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1969 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968 / 1970

92-70, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Leo Durocher (92-70)
Scored 720 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,674,993 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 113, Pitching - 112 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105

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1968 / 1970 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Ted Abernathy 36 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 6, 1933 11 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Hank Aguirre 38 R L 6' 4" 205 Jan 31, 1931 15 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Ernie Banks HOF 38 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 17 155 147 155 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.8 $ All-Star
Glenn Beckert 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 12, 1940 5 131 129 131 129 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.3 $ All-Star
Rick Bladt 22 R R 6' 1" 160 Dec 9, 1946 1st 10 4 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 7 1 4 -0.1 $
Randy Bobb 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 1, 1948 2 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Jim Colborn 23 R R 6' 0" 185 May 22, 1946 1st 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Joe Decker 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 16, 1947 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Alec Distaso 20 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 23, 1948 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Oscar Gamble 19 L R 5' 11" 160 Dec 20, 1949 1st 24 21 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 24 1 0 -0.8 $
John Hairston 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 27, 1944 1st 3 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 $
Jimmie Hall 31 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 7, 1938 7 11 5 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 6 0 -0.4 $
Bill Hands 29 R R 6' 2" 185 May 6, 1940 5 41 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.8 $
Bill Heath 30 L R 5' 8" 175 Mar 10, 1939 4 27 7 27 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.1 $
Jim Hickman 32 R R 6' 3" 192 May 10, 1937 8 134 87 134 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 116 125 20 0 0.9 $
Ken Holtzman 23 R L 6' 2" 175 Nov 3, 1945 5 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $
Randy Hundley 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 1, 1942 6 151 145 151 151 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.6 $ All-Star
Fergie Jenkins HOF 26 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 13, 1942 5 43 42 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 $
Manny Jimenez 30 L R 6' 1" 185 Nov 19, 1938 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Ken Johnson 36 R R 6' 4" 210 Jun 16, 1933 12 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $33,000
Don Kessinger 26 B R 6' 1" 170 Jul 17, 1942 6 158 157 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.1 $ All-Star
Dave Lemonds 20 L L 6' 1" 180 Jul 5, 1948 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Joe Niekro 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 3 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $19,000
Don Nottebart 33 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 23, 1936 9 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rich Nye 24 L L 6' 4" 185 Aug 4, 1944 4 36 5 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.6 $
Gene Oliver 34 R R 6' 2" 225 Mar 22, 1935 10 23 3 23 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 -0.1 $
Nate Oliver 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 13, 1940 7 44 9 44 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 26 -0.3 $
Adolfo Phillips 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 16, 1941 6 28 16 28 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 25 1 2 0.3 $
Paul Popovich 28 B R 6' 0" 175 Aug 18, 1940 5 60 33 60 37 0 0 0 25 6 7 0 1 0 1 24 1 0.7 $
Jim Qualls 22 B R 5' 10" 158 Oct 9, 1946 1st 43 28 43 39 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 35 0 35 7 2 -0.6 $
Phil Regan 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1937 10 71 0 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Archie Reynolds 23 R R 6' 2" 205 Jan 3, 1946 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Gary Ross 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 16, 1947 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ken Rudolph 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 29, 1946 1st 27 7 27 15 0 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 12 2 0.0 $
Ron Santo HOF 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1940 10 160 159 160 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.4 $ All-Star
Dick Selma 25 R R 5' 11" 160 Nov 4, 1943 5 36 25 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Charley Smith 31 R R 6' 1" 170 Sep 15, 1937 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Willie Smith 30 L L 6' 0" 182 Feb 11, 1939 7 103 46 103 53 0 0 24 0 0 0 32 0 1 33 51 0 0.0 $
Al Spangler 35 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 8, 1933 11 82 52 82 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57 58 30 0 -1.2 $
Billy Williams HOF 31 L R 6' 1" 175 Jun 15, 1938 11 163 159 163 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 30 159 4 0 2.7 $
Don Young 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 18, 1945 2 101 88 101 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 94 8 100 2 6 0.9 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1968 / 1970 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers