueva (2–6) — 45,616 43–52 L1 96 July 21 @ Rockies 3–4 Chatwood (6–3) Jackson (6–11) Brothers (5) 43,108 43–53 L2 97 July 22 @ D-backs 4–2 Rusin (1–0) Skaggs (2–2) Gregg (19) 21,288 44–53 W1 98 July 23 @ D-backs 4–10 Corbin (12–1) Wood (6–7) — 21,278 44–54 L1 99 July 24 @ D-backs 7–6 (12) Rondon (2–0) Hernandez (4–6) — 21,141 45–54 W1 100 July 25 @ D-backs 1–3 Miley (7–8) Villanueva (2–7) Ziegler (5) 23,341 45–55 L1 101 July 26 @ Giants 3–2 Guerrier (4–4) Romo (3–5) Gregg (20) 41,797 46–55 W1 102 July 27 @ Giants 1–0 Strop (1–3) Romo (3–6) Gregg (21) 30,033 47–55 W2 103 July 28 @ Giants 2–1 Wood (7–7) Lincecum (5–11) Gregg (22) 41,608 48–55 W3 104 July 29 Brewers 0–5 Kintzler (3–0) Strop (1–4) — 32,848 48–56 L1 105 July 30 Brewers 5–6 Wooten (1–0) Russell (1–3) Henderson (13) 34,996 48–57 L2 106 July 30 Brewers 2–3 Badenhop (2–3) Gregg (2–3) Henderson (14) 31,638 48–58 L3 107 July 31 Brewers 6–1 Jackson (7–11) Peralta (7–11) 29,817 49–58 W1
August: 8–20 (Home: 3–13; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 108 August 1 Dodgers 4–6 Nolasco (7–9) Rusin (1–1) Jansen (15) 34,005 49–59 L1 109 August 2 Dodgers 2–6 Ryu (10–3) Wood (7–8) — 32,520 49–60 L2 110 August 3 Dodgers 0–3 Capuano (4–6) Samardzija (6–10) Jansen (16) 40,490 49–61 L3 111 August 4 Dodgers 0–1 Fife (4–3) Villanueva (2–8) Jansen (17) 38,409 49–62 L4 112 August 6 @ Phillies 8–9 Kendrick (10–8) Jackson (7–12) 36,841 49–63 L5 113 August 7 @ Phillies 5–2 Strop (2–4) García (0–1) Gregg (23) 36,171 50–63 W1 114 August 8 @ Phillies 1–12 Martin (1–1) Samardzija (6–11) — 42,510 50–64 L1 115 August 9 @ Cardinals 3–0 Rusin (2–1) Lynn (13–6) Gregg (24) 42,664 51–64 W1 116 August 10 @ Cardinals 6–5 Parker (1–1) Rosenthal (1–3) Gregg (25) 43,908 52–64 W2 117 August 11 @ Cardinals 4–8 Choate (2–1) Parker (1–2) Mujica (31) 43,240 52–65 L1 118 August 12 Reds 0–2 Latos (12–3) Wood (7–9) Chapman (28) 33,277 52–66 L2 119 August 13 Reds 4–6 (11) Hoover (3–5) Sanchez (0–1) Chapman (29) 33,286 52–67 L3 120 August 14 Reds 0–5 Arroyo (11–9) Rusin (2–2) — 33,642 52–68 L4 121 August 16 Cardinals 7–0 Arrieta (2–2) Westbrook (7–8) — 35,258 53–68 W1 122 August 17 Cardinals 0–4 Kelly (4–3) Wood (7–10) — 41,981 53–69 L1 123 August 18 Cardinals 1–6 Wainwright (14–7) Jackson (7–13) — 33,830 53–70 L2 124 August 19 Nationals 11–1 Samardzija (7–11) Zimmermann (14–7) — 31,290 54–70 W1 125 August 20 Nationals 2–4 Haren (8–11) Rusin (2–3) Soriano (32) 30,975 54–71 L1 126 August 21 Nationals 6–11 Roark (3–0) Russell (1–4) — 31,936 54–72 L2 127 August 22 Nationals 4–5 (13) Stammen (7–5) Bowden (1–3) Storen (3) 29,393 54–73 L3 128 August 23 @ Padres 6–8 Vincent (3–1) Russell (1–5) Street (25) 23,561 54–74 L4 129 August 24 @ Padres 3–2 Samardzija (8–11) Stults (8–11) Gregg (26) 30,870 55–74 W1 130 August 25 @ Padres 2–3 (15) Thayer (2–3) Rondon (2–1) — 22,762 55–75 L1 131 August 26 @ Dodgers 2–6 Greinke (13–3) Arrieta (2–3) — 40,965 55–76 L2 132 August 27 @ Dodgers 3–2 Wood (8–10) Kershaw (13–8) Gregg (27) 52,326 56–76 W1 133 August 28 @ Dodgers 0–4 Nolasco (11–9) Jackson (7–14) — 38,851 56–77 L1 134 August 30 Phillies 5–6 Rosenberg (1–0) Gregg (2–4) Papelbon (23) 27,763 56–78 L2 135 August 31 Phillies 4–3 Villanueva (3–8) Miner (0–1) Gregg (28) 36,410 57–78 W1
September: 9–18 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 136 September 1 Phillies 7–1 Arrieta (3–3) Kendrick (10–12) — 31,859 58–78 W1 137 September 2 Marlins 3–4 Álvarez (3–3) Wood (8–11) Cishek (29) 26,978 58–79 L1 138 September 3 Marlins 2–6 Webb (2–5) Jackson (7–15) — 30,024 58–80 L2 139 September 4 Marlins 9–7 Villanueva (4–8) Webb (2–6) Gregg (29) 20,696 59–80 W1 140 September 6 Brewers 8–5 Villanueva (5–8) Lohse (9–9) Gregg (30) 35,351 60–80 W2 141 September 7 Brewers 3–5 Hellweg (1–3) Arrieta (3–4) Henderson (23) 34,929 60–81 L1 142 September 8 Brewers 1–3 Gallardo (11–9) Grimm (7–8) Henderson (24) 27,802 60–82 L2 143 September 9 @ Reds 2–0 Wood (9–11) Arroyo (13–11) Gregg (31) 22,920 61–82 W1 144 September 10 @ Reds 9–1 Jackson (8–15) Cingrani (7–4) — 21,396 62–82 W2 145 September 11 @ Reds 0–6 Leake (13–6) Samardzija (8–12) — 22,088 62–83 L1 146 September 12 @ Pirates 1–3 Locke (10–5) Rusin (2–4) Melancon (14) 23,541 62–84 L2 147 September 13 @ Pirates 5–4 Villanueva (6–8) Grilli (0–2) Gregg (32) 35,962 63–84 W1 148 September 14 @ Pirates 1–2 Cole (8–7) Russell (1–6) Melancon (15) 37,534 63–85 L1 149 September 15 @ Pirates 2–3 Farnsworth (3–0) Strop (2–5) Melancon (16) 36,559 63–86 L2 150 September 16 @ Brewers 1–6 Peralta (10–15) Jackson (8–16) — 24,464 63–87 L3 151 September 17 @ Brewers 3–4 Henderson (5–5) Grimm (7–9) — 22,506 63–88 L4 152 September 18 @ Brewers 0–7 Thornburg (3–1) Rusin (2–5) — 24,632 63–89 L5 153 September 19 @ Brewers 5–1 Arrieta (4–4) Lohse (10–10) — 21,625 64–89 W1 154 September 20 Braves 5–9 Carpenter (4–1) Gregg (2–5) — 29,539 64–90 L1 155 September 21 Braves 3–1 Villanueva (7–8) Downs (4–4) Strop (1) 34,612 65–90 W1 156 September 22 Braves 2–5 Teherán (13–8) Jackson (8–17) Kimbrel (49) 30,515 65–91 L1 157 September 23 Pirates 1–2 Melancon (3–2) Gregg (2–6) Grilli (32) 32,289 65–92 L2 158 September 24 Pirates 2–8 Cole (10–7) Rusin (2–6) — 34,138 65–93 L3 159 September 25 Pirates 4–2 Arrieta (5–4) Liriano (16–8) Gregg (33) 26,171 66–93 W1 160 September 27 @ Cardinals 0–7 Lynn (15–10) Wood (9–12) — 44,030 66–94 L1 161 September 28 @ Cardinals 2–6 Wainwright (19–9) Jackson (8–18) Maness (1) 42,520 66–95 L2 162 September 29 @ Cardinals 0–4 Kelly (10–5) Samardzija (8–13) — 44,808 66–96 L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Cubs team member

