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1997 Chicago Cubs Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
68-94, Finished 5th in NL Central
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Scored 687 runs, Allowed 759 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Manager: Jim Riggleman (68-94)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,190,308 (6th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106
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1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Terry Adams 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 6, 1973 3 74 0 74 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $215,000.00
Manny Alexander 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 20, 1971 5 33 32 33 32 0 0 0 4 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Miguel Batista 26 R R 6' 0" 160 Feb 19, 1971 3 11 5 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $153,000.00
Kent Bottenfield 28 R R 6' 3" 237 Nov 14, 1968 5 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $195,000.00
Brant Brown 26 L L 6' 3" 220 Jun 22, 1971 2 46 37 46 38 0 0 12 0 0 0 27 0 0 27 0 7 2 $155,000.00
Miguel Cairo 23 R R 6' 0" 160 May 4, 1974 2 16 5 16 10 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Larry Casian 31 R L 6' 0" 170 Oct 28, 1965 8 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $350,000.00
Frank Castillo 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 1, 1969 7 20 19 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,740,000.00
Dave Clark 34 L R 6' 2" 210 Sep 3, 1962 12 102 24 102 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 1 25 4 76 0 $450,000.00
Mark Clark 29 R R 6' 5" 225 May 12, 1968 7 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shawon Dunston 34 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 21, 1963 13 114 110 114 112 0 0 0 0 0 108 7 0 0 7 0 2 1 $2,325,000.00
Kevin Foster 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 13, 1969 5 30 24 29 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $275,000.00
Doug Glanville 26 R R 6' 2" 170 Aug 25, 1970 2 146 105 146 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 30 1 138 0 10 13 $155,000.00
Geremi Gonzalez 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 8, 1975 1st 23 21 21 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Mark Grace 33 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 28, 1964 10 151 147 151 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $4,525,000.00 All-Star
Dave Hansen 28 L R 6' 0" 195 Nov 24, 1968 8 90 38 90 56 0 0 4 1 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 $325,000.00
Jose Hernandez 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 14, 1969 6 121 29 121 90 0 0 1 20 47 21 6 0 0 6 0 33 18 $450,000.00
Tyler Houston 26 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 17, 1971 2 72 47 72 56 0 41 2 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 $185,000.00
Mike Hubbard 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 16, 1971 3 29 15 29 21 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 $153,000.00
Robin Jennings 25 L L 6' 2" 205 Apr 11, 1972 2 9 3 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 5 0 6 0
Lance Johnson 33 L L 5' 11" 160 Jul 6, 1963 11 39 33 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 39 1 3 1
Brooks Kieschnick 25 L R 6' 4" 225 Jun 6, 1972 2 39 26 39 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 1 27 0 12 0
Terrell Lowery 26 R R 6' 3" 180 Oct 25, 1970 1st 9 3 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 6 0 6 0
Brian McRae 29 B R 6' 0" 185 Aug 27, 1967 8 108 103 108 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 107 0 3 0 $3,900,000.00
Ramon Morel 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 15, 1974 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Mulholland 34 R L 6' 3" 206 Mar 9, 1963 11 25 24 24 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,400,000.00
Rodney Myers 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 26, 1969 2 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Orie 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 1, 1972 1st 114 106 114 112 0 0 0 0 112 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $150,000.00
Bob Patterson 38 R L 6' 2" 192 May 16, 1959 12 76 0 74 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,050,000.00
Marc Pisciotta 26 R R 6' 5" 240 Aug 7, 1970 1st 24 0 23 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Mel Rojas 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 10, 1966 8 54 0 53 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,583,333.00
Rey Sanchez 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 5, 1967 7 97 52 97 88 0 0 0 32 1 63 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 $1,287,500.00
Ryne Sandberg HOF 37 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 18, 1959 16 135 116 135 126 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 $3,250,000.00
Scott Servais 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 4, 1967 7 122 110 122 118 0 118 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $1,370,000.00
Sammy Sosa 28 R R 6' 0" 220 Nov 12, 1968 9 162 161 162 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 161 0 1 0 $5,500,000.00
Dave Stevens 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 4, 1970 4 10 0 8 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $210,000.00
Dave Swartzbaugh 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 11, 1968 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $153,500.00
Kevin Tapani 33 R R 6' 0" 187 Feb 18, 1964 9 13 12 12 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,750,000.00
Ramon Tatis 24 L L 6' 2" 185 May 2, 1973 1st 56 0 54 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Amaury Telemaco 23 R R 6' 4" 220 Jan 19, 1974 2 10 5 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Trachsel 26 R R 6' 4" 205 Oct 31, 1970 5 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,100,000.00
Turk Wendell 30 B R 6' 2" 190 May 19, 1967 5 52 0 51 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $350,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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