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1988 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 75-87
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 592
Runs Allowed: 653
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 1,932,937
Manager: Scott Stewart

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-79, 11th in the National League
AA: 62-76, 7th in the National League
A: 64-74, 8th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 33 159 588 80 163 19 5 7 49 58 27 71 86 .277 .357 .362 .719 79.8 18.5 5.9
RF *Darryl Strawberry 26 158 559 84 142 34 6 26 89 54 11 65 193 .254 .333 .476 .809 93.3 24.4 2.9
LF *Rudy Law 31 146 543 74 157 29 9 12 81 55 20 31 51 .289 .325 .442 .767 74.9 17.5 2.8
2B  Dickie Thon 30 158 490 57 117 11 10 6 44 3 7 53 99 .239 .311 .339 .650 52.1 9.1 4.8
C *Matt Nokes 24 132 445 45 117 19 0 7 50 0 0 26 64 .263 .302 .353 .654 46.2 9.2 6.7
2B #Donnie Hill 27 125 424 42 105 23 0 12 59 0 0 20 85 .248 .285 .387 .672 44.1 8.8 3.4
RF *Milt Thompson 29 93 379 44 107 13 2 1 32 43 15 17 92 .282 .312 .335 .647 40.5 8.2 1.4
1B  Steve Balboni 31 127 372 26 62 12 2 11 37 0 3 23 139 .167 .215 .298 .513 21.9 0.0 1.8
CF *Claudell Washington 33 140 365 32 82 17 2 5 30 30 15 15 113 .225 .256 .323 .579 28.2 2.3 1.5
2B  Mike Richardt 30 140 300 32 74 10 3 5 30 1 3 14 42 .247 .278 .350 .628 28.2 4.4 2.1
C  Bill Bathe 27 105 221 18 46 9 1 4 20 2 0 7 56 .208 .230 .312 .543 16.0 1.0 2.8
RF #Derrel Thomas 37 110 170 23 43 13 1 0 18 7 2 5 29 .253 .279 .341 .621 15.7 2.4 1.1
LF #Joe Wallis 36 77 120 18 32 6 2 1 16 1 0 10 26 .267 .321 .375 .696 14.4 3.2 0.4
1B  Joey Meyer 26 32 100 6 22 6 1 2 8 0 0 8 39 .220 .278 .360 .638 9.2 1.5 0.5
P  Dennis Eckersley 33 31 70 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 40 .100 .113 .100 .213 -2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Norris 33 34 67 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 36 .045 .059 .090 .148 -3.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Walk 31 30 53 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 .094 .094 .113 .208 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P *Willie Hernandez 33 27 57 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 .035 .035 .035 .070 -4.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Gott 28 22 42 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .119 .119 .167 .286 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Plunk 24 19 34 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .088 .088 .088 .176 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Ricky Horton 28 70 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Craig Eaton 33 72 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Stan Clarke 27 58 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Schooler 25 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  John Davis 25 70 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Ladd 31 84 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jerry Reed 32 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2279 5431 592 1297 224 44 100 574 254 103 368 1293 .239 .287 .352 .639 550.0 110.6 38.2
  Rank among 12 NL teams 12 10 12 11 2 7 10 2 12 11 12 12 12 11 12 11  
* - 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 33 6 12 .333 31 31 0 210.7 184 70 12 42 183 2.99 12.9
 Mike Norris 33 12 14 .462 34 34 0 202.0 168 81 15 86 161 3.61 9.2
*Willie Hernandez 33 8 10 .444 27 27 0 175.3 169 63 7 29 98 3.23 9.0
 Bob Walk 31 12 8 .600 30 30 0 163.7 168 70 6 74 60 3.85 7.3
 Jim Gott 28 4 8 .333 22 22 0 125.7 132 62 17 48 100 4.44 1.1
 Eric Plunk 24 5 4 .556 19 18 0 99.3 95 48 8 66 57 4.35 1.7
*Ricky Horton 28 4 2 .667 70 0 1 90.7 89 40 2 27 56 3.97 5.4
 John Davis 25 6 5 .545 70 0 0 88.7 75 26 2 40 85 2.64 9.4
 Pete Ladd 31 4 12 .250 84 0 50 80.7 87 38 7 20 64 4.24 8.9
 Craig Eaton 33 7 6 .538 72 0 1 77.3 85 36 2 26 34 4.19 2.9
*Stan Clarke 27 4 1 .800 58 0 0 57.3 41 10 1 25 37 1.57 8.4
 Mike Schooler 25 3 3 .500 37 0 0 43.0 49 28 7 23 28 5.86 0.0
 Jerry Reed 32 0 1 .000 21 0 0 24.7 31 18 6 10 14 6.57 0.0
*Mark Thurmond 31 0 1 .000 3 0 0 2.0 4 2 0 1 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.6 75 87 .463 578 162 52 1440.9 1377 592 92 517 977 3.70 76.2
Rank among 12 NL teams 8 8 3 8 11 4 3 10 12 11 10  
* - 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 .991 29.2
M.Nokes 1038.3 115 126 684 71 4 2 .995 32.0
B.Bathe 398.7 47 50 296 23 0 0 1.000 34.8
D.Thomas 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.0 162 177 982 94 4 2 .996 32.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.91
S.Balboni 950.0 119 122 1139 92 5 105 .996 11.66
J.Meyer 259.0 31 32 302 27 1 28 .997 11.43
M.Richardt 125.3 7 38 137 17 0 19 1.000 11.06
D.Thomas 103.7 5 44 128 19 1 15 .993 12.76
C.Washington 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 237 1707 155 7 167 .996 11.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 5.42
J.Cruz 1242.7 140 140 299 519 13 114 .984 5.92
M.Richardt 139.3 15 18 28 55 3 14 .965 5.36
D.Thomas 56.0 7 7 14 24 1 7 .974 6.11
D.Thon 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 166 341 598 17 135 .982 5.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.83
D.Thon 1265.7 149 151 73 371 11 39 .976 3.16
M.Richardt 104.0 8 25 7 28 0 2 1.000 3.03
D.Thomas 49.3 5 11 5 12 0 2 1.000 3.10
J.Cruz 8.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Washington 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Hill 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Wallis 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Bathe 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 198 86 415 11 43 .979 3.13
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.74
D.Hill 994.0 117 117 144 413 24 82 .959 5.04
M.Richardt 271.3 29 40 40 109 3 17 .980 4.94
J.Cruz 86.0 8 14 16 29 2 9 .957 4.71
D.Thomas 66.0 6 14 11 20 0 6 1.000 4.23
D.Thon 17.0 2 2 1 7 2 1 .800 4.24
C.Washington 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Wallis 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 190 212 578 31 115 .962 4.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.74
R.Law 740.3 84 85 137 3 0 1 1.000 1.70
M.Thompson 446.5 51 54 79 2 6 1 .931 1.63
C.Washington 74.3 9 11 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Wallis 55.3 6 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.98
D.Thomas 17.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
B.Bathe 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1334.8 152 163 238 5 6 2 .976 1.64
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.27
C.Washington 584.0 71 74 124 3 6 0 .955 1.96
R.Law 481.0 53 58 112 2 0 0 1.000 2.13
M.Thompson 135.4 16 16 32 1 3 0 .917 2.19
J.Wallis 95.7 6 29 29 1 3 1 .909 2.82
D.Thomas 42.3 5 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.55
D.Strawberry 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1346.4 152 186 310 7 12 1 .964 2.12
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.82
D.Strawberry 1329.0 149 156 260 8 6 1 .978 1.81
M.Thompson 201.3 22 23 42 1 4 0 .915 1.92
C.Washington 47.0 5 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
J.Wallis 35.0 4 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.54
D.Thomas 27.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
R.Law 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1642.3 184 196 324 10 10 1 .971 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.03
D.Eckersley 210.7 31 31 15 31 3 2 .939 1.97
M.Norris 202.0 34 34 12 45 3 4 .950 2.54
W.Hernandez 175.3 27 27 16 29 0 1 1.000 2.31
B.Walk 163.7 30 30 16 36 2 6 .963 2.86
J.Gott 125.7 22 22 8 18 0 1 1.000 1.86
E.Plunk 99.3 18 19 9 16 1 0 .962 2.27
R.Horton 90.7 0 70 6 20 1 3 .963 2.58
J.Davis 88.7 0 70 10 15 1 1 .962 2.54
P.Ladd 80.7 0 84 8 11 1 1 .950 2.12
C.Eaton 77.3 0 72 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.98
S.Clarke 57.3 0 58 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.88
M.Schooler 43.0 0 37 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.67
J.Reed 24.7 0 21 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.73
M.Thurmond 2.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1440.9 162 578 111 250 12 20 .968 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Law .289
On-Base Pct Cruz .357
Slugging Pct Strawberry .476
OPS Strawberry .809
XR Strawberry 93.3
Games Cruz 159
At-Bats Cruz 588
Runs Strawberry 84
Hits Cruz 163
Total Bases Strawberry 266
Singles Cruz 132
Doubles Strawberry 34
Triples Thon 10
Homeruns Strawberry 26
RBIs Strawberry 89
Stolen Bases Cruz 58
Caught Stealing Cruz 27
Walks Cruz 71
Strikeouts Strawberry 193
ERA Eckersley 2.99
Wins Norris, Walk 12
Losses Norris 14
Winning Pct Walk .600
Saves Ladd 50
Games Pitched Ladd 84
Games Started Norris 34
Complete Games Hernandez, Norris 1
Shutouts Hernandez, Norris 1
Innings Pitched Eckersley 210.7
Hits Allowed Eckersley 184
Homeruns Allowed Gott 17
Strikeouts Eckersley 183
Walks Allowed Norris 86
Walks per 9IP Hernandez 1.5
Hits per 9IP Norris 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Eckersley 7.8
WHiP Eckersley 1.07
OAVG Norris .226
OOBP Eckersley .275
OSLG Eckersley .331
OOPS Eckersley .607
Team All-Stars
Julio Cruz
Rudy Law
Milt Thompson
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
Darryl Strawberry $ 4,764,286
Pete Ladd $ 3,560,000
Milt Thompson $ 3,300,000
Craig Eaton $ 2,000,000
Donnie Hill $ 1,450,000
Derrel Thomas $ 1,300,000
Dickie Thon $ 1,240,000
Jim Gott $ 1,150,000
Mike Norris $ 1,000,000
Ricky Horton $ 800,000
Jerry Reed $ 662,857
Joe Wallis $ 550,000
Mark Thurmond $ 364,286
John Davis $ 300,000
Stan Clarke $ 300,000
Bill Bathe $ 300,000
Steve Balboni $ 300,000
Matt Nokes $ 300,000
Eric Plunk $ 300,000
Mike Richardt $ 300,000
Mike Schooler $ 300,000
Joey Meyer $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Mike Norris
2/23 Signed     Craig Eaton
3/2 Signed     T Player
3/2 Traded T Player Philadelphia Johnny Paredes
6/16 Signed     Trade Player
6/16 Traded Trade Player Chicago (A) Milt Thompson
 
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