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1998 Chicago Cubs  (1997)  (1999) 78-84, 3rd in NL Central Division Scored 765 runs, Allowed 806 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .696 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 90-73 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Sammy Sosa           29  162  637  132  189  19   2  62  141  12   5   72  172  .297  .366  .625  137   7.7  3(-4)e9   -33  
 3B #Tony Fernandez       36  131  429   63  138  28   7  13   61   6   1   38   44  .322  .395  .510   87   7.7  3e13       60  
 1B *Mark Grace           34  156  553   79  161  25   3  13   72   0   1   73   54  .291  .372  .418   84   5.4  1e9       -82  
 2B *Mickey Morandini     32  159  579   76  158  15   0   7   72  12   2   77   82  .273  .362  .335   77   4.6  2e6       -68  
 SS #Neifi Perez          23  157  594   71  165  17   6  12   76   2   1   40   64  .278  .321  .387   74   4.4  2e21       14  
 OF *Tom Goodwin          29  142  523   80  144  14   1   1   40  48  13   66   82  .275  .360  .312   69   4.6  2(+2)e4   -45  
 OF *Brant Brown          27  128  342   54   92  14   2  15   52   1   2   37   84  .269  .345  .453   54   5.7  2(+2)e15  -51  
 OF  Jose Hernandez       28  106  301   34   77  11   2  13   40   3   0   27  104  .256  .316  .435   41   4.9  3(0)e5    -31  
 3B  Freddy Garcia        25   75  151   31   44  14   0   8   30   0   0   23   28  .291  .376  .543   28   6.3  4e26       99  
 1B  Jim Leyritz          34   64  140   24   38   7   0   4   16   0   0   18   31  .271  .388  .407   24   6.1  4e10      -56  
 C  *Tyler Houston        27   63  199   19   47   1   0   7   28   0   0   13   31  .236  .282  .347   19   3.3  4(+2)e8   -58  
 OF #Roger Cedeno         23   49  115   17   37   8   0   2   16   1   0    9   23  .322  .371  .443   18   6.0  3(-1)e6   176  
 C   John Flaherty        30   97  251   30   50  12   0   5   21   0   0   16   39  .199  .247  .307   18   2.4  3(-1)e1    20  
 C  *Sandy Martinez       25   33   85    7   25   7   1   0   12   0   0   11   20  .294  .371  .400   12   5.1  4(-1)e5    18  
 OF  Kevin Sefcik         27   16   43    5   18   1   0   1    6   1   0    7    3  .419  .519  .512   11  11.1  3(+2)e4   178  
 OF *Dave Martinez        33   72  153   12   33   6   0   0   10   2   1   10   26  .216  .259  .255    9   2.0  2(-2)e2  -141  
 2B  Manny Alexander      27   63   74    4   14   3   1   2    7   0   0    2   16  .189  .208  .338    4   1.9  3e18      -62  
 C   Gary Bennett         26    9   26    2    8   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .308  .345  .385    3   5.4  3(+2)e16   61  
 C  *A.J. Pierzynski      21    2    8    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .375  .333  .500    1   6.8  4(+2)e16  149  
 C  *Jeff Reed            35    8    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .286  .375  .286    0   4.6  4(0)e10  -183  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           780                  -22

     * - 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  Jason Schmidt        25  14  10  .583  32  32   2   0   0   0   1  210.2  223  104  102  27   74  164  4.36  118   5.1  -18  
  P *Chuck Finley         35  13  14  .481  35  34   1   0   0   0   1  206.2  207  130  113  27  105  182  4.92  120   5.2   16  
  P  Kerry Wood           21  12   7  .632  27  26   1   1   0   0   1  164.2  123   79   75  22  102  227  4.10   81   4.5   28  
  P  Steve Trachsel       27  11  17  .393  32  32   0   0   0   0   0  179.0  191  133  121  28   84  149  6.08  119   6.0   28  
  P  Jeremi Gonzalez      23   6   4  .600  23  20   0   1   0   0   0  107.0  141   72   68  12   35   64  5.72   79   6.6   12  
  P  Mike Trombley        31   6   7  .462  74   0   0  30   6   2   0   84.0   78   45   43  21   37   60  4.61   49   5.3  -14  
  P  Terry Adams          25   4   4  .500  45   0   0  14   0   4   0   60.2   68   33   28   4   34   56  4.15   42   6.2   13  
  P  Bill Simas           26   3   1  .750  62   0   0  30  12   1   0   65.0   36   13   13   8   19   41  1.80   15   2.2 -177  
  P *Jason Christiansen   28   2   3  .400  55   0   0  39  21   3   0   64.1   48   15   13   2   27   69  1.82   21   2.9  -27  
  P *Steve Sinclair       26   1   0 1.000   8   0   0   1   0   0   0    9.0    4    2    2   0    6    4  2.00    1   1.4 -177  
  P  Mark Clark           30   1   0 1.000   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   14.0   12    6    6   1    1    7  3.86    3   2.5 -201  
  P  Marc Pisciotta       27   1   1  .500  12   0   0   2   0   0   0   21.2    7    5    5   0   13   24  2.08    3   1.2 -425  
  P  Xavier Hernandez     32   1   1  .500  29   0   0   8   2   1   0   42.0   27   15   15   6   23   32  3.21   16   3.5  -14  
  P  Bob Scanlan          31   1   2  .333  25   0   0   9   2   1   0   23.0   25   17   16   7   12   11  6.26   16   6.4  100  
  P *Lance Painter        30   1   3  .250  48   0   0   5   2   1   0   46.2   42   27   25   5   26   40  4.82   25   4.9   -7  
  P  Kevin Tapani         34   1   9  .100  22  15   0   5   0   0   0   86.0  120   80   77  19   36   57  8.06   87   9.2  127  
  P *Felix Heredia        22   0   0  .000  14   1   0   3   0   0   0   18.1   21    9    7   1   13   20  3.44   13   6.4   17  
  P *Mike Myers           29   0   0  .000  25   0   0   7   3   0   0   21.1   21   13   10   2    7   11  4.22   10   4.4  -27  
  P  Eric Weaver          24   0   0  .000   3   0   0   0   0   0   0    3.2    1    1    1   0    5    0  2.45    0   1.8  -41  
  P  Mike James           30   0   1  .000  12   0   0   3   1   1   0   12.1    8    7    7   1   11    9  5.11    5   3.6   79  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      833          0

     * - 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 Flaherty 650 71 96 591 23 1 3 .998 22 5 Tyler Houston 442 52 61 445 25 9 3 .981 47 11 Sandy Martinez 216 27 33 182 5 1 0 .995 2 2 Gary Bennett 65 8 8 62 5 3 1 .957 8 3 Jim Leyritz 44 2 20 30 5 0 2 1.000 2 2 A.J. Pierzynski 17 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 Neifi Perez 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Jeff Reed 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Grace 1228 136 146 1103 137 4 119 .997 9.09 Jim Leyritz 205 26 26 181 16 3 11 .985 8.65 Brant Brown 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Freddy Garcia 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Morandini 1341 152 157 326 416 5 97 .993 4.98 Manny Alexander 71 8 12 15 27 1 5 .977 5.32 Tony Fernandez 15 1 3 3 4 0 0 1.000 4.20 Jose Hernandez 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Kevin Sefcik 5 0 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Fernandez 969 107 123 58 183 5 11 .980 2.24 Freddy Garcia 279 38 38 22 42 8 3 .889 2.06 Jose Hernandez 162 17 25 15 25 3 3 .930 2.22 Manny Alexander 25 0 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.09 Kevin Sefcik 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Neifi Perez 1353 152 157 241 452 24 98 .967 4.61 Jose Hernandez 82 10 11 16 17 2 3 .943 3.62 Manny Alexander 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brant Brown 665 70 92 128 3 8 2 .942 1.77 Jose Hernandez 345 41 48 67 2 1 0 .986 1.80 Roger Cedeno 161 21 22 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.51 Dave Martinez 126 13 23 26 0 1 0 .963 1.86 Kevin Sefcik 85 10 12 15 2 1 0 .944 1.80 Jim Leyritz 51 6 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 Manny Alexander 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 Tom Goodwin 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Sammy Sosa 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tom Goodwin 1147 127 135 285 11 3 2 .990 2.32 Dave Martinez 170 20 20 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.06 Roger Cedeno 61 7 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 Brant Brown 35 6 9 12 1 1 0 .929 3.31 Jose Hernandez 27 2 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.05 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sammy Sosa 1434 162 162 285 10 6 1 .980 1.85 Dave Martinez 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Roger Cedeno 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1998 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Tony Fernandez
Round 4 (#77):	John Flaherty
Round 5 (#101):	Dave Martinez
Round 6 (#121):	Jim Leyritz
Round 7 (#136):	Mike Myers
Round 8 (#148):	Shane Mack
Round 9 (#158):	Sandy Martinez
Round 10 (#166):	Felix Heredia

Transactions

• 1998-01: traded Shane Mack, Scott Servais to CHA for Bill Simas
• 1998-01: acquired Freddy Garcia as a free agent
• 1998-02: acquired Bobby Ayala as a free agent
• 1998-03: acquired Gary Bennett as a free agent
• 1998-04: acquired Mike James as a free agent
• 1998-07: acquired A.J. Pierzynski as a free agent
• 1998-07: released Gary Bennett
• 1998-08: traded Mark Clark to NYA for Xavier Hernandez
• 1998-08: released A.J. Pierzynski
• 1998-08: acquired Lance Painter as a free agent
• 1998-12: acquired Steve Sinclair as a free agent
• 1998-12: released Mike James
• 1998-15: released Steve Sinclair
• 1998-15: acquired Eric Weaver as a free agent
• 1998-16: released Eric Weaver
• 1998-16: acquired Bob Scanlan as a free agent
• 1998-16: traded Mike Myers to CON for Jeff Reed
• 1998-20: traded Jose Hernandez to ATN for Kevin Sefcik, ATN#3
• 1998-26: traded Tom Goodwin to LAN for Devon White
• 1998-26: traded CHN#2 to CHA for Henry Rodriguez
• 1998 postseason: released Bobby Ayala, Tim Bogar, Freddy Garcia, Felix Heredia, Sandy Martinez, Lance Painter

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