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2012 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2011

61-101, 5th place in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dale Sveum (61-101)
Scored 613 runs, Allowed 759 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-97

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 2,882,756 (5th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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2011 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Future Payrolls

Buyouts are always shown when years are options ([*] for option details)
Age Yrs Acquired SrvTm Agent Contract Status 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Alfonso Soriano 37 14 Free Agency 12.079 Diego Bentz 8 yrs/$136M (07-14) $18M $18M FA
Starlin Castro 23 3 Amateur Free Agent 2.150 8 yrs/$60.57M (12-19) & 20 team option $5M $5M $6M $7M $9M $10M $11M $1M [FA-*]
Edwin Jackson 29 10 Free Agency 7.070 Legacy Agency 4 yrs/$52M (13-16) $13M $13M $13M $13M FA
Carlos Marmol 30 7 Amateur Free Agent 6.084 Barry Praver 3 yrs/$20M (11-13) $9.8M FA
Matt Garza 29 7 Traded 5.149 CAA Sports (Nez B... 1 yr/$10.25M (13) $10.25M FA
David DeJesus 33 10 Free Agency 8.146 Dan Horwits 2 yrs/$10M (12-13) & 14 team option $4.25M $1.5M [FA-*] FA
Carlos Villanueva 29 7 Free Agency 6.030 SFX 2 yrs/$10M (13-14) $5M $5M FA
Scott Feldman 30 8 Free Agency 6.091 1 yr/$7M (13) $6M FA
Scott Baker 31 7 Free Agency 6.128 Alan Nero 1 yr/$5.5M (13) $5.5M FA
Jeff Samardzija 28 5 Amateur Draft 3.028 Frontline (Mark R... 1 yr/$2.64M (13) $2.64M Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Nate Schierholtz 29 6 Free Agency 4.078 Lapa/Leventhal 1 yr/$2.25M (13) $2.25M Arb-3 FA
Ian Stewart 28 6 Free Agency 4.050 Larry Reynolds 1 yr/$2M (13) $2M Arb-4 FA
Dioner Navarro 29 9 Free Agency 6.091 Kendall Almerico 1 yr/$1.75M (13) $1.75M FA
Shawn Camp 37 9 Free Agency 7.170 Gregg Clifton,Ter... 1 yr/$1.35M (13) $1.35M FA
James Russell 27 3 Amateur Draft 3.000 Hendricks Sports 1 yr/$1.08M (13) $1.07M Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Luis Valbuena 27 5 Waivers 2.148 Elite Sports Grou... 1 yr/$930k (13) $930k Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Scott Hairston 33 9 Free Agency 7.102 FA
Darwin Barney 27 3 Amateur Draft 2.053 CAA Sports (Joe U... Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Travis Wood 26 3 Traded 2.004 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Michael Bowden 26 5 Traded 1.084 Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Arodys Vizcaino 22 1st Traded 1.050 Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Steve Clevenger 27 2 Amateur Draft 1.010 Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Welington Castillo 26 3 Amateur Free Agent 1.009 Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Anthony Rizzo 23 2 Traded 0.168 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Rafael Dolis 25 2 Amateur Free Agent 0.121 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Dave Sappelt 26 2 Traded 0.086 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Alberto Cabrera 24 1st Amateur Free Agent 0.064 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Brett Jackson 24 1st Amateur Draft 0.060 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Josh Vitters 23 1st Amateur Draft 0.060 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Chris Rusin 26 1st Amateur Draft 0.044 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Brooks Raley 25 1st Amateur Draft 0.013 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Kyuji Fujikawa $4.5M $4.5M $500k
Gerardo Concepcion $1.2M $1.2M $1.2M $1.2M
Jorge Soler $1M $2M $2M $3M $3M $4M $4M $4M
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Signed Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options) *16 4 2 2 1 1 1
Dollars Committed Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts) *$95.5M $50.2M $22.7M $24.2M $12M $14M $15M $5M
Contract Options Players with any type of option 1 1
Option Values Maximum value of options if all are exercised $6.5M $16M
Arb Eligible Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds) 0-0-0-0 2-3-1-1 5-2-3-0 7-5-2-1 0-7-5-0 0-0-7-1 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Arb Costs Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..) $0 $20.4M $25.6M $38.2M $38.4M $32.3M $0 $0
Other Players Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised) 9 14 13 8 12 16 24 25
Other Costs Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players) $4.5M $7M $6.5M $4M $6M $8M $12M $12.5M
Payroll (no options) Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed + Arb + Other) $100M $77.6M $54.8M $66.4M $56.4M $54.3M $27M $17.5M
Payroll (options) Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed + Options + Arb + Other) $100M $83.6M $54.8M $66.4M $56.4M $54.3M $27M $33M

* - This is not intended as an accurate payroll accounting for current. Trades are not prorated, new debuts are not added, incentives are not included.
All salary values are VERY unofficial. On occasion, we have estimated arbitration eligibility.
Future arbitration eligibility assumes players will play full major league seasons.
Signing bonuses are as of now all assumed to have been paid at the time of signing.
For information like contract history, contract incentives, and more, we heartily recommend Cot's Contracts
Unsigned players salaries are estimated based on the last three years of salary data:
    $500k for pre-arbitration, $1.7M for 1st-year arb, $2.7M for 2nd-year-arb, $3.9M for 3rd-year-arb, $5M for 4th-year-arb.
Please let us know if you find any errors, updates, or corrections

