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2008 Chicago Cubs  (2007)  (2009) 107-55, 1st in NL Central Division Scored 857 runs, Allowed 593 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 110-52 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .709 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 107-55   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 97-64 Manager(s): Dennis Schimmel Lost to Colorado Rockies in Divisional Series, 3 games to 1.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Aramis Ramirez       30  148  502   87  163  47   0  28  104   0   1   64   95  .325  .412  .586  121   9.1  2e20      100  
 2B #Brian Roberts        30  149  580  104  165  53   9  12   65  33   7   70  106  .284  .361  .469  105   6.6  2e8         2  
 1B  Derrek Lee           32  161  609   89  171  41   5  22   97   5   0   78  118  .281  .360  .473   98   5.6  1e10        9  
 OF  Mark DeRosa          33  146  477   84  128  25   0  25   85   0   1   77   99  .268  .378  .478   83   6.0  4(0)e3     -1  
 SS  Ryan Theriot         28  149  570  102  176  14   6   0   63  33   8   66   69  .309  .381  .354   78   4.9  3e16      -10  
 C   Geovany Soto         25  141  481   59  128  38   3  21   80   0   0   52  113  .266  .340  .489   75   5.4  2(-1)e3   -40  
 OF  Alfonso Soriano      32  117  354   61  100  22   0  25   66  12   2   20   89  .282  .320  .556   60   6.1  4(-2)e8     1  
 OF *Kosuke Fukudome      31  133  384   55   98  24   0   6   50   8   0   68   94  .255  .366  .365   57   5.2  2(-2)e6    -8  
 OF  Reed Johnson         31  118  323   52   95  17   0   6   34   0   1   20   66  .294  .357  .402   46   5.3  3(-1)e2   -19  
 OF *Josh Anderson        25   48  145   22   51  15   0   6   22   5   2    3   31  .352  .375  .579   31   8.9  3(0)e11   190  
 2B *Mike Fontenot        28   93  174   30   46  17   0   4   13   0   0   19   42  .264  .344  .431   25   5.3  2e4      -135  
 OF #Angel Pagan          27   34   83   15   24  12   0   0   11   3   0   18   16  .289  .412  .434   17   7.9  3(0)e7    126  
 C   Henry Blanco         36   45  125   17   41   6   0   3   28   0   0    1   14  .328  .328  .448   16   4.9  2(-2)e10   59  
 OF  Luis Montanez        26   22   73   10   26   3   2   3   15   0   0    2   17  .356  .368  .575   15   8.3  4(0)e13   181  
 PH *Micah Hoffpauir      28   78   71    5   24   6   0   0   13   0   0    8   25  .338  .400  .423   12   7.2           -112  
 OF #Fernando Perez       25   34   62    9   17   2   1   4    8   1   0    5   15  .274  .324  .532   10   5.8  2(0)e5     75  
 OF *Felix Pie            23   62   74   14   20   4   1   0    9   1   1   10   26  .270  .365  .351    9   4.6  2(-1)e3    79  
 SS #Omar Vizquel         41   48   76   11   17   4   0   0   11   3   2   10    8  .224  .314  .276    7   3.0  2e7        40  
 OF  Cameron Maybin       21   19   31    3    9   1   0   0    3   0   0    4   13  .290  .371  .323    3   4.8  2(0)e1   -411  
 OF *Corey Patterson      28   10   19    1    4   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    1  .211  .200  .421    1   2.9  2(0)e5     39  
 OF *Alex Romero          24    6   11    1    3   2   0   1    3   0   0    0    0  .273  .273  .727    0   2.0  2(-1)e5   409  
 C   Kenji Johjima        32    5    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .111  .111  .111    0    .4  3(0)e2   -387  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           880                    9

     * - 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 *Joe Saunders         27  15   5  .750  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  192.0  170   64   59  17   36  109  2.77   67   3.2  -90  
  P  Carlos Zambrano      27  15   7  .682  30  30   0   0   0   0   0  181.1  161   76   67  23   56  137  3.33   79   3.9  -27  
  P  Ryan Dempster        31  15  10  .600  34  33   0   1   0   0   0  200.1  185   89   83  16   81  198  3.73   92   4.2   16  
  P *Ted Lilly            32  12   9  .571  30  30   1   0   0   0   1  178.1  168   91   85  22   73  168  4.29   93   4.7  -51  
  P  Rich Harden          26  11   6  .647  24  24   0   0   0   0   0  135.1  105   52   44  16   49  149  2.93   51   3.4   46  
  P  Carlos Marmol        25   9   2  .818  75   0   0  26   6   3   0   81.2   50   27   26   5   41  128  2.87   24   2.7   -1  
  P *Dennys Reyes         31   4   0 1.000  60   0   0   8   2   0   0   41.2   33   10   10   3   13   45  2.16   14   3.0  -82  
  P  Justin Duchscherer   30   4   2  .667   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   44.0   34   11   11   1   14   21  2.25   14   3.0  -17  
  P  Jake Westbrook       30   3   0 1.000  13   5   0   1   0   0   0   34.2   29   12   10   5    9   21  2.60   13   3.5  -60  
  P  Scott Linebrink      31   3   1  .750  42   0   0  11   2   0   0   46.2   39   13   13   2   14   30  2.51   14   2.8 -122  
  P  Grant Balfour        30   3   1  .750  56   0   0  49  33   2   0   55.1   29    9    8   2   23   99  1.30   12   2.1   -5  
  P  Brian Bruney         26   3   1  .750  24   0   0  10   1   1   0   34.2   18    5    5   2    9   32  1.30    6   1.7  -58  
  P  Mike Wuertz          29   3   3  .500  23   0   0   5   0   2   0   29.0   35   18   18   4    9   20  5.59   19   6.0   94  
  P *Sean Marshall        25   2   2  .500  44   2   0  12   0   2   0   61.1   61   38   35  10   22   51  5.14   35   5.2   -1  
  P  Kerry Wood           31   2   2  .500  47   0   0  17   3   0   0   66.1   56   27   27   7   15   84  3.66   29   4.1    6  
  P  Joey Devine          24   1   0 1.000  17   0   0   3   0   0   0   10.2    7    4    4   1    1   10  3.38    2   2.4  179  
  P *Rich Hill            28   1   1  .500   9   0   0   4   0   0   0    9.0    8    7    7   2   11    7  7.00    8   8.5  177  
  P  Alberto Arias        24   1   1  .500   7   0   0   2   0   1   0   10.0   14    9    9   0    5   12  8.10    8   7.6   70  
  P  Kevin Hart           25   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0     .2    3    1    1   0    1    1 13.50    2  70.4  741  
  P  Tyler Walker         32   0   0  .000   7   0   0   1   0   0   0    6.1    9    4    4   1    3    4  5.68    4   6.2  152  
  P *John Bale            34   0   0  .000   5   0   0   0   0   0   0    4.2    7    5    5   0    5    4  9.64    4   9.6  236  
  P  Jeff Samardzija      23   0   2  .000  24   0   0  10   1   2   0   31.1   27   20   13   0   21   27  3.73   12   3.6  -27  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      615        -17

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Geovany Soto 1140 126 138 1165 33 4 2 .997 37 16 Henry Blanco 291 33 43 261 9 4 3 .985 5 1 Kenji Johjima 27 3 5 22 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Derrek Lee 1402 156 161 1412 128 7 135 .995 9.88 Mark DeRosa 48 5 11 47 0 0 4 1.000 8.81 Micah Hoffpauir 7 1 3 10 0 2 0 .833 12.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brian Roberts 1205 136 140 230 382 8 92 .987 4.57 Mike Fontenot 248 26 37 49 89 1 19 .993 5.01 Mark DeRosa 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Alfonso Soriano 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Aramis Ramirez 1154 125 141 60 218 18 26 .939 2.17 Mark DeRosa 303 37 38 15 66 6 4 .931 2.41 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ryan Theriot 1234 147 149 163 470 11 85 .983 4.62 Omar Vizquel 194 14 48 25 82 0 13 1.000 4.96 Mark DeRosa 19 1 8 3 11 0 1 1.000 6.63 Mike Fontenot 9 0 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alfonso Soriano 698 88 102 121 6 4 0 .969 1.64 Josh Anderson 286 32 40 60 6 2 0 .971 2.08 Angel Pagan 149 17 21 24 0 2 0 .923 1.45 Luis Montanez 109 15 15 23 1 2 0 .923 1.98 Reed Johnson 107 3 32 24 1 1 1 .962 2.11 Mark DeRosa 61 6 13 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 Felix Pie 27 1 10 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 Fernando Perez 9 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 Kosuke Fukudome 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Micah Hoffpauir 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Cameron Maybin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Corey Patterson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Alex Romero 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reed Johnson 642 76 91 156 7 1 1 .994 2.28 Kosuke Fukudome 353 42 49 74 5 1 1 .988 2.01 Felix Pie 182 14 43 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.17 Fernando Perez 143 16 28 26 0 1 0 .963 1.64 Cameron Maybin 59 6 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 Corey Patterson 47 4 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 Josh Anderson 16 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.31 Luis Montanez 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Alex Romero 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Alfonso Soriano 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark DeRosa 674 83 86 92 2 1 0 .989 1.25 Kosuke Fukudome 627 63 96 101 5 2 1 .981 1.52 Angel Pagan 69 8 11 13 0 1 0 .929 1.69 Reed Johnson 31 3 13 5 0 1 0 .833 1.45 Luis Montanez 30 3 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.50 Alex Romero 14 1 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.32 Micah Hoffpauir 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Cameron Maybin 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Fernando Perez 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Josh Anderson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Felix Pie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2008 Draft

Round 2 (#32):	Angel Pagan
Round 4 (#77):	Brian Bruney
Round 5 (#97):	Mike Hampton
Round 6 (#114):	Cameron Maybin
Round 7 (#127):	Jake Westbrook
Round 8 (#138):	Scott Linebrink

Transactions

• 2008-01: acquired Josh Anderson as a free agent
• 2008-02: acquired Fernando Perez as a free agent
• 2008-07: released Mike Hampton
• 2008-07: acquired John Bale as a free agent
• 2008-08: acquired Omar Vizquel as a free agent
• 2008-16: released John Bale
• 2008-16: acquired Alberto Arias as a free agent
• 2008-18: released Alberto Arias
• 2008-18: traded Mike Wuertz to OAA for Joey Devine
• 2008-18: traded CHN#2 to OAA for Justin Duchscherer
• 2008-19: traded Felix Pie to BAA for Luis Montanez
• 2008-21: released Fernando Perez
• 2008-21: acquired Corey Patterson as a free agent
• 2008-23: acquired Tyler Walker as a free agent
• 2008-23: released Scott Linebrink
• 2008-24: acquired Alex Romero as a free agent
• 2008-24: released Corey Patterson
• 2008-26: traded CHN#3 to TOA for Scott Downs
• 2008 postseason: released Brian Bruney, Joey Devine, Justin Duchscherer, Alex Romero

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