1993 Chicago Cubs season

1993 Chicago Cubs
1993 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Tribune Company
General managers	Larry Himes
Managers	Jim Lefebvre
Television	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN; (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Thom Brennaman)
Radio	WGN; (Thom Brennaman, Ron Santo, Harry Caray)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

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

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	97	65	.599	—	52‍–‍29	45‍–‍36
Montreal Expos	94	68	.580	3	55‍–‍26	39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	87	75	.537	10	49‍–‍32	38‍–‍43
Chicago Cubs	84	78	.519	13	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	.463	22	40‍–‍41	35‍–‍46
Florida Marlins	64	98	.395	33	35‍–‍46	29‍–‍52
New York Mets	59	103	.364	38	28‍–‍53	31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1993 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	10–3	13–0	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	9–3	6–6	7–5	9–4	7–6	6–6
Chicago	5–7	—	7–5	8–4	6–7	4–8	7–5	5–8–1	8–5	7–6	5–8	8–4	6–6	8–5
Cincinnati	3–10	5–7	—	9–4	7–5	6–7	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–8	8–4	9–4	2–11	5–7
Colorado	0–13	4–8	4–9	—	7–5	11–2	7–6	3–9	6–6	3–9	8–4	6–7	3–10	5–7
Florida	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–7	—	3–9	5–7	5–8	4–9	4–9	6–7	7–5	4–8	4–9
Houston	5–8	8–4	7–6	2–11	9–3	—	9–4	5–7	11–1	5–7	7–5	8–5	3–10	6–6
Los Angeles	5–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	7–5	4–9	—	6–6	8–4	2–10	8–4	9–4	7–6	6–6
Montreal	5–7	8–5–1	8–4	9–3	8–5	7–5	6–6	—	9–4	6–7	8–5	10–2	3–9	7–6
New York	3–9	5–8	6–6	6–6	9–4	1–11	4–8	4–9	—	3–10	4–9	5–7	4–8	5–8
Philadelphia	6-6	6–7	8–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	10–2	7–6	10–3	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	8–5
Pittsburgh	5–7	8–5	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	4–8	5–8	9–4	6–7	—	9–3	5–7	4–9
San Diego	4–9	4–8	4–9	7–6	5–7	5–8	4–9	2–10	7–5	6–6	3–9	—	3–10	7–5
San Francisco	6–7	6–6	11–2	10–3	8–4	10–3	6–7	9–3	8–4	8–4	7–5	10–3	—	4–8
St. Louis	6–6	5–8	7–5	7–5	9–4	6–6	6–6	6–7	8–5	5–8	9–4	5–7	8–4	—

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

5 Jim Lefebvre

Coaches

40 Tony Muser (bullpen)
38 Billy Connors (pitching)
15 Chuck Cottier (third base)
3 José Martínez (first base)
41 Tom Trebelhorn (bench)
26 Billy Williams (hitting)

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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
1	April 5	Braves	0–1	Maddux (1–0)	Morgan (0–1)	Stanton (1)	38,218	0–1	L1
2	April 6	Braves	1–0	Guzmán (1–0)	Smoltz (0–1)	–	37,402	1–1	W1
3	April 7	Braves	4–5 (10)	Howell (1–0)	Scanlan (0–1)	–	20,775	1–2	L1
4	April 9	@ Phillies	11–7	McElroy (1–0)	Rivera (0–1)	Myers (1)	60,985	2–2	W1
5	April 10	@ Phillies	4–5	Mulholland (2–0)	Morgan (0–2)	Williams (3)	21,081	2–3	L1
6	April 11	@ Phillies	0–3	Schilling (2–0)	Guzmán (1–1)	–	21,955	2–4	L2
7	April 12	@ Braves	5–1	Hibbard (1–0)	Avery (0–1)	–	39,749	3–4	W1
8	April 13	@ Braves	2–3	Glavine (2–0)	Castillo (0–1)	Stanton (4)	49,116	3–5	L1
9	April 14	@ Braves	6–0	Harkey (1–0)	Smith (1–1)	–	45,758	4–5	W1
10	April 16	Phillies	3–1	Morgan (1–2)	Mulholland (2–1)	Myers (2)	16,255	5–5	W1
11	April 17	Phillies	6–3	Guzmán (2–1)	Schilling (2–1)	Myers (3)	32,680	6–5	W2
12	April 18	Phillies	10–11 (11)	Williams (1–0)	Scanlan (0–2)	West (1)	28,758	6–6	L1
—	April 19	Astros	Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 10
13	April 20	Astros
14	April 21	Astros
20	April 28	@ Astros
21	April 29	@ Astros

