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1977 Chicago Cubs

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

81-81, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Herman Franks (81-81)
Scored 692 runs, Allowed 739 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-86

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,439,834 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 111, Pitching - 112 · one-year: Batting - 113, Pitching - 114

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1976 / 1978 Roster (40-man)

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
Mike Adams 28 R R 5' 9" 180 Jul 24, 1948 4 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 -0.1
Larry Biittner 31 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 27, 1945 8 138 112 138 126 1 0 80 0 0 0 52 0 0 52 17 2 0.5
Bill Bonham 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 1, 1948 7 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.9
Pete Broberg 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 2, 1950 7 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bill Buckner 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 14, 1949 9 122 98 122 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 -0.7 $100,000
Ray Burris 26 R R 6' 5" 200 Aug 22, 1950 5 40 39 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.3 $75,000
Jose Cardenal 33 R R 5' 10" 150 Oct 7, 1943 15 100 52 100 62 0 0 0 1 0 1 55 6 2 63 37 9 -0.7 $150,000
Gene Clines 30 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 6, 1946 8 101 46 101 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 2 11 63 45 2 0.1
Bobby Darwin 34 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 16, 1943 9 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 -0.2
Ivan de Jesus 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 9, 1953 4 155 154 155 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $30,000
Dave Giusti 37 R R 5' 11" 190 Nov 27, 1939 15 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Mike Gordon 23 B R 6' 3" 215 Sep 11, 1953 1st 8 5 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Greg Gross 24 L L 5' 10" 160 Aug 1, 1952 5 115 52 115 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 25 9 74 51 2 0.4
Ramon Hernandez 36 B L 5' 11" 165 Aug 31, 1940 9 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Willie Hernandez 22 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 14, 1954 1st 67 1 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Randy Hundley 35 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 1, 1942 14 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Mick Kelleher 29 R R 5' 9" 176 Jul 25, 1947 6 63 30 63 53 0 0 0 40 1 14 0 0 0 0 1 12 -0.1
Mike Krukow 25 R R 6' 5" 205 Jan 21, 1952 2 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Dennis Lamp 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Sep 23, 1952 1st 11 3 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
George Mitterwald 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 7, 1945 11 110 102 110 110 0 109 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Donnie Moore 23 L R 6' 0" 185 Feb 13, 1954 2 27 1 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Jerry Morales 28 R R 5' 10" 155 Feb 18, 1949 9 136 122 136 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 125 4 135 13 0 -0.7 $80,000 All-Star
Bobby Murcer 31 L R 5' 11" 160 May 20, 1946 11 154 148 154 150 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 150 150 5 0 0.1 $320,000
Steve Ontiveros 25 B R 6' 0" 185 Oct 26, 1951 5 156 153 156 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.6 $20,000
Steve Renko 32 R R 6' 5" 230 Dec 10, 1944 9 13 8 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Paul Reuschel 30 R R 6' 4" 225 Jan 12, 1947 3 69 0 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Rick Reuschel 28 R R 6' 3" 215 May 16, 1949 6 41 37 41 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9.6 All-Star
Dave Roberts 32 L L 6' 3" 195 Sep 11, 1944 9 17 6 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.2
Dave Rosello 27 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 26, 1950 6 56 13 56 33 0 0 0 3 21 10 0 0 0 0 25 4 -0.0
Mike Sember 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 24, 1953 1st 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.0
Bruce Sutter HOF 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 8, 1953 2 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.6 $50,000 All-Star
Steve Swisher 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 9, 1951 4 74 54 74 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -1.0 $50,000
Jim Todd 29 L R 6' 2" 190 Sep 21, 1947 4 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5
Manny Trillo 26 R R 6' 1" 150 Dec 25, 1950 5 152 136 152 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.7 $50,000 All-Star
Joe Wallis 25 B R 5' 11" 180 Jan 9, 1952 3 56 16 56 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 35 21 4 0.1
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1976 / 1978 Roster (40-man)