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1986 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987

70-90, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Frey (23-33), John Vukovich (1-1) and Gene Michael (46-56)
Scored 680 runs, Allowed 781 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-90

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,859,102 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 107

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1985 / 1987 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
Jay Baller 25 R R 6' 6" 215 Oct 6, 1960 3 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Thad Bosley 29 L L 6' 3" 175 Sep 17, 1956 10 87 11 87 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 2 8 42 64 0 0.2 $327,500
Ron Cey 38 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 15, 1948 16 97 75 97 77 0 0 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 1.7 $1,400,000
Steve Christmas 28 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1957 3 3 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Jody Davis 29 R R 6' 4" 192 Nov 12, 1956 6 148 141 148 146 0 145 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.7 $833,333 All-Star
Ron Davis 30 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 6, 1955 9 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Brian Dayett 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 22, 1957 4 24 15 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 12 28 1 1 0.1 $
Bob Dernier 29 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 5, 1957 7 108 82 108 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 105 2 8 -0.6 $558,333
Frank DiPino 29 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 22, 1956 6 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Shawon Dunston 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 21, 1963 2 150 148 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.6 $100,000
Leon Durham 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 31, 1957 7 141 133 141 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.3 $983,333
Dennis Eckersley HOF 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 12 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $783,333
Ray Fontenot 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 8, 1957 4 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $240,000
Terry Francona 27 L L 6' 1" 190 Apr 22, 1959 6 86 16 86 51 0 0 23 0 0 0 20 2 10 32 44 4 -0.8 $250,000
George Frazier 31 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 13, 1954 9 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $633,333
Dave Gumpert 28 R R 6' 1" 190 May 5, 1958 4 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $64,000
Drew Hall 23 L L 6' 4" 220 Mar 27, 1963 1st 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Guy Hoffman 29 L L 5' 9" 175 Jul 9, 1956 4 33 8 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.3 $
Matt Keough 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1955 9 19 2 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $100,000
Steve Lake 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 14, 1957 4 10 4 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $60,000
Davey Lopes 41 R R 5' 9" 170 May 3, 1945 15 59 41 59 50 0 0 0 0 32 0 21 0 2 23 8 7 1.9 $490,000
Ed Lynch 30 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 25, 1956 7 23 13 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Greg Maddux 20 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 14, 1966 1st 6 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Mike Martin 27 L R 6' 2" 193 Dec 3, 1958 1st 8 4 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.3 $60,000
Dave Martinez 21 L L 5' 10" 150 Sep 26, 1964 1st 53 25 53 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 39 1 49 5 9 -1.2 $
Gary Matthews 35 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 5, 1950 15 123 104 123 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 19 0 -0.1 $850,000
Keith Moreland 32 R R 6' 0" 190 May 2, 1954 9 156 151 156 155 0 13 12 0 24 0 0 0 121 121 4 0 -2.0 $760,000
Jamie Moyer 23 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 18, 1962 1st 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $60,000
Jerry Mumphrey 33 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 13 111 70 111 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 65 21 125 33 0 -0.1 $850,000
Rafael Palmeiro 21 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 24, 1964 1st 22 18 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 3 22 2 1 -0.2 $
Dick Ruthven 35 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1951 14 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $1,050,000
Ryne Sandberg HOF 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 18, 1959 6 154 153 154 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.2 $665,000 All-Star
Scott Sanderson 29 R R 6' 5" 195 Jul 22, 1956 9 38 28 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 $800,000
Lee Smith 28 R R 6' 5" 220 Dec 4, 1957 7 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $720,000
Chris Speier 36 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 28, 1950 16 95 30 95 81 0 0 0 7 53 23 0 0 0 0 18 9 1.1 $275,000
Rick Sutcliffe 30 L R 6' 7" 215 Jun 21, 1956 10 29 27 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.6 $1,530,000
Manny Trillo 35 R R 6' 1" 150 Dec 25, 1950 14 81 33 81 65 0 0 11 6 53 0 0 0 0 0 19 10 0.1 $550,000
Steve Trout 28 L L 6' 4" 195 Jul 30, 1957 9 37 25 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $890,000
Chico Walker 27 B R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1958 6 28 24 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 22 35 2 1 -0.4 $
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1985 / 1987 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers