1990 Chicago Cubs Season

The Chicago Cubs 1990 season disappointed fans hoping to see the Cubs build on their 1989 NL East Championship. The Cubs hosted the 1990 All-Star Game.

1 Spring Training
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 References

Spring Training

Regular season

The Cubs regressed to the mean in 1990, as 1989 Rookie of the Year Jerome Walton and Rookie of the Year runner-up Dwight Smith came back to earth, never to repeat the form they exhibited their rookie seasons.

Former Cubs ace Rick Sutcliffe was beset by shoulder problems and wasn't a factor in the Cubs season in 1990. Luis Salazar started the season as the Cubs' third baseman and it was apparent his best days were behind him. Closer Mitch Williams struggled with his consistency, spent some time on the disabled list, and even started a game for the Cubs.

Andre Dawson and Ryne Sandberg had solid seasons, as Sandberg hit an NL-leading 40 home runs and won the home run derby the day before the All-Star Game at Wrigley Field.

Season standings

Template:1990 NL East standings

Game log

1990 Chicago Cubs Game Log

April (8-11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 10	Phillies	2 - 1	Lancaster (1-0)	Parrett (0-1)	Williams (1)	7,791	1-0
2	April 12	Phillies	5 - 4	Mulholland (1-0)	Wilson (0-1)	McDowell (1)		1-1
3	April 12	Phillies	6 - 3	Nunez (1-0)	Combs (0-1)	Williams (2)	7,717	2-1
4	April 13	@ Pirates	2 - 0	Maddux (1-0)	Walk (0-1)	Williams (3)	44,799	3-1
5	April 14	@ Pirates	4 - 1	Harkey (1-0)	Drabek (1-1)	Williams (4)	13,226	4-1
6	April 15	@ Pirates	4 - 3 10	Patterson (1-0)	Lancaster (1-1)		6,289	4-2
7	April 16	Mets	10 - 1	Viola (2-0)	Wilson (0-2)	Pena (1)	13,813	4-3
8	April 17	@ Mets	8 - 6 13	Assenmacher (1-0)	Innis (0-1)	Wilkins (1)	13,964	5-3
9	April 18	@ Mets	8 - 5	Maddux (2-0)	Cone (0-1)		21,561	6-3
10	April 19	@ Mets	4 - 1	Gooden (1-2)	Harkey (1-1)	Franco (3)	18,780	6-4
11	April 20	Pirates	9 - 4 7	Roesler (1-0)	Bielecki (0-1)		15,171	6-5
12	April 21	Pirates	4 - 3	Smiley (1-2)	Wilson (0-3)	Landrum (1)	37,091	6-6
13	April 22	Pirates	3 - 2	Heaton (3-0)	Nunez (1-1)	Power (1)	33,583	6-7
14	April 24	@ Padres	13 - 3	Rasmussen (1-0)	Maddux (2-1)		19,474	6-8
15	April 25	@ Padres	3 - 0	Whitson (2-0)	Bielecki (0-2)		22,305	6-9
16	April 26	@ Padres	3 - 1	Harkey (2-1)	Hurst (0-3)	Williams (5)	29,168	7-9
17	April 27	@ Dodgers	5 - 0	Valenzuela (1-2)	Nunez (1-2)		37,809	7-10
18	April 28	@ Dodgers	5 - 4	Martinez (2-0)	Williams (0-1)		45,791	7-11
19	April 29	@ Dodgers	4 - 0	Maddux (3-1)	Morgan (3-1)		41,893	8-11

May (13-15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
20	May 1	@ Giants	7 - 4	Bielecki (1-2)	Knepper (0-1)	Williams (6)	21,714	9-11
21	May 2	@ Giants	9 - 6	Harkey (3-1)	Garrelts (0-3)	Assenmacher (1)	18,279	10-11
22	May 5	Padres	3 - 2	Maddux (4-1)	Lefferts (1-1)			11-11
23	May 5	Padres	6 - 5	Rasmussen (2-1)	Nunez (1-3)	Harris (1)	33,695	11-12
24	May 6	Padres	8 - 3	Whitson (3-1)	Bielecki (1-3)		34,077	11-13
25	May 7	Braves	9 - 8	Kerfeld (2-2)	Williams (0-2)	Boever (3)	32,266	11-14
26	May 8	Braves	10 - 8 11	Long (1-0)	Henry (0-1)		18,503	12-14
27	May 9	Braves	4 - 0 5	Lancaster (2-1)	P. Smith (2-2)		14,266	13-14
28	May 11	@ Reds	7 - 5	Charlton (2-0)	Williams (0-3)	Dibble (5)	38,900	13-15
29	May 12	@ Reds	4 - 2	Bielecki (2-3)	Browning (3-3)	Williams (7)	33,646	14-15
30	May 13	@ Reds	13 - 9	Dibble (2-0)	Wilson (0-4)		32,251	14-16
31	May 14	@ Braves	3 - 2	Henry (1-1)	Williams (0-4)	Kerfeld (2)	16,417	14-17
32	May 15	@ Braves	12 - 2	Pico (1-0)	P. Smith (2-3)		16,271	15-17
33	May 16	@ Braves	4 - 0	Smoltz (2-4)	Maddux (4-2)		13,345	15-18
34	May 17	@ Astros	5 - 4 11	Smith (2-2)	Nunez (1-4)		14,644	15-19
35	May 18	@ Astros	7 - 0	Harkey (4-1)	Gullickson (2-3)		22,972	16-19
36	May 19	@ Astros	4 - 1	Lancaster (3-1)	Clancy (1-3)	Williams (8)	32,253	17-19
37	May 20	@ Astros	5 - 1	Boskie (1-0)	Scott (1-5)		26,451	18-19
38	May 21	Reds	4 - 3	Rijo (3-1)	Maddux (4-3)	Myers (8)	31,476	18-20
39	May 22	Reds	2 - 1 16	Long (2-0)	Scudder (1-1)		29,860	19-20
40	May 23	Dodgers	4 - 3	Belcher (4-3)	Assenmacher (1-1)	Aase (3)	23,963	19-21
41	May 24	Dodgers	15 - 6	Valenzuela (4-3)	Lancaster (3-2)		27,918	19-22
42	May 26	Astros	8 - 1	Scott (2-5)	Boskie (1-1)			19-23
43	May 26	Astros	12 - 3	Deshaies (2-2)	Maddux (4-4)	Andersen (2)	31,995	19-24
44	May 27	Astros	11 - 6	Bielecki (3-3)	Portugal (1-5)		36,395	20-24
45	May 28	Giants	5 - 1	Harkey (5-1)	Knepper (3-3)	Lancaster (1)	33,822	21-24
46	May 29	Giants	6 - 2	Robinson (1-0)	Blankenship (0-1)	Brantley (5)	28,925	21-25
47	May 30	Giants	4 - 1	Burkett (4-1)	Boskie (1-2)	Bedrosian (7)	29,109	21-26

