2011 Chicago Cubs season

The 2011 Chicago Cubs season was the 140th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 136th in the National League and the 96th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs, under new manager Mike Quade, finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 71–91. The Cubs displayed a patch on their uniforms to remember Cub broadcaster and player Ron Santo, who died in December 2010.

2011 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Record	71–91 (.438)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Tom Ricketts
General managers	Jim Hendry
Managers	Mike Quade
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, Keith Moreland, Judd Sirott)
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	96	66	.593	—	57‍–‍24	39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	6	45‍–‍36	45‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	.488	17	42‍–‍39	37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	90	.444	24	36‍–‍45	36‍–‍45
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	25	39‍–‍42	32‍–‍49
Houston Astros	56	106	.346	40	31‍–‍50	25‍–‍56

National League Wild Card

Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	102	60	.630
Milwaukee Brewers	96	66	.593
Arizona Diamondbacks	94	68	.580

Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	—
Atlanta Braves	89	73	.549	1
San Francisco Giants	86	76	.531	4
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	79	.509	7½
Washington Nationals	80	81	.497	9½
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	.488	11
New York Mets	77	85	.475	13
Colorado Rockies	73	89	.451	17
Florida Marlins	72	90	.444	18
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	90	.444	18
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19
San Diego Padres	71	91	.438	19
Houston Astros	56	106	.346	34

