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1971 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972

83-79, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Leo Durocher (83-79)
Scored 637 runs, Allowed 648 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,653,007 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 113, Pitching - 113 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 109

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1970 / 1972 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
Ernie Banks HOF 40 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 19 39 18 39 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 -0.7 $
Glenn Beckert 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 12, 1940 7 131 129 131 129 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.7 $ All-Star
Bill Bonham 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 1, 1948 1st 33 2 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Pat Bourque 24 L L 6' 0" 210 Mar 23, 1947 1st 14 9 14 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2 $
Danny Breeden 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 27, 1942 2 25 21 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Hal Breeden 27 R L 6' 2" 200 Jun 28, 1944 1st 23 5 23 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.2 $
Johnny Callison 32 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 12, 1939 14 103 82 103 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 88 89 15 1 -1.2 $
Chris Cannizzaro 33 R R 6' 0" 190 May 3, 1938 10 71 61 71 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Jim Colborn 25 R R 6' 0" 185 May 22, 1946 3 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Brock Davis 27 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 19, 1943 5 106 83 106 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 85 5 93 12 4 -0.3 $
Joe Decker 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 16, 1947 3 22 4 22 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 $
Carmen Fanzone 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 30, 1941 2 12 10 12 10 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 1 6 2 0 -0.2 $
Frank Fernandez 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 16, 1943 5 17 13 17 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.9 $
Larry Gura 23 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bill Hands 31 R R 6' 2" 185 May 6, 1940 7 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Jim Hickman 34 R R 6' 3" 192 May 10, 1937 10 117 102 117 109 0 0 44 0 0 0 1 4 65 69 14 0 0.4 $
Gene Hiser 22 L L 5' 11" 175 Dec 11, 1948 1st 17 7 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 9 5 3 0.1 $
Ken Holtzman 25 R L 6' 2" 175 Nov 3, 1945 7 30 29 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $56,500
Burt Hooton 21 R R 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1950 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Randy Hundley 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 1, 1942 8 9 8 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Cleo James 30 R R 5' 10" 176 Aug 31, 1940 3 54 38 54 50 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 35 14 48 4 7 0.1 $
Fergie Jenkins HOF 28 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 13, 1942 7 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.6 $72,000 All-Star
Garry Jestadt 24 R R 6' 2" 188 Mar 19, 1947 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Don Kessinger 28 B R 6' 1" 170 Jul 17, 1942 8 155 151 155 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.1 $ All-Star
J.C. Martin 34 L R 6' 2" 188 Dec 13, 1936 13 47 35 47 44 0 43 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0.3 $
Bob Miller 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 18, 1939 14 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ray Newman 26 L L 6' 5" 205 Jun 20, 1945 1st 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bill North 23 B R 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1948 1st 8 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0 2 0.2 $
Jose Ortiz 24 R R 5' 9" 155 Jun 25, 1947 3 36 23 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 31 2 7 -0.2 $
Milt Pappas 32 R R 6' 3" 190 May 11, 1939 15 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 $
Joe Pepitone 30 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 9, 1940 10 115 111 115 112 0 0 95 0 0 0 1 22 0 23 3 0 0.9 $
Juan Pizarro 34 L L 5' 11" 170 Feb 7, 1937 15 16 14 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Paul Popovich 30 B R 6' 0" 175 Aug 18, 1940 7 89 43 89 56 0 0 0 40 16 1 0 0 0 0 34 2 -1.3 $
Phil Regan 34 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1937 12 48 1 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Ken Rudolph 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 29, 1946 3 25 24 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Ron Santo HOF 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1940 12 154 153 154 154 0 0 0 0 149 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 2.7 $ All-Star
Al Spangler 37 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 8, 1933 13 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 $
Earl Stephenson 23 L L 6' 3" 175 Jul 31, 1947 1st 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ron Tompkins 26 R R 6' 4" 198 Nov 27, 1944 2 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Hector Torres 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 16, 1945 4 31 13 31 22 0 0 0 4 0 18 0 0 0 0 6 3 -0.2 $
Ramon Webster 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Aug 31, 1942 5 16 0 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.1 $
Billy Williams HOF 33 L R 6' 1" 175 Jun 15, 1938 13 157 152 157 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 4 154 5 0 3.7 $100,000
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

Al Spangler

Johnny Callison

Joe Pepitone

Randy Hundley

Ron Santo

Don Kessinger

J.C. Martin

Ernie Banks

Ken Rudolph

Gene Hiser
Garry Jestadt

Glenn Beckert

Pat Bourque
Danny Breeden

Jose Ortiz

Hector Torres

Paul Popovich

Carmen Fanzone
Ramon Webster

Cleo James

Hal Breeden
Bill North

Billy Williams

Phil Regan

Jim Hickman

Brock Davis

Ken Holtzman

Fergie Jenkins

Milt Pappas

Bill Bonham

Joe Decker

Earl Stephenson

Ron Tompkins

Larry Gura

Chris Cannizzaro

Burt Hooton

Bob Miller
Ray Newman

Juan Pizarro

Frank Fernandez

Jim Colborn

Bill Hands

Ray Newman

1970 / 1972 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers