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2009 Chicago Cubs  (2008)  (2010) 91-71, 2nd* in NL Central Division Scored 802 runs, Allowed 669 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 90-72   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 83-78 Manager(s): Dennis Schimmel Defeated Colorado Rockies in Divisional Series, 3 games to 0. Defeated Florida Marlins in Championship Series, 3 games to 2. Lost to Boston Red Sox in World Series, 4 games to 2.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos	Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Derrek Lee           33  150  522   91  152  36   0  27  118   0   1   82  102  .291  .384  .515  105   7.2  2e7       -73  
 2B #Brian Roberts        31  160  630   97  162  54   1  20   81  13   5   74  103  .257  .335  .441   94   5.2  3e12      -31  
 OF *Kosuke Fukudome      32  141  467   81  122  34   7  15   58   2   5   83   83  .261  .372  .460   81   6.1  2(-2)e2    36  
 OF #Angel Pagan          28   94  344   53  115  17  10   3   42  13   3   13   51  .334  .357  .468   57   6.5  3(0)e4    -13  
 3B  Aramis Ramirez       31   94  295   43   91  14   1   9   46   1   0   36   42  .308  .391  .454   53   6.7  4e21      -60  
 SS  Ryan Theriot         29  120  493   62  131  18   4   4   47  14   9   36   66  .266  .323  .343   52   3.6  3e17      -47  
 C   Geovany Soto         26  122  318   42   61  18   2   7   37   0   2   59   81  .192  .320  .327   34   3.4  3(0)e3    -55  
 OF  Marlon Byrd          31   38  125   26   44  14   0   6   26   0   0    8   31  .352  .399  .608   30   9.7  3(0)e3    199  
 3B *Mike Fontenot        29   80  204   26   47  14   1  10   33   1   0   23   44  .230  .304  .456   29   5.0  3e16       83  
 OF  Gabe Kapler          33   77  181   29   40  13   0   9   30   2   0   36   37  .221  .347  .442   28   5.1  2(-1)e5    21  
 OF  Alfonso Soriano      33  100  252   34   60  11   0  12   35   3   2   20   53  .238  .293  .425   28   3.7  4(-1)e16   -9  
 OF  Cameron Maybin       22   84  165   22   50  11   0   1   16   1   0   17   52  .303  .370  .388   25   5.8  2(0)e3     30  
 OF *Cory Sullivan        29   67  139   22   44   4   3   2   13   2   1   16   17  .317  .385  .432   24   6.9  3(-1)e3    96  
 C   Kenji Johjima        33   71  238   19   51  14   0   9   28   1   1    7   33  .214  .250  .387   22   3.2  4(-2)e1   -65  
 SS #Omar Vizquel         42   44  162   25   46   7   1   2   20   1   0   14   18  .284  .341  .377   22   4.9  2e4        57  
 OF *Rick Ankiel          29   24   81    9   28   9   0   2   20   0   0    9   21  .346  .407  .531   18   9.3  3(-4)e9   266  
 OF  Reed Johnson         32   63  162   22   36   8   2   5   20   2   2   16   35  .222  .300  .389   18   3.8  2(-1)e4   -53  
 UT  Jake Fox             26   60  145   23   32  10   0   8   26   0   0   10   31  .221  .288  .455   17   3.8            -36  
 3B  Omar Infante         27   23   90   16   29   9   0   1   14   1   0   10   14  .322  .392  .456   16   7.0  3e33       97  
 OF *Sam Fuld             27   47   92   15   28   6   1   1   15   1   0   11   12  .304  .371  .424   15   6.0  3(0)e6    -26  
 3B  Joe Dillon           33    8   24    6   14   4   0   0    4   0   0    0    0  .583  .600  .750   10  29.6  4e18      550  
 1B  Esteban German       31   15   39    9   15   6   0   0    4   0   1    5    4  .385  .455  .538    9  10.4  4e25      242  
 1B *Micah Hoffpauir      29   27   57    7   17   6   1   1    7   0   0    3    8  .298  .344  .491    9   6.2  4e9       109  
 1B *Michael Aubrey       27   11   26    6   11   4   0   3    7   0   0    1    5  .423  .444  .923    8  14.1  2e10      541  
 OF  Luis Montanez        27    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000  .500  .000    0   3.5  3(+1)e10  -25  
 UT #Bobby Scales         31    9   15    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .067  .125  .067    0    .0           -531  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           816                    0

     * - 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  Randy Wells          26  14   6  .700  28  27   0   0   0   0   0  156.1  143   66   62  14   39   83  3.57   57   3.3  -70  
  P  Ryan Dempster        32  12   9  .571  31  31   1   0   0   0   0  184.2  185   98   91  26   56  163  4.44   98   4.8   -9  
  P  Carlos Zambrano      28  11   7  .611  28  27   2   0   0   0   0  169.1  152   78   73  17   75  155  3.88   84   4.5  -13  
  P *Joe Saunders         28  10  12  .455  32  31   0   1   0   0   0  173.0  186   90   86  25   47   96  4.47   93   4.9  -71  
  P  Rich Harden          27   9   6  .600  24  21   0   3   0   0   0  137.1  128   52   52  17   41  161  3.41   63   4.2  -62  
  P *Scott Downs          33   7   4  .636  47   0   0  10   1   2   0   46.2   50   28   26   6   27   49  5.01   30   5.9   54  
  P  Guillermo Mota       35   6   2  .750  51   0   0  11   0   3   0   64.0   63   24   21  11   24   48  2.95   37   5.3   57  
  P *Ted Lilly            33   5  12  .294  23  21   0   0   0   0   0  134.2  113   63   59  20   39  121  3.94   57   3.8   -5  
  P  Carlos Marmol        26   3   2  .600  68   0   0  37  20   5   0   68.2   46   18   17   3   44   91  2.23   21   2.9  -69  
  P  Jason Bulger         30   3   3  .500  59   0   0  18   2   0   0   63.2   60   29   28   4   33   69  3.96   30   4.3    9  
  P  Dirk Hayhurst        28   2   1  .667  22   0   0   5   1   1   0   19.0   19    9    9   3    5    8  4.26   11   5.6  -21  
  P  Darren O'Day         26   2   2  .500  60   0   0  31  19   2   0   59.1   46   17   15   4   14   62  2.28   17   2.6  -15  
  P *Sean Marshall        26   2   2  .500  62   4   0  14   1   2   0   77.2   76   42   42   8   32   55  4.87   43   5.1  -45  
  P  Grant Balfour        31   2   2  .500  46   0   0  14   3   2   0   45.0   48   32   28   5   33   57  5.60   30   6.1   81  
  P  Mark DiFelice        32   1   0 1.000  46   0   0  10   0   0   0   52.2   36   17   15   4   17   50  2.56   16   2.8 -181  
  P *Bobby Seay           31   1   0 1.000   5   0   0   1   0   0   0    7.0    4    1    1   0    2    7  1.29    0    .9 -314  
  P  Elmer Dessens        37   0   0  .000   3   0   0   1   0   0   0    5.0    5    1    1   0    2    1  1.80    1   2.2  -52  
  P  Derek Lowe           36   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    3.2    6    3    3   2    2    5  7.36    5  13.5  420  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      702        -29

     * - 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 812 89 111 791 25 3 2 .996 37 11 Kenji Johjima 568 65 69 514 14 0 0 1.000 21 5 Jake Fox 91 8 20 79 4 4 1 .954 11 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Derrek Lee 1263 139 147 1248 116 3 138 .998 9.72 Micah Hoffpauir 101 11 12 86 7 1 5 .989 8.29 Esteban German 64 8 9 62 2 2 5 .970 9.00 Michael Aubrey 44 4 8 49 2 0 9 1.000 10.51 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brian Roberts 1440 160 160 294 460 9 126 .988 4.71 Mike Fontenot 32 2 8 6 11 0 3 1.000 4.73 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Aramis Ramirez 665 73 85 41 134 8 11 .956 2.37 Mike Fontenot 401 45 53 26 81 2 7 .982 2.40 Jake Fox 197 21 24 9 36 1 3 .978 2.06 Omar Infante 192 22 22 5 36 7 3 .854 1.92 Bobby Scales 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 Joe Dillon 9 1 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 Alfonso Soriano 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Gabe Kapler 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ryan Theriot 1092 120 120 157 421 10 78 .983 4.77 Omar Vizquel 379 42 43 54 171 3 46 .987 5.34 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alfonso Soriano 503 60 69 71 4 8 0 .904 1.34 Reed Johnson 353 44 55 80 2 2 0 .976 2.09 Cory Sullivan 274 29 35 62 5 2 0 .971 2.20 Rick Ankiel 158 18 20 27 0 1 0 .964 1.53 Sam Fuld 83 6 21 16 0 1 0 .941 1.73 Angel Pagan 55 4 16 15 0 1 0 .938 2.47 Gabe Kapler 20 0 10 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.89 Bobby Scales 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 Marlon Byrd 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 Luis Montanez 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jake Fox 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Esteban German 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Angel Pagan 651 73 78 158 5 2 1 .988 2.25 Cameron Maybin 439 48 76 104 6 0 1 1.000 2.25 Marlon Byrd 256 31 33 65 2 0 0 1.000 2.36 Sam Fuld 90 10 11 24 2 0 0 1.000 2.60 Gabe Kapler 9 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 Kosuke Fukudome 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Rick Ankiel 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 Reed Johnson 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Cory Sullivan 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kosuke Fukudome 1042 110 128 184 6 3 0 .984 1.64 Gabe Kapler 403 52 55 88 6 0 1 1.000 2.10 Cory Sullivan 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Reed Johnson 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Sam Fuld 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Marlon Byrd 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Rick Ankiel 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Fontenot 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Angel Pagan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2009 Draft

Round 1 (#24):	Darren O'Day
Round 4 (#91):	Jason Bulger
Round 5 (#111):	Guillermo Mota
Round 6 (#127):	Gabe Kapler
Round 7 (#142):	Omar Vizquel
Round 8 (#155):	Mark DiFelice

Transactions

• 2009 preseason: released rookie David Patton
• 2009-02: acquired Cory Sullivan as a free agent
• 2009-03: acquired Esteban German as a free agent
• 2009-10: released Esteban German
• 2009-10: acquired Dirk Hayhurst as a free agent
• 2009-20: traded CHN#2 to CIN for Marlon Byrd
• 2009-20: traded Ted Lilly, Ryan Theriot to LAN for Derek Lowe, LAN#2, LAN#3
• 2009-20: traded Alfonso Soriano to CHA for Omar Infante
• 2009-20: acquired Troy Glaus as a free agent
• 2009-21: acquired Rick Ankiel as a free agent
• 2009-21: released Dirk Hayhurst
• 2009-23: released Troy Glaus
• 2009-23: acquired Michael Aubrey as a free agent
• 2009-24: acquired Elmer Dessens as a free agent
• 2009-24: released Guillermo Mota
• 2009-25: released Elmer Dessens
• 2009-25: acquired Bobby Seay as a free agent
• 2009 postseason: released Jason Bulger, Gabe Kapler

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