2009 Chicago Cubs season

The 2009 Chicago Cubs season was the 138th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 134th in the National League and the 94th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs, attempting to win the National League Central for the third consecutive season, fell short by finishing in second place with a record of 83–78.

2009 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Record	83–78 (.516)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Tribune Company
General managers	Jim Hendry
Managers	Lou Piniella
Television	WGN-TV WGN America CSN Chicago CSN Chicago Plus WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Radio	WGN (AM) Chicago Cubs Radio Network (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Judd Sirott)
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Minor League affiliates

In 2009 The Chicago Cubs had three minor league affiliates. The team's Single-A affiliate is the Peoria Chiefs, located in Peoria. The Chicago Cubs' Double-A affiliate is the Tennessee Smokies based in the Knoxville, Tennessee metropolitan area. Finally the Chicago Cubs Triple-A Affiliate is the Iowa Cubs, located in Iowa. The Iowa Cubs were coached by former Cub and Hall of Fame player Ryne Sandberg in 2009. Sandberg previously coached the Chiefs and Smokies as well.

Regular season

Season standings

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	91	71	.562	—	46‍–‍35	45‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs	83	78	.516	7½	46‍–‍34	37‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	11	40‍–‍41	40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	.481	13	40‍–‍41	38‍–‍43
Houston Astros	74	88	.457	17	44‍–‍37	30‍–‍51
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	99	.385	28½	40‍–‍41	22‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

2009 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–4	4-2	1–5	7-11	5–3	5–4	7-11	2–5	5–2	1–5	6–1	11-7	5-13	2–4	1–5	5–10
Atlanta	4–3	–	4–2	3–6	4–4	8-10	3-3	4–3	3–3	13–5	10-8	3–4	3–3	3–4	4–2	10-8	7–8
Chicago	2-4	2–4	–	10-5	2–4	4–3	11–6	3–5	10-7	3-3	1–5	10-4	4–5	4-2	6-10	5–2	6–9
Cincinnati	5-1	6-3	5-10	–	0-7	3-3	12-4	1-5	8-7	2-4	2-5	13-5	1-6	3-3	8-8	3-4	6-9
Colorado	11-7	4-4	4-2	7-0	–	2-4	2-5	4-14	6-0	3-4	2-4	6-3	10-8	8-10	6-1	6-0	11-4
Florida	3-5	10-8	3-4	3-3	4-2	–	4–3	3-3	3-4	11-7	9-9	2-4	4-2	3-4	3-3	12-6	10-8
Houston	4–5	3-3	6-11	4-12	5-2	3-4	–	4–3	5-10	1-5	6-2	10-5	6-1	2-4	6-9	3-3	6-9
Los Angeles	11-7	3-4	5-3	5-1	14-4	3-3	3-4	–	3–3	5-1	4-3	4-3	10-8	11-7	2-5	3-2	9-9
Milwaukee	5-2	3-3	7-10	7-8	0-6	4-3	10-5	3-3	–	3-3	4-3	9-5	2-4	4-5	9-9	5-3	5-10
New York	2-5	5-13	3-3	4-2	4-3	7-11	5-1	1-5	3-3	–	6-12	4-3	2-5	5-3	4-5	10-8	5–10
Philadelphia	5-1	8-10	5-1	5-2	4-2	9-9	2-6	3-4	3-4	12-6	–	4-2	5-2	3-4	4-1	15-3	6-12
Pittsburgh	1-6	4-3	4-10	5-13	3-6	4-2	5-10	3-4	5-9	3-4	2-4	–	3-4	2-4	5-10	5-3	8–7
San Diego	7-11	3-3	5-4	6-1	8-10	2-4	1-6	8-10	4-2	5-2	2-5	4-3	–	10-8	1-6	4-2	5–10
San Francisco	13-5	4–3	2–4	3–3	10-8	4–3	4–2	7-11	5-4	3–5	4–3	4–2	8-10	–	4–3	4–2	9–6
St. Louis	4-2	2-4	10-6	8-8	1-6	3-3	9-6	5-2	9-9	5-4	1-4	10-5	6-1	3-4	–	6–1	9–6
Washington	5-1	8-10	2-5	4-3	0-6	6-12	3-3	2-3	3-5	8-10	3-15	3-5	2-4	2-4	1-6	–	7–11

Game log

2009 Game Log: 83–78 (Home:46–34, Away: 37–44)
April (10–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Astros 4–2 Zambrano (1–0) Oswalt (0–1) Gregg (1) 43,827 1–0 2 April 7 @ Astros 2–3 (10) Brocail (1–0) Cotts (0–1) 31,121 1–1 3 April 8 @ Astros 11–6 Lilly (1–0) Moehler (0–1) 30,047 2–1 4 April 10 @ Brewers 3–4 Villanueva (1–0) Gregg (0–1) 45,455 2–2 5 April 11 @ Brewers 6–5 Heilman (1–0) Villanueva (1–1) Mármol (1) 43,768 3–2 6 April 12 @ Brewers 8–5 Dempster (1–0) Suppan (0–2) 40,168 4–2 7 April 13 Rockies 4–0 Lilly (2–0) Jiménez (1–1) 40,077 5–2 8 April 15 Rockies 2–5 Marquis (2–0) Harden (0–1) Grilli (1) 39,361 5–3 9 April 16 Cardinals 4–7 Wainwright (2–0) Patton (0–1) Franklin (2) 38,909 5–4 10 April 17 Cardinals 8–7 Heilman (2–0) Pérez (0–1) Mármol (2) 40,250 6–4 11 April 18 Cardinals 7–5 (11) Guzmán (1–0) Reyes (0–1) 40,878 7–4 April 19 Cardinals Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 12 12 April 21 Reds 7–2 Harden (1–1) Owings (0–2) 38,403 8–4 13 April 22 Reds 0–3 Cueto (1–1) Lilly (2–1) Cordero (6) 38,738 8–5 14 April 23 Reds 1–7 Harang (2–2) Zambrano (1–1) 40,039 8–6 15 April 24 @ Cardinals 3–4 McClellan (1–0) Mármol (0–1) Franklin (5) 45,812 8–7 16 April 25 @ Cardinals 2–8 Boggs (1–0) Marshall (0–1) 46,707 8–8 17 April 26 @ Cardinals 10–3 Harden (2–1) Wellemeyer (1–2) 44,742 9–8 18 April 27 @ Diamondbacks 2–7 Haren (2–3) Lilly (2–2) 29,471 9–9 19 April 28 @ Diamondbacks 11–3 Zambrano (2–1) Petit (0–2) 30,351 10–9 20 April 29 @ Diamondbacks 0–10 Davis (2–3) Dempster (1–1) 26,999 10–10 21 April 30 Marlins 2–8 (10) Pinto (2–0) Heilman (2–1) 37,956 10–11
May (15–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 1 Marlins 8–6 Patton (1–1) Badenhop (1–1) Gregg (2) 38,336 11–11 23 May 2 Marlins 6–1 Lilly (3–2) Sánchez (1–3) 40,083 12–11 24 May 3 Marlins 6–4 Zambrano (3–1) Nolasco (1–3) Gregg (3) 40,457 13–11 25 May 4 Giants 4–2 Dempster (2–1) Sánchez (1–2) Gregg (4) 39,112 14–11 26 May 5 Giants 2–6 Lincecum (3–1) Marshall (0–2) 39,497 14–12 27 May 6 @ Astros 6–3 Harden (3–1) Hampton (1–3) Gregg (5) 29,415 15–12 28 May 7 @ Astros 8–5 Lilly (4–2) Ortiz (2–1) 28,625 16–12 29 May 8 @ Brewers 2–3 Stetter (2–0) Heilman (2–2) Hoffman (5) 42,025 16–13 30 May 9 @ Brewers 6–12 Gallardo (4–1) Dempster (2–2) 44,428 16–14 31 May 10 @ Brewers 4–2 Marshall (1–2) Suppan (2–3) Gregg (6) 41,646 17–14 32 May 12 Padres 6–2 Harden (4–1) Peavy (2–5) 39,963 18–14 33 May 13 Padres 6–4 (8) Lilly (5–2) Young (2–2) Mármol (3) 38,410 19–14 34 May 14 Padres 11–3 Dempster (3–2) Gaudin (0–3) 39,728 20–14 May 15 Astros Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 30 35 May 16 Astros 5–4 Marshall (2–2) Hawkins (1–1) 40,549 21–14 36 May 17 Astros 5–6 Moehler (1–2) Harden (4–2) Sampson (1) 40,478 21–15 37 May 19 @ Cardinals 0–3 Piñeiro (5–3) Lilly (5–3) 41,374 21–16 38 May 20 @ Cardinals 1–2 Carpenter (2–0) Dempster (3–3) Franklin (10) 41,703 21–17 39 May 21 @ Cardinals 1–3 Wainwright (4–2) Marshall (2–3) Franklin (11) 44,235 21–18 40 May 22 @ Padres 0–4 Peavy (4–5) Zambrano (3–2) Bell (12) 27,260 21–19 41 May 23 @ Padres 1–3 Geer (1–1) Wells (0–1) Mujica (1) 37,798 21–20 42 May 24 @ Padres 2–7 Young (4–2) Lilly (5–4) 39,593 21–21 43 May 25 Pirates 8–10 Gorzelanny (2–1) Cotts (0–2) Burnett (1) 38,942 21–22 44 May 26 Pirates 6–1 (6) Marshall (3–3) Snell (1–6) 38,303 22–22 45 May 27 Pirates 5–2 Mármol (1–1) Chavez (0–2) Gregg (7) 38,314 23–22 46 May 28 Dodgers 1–2 Wolf (3–1) Wells (0–2) Troncoso (3) 39,579 23–23 47 May 29 Dodgers 2–1 Lilly (6–4) Billingsley (6–3) Gregg (8) 40,148 24–23 48 May 30 Dodgers 7–0 Dempster (4–3) Stults (4–2) 41,153 25–23 49 May 31 Dodgers 2–8 Milton (2–0) Marshall (3–4) 40,091 25–24
June (11–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 2 @ Braves 5–6 (12) Soriano (1–0) Heilman (2–3) 30,262 25–25 51 June 3 @ Braves 3–2 (11) Guzmán (2–0) Bennett (2–3) Gregg (9) 30,646 26–25 June 4 @ Braves Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for June 22 52 June 5 @ Reds 2–1 Zambrano (4–2) Owings (3–7) Gregg (10) 32,374 27–25 53 June 6 @ Reds 3–4 (11) Masset (3–0) Marshall (3–5) 40,914 27–26 54 June 7 @ Reds 6–3 (14) Patton (2–1) Lincoln (1–1) Guzmán (1) 32,629 28–26 55 June 9 @ Astros 7–1 Lilly (7–4) Moehler (2–4) 29,669 29–26 56 June 10 @ Astros 1–2 Sampson (3–0) Guzmán (2–1) 29,840 29–27 57 June 11 @ Astros 1–2 (13) Fulchino (2–1) Ascanio (0–1) 34,250 29–28 58 June 12 Twins 4–7 Slowey (9–2) Wells (0–3) Nathan (14) 41,509 29–29 59 June 13 Twins 0–2 Swarzak (2–2) Harden (4–3) Nathan (15) 40,899 29–30 60 June 14 Twins 3–2 Mármol (2–1) Crain (2–3) 40,814 30–30 June 16 White Sox Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for September 3 61 June 17 White Sox 1–4 Danks (5–5) Dempster (4–4) Jenks (15) 40,444 30–31 62 June 18 White Sox 6–5 Gregg (1–1) Thornton (4–2) 40,467 31–31 63 June 19 Indians 8–7 (10) Gregg (2–1) Vizcaíno (1–3) 40,155 32–31 64 June 20 Indians 6–5 (13) Patton (3–1) Wood (2–3) 41,007 33–31 65 June 21 Indians 6–2 Wells (1–3) Sowers (1–5) Gregg (11) 40,866 34–31 66 June 22 @ Braves 0–2 Vázquez (5–6) Dempster (4–5) Soriano (6) 31,701 34–32 67 June 23 @ Tigers 4–5 Lyon (3–3) Gregg (BS 3) (2–2) 38,046 34–33 68 June 24 @ Tigers 3–5 Miner (BS 2) (5–1) Harden (4–4) Rodney (15) 36,438 34–34 69 June 25 @ Tigers 5–6 Galarraga (4–7) Lilly (7–5) Rodney (16) 42,332 34–35 70 June 26 @ White Sox 5–4 Wells (2–3) Contreras (2–7) Gregg (12) 39,015 35–35 71 June 27 @ White Sox 7–8 Jenks (2–2) Marshall (3–6) 39,529 35–36 72 June 28 @ White Sox 0–6 Danks (6–6) Zambrano (4–3) 39,745 35–37 73 June 29 @ Pirates 3–1 Harden (5–4) Duke Gregg (13) 15,400 36–37 74 June 30 @ Pirates 0–3 Ohlendorf (7–6) Lilly (7–6) Capps (18) 17,054 36–38
July (18–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 75 July 1 @ Pirates 4–1 Wells (3–3) Vasquez (1–1) Gregg (14) 15,770 37–38 76 July 2 Brewers 9–5 Dempster (5–5) McClung (3–2) 40,545 38–38 77 July 3 Brewers 2–1 (10) Gregg (3–2) DiFelice (4–1) 41,204 39–38 78 July 4 Brewers 2–11 Looper (7–4) Harden (5–5) 40,088 39–39 79 July 5 Brewers 8–2 Lilly (8–6) Burns (1–2) 40,369 40–39 80 July 6 Braves 4–2 Wells (4–3) Jurrjens (6–7) Gregg (15) 40,042 41–39 81 July 7 Braves 1–2 Vázquez (6–7) Zambrano (4–4) Soriano (9) 40,359 41–40 82 July 8 Braves 1–4 Kawakami (5–6) Hart (0–1) Soriano (10) 40,531 41–41 83 July 10 Cardinals 3–8 Carpenter (7–3) Harden (5–6) 40,687 41–42 84 July 11 Cardinals 5–2 Lilly (9–6) Thompson (2–6) Gregg (16) 41,210 42–42 85 July 12 Cardinals 7–3 Zambrano (5–4) Lohse (4–5) 40,701 43–42 86 July 12 Cardinals 2–4 Wanwright (10–5) Wells (4–4) Franklin (21) 41,244 43–43 87 July 16 @ Nationals 6–2 Harden (6–6) Lannan (6–7) 26,980 44–43 88 July 17 @ Nationals 3–1 Zambrano (6–4) Stammen (2–5) Gregg (17) 27,581 45–43 89 July 18 @ Nationals 6–5 Wells (5–4) Zimmermann (3–5) Gregg (18) 36,014 46–43 90 July 19 @ Nationals 11–3 Hart (1–1) Mock (0–3) 34,574 47–43 91 July 20 @ Phillies 1–10 Lopez (2–0) Lilly (9–7) Durbin (1) 45,268 47–44 92 July 21 @ Phillies 1–4 (13) Condrey (6–2) Samardzija (0–1) 45,214 47–45 93 July 22 @ Phillies 10–5 Zambrano (7–4) Moyer (9–7) Gregg (19) 45,257 48–45 94 July 24 Reds 8–5 Wells (6–4) Harang (5–11) 41,406 49–45 95 July 25 Reds 5–3 Hart (2–1) Cueto (8–7) Gregg (20) 41,364 50–45 96 July 26 Reds 5–2 Harden (7–6) Owings (6–11) Gregg (21) 41,528 51–45 97 July 27 Astros 5–1 (13) Samardzija (1–1) Sampson (4–2) 40,794 52–45 98 July 28 Astros 6–11 Fulchino (4–3) Guzmán (2–2) 40,814 52–46 99 July 29 Astros 12–0 Wells (7–4) Hampton (6–8) 41,538 53–46 100 July 30 Astros 12–3 Hart (3–1) Ortiz (3–6) 41,524 54–46 101 July 31 @ Marlins 2–5 Donnelly (1–0) Mármol (2–2) Núñez (9) 25,024 54–47
August (11–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 102 August 1 @ Marlins 9–8 (10) Gregg (4–2) Núñez (3–4) Heilman (1) 35,811 55–47 103 August 2 @ Marlins 2–3 Donnelly (2–0) Gregg (4–3) 25,969 55–48 104 August 3 @ Reds 4–2 Wells (8–4) Harang (5–13) Mármol (4) 22,222 56–48 105 August 4 @ Reds 6–3 Gorzelanny (4–1) Cueto (8–9) 17,992 57–48 106 August 5 @ Reds 0–4 Lehr (1–0) Harden (7–7) 22,098 57–49 107 August 7 @ Rockies 2–6 Jiménez (9–9) Marshall (3–7) 46,118 57–50 108 August 8 @ Rockies 6–5 Dempster (6–5) Marquis (12–8) Gregg (22) 47,845 58–50 109 August 9 @ Rockies 5–11 Hammel (7–6) Wells (8–5) 40,217 58–51 110 August 10 @ Rockies 5–11 de la Rosa (10–8) Gorzelanny (4–2) 34,485 58–52 111 August 11 Phillies 3–4 Eyre (2–1) Gregg (4–4) Durbin (2) 41,477 58–53 112 August 12 Phillies 5–12 Martínez (1–0) Samardzija (1–2) 41,133 58–54 113 August 13 Phillies 1–6 Lee (10–9) Dempster (6–6) 41,100 58–55 114 August 14 Pirates 17–2 Wells (9–5) Morton (2–6) 41,619 59–55 115 August 15 Pirates 3–1 Gorzelanny (5–2) Duke (9–11) Gregg (23) 41,197 60–55 August 16 Pirates Postponed (rain) 116 August 17 @ Padres 1–4 Bell (5–2) Gregg (4–5) 23,420 60–56 117 August 18 @ Padres 3–6 Carrillo (1–1) Dempster (6–7) Bell (30) 19,814 60–57 118 August 19 @ Padres 7–1 Harden (8–7) Latos (4–3) 18,012 61–57 119 August 20 @ Dodgers 2–7 Belisario (2–3) Guzmán (2–3) 48,974 61–58 120 August 21 @ Dodgers 1–2 Wolf (8–6) Wells (9–6) Broxton (27) 51,579 61–59 121 August 22 @ Dodgers 0–2 Haeger (1–1) Lilly (9–8) Sherrill (21) 49,297 61–60 122 August 23 @ Dodgers 3–1 Dempster (7–7) Billingsley (12–7) Mármol (5) 49,711 62–60 123 August 25 Nationals 6–15 Mock (3–5) Zambrano (7–5) 37,297 62–61 124 August 26 Nationals 9–4 Guzmán (3–3) Bergmann (2–3) 36,562 63–61 125 August 27 Nationals 4–5 Martin (3–3) Wells (9–7) MacDougal (14) 35,174 63–62 126 August 28 Mets 5–2 Gregg (5–5) Stokes (1–3) Mármol (6) 39,381 64–62 127 August 29 Mets 11–4 Dempster (8–7) Parnell (3–7) 40,857 65–62 128 August 30 Mets 1–4 Figueroa (1–3) Zambrano (7–6) Rodríguez (28) 39,907 65–63 129 August 31 Astros 3–5 Oswalt (8–5) Harden (8–8) Valverde (20) 36,990 65–64
September (17–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 130 September 1 Astros 4–1 Wells (10–7) Moehler (8–10) Mármol (7) 36,332 66–64 131 September 2 Astros 2–0 Lilly (10–8) Paulino (2–7) Mármol (8) 39,192 67–64 132 September 3 White Sox 0–5 Torres (1–0) Dempster (8–8) 40,741 67–65 133 September 4 @ Mets 2–6 Stokes (2–4) Gregg (5–6) Rodríguez (29) 37,953 67–66 134 September 5 @ Mets 5–3 Harden (9–8) Figueroa (2–4) Mármol (9) 38,759 68–66 135 September 6 @ Mets 2–4 Pelfrey (10–10) Wells (10–8) Rodríguez (30) 39,593 68–67 136 September 7 @ Pirates 4–2 Lilly (11–8) McCutchen (0–1) Mármol (10) 14,673 69–67 137 September 8 @ Pirates 9–4 Dempster (9–8) Duke (10–14) 17,862 70–67 138 September 9 @ Pirates 8–5 Zambrano (8–6) Hart (4–6) Mármol (11) 10,899 71–67 139 September 11 Reds 6–4 Stevens (1–0) Lehr (4–2) Mármol (12) 39,881 72–67 140 September 12 Reds 5–7 Rhodes (1–1) Mármol (2–3) Cordero (34) 40,351 72–68 141 September 13 Reds 5–2 Lilly (12–8) Bailey (5–5) 39,805 73–68 142 September 14 Brewers 2–0 Dempster (10–8) Suppan (6–10) Mármol (13) 38,725 74–68 143 September 15 Brewers 13–7 Heilman (3–3) Gallardo (12–12) 38,986 75–68 144 September 16 Brewers 5–9 Looper (13–6) Harden (9–9) 38,084 75–69 145 September 17 Brewers 4–7 Bush (5–7) Wells (10–9) Hoffman (33) 39,158 75–70 146 September 18 @ Cardinals 2–3 Franklin (3–3) Heilman (3–4) 45,959 75–71 147 September 19 @ Cardinals 1–2 Franklin (4–3) Mármol (2–4) 46,506 75–72 148 September 20 @ Cardinals 6–3 (11) Caridad (1–0) Boggs (2–3) Mármol (14) 44,937 76–72 149 September 21 @ Brewers 10–2 Gorzelanny (6–2) Looper (13–7) 34,192 77–72 150 September 22 @ Brewers 7–2 Wells (11–9) Bush (5–8) 34,316 78–72 151 September 23 @ Brewers 2–3 Narveson (2–0) Samardzija (1–3) Hoffman (35) 32,340 78–73 152 September 24 @ Giants 3–2 Heilman (4–4) Wilson (5–6) Mármol (15) 31,603 79–73 153 September 25 @ Giants 3–0 Zambrano (9–6) Lincecum (14–7) 33,970 80–73 154 September 26 @ Giants 6–2 Gorzelanny (7–2) Zito (10–13) 35,885 81–73 155 September 27 @ Giants 1–5 Cain (14–7) Wells (11–10) Wilson (37) 38,330 81–74 156 September 29 Pirates 6–0 Dempster (11–8) Hart (4–9) 35,308 82–74 157 September 30 Pirates 0–4 Morton (5–9) Lilly (12–9) 34,362 82–75 158 September 30 Pirates 2–8 Karstens (4–5) Zambrano (9–7) 33,299 82–76
October (1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 159 October 1 Pirates Canceled 160 October 2 Diamondbacks 3–12 Buckner (4–6) Gorzelanny (7–3) 33,786 82–77 161 October 3 Diamondbacks 5–0 Wells (12–10) Cabrera (0–6) 39,138 83–77 162 October 4 Diamondbacks 2–5 Davis (9–14) Dempster (11–9) Gutiérrez (9) 39,154 83–78