Game log

Legend

Cubs Win	Cubs Loss	Game Postponed

2011 Game Log

April (12–14): Home (6–8); Road (6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record 1 April 1 Pirates 3–6 Correia (1–0) Dempster (0–1) Hanrahan (1) 41,358 0–1 2 April 2 Pirates 5–3 Marshall (1–0) Meek (0–1) Mármol (1) 35,782 1–1 3 April 3 Pirates 4–5 Karstens (1–0) Mármol (0–1) Hanrahan (2) 30,857 1–2 4 April 4 Diamondbacks 4–1 Wells (1–0) Saunders (0–1) Mármol (2) 26,292 2–2 5 April 5 Diamondbacks 6–5 Russell (1–0) Demel (1–1) Marshall (1) 27,039 3–2 6 April 6 Diamondbacks 4–6 Galarraga (1–0) Dempster (0–2) Putz (2) 32,272 3–3 7 April 8 @ Brewers 7–4 Zambrano (1–0) Wolf (0–2) Mármol (3) 34,310 4–3 8 April 9 @ Brewers 0–6 Narveson (1–0) Garza (0–1) 42,478 4–4 9 April 10 @ Brewers 5–6 Loe (1–0) Wood (0–1) Axford (3) 37,193 4–5 10 April 11 @ Astros 5–4 Dempster (1–2) Figueroa (0–2) Mármol (4) 20,175 5–5 11 April 12 @ Astros 2–11 Myers (1–0) Russell (1–1) 23,523 5–6 12 April 13 @ Astros 9–5 Zambrano (2–0) W. Rodríguez (0–2) 20,987 6–6 13 April 15 @ Rockies 0–5 Chacín (3–0) Garza (0–2) 30,218 6–7 14 April 16 @ Rockies 8–3 Coleman (1–0) Hammel (1–1) 40,164 7–7 15 April 17 @ Rockies 5–9 Betancourt (1–0) Mateo (0–1) 42,061 7–8 16 April 18 Padres 1–0 (10) Mármol (1–1) Qualls (0–1) 36,597 8–8 – April 19 Padres Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 20 (Game 2) 17 April 20 Padres 2–1 (11) Samardzija (1–0) Gregerson (0–1) 35,544 9–8 18 April 20 Padres 4–5 Harang (4–0) Russell (1–2) Bell (5) 35,095 9–9 19 April 22 Dodgers 2–12 Billingsley (2–1) Coleman (1–1) 36,595 9–10 20 April 23 Dodgers 10–8 Samardzija (2–0) Guerrier (1–1) Mármol (5) 41,161 10–10 21 April 24 Dodgers 3–7 Kuroda (3–2) Zambrano (2–1) 32,943 10–11 22 April 25 Rockies 3–5 Rogers (3–1) Garza (0–3) Street (8) 37,417 10–12 23 April 26 Rockies 3–4 de la Rosa (4–0) Russell (1–3) Street (9) 38,261 10–13 – April 27 Rockies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 27 (Game 2) 24 April 28 @ Diamondbacks 2–11 Enright (1–2) Dempster (1–3) 21,720 10–14 25 April 29 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Zambrano (3–1) Galarraga (3–2) Mármol (6) 29,450 11–14 26 April 30 @ Diamondbacks 5–3 Garza (1–3) Putz (0–1) Mármol (7) 27,711 12–14 May (11–16): Home (6–10); Road (5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record 27 May 1 @ Diamondbacks 3–4 D. Hudson (2–4) Coleman (1–2) Putz (6) 26,620 12–15 28 May 2 @ Dodgers 2–5 Kershaw (3–3) Russell (1–4) Broxton (7) 29,663 12–16 29 May 3 @ Dodgers 4–1 Wood (1–1) Broxton (1–2) Mármol (8) 38,017 13–16 30 May 4 @ Dodgers 5–1 Zambrano (4–1) Lilly (2–3) 28,419 14–16 31 May 6 Reds 4–5 Volquez (3–1) Garza (1–4) Cordero (5) 35,471 14–17 32 May 7 Reds 3–2 Mateo (1–1) Cordero (2–1) 37,666 15–17 33 May 8 Reds 0–2 Cueto (1–0) Dempster (1–4) Cordero (6) 31,931 15–18 34 May 10 Cardinals 4–6 Carpenter (1–2) Wood (1–2) Sánchez (4) 34,249 15–19 35 May 11 Cardinals 11–4 Garza (2–4) Westbrook (2–3) 34,439 16–19 36 May 12 Cardinals 1–9 García (5–0) Coleman (1–3) 32,559 16–20 37 May 13 Giants 11–4 Dempster (2–4) Bumgarner (0–6) 37,433 17–20 38 May 14 Giants 0–3 (6) Vogelsong (3–0) Davis (0–1) 39,706 17–21 – May 15 Giants Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 28 39 May 16 @ Reds 4–7 Bailey (3–0) Zambrano (4–2) Cordero (8) 16,981 17–22 40 May 17 @ Reds 5–7 Bray (1–0) Wood (1–3) Masset (1) 18,861 17–23 41 May 18 @ Marlins 7–5 Samardzija (3–0) Mujica (4–2) Mármol (9) 14,422 18–23 42 May 19 @ Marlins 5–1 Coleman (2–3) Volstad (2–3) 16,345 19–23 43 May 20 @ Red Sox 5–15 Lester (6–1) Davis (0–2) Atchison (1) 37,140 19–24 44 May 21 @ Red Sox 9–3 Marshall (2–0) Albers (0–2) 37,798 20–24 45 May 22 @ Red Sox 1–5 Wakefield (1–1) Russell (1–5) 37,688 20–25 46 May 24 Mets 11–1 Dempster (3–4) Niese (3–5) 35,707 21–25 47 May 25 Mets 4–7 (7) Gee (4–0) Coleman (2–4) 36,666 21–26 48 May 26 Mets 9–3 Zambrano (5–2) Beato (1–1) 33,378 22–26 49 May 27 Pirates 2–4 Correia (7–4) Davis (0–3) Hanrahan (14) 34,105 22–27 50 May 28 Pirates 0–10 Maholm (2–7) Wells (1–1) 38,413 22–28 51 May 29 Pirates 3–2 Dempster (4–4) Karstens (3–4) Mármol (10) 37,464 23–28 52 May 30 Astros 7–12 Escalona (1–0) Samardzija (3–1) 30,450 23–29 53 May 31 Astros 3–7 F. Rodriguez (1–0) Mármol (1–2) 31,178 23–30 June (11–18): Home (7–6); Road (4–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record 54 June 1 Astros 1–3 Myers (2–4) Davis (0–4) Melancon (4) 31,340 23–31 55 June 3 @ Cardinals 1–6 García (6–1) Dempster (4–5) 40,419 23–32 56 June 4 @ Cardinals 4–5 (12) Sánchez (2–1) Samadzija (3–2) 43,195 23–33 57 June 5 @ Cardinals 2–3 (10) Salas (3–0) López (0–1) 40,701 23–34 58 June 6 @ Reds 2–8 Leake (5–2) Garza (2–5) 22,568 23–35 59 June 7 @ Reds 2–8 Volquez (4–2) Davis (0–5) 24,921 23–36 60 June 8 @ Reds 4–1 Dempster (5–5) Arroyo (4–6) Mármol (11) 31,367 24–36 61 June 9 @ Phillies 4–3 (11) Marshall (3–0) Herndon (0–1) Mármol (12) 44,906 25–36 62 June 10 @ Phillies 5–7 Halladay (9–3) Zambrano (5–3) Bastardo (2) 45,602 25–37 63 June 11 @ Phillies 1–7 Lee (6–5) Garza (2–6) 45,738 25–38 64 June 12 @ Phillies 3–4 Oswalt (4–4) Marshall (3–1) Madson (15) 45,361 25–39 65 June 13 Brewers 1–0 Samardzija (4–2) Loe (2–6) Mármol (13) 39,070 26–39 66 June 14 Brewers 5–4 (10) Samardzija (5–2) Dillard (1–1) 39,151 27–39 67 June 15 Brewers 5–9 Narveson (4–4) Zambrano (5–4) 39,821 27–40 68 June 16 Brewers 12–7 Garza (3–6) Greinke (6–2) 40,024 28–40 69 June 17 Yankees 3–1 Davis (1–5) García (5–6) Mármol (14) 42,219 29–40 70 June 18 Yankees 3–4 Burnett (7–5) Dempster (5–6) Rivera (17) 42,236 29–41 71 June 19 Yankees 4–10 Sabathia (9–4) Marshall (3–2) 41,828 29–42 72 June 20 @ White Sox 6–3 Zambrano (6–4) Floyd (6–7) Mármol (15) 36,005 30–42 73 June 21 @ White Sox 2–3 Crain (3–2) Samardzija (5–3) Santos (13) 35,155 30–43 74 June 22 @ White Sox 3–4 Peavy (3–1) Davis (1–6) Santos (14) 35,403 30–44 75 June 24 @ Royals 6–4 Marshall (4–2) Crow (2–1) Mármol (16) 32,918 31–44 76 June 25 @ Royals 2–3 Holland (2–1) Samardzija (5–4) Soria (12) 38,744 31–45 77 June 26 @ Royals 3–6 Hochevar (5–8) Wells (1–2) Soria (13) 28,401 31–46 78 June 27 Rockies 7–3 Garza (4–6) Chacín (8–5) 40,854 32–46 79 June 28 Giants 7–13 Vogelsong (6–1) Davis (1–7) 39,157 32–47 80 June 28 Giants 3–6 Zito (1–1) López (0–2) Wilson (24) 38,360 32–48 81 June 29 Giants 2–1 Mármol (2–2) Romo (3–1) 37,221 33–48 82 June 30 Giants 5–2 (13) Grabow (1–0) Ramírez (2–1) 38,158 34–48 July (9–17): Home (6–7); Road (3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record 83 July 1 White Sox 4–6 Jackson (5–6) Wells (1–3) Santos (18) 41,486 34–49 84 July 2 White Sox 0–1 Humber (8–4) Garza (4–7) Thornton (3) 42,165 34–50 85 July 3 White Sox 3–1 López (1–2) Floyd (6–8) Mármol (17) 42,311 35–50 86 July 4 @ Nationals 4–5 (10) Rodríguez (3–1) Mateo (1–2) 32,937 35–51 87 July 5 @ Nationals 2–3 Detwiler (1–0) Ortiz (0–1) Storen (21) 19,181 35–52 88 July 6 @ Nationals 4–5 Mattheus (2–0) Wood (1–4) Storen (22) 19,631 35–53 89 July 7 @ Nationals 10–9 Marshall (5–2) Rodríguez (3–2) Mármol (18) 22,016 36–53 90 July 8 @ Pirates 4–7 D. McCutchen (3–1) Marshall (5–3) Hanrahan (26) 37,140 36–54 91 July 9 @ Pirates 6–3 Dempster (6–6) Correia (11–7) Mármol (19) 39,235 37–54 92 July 10 @ Pirates 1–9 Maholm (6–9) Ortiz (0–2) 31,428 37–55 93 July 14 Marlins 3–6 Mujica (7–2) Mármol (2–3) 38,145 37–56 94 July 15 Marlins 2–1 Dempster (7–6) Nolasco (6–6) Marshall (2) 38,391 38–56 95 July 16 Marlins 3–13 Vázquez (6–8) Zambrano (6–5) 40,709 38–57 96 July 17 Marlins 5–7 Mujica (8–2) Wood (1–5) Oviedo (26) 37,634 38–58 97 July 18 Phillies 6–1 López (2–2) Halladay (11–4) 38,183 39–58 98 July 19 Phillies 2–4 Stutes (4–1) Marshall (5–4) Bastardo (7) 38,857 39–59 99 July 20 Phillies 1–9 Worley (6–1) Dempster (7–7) 37,864 39–60 100 July 22 Astros 4–2 Zambrano (7–5) Norris (5–7) Marshall (3) 39,855 40–60 101 July 23 Astros 5–1 Wells (2–3) W. Rodríguez (6–7) 40,486 41–60 102 July 24 Astros 5–4 (10) Grabow (2–0) Carpenter (0–1) 40,406 42–60 103 July 26 @ Brewers 2–3 Narveson (7–6) Dempster (7–8) Axford (28) 39,183 42–61 104 July 27 @ Brewers 0–2 Greinke (8–4) Zambrano (7–6) Axford (29) 39,233 42–62 105 July 28 @ Brewers 2–4 Marcum (10–3) Wells (2–4) Axford (30) 40,008 42–63 106 July 29 @ Cardinals 2–9 Jackson (8–7) Garza (4–8) 42,042 42–64 107 July 30 @ Cardinals 5–13 Lohse (9–7) López (2–3) 43,784 42–65 108 July 31 @ Cardinals 6–3 Dempster (8–8) Westbrook (9–5) Mármol (20) 43,960 43–65 August (16–13): Home (7–6); Road (9–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record 109 August 1 @ Pirates 5–3 Zambrano (8–6) Maholm (6–11) Mármol (21) 22,248 44–65 110 August 2 @ Pirates 11–6 Wells (3–4) Correia (12–9) 26,109 45–65 111 August 3 @ Pirates 1–0 Garza (5–8) Resop (3–3) Mármol (22) 19,106 46–65 112 August 4 @ Pirates 7–6 Samardzija (6–4) D. McCutchen (3–3) Mármol (23) 29,317 47–65 113 August 5 Reds 4–3 Dempster (9–8) Leake (9–7) Mármol (24) 42,245 48–65 114 August 6 Reds 11–4 Zambrano (9–6) Cueto (7–5) 41,978 49–65 115 August 7 Reds 7–8 Masset (2–5) Marshall (5–5) Cordero (20) 39,619 49–66 – August 8 Nationals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 11 116 August 9 Nationals 1–3 Wang (1–2) Garza (5–9) Storen (30) 37,109 49–67 117 August 10 Nationals 4–2 López (3–3) Detwiler (1–2) Mármol (25) 38,010 50–67 118 August 11 Nationals 4–3 Dempster (10–8) Zimmermann (7–10) Mármol (26) 34,733 51–67 119 August 12 @ Braves 4–10 Minor (2–2) Zambrano (9–7) 50,146 51–68 120 August 13 @ Braves 8–4 Wells (4–4) Lowe (7–11) Mármol (27) 49,781 52–68 121 August 14 @ Braves 6–5 Grabow (3–0) O'Flaherty (1–4) Mármol (28) 32,011 53–68 122 August 15 @ Astros 4–3 López (4–3) Sosa (0–2) Wood (1) 20,138 54–68 123 August 16 @ Astros 5–6 A. Rodríguez (1–4) Mármol (2–4) 23,736 54–69 124 August 17 @ Astros 3–4 Norris (6–8) Coleman (2–5) Melancon (12) 24,054 54–70 125 August 19 Cardinals 5–4 (10) Marshall (6–5) Dotel (2–3) 42,343 55–70 126 August 20 Cardinals 3–0 Garza (6–9) Jackson (9–9) Mármol (29) 42,374 56–70 127 August 21 Cardinals 2–6 Westbrook (10–7) López (4–4) 39,420 56–71 128 August 22 Braves 0–3 Jurrjens (13–5) Dempster (10–9) Venters (5) 37,061 56–72 129 August 23 Braves 4–5 Minor (4–2) Coleman (2–6) Kimbrel (40) 36,639 56–73 130 August 24 Braves 3–2 Wells (5–4) Lowe (8–12) Mármol (30) 37,098 57–73 131 August 25 Braves 3–8 Beachy (7–2) Garza (6–10) 36,136 57–74 132 August 26 @ Brewers 2–5 Wolf (11–8) López (4–5) Axford (38) 41,661 57–75 133 August 27 @ Brewers 4–6 Gallardo (15–8) Dempster (10–10) Axford (39) 44,091 57–76 134 August 28 @ Brewers 2–3 Greinke (13–5) Coleman (2–7) Axford (40) 41,883 57–77 135 August 29 @ Giants 7–0 Wells (6–4) Lincecum (12–11) 41,063 58–77 136 August 30 @ Giants 5–2 Garza (7–10) Vogelsong (10–5) Mármol (31) 41,165 59–77 137 August 31 @ Giants 0–4 Bumgarner (9–12) López (4–6) 41,099 59–78 September (12–13): Home (7–5); Road (5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attend. Record 138 September 2 Pirates 1–3 Burres (1–0) Dempster (10–11) Hanrahan (33) 35,153 59–79 139 September 3 Pirates 5–7 Resop (5–4) Mármol (2–5) Hanrahan (34) 36,628 59–80 140 September 4 Pirates 6–3 Wells (7–4) Morton (9–9) Marshall (4) 40,469 60–80 141 September 5 Reds 4–3 Garza (8–10) Willis (0–5) Mármol (32) 41,341 61–80 142 September 6 Reds 2–4 (13) Chapman (4–1) Grabow (3–1) Cordero (31) 35,297 61–81 143 September 7 Reds 6–3 Wood (2–5) Ondrusek (4–5) Mármol (33) 36,797 62–81 144 September 9 @ Mets 4–5 Acosta (3–1) Marshall (6–6) 27,639 62–82 145 September 10 @ Mets 5–4 Wood (3–5) Parnell (3–6) Mármol (34) 30,443 63–82 146 September 11 @ Mets 10–6 (11) Ortiz (1–2) Stinson (0–1) 33,502 64–82 147 September 12 @ Reds 12–8 López (5–6) Willis (0–6) 19,874 65–82 148 September 13 @ Reds 1–2 Leake (12–9) Dempster (10–12) Cordero (33) 19,159 65–83 149 September 14 @ Reds 2–7 LeCure (1–1) Coleman (2–8) 18,304 65–84 150 September 15 @ Reds 6–8 (11) Masset (3–5) Russell (1–6) 23,792 65–85 151 September 16 Astros 4–3 (12) Samardzija (7–4) Carpenter (0–3) 35,318 66–85 152 September 17 Astros 2–1 López (6–6) Sosa (2–5) Marshall (5) 39,377 67–85 153 September 18 Astros 2–3 Myers (6–13) Dempster (10–13) Melancon (18) 36,250 67–86 154 September 19 Brewers 5–2 Coleman (3–8) Narveson (10–8) 35,076 68–86 155 September 20 Brewers 1–5 Marcum (13–7) Wells (7–5) 36,571 68–87 156 September 21 Brewers 7–1 Garza (9–10) Wolf (13–10) 30,965 69–87 157 September 23 @ Cardinals 5–1 Samardzija (8–4) McClellan (12–7) 40,355 70–87 158 September 24 @ Cardinals 1–2 Motte (5–2) Mármol (2–6) 42,571 70–88 159 September 25 @ Cardinals 2–3 Dotel (5–3) Wells (7–6) Motte (9) 41,469 70–89 160 September 26 @ Padres 0–2 Latos (9–14) Coleman (3–9) Bell (43) 26,433 70–90 161 September 27 @ Padres 6–2 Garza (10–10) Qualls (6–8) 39,058 71–90 162 September 28 @ Padres 2–9 LeBlanc (5–6) Dempster (10–14) 32,452 71–91

