2012 Chicago Cubs season

The 2012 Major League Baseball season will be the 140th Chicago Cubs baseball season.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

• Source: MLB Standings Grid

Game log

2012 Game Log
April (8–15) – home (5–8) – road (3–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 Nationals 1–2 Clippard (1–0) Mármol (0–1) Lidge (1) 41,176 0–1 2 April 7 Nationals 4–7 Mattheus (1–0) Wood (0–1) Rodriguez (1) 40,102 0–2 3 April 8 Nationals 4–3 Samardzija (1–0) Zimmermann (0–1) Mármol (1) 31,973 1–2 4 April 9 Brewers 5–7 Marcum (1–0) Camp (0–1) Axford (1) 38,136 1–3 5 April 10 Brewers 4–7 Narveson (1–0) Maholm (0–1) Rodriguez (1) 37,265 1–4 6 April 11 Brewers 1–2 Gallardo (1–1) Dempster (0–1) Axford (2) 34,044 1–5 7 April 12 Brewers 8–0 Garza (1–0) Greinke (1–1) 36,311 2–5 8 April 13 @ Cardinals 9–5 Samardzija (2–0) Wainwright (0–2) 46,882 3–5 9 April 14 @ Cardinals 1–5 Lynn (2–0) Volstad (0–1) 46,792 3–6 10 April 15 @ Cardinals 3–10 Westbrook (2–0) Maholm (0–2) 44,952 3–7 11 April 17 @ Marlins 2–5 Cishek (1–0) Dolis (0–1) Bell (1) 24,544 3–8 12 April 18 @ Marlins 1–9 Buehrle (1–2) Garza (1–1) 25,723 3–9 13 April 19 @ Marlins 3–5 Nolasco (2–0) Samardzija (2–1) Bell (2) 23,168 3–10 14 April 20 Reds 4–9 Bailey (1–2) Volstad (0–2) 37,782 3–11 15 April 21 Reds 6–1 Maholm (1–2) Leake (0–2) 38,405 4–11 16 April 22 Reds 3–4 Cueto (2–0) López (0–1) Marshall (3) 35,801 4–12 17 April 23 Cardinals 3–2 Dolis (1–1) Motte (1–1) 37,794 5–12 18 April 24 Cardinals 3–2 (10) Russell (1–0) Salas (0–1) 38,894 6–12 19 April 25 Cardinals 1–5 Lynn (4–0) Volstad (0–3) 34,894 6–13 20 April 27 @ Phillies 5–1 Maholm (2–2) Halladay (3–2) Dolis (1) 45,261 7–13 21 April 28 @ Phillies 2–5 Blanton (2–3) Wells (0–1) Papelbon (7) 45,196 7–14 22 April 29 @ Phillies 5–1 Garza (2–1) Kendrick (0–2) 45,550 8–14 23 April 30 @ Phillies 4–6 Qualls (1–0) Maine (0–1) Papelbon (8) 45,397 8–15
May (10–17) – home (7–7) – road (3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Reds Postponed (rain). Makeup Date TBA. 25 May 2 @ Reds 3–1 Samardzija (3–1) Arroyo (1–1) Mármol (2) 18,868 9–15 26 May 3 @ Reds 3–4 (10) Ondrusek (2–0) Dolis (1–2) 23,288 9–16 27 May 4 Dodgers 5–4 Maholm (3–2) Billingsley (2–2) Dolis (2) 37,332 10–16 28 May 5 Dodgers 1–5 Capuano (4–0) Volstad (0–4) 39,874 10–17 29 May 6 Dodgers 4–3 (11) Dolis (2–2) Wright (1–2) 38,125 11–17 30 May 7 Braves 5–1 Samardzija (4–1) Hanson (3–3) 36,307 12–17 31 May 8 Braves 1–3 Medlen (1–0) Wood (0–2) Kimbrel (10) 38,523 12–18 32 May 9 Braves 1–0 Maholm (4–2) Hudson (1–1) Dolis (3) 31,904 13–18 33 May 11 @ Brewers 7–8 (13) Chulk (1–0) Castillo (0–1) 40,097 13–19 34 May 12 @ Brewers 2–8 Marcum (2–1) Volstad (0–5) 42,339 13–20 35 May 13 @ Brewers 8–2 Camp (1–1) Loe (2–1) 42,167 14–20 36 May 14 @ Cardinals 6–4 Camp (2–1) Boggs (0–1) Dolis (4) 44,276 15–20 37 May 15 @ Cardinals 6–7 Motte (2–1) Dolis (2–3) 45,538 15–21 38 May 16 Phillies 2–9 Contreras (1–0) Camp (2–2) 38,678 15–22 39 May 17 Phillies 7–8 Halladay (4–3) Volstad (0–6) Papelbon (11) 37,986 15–23 40 May 18 White Sox 2–3 Thornton (2–3) Samardzija (4–2) Reed (4) 34,937 15–24 41 May 19 White Sox 4–7 Danks (3–4) Dempster (0–2) 40,228 15–25 42 May 20 White Sox 0–6 Peavy (5–1) Maholm (4–3) 38,374 15–26 43 May 21 @ Astros 4–8 Norris (5–1) Garza (2–2) 16,895 15–27 44 May 22 @ Astros 1–2 Happ (4–3) Wood (0–1) Myers (11) 20,091 15–28 45 May 23 @ Astros 1–5 Rodríguez (4–4) Samardzija (4–3) 18,732 15–29 46 May 25 @ Pirates 0–1 Burnett (3–2) Dempster (0–3) Hanrahan (11) 29,914 15–30 47 May 26 @ Pirates 2–3 Hanrahan (2–0) Dolis (2–4) 38,132 15–31 48 May 27 @ Pirates 4–10 Bédard (3–5) Garza (2–3) 27,486 15–32 49 May 28 Padres 11–7 Wells (1–1) Hinshaw (0–1) 38,452 16–32 50 May 29 Padres 5–3 Samardzija (5–3) Stults (1–1) Russell (1) 35,219 17–32 51 May 30 Padres 8–6 Russell (2–0) Thayer (0–1) 38,516 18–32
June (0–0) – home (0–0) – road (0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 @ Giants 53 June 2 @ Giants 54 June 3 @ Giants 55 June 4 @ Giants 56 June 5 @ Brewers 57 June 6 @ Brewers 58 June 7 @ Brewers 59 June 8 @ Twins 60 June 9 @ Twins 61 June 10 @ Twins 62 June 12 Tigers 63 June 13 Tigers 64 June 14 Tigers 65 June 15 Red Sox 66 June 16 Red Sox 67 June 17 Red Sox 68 June 18 @ White Sox 69 June 19 @ White Sox 70 June 20 @ White Sox 71 June 22 @ Diamondbacks 72 June 23 @ Diamondbacks 73 June 24 @ Diamondbacks 74 June 25 Mets 75 June 26 Mets 76 June 27 Mets 77 June 29 Astros 78 June 30 Astros
July (0–0) – home (0–0) – road (0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 Astros 80 July 2 @ Braves 81 July 3 @ Braves 82 July 4 @ Braves 83 July 5 @ Braves 84 July 6 @ Mets 85 July 7 @ Mets 86 July 8 @ Mets 87 July 13 Diamondbacks 88 July 14 Diamondbacks 89 July 15 Diamondbacks 90 July 17 Marlins 91 July 18 Marlins 92 July 19 Marlins 93 July 20 @ Cardinals 94 July 21 @ Cardinals 95 July 22 @ Cardinals 96 July 23 @ Pirates 97 July 24 @ Pirates 98 July 25 @ Pirates 99 July 27 Cardinals 100 July 28 Cardinals 101 July 29 Cardinals 102 July 30 Pirates 103 July 31 Pirates
August (0–0) – home (0–0) – road (0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 Pirates 105 August 3 @ Dodgers 106 August 4 @ Dodgers 107 August 5 @ Dodgers 108 August 6 @ Padres 109 August 7 @ Padres 110 August 8 @ Padres 111 August 9 Reds 112 August 10 Reds 113 August 11 Reds 114 August 12 Reds 115 August 13 Astros 116 August 14 Astros 117 August 15 Astros 118 August 17 @ Reds 119 August 18 @ Reds 120 August 19 @ Reds 121 August 20 @ Brewers 122 August 21 @ Brewers 123 August 22 @ Brewers 124 August 24 Rockies 125 August 25 Rockies 126 August 26 Rockies 127 August 27 Brewers 128 August 28 Brewers 129 August 29 Brewers 130 August 30 Brewers 131 August 31 Giants
September (0–0) – home (0–0) – road (0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 Giants 133 September 2 Giants 134 September 3 @ Nationals 135 September 4 @ Nationals 136 September 5 @ Nationals 137 September 6 @ Nationals 138 September 7 @ Pirates 139 September 8 @ Pirates 140 September 9 @ Pirates 141 September 10 @ Astros 142 September 11 @ Astros 143 September 12 @ Astros 144 September 14 Pirates 145 September 15 Pirates 146 September 16 Pirates 147 September 17 Pirates 148 September 18 Reds 149 September 19 Reds 150 September 20 Reds 151 September 21 Cardinals 152 September 22 Cardinals 153 September 23 Cardinals 154 September 25 @ Rockies 155 September 26 @ Rockies 156 September 27 @ Rockies 157 September 28 @ Diamondbacks 158 September 29 @ Diamondbacks 159 September 30 @ Diamondbacks
October (0–0) – home (0–0) – road (0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 Astros 161 October 2 Astros 162 October 3 Astros

Current roster

Chicago Cubs roster view talk edit
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 46 Ryan Dempster 22 Matt Garza 28 Paul Maholm 29 Jeff Samardzija 30 Travis Wood Bullpen 43 Michael Bowden 54 Shawn Camp 27 Casey Coleman 49 Carlos Mármol 50 Blake Parker 40 James Russell 36 Randy Wells Closer None specified		Catchers 51 Steve Clevenger 55 Koyie Hill Infielders  3 Jeff Baker 15 Darwin Barney 45 Adrian Cardenas 13 Starlin Castro  6 Bryan LaHair  2 Ian Stewart Outfielders  1 Tony Campana  9 David DeJesus  5 Reed Johnson 16 Joe Mather 12 Alfonso Soriano		Pitchers 68 Jeff Beliveau 76 Alberto Cabrera 52 Lendy Castillo -- Gerardo Concepción 48 Rafael Dolis 57 Scott Maine 32 Chris Volstad Catchers 53 Welington Castillo 47 Blake Lalli 18 Geovany Soto Infielders 73 Junior Lake 44 Anthony Rizzo 61 Josh Vitters Outfielders 17 Dave Sappelt 72 Matthew Szczur		Manager 33 Dale Sveum Coaches  4 Pat Listach (third base) 39 Dave McKay (first base)  7 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting) 95 Andrew Lane (bullpen catcher)  8 Jamie Quirk (bench) 55 Chris Bosio (pitching) 35 Lester Strode (bullpen) 98 Édgar Tovar (bullpen catcher) 60-day disabled list 62 Marcos Mateo 25 Active, 15 Inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list † Suspended list # Personal leave Roster updated May 18, 2012 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

References

External links

• Chicago Cubs schedule for the 2012 season
• 2012 Chicago Cubs season at ESPN
• 2012 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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