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1976 Chicago Cubs  (1975)  (1977) 85-77, 2nd in NL Eastern Division Scored 631 runs, Allowed 661 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .701 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 76-86   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 75-87 Manager(s): Alan Bosslet

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Bill Madlock         25  142  540   84  180  32   3  16   66   5   7   33   35  .333  .381  .493   99   7.0  3e19      -38  
 OF *Rick Monday          30  147  570   97  160  22   5  39  101   4   6   45  128  .281  .333  .542   99   6.0  1(-2)e3    22  
 OF  Jerry Morales        27  147  564   56  153  19   1  19   82   2   4   36   57  .271  .313  .410   67   4.1  2(-3)e6     5  
 SS  Tim Foli             25  152  595   55  143  42   0   7   50   9   3   16   40  .240  .259  .346   51   2.9  2e20      -42  
 OF *Joe Wallis           24  103  311   48   87  16   8   3   33   3   7   36   49  .280  .364  .412   46   5.4  2(-1)e9    93  
 1B *Tony Solaita         29  103  290   31   85  15   0   6   37   1   0   37   59  .293  .370  .407   46   5.9  2e6        26  
 1B  Dave Kingman         27   82  232   39   60  10   2  23   48   5   2   22   75  .259  .327  .616   45   6.7  4e16      151  
 2B *Denny Doyle          32  129  464   50  121  16   4   0   28   6   0   15   56  .261  .283  .312   42   3.2  2e20        2  
 C   Barry Foote          24  102  290   22   69  10   1   7   28   2   1    7   24  .238  .259  .352   25   3.0  2(-1)e4    -1  
 OF  Steve Brye           27   76  220   18   60   4   0   4   20   1   0   11   20  .273  .305  .345   24   3.9  2(0)e4     26  
 UT *Bobby Tolan          30   97  153   17   46   7   0   1   17   2   2    2   23  .301  .327  .366   18   4.5             66  
 OF  Gene Clines          29   85  186   29   54   4   4   0   10   6   1    3   27  .290  .312  .355   18   3.2  3(+2)e5    47  
 SS  Rob Sperring         26   30   92   11   30   3   0   0    7   0   0   10   21  .326  .392  .359   14   5.9  4e27      140  
 C   Steve Swisher        24   93  321   19   54   6   2   4   30   1   0   13   73  .168  .199  .237   14   1.3  3(-1)e7  -165  
 2B  Dave Rosello         26   66  148   10   27   4   0   0    5   0   0   22   24  .182  .297  .209   11   2.5  4e25     -140  
 1B *Larry Biittner       29   29  103    5   20   4   0   0    6   0   0    2    5  .194  .208  .233    4   1.3  4e23     -140  
 C   Dave Duncan          30   18   38    2    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    3   11  .237  .310  .263    3   2.8  2(0)e5     31  
 OF *Mike Lum             30   13   35    5    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    8  .200  .317  .229    3   2.9  2(-1)e5  -131  
 3B  Wayne Tyrone         25   14   49    4    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    4   20  .163  .226  .163    1   1.3  4e18     -171  
 1B *Champ Summers        30   10   15    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    5  .067  .125  .067    0    .1  4e16     -386  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           636                   -4

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Andy Messersmith     30  19   9  .679  38  38   0   0   0   0   0  226.0  173   81   74  16   87  152  2.95   78   3.1  -33  
  P  Rick Reuschel        27  14  18  .438  39  39   2   0   0   0   0  274.1  285  131  120  17   69  142  3.94  134   4.4   -6  
  P  Bill Bonham          27  11   9  .550  34  34   1   0   0   0   0  204.2  216   88   79  12  101  113  3.47  103   4.5  -51  
  P  Ray Burris           25  11  14  .440  40  40   4   0   0   0   2  245.0  257  119  113  15   91  105  4.15  126   4.7  -25  
  P  Bruce Sutter         23   8   7  .533  57   0   0  25   4   3   0   87.1   77   27   22   5   27   84  2.27   32   3.3    8  
  P *Darold Knowles       34   6   4  .600  61   0   0  13   2   3   0   70.2   61   26   25   6   16   44  3.18   25   3.3  -42  
  P  Bo McLaughlin        22   5   2  .714  54   0   0  25   4   5   0   81.0  101   52   45   5   18   27  5.00   45   5.0   87  
  P  Stan Thomas          26   5   4  .556  39   5   0  16   0   1   0   83.0   83   50   44   7   38   43  4.77   43   4.7   92  
  P  Tommy Boggs          20   2   1  .667   5   4   0   1   0   0   0   28.2   26   14   14   1   13   11  4.40   12   3.9  -71  
  P *Tippy Martinez       26   2   4  .333  64   0   0  53  44  10   0   63.1   65   27   26   0   45   39  3.69   31   4.5   87  
  P *Fred Scherman        31   1   1  .500   8   0   0   2   0   0   0   15.2   18    8    7   2   11   10  4.02   11   6.2   29  
  P *Al Hrabosky          26   1   2  .333  11   0   0   5   1   0   0   20.1   13    5    5   1    5   22  2.21    4   2.1 -115  
  P  Oscar Zamora         31   0   0  .000  21   1   0   7   0   0   0   33.1   35   13   11   0   11    9  2.97   15   4.0 -149  
  P  Paul Reuschel        29   0   2  .000  12   1   0   8   1   1   0   23.0   31   20   20   3   14   20  7.83   22   8.8  139  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      688         -8

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Steve Swisher 771 90 93 519 36 7 2 .988 32 18 Barry Foote 606 64 83 350 20 3 4 .992 23 12 Dave Duncan 80 8 12 51 6 0 0 1.000 8 5 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Solaita 646 70 80 621 73 2 81 .997 9.67 Dave Kingman* 484 55 61 464 42 4 34 .992 9.40 Larry Biittner* 218 25 33 205 10 3 27 .986 8.86 Bobby Tolan 91 10 14 80 8 1 9 .989 8.70 Champ Summers 27 2 7 23 5 0 0 1.000 9.33 Wayne Tyrone 8 1 1 6 2 0 2 1.000 9.00 Barry Foote 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Denny Doyle 1081 123 124 342 303 15 79 .977 5.37 Dave Rosello 336 37 43 101 97 5 27 .975 5.30 Bobby Tolan 36 2 12 10 4 0 2 1.000 3.50 Rob Sperring 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Madlock 1197 134 136 156 246 10 25 .976 3.02 Wayne Tyrone 113 13 13 11 31 1 6 .977 3.35 Barry Foote 94 11 14 12 22 2 0 .944 3.26 Rob Sperring 28 1 6 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.89 Tim Foli 24 3 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.25 Larry Biittner* 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Foli 1269 141 142 236 462 13 96 .982 4.95 Rob Sperring 168 20 22 30 58 4 7 .957 4.71 Dave Rosello 19 1 5 3 10 0 1 1.000 6.16 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Wallis 697 77 78 134 5 2 0 .986 1.80 Steve Brye 354 40 45 76 1 2 0 .975 1.96 Gene Clines 350 41 42 72 5 1 2 .987 1.98 Dave Kingman* 128 14 18 15 0 2 0 .882 1.05 Bobby Tolan 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 Rick Monday 12 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Mike Lum 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Rob Sperring 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Larry Biittner* 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Monday 1281 142 142 418 14 3 3 .993 3.03 Steve Brye 120 14 14 41 0 1 0 .976 3.08 Bobby Tolan 25 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 Mike Lum 16 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 Jerry Morales 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Joe Wallis 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Morales 1270 143 143 265 14 5 1 .982 1.98 Dave Kingman* 115 13 15 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 Mike Lum 52 6 7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.38 Bobby Tolan 45 4 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 Joe Wallis 25 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 Larry Biittner* 23 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78 Champ Summers 8 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Steve Brye 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1976 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Andy Messersmith
Round 2 (#20):	Tippy Martinez
Round 3 (#38):	Tony Solaita
Round 4 (#56):	Stan Thomas
Round 5 (#75):	Bo McLaughlin
Round 6 (#92):	Mike Lum
Round 7 (#106):	Gene Clines
Round 8 (#117):	Bobby Tolan

Transactions

• 1976-18: traded Dave Kingman, Stan Thomas to TEA for Larry Biittner, Tommy Boggs
• 1976-18: traded Buddy Schultz to SLN for Al Hrabosky
• 1976 postseason: released Mike Lum

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