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
Jairo Asencio 28 R R 6' 2" 180 May 5, 1984 3 12 0 9 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jeff Baker 31 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 21, 1981 8 54 34 54 39 0 0 20 8 0 0 1 0 14 15 0 17 1 -0.3 $1,375,000
Darwin Barney 26 R R 5' 10" 185 Nov 8, 1985 3 156 147 156 155 0 0 0 155 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4.6 $500,000
Jeff Beliveau 25 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 17, 1987 1st 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jason Berken 28 R R 6' 0" 205 Nov 27, 1983 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Michael Bowden 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 9, 1986 5 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Marlon Byrd 34 R R 6' 0" 215 Aug 30, 1977 11 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0 0 0 -0.4
Alberto Cabrera 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 25, 1988 1st 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Shawn Camp 36 R R 6' 0" 205 Nov 18, 1975 9 80 0 77 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $550,000
Tony Campana 26 L L 5' 8" 165 May 30, 1986 2 89 38 89 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 55 4 69 0 22 11 0.9 $483,000
Adrian Cardenas 24 L R 6' 0" 205 Oct 10, 1987 1st 45 9 45 16 0 0 0 12 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 33 0 -0.3
Lendy Castillo 23 B R 6' 1" 170 Apr 8, 1989 1st 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $480,000
Welington Castillo 25 R R 5' 10" 210 Apr 24, 1987 3 52 46 52 49 0 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.2
Starlin Castro 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 24, 1990 3 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $567,000 All-Star
Jaye Chapman 25 R R 6' 0" 195 May 22, 1987 1st 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Steve Clevenger 26 L R 6' 0" 195 Apr 5, 1986 2 69 52 69 60 0 51 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -1.0 $480,500
Casey Coleman 24 L R 6' 0" 185 Jul 3, 1987 3 17 1 15 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Manuel Corpas 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 3, 1982 6 48 0 44 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
David DeJesus 32 L L 5' 11" 190 Dec 20, 1979 10 148 125 148 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50 100 143 0 12 0 1.6 $4,250,000
Ryan Dempster 35 R R 6' 2" 215 May 3, 1977 15 16 16 15 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $14,000,000
Blake DeWitt 26 L R 5' 11" 195 Aug 20, 1985 5 18 5 18 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0 -0.3 $1,100,000
Rafael Dolis 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Jan 10, 1988 2 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $480,500
Matt Garza 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 26, 1983 7 18 18 17 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $9,500,000
Justin Germano 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 6, 1982 7 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5
Koyie Hill 33 B R 6' 1" 210 Mar 9, 1979 9 11 10 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Alex Hinshaw 29 L L 6' 2" 175 Oct 31, 1982 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Brett Jackson 23 L R 6' 2" 210 Aug 2, 1988 1st 44 38 44 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 39 0 5 1 0.1
Reed Johnson 35 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 8, 1976 10 76 33 76 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 22 24 53 0 31 0 0.8 $1,150,000
Bryan LaHair 29 L R 6' 5" 240 Nov 5, 1982 3 130 86 130 92 0 0 58 0 0 0 2 0 34 36 0 41 0 0.1 $482,500 All-Star
Blake Lalli 29 L R 6' 1" 205 May 12, 1983 1st 6 3 6 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Rodrigo Lopez 36 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 14, 1975 11 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Paul Maholm 30 L L 6' 2" 220 Jun 25, 1982 8 21 20 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Scott Maine 27 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 2, 1985 3 21 0 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Carlos Marmol 29 R R 6' 2" 215 Oct 14, 1982 7 61 0 60 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $7,000,000
Joe Mather 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 23, 1982 4 103 50 103 74 1 0 2 0 18 0 25 28 14 56 0 33 4 -2.0 $490,000
Blake Parker 27 R R 6' 3" 225 Jun 19, 1985 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Brooks Raley 24 L L 6' 3" 185 Jun 29, 1988 1st 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Anthony Recker 28 R R 6' 2" 240 Aug 29, 1983 2 9 4 9 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1
Anthony Rizzo 22 L L 6' 3" 220 Aug 8, 1989 2 87 85 87 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.2
Chris Rusin 25 L L 6' 2" 195 Oct 22, 1986 1st 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
James Russell 26 L L 6' 4" 200 Jan 8, 1986 3 77 0 74 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $512,000
Jeff Samardzija 27 R R 6' 5" 225 Jan 23, 1985 5 31 28 30 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.6 $2,640,000
Dave Sappelt 25 R R 5' 9" 195 Jan 2, 1987 2 26 16 26 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20 21 0 8 1 0.6
Miguel Socolovich 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 24, 1986 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Alfonso Soriano 36 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 7, 1976 14 151 149 151 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 6 2 0 1.8 $18,000,000
Geovany Soto 29 R R 6' 1" 220 Jan 20, 1983 8 52 51 52 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $4,300,000
Ian Stewart 27 L R 6' 3" 215 Apr 5, 1985 6 55 49 55 52 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.0 $2,237,000
Luis Valbuena 26 L R 5' 10" 195 Nov 30, 1985 5 90 74 90 83 0 0 0 5 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.4 $495,200
Josh Vitters 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 27, 1989 1st 36 24 36 29 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -1.3
Chris Volstad 25 R R 6' 8" 230 Sep 23, 1986 5 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $2,655,000
Randy Wells 29 R R 6' 5" 230 Aug 28, 1982 5 12 4 10 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $2,705,000
Kerry Wood 35 R R 6' 5" 210 Jun 16, 1977 14 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $3,000,000
Travis Wood 25 R L 5' 11" 175 Feb 6, 1987 3 28 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 $505,000
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

2011 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers