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1972 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

85-70, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Leo Durocher (46-44) and Whitey Lockman (39-26)
Scored 685 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-64

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,299,163 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 110, Pitching - 110 · one-year: Batting - 113, Pitching - 111

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1971 / 1973 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
Jack Aker 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 13, 1940 9 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $28,000
Glenn Beckert 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 12, 1940 8 120 117 120 118 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.6 $ All-Star
Bill Bonham 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 1, 1948 2 19 4 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Pat Bourque 25 L L 6' 0" 210 Mar 23, 1947 2 11 6 11 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.2 $
Jose Cardenal 28 R R 5' 10" 150 Oct 7, 1943 10 143 135 143 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 19 123 137 5 2 1.9 $
Frank Coggins 28 B R 6' 2" 187 May 22, 1944 3 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.0 $
Clint Compton 21 L L 5' 11" 185 Nov 1, 1950 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tommy Davis 33 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 21, 1939 14 15 5 15 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 0 0.0 $25,000
Joe Decker 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 16, 1947 4 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $16,000
Carmen Fanzone 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 30, 1941 3 86 58 86 71 0 0 21 13 36 1 1 0 0 1 19 3 1.0 $
Frank Fernandez 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 16, 1943 6 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.1 $
Larry Gura 24 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 3 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Steve Hamilton 36 L L 6' 6" 190 Nov 30, 1935 12 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bill Hands 32 R R 6' 2" 185 May 6, 1940 8 32 28 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $56,500
Elrod Hendricks 31 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 22, 1940 5 17 13 17 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Jim Hickman 35 R R 6' 3" 192 May 10, 1937 11 115 96 115 101 0 0 77 0 0 0 1 0 26 27 15 0 2.3 $
Gene Hiser 23 L L 5' 11" 175 Dec 11, 1948 2 32 9 32 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 9 15 12 8 -0.3 $
Burt Hooton 22 R R 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1950 2 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 $
Randy Hundley 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 1, 1942 9 114 99 114 113 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.2 $
Fergie Jenkins HOF 29 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 13, 1942 8 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 $125,000 All-Star
Don Kessinger 29 B R 6' 1" 170 Jul 17, 1942 9 149 145 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.7 $ All-Star
Pete LaCock 20 L L 6' 2" 200 Jan 17, 1952 1st 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 0.3 $
J.C. Martin 35 L R 6' 2" 188 Dec 13, 1936 14 25 12 25 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.4 $
Dan McGinn 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 29, 1943 5 43 2 43 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.3 $
Rick Monday 26 L L 6' 3" 193 Nov 20, 1945 7 138 123 138 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 2 134 4 2 1.4 $
Al Montreuil 28 R R 5' 5" 158 Aug 23, 1943 1st 5 3 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bill North 24 B R 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1948 2 66 26 66 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 26 15 48 14 15 -0.5 $11,000
Milt Pappas 33 R R 6' 3" 190 May 11, 1939 16 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $
Joe Pepitone 31 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 9, 1940 11 66 54 66 61 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.1 $
Tom Phoebus 30 R R 5' 8" 185 Apr 7, 1942 7 38 1 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 $
Juan Pizarro 35 L L 5' 11" 170 Feb 7, 1937 16 16 7 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Paul Popovich 31 B R 6' 0" 175 Aug 18, 1940 8 58 30 58 45 0 0 0 36 1 8 0 0 0 0 15 1 -0.2 $
Phil Regan 35 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1937 13 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Rick Reuschel 23 R R 6' 3" 215 May 16, 1949 1st 21 18 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Dave Rosello 22 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 26, 1950 1st 5 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ken Rudolph 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 29, 1946 4 42 32 42 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 $
Ron Santo HOF 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1940 13 133 131 133 132 0 0 0 3 129 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5.1 $ All-Star
Art Shamsky 30 L L 6' 1" 168 Oct 14, 1941 8 15 2 15 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.1 $
Jim Tyrone 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 29, 1949 1st 13 1 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 3 9 -0.1 $
Chris Ward 23 L L 6' 0" 180 May 18, 1949 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Billy Williams HOF 34 L R 6' 1" 175 Jun 15, 1938 14 150 147 150 148 0 0 5 0 0 0 144 0 0 144 3 0 6.0 $115,000 All-Star
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

Jose Cardenal

Rick Monday

Joe Pepitone

Randy Hundley

Ron Santo

Don Kessinger

J.C. Martin

Ken Rudolph

Gene Hiser

Frank Coggins
Dave Rosello

Glenn Beckert

Pat Bourque

Chris Ward

Gene Hiser

Paul Popovich

Carmen Fanzone

Tommy Davis
Pete LaCock
Art Shamsky

Bill North

Billy Williams

Phil Regan
Jim Tyrone

Jim Hickman

Al Montreuil

Dan McGinn

Fergie Jenkins

Milt Pappas

Bill Bonham

Clint Compton

Joe Decker
Tom Phoebus

Joe Decker
Steve Hamilton

Jack Aker

Elrod Hendricks

Larry Gura

Burt Hooton

Juan Pizarro

Frank Fernandez

Rick Reuschel

Bill Hands

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers