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1998 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 97-65
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 932
Runs Allowed: 736
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 3,110,728
Manager: Scott Stewart

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-84, 13th in the National League
AA: 60-78, 11th in the National League
A: 80-58, 2nd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Division Series 0-3 to 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 *Delino Deshields 29 156 616 106 181 30 13 8 54 71 40 94 136 .294 .390 .424 .813 102.6 16.0 6.3
RF #Nelson Simmons 35 160 595 117 184 26 3 40 126 7 6 89 45 .309 .397 .565 .962 120.4 21.7 3.6
3B *Jim Thome 27 158 526 101 151 33 2 42 115 2 2 136 185 .287 .437 .597 1.034 135.2 26.7 6.2
SS #Jose Valentin 28 154 590 98 186 43 4 35 100 2 0 53 106 .315 .369 .580 .949 115.1 21.4 6.2
LF #Jose Cruz Jr. 24 153 564 101 130 35 4 51 119 9 2 57 188 .230 .300 .578 .878 99.4 14.7 3.1
C  Mike Sweeney 24 154 553 73 153 30 2 23 91 0 0 57 58 .277 .344 .463 .807 79.8 11.2 6.6
1B *Ryan Klesko 27 107 387 93 133 31 3 44 118 0 0 68 91 .344 .439 .780 1.219 115.7 24.9 1.2
C  Jim Vatcher 32 142 364 65 122 20 3 8 58 1 1 36 77 .335 .393 .473 .866 62.3 11.2 2.0
CF *Brett Butler 41 86 319 58 85 18 5 0 35 11 14 32 45 .266 .332 .354 .687 33.5 3.0 2.3
SS  Alex Gonzalez 25 88 191 33 47 9 3 7 20 6 1 12 46 .246 .298 .435 .732 23.0 2.3 1.9
RF *Luis Polonia 34 118 186 35 39 3 2 0 12 11 14 14 46 .210 .269 .247 .516 8.4 0.0 0.7
CF *Joe Orsulak 36 56 187 12 42 5 1 2 15 1 2 10 27 .225 .263 .294 .557 13.2 0.0 1.4
1B  Carlos Martinez 33 44 112 7 14 1 0 2 6 0 0 7 31 .125 .175 .188 .363 1.4 0.0 0.4
P  Scott Bankhead 34 39 93 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 31 .065 .112 .086 .198 -3.2 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Plunk 34 36 82 4 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 29 .098 .124 .110 .233 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Sanders 29 37 79 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 37 .089 .133 .101 .234 -1.8 0.0 0.0
3B  Pat Kelly 30 69 76 13 22 5 0 2 9 1 0 6 25 .289 .357 .434 .791 11.5 1.8 0.7
P  Trever Miller 25 35 77 5 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 34 .091 .125 .156 .281 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Cory Lidle 26 24 38 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .105 .128 .105 .233 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  John Davis 35 94 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Francisco Cordova 26 50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Rob Mallicoat 33 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gregg Olson 31 67 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Cecena 34 71 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Antonio Osuna 25 36 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Joel Johnston 31 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Ricky Bottalico 28 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 2247 5668 932 1521 296 46 264 894 122 83 691 1271 .268 .348 .477 .824 913.4 155.1 42.5
  Rank among 14 NL teams 7 2 4 11 4 1 2 1 14 2 1 3 1 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Scott Bankhead 34 19 10 .655 39 39 0 249.7 243 126 40 83 297 4.54 10.7
 Eric Plunk 34 17 7 .708 36 36 0 230.7 163 70 20 111 258 2.73 19.9
 Scott Sanders 29 16 8 .667 37 37 0 215.7 208 95 29 75 259 3.96 12.2
*Trever Miller 25 12 16 .429 35 35 0 198.0 194 116 30 72 199 5.27 3.5
