The 1996 Chicago Cubs season was the 125th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 121st in the

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team ...

and the 81st at

Wrigley Field Wrigley Field is a Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's Chicago ...

. The Cubs finished fourth in the

National League Central The National League Central is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. This division was created in 1994, by moving two teams from the National League West (the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Astros) and three teams from the National League ...

with a record of 76–86.

Offseason

*March 9, 1996: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

, - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 1 , , April 1 , ,

Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the club has won two NL pennan ...

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, , 5–7 , , Hamilton , , Castillo (0–1) , , Hoffman , , 29,638 , , 1–1 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 3 , , April 4 , ,

Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

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Rockies The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in ...

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Giants A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore. Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to: Mythology and religion *Giants (Greek mythology) *Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'gi ...

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Reds Reds may refer to: General * Red (political adjective), supporters of Communism or socialism * Reds (January Uprising), a faction of the Polish insurrectionists during the January Uprising in 1863 * USSR (or, to a lesser extent, China) during th ...

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Cardinals Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...

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Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...

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Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in t ...

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Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...

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Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has been Citize ...

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, , 4–1 , , Trachsel (9–6) , , Watson , , Wendell (10) , , 28,988 , , 52–54 , - , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 107 , , August 1 , ,

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, , 5–3 , , Navarro (15–9) , , Mimbs , , Wendell (17) , , 27,600 , , 71–71 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 143 , , September 9 , ,

, , 3–1 , , Foster (7–3) , , Paniagua , , — , , 24,452 , , 72–71 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 144 , , September 10 , ,

, , 10–3 , , Bottenfield (3–5) , , Daal , , — , , 26,700 , , 73–71 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 145 , , September 11 , ,

, , 1–2 , , Urbina , , Adams (2–6) , , Rojas , , 30,729 , , 73–72 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 146 , , September 13 , ,

, , 4–2 , , Trachsel (12–8) , , Hunter , , Wendell (18) , , 23,048 , , 74–72 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 147 , , September 14 , ,

, , 2–6 , , Mimbs , , Navarro (15–10) , , Ryan , , 36,290 , , 74–73 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 148 , , September 15 , ,

, , 1–6 , , Schilling , , Foster (7–4) , , — , , 24,697 , , 74–74 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 149 , , September 17 , , @

, , 3–5 , , Osborne , , Patterson (3–3) , , Mathews , , 29,612 , , 74–75 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 150 , , September 18 , , @

, , 3–5 , , Stottlemyre , , Trachsel (12–9) , , Eckersley , , 32,843 , , 74–76 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 151 , , September 19 , , @

, , 4–5 (13) , , Bailey , , Campbell (3–1) , , — , , 34,923 , , 74–77 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 152 , , September 20 , , @ Pirates , , 4–6 , , Lieber , , Foster (7–5) , , Ericks , , 19,285 , , 74–78 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 153 , , September 21 , , @ Pirates , , 3–8 , , Loiselle , , Swartzbaugh (0–1) , , — , , 23,619 , , 74–79 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 154 , , September 22 , , @ Pirates , , 3–11 (8) , , Cordova , , Castillo (7–16) , , — , , 27,472 , , 74–80 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 155 , , September 23 , , @ Pirates , , 4–3 , , Trachsel (13–9) , , Schmidt , , Patterson (8) , , 7,684 , , 75–80 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 156 , , September 24 , , @

, , 3–6 , , Lyons , , Navarro (15–11) , , Brantley , , 18,584 , , 75–81 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 157 , , September 25 , , @

, , 3–4 , , Burba , , Foster (7–6) , , Brantley , , 18,506 , , 75–82 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 158 , , September 26 , , @

, , 4–12 , , Jarvis , , Swartzbaugh (0–2) , , — , , 20,777 , , 75–83 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 159 , , September 27 , , Pirates , , 4–7 (10) , , Plesac , , Wendell (4–4) , , — , , — , , 75–84 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 160 , , September 27 , , Pirates , , 10–9 , , Adams (3–6) , , Boever , , — , , 18,757 , , 76–84 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 161 , , September 28 , , Pirates , , 7–8 (10) , , Plesac , , Wendell (4–5) , , — , , 29,729 , , 76–85 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 162 , , September 29 , , Pirates , , 3–8 , , Loaiza , , Navarro (15–12) , , — , , 26,873 , , 76–86 , - , - , ''Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Cubs team member''

Detailed records

Notable transactions

* May 29, 1996: Félix Fermín signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.

Roster

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''

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1996 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
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