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1997 Chicago Cubs  (1996)  (1998) 73-89, 2nd in NL Central Division Scored 651 runs, Allowed 724 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .687 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 103 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 70-92   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 68-94 Manager(s): Dennis Schimmel

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Mark Grace           33  157  581   75  182  38   5   7   69   0   3   86   48  .313  .406  .432  103   6.6  1e7       -36  
 OF  Sammy Sosa           28  162  661   72  140  32   2  32  104  13   6   30  177  .212  .247  .411   56   2.7  2(-4)e8  -121  
 OF  Doug Glanville       26  133  493   55  136  20   7   5   39  24  10   20   62  .276  .303  .375   53   3.7  2(-1)e4   -48  
 2B *Mickey Morandini     31   96  360   58  109  23   1   0   42   3   0   35   59  .303  .369  .372   52   5.4  2e6        -9  
 OF *Lance Johnson        34   75  270   49   84  12   7   5   32  27  11   26   18  .311  .372  .463   46   6.3  3(+1)e12   43  
 2B  Ryne Sandberg        37  100  289   32   86  23   0   9   36   6   0   18   51  .298  .341  .471   46   6.0  2e12      100  
 3B  Kevin Orie           24  121  356   41   85  31   3   8   44   2   0   25   56  .239  .296  .410   43   4.2  2e14      -74  
 OF *Tom Goodwin          28  115  330   38   84  17   2   1   25  26   5   29   47  .255  .319  .327   38   3.7  2(+2)e3    -4  
 C   Scott Servais        30  116  312   31   79  20   0   9   23   0   0   16   43  .253  .301  .404   37   4.1  3(0)e1     33  
 SS  Manny Alexander      26   82  255   31   68  10   4   7   28   6   1   18   51  .267  .318  .420   33   4.5  2e33       35  
 C  #Damon Berryhill      33   48  159   23   51  11   1   2   11   0   0   17   21  .321  .380  .440   26   6.2  4(+1)e4   126  
 1B *Brant Brown          26   78  138   23   38   8   0   8   24   2   3    5   34  .275  .327  .507   22   5.7  2e30      139  
 3B  Jose Hernandez       27   74  186   16   44   4   7   4   21   0   0    6   31  .237  .259  .398   18   3.4  3e31     -153  
 C  *Tyler Houston        26   58  180   11   41   9   0   0   14   2   0   12   22  .228  .273  .278   14   2.8  4(+3)e4   -81  
 OF  Alex Ochoa           25   44  124   15   27   7   2   2    9   1   1   14   15  .218  .300  .355   13   3.5  3(-4)e5     6  
 SS  Greg Gagne           35   66  217   18   38   6   1   5   24   0   2   16   40  .175  .234  .281   12   1.8  3e19     -137  
 2B #Neifi Perez          22   30   97   11   24   4   2   1    5   1   2    6    8  .247  .298  .361   10   3.7  2e8      -119  
 SS  Rey Sanchez          29   38   57    4   21   3   0   0    2   1   0    1    6  .368  .379  .421    9   6.4  2e29      140  
 3B  Tim Bogar            30   19   44    6   15   1   0   1    4   0   1    5    1  .341  .420  .432    7   6.8  3e21      142  
 3B  Danny Sheaffer       35   13   38    6   12   2   0   0    5   0   0    4    3  .316  .386  .368    5   4.5  3e18      171  
 3B #Casey Candaele       36    4   14    1    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .714    5  19.3  4e23      535  
 3B  Darnell Coles        35    5   18    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .333  .400  .389    2   6.5  4e22      -59  
 3B #Felipe Crespo        24    8   29    2    7   0   2   1    5   0   0    1    2  .241  .258  .483    2   3.1  4e26      -57  
 OF #Roger Cedeno         22   15   45    3    7   3   0   1    3   0   0    2   10  .156  .220  .289    2   1.7  2(0)e6   -244  
 3B  Jeff Manto           32    2    7    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    3  .143  .143  .571    0   2.6  4e15     -143  
 OF  Yamil Benitez        24    8   15    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .133  .188  .133    0    .9  4(0)e13  -426  
 PH *Brooks Kieschnick    25    3    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   4.5             17  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           667                  -24

     * - 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  Mark Clark           29  13   7  .650  30  30   2   0   0   0   0  202.1  205   90   82  17   55  125  3.65   97   4.3  -73  
  P  Darryl Kile          28  10   5  .667  22  22   4   0   0   0   2  161.0  133   57   53  18   66  144  2.96   68   3.8    0  
  P  Andy Benes           29   7   6  .538  19  19   0   0   0   0   0  133.1  114   45   35   3   34  144  2.36   45   3.0  -62  
  P  Steve Trachsel       26   6  11  .353  27  27   1   0   0   0   1  181.0  201  109  101  28   65  162  5.02  115   5.7  -50  
  P  Terry Adams          24   5   6  .455  34   0   0  16   5   4   0   49.1   72   45   43   6   31   42  7.84   45   8.1   72  
  P  Marc Wilkins         26   5   6  .455  57   0   0  30   7   7   0   73.0   63   30   30   9   39   55  3.70   36   4.6  -21  
  P *Chuck Finley         34   4   6  .400  12  10   1   2   0   1   1   62.1   58   34   34  11   33   60  4.91   39   5.8   73  
  P  Kevin Tapani         33   4   6  .400  14  14   1   0   0   0   0   88.2   91   41   39  10   20   59  3.96   45   4.5   36  
  P  Jason Schmidt        24   3   2  .600  10   9   0   1   0   0   0   50.0   50   21   20   4   17   45  3.60   25   4.7  -65  
  P *Ron Villone          27   3   3  .500  24   0   0   6   0   0   0   19.1   29   20   14   2   10   13  6.52   16   7.6  141  
  P  Jeremi Gonzalez      22   3  10  .231  25  24   0   0   0   0   0  151.0  150   81   73  20   68  104  4.35   90   5.4   29  
  P  Mike Trombley        30   2   0 1.000  26   0   0  12   5   2   0   23.0   12    4    4   1    6   19  1.57    3   1.5 -247  
  P  Bob Wickman          28   2   1  .667  16   0   0   7   3   0   0   22.0   17    6    6   2    7   16  2.45    8   3.4 -139  
  P *Jason Christiansen   27   2   1  .667  36   0   0  19   3   0   0   35.0   34   18   15   3   20   42  3.86   17   4.6  -76  
  P  Mike Grace           27   2   2  .500   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   40.2   29   10    9   3   18   31  1.99   13   2.9  -33  
  P  Mike James           29   1   3  .250  35   0   0  10   3   3   0   36.1   42   16   15   3   10   31  3.72   20   5.3  -23  
  P  Miguel Batista       26   1   4  .200  24   0   0   8   2   2   0   28.2   39   24   20   2   24   21  6.28   27   8.3  124  
  P  Amaury Telemaco      23   0   2  .000  25   0   0   7   2   1   0   31.0   26   15   14   2   15   23  4.06   13   4.0 -223  
  P  Mike Fetters         32   0   2  .000  29   0   0  15   4   1   0   29.0   43   26   25   9   17   22  7.76   35  11.4  367  
  P  Marc Pisciotta       26   0   2  .000  20   0   0   3   1   3   0   20.0   17    8    8   2   21   18  3.60   12   5.2  116  
  P  Doug Henry           33   0   4  .000  31   0   0  17   2   2   0   39.0   46   24   22   6   17   33  5.08   25   5.8   52  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      805        -10

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Scott Servais 706 73 93 631 31 3 3 .995 43 14 Tyler Houston 390 48 51 349 28 7 5 .982 43 18 Damon Berryhill 381 41 44 325 22 2 3 .994 45 13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Grace 1392 153 155 1319 139 5 156 .997 9.43 Brant Brown 69 8 10 66 6 1 6 .986 9.39 Tyler Houston 8 1 1 7 0 0 2 1.000 7.88 Damon Berryhill 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Jose Hernandez 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 Scott Servais 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 .750 13.50 Tom Goodwin 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Morandini 782 86 93 176 254 3 60 .993 4.95 Ryne Sandberg 597 66 73 155 213 4 48 .989 5.54 Manny Alexander 69 8 8 14 24 0 2 1.000 4.96 Rey Sanchez 21 2 5 7 7 0 1 1.000 6.00 Jose Hernandez 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 Tyler Houston 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Danny Sheaffer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kevin Orie 839 87 110 46 153 6 17 .971 2.14 Jose Hernandez 277 31 40 19 38 8 5 .877 1.85 Tim Bogar 97 12 12 6 19 0 1 1.000 2.32 Danny Sheaffer 96 11 12 11 19 1 0 .968 2.81 Felipe Crespo 58 7 7 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.02 Darnell Coles 39 5 5 2 5 2 1 .778 1.62 Casey Candaele 26 3 4 0 6 1 1 .857 2.08 Manny Alexander 21 3 4 2 2 1 1 .800 1.69 Jeff Manto 15 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 Rey Sanchez 8 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Greg Gagne 551 61 64 95 169 2 28 .992 4.31 Manny Alexander 548 61 67 102 206 10 52 .969 5.06 Neifi Perez 224 25 29 43 81 2 17 .984 4.99 Jose Hernandez 81 8 14 13 28 3 11 .932 4.56 Rey Sanchez 61 6 9 14 29 4 6 .915 6.31 Tim Bogar 9 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 Tyler Houston 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Mickey Morandini 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lance Johnson 542 63 63 74 1 5 0 .938 1.24 Doug Glanville 316 28 56 59 3 0 0 1.000 1.77 Alex Ochoa 264 32 32 40 3 0 0 1.000 1.47 Brant Brown 149 19 24 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 Roger Cedeno 101 12 14 38 0 1 0 .974 3.39 Tom Goodwin 77 5 17 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Yamil Benitez 20 3 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.35 Jose Hernandez 8 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doug Glanville 763 89 90 204 10 4 1 .982 2.53 Tom Goodwin 694 72 92 174 4 2 0 .989 2.31 Lance Johnson 14 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 Alex Ochoa 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sammy Sosa 1468 161 162 281 8 4 2 .986 1.77 Alex Ochoa 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Lance Johnson 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1997 Draft

Round 2 (#38):

Tom Goodwin

Transactions

• 1997 preseason: released rookie Ramon Tatis
• 1997-01: acquired Ron Villone as a free agent
• 1997-02: acquired Doug Henry as a free agent
• 1997-03: acquired Yamil Benitez as a free agent
• 1997-08: traded Bob Wickman to MLA for Mickey Morandini, Mike Fetters
• 1997-08: released Yamil Benitez
• 1997-09: acquired Darnell Coles as a free agent
• 1997-09: released Mike Grace
• 1997-11: released Darnell Coles
• 1997-11: acquired Felipe Crespo as a free agent
• 1997-13: released Felipe Crespo
• 1997-13: acquired Damon Berryhill as a free agent
• 1997-15: acquired Mike James as a free agent
• 1997-15: released Doug Henry
• 1997-16: released Ron Villone
• 1997-16: acquired Jeff Manto as a free agent
• 1997-17: released Jeff Manto
• 1997-17: acquired Casey Candaele as a free agent
• 1997-18: traded Lance Johnson to MNA for Mike Trombley
• 1997-18: traded Darryl Kile, Greg Gagne, CHN#3 to CON for Jason Schmidt, Neifi Perez
• 1997-18: acquired Danny Sheaffer as a free agent
• 1997-18: released Casey Candaele
• 1997-19: traded Andy Benes, Rey Sanchez, Mike Fetters, CHN#2 to LAN for Chuck Finley, Tim Bogar, Roger Cedeno

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