2008 Chicago Cubs Statistics and Roster

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2008 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
97-64, 1st place in NL Central Division
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Scored 855 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-63
Managed by Lou Piniella

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,300,200 (5th of 16)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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   Geovany Soto        25  141  494   66  141  35  2  23   86  62  121  .285  .364  .504   0   1  11   2   0   5   6  122
1B  Derrek Lee          32  155  623   93  181  41  3  20   90  71  119  .291  .361  .462   8   2  27   0   0   4   3  111
2B  Mark DeRosa         33  149  505  103  144  30  3  21   87  69  106  .285  .376  .481   6   0   9   9   2   8   0  120
3B  Aramis Ramirez      30  149  554   97  160  44  1  27  111  74   94  .289  .380  .518   2   2  13  11   0   6   7  130
SS  Ryan Theriot        28  149  580   85  178  19  4   1   38  73   58  .307  .387  .359  22  13  19   3   4   1   1   95
LF  Alfonso Soriano     32  109  453   76  127  27  0  29   75  43  103  .280  .344  .532  19   3   9   3   0   4  11  123
CF *Jim Edmonds         38   85  250   47   64  17  2  19   49  45   58  .256  .369  .568   0   1   7   1   0   2   2  138
RF *Kosuke Fukudome     31  150  501   79  129  25  3  10   58  81  104  .257  .359  .379  12   4   7   1   2   5   9   92
    Reed Johnson        31  109  333   52  101  21  0   6   50  19   68  .303  .358  .420   5   6   3  12   5   5   1  101
   *Mike Fontenot       28  119  243   42   74  22  1   9   40  34   51  .305  .395  .514   2   0   1   3   3   1   2  133
    Ronny Cedeno        25   99  216   36   58  12  0   2   28  18   41  .269  .328  .352   4   1   6   1   1   0   2   76
    Henry Blanco        36   58  120   15   35   3  0   3   12   6   22  .292  .325  .392   0   0   4   0   2   0   1   85
   *Daryle Ward         33   89  102    8   22   7  0   4   17  16   24  .216  .319  .402   0   0   4   0   0   1   3   85
   *Felix Pie           23   43   83    9   20   2  1   1   10   7   29  .241  .312  .325   3   0   3   2   0   1   0   66
   *Micah Hoffpauir     28   33   73   14   25   8  0   2    8   6   24  .342  .400  .534   1   0   0   1   0   0   0  139
    Matt Murton         26   19   40    2   10   2  0   0    6   1    5  .250  .286  .300   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   52
   *Eric Patterson      25   13   38    5    9   1  0   1    7   5   12  .237  .318  .342   2   1   1   0   0   1   0   71
    Casey McGehee       25    9   24    1    4   1  0   0    5   0    8  .167  .160  .208   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   -6
   #Koyie Hill          29   10   21    0    2   1  0   0    1   0   12  .095  .095  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -39

   #Carlos Zambrano     27   37   83    9   28   4  1   4   14   0   24  .337  .337  .554   0   0   4   0   2   0   0  126
   *Ted Lilly           32   33   62    2   11   2  0   0    5   1   29  .177  .190  .210   1   0   0   0  12   0   0    4
    Ryan Dempster       31   31   61    4   10   2  0   0    2   2   19  .164  .190  .197   0   0   1   0  19   0   0    1
   *Jason Marquis       29   38   59    8   12   3  0   2   10   3   17  .203  .242  .356   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   52
   *Rich Harden         26   12   23    1    2   0  0   0    1   0   12  .087  .087  .087   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -55
   *Sean Marshall       25   33   15    0    5   0  0   0    1   0    7  .333  .333  .333   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   74
    Sean Gallagher      22    9   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    6  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   3   0   0 -100
   *Rich Hill           28    5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Kevin Hart          25   21    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Jon Lieber          38   24    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Neal Cotts          28   44    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Bobby Howry         34   69    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Carlos Marmol       25   78    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Jeff Samardzija     23   26    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Michael Wuertz      29   40    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.0  161 5588  855 1552 329 21 184  811 636 1186  .278  .354  .443  87  34 134  50  65  45  48  109
    Rank among 16 NL teams         5    1    2   1 15   5        1    6     2     1     1   8   9       9            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Ted Lilly           32  34   4.09  17   9  0  34   0   0   0  204.7  187   96   93  32   64  184  861   4   7  4   2 110
SP  Ryan Dempster       31  33   2.96  17   6  0  33   0   1   0  206.7  174   75   68  14   76  187  856   5   7  0   1 152
SP  Carlos Zambrano     27  30   3.91  14   6  0  30   0   1   1  188.7  172   85   82  18   72  130  796   4   6  0   1 115
SP  Jason Marquis       29  29   4.53  11   9  0  28   0   0   0  167.0  172   87   84  15   70   91  738   8   8  1   6 100
SP  Rich Harden         26  12   1.77   5   1  0  12   0   0   0   71.0   39   17   14   6   30   89  284   2   2  0   1 254
SP  Sean Gallagher      22  12   4.45   3   4  0  10   1   0   0   58.7   58   31   29   6   22   49  256   2   4  0   1 101
SP *Rich Hill           28   5   4.12   1   0  0   5   0   0   0   19.7   13    9    9   2   18   15   89   1   1  0   0 110

CL  Kerry Wood          31  65   3.26   5   4 34   0  56   0   0   66.3   54   24   24   3   18   84  276   1   7  0   4 139
RP  Carlos Marmol       25  82   2.68   2   4  7   0  22   0   0   87.3   40   30   26  10   41  114  348   6   6  1   3 168
RP  Bobby Howry         34  72   5.35   7   5  1   0  27   0   0   70.7   90   44   42  13   13   59  311   0   2  0   5  84
RP *Neal Cotts          28  50   4.29   0   2  0   0   7   0   0   35.7   38   18   17   7   13   43  160   3   1  0   2 105
RP  Michael Wuertz      29  45   3.63   1   1  0   0  13   0   0   44.7   44   23   18   4   20   30  189   2   0  0   2 124

   *Sean Marshall       25  34   3.86   3   5  1   7   6   0   0   65.3   60   28   28   9   23   58  279   3   4  0   4 117
    Jon Lieber          38  26   4.05   2   3  0   1   7   0   0   46.7   59   24   21  10    6   27  204   0   2  0   4 111
    Kevin Hart          25  21   6.51   2   2  0   0   4   0   0   27.7   39   24   20   2   18   23  142   1   3  0   3  69
    Jeff Samardzija     23  26   2.28   1   0  1   0   6   0   0   27.7   24   12    7   0   15   25  124   2   1  0   2 198
    Chad Gaudin         25  24   6.26   4   2  0   0   5   0   0   27.3   29   21   19   5   10   27  119   0   0  1   2  72
   *Scott Eyre          36  19   7.15   2   0  0   0   1   0   0   11.3   15    9    9   1    4   14   53   1   1  0   1  63
    Angel Guzman        26   6   5.59   0   0  0   1   1   0   0    9.7   10    6    6   1    4   10   44   1   1  0   0  81
    Jose Ascanio        23   6   7.94   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.7    8    5    5   1    4    3   30   0   1  0   1  57
    Randy Wells         25   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    0    0    0   0    2    1   14   0   0  0   0    
    Chad Fox            37   3   5.40   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    3.3    2    2    2   1    3    1   14   1   0  0   0  84
   *Carmen Pignatiello  25   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    2    1    1   0    2    0    7   1   1  0   0  33
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 161   3.87  97  64 44 161 159   2   8 1450.7 1329  671  624 160  548 1264 6194  48  65  7  45 117
    Rank among 16 NL teams          2   1  16  4          11   8      6    1    2        6    7    1
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GSoto 1150 131 136 1011 55 5 9 .995 5 40 69 25 HBlanco 257 28 45 235 15 2 2 .992 3 7 12 10 KHill 42 2 9 40 1 1 0 .976 0 1 6 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1450 161 161 1286 71 8 11 .994 8 48 87 36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLee 1339 152 153 1193 110 9 98 .993 8.76 DWard 60 4 13 54 4 0 4 1.000 8.70 MHoffpauir 47 5 6 37 1 1 3 .974 7.17 MDeRosa 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 HBlanco 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 15.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1450 161 161 1289 115 10 105 .993 8.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *4.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MDeRosa 670 80 95 143 185 8 32 .976 4.41 MFontenot 498 49 82 101 143 1 27 .996 4.40 RCedeno 273 31 43 60 75 2 19 .985 4.45 EPatterson 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 ASoriano 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1450 161 161 307 405 11 78 .985 4.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARamirez 1282 147 147 83 225 18 17 .945 2.16 MDeRosa 114 10 22 6 28 2 2 .944 2.68 CMcGehee 41 4 6 3 13 0 3 1.000 3.45 RCedeno 12 0 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1450 161 161 93 267 20 22 .947 2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *4.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RTheriot 1266 141 149 207 341 14 69 .975 3.90 RCedeno 182 20 27 41 50 3 10 .968 4.48 MDeRosa 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 MFontenot 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1450 161 161 248 392 17 79 .974 3.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ASoriano 937 107 108 186 10 5 5 .975 1.88 MDeRosa 185 21 27 39 0 1 0 .975 1.90 RJohnson 124 12 26 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.60 EPatterson 68 8 9 13 1 3 0 .824 1.85 MMurton 62 6 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 MHoffpauir 38 3 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.42 DWard 25 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 FPie 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 RCedeno 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1450 161 161 302 12 10 5 .969 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *2.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JEdmonds 627 75 77 179 0 5 0 .973 2.57 RJohnson 563 64 78 144 2 1 1 .993 2.33 FPie 197 17 39 58 1 0 0 1.000 2.69 KFukudome 59 5 12 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 EPatterson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RCedeno 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1450 161 161 391 3 6 1 .985 2.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KFukudome 1103 121 137 245 6 5 0 .980 2.05 MDeRosa 266 32 38 72 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 MHoffpauir 36 5 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 RJohnson 23 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 DWard 17 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 MMurton 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1450 161 161 332 6 5 0 .985 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *1.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RDempster 206 33 33 18 34 1 2 .981 2.26 TLilly 204 34 34 6 21 0 0 1.000 1.19 CZambrano 188 30 30 21 20 3 1 .932 1.96 JMarquis 167 28 29 14 31 1 4 .978 2.43 CMarmol 87 0 82 8 6 1 1 .933 1.44 RHarden 71 12 12 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.14 BHowry 70 0 72 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.02 KWood 66 0 65 4 3 0 0 1.000 0.95 SMarshall 65 7 34 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.65 SGallagher 58 10 12 5 7 1 1 .923 1.84 JLieber 46 1 26 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.35 MWuertz 44 0 45 5 6 1 0 .917 2.21 NCotts 35 0 50 2 4 2 0 .750 1.51 JSamardzija 27 0 26 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.27 KHart 27 0 21 6 4 0 1 1.000 3.25 CGaudin 27 0 24 0 3 1 0 .750 0.99 RHill 19 5 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.91 SEyre 11 0 19 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AGuzman 9 1 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86 JAscanio 5 0 6 0 2 1 0 .667 3.16 RWells 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CFox 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73 CPignatiell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1450 161 161 104 174 12 10 .959 1.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- GSoto 3 DLee 2 KFukudome 1 MHoffpauir 1 ARamirez 1 DWard 1 ------------+---

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 Average Theriot .307

On-base % Theriot .387

Slugging % Soriano .532

OPS Ramirez .898

Games Lee 155

At Bats Lee 623

Plate Appearances (approx.) Lee 698

Runs DeRosa 103

Hits Lee 181

Total Bases Lee 288

Doubles Ramirez 44

Triples Theriot 4

Home Runs Soriano 29

RBI Ramirez 111

Bases on Balls Fukudome 81

Strikeouts Soto 121

Stolen Bases Theriot 22

Singles Theriot 154

Adjusted OPS+ Ramirez 130

Runs Created Ramirez 111

Adjusted Batting Runs Ramirez 26

Batting Wins Ramirez 2.5

Extra-Base Hits Ramirez 72

Times on Base Theriot 254

Offensive Win% Ramirez .667

Hit By Pitch Johnson 12

Sac. Hits Dempster 19

Sac. Flies DeRosa 8

Intentional Walks Soriano 11

Grounded into Double Plays Lee 27

Caught Stealing Theriot 13

Power/Speed Number Soriano 23.0

At Bats per Strikeout Theriot 10.0

At Bats per Home Run Soriano 15.6

Outs Lee 475

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ERA Dempster 2.96

Wins Dempster and Lilly 17

Won-Loss % Dempster .739

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dempster 1.210

Hits Allowed/9IP Dempster 7.58

Bases on Balls/9IP Lilly 2.81

Strikeouts/9IP Dempster 8.14

Games Marmol 82

Saves Wood 34

Innings Dempster 206.7

Strikeouts Dempster 187

Games Started Lilly 34

Comp. Games Dempster and Zambrano 1

Shutouts Zambrano 1

Home Runs Allow. Lilly 32

Bases On Balls Allow. Dempster 76

Hits Allowed Lilly 187

SO to Walk Lilly 2.88

Losses Lilly and Marquis 9

Earned Runs Allow. Lilly 93

Wild Pitches Marquis 8

Hit Batsmen Marquis 8

Batters Faced Lilly 861

Games Finished Wood 56

Adjusted ERA+ Dempster 152

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