Roster

2011 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 64 Justin Berg 60,37 Chris Carpenter 48 Andrew Cashner 27 Casey Coleman 32 Doug Davis 46 Ryan Dempster 66 Rafael Dolis 17 Matt Garza 54 John Gaub 43 John Grabow 50 Rodrigo López 57 Scott Maine 49 Carlos Mármol 45 Sean Marshall 62 Marcos Mateo 32 Ramón Ortiz 40 James Russell 29 Jeff Samardzija 44 Jeff Stevens 36 Randy Wells 34 Kerry Wood 38 Carlos Zambrano		Catchers 53 Welington Castillo 51 Steve Clevenger 55 Koyie Hill 18 Geovany Soto Infielders 28 Jeff Baker 15 Darwin Barney 13 Starlin Castro  9 Blake DeWitt 33 DJ LeMahieu 22 Carlos Peña 16 Aramis Ramírez		Outfielders 24 Marlon Byrd 41 Tony Campana 21 Tyler Colvin  1 Kosuke Fukudome  5 Reed Johnson  6 Bryan LaHair 39 Lou Montañez 56 Brad Snyder 12 Alfonso Soriano		Manager  8 Mike Quade Coaching Staff 11 Iván DeJesús (third base)  2 Bob Dernier (first base)  7 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting) 95 Andrew Lane (bullpen catcher)  4 Pat Listach (bench) 47 Mark Riggins (pitching) 35 Lester Strode (bullpen) 98 Edgar Tovar (bullpen catcher)

Rotation

The starting rotation for the 2011 Chicago Cubs at the beginning of the season included Ryan Dempster, Carlos Zambrano, Matt Garza, Randy Wells, and Andrew Cashner.

