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2008 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

97-64, Finished 1st in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Piniella (97-64)
Scored 855 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-63

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 3,300,200 (5th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103

Postseason:  Lost NL Division Series (3-0) to Los Angeles Dodgers

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2007 / 2009 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
Jose Ascanio 23 R R 5' 11" 195 May 2, 1985 2 6 0 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Henry Blanco 36 R R 5' 11" 225 Aug 29, 1971 11 58 28 58 46 0 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.5 $3,175,000
Ronny Cedeno 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 2, 1983 4 99 51 99 75 0 0 0 43 7 27 1 1 0 2 0 28 7 0.6 $407,000
Neal Cotts 28 L L 6' 2" 200 Mar 25, 1980 6 50 0 44 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ryan Dempster 31 R R 6' 2" 215 May 3, 1977 11 33 33 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $7,333,333 All-Star
Mark DeRosa 33 R R 6' 0" 220 Feb 26, 1975 11 149 143 149 148 0 0 1 95 22 1 27 0 38 65 0 4 0 3.7 $4,750,000
Jim Edmonds 38 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 27, 1970 16 85 75 85 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 77 0 9 0 1.9 $
Scott Eyre 36 L L 6' 1" 160 May 30, 1972 12 19 0 15 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $3,800,000
Mike Fontenot 28 L R 5' 8" 165 Jun 9, 1980 3 119 49 119 82 0 0 0 82 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 3 3.0 $405,000
Chad Fox 37 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 3, 1970 9 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Kosuke Fukudome 31 L R 6' 0" 200 Apr 26, 1977 1st 150 127 150 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 137 149 1 15 1 1.3 $7,000,000 All-Star
Sean Gallagher 22 R R 6' 2" 220 Dec 30, 1985 2 12 10 9 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Chad Gaudin 25 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 24, 1983 6 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Angel Guzman 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Dec 14, 1981 3 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $401,000
Rich Harden 26 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 30, 1981 6 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Kevin Hart 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 29, 1982 2 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $392,500
Koyie Hill 29 B R 6' 1" 210 Mar 9, 1979 5 10 2 10 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.5 $
Rich Hill 28 L L 6' 5" 220 Mar 11, 1980 4 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $445,000
Micah Hoffpauir 28 L L 6' 3" 215 Mar 1, 1980 1st 33 14 33 18 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 0 5 12 1 16 0 0.7 $
Bob Howry 34 L R 6' 5" 215 Aug 4, 1973 11 72 0 69 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $4,500,000
Reed Johnson 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 8, 1976 6 109 77 109 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 78 6 110 0 24 0 1.3 $1,300,000
Derrek Lee 32 R R 6' 5" 240 Sep 6, 1975 12 155 154 155 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2.1 $13,250,000
Jon Lieber 38 L R 6' 3" 220 Apr 2, 1970 14 26 1 24 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $3,500,000
Ted Lilly 32 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 4, 1976 10 34 34 33 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $8,000,000
Carlos Marmol 25 R R 6' 2" 215 Oct 14, 1982 3 82 0 78 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $430,000 All-Star
Jason Marquis 29 L R 6' 1" 210 Aug 21, 1978 9 39 28 38 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2.2 $6,375,000
Sean Marshall 25 L L 6' 7" 220 Aug 30, 1982 3 34 7 33 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Casey McGehee 25 R R 6' 1" 220 Oct 12, 1982 1st 9 4 9 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Matt Murton 26 R R 6' 1" 220 Oct 3, 1981 4 19 6 19 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 12 0 12 0 -0.1 $
Eric Patterson 25 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 8, 1983 2 13 9 13 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 1 0 10 0 4 0 -0.4 $
Felix Pie 23 L L 6' 2" 185 Feb 8, 1985 2 43 18 43 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39 0 40 0 7 3 0.0 $401,500
Carmen Pignatiello 25 R L 6' 0" 205 Sep 12, 1982 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $391,500
Aramis Ramirez 30 R R 6' 1" 215 Jun 25, 1978 11 149 148 149 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.5 $15,000,000 All-Star
Jeff Samardzija 23 R R 6' 5" 225 Jan 23, 1985 1st 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Alfonso Soriano 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 7, 1976 10 109 107 109 108 0 0 0 1 0 0 108 0 0 108 0 2 0 2.2 $14,000,000 All-Star
Geovany Soto 25 R R 6' 1" 220 Jan 20, 1983 4 141 134 141 136 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 4.1 $401,000 All-Star
Ryan Theriot 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 7, 1979 4 149 141 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.8 $428,000
Daryle Ward 33 L L 6' 2" 240 Jun 27, 1975 11 89 10 89 22 0 0 13 0 0 0 6 0 3 9 1 73 0 0.2 $1,200,000
Randy Wells 25 R R 6' 5" 230 Aug 28, 1982 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Kerry Wood 31 R R 6' 5" 210 Jun 16, 1977 10 65 0 64 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $4,200,000 All-Star
Michael Wuertz 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 15, 1978 5 45 0 40 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $860,000
Carlos Zambrano 27 B R 6' 5" 270 Jun 1, 1981 8 38 30 37 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4.5 $16,000,000 All-Star
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

Kosuke Fukudome
Ryan Theriot
Eric Patterson
Ronny Cedeno
Micah Hoffpauir
Mark DeRosa
Reed Johnson
Alfonso Soriano

Reed Johnson
Jim Edmonds
Aramis Ramirez
Mike Fontenot
Geovany Soto
Matt Murton
Felix Pie
Jason Marquis

Kevin Hart
Henry Blanco
Derrek Lee
Casey McGehee
Jeff Samardzija
Ted Lilly
Jon Lieber
Daryle Ward

Kerry Wood
Sean Gallagher
Randy Wells
Angel Guzman
Carlos Zambrano
Rich Harden
Michael Wuertz
Chad Fox
Sean Marshall

Ryan Dempster
Scott Eyre
Neal Cotts
Carlos Marmol
Jeff Samardzija
Rich Hill
Koyie Hill
Chad Gaudin

Jose Ascanio
Bob Howry
Carmen Pignatiello

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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