1998 Chicago Cubs Roster (40-man)

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 90-73-0, Finished 2nd in NL_Central (Schedule and Results)

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

Manager: Jim Riggleman (90-73)

General Manager: Ed Lynch

Farm Director: Dave Wilder

Scouting Director: Jim Hendry

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 85-78, 831 Runs, 792 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	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	us US	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	do DO	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	-1.0	$425,000
Rod Beck	29	us US	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	1.6	$3,600,000
Jeff Blauser	32	us US	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	-0.6	$4,000,000
Brant Brown	27	us US	L	L	6' 3"	220	Jun 22, 1971	3	124	77	124	105	0	0	7	0	0	0	48	69	0	102	0	25	3	1.4	$180,000
Mark Clark	30	us US	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	1.3	$5,050,000
Tony Fossas	40	cu CU	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	us US	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	us US	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	1.8	$170,000
Geremi González	23	ve VE	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	-0.2	$210,000
Mark Grace	34	us US	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	2.7	$4,225,000
Chris Haney	29	us US	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	us US	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
Félix Heredia	23	do DO	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
José Hernández	28	pr PR	R	R	6' 1"	180	Jul 14, 1969	7	149	119	149	143	0	0	3	2	72	45	31	31	2	54	0	12	2	2.2	$725,000
Glenallen Hill	33	us US	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	us US	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	0.3	$225,000
Lance Johnson	34	us US	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	0.0	$4,900,000
Matt Karchner	31	us US	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	us US	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 Martínez	27	do DO	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	0.1	$174,500
Jason Maxwell	26	us US	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	pr PR	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	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Feb 13, 1968	6	77	14	77	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	3	12	62	0	32	3	0.0	$550,000
Kurt Miller	25	us US	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	0.2
Mickey Morandini	32	us US	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	3.9	$2,000,000
Mike Morgan	38	us US	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	us US	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	2.1	$600,000
Rodney Myers	29	us US	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
José Nieves	23	ve VE	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	us US	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	-0.9	$240,000
Bob Patterson	39	us US	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	us US	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	0.4	$180,000
Henry Rodríguez	30	do DO	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	1.0	$2,700,000
Scott Servais	31	us US	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	-0.3	$1,645,000
Sammy Sosa	29	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	165	Nov 12, 1968	10	159	159	159	159	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	156	159	0	0	0	6.5	$8,325,000	All-Star
Justin Speier	24	us US	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	us US	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	us US	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	us US	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	2.1	$4,000,000
Amaury Telemaco	24	do DO	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	0.3	$173,000
Steve Trachsel	27	us US	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	3.8	$2,987,500
Pedro Valdés	25	pr PR	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 Van Ryn	26	us US	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	us US	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	0.1
Derrick White	28	us US	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	us US	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	3.8	$170,000
Name	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Jim Riggleman	45	us US	Nov 9, 1952	Manager	Mar 31	Sep 28
Billy Williams	60	us US	Jun 15, 1938	Bench	Mar 31	Sep 28
Jeff Pentland	51	us US	Sep 18, 1946	Hitting	Mar 31	Sep 28
Phil Regan	61	us US	Apr 6, 1937	Pitching	Mar 31	Sep 28
Dave Bialas	44	us US	Feb 6, 1954	Bullpen	Mar 31	Sep 28
Dan Radison	47	us US	Aug 24, 1950	First base	Mar 31	Sep 28
Tom Gamboa	50		Feb 28, 1948	Third base	Mar 31	Sep 28
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date