Transactions

Date	Transaction	Acquired	From	For	Notes
November 17, 2010	Released	Free agency	N/A	Micah Hoffpauir	Signed with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
December 8, 2010	Signed	Carlos Peña	Free agency	1 year, $10 million	$2 million signing bonus, $5 million deferred to January 2012
December 9, 2010	Claimed	Mason Tobin	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	No return	Rule 5 draft
December 9, 2010	Traded for	Cash considerations	Texas Rangers	Mason Tobin
December 9, 2010	Waived	No return	New York Mets	Ronny Morla	AAA Rule 5 draft
December 9, 2010	Waived	No return	Baltimore Orioles	Casey Lambert	AAA Rule 5 draft
December 15, 2010	Signed	Ángel Guzmán	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2006–2009
December 15, 2010	Signed	Scott Moore	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2006–2007
December 15, 2010	Signed	Scott Rice	Free agency	Minor League contract
December 15, 2010	Signed	Bobby Scales	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2009–2010
December 17, 2010	Signed	Kerry Wood	Free agency	1 year, $1.5 million	Former Cub: 1998–2008
December 21, 2010	Signed	Polín Trinidad	Free agency	Minor League contract
January 5, 2011	Waived	No return	New York Yankees	Brian Schlitter
January 8, 2011	Traded for	Matt Garza, Fernando Perez, and Zac Rosscup	Tampa Bay Rays	Chris Archer, Robinson Chirinos, Brandon Guyer, Sam Fuld, and Hak-Ju Lee
January 10, 2011	Claimed	Max Ramírez	Boston Red Sox	No return
January 12, 2011	Signed	Reed Johnson	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2008–2009
January 12, 2011	Purchased	John Urick	Chico Outlaws	Cash considerations
January 17, 2011	Traded for	A. J. Morris, Michael Burgess, and Graham Hicks	Washington Nationals	Tom Gorzelanny
January 18, 2011	Signed	Lou Montañez	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cubs Prospect
January 25, 2011	Signed	Todd Wellemeyer	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2003–2005
January 27, 2011	Signed	Braden Looper	Free agency	Minor League contract
January 27, 2011	Signed	Augie Ojeda	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2000–2003
January 27, 2011	Signed	Rubi Silva	International free agency	Undisclosed, $1.2 million signing bonus
January 27, 2011	Signed	Yaniel Cabezas	International free agency	Undisclosed, $500K signing bonus
February 15, 2011	Traded for	Robert Coello	Boston Red Sox	Tony Thomas
March 27, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Carlos Silva
April 10, 2011	Signed	Ramón Ortiz	Free agency	Minor League contract
April 12, 2011	Signed	Doug Davis	Free agency	Minor League contract
May 6, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Max Ramírez	Signed Minor League contract with the San Francisco Giants
May 7, 2011	Retired	N/A	Chicago Cubs	Todd Wellemeyer	Two stints with the Cubs 2003–2005 and 2011 (minors)
May 26, 2011	Traded for	Rodrigo López	Atlanta Braves	Ryan Buchter
June 27, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Bobby Scales	Signed with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
June 29, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Doug Davis	Signed Minor League contract with the Chicago White Sox
July 7, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Fernando Perez	Signed Minor League contract with the New York Mets
July 9, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Augie Ojeda
July 15, 2011	Signed	Dave Bush	Free agency	Minor League contract
July 28, 2011	Traded for	Abner Abreu and Carlton Smith	Cleveland Indians	Kosuke Fukudome

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; 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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
2B,3B,1B,OF	Jeff Baker	81	201	20	54	12	1	3	23	.269	0
2B,SS	Darwin Barney	143	529	66	146	23	6	2	43	.276	9
CF	Marlon Byrd	119	446	51	123	22	2	9	35	.276	3
OF	Tony Campana	95	143	24	37	3	0	1	6	.259	24
C	Welington Castillo	4	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	.154	0
SS	Starlin Castro	158	674	91	207	36	9	10	66	.307	22
C	Steve Clevenger	2	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.250	0
OF,1B	Tyler Colvin	80	206	17	31	8	3	6	20	.150	0
2B,3B,OF	Blake DeWitt	121	230	21	61	11	4	5	26	.265	1
RF	Kosuke Fukudome	87	293	33	80	15	2	3	13	.273	2
C	Koyie Hill	46	134	15	26	3	1	2	9	.194	1
OF	Reed Johnson	111	246	33	76	22	1	5	28	.309	2
1B	Bryan LaHair	20	59	9	17	5	1	2	6	.288	0
2B,3B	DJ LeMahieu	37	60	3	15	2	0	0	4	.250	0
OF	Lou Montañez	36	54	6	12	4	0	1	9	.222	0
1B	Carlos Peña	153	493	72	111	27	3	28	80	.225	2
3B	Aramis Ramírez	149	565	80	173	35	1	26	93	.306	1
OF	Brad Snyder	8	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	.111	0
LF	Alfonso Soriano	137	475	50	116	27	1	26	88	.244	2
C	Geovany Soto	125	421	46	96	26	0	17	54	.228	0
	Non-Pitcher Totals	162	5255	639	1385	282	35	146	603	.264	69

Pitchers batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
P	Justin Berg	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Andrew Cashner	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Casey Coleman	21	25	1	4	1	1	0	0	.160	0
P	Doug Davis	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Ryan Dempster	34	58	1	5	0	0	0	0	.086	0
P	Matt Garza	30	64	2	6	0	0	0	1	.094	0
P	Rodrigo López	25	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	.067	0
P	Ramón Ortiz	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	James Russell	59	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	0
P	Jeff Samardzija	71	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Jeff Stevens	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Randy Wells	22	43	2	6	0	0	0	1	.140	0
P	Carlos Zambrano	22	44	8	14	2	0	2	5	.318	0
	Pitcher Totals	162	294	15	38	3	1	2	7	.129	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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
Casey Coleman	3	9	6.40	19	17	0	84.1	102	62	60	46	75
Doug Davis	1	7	6.50	9	9	0	45.2	59	38	33	26	36
Ryan Dempster	10	14	4.80	34	34	0	202.1	211	111	108	82	191
Matt Garza	10	10	3.32	31	31	0	198.0	186	90	73	63	197
Rodrigo López	6	6	4.42	26	16	0	97.2	116	56	48	29	54
Randy Wells	7	6	4.99	23	23	0	135.1	141	76	75	47	82
Carlos Zambrano	9	7	4.82	24	24	0	145.2	154	80	78	56	101

Relief pitchers

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
Justin Berg	0	0	3.75	8	0	0	12.0	11	5	5	6	6
Chris Carpenter	0	0	2.79	10	0	0	9.2	12	3	3	7	8
Andrew Cashner	0	0	1.69	7	1	0	10.2	3	2	2	4	8
Rafael Dolis	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	1
John Gaub	0	0	6.75	4	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	2	3
John Grabow	3	1	4.76	58	0	0	62.1	67	39	33	28	38
Scott Maine	0	0	10.29	7	0	0	7.0	11	8	8	5	5
Carlos Mármol	2	6	4.01	75	0	34	74.0	54	33	33	48	99
Sean Marshall	6	6	2.26	78	0	5	75.2	66	21	19	17	79
Marcos Mateo	1	2	4.30	23	0	0	23.0	24	11	11	10	25
Ramón Ortiz	1	2	4.86	22	2	0	33.1	31	20	18	11	25
James Russell	1	6	4.12	64	5	0	67.2	76	37	31	14	43
Jeff Samardzija	8	4	2.97	75	0	0	88.0	64	35	29	50	87
Jeff Stevens	0	0	5.14	4	0	0	7.0	4	4	4	7	4
Kerry Wood	3	5	3.35	55	0	1	51.0	45	23	19	21	57
Team Pitching Totals	71	91	4.33	162	162	40	1434.1	1439	756	690	580	1224

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Bill Dancy
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Brian Harper
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Buddy Bailey
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Casey Kopitzke
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Mark Johnson
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Juan Cabreja

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Daytona

External links

• Chicago Cubs schedule for the 2011 season
• 2011 Chicago Cubs at Baseball Reference