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1989 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988/1990)
93-69, Finished 1st in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 702 runs, Allowed 623 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Managed by Don Zimmer

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,491,942 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 108
  (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 108
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (4-1) to San Francisco Giants

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Damon Berryhill     25   91  334   37   86  13  0   5   41  16   54  .257  .291  .341   1   0  13   2   4   5   4   75
1B *Mark Grace          25  142  510   74  160  28  3  13   79  80   42  .314  .405  .457  14   7  13   0   3   3  13  139
2B  Ryne Sandberg       29  157  606  104  176  25  5  30   76  59   85  .290  .356  .497  15   5   9   4   1   2   8  134
3B  Vance Law           32  130  408   38   96  22  3   7   42  38   73  .235  .296  .355   2   2  11   0   1   7   0   80
SS  Shawon Dunston      26  138  471   52  131  20  6   9   60  30   86  .278  .320  .403  19  11   7   1   6   4  15  100
LF *Dwight Smith        25  109  343   52  111  19  6   9   52  31   51  .324  .382  .493   9   4   4   2   4   1   0  141
CF  Jerome Walton       23  116  475   64  139  23  3   5   46  27   77  .293  .335  .385  24   7   6   6   2   5   1  100
RF  Andre Dawson        34  118  416   62  105  18  6  21   77  35   62  .252  .307  .476   8   5  16   1   0   7  13  114
   #Mitch Webster       30   98  272   40   70  12  4   3   19  30   55  .257  .331  .364  14   2   3   1   3   2   5   93
    Lloyd McClendon     30   92  259   47   74  12  1  12   40  37   31  .286  .368  .479   6   4   3   1   1   7   3  134
    Domingo Ramos       31   85  179   18   47   6  2   1   19  17   23  .263  .333  .335   1   1  10   2   6   0   4   86
   #Curtis Wilkerson    28   77  160   18   39   4  2   1   10   8   33  .244  .278  .313   4   2   3   0   1   1   0   64
    Joe Girardi         24   59  157   15   39  10  0   1   14  11   26  .248  .304  .331   2   1   4   2   1   1   5   76
   #Doug Dascenzo       25   47  139   20   23   1  0   1   12  13   13  .165  .234  .194   6   3   2   0   3   2   0   20
    Rick Wrona          25   38   92   11   26   2  1   2   14   2   21  .283  .299  .391   0   0   1   1   0   2   1   90
   *Gary Varsho         28   61   87   10   16   4  2   0    6   4   13  .184  .220  .276   3   0   0   0   0   0   1   37
    Darrin Jackson      26   45   83    7   19   4  0   1    8   6   17  .229  .281  .313   1   2   1   0   0   0   1   65
    Luis Salazar        33   26   80    7   26   5  0   1   12   4   13  .325  .357  .425   0   1   2   0   0   0   0  116
   *Marvell Wynne       29   20   48    8    9   2  1   1    4   1    7  .188  .220  .333   2   0   0   1   1   0   1   52
   *Phil Stephenson     28   17   21    0    3   0  0   0    0   2    3  .143  .217  .143   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    2
   #Greg Smith          22    4    5    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    0  .400  .500  .400   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  153

    Greg Maddux         23   35   81    6   17   2  0   0    4   1   22  .210  .229  .235   1   0   0   1   8   0   0   29
    Mike Bielecki       29   33   70    1    3   0  0   0    3   3   35  .043  .082  .043   1   0   0   0   9   0   0  -64
   *Rick Sutcliffe      33   37   70    5   10   2  0   0    5  10   19  .143  .250  .171   2   0   4   0  10   0   0   19
    Scott Sanderson     32   37   43    1    2   0  0   0    1   5   22  .047  .146  .047   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -44
   *Paul Kilgus         27   35   41    1    3   0  0   0    2   1   11  .073  .095  .073   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -53
   *Steve Wilson        24   53   16    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .063  .118  .063   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -49
    Les Lancaster       27   42   11    0    2   1  0   0    1   0    7  .182  .182  .273   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   25
    Jeff Pico           23   53   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -44
    Calvin Schiraldi    27   54    9    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    7  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   1   0 -100
   *Pat Perry           30   19    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   -7
   *Mitch Williams      24   76    5    1    1   0  0   1    3   0    1  .200  .200  .800   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  165
   *Paul Assenmacher    28   14    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Kevin Blankenship   26    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Joe Kraemer         24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dean Wilkins        22   11    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  162 5513  702 1438 235 45 124  653 472  921  .261  .319  .387 136  57 114  26  80  50  75  103
    Rank among 12 NL teams         4    1    1   9  4   5       12    8     1     3     2   6   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Greg Maddux         23  35   2.95  19  12  0  35   0   7   1  238.3  222   90   78  13   82  135 1002   5   6  3  13 128
SP  Rick Sutcliffe      33  35   3.66  16  11  0  34   0   5   1  229.0  202   98   93  18   69  153  938  12   2  6   8 103
SP  Mike Bielecki       29  33   3.14  18   7  0  33   0   4   3  212.3  187   82   74  16   81  147  882   9   0  4   8 121
SP *Paul Kilgus         27  35   4.39   6  10  2  23   5   0   0  145.7  164   90   71   9   49   61  642   3   5  2   6  86
SP  Scott Sanderson     32  37   3.94  11   9  0  23   2   2   0  146.3  155   69   64  16   31   86  611   1   2  3   6  96