 John Davis 35 5 5 .500 94 0 5 112.3 94 39 6 59 122 3.12 10.5
 Cory Lidle 26 5 2 .714 24 13 1 102.7 87 38 16 16 76 3.33 8.0
 Gregg Olson 31 3 2 .600 67 0 1 79.3 76 38 4 40 80 4.31 5.1
 Jose Cecena 34 5 5 .500 71 0 36 68.0 50 23 5 40 114 3.04 12.2
*Rob Mallicoat 33 8 2 .800 48 0 2 50.7 43 24 9 15 73 4.26 4.7
 Francisco Cordova 26 0 2 .000 48 2 4 46.7 46 24 4 19 48 4.63 2.3
 Joel Johnston 31 1 2 .333 46 0 0 46.3 42 22 7 17 67 4.27 2.7
 Antonio Osuna 25 4 3 .571 36 0 3 36.7 42 21 6 20 42 5.16 1.7
 Ricky Bottalico 28 2 1 .667 19 0 0 24.3 32 22 5 10 24 8.14 0.0
*Jamie Moyer 35 0 0 .000 17 0 2 12.3 20 11 3 3 12 8.03 0.0
Team Totals 30.4 97 65 .599 617 162 54 1473.3 1340 669 184 580 1671 4.09 93.4
Rank among 14 NL teams 2 2 1 2 3 2 10 3 7 1 3  
* - 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 32.4
M.Sweeney 1281.7 141 148 1457 46 5 0 .997 38.6
J.Vatcher 190.0 21 23 219 4 1 0 .996 14.3
L.Polonia 1.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1473.3 162 172 1678 50 6 0 .997 34.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 10.01
R.Klesko 879.7 99 105 870 65 10 86 .989 9.57
J.Vatcher 348.0 40 41 298 24 7 28 .979 8.33
C.Martinez 196.0 21 24 205 17 2 25 .991 10.19
J.Valentin 9.0 1 1 8 1 1 1 .900 9.00
D.Deshields 9.0 1 1 11 0 1 1 .917 11.00
P.Kelly 7.1 0 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 8.87
L.Polonia 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Gonzalez 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Cruz Jr. 2.0 0 1 2 1 1 1 .750 13.50
Team Total 1455.8 162 179 1402 109 22 142 .986 9.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 5.03
D.Deshields 1329.3 150 153 240 461 23 95 .968 4.75
A.Gonzalez 87.0 10 12 14 30 0 11 1.000 4.55
J.Valentin 20.0 0 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Martinez 9.0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.00
P.Kelly 8.7 1 6 3 4 0 2 1.000 7.24
Team Total 1454.0 162 178 258 501 23 109 .971 4.70
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.35
J.Thome 1368.7 155 157 61 265 18 28 .948 2.14
P.Kelly 124.2 28 31 6 25 2 2 .939 2.25
A.Gonzalez 83.0 7 22 8 13 1 1 .955 2.28
J.Valentin 5.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
J.Vatcher 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Martinez 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1584.9 190 213 75 304 21 31 .948 2.15
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 4.54
J.Valentin 1224.7 135 143 160 406 24 87 .959 4.16
A.Gonzalez 216.7 25 26 23 69 2 7 .979 3.82
C.Martinez 9.0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00
P.Kelly 6.4 1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.22
B.Butler 1.2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 7.50
J.Orsulak 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.9 162 175 186 481 27 96 .961 4.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.57
J.Cruz Jr. 1341.0 151 152 203 6 11 1 .950 1.40
B.Butler 203.4 24 26 37 2 0 0 1.000 1.73
L.Polonia 78.3 7 15 7 0 2 0 .778 0.80
J.Vatcher 44.0 4 8 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.84
N.Simmons 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Orsulak 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1674.7 186 205 257 9 13 2 .953 1.43
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.01
J.Orsulak 456.3 54 55 79 1 0 0 1.000 1.58
B.Butler 429.2 48 50 79 2 1 1 .988 1.70
L.Polonia 230.7 20 39 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
J.Vatcher 90.0 10 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Deshields 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1212.2 132 157 208 3 1 1 .995 1.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.64
N.Simmons 1334.7 151 153 207 5 0 1 1.000 1.43
J.Vatcher 87.7 8 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
L.Polonia 48.0 3 13 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.31
B.Butler 42.8 5 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
J.Cruz Jr. 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1516.1 167 188 238 5 0 1 1.000 1.44
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 1.89
S.Bankhead 249.7 39 39 17 31 1 2 .980 1.73
E.Plunk 230.7 36 36 24 30 4 3 .931 2.11
S.Sanders 215.7 37 37 8 34 0 2 1.000 1.75
T.Miller 198.0 35 35 8 29 3 3 .925 1.68
J.Davis 112.3 0 94 2 15 1 2 .944 1.36
C.Lidle 102.7 13 24 9 24 1 3 .971 2.89
G.Olson 79.3 0 67 3 15 0 1 1.000 2.04
J.Cecena 68.0 0 71 2 3 1 0 .833 0.66
R.Mallicoat 50.7 0 48 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.24
F.Cordova 46.7 2 48 2 10 0 2 1.000 2.31
J.Johnston 46.3 0 46 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.55
A.Osuna 36.7 0 36 1 8 1 0 .900 2.21
R.Bottalico 24.3 0 19 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.11
J.Moyer 12.3 0 17 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.92
Team Total 1473.3 162 617 81 216 12 18 .961 1.81
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Valentin .315
On-Base Pct Thome .437
Slugging Pct Klesko .712
OPS Klesko 1.119
XR Thome 135.2
Games Simmons 160
At-Bats Deshields 616
Runs Simmons 117
Hits Valentin 186
Total Bases Valentin 342
Singles Deshields 130
Doubles Valentin 43
Triples Deshields 13
Homeruns Cruz Jr. 51
RBIs Simmons 126
Stolen Bases Deshields 71
Caught Stealing Deshields 40
Walks Thome 136
Strikeouts Cruz Jr. 188
ERA Plunk 2.73
Wins Bankhead 19
Losses Miller 16
Winning Pct Plunk .708
Saves Cecena 36
Games Pitched Davis 94
Games Started Bankhead 39
Complete Games Bankhead 2
Shutouts Bankhead, Lidle 1
Innings Pitched Bankhead 249.7
Hits Allowed Bankhead 243
Homeruns Allowed Bankhead 40
Strikeouts Bankhead 297
Walks Allowed Plunk 111
Walks per 9IP Bankhead 3.0
Hits per 9IP Plunk 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Sanders 10.8
WHiP Plunk 1.19
OAVG Plunk .198
OOBP Plunk .298
OSLG Plunk .307
OOPS Plunk .604
Team All-Stars
Jose Cecena
Scott Sanders
Nelson Simmons
Player Salaries
Jim Thome $ 12,500,000
Nelson Simmons $ 10,770,000
Scott Bankhead $ 10,100,000
Delino Deshields $ 7,500,000
Ryan Klesko $ 5,057,143
Jose Rijo $ 4,500,000
Luis Polonia $ 4,250,000
Brett Butler $ 4,000,000
Jose Valentin $ 3,785,714
Jose Cecena $ 3,750,000
John Davis $ 3,500,000
Eric Plunk $ 3,000,000
Gregg Olson $ 1,697,143
Scott Sanders $ 1,528,571
Rob Mallicoat $ 1,017,143
Jim Vatcher $ 497,143
Joel Johnston $ 457,143
Bill Wertz $ 350,000
Ricky Bottalico $ 300,000
Francisco Cordova $ 300,000
Jose Cruz Jr. $ 300,000
Alex Gonzalez $ 300,000
Pat Kelly $ 300,000
Trever Miller $ 300,000
Antonio Osuna $ 300,000
Mike Sweeney $ 300,000
Cory Lidle $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Traded Bo Jackson
$3,000,000		 Carolina Rob Mallicoat
Luis Polonia
3/2 Traded Russ Ortiz
David Holdridge		 Carolina David Nied
3/2 Released David Nied    
3/2 Traded David Nied St. Louis Jin Ho Cho
6/1 Traded Damian Jackson
Radhames Dykhoff		 Minnesota Pat Kelly
6/16 Released Joe Orsulak    
6/16 Released Carlos Martinez    
6/16 Released Jamie Moyer    
6/16 Traded Eric Nolte Philadelphia Brett Butler
 
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