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1969 Chicago Cubs

1969 > Class Major League > 1969 National League (East)
Overall: 92-70
Scored 720 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Leo Durocher
Represented: Chicago, IL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1968 / 1970

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Ted Abernathy	36	56	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Hank Aguirre	38	41	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ernie Banks	38	155	629	565	60	143	19	2	23	106	0	0	42	101	.253	.309	.416	.725	235	15	7	8	7	7
4	Glenn Beckert	28	131	582	543	69	158	22	1	1	37	6	0	24	24	.291	.325	.341	.666	185	14	6	4	5	0
5	Rick Bladt	22	10	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	Randy Bobb	21	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Jim Colborn	23	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Joe Decker	22	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Oscar Gamble*	19	24	81	71	6	16	1	1	1	5	0	2	10	12	.225	.321	.310	.631	22	1	0	0	0	1
10	John Hairston	24	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jimmie Hall*	31	11	25	24	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.208	.240	.250	.490	6	0	0	0	0	0
12	Bill Hands	29	41	114	98	5	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	45	.092	.136	.092	.228	9	0	1	11	0	0
13	Bill Heath*	30	27	45	32	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	12	4	.156	.378	.219	.597	7	1	0	0	1	2
14	Jim Hickman	32	134	389	338	38	80	11	2	21	54	2	1	47	74	.237	.326	.467	.794	158	8	0	0	4	3
15	Ken Holtzman	23	39	107	100	5	15	1	1	1	7	0	0	2	32	.150	.167	.210	.377	21	1	0	5	0	0
16	Randy Hundley	27	151	595	522	67	133	15	1	18	64	2	3	61	90	.255	.334	.391	.725	204	11	3	6	3	7
17	Fergie Jenkins	26	43	119	108	6	15	2	1	1	9	0	0	6	42	.139	.183	.204	.386	22	3	0	4	1	0
18	Manny Jimenez*	30	6	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	1	0	0	0	0
19	Don Kessinger#	26	158	737	664	109	181	38	6	4	53	11	8	61	70	.273	.332	.366	.698	243	5	1	6	5	4
20	Dave Lemonds*	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Don Nottebart	33	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Rich Nye*	24	36	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.063	.063	.063	.125	1	1	0	0	0	0
23	Gene Oliver	34	23	29	27	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.222	.276	.333	.609	9	1	1	0	0	1
24	Nate Oliver	28	44	49	44	15	7	3	0	1	4	0	1	1	10	.159	.196	.295	.491	13	1	1	3	0	0
25	Jim Qualls#	22	43	124	120	12	30	5	3	0	9	2	1	2	14	.250	.266	.342	.608	41	0	1	0	1	0
26	Phil Regan	32	71	18	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.067	.222	.133	.356	2	0	1	0	0	0
27	Archie Reynolds	23	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Ken Rudolph	22	27	40	34	7	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	6	11	.206	.325	.324	.649	11	1	0	0	0	0
29	Ron Santo	29	160	687	575	97	166	18	4	29	123	1	3	96	97	.289	.384	.485	.869	279	21	2	0	14	7
30	Charley Smith	31	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Willie Smith*	30	103	223	195	21	48	9	1	9	25	1	0	25	49	.246	.330	.441	.771	86	3	0	2	1	3
32	Al Spangler*	35	82	238	213	23	45	8	1	4	23	0	2	21	16	.211	.284	.315	.598	67	1	1	2	1	0
33	Billy Williams*	31	163	708	642	103	188	33	10	21	95	3	2	59	70	.293	.355	.474	.828	304	15	4	0	3	15
34	Don Young	23	101	323	272	36	65	12	3	6	27	1	5	38	74	.239	.343	.371	.714	101	4	5	8	0	5
	34 Players	29.3	163	6243	5530	720	1400	215	40	142	671	30	32	559	928	.253	.323	.384	.707	2121	111	36	72	46	58

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Ted Abernathy	36	4	3	.571	3.16	56	0	20	0	0	3	85.1	75	38	30	8	42	11	55	1	1	5	374	1.371	7.9	0.8	4.4	5.8	1.31
2	Hank Aguirre*	38	1	0	1.000	2.60	41	0	9	0	0	1	45.0	45	13	13	2	12	1	19	2	0	1	186	1.267	9.0	0.4	2.4	3.8	1.58
3	Jim Colborn	23	1	0	1.000	3.07	6	2	1	0	0	0	14.2	15	6	5	2	9	1	4	1	1	0	65	1.636	9.2	1.2	5.5	2.5	0.44
4	Joe Decker	22	1	0	1.000	2.92	4	1	1	0	0	0	12.1	10	4	4	0	6	0	13	0	0	1	51	1.297	7.3	0.0	4.4	9.5	2.17
5	Alec Distaso	20	0	0		3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	21	1.500	11.6	0.0	1.9	1.9	1.00
6	Bill Hands	29	20	14	.588	2.49	41	41	0	18	3	0	300.0	268	102	83	21	73	8	181	6	0	5	1220	1.137	8.0	0.6	2.2	5.4	2.48
7	Ken Holtzman*	23	17	13	.567	3.58	39	39	0	12	6	0	261.1	248	117	104	18	93	8	176	5	0	5	1112	1.305	8.5	0.6	3.2	6.1	1.89
8	Fergie Jenkins	26	21	15	.583	3.21	43	42	1	23	7	1	311.1	284	122	111	27	71	15	273	8	1	7	1275	1.140	8.2	0.8	2.1	7.9	3.85
9	Dave Lemonds*	20	0	1	.000	3.86	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	21	2.143	9.6	0.0	9.6	0.0	0.00
10	Don Nottebart	33	1	1	.500	7.00	16	0	6	0	0	0	18.0	28	14	14	2	7	0	8	0	0	1	89	1.944	14.0	1.0	3.5	4.0	1.14
11	Rich Nye*	24	3	5	.375	5.11	34	5	9	1	0	3	68.2	72	43	39	13	21	4	39	1	0	1	294	1.354	9.4	1.7	2.8	5.1	1.86
12	Phil Regan	32	12	6	.667	3.70	71	0	49	0	0	17	112.0	120	49	46	6	35	13	56	2	0	3	476	1.384	9.6	0.5	2.8	4.5	1.60
13	Archie Reynolds	23	0	1	.000	2.45	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.1	11	5	2	1	7	1	4	0	0	0	38	2.455	13.5	1.2	8.6	4.9	0.57
	13 Players	29.1	92	70	.568	3.34	163	163	105	58	22	27	1454.1	1366	611	540	118	475	72	1017	29	4	39	6103	1.266	8.5	0.7	2.9	6.3	2.14

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Randy Hundley	151	978	79	8	17	.992	7.00	9	52	51	50%
Ken Rudolph	11	39	3	1	0	.977	3.82	0	3	0	0%
Bill Heath	9	44	3	1	1	.979	5.22	1	3	3	50%
Gene Oliver	6	28	2	0	1	1.000	5.00	0	1	0	0%
Randy Bobb	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	0	1	0	0%
John Hairston	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.00	1	0	0

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ernie Banks	153		1419	87	4	116	.997	9.84
Willie Smith	24		159	9	1	14	.994	7.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Glenn Beckert	129	262	401	24	71	.965	5.14
Nate Oliver	13	22	31	0	9	1.000	4.08
Jim Qualls	4	7	4	0	2	1.000	2.75

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ron Santo	160		144	334	27	23	.947	2.99

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Don Kessinger	157		266	542	20	101	.976	5.15

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Billy Williams	153							0.00
Willie Smith	32							0.00
Jim Hickman	5							0.00
Ken Rudolph	3							0.00
Don Young	3							0.00
Rick Bladt	2							0.00
Oscar Gamble	1							0.00
John Hairston	1							0.00
Jimmie Hall	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Don Young	94							0.00
Jim Qualls	35							0.00
Oscar Gamble	23							0.00
Jim Hickman	9							0.00
Rick Bladt	5							0.00
Jimmie Hall	4							0.00
Al Spangler	1							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jim Hickman	116							0.00
Al Spangler	57							0.00
Billy Williams	28							0.00
Don Young	8							0.00
Rick Bladt	1							0.00
Willie Smith	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Billy Williams	159	250	15	12	2	.957	1.67
Jim Hickman	125	153	6	3	0	.981	1.27
Don Young	100	191	4	5	0	.975	1.95
Al Spangler	58	75	1	4	0	.950	1.31
Jim Qualls	35	55	1	0	0	1.000	1.60
Willie Smith	33	26	0	2	0	.929	0.79
Oscar Gamble	24	41	1	4	0	.913	1.75
Rick Bladt	7	12	1	0	0	1.000	1.86
Jimmie Hall	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Ken Rudolph	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.67
John Hairston	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Phil Regan	71	8	20	0	1	1.000	0.39
Ted Abernathy	56	9	23	2	0	.941	0.57
Fergie Jenkins	43	14	47	4	3	.938	1.42
Hank Aguirre	41	1	13	0	0	1.000	0.34
Bill Hands	41	16	56	3	2	.960	1.76
Ken Holtzman	39	6	40	3	2	.939	1.18
Rich Nye	34	1	10	0	0	1.000	0.32
Don Nottebart	16	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.25
Jim Colborn	6	1	4	0	1	1.000	0.83
Joe Decker	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.25
Alec Distaso	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00
Dave Lemonds	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50
Archie Reynolds	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ted Abernathy	36	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Mar 6, 1933	Stanley, NC, US	1969-04-11	1969-10-01
Hank Aguirre	38	R	L	6' 4.0"	205	Jan 31, 1931	Azusa, CA, US	1969-04-12	1969-10-01
Ernie Banks	38	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 31, 1931	Dallas, TX, US	1969-04-08	1969-10-02
Glenn Beckert	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Oct 12, 1940	Pittsburgh, PA, US	1969-04-08	1969-09-27
Rick Bladt	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	160	Dec 9, 1946	Santa Cruz, CA, US	1969-06-15	1969-06-26
Randy Bobb	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jan 1, 1948	Los Angeles, CA, US	1969-09-08	1969-09-19
Jim Colborn	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	May 22, 1946	Santa Paula, CA, US	1969-07-13	1969-09-23
Joe Decker	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 16, 1947	Storm Lake, IA, US	1969-09-18	1969-10-02
Alec Distaso	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Dec 23, 1948	Los Angeles, CA, US	1969-04-20	1969-04-22
Oscar Gamble	19	L	R	5' 11.0"	160	Dec 20, 1949	Ramer, AL, US	1969-06-15	1969-10-02
John Hairston	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Aug 27, 1944	Birmingham, AL, US	1969-09-06	1969-10-02
Jimmie Hall	31	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 7, 1938	Mount Holly, NC, US	1969-09-11	1969-10-02
Bill Hands	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	May 6, 1940	Hackensack, NJ, US	1969-04-09	1969-10-02
Bill Heath	30	L	R	5' 8.0"	175	Mar 10, 1939	Yuba City, CA, US	1969-05-22	1969-08-19
Jim Hickman	32	R	R	6' 3.0"	192	May 10, 1937	Henning, TN, US	1969-04-08	1969-10-02
Ken Holtzman	23	R	L	6' 2.0"	175	Nov 3, 1945	St. Louis, MO, US	1969-04-10	1969-10-01
Randy Hundley	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jun 1, 1942	Martinsville, VA, US	1969-04-08	1969-10-02
Fergie Jenkins	26	R	R	6' 5.0"	205	Dec 13, 1942	Chatham, ON, CA	1969-04-08	1969-09-26
Manny Jimenez	30	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 19, 1938	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO	1969-04-27	1969-05-27
Ken Johnson	36	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Jun 16, 1933	West Palm Beach, FL, US	1969-06-15	1969-09-17
Don Kessinger	26	S	R	6' 1.0"	170	Jul 17, 1942	Forrest City, AR, US	1969-04-08	1969-10-02
Dave Lemonds	20	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Jul 5, 1948	Charlotte, NC, US	1969-06-30	1969-07-05
Joe Niekro	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 7, 1944	Martins Ferry, OH, US	1969-04-11	1969-04-22
Don Nottebart	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 23, 1936	West Newton, MA, US	1969-05-09	1969-09-06
Rich Nye	24	L	L	6' 4.0"	185	Aug 4, 1944	Oakland, CA, US	1969-04-12	1969-09-19
Gene Oliver	34	R	R	6' 2.0"	225	Mar 22, 1935	Moline, IL, US	1969-04-13	1969-08-24
Nate Oliver	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Dec 13, 1940	St. Petersburg, FL, US	1969-04-22	1969-09-27
Adolfo Phillips	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Dec 16, 1941	Bethania, PA	1969-04-13	1969-06-10
Paul Popovich	28	S	R	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 18, 1940	Flemington, WV, US	1969-06-12	1969-10-02
Jim Qualls	22	S	R	5' 10.0"	158	Oct 9, 1946	Exeter, CA, US	1969-04-10	1969-08-22
Phil Regan	32	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Apr 6, 1937	Otsego, MI, US	1969-04-08	1969-10-01
Archie Reynolds	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jan 3, 1946	Glendale, CA, US	1969-06-15	1969-06-22
Gary Ross	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Sep 16, 1947	McKeesport, PA, US	1969-04-12	1969-04-22
Ken Rudolph	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Dec 29, 1946	Rockford, IL, US	1969-04-20	1969-09-27
Ron Santo	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Feb 25, 1940	Seattle, WA, US	1969-04-08	1969-10-02
Dick Selma	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Nov 4, 1943	Santa Ana, CA, US	1969-04-27	1969-10-01
Charley Smith	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Sep 15, 1937	Charleston, SC, US	1969-04-19	1969-04-22
Willie Smith	30	L	L	6' 0.0"	182	Feb 11, 1939	Anniston, AL, US	1969-04-08	1969-10-02
Al Spangler	35	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 8, 1933	Philadelphia, PA, US	1969-04-09	1969-09-27
Billy Williams	31	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Jun 15, 1938	Whistler, AL, US	1969-04-08	1969-10-02
Don Young	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Oct 18, 1945	Houston, TX, US	1969-04-08	1969-10-01

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