May: 13–12–1 (Home: 9–8–1; Away: 4–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

June: 13–15 (Home: 5–4; Away: 8–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

July: 15–12 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Opponent
83	July 9	Astros
84	July 10	Astros
85	July 10	Astros
86	July 11	Astros
94	July 22	@ Astros
95	July 23	@ Astros
96	July 24	@ Astros
97	July 25	@ Astros

August: 12–18 (Home: 7–10; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
123	August 20	Braves	6–3	Morgan (8–11)	Stanton (4–5)	Myers (36)	38,797	61–61–1	W1
124	August 21	Braves	3–6	Freeman (2–0)	Plesac (0–1)	McMichael (9)	39,507	61–62–1	L1
125	August 22	Braves	3–4	Smoltz (13–9)	Guzmán (11–8)	McMichael (10)	38,321	61–63–1	L2
129	August 27	@ Braves	9–7	Boskie (5–3)	Wohlers (5–1)	Bautista (2)	48,939	63–65–1	W1
130	August 28	@ Braves	1–5	Avery (15–4)	Guzmán (11–9)	–	48,940	63–66–1	L1
131	August 29	@ Braves	2–8	Glavine (16–5)	Hibbard (10–11)	–	47,361	63–67–1	L2
132	August 30	Phillies	10–6 (11)	Plesac (2–1)	Mason (4–11)	–	33,276	64–67–1	W1
133	August 31	Phillies	0–7	Rivera (12–7)	Morgan (9–13)	–	19,961	64–68–1	L1

September: 18–9 (Home: 7–4; Away: 11–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
134	September 1	Phillies	1–4	Mulholland (12–9)	Harkey (8–8)	–	23,519	64–69–1	L2
139	September 6	@ Phillies	7–6	Harkey (9–8)	Williams (1–1)	Myers (40)	30,765	68–70–1	W4
140	September 7	@ Phillies	5–4	Guzmán (12–10)	Rivera (12–8)	Myers (41)	27,041	69–70–1	W5
141	September 8	@ Phillies	8–5	Hibbard (12–11)	West (6–4)	Myers (42)	26,553	70–70–1	W6
142	September 9	@ Phillies	8–10	Jackson (12–10)	Bautista (7–3)	West (3)	25,894	70–71–1	L1

October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

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
C	Rick Wilkins	136	446	135	.303	30	73
1B	Mark Grace	155	594	193	.325	14	98
2B	Ryne Sandberg	117	456	141	.309	9	45
SS	Rey Sánchez	105	344	97	.282	0	28
3B	Steve Buechele	133	460	125	.272	15	65
LF	Derrick May	128	465	137	.295	10	77
CF	Willie Wilson	105	221	57	.258	1	11
RF	Sammy Sosa	159	598	156	.261	33	93

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 Vizcaíno	151	551	158	.287	4	54
Dwight Smith	111	310	93	.300	11	35
Kevin Roberson	62	180	34	.189	9	27
Candy Maldonado	70	140	26	.186	3	15
Steve Lake	44	120	27	.225	5	13
Eric Yelding	69	108	22	.204	1	10
Glenallen Hill	31	87	30	.345	10	22
Tuffy Rhodes	15	52	15	.288	3	7
Doug Jennings	42	52	13	.250	2	8
Tommy Shields	20	34	6	.176	0	1
Matt Walbeck	11	30	6	.200	1	6
Eduardo Zambrano	8	17	5	.294	0	2
Shawon Dunston	7	10	4	.400	0	2

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 Morgan	32	207.2	10	15	4.03	111
José Guzmán	30	191.0	12	10	4.34	163
Greg Hibbard	31	191.0	15	11	3.96	82
Mike Harkey	28	157.1	10	10	5.26	67
Frank Castillo	29	141.1	5	8	4.84	84
Steve Trachsel	3	19.2	0	2	4.58	14

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 Bautista	58	111.2	10	3	2.82	63
Turk Wendell	7	22.2	1	2	4.37	15
William Brennan	8	15.0	2	1	4.20	11

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 Myers	73	2	4	53	3.11	86
Bob Scanlan	70	4	5	0	4.54	44
Dan Plesac	57	2	1	0	4.74	47
Chuck McElroy	49	2	2	0	4.56	31
Paul Assenmacher	46	2	1	0	3.49	34
Shawn Boskie	39	5	3	0	3.43	39
Jim Bullinger	15	1	0	1	4.32	10
Heathcliff Slocumb	10	1	0	0	3.38	4

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