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1968 Chicago Cubs  (1967)  (1969)
65-97, 8th in National League
Scored 556 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-99
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .696
Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 68-94   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 84-78
Manager(s): Alan Bosslet

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Billy Williams       30  162  616   78  171  30   6  32   92   2   2   32   56  .278  .313  .502   91   5.2  3(0)e9    -22  
 3B  Ron Santo            28  162  575   70  139  14   2  23   61   4   0  101  120  .242  .355  .393   86   5.2  1e15      -27  
 2B  Glenn Beckert        27  162  665   63  190  19   2   6   39   6   8   31   32  .286  .319  .347   74   3.9  1e20      -29  
 1B  Ernie Banks          37  157  610   67  132  18   0  29   69   2   2   28   75  .216  .257  .389   57   3.1  3e7      -110  
 OF  Adolfo Phillips      26  123  425   59  101  12   3  21   46  10   8   17  109  .238  .275  .428   49   3.9  3(+1)e9   -16  
 SS #Don Kessinger        25  162  619   52  139  15   5   0   40  15  17   27   77  .225  .258  .265   38   2.0  2e34      -47  
 C   Randy Hundley        26  146  474   36   95  18   3   2   34   0   0   30   69  .200  .262  .264   33   2.3  1(-3)e3   -65  
 OF  Lou Johnson          33  120  379   37   80  24   1   6   40   8   1   12   55  .211  .239  .327   28   2.5  3(0)e7    -87  
 C  *Ed Kirkpatrick       23   72  123   10   40   7   0   1   17   0   1   18   21  .325  .411  .407   21   6.8  4(+2)e16  213  
 OF  Jim Hickman          31   62  170   23   38   5   3   8   16   3   2   17   34  .224  .298  .429   20   4.0  3(-1)e10   70  
 OF *Al Spangler          35   66  120   16   33   7   1   2   10   0   0    7   17  .275  .310  .400   14   4.2  3(0)e10   -23  
 OF *Roger Repoz          27   70  130   19   27   5   0   4   12   7   1   12   27  .208  .278  .338   13   3.4  2(-1)e6   -63  
 1B *Willie Smith         29   34   92    8   20   5   2   3   12   0   0    5   19  .217  .258  .413    9   3.5  unrated  -125  
 OF  Don Lock             31   49   74    7   11   0   0   4    8   2   2    8   25  .149  .229  .311    5   2.2  2(-2)e16  -94  
 PH  Bob Aspromonte       30   10    9    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .444  .444  .556    2  12.0            451  
 PR  Jose Arcia           24    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?           -492  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           547                  -38

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

Team Pitching   Glossary

     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  Bill Hands           28  14  13  .519  37  36   4   1   0   0   2  261.1  276  114   99  19   49  157  3.41  111   3.8   12  
  P  Fergie Jenkins       25  14  15  .483  40  40  13   0   0   0   1  304.0  287  140  132  38   47  253  3.91  126   3.7   43  
  P *Ken Holtzman         22  11  17  .393  33  33   7   0   0   0   1  233.1  236  118   88  19   62  175  3.39  103   3.9  -32  
  P *Woodie Fryman        28   7  11  .389  34  26   5   7   2   0   2  191.2  162   74   71  12   55  127  3.33   68   3.2  -68  
  P  Joe Niekro           23   6  16  .273  34  22   3   6   0   2   0  169.0  206  104   90  16   52   56  4.79  102   5.4   22  
  P *Rich Nye             23   5   6  .455  65   3   0  34   6   7   0  107.1  109   44   40   9   20   64  3.35   47   4.0  -58  
  P  Turk Farrell         34   4   5  .444  52   0   0  24   4   1   0   58.2   65   35   31  11   19   31  4.76   35   5.2   33  
  P  Jack Lamabe          31   2   4  .333  22   0   0  15   1   3   0   33.2   39   14   13   6    8   14  3.48   21   5.7    2  
  P  Bill Stoneman        24   1   1  .500   3   0   0   0   0   0   0    3.1    1    2    1   0    1    3  2.70    0    .9 -763  
  P  Gary Ross            20   1   5  .167  23   2   0  10   0   1   0   40.1   47   31   29   0   28   38  6.47   26   5.9  -37  
  P  Chuck Hartenstein    26   0   1  .000   7   0   0   3   0   1   0    7.1    9    6    6   1    2    3  7.36    4   5.9    0  
  P  Phil Regan           31   0   3  .000  50   0   0  30  22   4   0   50.2   44   17   17   6    9   24  3.02   17   3.1  -94  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      665         -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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Randy Hundley        1228 139 146  887   49   2   8  .998  23  25
 Ed Kirkpatrick        233  23  38  159   24   4   1  .979  28  17
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ernie Banks 1373 156 156 1352 103 2 124 .999 9.54 Willie Smith 86 6 12 88 3 0 5 1.000 9.52 Bob Aspromonte 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Glenn Beckert 1461 162 162 394 439 19 121 .978 5.13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Santo 1459 162 162 128 321 14 38 .970 2.77 Bob Aspromonte 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Kessinger 1459 162 162 266 547 27 91 .968 5.02 Bob Aspromonte 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Billy Williams       1394 157 157  310   15  10   4  .970  2.10
 Willie Smith           47   5   5    7    2   0   0 1.000  1.72
 Don Lock               14   0   9    6    0   1   0  .857  3.95
 Roger Repoz             6   0   2    4    0   0   0 1.000  5.68
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Adolfo Phillips 862 102 105 228 1 6 0 .974 2.39 Lou Johnson 305 40 40 93 0 2 0 .979 2.75 Roger Repoz 212 18 39 70 2 3 0 .960 3.05 Don Lock 31 0 6 10 0 1 0 .909 2.87 Al Spangler 25 2 7 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.13 Jim Hickman 25 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Johnson 606 68 75 124 5 2 2 .985 1.91 Jim Hickman 381 44 48 87 1 3 0 .967 2.08 Al Spangler 175 19 21 34 0 1 0 .971 1.75 Don Lock 134 16 20 22 0 2 0 .917 1.48 Roger Repoz 106 9 17 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 Willie Smith 48 5 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Billy Williams 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1968 Draft


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