2012 Chicago Cubs

61-101 • .377 Win% • 5th in NL C

The 2012 Chicago Cubs went 61-101 (.377) finishing 5th in the NL C division. The club scored 613 runs, allowed 759, and played home games at Wrigley Field. Team leaders included Alfonso Soriano (32 HR, 108 RBI) and Paul Maholm (9-6, 3.74 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

61 Wins
101 Losses
.377 Win %
5th Rank
613 R 759 RA
Diff -146

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613 Runs Scored
759 Runs Allowed
-146 Run Diff
2,882K Attendance

📈 vs. 2012 NL Average

Batting Avg .239 6% below the 2012 league average (.253)
OBP .301 5% below the 2012 league average (.318)
SLG .377 6% below the 2012 league average (.400)
Team ERA 4.51 14% worse than the 2012 league average (3.95)
Runs Scored 613 10% below the 2012 league average (683 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,882,756
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Avg per Game 35,589

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2012

Batting Avg

1 Reed Johnson 0.302 2 Anthony Rizzo 0.285 3 Starlin Castro 0.283 4 Dave Sappelt 0.275 5 Jeff Baker 0.269

Home Runs

1 Alfonso Soriano 32 2 Bryan LaHair 16 3 Anthony Rizzo 15 4 Starlin Castro 14 5 David DeJesus 9

RBI

1 Alfonso Soriano 108 2 Starlin Castro 78 3 David DeJesus 50 4 Anthony Rizzo 48 5 Darwin Barney 44
2012 Chicago Cubs — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Starlin Castro 162 646 78 183 29 12 14 78 36 100 25 0.283
Alfonso Soriano 151 561 68 147 33 2 32 108 44 153 6 0.262
Darwin Barney 156 548 73 139 26 4 7 44 33 58 6 0.254
David DeJesus 148 506 76 133 28 8 9 50 61 89 7 0.263
Bryan LaHair 130 340 42 88 17 0 16 40 39 124 4 0.259
Anthony Rizzo 87 337 44 96 15 0 15 48 27 62 3 0.285
Luis Valbuena 90 265 26 58 20 0 4 28 36 55 0 0.219
Joe Mather 103 225 18 47 11 0 5 19 14 46 5 0.209
Steve Clevenger 69 199 16 40 12 0 1 16 16 39 0 0.201
Ian Stewart 55 179 16 36 5 2 5 17 21 46 0 0.201
Geovany Soto 52 176 26 35 6 1 6 14 19 35 0 0.199
Tony Campana 89 174 26 46 6 0 0 5 11 43 30 0.264
Welington Castillo 52 170 16 45 11 0 5 22 17 51 0 0.265
Reed Johnson 76 169 23 51 9 3 3 16 10 43 2 0.302
Jeff Baker 54 134 16 36 10 1 4 20 8 28 4 0.269
Brett Jackson 44 120 14 21 6 1 4 9 22 59 0 0.175
Josh Vitters 36 99 7 12 2 0 2 5 7 33 2 0.121
Dave Sappelt 26 69 8 19 6 0 2 8 7 9 0 0.275
Adrian Cardenas 45 60 5 11 6 0 0 2 7 13 0 0.183
Travis Wood 28 53 5 10 3 0 1 4 0 20 0 0.189
Jeff Samardzija 31 50 0 5 0 0 0 3 3 16 0 0.100
Marlon Byrd 13 43 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 10 0 0.070
Koyie Hill 11 39 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.179
Paul Maholm 21 39 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 22 0 0.077
Ryan Dempster 16 32 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 9 0 0.094
Matt Garza 18 30 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23 0 0.067
Blake DeWitt 18 29 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.138
Chris Volstad 21 28 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.179
Anthony Recker 9 18 1 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 0.167
Justin Germano 13 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.059
Blake Lalli 6 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.133
Chris Rusin 7 12 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0.167
Brooks Raley 5 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Jason Berken 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Randy Wells 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Casey Coleman 17 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Michael Bowden 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Scott Maine 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Manny Corpas 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
James Russell 77 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kerry Wood 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jeff Beliveau 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alberto Cabrera 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Shawn Camp 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lendy Castillo 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jaye Chapman 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rafael Dolis 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alex Hinshaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rodrigo Lopez 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Marmol 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Blake Parker 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Miguel Socolovich 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jairo Asencio 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2012

