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1983 Chicago Cubs  (1982)  (1984) 54-108, 5th in NL Eastern Division Scored 642 runs, Allowed 898 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-107 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .668 Park Factor: Batting - 90 / Pitching - 92 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 61-101   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 71-91 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  Ron Cey              35  154  604   99  188  26   1  32  110   0   0   49   93  .311  .362  .517  112   6.9  4e18       74  
 2B  Ryne Sandberg        23  160  655   94  179  35   7   4   40  17  11   48   79  .273  .327  .366   80   4.4  2e14       26  
 C   Jody Davis           26  116  436   57  118  31   2  21   79   0   0   21   94  .271  .308  .495   63   5.2  3(0)e8      9  
 1B *Bill Buckner         33  157  584   52  150  33   2  15   59  10   3   24   24  .257  .288  .397   62   3.7  2e15      -61  
 OF *Mel Hall             22  122  426   46   92  19   3  16   52   4   3   47  125  .216  .294  .387   50   4.0  3(0)e5   -159  
 OF *Leon Durham          25  115  336   48   69  17   6  13   39   5   7   45   91  .205  .299  .408   42   4.1  4(0)e11  -140  
 OF  Ron Jackson          30  104  359   31   89  25   0   2   31   1   3   27   38  .248  .303  .334   34   3.2  5(+1)e16   -4  
 SS  Todd Cruz            27  118  420   34   81  15   2  14   44   1   4   16  120  .193  .222  .338   27   2.1  3e31        8  
 SS  Scott Fletcher       24   76  165   21   41  13   2   2   21   0   0   29   17  .248  .357  .388   24   5.2  3e30       60  
 OF *Ken Landreaux        28   40  166   20   41   7   0   5   18   2   1   12   24  .247  .302  .380   19   4.0  3(0)e4    -98  
 1B  Carmelo Martinez     22   48   89   18   26   7   0   8   21   0   0    3   14  .292  .315  .640   17   7.4  4e16      174  
 C  *Joe Nolan            32   45  143   14   34   8   0   1   18   0   0   16   22  .238  .323  .315   15   3.8  4(+2)e4  -133  
 OF  Gary Woods           29   54  185   15   43   7   1   1   13   2   1    9   25  .232  .268  .297   14   2.6  3(+1)e12  -83  
 OF *Larry Biittner       36   31  111   14   31   7   0   0    7   1   0    9   17  .279  .328  .342   13   4.5  4(+1)e7    11  
 C   Steve Lake           26   18   62   11   22   5   1   1   11   0   0    3    2  .355  .406  .516   13   8.6  3(0)e5    273  
 OF #Ricky Peters         27   59  165   18   35  10   0   0    3   0   3   16   23  .212  .286  .273   13   2.6  3(+2)e8   -94  
 OF *Thad Bosley          26   31   67   14   18   2   0   0    8   1   0    5   13  .269  .329  .299    6   3.5  3(+1)e7  -205  
 3B *Rob Wilfong          29   28   46    4   10   2   0   1    7   0   0    5   13  .217  .294  .326    4   3.6  4e17      -11  
 UT *Dan Rohn             27    6   14    3    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .429  .429  .500    3  10.1           -109  
 OF  Bob Dernier          26    6   17    4    5   2   0   0    0   4   2    2    3  .294  .368  .412    2   4.9  2(0)e5    203  
 OF *Scot Thompson        27   16   65    3    9   6   1   0    5   0   0    2   15  .138  .164  .262    2   1.1  4(+1)e16  -44  
 PH  Chris Nyman          28    3    3    1    1   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .333  .333 1.333    1  18.0            773  
 OF  Joe Carter           23   12   49    2    7   0   1   0    2   0   0    0   27  .143  .143  .184    1    .8  3(0)e16   -85  
 PH *Greg Gross           30    2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0  13.5            239  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           627                  -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 *Tommy John           40  14  14  .500  35  35   5   0   0   0   0  246.0  291  132  115  21   51   80  4.21  140   5.2  -30  
  P  Chuck Rainey         28   9  15  .375  31  31   2   0   0   0   0  198.2  198  117  111  29   73   98  5.03  107   4.9  -46  
  P  Mike Witt            22   7  16  .304  27  26   2   0   0   0   0  150.2  217  125  117  12   91   67  6.99  136   8.3   86  
  P  Dick Ruthven         32   6  15  .286  30  29   4   1   0   0   1  191.0  222  111  102  23   39  101  4.81  112   5.3  -15  
  P  Dickie Noles         26   5   9  .357  52   7   0  20   1   4   0  121.1  172   95   94  12   41   64  6.97  102   7.7   79  
  P  Dennis Eckersley     28   4   4  .500   8   8   0   0   0   0   0   48.1   69   36   34   6    9   16  6.33   35   6.6  -49  
  P *Frank DiPino         26   2   0 1.000  12   0   0   7   3   1   0   16.1   19    4    4   0    3   15  2.20    6   3.8   76  
  P  Warren Brusstar      31   2   1  .667  15   0   0   6   0   1   0   26.2   27   15   12   2    8   20  4.05   12   4.2   62  
  P  Lee Smith            25   2   4  .333  38   0   0  33  19   5   0   53.2   47   23   18   4   22   52  3.02   21   3.6   80  
  P  Rich Bordi           24   1   1  .500   5   2   0   1   0   0   0   16.1   21    9    7   0    6   12  3.86    9   5.3  -85  
  P *Dave Geisel          28   1   1  .500   6   0   0   4   0   0   0   13.0   18   10    6   2    3   12  4.15    8   5.6   67  
  P  Steve Renko          38   1  10  .091  17  16   1   1   0   0   0   98.1  127   74   63   5   50   44  5.77   69   6.5    3  
  P *Craig Lefferts       25   0   2  .000  49   0   0  21   1   2   0   72.1   65   31   29   6   27   50  3.61   32   4.0  -78  
  P  Tom Niedenfuer       23   0   2  .000  12   0   0  10   5   1   0   13.0   13    6    6   1    4   10  4.15    7   4.8  212  
  P *Tippy Martinez       33   0   5  .000  49   0   0  29   7   2   0   71.0   82   44   39   8   33   75  4.94   45   5.7  151  
  P *Pete Falcone         29   0   9  .000  43   8   1  14   1   2   0  102.0  103   66   66  15   63   55  5.82   66   5.9  -13  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      914         11

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jody Davis 973 109 111 565 49 11 2 .982 65 28 Joe Nolan 313 36 36 206 26 9 0 .963 42 17 Steve Lake 153 17 17 105 10 1 1 .991 13 6 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Buckner 1309 149 149 1333 115 13 117 .991 9.96 Carmelo Martinez 110 11 17 106 15 0 8 1.000 9.93 Leon Durham 18 2 2 24 1 1 1 .962 12.50 Larry Biittner 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ryne Sandberg 1420 160 160 469 466 14 113 .985 5.93 Dan Rohn 19 2 3 5 6 1 1 .917 5.21 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Cey 1363 154 154 160 294 16 33 .966 3.00 Rob Wilfong 66 7 9 8 14 1 1 .957 2.98 Scott Fletcher 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Carmelo Martinez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Todd Cruz 1002 116 117 188 366 23 65 .960 4.98 Scott Fletcher 425 46 59 73 177 4 31 .984 5.29 Rob Wilfong 7 0 4 3 1 1 1 .800 4.91 Dan Rohn 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Leon Durham 416 47 53 77 4 2 0 .976 1.75 Ricky Peters 264 31 34 49 2 1 0 .981 1.74 Ron Jackson 199 23 24 49 3 1 0 .981 2.35 Ken Landreaux 196 22 22 53 2 1 0 .982 2.53 Larry Biittner 182 21 21 32 3 1 0 .972 1.73 Joe Carter 100 11 11 13 3 1 1 .941 1.44 Thad Bosley 29 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 Gary Woods 14 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 Bob Dernier 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Mel Hall 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Carmelo Martinez 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Scot Thompson 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Bill Buckner 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mel Hall 1035 119 119 313 25 2 1 .994 2.94 Leon Durham 209 22 28 59 4 2 0 .969 2.71 Gary Woods 100 11 11 20 1 1 0 .955 1.89 Ken Landreaux 29 3 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 Bob Dernier 28 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 Thad Bosley 20 2 4 2 0 1 0 .667 0.90 Ricky Peters 18 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Jackson 633 73 73 128 11 6 0 .959 1.98 Gary Woods 287 33 34 57 3 4 0 .938 1.88 Ken Landreaux 135 15 15 30 4 1 1 .971 2.27 Scot Thompson 122 14 14 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.40 Leon Durham 84 9 11 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 Thad Bosley 61 6 7 10 1 3 0 .786 1.62 Larry Biittner 58 6 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 Ricky Peters 50 5 10 13 0 1 0 .929 2.36 Mel Hall 8 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Joe Carter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1983 Draft

Round 1 (#9):	Ron Cey
Round 2 (#23):	Scott Fletcher
Round 3 (#45):	Dick Ruthven
Round 4 (#65):	Chuck Rainey
Round 5 (#82):	Steve Renko
Round 6 (#94):	Todd Cruz
Round 7 (#105):	Ron Jackson
Round 8 (#110):	Ricky Peters
Round 9 (#113):	Pete Falcone

Transactions

• 1983-09: acquired Larry Biittner as a free agent
• 1983-18: traded CHN#2 to BOA for Dennis Eckersley
• 1983-18: traded Carmelo Martinez, Craig Lefferts to SDN for Ruppert Jones, Ron Reed
• 1983-18: traded Lee Smith, Pete Falcone to LAN for Tom Niedenfuer, Frank DiPino, Bob Dernier
• 1983-18: traded CHN#1 to CHA for Greg Gross, CHA#1
• 1983 postseason: released Todd Cruz, Joe Nolan, Ricky Peters, Gary Woods

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