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1996 Chicago Cubs  (1995)  (1997) 84-78, 2nd in NL Central Division Scored 725 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .702 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 70-92   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 76-86 Manager(s): Tom Edwards (2-4), Dennis Schimmel (82-74)

 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           32  155  576   78  206  41   3   8   65   0   1   60   45  .358  .416  .481  113   7.7  1e5        46  
 2B  Ryne Sandberg        36  158  573   91  138  28   7  31   96  10   6   67  135  .241  .329  .476   90   5.3  2e8        45  
 OF #Brian McRae          28  103  430   66  119  22   3  16   54  33   3   33   43  .277  .341  .453   74   6.3  1(+1)e5    10  
 OF  Sammy Sosa           27  144  514   82  134  21   2  27   82  12   2   37  127  .261  .316  .467   71   4.7  2(-4)e13 -105  
 C   Scott Servais        29  136  433   50  116  25   0  13   57   0   0   31   77  .268  .337  .416   60   4.8  2(0)e2     42  
 OF *Lance Johnson        33   56  261   44   94  12  10   3   26  19   7   11   13  .360  .385  .517   51   7.8  2(+1)e13   60  
 3B  Jose Hernandez       26  117  340   43   95  16   3  12   45   1   0   24  106  .279  .327  .450   49   5.3  2e8       103  
 UT *Tyler Houston        25   66  134   22   46  12   1   5   22   8   0   14   20  .343  .400  .560   30   8.9            144  
 SS  Shawon Dunston       33   65  229   20   66   8   2   5   19   5   0    7   35  .288  .311  .406   28   4.4  3e34      -22  
 OF *Mike Kingery         35   67  237   33   63  12   3   2   26   1   1   21   24  .266  .331  .367   28   4.2  3(+1)e5    57  
 OF  Alex Ochoa           24   42  159   27   44   9   4   2   20   3   1   15   15  .277  .343  .421   24   5.7  4(-3)e11    3  
 OF  Ozzie Timmons        25   72  143   22   31   2   0  16   37   0   0   10   27  .217  .287  .566   23   5.5  3(+1)e6   192  
 3B  Tim Wallach          38   51  172   21   41   6   0   7   21   0   0   21   47  .238  .323  .395   22   4.6  4e28       52  
 OF  Mike Devereaux       33   57  183   24   42  11   1   5   25   1   0   20   29  .230  .309  .383   22   4.1  2(+2)e6    37  
 SS  Rey Sanchez          28  135  296   26   57   8   0   0   16   1   1   18   47  .193  .234  .220   16   1.8  2e21      -71  
 3B  George Arias         24   38  132    8   36   1   0   3   14   1   0    7   30  .273  .307  .348   14   4.0  3e22       23  
 1B *Brant Brown          25   50   68   11   23   1   0   3    8   0   1    1   17  .338  .348  .485   10   6.0  3e15      -32  
 C  *Tom Lampkin          32   21   68    6   18   2   0   3    8   0   2    3    7  .265  .292  .426    7   3.8  3(-1)e4    16  
 C   Danny Sheaffer       34   49  142    8   27   5   0   2   11   1   0    4   17  .190  .221  .268    6   1.5  4(0)e5   -116  
 SS  Tony Rodriguez       25   21   57    6   20   2   1   0    6   0   0    2    3  .351  .373  .421    6   3.7  4e17      204  
 OF *Brooks Kieschnick    24   13   28    3    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    7  .321  .355  .464    4   5.0  4(-1)e25 -104  
 OF  Doug Glanville       25   37   52    5   11   2   1   0    7   1   0    1    8  .212  .226  .288    3   2.3  2(0)e9   -111  
 PH *Robin Jennings       24   15   14    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .143  .250  .214    0   2.0           -120  
 OF #Turner Ward          31   14   28    4    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    6  .071  .133  .179    0    .8  2(0)e3   -325  
 2B  Manny Alexander      25    9   19    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0   11  .053  .053  .053    0    .1  4e22     -139  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           764                   18

     * - 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  Darryl Kile          27  15  10  .600  33  32   3   1   0   0   1  219.2  214  109   97  18  102  222  3.97  106   4.3  -85  
  P  Andy Benes           28  14   9  .609  32  32   2   0   0   0   1  227.0  192   86   79  22   99  155  3.13   99   4.0  -72  
  P  Steve Trachsel       25  13  12  .520  32  32   4   0   0   0   3  210.1  175   98   87  31   82  122  3.72   96   4.1  -58  
  P *Sid Fernandez        33   6   2  .750  10  10   1   0   0   0   0   66.0   45   27   26   8   26   82  3.55   24   3.3  -44  
  P  Mike Grace           26   5   2  .714   9   9   4   0   0   0   2   71.2   51   16   15   6    7   42  1.88   17   2.2 -162  
  P  Terry Adams          23   5   3  .625  67   0   0  24   7   4   0   90.2   94   51   49   7   66   70  4.86   56   5.6   99  
  P  Doug Drabek          33   5   8  .385  19  19   0   0   0   0   0  112.0  152   83   79  18   36   84  6.35   89   7.3   23  
  P *Mark Guthrie         30   4   3  .571  43   0   0  22   6   2   0   49.2   46   22   19   1   23   42  3.44   21   4.0   12  
  P  Mark Clark           28   4   6  .400  11  11   0   0   0   0   0   74.0   85   41   37   9   16   53  4.50   40   4.8   23  
  P *David West           31   3   0 1.000  14   0   0   3   2   0   0    9.0   11    6    6   0    1   10  6.00    5   5.4   15  
  P  Kevin Tapani         32   3   3  .500   6   6   2   0   0   0   0   40.1   44   23   23   7    9   37  5.13   23   5.2  -36  
  P  Rodney Myers         27   2   2  .500  49   0   0  23   2   1   0   70.2   64   30   23   5   32   59  2.93   34   4.4  -54  
  P  Amaury Telemaco      22   2   3  .400  35   0   0  17   3   1   0   54.1   59   41   34  15   26   37  5.63   40   6.6  -22  
  P  Bob Wickman          27   2   4  .333  25   0   0   8   0   1   0   30.2   46   29   27   4   21   23  7.92   31   9.3  102  
  P  Frank Castillo       27   1   7  .125  11  11   0   0   0   0   0   61.2   79   45   43  15   14   42  6.28   47   6.8   30  
  P  Jim Bullinger        30   0   0  .000  14   0   0   6   0   0   0   22.1   31   21   14   8   12   25  5.64   26  10.4  207  
  P  Marc Wilkins         25   0   1  .000   6   0   0   3   2   0   0    3.0    3    2    2   0    4    2  6.00    1   4.8  -52  
  P  Paul Byrd            25   0   1  .000   8   0   0   4   0   0   0   11.1    7    6    5   0    3    6  3.97    2   1.8 -346  
  P  Turk Wendell         29   0   2  .000  43   0   0  35  23   3   0   44.1   26   14   13   5   24   26  2.64   15   3.1  -57  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      780        -31

     * - 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 1037 114 127 894 56 6 7 .994 72 24 Danny Sheaffer 165 19 20 123 7 0 0 1.000 6 4 Tom Lampkin 152 17 20 132 6 2 1 .986 15 1 Tyler Houston 115 12 18 98 8 0 1 1.000 19 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Grace 1303 141 151 1274 132 4 112 .997 9.71 Brant Brown 70 9 14 73 7 2 8 .976 10.29 Tyler Houston 57 7 8 73 2 0 6 1.000 11.91 Danny Sheaffer 39 5 6 33 5 1 2 .974 8.77 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ryne Sandberg 1383 152 158 325 490 10 100 .988 5.30 Jose Hernandez 42 5 6 9 11 0 1 1.000 4.29 Manny Alexander 40 5 5 12 15 1 3 .964 6.13 Tyler Houston 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.91 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Hernandez 679 65 105 33 122 2 8 .987 2.05 Tim Wallach 400 51 51 15 80 11 9 .896 2.14 George Arias 273 33 35 18 37 4 4 .932 1.81 Danny Sheaffer 105 13 14 6 24 2 2 .938 2.57 Tyler Houston 7 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 Manny Alexander 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tony Rodriguez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rey Sanchez 703 73 101 120 249 9 52 .976 4.72 Shawon Dunston 521 58 62 69 165 6 25 .975 4.04 Tony Rodriguez 127 16 20 25 36 2 8 .968 4.31 Jose Hernandez 115 15 20 23 34 1 7 .983 4.46 Manny Alexander 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Kingery 525 59 64 97 3 1 0 .990 1.71 Mike Devereaux 353 40 49 72 3 2 0 .974 1.91 Alex Ochoa 299 37 37 55 0 3 0 .948 1.66 Tyler Houston 92 10 12 15 0 1 0 .938 1.47 Ozzie Timmons 79 7 16 5 0 3 0 .625 0.57 Doug Glanville 65 4 17 16 0 1 0 .941 2.22 Brooks Kieschnick 45 5 5 8 0 2 0 .800 1.60 Turner Ward 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Danny Sheaffer 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brian McRae 920 102 103 247 5 1 1 .996 2.47 Lance Johnson 519 56 56 139 5 6 3 .960 2.50 Mike Devereaux 17 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 Turner Ward 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Sammy Sosa 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sammy Sosa 1173 127 139 214 6 10 1 .957 1.69 Ozzie Timmons 138 18 19 25 2 0 1 1.000 1.76 Mike Devereaux 53 6 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 Doug Glanville 37 3 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Turner Ward 36 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Alex Ochoa 28 3 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.30 Robin Jennings 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1996 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Andy Benes
Round 2 (#33):	Mike Grace
Round 3 (#56):	Shawon Dunston
Round 4 (#79):	Mark Guthrie

Transactions

• 1996 preseason: released rookie Dave Swartzbaugh
• 1996-02: acquired Mike Kingery as a free agent
• 1996-03: acquired Tim Wallach as a free agent
• 1996-04: acquired Mike Devereaux as a free agent
• 1996-12: released Tim Wallach
• 1996-12: acquired George Arias as a free agent
• 1996-18: released Tom Lampkin
• 1996-18: released Sid Fernandez
• 1996-18: traded Kevin Foster, CHN#1 to NYN for Mark Clark, Bob Wickman, Alex Ochoa
• 1996-18: traded Brian McRae, Turk Wendell to NYN for Lance Johnson, Paul Byrd
• 1996-18: traded Frank Castillo to CON for Kevin Tapani
• 1996-19: released Mike Devereaux
• 1996-19: acquired Tony Rodriguez as a free agent
• 1996-20: traded Shawon Dunston, Turner Ward to PIN for Marc Wilkins, Jason Christiansen, PIN#3
• 1996-20: traded Mark Guthrie to BAA for Manny Alexander
• 1996-22: released Paul Byrd
• 1996-22: acquired David West as a free agent
• 1996-26: traded PIN#3 to KCA for Greg Gagne
• 1996 postseason: released Rodney Myers, Danny Sheaffer

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