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2008 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
60-43, 1st place in NL Central Division
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Scored 538 runs, Allowed 430 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-41
Managed by Lou Piniella

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,072,087 (5th of 16)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Geovany Soto        25   95  343   40   94  24  1  17   58  43   89  .274  .353  .499   0   0   6   1   0   4   2  118
1B  Derrek Lee          32  102  416   65  123  27  3  16   61  43   72  .296  .359  .490   5   2  21   0   0   3   2  118
2B  Mark DeRosa         33   96  328   62   91  17  2  11   51  48   76  .277  .375  .442   3   0   7   6   1   5   0  112
3B  Aramis Ramirez      30   96  359   60   96  23  1  17   68  49   67  .267  .366  .479   2   2   9   9   0   4   5  118
SS  Ryan Theriot        28   95  378   55  122  15  1   1   28  46   34  .323  .398  .376  15  10  12   2   1   1   1  103
LF  Alfonso Soriano     32   54  225   37   63  13  0  15   41  16   48  .280  .329  .538   7   1   2   2   0   3   8  121
CF  Reed Johnson        31   68  221   38   63  15  0   5   37  15   39  .285  .352  .421   4   4   1  10   4   4   1  100
RF *Kosuke Fukudome     31   97  349   62   96  19  2   7   36  60   75  .275  .381  .401   8   4   3   1   2   2   6  104
   *Mike Fontenot       28   77  159   32   44  14  1   8   25  21   33  .277  .368  .528   2   0   1   2   3   0   1  130
   *Jim Edmonds         38   49  147   20   41  10  1  10   31  23   31  .279  .374  .565   0   0   3   0   0   1   1  140
    Ronny Cedeno        25   62  140   22   38   8  0   2   21  13   29  .271  .338  .371   3   1   3   1   1   0   2   85
    Henry Blanco        36   33   67    9   20   0  0   2    6   4   15  .299  .338  .388   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   88
   *Felix Pie           23   30   63    4   14   1  0   1    7   4   23  .222  .286  .286   2   0   2   2   0   1   0   50
   *Daryle Ward         33   52   59    3   15   5  0   2    9  10   14  .254  .362  .441   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  108
    Matt Murton         26   19   40    2   10   2  0   0    6   1    5  .250  .286  .300   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   53
   *Eric Patterson      25   13   38    5    9   1  0   1    7   5   12  .237  .318  .342   2   1   1   0   0   1   0   72
   *Micah Hoffpauir     28   19   37    8   14   6  0   0    1   1   14  .378  .410  .541   1   0   0   1   0   0   0  145

   #Carlos Zambrano     27   25   59    6   21   3  1   2    8   0   18  .356  .356  .542   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  129
    Ryan Dempster       31   20   41    3    6   2  0   0    2   2   12  .146  .186  .195   0   0   1   0  12   0   0   -1
   *Ted Lilly           32   21   39    2    8   1  0   0    3   1   22  .205  .225  .231   1   0   0   0   6   0   0   19
   *Jason Marquis       29   25   37    2    6   2  0   0    3   2   11  .162  .205  .216   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   10
    Sean Gallagher      22    9   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    6  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   3   0   0 -100
   *Rich Hill           28    5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Jon Lieber          38   23    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Sean Marshall       25   17    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .400  .400  .400   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  109
   *Rich Harden         26    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Kevin Hart          25   14    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Neal Cotts          28   21    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Bobby Howry         34   47    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Carlos Marmol       25   48    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Michael Wuertz      29   32    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.0  103 3584  538  996 208 13 117  509 407  761  .278  .355  .441  55  25  80  38  40  29  31  111
    Rank among 16 NL teams         4    1    1   5 13   5        1    4     1     1     1   9   5       5            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ryan Dempster       31  22   2.99  11   4  0  22   0   1   0  138.7  105   53   46  11   57  117  571   2   6  0   0 151
SP *Ted Lilly           32  22   4.49  10   6  0  22   0   0   0  128.3  126   67   64  23   46  120  554   3   2  2   0 100
SP  Carlos Zambrano     27  20   2.96  11   4  0  20   0   0   0  133.7  122   46   44   9   44   87  553   2   4  0   1 152
SP  Jason Marquis       29  18   4.44   6   6  0  18   0   0   0  105.3  108   55   52   9   41   56  460   5   4  1   3 101
SP  Sean Gallagher      22  12   4.45   3   4  0  10   1   0   0   58.7   58   31   29   6   22   49  256   2   4  0   1 101
SP *Rich Hill           28   5   4.12   1   0  0   5   0   0   0   19.7   13    9    9   2   18   15   89   1   1  0   0 109