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Roster

2009 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 58 José Ascanio 60 Mitch Atkins 64 Justin Berg 33 Esmailin Caridad 48 Neal Cotts 46 Ryan Dempster 44 Chad Fox 22 Tom Gorzelanny 43 John Grabow 63 Kevin Gregg 37 Ángel Guzmán 40 Rich Harden 22 Kevin Hart 47 Aaron Heilman 30 Ted Lilly 49 Carlos Mármol 45 Sean Marshall 54 David Patton 29 Jeff Samardzija 52 Jeff Stevens 51 Luis Vizcaíno 43 Jason Waddell 36 Randy Wells 38 Carlos Zambrano		Catchers 55 Koyie Hill 18 Geovany Soto Infielders 28 Jeff Baker 13 Andrés Blanco 17 Mike Fontenot  4 Ryan Freel  5 Jake Fox 25 Derrek Lee  7 Aaron Miles 16 Aramis Ramírez 24 Bobby Scales  2 Ryan Theriot Outfielders 21 Milton Bradley 21 Tyler Colvin  1 Kosuke Fukudome 27 Sam Fuld  4 Joey Gathright  6 Micah Hoffpauir  9 Reed Johnson 12 Alfonso Soriano 99 So Taguchi		Manager 41 Lou Piniella Coaching Staff 59 Iván DeJesús (special asst) 51 Von Joshua (hitting) 28 Gerald Perry (hitting)  8 Mike Quade (third base) 50 Larry Rothschild (pitching) 39 Matt Sinatro (first base) 35 Lester Strode (bullpen)  3 Alan Trammell (bench)

Key injuries

The Cubs were plagued by injuries in 2009, and were only able to field their Opening Day starting lineup three times the entire season. Third baseman Aramis Ramírez injured his throwing shoulder in an early May game against the Milwaukee Brewers, sidelining him until early July and forcing journeyman players like Mike Fontenot and Aaron Miles into more prominent roles. Additionally, key players like Derrek Lee (back), Alfonso Soriano (legs and knee) and Geovany Soto (shoulder) nursed minor, nagging injuries.

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	Geovany Soto	102	331	72	.218	11	47
1B	Derrek Lee	141	532	163	.306	35	111
2B	Mike Fontenot	135	377	89	.236	9	43
SS	Ryan Theriot	154	602	171	.284	7	54
3B	Aramis Ramírez	82	306	97	.317	15	65
LF	Alfonso Soriano	117	477	115	.241	20	55
CF	Kosuke Fukudome	146	499	129	.259	11	54
RF	Milton Bradley	124	393	101	.257	12	40

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
Koyie Hill	83	253	60	.237	2	24
Micah Hoffpauir	105	234	56	.239	10	35
Jake Fox	82	216	56	.259	11	44
Jeff Baker	69	203	62	.305	4	21
Reed Johnson	65	186	42	.255	4	22
Aaron Miles	74	157	29	.185	0	5
Bobby Scales	51	124	30	.242	3	15
Andrés Blanco	53	123	31	.252	1	12
Sam Fuld	65	97	29	.299	1	2
Ryan Freel	14	28	4	.143	0	1
Tyler Colvin	6	17	3	.176	0	2
Joey Gathright	20	14	3	.214	0	0
So Taguchi	6	11	3	.273	0	0

Pitching

Starting and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP = Walks+hits per inning pitched

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	WHIP
Ryan Dempster	31	200.0	11	9	3.64	172	1.305
Ted Lilly	27	177.0	12	9	3.10	151	1.056
Carlos Zambrano	28	169.1	9	7	3.77	152	1.376
Randy Wells	27	165.1	12	10	3.05	104	1.276
Rich Harden	26	141.0	9	9	4.09	171	1.340
Sean Marshall	55	85.1	3	7	4.32	68	1.441
Tom Gorzelanny	13	38.1	4	2	5.63	40	1.357
Kevin Hart	8	27.2	3	1	2.60	13	1.482

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP = Walks+hits per inning pitched

Player	G	W	L	SV	IP	ERA	SO	WHIP
Kevin Gregg	72	5	6	23	68.2	4.72	71	1.311
Carlos Mármol	79	2	4	15	74.0	3.41	93	1.459
Ángel Guzmán	55	3	3	1	61.0	2.95	47	1.049
Aaron Heilman	70	4	4	1	72.1	4.11	65	1.410
John Grabow	30	0	0	0	25.0	3.24	16	1.240
Neal Cotts	19	0	2	0	11.0	7.36	9	2.091
David Patton	20	3	1	0	27.2	6.36	23	1.807
Jeff Samardzija	20	1	3	0	34.2	7.20	21	1.760
José Ascanio	14	0	1	0	15.1	3.52	18	1.761
Esmailin Caridad	14	1	0	0	19.1	1.40	17	0.931
Jeff Stevens	11	1	0	0	12.2	7.11	9	1.737
Justin Berg	11	0	0	0	12.0	0.75	7	0.917
Luis Vizcaíno	4	0	0	0	3.2	0.00	3	0.545
Jason Waddell	3	0	0	0	1.2	5.40	2	1.800
Mitch Atkins	2	0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0.500
Chad Fox	2	0	0	0	0.1	135.00	0	15.000

2008–2009 off-season

Trades

November 13, 2008	To Florida Marlins José Ceda	To Chicago Cubs Kevin Gregg
December 31, 2008	to Cleveland Indians Mark DeRosa	to Chicago Cubs Minor league prospects (Gaub, Stevens, Archer)
January 6, 2009	to Colorado Rockies Jason Marquis	to Chicago Cubs Luis Vizcaíno
January 17, 2009	to Baltimore Orioles Félix Pie	to Chicago Cubs Garrett Olson and Henry Williamson
January 27, 2009	to Seattle Mariners Ronny Cedeño and Garrett Olson	to Chicago Cubs Aaron Heilman
May 8, 2009	to Baltimore Orioles Joey Gathright	to Chicago Cubs Ryan Freel
July 2, 2009	to Colorado Rockies Al Alburquerque	to Chicago Cubs Jeff Baker
July 6, 2009	to Kansas City Royals Ryan Freel	to Chicago Cubs player to be named later
July 30, 2009	to Pittsburgh Pirates Kevin Hart, José Ascanio, and Josh Harrison	to Chicago Cubs John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny

Free agent acquisitions

Player Former team Contract Terms Joey Gathright Kansas City Royals 1 year, $800,000 Aaron Miles St. Louis Cardinals 2 years, Undisclosed Milton Bradley Texas Rangers 3 years, $30,000,000 So Taguchi Philadelphia Phillies 1 year, $900,000 Paul Bako Cincinnati Reds Undisclosed

Players lost to free agency

Player New team Bob Howry San Francisco Giants Kerry Wood Cleveland Indians Henry Blanco San Diego Padres Daryle Ward Cincinnati Reds Jim Edmonds Retired

Sale of the franchise

After many years of speculation that the Chicago Tribune wanted to sell the Chicago Cubs organization, they finally inked a deal on January 22, 2009 with the Ricketts family for a total of $900 million. The sale included the Cubs, Wrigley Field, and the Tribune's 25% stake in the Comcast Sports Network Chicago, a regional TV channel.

Media

• Radio: Chicago Cubs Radio Network

The Chicago Cubs radio broadcasting team was anchored by veteran announcers Pat Hughes and Ron Santo making it the duo's 15th year together. Hughes provided the play by play while Santo served as the color commentator.

• TV: Comcast SportsNet Chicago, WGN-TV, WGN America, WCIU-TV

The Chicago Cubs 2009 television broadcasting team was anchored by Len Kasper and Bob Brenly. Games could be seen on multiple channels including: WGN-TV, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, WGN America, and WCIU-TV.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Dickerson
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Ryne Sandberg
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Buddy Bailey
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Marty Pevey
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Casey Kopitzke
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Juan Cabreja

References

• 2009 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
• 2009 Chicago Cubs season Official Site (Archived 2009-06-20)