June (12-18)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
48	June 1	@ Cardinals	6 - 4	DeLeon (5-3)	Maddux (4-5)	L. Smith (5)	43,773	21-27
49	June 2	@ Cardinals	7 - 6	Lancaster (4-2)	L. Smith (1-1)	Williams (9)	48,051	22-27
50	June 3	@ Cardinals	7 - 4	B. Smith (6-4)	Blankenship (0-2)		45,393	22-28
51	June 4	@ Pirates	6 - 2	Patterson (4-1)	Boskie (1-3)	Landrum (8)	9,257	22-29
52	June 5	@ Pirates	6 - 5	Belinda (1-1)	Williams (0-5)		20,642	22-30
53	June 6	@ Pirates	6 - 1 7	Drabek (8-2)	Maddux (4-6)		21,164	22-31
54	June 7	Phillies	3 - 1	Howell (7-3)	Bielecki (3-4)		29,271	22-32
55	June 8	Phillies	15 - 2	Pico (2-0)	Mulholland (3-3)		32,219	23-32
56	June 9	Phillies	4 - 3 11	Lancaster (5-2)	Parrett (2-4)		33,266	24-32
57	June 10	Phillies	7 - 3	Wilson (1-4)	Ruffin (3-6)	Lancaster (2)	32,187	25-32
58	June 11	Mets	8 - 5	Williams (1-5)	Pena (1-2)	Assenmacher (2)	33,059	26-32
59	June 12	Mets	19 - 8	Gooden (4-5)	Bielecki (3-5)		34,893	26-33
60	June 13	Mets	15 - 10	Franco (3-0)	Lancaster (5-3)			26-34
61	June 13	Mets	9 - 6	Darling (2-4)	Harkey (5-2)		34,241	26-35
62	June 15	@ Phillies	6 - 5 10	Akerfelds (1-0)	Nunez (1-5)			26-36
63	June 15	@ Phillies	7 - 0	Ruffin (4-6)	Bielecki (3-6)		26,098	26-37
64	June 16	@ Phillies	2 - 1	Akerfelds (2-0)	Maddux (4-7)		32,023	26-38
65	June 17	@ Phillies	5 - 3	Pico (3-0)	Parrett (2-6)	Lancaster (3)	30,338	27-38
66	June 18	@ Expos	5 - 1	Den. Martinez (5-4)	Harkey (5-3)		15,898	27-39
67	June 19	@ Expos	2 - 1	Boskie (2-3)	Gardner (3-3)	Lancaster (4)	20,306	28-39
68	June 20	@ Expos	3 - 2	Mohorcic (1-1)	Maddux (4-8)	Schmidt (8)	22,058	28-40
69	June 22	Cardinals	7 - 0	Magrane (4-9)	Wilson (1-5)		30,764	28-41
70	June 23	Cardinals	8 - 7	Tewksbury (2-0)	Bielecki (3-7)	L. Smith (7)	33,721	28-42
71	June 24	Cardinals	3 - 2 10	Assenmacher (2-1)	Niedenfuer (0-3)		34,229	29-42
72	June 25	Expos	7 - 3	Gardner (4-3)	Boskie (2-4)	Sampen (1)	32,231	29-43
73	June 26	Expos	6 - 5	Schmidt (3-0)	Lancaster (5-4)	Frey (4)	31,676	29-44
74	June 27	Expos	5 - 3	Pico (4-0)	Gross (8-5)	Wilson (1)	32,830	30-44
75	June 28	Expos	3 - 2	Lancaster (6-4)	Sampen (6-1)		31,974	31-44
76	June 29	@ Padres	3 - 2	Long (3-0)	Harris (4-2)	Assenmacher (3)	43,005	32-44
77	June 30	@ Padres	7 - 3	Wilson (2-5)	Benes (6-6)		31,852	33-44

July (14-12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	July 1	@ Padres	11 - 10	Lancaster (7-4)	Lefferts (5-3)	Long (1)	30,968	34-44
79	July 2	@ Dodgers	3 - 1	Belcher (6-6)	Pico (4-1)		32,600	34-45
80	July 3	@ Dodgers	7 - 6	Hartley (1-1)	Assenmacher (2-2)		40,235	34-46
81	July 4	@ Dodgers	5 - 3	Harkey (6-3)	Valenzuela (6-7)	Lancaster (5)	46,811	35-46
82	July 6	@ Giants	5 - 2	Boskie (3-4)	Garrelts (5-7)	Long (2)	28,517	36-46
83	July 7	@ Giants	10 - 9	Brantley (3-1)	Lancaster (7-5)		36,005	36-47
84	July 8	@ Giants	5 - 3	Wilson (6-0)	Pico (4-2)	Brantley (13)		36-48
85	July 8	@ Giants	10 - 4	Burkett (9-2)	Bielecki (3-8)		45,669	36-49
86	July 12	Dodgers	6 - 3	Valenzuela (7-7)	Harkey (6-4)	Howell (5)	31,518	36-50
87	July 13	Dodgers	5 - 2	Martinez (10-4)	Boskie (3-5)	Howell (6)	31,438	36-51
88	July 14	Dodgers	7 - 0	Morgan (8-7)	Maddux (4-9)		31,919	36-52
89	July 15	Dodgers	5 - 1	Wilson (3-5)	Belcher (7-7)		29,266	37-52
90	July 16	Padres	4 - 3	Harkey (7-4)	Show (1-7)	Williams (10)	31,523	38-52
91	July 17	Padres	7 - 2	Boskie (4-5)	Benes (6-7)		32,923	39-52
92	July 18	Padres	4 - 2	Maddux (5-9)	Rasmussen (7-7)	Pico (1)	33,856	40-52
93	July 20	Giants	5 - 4	Bielecki (4-8)	Brantley (3-2)		30,532	41-52
94	July 21	Giants	3 - 2	Harkey (8-4)	Brantley (3-3)		34,463	42-52
95	July 22	Giants	4 - 2	Assenmacher (3-2)	Hammaker (4-5)	Pico (2)	33,708	43-52
96	July 23	@ Cardinals	3 - 1	Maddux (6-9)	DeLeon (6-10)	Williams (11)	40,534	44-52
97	July 24	@ Cardinals	9 - 4	Terry (1-5)	Wilson (3-6)		38,974	44-53
98	July 25	@ Cardinals	9 - 0	Tudor (9-3)	Harkey (8-5)		37,826	44-54
99	July 26	@ Expos	3 - 2 10	Burke (1-1)	Williams (1-6)		19,129	44-55
100	July 27	@ Expos	2 - 0 10	Maddux (7-9)	Sampen (8-3)	Long (3)	21,980	45-55
101	July 28	@ Expos	10 - 7	Long (4-0)	Burke (1-2)		24,808	46-55
102	July 29	@ Expos	2 - 1	Harkey (9-5)	Gross (8-8)	Williams (12)	24,333	47-55
103	July 31	Pirates	9 - 1	Patterson (7-3)	Boskie (4-6)		35,126	47-56

August (15-12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	Pirates	5 - 0	Maddux (8-9)	Reed (2-3)		34,542	48-56
105	August 2	Pirates	8 - 5	Smiley (5-5)	Wilson (3-7)	Walk (1)	34,493	48-57
106	August 3	Expos	10 - 4	Harkey (10-5)	Gardner (6-6)		33,318	49-57
107	August 4	Expos	10 - 2	Boskie (5-6)	Gross (8-9)		35,176	50-57
108	August 5	Expos	3 - 1	Maddux (9-9)	Boyd (6-4)		33,481	51-57
109	August 7	Cardinals	5 - 3	Assenmacher (4-2)	Terry (1-6)	Williams (13)	34,271	52-57
110	August 8	Cardinals	4 - 3 15	Long (5-0)	Niedenfuer (0-5)		34,977	53-57
111	August 9	Cardinals	3 - 1	Hill (3-1)	Dickson (0-1)	L. Smith (20)	36,328	53-58
112	August 10	@ Mets	5 - 1	Fernandez (8-8)	Maddux (9-10)		34,090	53-59
113	August 11	@ Mets	6 - 3	Wilson (4-7)	Darling (4-7)	Assenmacher (4)	45,710	54-59
114	August 12	@ Mets	10 - 2	Harkey (11-5)	Viola (15-7)		46,538	55-59
115	August 13	Astros	7 - 2	Portugal (6-9)	Dickson (0-2)		34,087	55-60
116	August 14	Astros	5 - 2	Maddux (10-10)	Scott (9-11)	Long (4)	34,843	56-60
117	August 15	Astros	8 - 4 10	Smith (3-4)	Pico (4-3)		34,307	56-61
118	August 17	Braves	7 - 0	Harkey (12-5)	Smoltz (9-9)		29,893	57-61
119	August 18	Braves	17 - 6	Leibrandt (5-7)	Dickson (0-3)		36,226	57-62
120	August 19	Braves	5 - 4	Maddux (11-10)	Mercker (4-3)	Assenmacher (5)	33,284	58-62
121	August 20	@ Reds	3 - 1	Bielecki (5-8)	Charlton (9-7)	Long (5)	26,011	59-62
122	August 21	@ Reds	8 - 1	Mahler (5-5)	Harkey (12-6)		22,759	59-63
123	August 22	@ Reds	4 - 1	Rijo (9-6)	Pico (4-4)		28,707	59-64
124	August 24	@ Braves	3 - 0	Avery (3-7)	Maddux (11-11)		20,922	59-65
125	August 25	@ Braves	6 - 3	Bielecki (6-8)	Glavine (6-11)	Assenmacher (6)	29,359	60-65
126	August 26	@ Braves	4 - 3	Smoltz (11-9)	Williams (1-7)		14,178	60-66
127	August 28	@ Astros	5 - 2	Maddux (12-11)	Gullickson (8-12)		12,150	61-66
128	August 29	@ Astros	1 - 0	Portugal (8-9)	Sutcliffe (0-1)	Andersen (6)	11,211	61-67
129	August 30	Reds	6 - 5	Jackson (5-2)	Bielecki (6-9)	Myers (27)	30,778	61-68
130	August 31	Reds	4 - 3	Long (6-0)	Myers (3-4)		31,042	62-68

September (13-16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	Reds	8 - 1	Mahler (7-5)	Nunez (1-6)		34,388	62-69
132	September 2	Reds	6 - 2	Rijo (11-6)	Maddux (12-12)		35,043	62-70
133	September 3	@ Expos	3 - 2 12	Frey (7-2)	Kramer (0-2)		22,629	62-71
134	September 4	@ Expos	3 - 1	Bielecki (7-9)	Dn. Martinez (10-10)	Assenmacher (7)	10,605	63-71
135	September 5	@ Phillies	4 - 1	Mulholland (8-8)	Wilson (4-8)	McDowell (19)	16,177	63-72
136	September 6	@ Phillies	5 - 2	Nunez (2-6)	Grimsley (1-1)	Williams (14)	13,849	64-72
137	September 7	Cardinals	4 - 3	Tewksbury (10-5)	Maddux (12-13)	L. Smith (25)	23,353	64-73
138	September 8	Cardinals	5 - 4	Pavlas (1-0)	Dayley (4-3)	Assenmacher (8)	32,039	65-73
139	September 9	Cardinals	9 - 2	Tudor (12-4)	Bielecki (7-10)		27,362	65-74
140	September 10	Expos	7 - 4	Nabholz (5-0)	Long (6-1)	Burke (18)	26,774	65-75
141	September 11	Expos	11 - 6	Pavlas (2-0)	Gross (8-11)		18,984	66-75
142	September 12	Phillies	9 - 3	Maddux (13-13)	De Jesus (5-7)		16,258	67-75
143	September 13	Phillies	6 - 5	Assenmacher (5-2)	McDowell (6-7)	Lancaster (6)	15,495	68-75
144	September 14	@ Cardinals	4 - 2	B. Smith (8-8)	Williams (1-8)	Perez (1)	34,473	68-76
145	September 15	@ Cardinals	6 - 2	Lancaster (8-5)	DeLeon (7-17)		42,282	69-76
146	September 16	@ Cardinals	8 - 4	Nunez (3-6)	Hill (4-4)	Bielecki (1)	39,402	70-76
147	September 18	Pirates	8 - 5	Maddux (14-13)	Smiley (8-10)		23,168	71-76
148	September 19	Pirates	8 - 7	Drabek (20-6)	Sutcliffe (0-2)	Patterson (5)	13,058	71-77
149	September 20	Pirates	11 - 2	Walk (6-5)	Kramer (0-3)	Palacios (1)	14,926	71-78
150	September 21	Mets	4 - 3	Assenmacher (6-2)	Cone (12-10)		19,291	72-78
151	September 22	Mets	11 - 5	Darling (6-9)	Nunez (3-7)		31,066	72-79
152	September 23	Mets	7 - 3	Gooden (18-6)	Maddux (14-14)		24,385	72-80
153	September 24	Mets	4 - 3	Assenmacher (7-2)	Viola (19-11)		12,489	73-80
154	September 25	@ Pirates	5 - 3	Drabek (21-6)	Wilson (4-9)		21,644	73-81
155	September 26	@ Pirates	4 - 3	Smith (12-8)	Coffman (0-1)		26,157	73-82
156	September 27	@ Pirates	3 - 2	Tomlin (4-4)	Bielecki (7-11)	Palacios (3)	25,049	73-83
157	September 28	@ Mets	7 - 1	Gooden (19-6)	Maddux (14-15)		37,586	73-84
158	September 29	@ Mets	3 - 2	Lancaster (9-5)	Viola (19-12)	Assenmacher (9)	38,664	74-84
159	September 30	@ Mets	6 - 5	Nunez (4-7)	Franco (5-3)	Williams (15)	39,195	75-84

October (2-1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	@ Phillies	7 - 6	De Jesus (7-8)	Coffman (0-2)	McDowell (22)	9,041	75-85
161	October 2	@ Phillies	3 - 1	Bielecki (8-11)	Greene (3-3)	Williams (16)	9,940	76-85
162	October 3	@ Phillies	4 - 3	Maddux (15-15)	McElroy (0-1)	Assenmacher (10)	11,889	77-85