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2009 Chicago Cubs Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008)
83-78, 2nd place in NL Central
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Scored 707 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-77
Manager: Lou Piniella (83-78)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 108, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 110
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2008 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
Jose Ascanio 24 R R 6' 0" 170 May 2, 1985 3 14 0 12 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitch Atkins 23 R R 6' 3" 230 Oct 1, 1985 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Baker 28 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 21, 1981 5 69 51 69 63 0 0 2 49 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Justin Berg 25 R R 6' 3" 230 Jun 7, 1984 1st 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andres Blanco 25 B R 5' 10" 155 Apr 11, 1984 4 53 30 53 51 0 0 0 40 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Milton Bradley 31 B R 6' 0" 180 Apr 15, 1978 12 124 108 124 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 109 110 0 15 0 $7,000,000.00
Esmailin Caridad 25 R R 5' 10" 195 Oct 28, 1983 1st 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyler Colvin 23 L L 6' 3" 190 Sep 5, 1985 1st 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0
Neal Cotts 29 L L 6' 2" 200 Mar 25, 1980 7 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,100,000.00
Ryan Dempster 32 R R 6' 1" 201 May 3, 1977 13 31 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $9,000,000.00
Mike Fontenot 29 L R 5' 8" 160 Jun 9, 1980 4 135 100 135 113 0 0 0 70 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 $430,000.00
Chad Fox 38 R R 6' 3" 175 Sep 3, 1970 11 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Fox 26 R R 6' 0" 210 Jul 20, 1982 2 82 48 82 59 0 3 7 0 27 0 23 0 3 26 3 30 0
Ryan Freel 33 R R 5' 10" 185 Mar 8, 1976 8 14 8 14 10 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 1 3 0 3 1
Kosuke Fukudome 32 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 26, 1977 2 146 129 146 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 44 140 0 10 0 $12,500,000.00
Sam Fuld 27 L L 5' 10" 185 Nov 20, 1981 2 65 22 65 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 26 2 53 0 16 4
Joey Gathright 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Apr 27, 1981 7 20 1 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0 10 3 $800,000.00
Tom Gorzelanny 26 L L 6' 2" 207 Jul 12, 1982 5 13 7 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Grabow 30 L L 6' 2" 185 Nov 4, 1978 7 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Gregg 31 B R 6' 6" 220 Jun 20, 1978 7 72 0 70 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,200,000.00
Angel Guzman 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 14, 1981 4 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $421,500.00
Rich Harden 27 L R 6' 1" 180 Nov 30, 1981 8 27 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $7,000,000.00
Kevin Hart 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 29, 1982 3 8 4 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Heilman 30 R R 6' 5" 220 Nov 12, 1978 7 70 0 68 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,625,000.00
Koyie Hill 30 B R 6' 0" 190 Mar 9, 1979 6 83 69 83 79 0 79 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $475,000.00
Micah Hoffpauir 29 L L 6' 3" 215 Mar 1, 1980 2 105 49 105 59 0 0 27 0 0 0 11 0 25 36 2 47 0 $407,500.00
Reed Johnson 32 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 8, 1976 7 65 36 65 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 42 7 54 0 18 1 $3,000,000.00
Derrek Lee 33 R R 6' 5" 205 Sep 6, 1975 13 141 141 141 140 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $13,250,000.00
Ted Lilly 33 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 4, 1976 12 27 27 26 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $13,000,000.00 All-Star
Carlos Marmol 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 14, 1982 4 79 0 75 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $575,000.00
Sean Marshall 26 L L 6' 7" 205 Aug 30, 1982 4 55 9 51 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 $450,000.00
Aaron Miles 32 B R 5' 8" 170 Dec 15, 1976 7 74 31 74 45 0 0 0 35 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 $2,200,000.00
David Patton 25 R R 6' 3" 205 May 18, 1984 1st 20 0 19 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Aramis Ramirez 31 R R 6' 1" 219 Jun 25, 1978 13 82 79 82 79 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $16,650,000.00
Jeff Samardzija 24 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 23, 1985 2 20 2 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Scales 31 B R 6' 0" 185 Oct 4, 1977 1st 51 30 51 38 0 0 0 11 8 0 17 0 4 20 0 15 3
Alfonso Soriano 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 7, 1976 11 117 116 117 116 0 0 0 2 1 0 116 0 0 116 0 1 0 $17,000,000.00
Geovany Soto 26 R R 6' 1" 230 Jan 20, 1983 5 102 92 102 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $575,000.00
Jeff Stevens 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 5, 1983 1st 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
So Taguchi 39 R R 5' 10" 163 Jul 2, 1969 8 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 1
Ryan Theriot 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 7, 1979 5 154 147 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $500,000.00
Luis Vizcaino 34 R R 5' 11" 169 Aug 6, 1974 11 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,500,000.00
Jason Waddell 28 R L 6' 2" 200 Jun 11, 1981 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Wells 26 R R 6' 3" 230 Aug 28, 1982 3 27 27 26 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Zambrano 28 B R 6' 5" 250 Jun 1, 1981 9 35 28 33 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $18,750,000.00
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.

2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played