ERA

1 Ryan Dempster 2.25 2 Michael Bowden 2.95 3 James Russell 3.25 4 Carlos Marmol 3.42 5 Shawn Camp 3.59

Wins

1 Paul Maholm 9 2 Jeff Samardzija 9 3 James Russell 7 4 Travis Wood 6 5 Ryan Dempster 5

Strikeouts

1 Jeff Samardzija 180 2 Travis Wood 119 3 Matt Garza 96 4 Ryan Dempster 83 5 Paul Maholm 81
2012 Chicago Cubs — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jeff Samardzija 9 13 3.81 28 28 0 174.2 157 74 56 180
Travis Wood 6 13 4.27 26 26 0 156.0 133 74 54 119
Paul Maholm 9 6 3.74 21 20 0 120.1 115 50 34 81
Chris Volstad 3 12 6.31 21 21 0 111.1 137 78 43 61
Ryan Dempster 5 5 2.25 16 16 0 104.0 81 26 27 83
Matt Garza 5 7 3.91 18 18 0 103.2 90 45 32 96
Shawn Camp 3 6 3.59 80 0 2 77.2 79 31 21 54
James Russell 7 1 3.25 77 0 2 69.1 67 25 23 55
Justin Germano 2 10 6.75 13 12 0 64.0 81 48 19 45
Carlos Marmol 3 3 3.42 61 0 20 55.1 40 21 45 72
Manny Corpas 0 2 5.01 48 0 0 46.2 50 26 16 28
Rafael Dolis 2 4 6.39 34 0 4 38.0 40 27 23 24
Michael Bowden 0 0 2.95 30 0 0 36.2 30 12 16 29
Chris Rusin 2 3 6.37 7 7 0 29.2 38 21 11 21
Randy Wells 1 2 5.34 12 4 0 28.2 35 17 24 14
Casey Coleman 0 2 7.40 17 1 0 24.1 37 20 12 16
Brooks Raley 1 2 8.14 5 5 0 24.1 33 22 11 16
Alberto Cabrera 1 1 5.40 25 0 0 21.2 16 13 18 27
Scott Maine 1 1 4.79 21 0 0 20.2 17 11 12 26
Jason Berken 0 3 4.82 4 4 0 18.2 23 10 6 11
Jeff Beliveau 1 0 4.58 22 0 0 17.2 21 9 12 17
Lendy Castillo 0 1 7.88 13 0 0 16.0 24 14 12 13
Jairo Asencio 0 0 3.07 12 0 0 14.2 12 5 11 8
Jaye Chapman 0 1 3.75 14 0 0 12.0 8 5 10 12
Kerry Wood 0 2 8.31 10 0 0 8.2 8 8 11 6
Rodrigo Lopez 0 1 5.68 4 0 0 6.1 8 4 5 2
Blake Parker 0 0 6.00 7 0 0 6.0 10 4 5 6
Miguel Socolovich 0 0 4.50 6 0 0 6.0 4 3 3 6
Alex Hinshaw 0 0 135.00 2 0 0 0.1 4 5 1 0
Joe Mather 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (53)

Jairo Asencio Jeff Baker Darwin Barney Jeff Beliveau Jason Berken Michael Bowden Marlon Byrd Alberto Cabrera Shawn Camp Tony Campana Adrian Cardenas Lendy Castillo +41 more

53 players

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The 2012 Chicago Cubs in brief

The record for the 2012 Chicago Cubs reads 61 wins and 101 losses, good for 5th in the NL Central. The Chicago Cubs scored 613 runs and allowed 759, a run differential of -146. The team batting average of .239 was 6% below the 2012 league mark of .253. The staff ERA of 4.51 was 14% worse than the league average of 3.95. The 2012 Chicago Cubs scored 10% fewer runs than the average club (613 against 683).

Attendance at Wrigley Field totaled 2,882,756 for the year. The home run leader was Alfonso Soriano, who hit 32. Starlin Castro collected the most hits, 183. Paul Maholm was the top winner, with 9 victories. Jeff Samardzija struck out 180, the most on the club. Carlos Marmol closed out 20 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2012 Chicago Cubs

What was the 2012 Chicago Cubs record?
The 2012 Chicago Cubs finished 61-101 (.377 win pct).
Who led the 2012 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Alfonso Soriano led the 2012 Chicago Cubs with 32 home runs.
What was the 2012 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 2012 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 4.51.
Did the 2012 Chicago Cubs win the World Series?
No. The 2012 Chicago Cubs did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2012 Chicago Cubs play?
The 2012 Chicago Cubs played home games at Wrigley Field.
Who led the 2012 Chicago Cubs in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Alfonso Soriano (32 HR, 108 RBI) and Paul Maholm (9-6, 3.74 ERA).
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