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1985 Chicago Cubs

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 / 1986

77-84, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Frey (77-84)
Scored 686 runs, Allowed 729 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-85

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 2,161,534 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 110, Pitching - 110 · one-year: Batting - 115, Pitching - 116

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1984 / 1986 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
Johnny Abrego 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 4, 1962 1st 6 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Jay Baller 24 R R 6' 6" 215 Oct 6, 1960 2 20 4 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Dave Beard 25 L R 6' 5" 190 Oct 2, 1959 6 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Thad Bosley 28 L L 6' 3" 175 Sep 17, 1956 9 108 30 108 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 7 8 61 69 0 2.3 $215,000
Derek Botelho 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 2, 1956 2 11 7 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
Larry Bowa 39 B R 5' 10" 155 Dec 6, 1945 16 72 60 72 66 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.4
Warren Brusstar 33 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 2, 1952 9 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $375,000
Ron Cey 37 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 15, 1948 15 145 138 145 140 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.9 $1,450,000
Jody Davis 28 R R 6' 4" 192 Nov 12, 1956 5 142 129 142 138 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2.4 $550,000
Brian Dayett 28 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 22, 1957 3 22 3 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 15 0 -0.1
Bob Dernier 28 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 5, 1957 6 121 112 121 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 116 5 0 0.6 $406,250
Shawon Dunston 22 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 21, 1963 1st 74 71 74 73 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.5
Leon Durham 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 31, 1957 6 153 144 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2.4 $800,000
Dennis Eckersley HOF 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 11 26 25 26 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.8 $750,000
Steve Engel 23 R L 6' 3" 216 Dec 31, 1961 1st 11 8 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Ray Fontenot 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 8, 1957 3 38 23 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $200,000
George Frazier 30 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 13, 1954 8 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $483,333
Dave Gumpert 27 R R 6' 1" 190 May 5, 1958 3 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Larry Gura 37 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 16 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Billy Hatcher 24 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 4, 1960 2 53 37 53 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 27 3 46 10 2 -0.6
Richie Hebner 37 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 26, 1947 18 83 16 83 19 0 0 12 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 65 1 -0.5 $310,000
Darrin Jackson 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 22, 1963 1st 5 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 -0.2
Steve Lake 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 14, 1957 3 58 33 58 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.3
Davey Lopes 40 R R 5' 9" 170 May 3, 1945 14 99 67 99 82 0 0 0 1 4 0 48 25 17 90 25 5 1.8 $490,000
Gary Matthews 34 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 5, 1950 14 97 85 97 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 85 12 0 0.5 $600,000
Ron Meridith 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 26, 1956 2 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Keith Moreland 31 R R 6' 0" 190 May 2, 1954 8 161 157 161 160 0 2 12 0 11 0 0 0 148 148 3 0 1.2 $865,000
Dave Owen 27 B R 6' 2" 170 Apr 25, 1958 3 22 2 22 18 0 0 0 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 3 6 0.1
Reggie Patterson 26 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 7, 1958 4 8 5 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Jon Perlman 28 L R 6' 3" 185 Dec 13, 1956 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Dick Ruthven 34 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1951 13 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $766,667
Ryne Sandberg HOF 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 18, 1959 5 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 153 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.8 $505,000 All-Star
Scott Sanderson 28 R R 6' 5" 195 Jul 22, 1956 8 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $500,000
Lee Smith 27 R R 6' 5" 220 Dec 4, 1957 6 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $670,000
Lary Sorensen 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1955 9 45 3 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $320,000
Chris Speier 35 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 28, 1950 15 106 46 106 98 0 0 0 13 32 58 0 0 0 0 14 4 -0.2 $225,000
Rick Sutcliffe 29 L R 6' 7" 215 Jun 21, 1956 9 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $1,260,000
Steve Trout 27 L L 6' 4" 195 Jul 30, 1957 8 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $640,000
Chico Walker 26 B R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1958 5 21 1 21 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 6 8 7 -0.3
Gary Woods 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 20, 1954 9 81 9 81 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 4 12 60 31 7 0.1 $321,667
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.

1984 / 1986 Roster (40-man)