Roster

2013 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 49 Jake Arrieta 32 Scott Baker 28 Michael Bowden 50 Alex Burnett 55 Alberto Cabrera 54 Shawn Camp 48 Rafael Dolis 46 Scott Feldman 11 Kyuji Fujikawa 22 Matt Garza 63 Kevin Gregg 52 Justin Grimm 51 Matt Guerrier 36 Edwin Jackson 12 Chang-Yong Lim 50 Kameron Loe 49 Carlos Mármol 50 Blake Parker 57 Zach Putnam 43 Brooks Raley 62 Henry Rodríguez 56 Héctor Rondón 59 Zach Rosscup 18 Chris Rusin 40 James Russell 29 Jeff Samardzija 52 Eduardo Sánchez 46 Pedro Strop 47 Hisanori Takahashi 33 Carlos Villanueva 37 Travis Wood		Catchers  7 J. C. Boscán 53 Welington Castillo 30 Dioner Navarro Infielders 15 Darwin Barney 13 Starlin Castro 51 Steve Clevenger 6,8 Alberto González 20 Brent Lillibridge  8 Donnie Murphy  1 Cody Ransom 44 Anthony Rizzo 24 Luis Valbuena 22 Logan Watkins		Outfielders 47 Brian Bogusevic 20 Julio Borbón  9 David DeJesus  2 Cole Gillespie 21 Scott Hairston 21 Junior Lake 16,54 Darnell McDonald 54 Thomas Neal 17 Dave Sappelt 19 Nate Schierholtz 12 Alfonso Soriano  6 Ryan Sweeney		Manager 33 Dale Sveum Coaching Staff  3 David Bell (third base) 95 Andrew Lane (bullpen catcher) 39 Dave McKay (first base) 38 James Rowson (hitting)  8 Jamie Quirk (bench) 25 Chris Bosio (pitching) 35 Lester Strode (bullpen) 45 Rob Deer (assistant hitting)

Statistics

Batting

Note: 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
Darwin Barney	141	501	49	104	25	1	7	41	.208	4
Brian Bogusevic	47	143	18	39	7	1	6	16	.273	2
Julio Borbon	72	104	10	21	3	1	1	3	.202	7
J. C. Boscán	6	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	.222	0
Welington Castillo	113	380	41	103	23	0	8	32	.271	2
Starlin Castro	161	666	59	163	34	2	10	44	.245	9
Steve Clevenger	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	.125	0
David DeJesus	84	284	39	71	19	3	6	27	.250	3
Cole Gillespie	25	50	6	12	2	0	0	4	.240	0
Alberto González	11	23	3	5	1	0	1	2	.217	0
Scott Hairston	52	99	13	17	2	0	8	19	.172	2
Junior Lake	64	236	26	67	16	0	6	16	.284	4
Brent Lillibridge	9	24	0	1	0	0	0	2	.042	0
Darnell McDonald	25	53	4	16	4	0	1	5	.302	0
Donnie Murphy	46	149	23	38	8	0	11	23	.255	2
Dioner Navarro	89	240	31	72	7	0	13	34	.300	0
Thomas Neal	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Cody Ransom	57	158	21	32	10	1	9	20	.203	0
Anthony Rizzo	160	606	71	141	40	2	23	80	.233	6
Dave Sappelt	31	75	6	18	3	0	0	4	.240	3
Nate Schierholtz	137	462	56	116	32	3	21	68	.251	6
Alfonso Soriano	93	362	47	92	24	1	17	51	.254	10
Ryan Sweeney	70	192	19	51	13	2	6	19	.266	1
Luis Valbuena	108	331	34	72	15	1	12	37	.218	1
Logan Watkins	27	38	2	8	1	0	0	0	.211	0
Jake Arrieta	9	15	0	2	0	0	0	2	.133	0
Scott Baker	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Scott Feldman	15	34	2	6	2	0	1	8	.176	0
Matt Garza	8	18	1	4	1	0	0	2	.222	0
Edwin Jackson	30	52	4	4	1	0	1	4	.077	0
Brooks Raley	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chris Rusin	12	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	.105	0
Jeff Samardzija	31	62	4	7	2	0	1	2	.113	0
Carlos Villenueva	43	32	2	5	0	0	0	1	.156	0
Travis Wood	35	63	8	14	1	0	3	8	.222	1
Team Totals	162	5498	602	1307	297	18	172	576	.238	63

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
Jake Arrieta	4	2	3.66	9	9	0	51.2	34	22	21	24	37
Scott Baker	0	0	3.60	3	3	0	15.0	9	6	6	4	6
Scott Feldman	7	6	3.46	15	15	0	91.0	79	42	35	25	67
Matt Garza	6	1	3.17	11	11	0	71.0	61	26	25	20	62
Edwin Jackson	8	18	4.98	31	31	0	175.1	197	110	97	59	135
Chris Rusin	2	6	3.93	13	13	0	66.1	66	30	29	24	36
Jeff Samardzija	8	13	4.34	33	33	0	213.2	210	109	103	78	214
Travis Wood	9	12	3.11	32	32	0	200.0	163	73	69	66	144
Michael Bowden	1	3	4.30	34	0	0	37.2	32	18	18	15	23
Alex Burnett	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Alberto Cabrera	0	0	4.50	7	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	5	4
Shawn Camp	1	1	7.04	26	0	0	23.0	34	18	18	9	13
Rafael Dolis	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	5.0	3	2	0	0	2
Kyuji Fujikawa	1	1	5.25	12	0	2	12.0	11	7	7	2	14
Kevin Gregg	2	6	3.48	62	0	33	62.0	53	26	24	32	56
Justin Grimm	0	2	2.00	10	0	0	9.0	4	3	2	3	8
Matt Guerrier	2	1	2.13	15	0	0	12.2	11	4	3	5	9
Chang-Yong Lim	0	0	5.40	6	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	7	5
Kameron Loe	0	0	5.40	7	0	0	8.1	12	5	5	4	4
Carlos Mármol	2	4	5.86	31	0	2	27.2	26	19	18	21	32
Blake Parker	1	2	2.72	49	0	1	46.1	39	17	14	15	55
Zach Putnam	0	0	18.90	5	0	0	3.1	9	7	7	0	4
Brooks Raley	0	0	5.14	9	0	0	14.0	11	9	8	8	14
Henry Rodriguez	0	0	4.50	5	0	0	4.0	6	4	2	4	1
Hector Rondon	2	1	4.77	45	0	0	54.2	52	29	29	25	44
Zach Rosscup	0	0	1.35	10	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	7	7
James Russell	1	6	3.59	74	0	0	52.2	46	21	21	18	37
Eduardo Sanchez	0	1	5.68	4	0	0	6.1	5	4	4	5	5
Pedro Strop	2	2	2.83	37	0	1	35.0	22	11	11	11	42
Hisanori Takahashi	0	0	6.00	3	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	2	3
Carlos Villenueva	7	8	4.06	47	15	0	128.2	117	58	58	40	103
Team Totals	66	96	4.00	162	162	39	1448.0	1332	689	643	540	1184

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Marty Pevey
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Buddy Bailey
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Dave Keller
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Mark Johnson
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Gary Van Tol
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Bobby Mitchell

External links

• Chicago Cubs schedule for the 2013 season
• 2013 Chicago Cubs season at ESPN
• 2013 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference