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1987 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 92-70
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 704
Runs Allowed: 629
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 2,945,515
Manager: Scott Stewart

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-80, 11th in the National League
AA: 63-75, 9th in the National League
A: 52-86, 12th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over Toronto Blue Jays
Won NL League Series 4-1 over San Diego Padres
Won Division Series 3-1 over Pittsburgh Pirates
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B #Julio Cruz 32 156 594 87 179 23 13 2 49 76 25 78 57 .301 .381 .394 .775 96.4 25.2 7.3
LF *Rudy Law 30 159 606 87 155 28 12 14 76 56 21 32 59 .256 .291 .411 .702 75.1 14.6 3.0
RF *Darryl Strawberry 25 159 559 101 143 32 8 28 92 43 12 74 133 .256 .343 .492 .835 98.3 24.8 3.7
CF *Claudell Washington 32 156 576 78 159 39 12 12 69 62 22 22 123 .276 .305 .448 .753 77.8 17.8 3.6
1B  Dave Kingman 38 154 551 71 144 32 2 14 75 0 0 38 139 .261 .318 .403 .721 69.6 14.5 1.9
2B #Donnie Hill 26 152 561 54 152 20 7 6 68 2 0 32 97 .271 .308 .364 .672 59.8 11.3 4.7
C  Johnny Bench 39 148 497 66 109 23 1 18 64 0 0 61 115 .219 .306 .378 .684 56.6 10.1 8.1
2B  Dickie Thon 29 155 485 55 127 29 8 11 68 0 6 40 92 .262 .317 .423 .740 58.2 12.0 5.1
LF #Joe Wallis 35 121 195 20 53 14 2 1 25 0 0 20 30 .272 .340 .379 .719 24.8 5.9 0.8
RF #Derrel Thomas 36 108 192 23 51 13 3 0 16 8 3 20 31 .266 .333 .365 .698 22.6 4.6 1.8
C  Bill Bathe 26 69 155 23 36 11 0 10 35 0 0 5 34 .232 .259 .497 .756 19.4 3.6 1.6
2B  Mike Richardt 29 98 139 16 43 11 3 0 18 0 0 12 20 .309 .362 .432 .793 20.3 5.2 0.8
P  Dennis Eckersley 32 36 90 2 9 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 44 .100 .138 .144 .283 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Willie Hernandez 32 38 78 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 47 .090 .134 .103 .237 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Randy Jones 37 32 61 5 11 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 34 .180 .219 .230 .448 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Plunk 23 24 41 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .122 .143 .146 .289 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Walk 30 17 35 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 .114 .162 .143 .305 0.0 0.0 0.0
1B  Steve Balboni 30 35 33 4 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 9 .152 .222 .333 .556 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Gott 27 63 29 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .103 .188 .103 .291 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ricky Horton 27 41 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Stan Clarke 26 54 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jerry Reed 31 57 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Pete Ladd 30 72 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Craig Eaton 32 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  John Davis 24 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 2218 5496 704 1397 282 71 119 671 247 89 456 1113 .254 .312 .396 .708 682.7 150.0 42.3
  Rank among 12 NL teams 9 4 6 3 3 3 4 2 10 8 12 6 7 3 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Dennis Eckersley 32 22 5 .815 36 36 0 273.7 195 54 22 42 135 1.78 24.8
*Willie Hernandez 32 16 11 .593 38 38 0 240.7 214 69 8 46 245 2.58 15.1
*Randy Jones 37 13 9 .591 32 32 0 183.7 185 71 15 59 67 3.48 7.9
 Jim Gott 27 9 7 .563 63 14 0 147.3 120 66 19 70 91 4.03 5.4
 Eric Plunk 23 4 11 .267 24 21 0 115.7 134 88 9 100 65 6.85 0.0
 Bob Walk 30 6 5 .545 17 17 0 100.7 92 32 2 19 45 2.86 5.8
 Pete Ladd 30 7 4 .636 72 0 46 81.3 68 18 4 10 65 1.99 15.8
 Craig Eaton 32 5 4 .556 70 0 3 67.7 60 22 0 28 27 2.93 5.8
 Jerry Reed 31 5 3 .625 57 0 1 62.7 71 31 6 35 26 4.45 1.1
*Ricky Horton 27 1 5 .167 41 4 2 61.7 68 37 1 24 33 5.40 0.0
*Stan Clarke 26 1 2 .333 54 0 1 56.3 51 22 3 38 44 3.52 2.0
 John Davis 24 3 4 .429 44 0 1 45.0 54 30 3 40 26 6.00 0.0
*Mark Thurmond 30 0 0 .000 9 0 0 9.7 15 8 3 5 6 7.45 0.0
Team Totals 29.3 92 70 .568 557 162 54 1445.9 1327 548 95 516 875 3.41 83.7
Rank among 12 NL teams 4 4 1 4 9 3 5 5 9 11 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 26.8
J.Bench 1146.7 126 135 711 80 4 3 .995 38.8
B.Bathe 299.3 36 38 178 8 3 1 .984 8.7
Team Total 1446.0 162 173 889 88 7 4 .993 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.41
D.Kingman 1304.0 148 151 1605 110 16 167 .991 11.84
D.Thomas 67.0 7 13 73 10 0 11 1.000 11.15
M.Richardt 64.0 6 12 75 3 0 8 1.000 10.97
S.Balboni 8.0 1 2 6 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Bench 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 180 1762 125 16 186 .992 11.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 5.65
J.Cruz 1305.0 147 151 340 574 25 139 .973 6.30
D.Thomas 110.0 12 14 30 59 2 11 .978 7.28
M.Richardt 27.0 3 5 7 8 0 1 1.000 5.00
D.Thon 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1446.0 162 172 377 642 27 152 .974 6.34
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 3.04
D.Thon 1237.0 146 152 88 393 15 32 .970 3.50
M.Richardt 99.0 7 25 8 30 2 7 .950 3.45
D.Thomas 94.0 9 18 4 25 3 3 .906 2.78
J.Bench 8.0 0 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Cruz 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Kingman 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Wallis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 205 100 455 20 42 .965 3.45
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 4.94
D.Hill 1292.7 146 151 202 510 25 106 .966 4.96
D.Thomas 89.3 9 13 14 49 3 10 .955 6.35
M.Richardt 59.0 7 10 10 21 1 4 .969 4.73
J.Cruz 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Wallis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Thon 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 178 227 581 29 120 .965 5.03
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.82
R.Law 1304.0 145 154 233 11 1 3 .996 1.68
J.Wallis 127.0 16 17 17 1 1 1 .947 1.28
D.Thomas 13.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
C.Washington 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 176 251 12 2 4 .992 1.64
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.42
C.Washington 1289.7 149 153 296 9 13 3 .959 2.13
J.Wallis 129.3 12 23 36 1 1 1 .974 2.57
D.Thomas 15.0 1 4 5 0 1 0 .833 3.00
R.Law 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Bench 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Kingman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 186 340 10 15 4 .959 2.18
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.88
D.Strawberry 1358.7 151 157 299 5 6 1 .981 2.01
J.Wallis 78.0 10 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
D.Thomas 9.3 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
Team Total 1446.0 162 170 314 5 6 1 .982 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.05
D.Eckersley 273.7 36 36 19 43 6 6 .912 2.04
W.Hernandez 240.7 38 38 8 42 2 3 .962 1.87
R.Jones 183.7 32 32 9 26 0 2 1.000 1.72
J.Gott 147.3 14 63 5 30 1 1 .972 2.14
E.Plunk 115.7 21 24 8 25 2 2 .943 2.57
B.Walk 100.7 17 17 12 22 0 4 1.000 3.04
P.Ladd 81.3 0 72 3 15 0 1 1.000 1.99
C.Eaton 67.7 0 70 3 20 0 4 1.000 3.06
J.Reed 62.7 0 57 5 12 1 0 .944 2.44
R.Horton 61.7 4 41 1 8 1 1 .900 1.31
S.Clarke 56.3 0 54 1 11 0 3 1.000 1.92
J.Davis 45.0 0 44 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.00
M.Thurmond 9.7 0 9 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.9 162 557 75 263 14 28 .960 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cruz .301
On-Base Pct Cruz .381
Slugging Pct Strawberry .492
OPS Strawberry .835
XR Strawberry 98.3
Games Strawberry, Law 159
At-Bats Law 606
Runs Strawberry 101
Hits Cruz 179
Total Bases Strawberry 275
Singles Cruz 141
Doubles Washington 39
Triples Cruz 13
Homeruns Strawberry 28
RBIs Strawberry 92
Stolen Bases Cruz 76
Caught Stealing Cruz 25
Walks Cruz 78
Strikeouts Kingman 139
ERA Eckersley 1.78
Wins Eckersley 22
Losses Hernandez, Plunk 11
Winning Pct Eckersley .815
Saves Ladd 46
Games Pitched Ladd 72
Games Started Hernandez 38
Complete Games Eckersley 8
Shutouts Eckersley 2
Innings Pitched Eckersley 273.7
Hits Allowed Hernandez 214
Homeruns Allowed Eckersley 22
Strikeouts Hernandez 245
Walks Allowed Plunk 100
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.4
Hits per 9IP Eckersley 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Hernandez 9.2
WHiP Eckersley 0.87
OAVG Eckersley .199
OOBP Eckersley .233
OSLG Eckersley .296
OOPS Eckersley .530
Team All-Stars
Dennis Eckersley
Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley $ 15,000,000
Willie Hernandez $ 8,340,000
Claudell Washington $ 7,500,000
Julio Cruz $ 6,750,000
Bob Walk $ 5,090,000
Rudy Law $ 5,050,000
Johnny Bench $ 4,900,000
Darryl Strawberry $ 4,764,286
Pete Ladd $ 4,500,000
Craig Eaton $ 3,300,000
Dave Kingman $ 2,400,000
Randy Jones $ 2,125,000
Donnie Hill $ 1,342,857
Derrel Thomas $ 1,300,000
Jim Gott $ 1,150,000
Dickie Thon $ 1,100,000
Ricky Horton $ 800,000
Joe Wallis $ 550,000
Mark Thurmond $ 364,286
Mike Richardt $ 360,000
Eric Plunk $ 100,000
Jerry Reed $ 100,000
Steve Balboni $ 100,000
John Davis $ 100,000
Stan Clarke $ 100,000
Bill Bathe $ 100,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/2 Gerald Young Marty Clary
3/2 Ben Hayes Jay Aldrich
T Player
3/2 T Player Gary Mielke
3/2 T Player Logan Easley
3/2   T Player
 
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