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1996 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 80-82
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 827
Runs Allowed: 763
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 2,455,893
Manager: Scott Stewart

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-67, 6th in the National League
AA: 57-81, 12th in the National League
A: 88-50, 2nd 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
C *Matt Nokes 32 162 684 98 186 18 0 18 71 1 0 51 53 .272 .321 .377 .698 78.1 9.2 4.1
2B *Delino Deshields 27 152 613 111 169 32 13 12 64 55 34 77 171 .276 .357 .429 .786 90.8 13.9 5.4
1B *Ryan Klesko 25 159 597 120 168 46 1 48 131 0 0 84 133 .281 .370 .603 .973 123.8 24.2 2.6
3B *Jim Thome 25 158 523 98 141 38 2 30 109 1 0 140 190 .270 .425 .522 .947 116.2 23.2 2.2
RF #Nelson Simmons 33 151 582 119 174 27 3 46 124 6 2 78 58 .299 .379 .593 .972 121.7 23.6 4.0
RF  Ron Kittle 38 153 571 79 161 15 2 22 77 2 0 50 68 .282 .338 .431 .769 82.5 13.0 3.7
CF *Joe Orsulak 34 154 559 44 161 19 5 3 66 0 2 27 63 .288 .319 .356 .675 56.0 5.6 6.8
SS #Jose Valentin 26 149 535 67 151 30 3 21 85 0 0 39 85 .282 .329 .467 .796 77.9 12.0 6.6
1B  Carlos Martinez 31 82 195 11 35 6 0 0 8 0 0 13 59 .179 .231 .210 .441 6.6 0.0 1.0
RF  Bo Jackson 33 124 165 21 46 8 1 5 30 3 0 9 44 .279 .314 .430 .745 21.5 3.2 0.2
RF *Milt Thompson 37 107 162 26 47 5 0 2 15 9 6 12 46 .290 .339 .358 .697 18.4 2.1 0.8
SS  Rafael Ramirez 38 100 143 13 25 4 1 0 8 0 0 8 42 .175 .242 .217 .459 6.3 0.0 0.8
P  Kevin Gross 35 36 70 2 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 25 .100 .137 .129 .266 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Rijo 31 36 68 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 17 .103 .127 .147 .274 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Sanders 27 33 63 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 31 .048 .130 .063 .194 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Plunk 32 30 52 5 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .135 .135 .192 .327 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Randy Johnson 32 19 40 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 20 .025 .133 .025 .158 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jamie Moyer 33 58 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Mike Remlinger 30 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 0.9 0.1 0.0
P  Bill Wertz 29 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Joel Johnston 29 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  John Davis 33 67 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Meads 32 52 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Cecena 32 89 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Gregg Olson 29 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Francisco Cordova 24 48 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 2254 5671 827 1494 254 31 208 803 77 44 610 1139 .263 .335 .429 .764 796.6 130.0 38.4
  Rank among 14 NL teams 2 3 3 12 12 2 3 5 13 2 2 3 2 4 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
 Kevin Gross 35 11 14 .440 36 36 0 216.0 201 111 31 99 194 4.63 7.3
 Scott Sanders 27 7 14 .333 33 33 0 193.7 186 111 35 79 210 5.16 3.2
 Jose Rijo 31 10 12 .455 36 36 0 193.3 190 99 41 48 233 4.61 5.1
 Eric Plunk 32 13 7 .650 30 27 0 138.0 126 75 18 100 167 4.89 5.4
*Randy Johnson 32 10 4 .714 19 19 0 118.3 102 52 13 46 119 3.96 6.4
 Jose Cecena 32 5 7 .417 89 0 1 106.7 58 34 7 56 152 2.87 10.2
*Jamie Moyer 33 5 8 .385 58 5 0 96.0 97 54 19 34 88 5.06 1.9
 John Davis 33 9 5 .643 67 0 29 78.7 70 22 3 40 85 2.52 13.5
*Dave Meads 32 3 0 1.000 52 0 0 65.0 59 27 5 29 46 3.74 4.5
 Gregg Olson 29 1 1 .500 52 0 0 56.3 40 19 1 28 60 3.04 5.2
 Bill Wertz 29 2 4 .333 40 0 0 55.3 69 38 17 25 51 6.18 0.0
 Joel Johnston 29 1 3 .250 34 0 2 49.3 42 22 3 28 52 4.01 2.9
 Francisco Cordova 24 1 1 .500 48 1 1 45.7 38 15 6 10 43 2.96 4.5
*Mike Remlinger 30 2 2 .500 9 5 0 33.0 28 17 4 16 20 4.64 1.2
 Antonio Osuna 23 0 0 .000 13 0 0 14.3 17 8 2 8 23 5.02 0.1
Team Totals 30.1 80 82 .494 616 162 33 1459.6 1323 704 205 646 1543 4.34 71.5
Rank among 14 NL teams 8 8 13 8 5 3 13 10 14 2 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 .996 28.2
M.Nokes 1459.7 162 162 1545 50 6 0 .996 21.0
Team Total 1459.7 162 162 1545 50 6 0 .996 21.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 10.08
R.Klesko 1364.7 153 157 1385 123 8 122 .995 9.95
C.Martinez 95.0 9 15 94 4 1 6 .990 9.28
Team Total 1459.7 162 172 1479 127 9 128 .994 9.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.13
D.Deshields 1294.3 143 149 249 468 16 93 .978 4.99
C.Martinez 161.3 19 26 18 65 0 7 1.000 4.63
J.Valentin 4.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.7 162 178 268 534 16 100 .980 4.94
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.42
J.Thome 1354.7 151 152 69 269 27 25 .926 2.25
C.Martinez 105.0 11 16 4 13 3 1 .850 1.46
Team Total 1459.7 162 168 73 282 30 26 .922 2.19
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 4.47
J.Valentin 1254.7 142 145 156 480 25 83 .962 4.56
R.Ramirez 183.0 19 28 21 59 2 7 .976 3.93
C.Martinez 22.0 1 7 2 7 0 2 1.000 3.68
Team Total 1459.7 162 180 179 546 27 92 .964 4.47
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.59
N.Simmons 1309.7 147 147 183 8 0 1 1.000 1.31
M.Thompson 148.0 15 24 16 3 1 0 .950 1.16
B.Jackson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 172 199 11 1 1 .995 1.29
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.14
J.Orsulak 1339.7 150 153 293 6 0 3 1.000 2.01
M.Thompson 118.0 12 21 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.53
B.Jackson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.7 162 175 313 7 0 3 1.000 1.97
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.73
R.Kittle 1282.0 144 149 177 6 1 3 .995 1.28
B.Jackson 153.7 17 21 17 1 3 0 .857 1.05
M.Thompson 20.0 1 6 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
N.Simmons 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 179 194 7 5 3 .976 1.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.84
K.Gross 216.0 36 36 14 37 0 1 1.000 2.13
S.Sanders 193.7 33 33 13 28 1 4 .976 1.91
J.Rijo 193.3 36 36 18 16 3 1 .919 1.58
E.Plunk 138.0 27 30 9 18 0 1 1.000 1.76
R.Johnson 118.3 19 19 8 20 1 1 .966 2.13
J.Cecena 106.7 0 89 7 5 0 0 1.000 1.01
J.Moyer 96.0 5 58 6 24 2 1 .938 2.81
J.Davis 78.7 0 67 3 12 2 2 .882 1.72
D.Meads 65.0 0 52 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.49
G.Olson 56.3 0 52 6 6 1 0 .923 1.92
B.Wertz 55.3 0 40 2 6 2 1 .800 1.30
J.Johnston 49.3 0 34 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.19
F.Cordova 45.7 1 48 5 9 1 0 .933 2.76
M.Remlinger 33.0 5 9 2 11 1 2 .929 3.55
A.Osuna 14.3 0 13 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
Team Total 1459.6 162 616 102 214 14 15 .958 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Simmons .299
On-Base Pct Thome .425
Slugging Pct Klesko .603
OPS Klesko .973
XR Klesko 123.8
Games Nokes 162
At-Bats Nokes 684
Runs Klesko 120
Hits Nokes 186
Total Bases Klesko 360
Singles Nokes 150
Doubles Klesko 46
Triples Deshields 13
Homeruns Klesko 48
RBIs Klesko 131
Stolen Bases Deshields 55
Caught Stealing Deshields 34
Walks Thome 140
Strikeouts Thome 190
ERA Rijo 4.61
Wins Plunk 13
Losses Gross, Sanders 14
Winning Pct Plunk .650
Saves Davis 29
Games Pitched Cecena 89
Games Started Gross, Rijo 36
Complete Games Gross 3
Shutouts Gross, Rijo 2
Innings Pitched Gross 216.0
Hits Allowed Gross 201
Homeruns Allowed Rijo 41
Strikeouts Rijo 233
Walks Allowed Plunk 100
Walks per 9IP Rijo 2.2
Hits per 9IP Gross 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Rijo 10.8
WHiP Rijo 1.23
OAVG Gross .247
OOBP Rijo .300
OSLG Gross .421
OOPS Gross .752
Team All-Stars
Ryan Klesko
Jim Thome
Player Salaries
Nelson Simmons $ 10,770,000
Jim Thome $ 5,257,143
Joe Orsulak $ 5,000,000
Kevin Gross $ 4,500,000
Jose Rijo $ 4,500,000
Ron Kittle $ 4,500,000
Matt Nokes $ 3,750,000
Jose Cecena $ 3,750,000
John Davis $ 3,500,000
Bo Jackson $ 3,410,000
Rafael Ramirez $ 3,290,000
Eric Plunk $ 3,000,000
Jamie Moyer $ 2,830,000
Delino Deshields $ 2,564,286
Randy Johnson $ 2,342,857
Joe Klink $ 1,828,571
Dave Meads $ 1,017,143
Milt Thompson $ 450,000
Gregg Olson $ 350,000
Bill Wertz $ 300,000
Antonio Osuna $ 300,000
Carlos Martinez $ 300,000
Ryan Klesko $ 300,000
Mike Remlinger $ 300,000
Joel Johnston $ 300,000
Scott Sanders $ 300,000
Jose Valentin $ 300,000
Francisco Cordova $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Ron Kittle
2/2 Signed     Jose Cecena
2/17 Signed     Milt Thompson
2/17 Signed     Carlos Martinez
3/2 Traded Tony Graffanino Carolina Dave Otto
3/2 Released Dave Otto    
3/2 Traded Dave Otto Philadelphia Damian Jackson
3/2 Traded Dave Otto Carolina Felipe Crespo
4/1 Released Bill Doran    
4/1 Traded Jorge Fabregas Pittsburgh Alex Gonzalez
 
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