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1998 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

90-73, Finished 2nd in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Riggleman (90-73)
Scored 831 runs, Allowed 792 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-78

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 2,623,194 (6th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99

Postseason:  Lost NL Division Series (3-0) to Atlanta Braves

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1997 / 1999 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Terry Adams 25 R R 6' 3" 180 Mar 6, 1973 4 63 0 61 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $295,000
Manny Alexander 27 R R 5' 10" 150 Mar 20, 1971 6 108 57 108 87 0 0 0 27 19 50 1 0 0 1 2 27 5 -1.1 $425,000
Rod Beck 29 R R 6' 1" 215 Aug 3, 1968 8 81 0 77 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $3,600,000
Jeff Blauser 32 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 8, 1965 12 119 100 119 106 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.8 $4,000,000
Brant Brown 27 L L 6' 3" 220 Jun 22, 1971 3 124 77 124 105 0 0 7 0 0 0 48 69 0 117 0 25 3 1.3 $180,000
Mark Clark 30 R R 6' 5" 225 May 12, 1968 8 33 33 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $5,050,000
Tony Fossas 40 L L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1957 11 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Kevin Foster 29 R R 6' 1" 160 Jan 13, 1969 6 3 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $1,450,000
Gary Gaetti 39 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1958 18 37 34 37 36 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.7 $170,000
Geremi Gonzalez 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 8, 1975 2 21 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $210,000
Mark Grace 34 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 28, 1964 11 158 154 158 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.4 $4,225,000
Chris Haney 29 L L 6' 3" 185 Nov 16, 1968 8 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jason Hardtke 26 B R 5' 10" 175 Sep 15, 1971 3 18 1 18 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 12 0 -0.1 $
Felix Heredia 23 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 18, 1975 3 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jose Hernandez 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 14, 1969 7 149 119 149 143 0 0 3 2 72 45 31 31 2 64 0 12 2 2.0 $725,000
Glenallen Hill 33 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 22, 1965 10 48 31 48 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 6 34 0 16 0 1.3 $
Tyler Houston 27 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 17, 1971 3 95 68 95 80 0 63 7 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 0.2 $225,000
Lance Johnson 34 L L 5' 10" 160 Jul 6, 1963 12 85 68 85 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 78 0 8 1 -0.2 $4,900,000
Matt Karchner 31 R R 6' 4" 245 Jun 28, 1967 4 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Terrell Lowery 27 R R 6' 3" 180 Oct 25, 1970 2 24 2 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 0 22 0 6 3 -0.4 $
Sandy Martinez 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Oct 8, 1970 4 45 20 45 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.0 $174,500
Jason Maxwell 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 26, 1972 1st 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.2 $
Orlando Merced 31 B R 6' 0" 180 Nov 2, 1966 9 12 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 10 0 0.0 $
Matt Mieske 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 13, 1968 6 77 14 77 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 3 12 65 0 32 3 0.0 $550,000
Kurt Miller 25 R R 6' 5" 205 Aug 24, 1972 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Mickey Morandini 32 L R 5' 11" 170 Apr 22, 1966 9 154 146 154 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3.6 $2,000,000
Mike Morgan 38 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 8, 1959 18 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Terry Mulholland 35 R L 6' 3" 200 Mar 9, 1963 12 70 6 67 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $600,000
Rodney Myers 29 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 26, 1969 3 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jose Nieves 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 16, 1975 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Kevin Orie 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 1, 1972 2 64 53 64 57 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 -1.0 $240,000
Bob Patterson 39 R L 6' 2" 185 May 16, 1959 13 33 0 30 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $900,000
Marc Pisciotta 27 R R 6' 5" 240 Aug 7, 1970 2 43 0 40 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $180,000
Henry Rodriguez 30 L L 6' 1" 180 Nov 8, 1967 7 128 117 128 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 114 5 11 0 0.8 $2,700,000
Scott Servais 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 4, 1967 8 113 87 113 110 0 110 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 -0.4 $1,645,000
Sammy Sosa 29 R R 6' 0" 165 Nov 12, 1968 10 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 156 163 0 0 0 6.3 $8,325,000 All-Star
Justin Speier 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 6, 1973 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Kennie Steenstra 27 R R 6' 5" 220 Oct 13, 1970 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dave Stevens 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 4, 1970 5 31 0 28 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $225,000
Kevin Tapani 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 18, 1964 10 35 34 34 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $4,000,000
Amaury Telemaco 24 R R 6' 4" 220 Jan 19, 1974 3 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $173,000
Steve Trachsel 27 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 31, 1970 6 33 33 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $2,987,500
Pedro Valdes 25 L L 6' 1" 205 Jun 29, 1973 2 14 5 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 7 0 8 0 0.0 $170,000
Ben VanRyn 26 L L 6' 5" 185 Aug 9, 1971 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $170,000
Don Wengert 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 6, 1969 4 23 6 23 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 $
Derrick White 28 R R 6' 1" 220 Oct 12, 1969 3 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 11 0 -0.1 $
Kerry Wood 21 R R 6' 5" 210 Jun 16, 1977 1st 26 26 24 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $170,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance
1

Lance Johnson
4

Jeff Blauser
6

Glenallen Hill
7

Tyler Houston
8

Gary Gaetti
Sandy Martinez
9

Scott Servais
10

Terrell Lowery
11

Jose Nieves
12

Mickey Morandini
15

Sandy Martinez
Kevin Orie
17

Mark Grace
18

Jose Hernandez
19

Jason Hardtke
20

Matt Mieske
21

Sammy Sosa
22

Mark Clark
24

Manny Alexander
25

Orlando Merced
Derrick White
28

Pedro Valdes
30

Geremi Gonzalez
31

Kevin Foster
33

Don Wengert
34

Kerry Wood
35

Felix Heredia
Bob Patterson
36

Kevin Tapani
37

Brant Brown
38

Mike Morgan
40

Henry Rodriguez
41

Marc Pisciotta
44

Tony Fossas
Chris Haney
Amaury Telemaco
45

Terry Mulholland
46

Steve Trachsel
47

Rod Beck
48

Dave Stevens
49

Felix Heredia
Kennie Steenstra
50

Jason Maxwell
51

Terry Adams
52

Matt Karchner
53

Kurt Miller
54

Mark Clark
56

Justin Speier
58

Ben VanRyn
59

Rodney Myers

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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