1999 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 98-64
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 995
Runs Allowed: 792
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 3,182,859
Manager: Scott Stewart

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-72, 8th in the National League
AA: 75-63, 5th in the National League
A: 80-58, 2nd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Division Series 2-3 to Los Angeles Dodgers
 
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
1B *Ryan Klesko 28 160 600 171 194 38 1 84 183 1 0 108 144 .323 .421 .810 1.231 178.8 33.6 3.6
2B *Delino Deshields 30 157 601 120 176 42 11 12 57 73 40 95 133 .293 .391 .459 .850 106.7 14.8 8.1
SS #Jose Valentin 29 159 636 128 208 42 4 38 112 2 0 45 122 .327 .374 .585 .958 123.6 20.3 8.3
3B *Jim Thome 28 158 539 101 156 38 4 35 92 1 1 134 181 .289 .438 .570 1.007 128.7 22.7 4.4
RF #Nelson Simmons 36 158 573 98 171 26 8 34 114 3 3 70 98 .298 .374 .550 .923 108.2 16.5 5.3
CF  Shane Mack 35 153 547 81 122 19 7 30 88 3 2 67 177 .223 .315 .448 .763 77.7 7.5 5.9
C  Mike Sweeney 25 143 551 87 170 29 1 26 104 1 0 54 50 .309 .368 .506 .875 92.1 13.1 0.1
LF #Jose Cruz Jr. 25 153 530 80 114 38 1 36 96 10 0 39 136 .215 .270 .494 .764 72.5 6.5 4.3
3B  Pat Kelly 31 140 268 59 88 19 5 15 61 7 2 44 63 .328 .426 .604 1.030 64.9 11.2 2.5
C  Jim Vatcher 33 116 221 35 66 9 4 3 32 0 0 28 74 .299 .377 .416 .793 33.1 4.0 0.7
LF  Damon Buford 29 95 144 16 34 9 1 4 25 0 0 13 41 .236 .321 .396 .717 18.5 1.6 1.1
P  Scott Bankhead 35 36 83 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 30 .048 .102 .060 .163 -3.6 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Plunk 35 38 83 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 34 .084 .106 .096 .202 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Sanders 30 36 73 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 33 .096 .141 .123 .264 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Reggie Harris 30 28 53 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 25 .075 .155 .113 .268 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Trever Miller 26 22 40 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 13 .075 .119 .150 .269 -0.3 0.0 0.0
SS  Alex Gonzalez 26 15 13 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .077 .143 .154 .297 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Francisco Cordova 27 73 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Ricky Bottalico 29 72 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  John Davis 36 68 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gregg Olson 32 37 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Cory Lidle 27 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Cecena 35 52 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Chad Fox 28 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joel Johnston 32 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Antonio Osuna 26 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Byung-Hyun Kim 20 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2227 5612 995 1528 316 49 317 972 101 48 718 1387 .272 .357 .516 .872 994.4 151.7 44.2
  Rank among 14 NL teams 7 2 6 10 5 1 2 1 14 2 11 5 2 1 1 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 35 17 12 .586 36 36 0 231.0 162 89 25 91 244 3.47 19.2
 Scott Sanders 30 15 8 .652 36 36 0 213.7 212 112 38 68 224 4.72 11.0
 Eric Plunk 35 15 8 .652 38 38 0 205.0 189 108 29 134 234 4.74 10.6
 Reggie Harris 30 12 5 .706 28 28 0 162.7 135 66 20 77 206 3.65 13.4
*Trever Miller 26 4 8 .333 22 22 0 109.0 133 89 25 46 112 7.35 0.0
 Francisco Cordova 27 7 7 .500 73 0 2 98.7 104 46 16 33 81 4.20 7.4
 Ricky Bottalico 29 7 2 .778 72 0 2 87.0 71 30 6 48 91 3.10 9.7
 John Davis 36 3 2 .600 68 0 2 68.7 67 39 7 46 64 5.11 3.4
 Chad Fox 28 4 3 .571 54 0 2 52.0 47 30 6 34 63 5.19 3.8
 Byung-Hyun Kim 20 2 1 .667 48 0 2 51.7 44 36 6 34 72 6.27 1.6
 Jose Cecena 35 4 4 .500 51 0 26 48.7 36 18 5 30 71 3.33 9.7
 Gregg Olson 32 5 1 .833 37 0 0 40.7 29 18 0 24 39 3.98 3.9
 Joel Johnston 32 0 0 .000 33 0 0 37.0 38 19 7 22 47 4.62 1.5
 Antonio Osuna 26 1 2 .333 21 0 0 26.0 28 14 2 12 43 4.85 1.4
 Cory Lidle 27 1 1 .500 2 2 0 13.7 14 6 3 2 9 3.95 0.8
*Rob Mallicoat 34 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 4.7 5 2 1 0 3 3.85 0.5
Team Totals 30.1 98 64 .605 624 162 36 1449.9 1314 722 196 701 1603 4.48 98.0
Rank among 14 NL teams 2 2 12 2 5 1 8 4 13 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 28.8
M.Sweeney 1206.0 134 137 1333 33 7 2 .995 18.6
J.Vatcher 244.0 28 28 273 7 3 0 .989 21.4
Team Total 1450.0 162 165 1606 40 10 2 .994 19.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.94
R.Klesko 1375.0 155 160 1345 104 8 126 .995 9.48
P.Kelly 66.0 7 10 64 10 0 2 1.000 10.09
N.Simmons 9.0 0 1 9 1 1 1 .909 10.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 171 1418 115 9 129 .994 9.52
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.09
D.Deshields 1255.3 150 150 207 491 21 84 .971 5.00
P.Kelly 180.0 12 46 35 68 3 15 .972 5.15
J.Valentin 14.7 0 7 4 7 0 3 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1450.0 162 203 246 566 24 102 .971 5.04
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.31
J.Thome 1365.0 155 155 61 230 22 21 .930 1.92
P.Kelly 78.0 7 13 4 10 4 0 .778 1.62
D.Deshields 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cruz Jr. 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cecena 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 171 65 240 26 21 .921 1.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 4.51
J.Valentin 1303.7 150 150 196 431 21 89 .968 4.33
P.Kelly 141.3 12 20 19 50 0 9 1.000 4.39
D.Buford 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Gonzalez 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 172 216 481 22 98 .969 4.33
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 1.57
J.Cruz Jr. 1249.3 147 149 189 3 5 1 .975 1.38
J.Vatcher 125.0 9 34 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.15
D.Buford 68.0 6 13 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.46
D.Deshields 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Mack 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 201 215 5 5 3 .978 1.37
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.09
S.Mack 1260.0 141 143 227 3 3 0 .987 1.64
D.Buford 116.0 12 16 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.02
P.Kelly 70.0 9 11 5 0 2 0 .714 0.64
D.Deshields 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 172 257 4 5 0 .981 1.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.68
N.Simmons 1279.3 144 149 198 10 0 4 1.000 1.46
J.Vatcher 72.0 6 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
S.Mack 70.0 9 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
D.Buford 28.7 3 4 6 0 1 0 .857 1.88
Team Total 1450.0 162 175 229 10 1 4 .996 1.48
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.85
S.Bankhead 231.0 36 36 15 23 3 2 .927 1.48
S.Sanders 213.7 36 36 12 41 0 0 1.000 2.23
E.Plunk 205.0 38 38 5 34 3 3 .929 1.71
R.Harris 162.7 28 28 7 18 0 2 1.000 1.38
T.Miller 109.0 22 22 3 21 0 0 1.000 1.98
F.Cordova 98.7 0 73 6 16 3 0 .880 2.01
R.Bottalico 87.0 0 72 7 12 0 0 1.000 1.97
J.Davis 68.7 0 68 6 15 1 1 .955 2.75
C.Fox 52.0 0 54 4 8 0 2 1.000 2.08
B.Kim 51.7 0 48 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.44
J.Cecena 48.7 0 51 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.40
G.Olson 40.7 0 37 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.43
J.Johnston 37.0 0 33 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.49
A.Osuna 26.0 0 21 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.04
C.Lidle 13.7 2 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.95
R.Mallicoat 4.7 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.92
Team Total 1449.9 162 624 79 224 10 11 .968 1.88
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Valentin .327
On-Base Pct Thome .438
Slugging Pct Klesko .810
OPS Klesko 1.231
XR Klesko 178.8
Games Klesko 160
At-Bats Valentin 636
Runs Klesko 171
Hits Valentin 208
Total Bases Klesko 486
Singles Valentin 124
Doubles Deshields, Valentin 42
Triples Deshields 11
Homeruns Klesko 84
RBIs Klesko 183
Stolen Bases Deshields 73
Caught Stealing Deshields 40
Walks Thome 134
Strikeouts Thome 181
ERA Bankhead 3.47
Wins Bankhead 17
Losses Bankhead 12
Winning Pct Harris .706
Saves Cecena 26
Games Pitched Cordova 73
Games Started Plunk 38
Complete Games Bankhead, Sanders 2
Shutouts Harris, Sanders 1
Innings Pitched Bankhead 231.0
Hits Allowed Sanders 212
Homeruns Allowed Sanders 38
Strikeouts Bankhead 244
Walks Allowed Plunk 134
Walks per 9IP Sanders 2.9
Hits per 9IP Bankhead 6.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Harris 11.4
WHiP Bankhead 1.10
OAVG Bankhead .195
OOBP Bankhead .280
OSLG Bankhead .338
OOPS Bankhead .618
Team All-Stars
Scott Bankhead
Ryan Klesko
Eric Plunk
Nelson Simmons
Jose Valentin
Player Salaries
Jim Thome $ 12,500,000
Nelson Simmons $ 10,770,000
Scott Bankhead $ 10,100,000
Ryan Klesko $ 10,078,570
Delino Deshields $ 7,500,000
Jose Valentin $ 5,000,000
Eric Plunk $ 4,790,000
Jose Cecena $ 3,750,000
John Davis $ 3,500,000
Scott Sanders $ 3,371,429
Shane Mack $ 2,417,143
Jim Vatcher $ 1,835,714
Gregg Olson $ 1,700,000
Reggie Harris $ 1,500,000
Pat Kelly $ 1,455,000
Francisco Cordova $ 646,429
Joel Johnston $ 510,714
Bill Wertz $ 350,000
Cory Lidle $ 300,000
Alex Gonzalez $ 300,000
Chad Fox $ 300,000
Trever Miller $ 300,000
Antonio Osuna $ 300,000
Jose Cruz Jr. $ 300,000
Mike Sweeney $ 300,000
Damon Buford $ 300,000
Ricky Bottalico $ 300,000
Byung-Hyun Kim $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/2 Traded Kevin Millar Pittsburgh Shane Mack
3/2 Traded Brett Butler Toronto David Nied
3/2 Released David Nied    
3/2 Traded Chris Widger Philadelphia Damon Buford
3/2 Traded Dave Roberts Toronto David Nied
3/2 Released David Nied    
3/2 Traded Tom Davey Minnesota Cristian Guzman
3/2 Traded David Nied Toronto David Lamb
Masao Kida
5/1 Traded Rob Mallicoat Toronto Chad Fox
Reggie Harris