CL *Mitch Williams      24  76   2.76   4   4 36   0  61   0   0   81.7   71   27   25   6   52   67  365   6   8  4   4 137
RP  Calvin Schiraldi    27  54   3.78   3   6  4   0  24   0   0   78.7   60   34   33   7   50   54  342   3   1  0   2 100
RP  Jeff Pico           23  53   3.77   3   1  2   5  17   0   0   90.7   99   43   38   8   31   38  394   2   0  0  10 100
RP *Steve Wilson        24  53   4.20   6   4  2   8   9   0   0   85.7   83   43   40   6   31   65  364   0   1  1   5  90
RP  Les Lancaster       27  42   1.36   4   2  8   0  15   0   0   72.7   60   12   11   2   15   56  288   2   0  1   1 278

   *Pat Perry           30  19   1.77   0   1  1   0   6   0   0   35.7   23    8    7   2   16   20  141   1   0  0   3 214
   *Paul Assenmacher    28  14   5.21   2   1  0   0   3   0   0   19.0   19   11   11   1   12   15   84   0   0  0   1  73
    Dean Wilkins        22  11   4.60   1   0  0   0   1   0   0   15.7   13    9    8   2    9   14   67   0   0  0   2  82
    Kevin Blankenship   26   2   1.69   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    4    1    1   0    2    2   22   0   0  0   0 224
   *Joe Kraemer         24   1   4.91   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    3.7    7    6    2   0    2    5   21   0   0  0   1  77
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2 162   3.43  93  69 55 162 144  18  10 1460.0 1369  623  556 106  532  918 6163  44  25 24  70 110
    Rank among 12 NL teams          6   1  12  1           7   8      7    7    5        4    7    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DBerryhill 764 84 89 473 41 4 4 .992 5 22 37 28 JGirardi 443 51 59 332 28 7 1 .981 5 9 36 22 RWrona 244 27 37 158 15 3 1 .983 2 11 13 6 LMcClendon 8 0 5 7 1 1 0 .889 0 2 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1460 162 162 970 85 15 6 .986 12 44 87 56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MGrace 1239 137 142 1230 126 6 93 .996 9.85 LMcClendon 221 25 28 225 12 0 20 1.000 9.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 1455 138 6 113 .996 9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSandberg 1341 154 155 294 466 6 80 .992 5.10 CWilkerson 106 8 15 26 50 1 7 .987 6.45 GSmith 13 0 2 4 3 2 1 .778 4.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 324 519 9 88 .989 5.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VLaw 952 115 119 76 168 13 13 .949 2.31 CWilkerson 171 16 26 14 38 7 2 .881 2.73 LSalazar 155 16 25 8 27 3 1 .921 2.02 DRamos 145 12 30 6 23 4 0 .879 1.79 LMcClendon 35 3 6 3 3 2 1 .750 1.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 107 259 29 17 .927 2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SDunston 1159 136 138 213 379 17 76 .972 4.60 DRamos 289 26 42 43 119 7 20 .959 5.04 CWilkerson 12 0 7 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 258 501 24 97 .969 4.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DSmith 544 63 75 128 5 4 2 .971 2.20 MWebster 354 38 52 96 3 3 0 .971 2.51 LMcClendon 337 42 45 77 2 3 0 .963 2.11 GVarsho 104 9 17 25 1 2 0 .929 2.25 DJackson 36 2 10 15 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 MWynne 26 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 PStephenson 22 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 DDascenzo 14 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 LSalazar 11 2 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.31 CWilkerson 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 VLaw 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 352 13 12 3 .968 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JWalton 987 114 115 284 2 3 1 .990 2.61 DDascenzo 301 31 36 93 1 0 0 1.000 2.80 MWebster 81 9 13 24 0 1 0 .960 2.66 MWynne 54 6 6 11 0 1 0 .917 1.82 DJackson 35 2 9 13 1 1 1 .933 3.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 425 4 6 2 .986 2.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADawson 935 110 112 226 4 3 0 .987 2.21 DSmith 219 23 32 59 3 1 1 .984 2.54 MWebster 133 12 21 39 0 2 0 .951 2.64 DJackson 132 13 21 35 2 0 0 1.000 2.52 MWynne 20 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 GVarsho 18 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 DDascenzo 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 365 9 6 1 .984 2.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.32 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JWalton 987 114 115 289 2 3 1 .990 2.65 ADawson 935 110 112 227 4 3 0 .987 2.22 DSmith 764 86 102 188 7 5 3 .975 2.30 MWebster 568 59 74 161 3 6 0 .965 2.60 LMcClendon 337 42 45 75 2 3 0 .962 2.05 DDascenzo 318 31 45 96 0 0 0 1.000 2.71 DJackson 203 17 39 61 3 2 2 .970 2.83 GVarsho 122 11 21 25 1 2 0 .929 1.92 MWynne 100 10 13 17 0 1 0 .944 1.53 PStephenson 22 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 LSalazar 11 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 CWilkerson 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 VLaw 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1460 162 162 1143 23 25 6 .979 2.40 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMaddux 238 35 35 35 41 3 4 .962 2.87 RSutcliffe 229 34 35 22 31 1 3 .981 2.08 MBielecki 212 33 33 18 21 1 0 .975 1.65 SSanderson 146 23 37 10 12 0 1 1.000 1.35 PKilgus 145 23 35 10 25 2 0 .946 2.16 JPico 90 5 53 4 22 3 2 .897 2.58 SWilson 85 8 53 6 14 2 0 .909 2.10 MWilliams 81 0 76 0 11 3 0 .786 1.21 CSchiraldi 78 0 54 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.26 LLancaster 72 0 42 8 5 0 1 1.000 1.61 PPerry 35 0 19 2 3 1 0 .833 1.26 PAssenmache 19 0 14 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.37 DWilkins 15 0 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.29 KBlankenshi 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 JKraemer 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 124 197 16 11 .953 1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Grace .314

On-base % Grace .405

Slugging % Sandberg .497

OPS Grace .862

Games Sandberg 157

At Bats Sandberg 606

Plate Appearances (approx.) Sandberg 672

Runs Sandberg 104

Hits Sandberg 176

Total Bases Sandberg 301

Doubles Grace 28

Triples Dawson, Dunston, and Smith 6

Home Runs Sandberg 30

RBI Grace 79

Bases on Balls Grace 80

Strikeouts Dunston 86

Stolen Bases Walton 24

Singles Grace and Sandberg 116

Adjusted OPS+ Grace 139

Runs Created Sandberg 109

Adjusted Batting Runs Grace 30

Batting Wins Grace 3.1

Extra-Base Hits Sandberg 60

Times on Base Grace 240

Offensive Win% Grace .725

Hit By Pitch Walton 6

Sac. Hits Sutcliffe 10

Sac. Flies Dawson, Law, and McClendon 7

Intentional Walks Dunston 15

Grounded into Double Plays Dawson 16

Caught Stealing Dunston 11

Power/Speed Number Sandberg 20.0

At Bats per Strikeout Grace 12.1

At Bats per Home Run Sandberg 20.2

Outs Sandberg 447

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Maddux 2.95

Wins Maddux 19

Won-Loss % Bielecki .720

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sutcliffe 1.183

Hits Allowed/9IP Bielecki 7.93

Bases on Balls/9IP Sutcliffe 2.71

Strikeouts/9IP Bielecki 6.23

Games Williams 76

Saves Williams 36

Innings Maddux 238.3

Strikeouts Sutcliffe 153

Games Started Maddux 35

Comp. Games Maddux 7

Shutouts Bielecki 3

Home Runs Allow. Sutcliffe 18

Bases On Balls Allow. Maddux 82

Hits Allowed Maddux 222

SO to Walk Sutcliffe 2.22

Losses Maddux 12

Earned Runs Allow. Sutcliffe 93

Wild Pitches Sutcliffe 12

Hit Batsmen Williams 8

Batters Faced Maddux 1002

Games Finished Williams 61

Adjusted ERA+ Maddux 128

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Rick Sutcliffe $ 2,340,000

Andre Dawson $ 2,100,000

Ryne Sandberg $ 950,000

Scott Sanderson $ 800,000

Shawon Dunston $ 550,000

Mitch Webster $ 550,000

Curtis Wilkerson $ 500,000

Vance Law $ 425,000

Luis Salazar $ 400,000

Calvin Schiraldi $ 400,000

Mitch Williams $ 377,500

Marvell Wynne $ 350,000

Greg Maddux $ 275,000

Paul Assenmacher $ 271,000

Mark Grace $ 140,000

Paul Kilgus $ 130,000

Domingo Ramos $ 130,000

Mike Bielecki $ 122,500

Les Lancaster $ 120,000

Damon Berryhill $ 115,000

Lloyd McClendon $ 91,000

Darrin Jackson $ 90,000

Joe Girardi $ 68,000

Dwight Smith $ 68,000

Jerome Walton $ 68,000

Steve Wilson $ 68,000

Rick Wrona $ 68,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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