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1972 Chicago Cubs  (1971)  (1973) 67-95, 4th in NL Eastern Division Scored 636 runs, Allowed 739 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-93 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .682 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 75-87   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 85-70 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Ralph Garr           26  150  625   93  201  28   0  11   60  20   7   33   56  .322  .355  .419   91   5.4  4(+1)e12  -14  
 3B *Darrell Evans        25  142  416   63  111  14   0  13   57   1   1  109   40  .267  .423  .394   78   6.6  3e33       15  
 SS  Aurelio Rodriguez    24  159  643   78  161  29   4  18   76   0   2   37  125  .250  .297  .392   72   3.8  3e88       61  
 1B *Matty Alou           33  133  451   44  146  18   2   5   50   4   0   21   23  .324  .358  .406   66   5.5  4e25       22  
 OF *Rick Monday          26  137  484   57  115  21   5   8   57   4   5   82  112  .238  .347  .351   64   4.5  2(-3)e1   -62  
 2B  Glenn Beckert        31  118  416   35  122  26   1   2   40   2   2   25   24  .293  .333  .375   50   4.2  3e22       60  
 C   John Bateman         31   87  293   22   89  16   0   4   36   0   0    6   41  .304  .322  .399   35   4.5  3(-1)e15  176  
 2B #Darrel Chaney        24   96  219   24   58   9   4   2   19   0   2   28   16  .265  .345  .370   29   4.6  3e27       33  
 OF  Alex Johnson         29   98  385   29   87  13   1   9   37   2   0    6   45  .226  .238  .335   27   2.3  4(+2)e16  -50  
 1B *Joe Pepitone         31   82  225   25   61   8   0   5   37   1   0    6   21  .271  .297  .373   24   3.8  2e5       -36  
 OF  Steve Brye           23   67  200   29   52   8   3   0   15   2   1   10   22  .260  .294  .330   19   3.5  3(0)e2     32  
 OF  Roger Freed          26   54  133   23   27   7   1   3   18   0   0   29   38  .203  .350  .338   18   4.7  3(0)e9    -51  
 C   Larry Howard         27   55  158   11   42   6   0   4   19   0   0   10   40  .266  .306  .380   18   4.1  4(-1)e16   81  
 C   Ken Rudolph          25   38  108   15   34   1   1   4   19   1   2    8   11  .315  .380  .454   17   5.7  4(0)e16   230  
 3B  Carmen Fanzone       30   92  239   31   48   9   0   5   19   3   2   18   48  .201  .254  .301   17   2.3  4e39     -161  
 OF *Norm Miller          26   30   78   12   20   0   0   8   16   2   0    6    6  .256  .302  .564   12   5.3  4(0)e16   143  
 OF #Billy North          24   47   92   19   21   3   5   0    4   3   3    8   22  .228  .294  .370   10   3.6  3(0)e13   157  
 OF *Gene Hiser           23    6   15    2    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .467  .529  .467    3  13.4  4(0)e4    512  
 1B *Pat Bourque          25    6   21    3    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    4    4  .286  .400  .381    3   5.3  4e12      174  
 C   Pete Koegel          24    9   26    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    6  .115  .200  .115    0   1.0  4(+2)e16 -105  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           662                   19

     * - 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  Burt Hooton          22  16  12  .571  34  34   4   0   0   0   0  235.1  213   90   79  20   62  160  3.02   91   3.4  -39  
  P  Bert Blyleven        21  11  20  .355  41  41   5   0   0   0   1  287.0  271  142  117  34   76  222  3.67  130   4.0   42  
  P  Stan Bahnsen         27  10  20  .333  43  42   4   1   0   0   1  265.2  264  153  120  25   91  145  4.07  129   4.3  -18  
  P  Larry Dierker        25   8  12  .400  28  28   3   0   0   0   0  185.0  216  108   99  14   64  103  4.82  105   5.1   69  
  P *Jim Kaat             33   6   5  .545  14  13   6   0   0   0   3  105.2   84   37   31   8   21   63  2.64   31   2.6  -28  
  P  Vince Colbert        26   4   4  .500  36   2   0  18   2   0   0   61.1   64   30   20   3   12   32  2.93   25   3.6  -98  
  P  Bill Bonham          23   3   2  .600  35   0   0  11   2   3   0   52.1   76   42   29   4   21   55  4.99   38   6.4  123  
  P *Juan Pizarro         35   3   8  .273  47   0   0  25   3   4   0   56.0   76   46   42   7   33   24  6.75   49   7.9   74  
  P  Horacio Pina         27   2   1  .667  20   0   0  16   6   2   0   23.0   25   12    8   2   13   16  3.13   14   5.6  127  
  P  Ed Farmer            22   2   3  .400  34   0   0  24   6   2   0   38.0   39   20   16   5   14   21  3.79   20   4.7    9  
  P  Rick Reuschel        23   2   7  .222  73   2   2  40   9   8   0  140.0  149   56   48   3   34  104  3.09   58   3.7    1  
  P  Hoyt Wilhelm         49   0   1  .000   5   0   0   3   1   1   0    5.0   10    3    3   0    4    1  5.40    7  13.8  466  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 24                                                                                      704         14

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- John Bateman 694 80 84 503 23 11 5 .980 23 8 Larry Howard 401 41 55 285 12 14 2 .955 17 7 Ken Rudolph 283 32 36 198 11 4 2 .981 10 5 Pete Koegel 76 9 9 55 2 2 0 .966 4 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Matty Alou 935 106 109 881 67 12 77 .988 9.13 Joe Pepitone 430 46 53 378 43 2 38 .995 8.80 Pat Bourque 51 6 6 47 5 2 6 .963 9.18 Roger Freed 17 2 2 15 3 0 1 1.000 9.53 John Bateman 9 1 1 11 0 0 4 1.000 11.00 Darrell Evans 8 1 1 9 0 0 0 1.000 10.12 Carmen Fanzone 4 0 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 11.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Glenn Beckert 1001 114 117 315 274 14 67 .977 5.30 Darrel Chaney 413 46 51 124 140 11 29 .960 5.76 Carmen Fanzone 35 2 9 9 6 2 5 .882 3.86 Roger Freed 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Darrell Evans 1001 113 114 88 212 20 35 .938 2.70 Carmen Fanzone 420 47 51 47 96 15 10 .905 3.07 Darrel Chaney 19 2 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.41 Aurelio Rodriguez 15 0 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Aurelio Rodriguez 1377 155 156 280 472 79 82 .905 4.91 Darrel Chaney 68 6 14 10 23 2 2 .943 4.37 Carmen Fanzone 9 1 2 0 2 1 1 .667 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex Johnson 836 94 95 149 2 5 0 .968 1.63 Ralph Garr 316 35 37 65 1 1 1 .985 1.88 Norm Miller 128 14 14 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 Billy North 96 11 12 17 0 1 0 .944 1.59 Steve Brye 50 6 7 16 0 2 0 .889 2.88 Carmen Fanzone 12 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Matty Alou 9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Gene Hiser 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Monday 1143 128 129 328 14 0 3 1.000 2.69 Steve Brye 286 32 33 87 2 2 1 .978 2.80 Norm Miller 20 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 Billy North 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ralph Garr 975 108 110 215 3 7 2 .969 2.01 Roger Freed 274 31 31 58 1 3 0 .952 1.94 Billy North 87 10 13 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 Steve Brye 71 8 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 Gene Hiser 25 3 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.16 Norm Miller 20 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.35 Matty Alou 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1972 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Rick Monday
Round 3 (#47):	John Bateman
Round 4 (#65):	Horacio Pina
Round 5 (#81):	Darrel Chaney
Round 6 (#94):	Larry Howard
Round 7 (#106):	Alex Johnson
Round 8 (#115):	Hoyt Wilhelm
Round 9 (#123):	Casey Cox
Round 10 (#131):	Norm Miller

Transactions

• 1972-01: traded Graig Nettles to NYA for Stan Bahnsen
• 1972-16: acquired Pete Koegel as a free agent
• 1972-16: released Casey Cox

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