CL  Kerry Wood          31  44   3.02   4   2 24   0  38   0   0   44.7   32   15   15   1   13   55  182   0   6  0   4 149
RP  Carlos Marmol       25  52   3.88   2   3  4   0  11   0   0   55.7   30   25   24   7   29   75  228   3   6  0   1 116
RP  Bobby Howry         34  50   5.22   3   4  1   0  19   0   0   50.0   62   31   29   9    7   37  217   0   2  0   3  86
RP  Michael Wuertz      29  37   3.55   1   1  0   0  11   0   0   38.0   39   20   15   4   15   25  164   2   0  0   2 127
RP *Neal Cotts          28  27   2.50   0   1  0   0   4   0   0   18.0   15    5    5   3   10   24   78   1   0  0   1 180

    Jon Lieber          38  25   3.43   2   3  0   1   7   0   0   44.7   56   20   17   9    5   26  194   0   1  0   3 131
   *Sean Marshall       25  18   4.34   2   2  1   3   3   0   0   29.0   29   14   14   6   10   23  127   3   1  0   0 104
    Kevin Hart          25  14   7.91   2   1  0   0   3   0   0   19.3   28   21   17   2   16   14  105   1   2  0   2  57
    Rich Harden         26   2   0.73   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   12.3    6    1    1   1    5   20   48   1   0  0   0 616
   *Scott Eyre          36  18   4.91   2   0  0   0   1   0   0   11.0   12    6    6   1    4   14   49   1   1  0   1  92
    Chad Gaudin         25   6   1.35   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.7    5    2    1   1    0    4   25   0   0  0   0 333
    Jose Ascanio        23   6   7.94   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.7    8    5    5   1    4    3   30   0   1  0   1  57
    Chad Fox            37   3   5.40   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    3.3    2    2    2   1    3    1   14   1   0  0   0  83
    Jeff Samardzija     23   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    0    2    8   0   0  0   0 100
   *Carmen Pignatiello  25   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    2    1    1   0    2    0    7   1   1  0   0  33
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3 103   3.86  60  43 30 103 102   1   4  925.3  860  430  397 106  351  767 3959  29  42  3  23 117
    Rank among 16 NL teams          3   1  16  2          10  12      7    3    3        8    8    3
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GSoto 772 88 90 643 41 4 6 .994 4 26 47 19 HBlanco 152 15 28 132 6 2 1 .986 2 3 9 3 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 925 103 103 775 47 6 7 .993 6 29 56 22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 *9.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLee 874 100 100 805 76 8 68 .991 9.06 MHoffpauir 30 3 4 23 0 0 2 1.000 6.90 DWard 17 0 6 19 2 0 1 1.000 11.12 MDeRosa 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 HBlanco 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 15.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 925 103 103 852 78 8 71 .991 9.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *4.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MDeRosa 403 50 54 88 115 5 23 .976 4.53 MFontenot 321 31 53 58 101 1 20 .994 4.45 RCedeno 191 21 32 42 50 2 14 .979 4.33 EPatterson 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 ASoriano 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 925 103 103 191 268 8 57 .983 4.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARamirez 832 95 95 47 150 8 12 .961 2.13 MDeRosa 86 8 16 4 22 1 1 .963 2.71 RCedeno 7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 925 103 103 51 173 9 13 .961 2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *4.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RTheriot 820 91 95 139 231 11 50 .971 4.06 RCedeno 105 12 14 25 29 2 8 .964 4.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 925 103 103 164 260 13 58 .970 4.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ASoriano 452 52 53 89 3 2 1 .979 1.83 MDeRosa 185 21 27 39 0 1 0 .975 1.90 RJohnson 116 12 21 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.54 EPatterson 68 8 9 13 1 3 0 .824 1.85 MMurton 62 6 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 MHoffpauir 22 2 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.64 DWard 19 2 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 925 103 103 196 5 7 1 .966 1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RJohnson 375 43 48 94 1 1 1 .990 2.28 JEdmonds 354 42 44 99 0 3 0 .971 2.51 FPie 157 15 28 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.52 KFukudome 36 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 EPatterson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RCedeno 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 925 103 103 244 2 4 1 .984 2.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KFukudome 770 86 89 183 4 1 0 .995 2.18 MDeRosa 134 15 19 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.89 DWard 17 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 MMurton 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 925 103 103 231 4 1 0 .996 2.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *1.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RDempster 138 22 22 14 25 0 1 1.000 2.53 CZambrano 133 20 20 15 13 1 1 .966 1.88 TLilly 128 22 22 6 12 0 0 1.000 1.26 JMarquis 105 18 18 6 21 1 3 .964 2.31 SGallagher 58 10 12 5 7 1 1 .923 1.84 CMarmol 55 0 52 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.45 BHowry 50 0 50 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.90 JLieber 44 1 25 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.41 KWood 44 0 44 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.21 MWuertz 38 0 37 4 5 1 0 .900 2.13 SMarshall 29 3 18 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.17 RHill 19 5 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.91 KHart 19 0 14 6 3 0 1 1.000 4.20 NCotts 18 0 27 1 3 1 0 .800 2.00 RHarden 12 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46 SEyre 11 0 18 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CGaudin 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.34 JAscanio 5 0 6 0 2 1 0 .667 3.16 CFox 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73 JSamardzija 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 CPignatiell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 925 103 103 72 117 6 7 .969 1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- GSoto 3 DLee 2 KFukudome 1 MHoffpauir 1 ARamirez 1 DWard 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Theriot .323

On-base % Theriot .398

Slugging % Soto .499

OPS Soto .852

Games Lee 102

At Bats Lee 416

Plate Appearances (approx.) Lee 462

Runs Lee 65

Hits Lee 123

Total Bases Lee 204

Doubles Lee 27

Triples Lee 3

Home Runs Ramirez and Soto 17

RBI Ramirez 68

Bases on Balls Fukudome 60

Strikeouts Soto 89

Stolen Bases Theriot 15

Singles Theriot 105

Adjusted OPS+ Soto, Lee, and Ramirez 118

Runs Created Lee 68

Adjusted Batting Runs Lee 11

Batting Wins Lee and Ramirez 1.0

Extra-Base Hits Lee 46

Times on Base Theriot 170

Offensive Win% Soto .622

Hit By Pitch Johnson 10

Sac. Hits Dempster 12

Sac. Flies DeRosa 5

Intentional Walks Soriano 8

Grounded into Double Plays Lee 21

Caught Stealing Theriot 10

Power/Speed Number Soriano 9.5

At Bats per Strikeout Theriot 11.1

At Bats per Home Run Soto 20.2

Outs Lee 319

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ERA Zambrano 2.96

Wins Dempster and Zambrano 11

Won-Loss % Dempster and Zambrano .733

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dempster 1.168

Hits Allowed/9IP Dempster 6.81

Bases on Balls/9IP Zambrano 2.96

Strikeouts/9IP Lilly 8.42

Games Marmol 52

Saves Wood 24

Innings Dempster 138.7

Strikeouts Lilly 120

Games Started Dempster and Lilly 22

Comp. Games Dempster 1

Home Runs Allow. Lilly 23

Bases On Balls Allow. Dempster 57

Hits Allowed Lilly 126

SO to Walk Lilly 2.61

Losses Lilly and Marquis 6

Earned Runs Allow. Lilly 64

Wild Pitches Marquis 5

Hit Batsmen Dempster, Marmol, and Wood 6

Batters Faced Dempster 571

Games Finished Wood 38

Adjusted ERA+ Zambrano 152

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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