1997 Chicago Cubs Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 68-94-0, Finished 5th in NL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jim Riggleman (68-94)

General Manager: Ed Lynch

Farm Director: Dave Wilder

Scouting Director: Jim Hendry

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 2,190,308 (6th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 74-88, 687 Runs, 759 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	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	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	180	Mar 6, 1973	3	74	0	74	74	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$215,000
Manny Alexander	26	do DO	R	R	5' 10"	150	Mar 20, 1971	5	33	32	33	32	0	0	0	4	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.3
Miguel Batista	26	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	210	Feb 19, 1971	3	11	6	10	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$153,000
Kent Bottenfield	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	225	Nov 14, 1968	5	64	0	64	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$195,000
Brant Brown	26	us US	L	L	6' 3"	220	Jun 22, 1971	2	46	37	46	38	0	0	12	0	0	0	27	0	0	27	0	7	2	-0.4	$155,000
Miguel Cairo	23	ve VE	R	R	6' 1"	225	May 4, 1974	2	16	5	16	10	0	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0.1
Larry Casian	31	us US	R	L	6' 0"	170	Oct 28, 1965	8	12	0	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$350,000
Frank Castillo	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Apr 1, 1969	7	20	19	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$1,740,000
Dave Clark	34	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	Sep 3, 1962	12	102	24	102	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	1	25	4	76	0	0.5	$450,000
Mark Clark	29	us US	R	R	6' 5"	225	May 12, 1968	7	9	9	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Shawon Dunston	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Mar 21, 1963	13	114	110	114	112	0	0	0	0	0	108	7	0	0	7	0	2	1	0.1	$2,325,000
Kevin Foster	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	160	Jan 13, 1969	5	30	25	29	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.9	$275,000
Doug Glanville	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	170	Aug 25, 1970	2	146	105	146	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	120	30	1	138	0	10	13	2.0	$155,000
Geremi González	22	ve VE	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jan 8, 1975	1st	23	23	21	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$150,000
Mark Grace	33	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Jun 28, 1964	10	151	147	151	148	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4.2	$4,525,000	All-Star
Dave Hansen	28	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Nov 24, 1968	8	90	38	90	56	0	0	4	1	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	0	0.5	$325,000
José Hernández	27	pr PR	R	R	6' 1"	180	Jul 14, 1969	6	121	29	121	90	0	0	1	20	47	21	6	0	0	6	1	33	18	1.1	$450,000
Tyler Houston	26	us US	L	R	6' 2"	210	Jan 17, 1971	2	72	47	72	56	0	41	2	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	-0.8	$185,000
Mike Hubbard	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Feb 16, 1971	3	29	15	29	21	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	-0.7	$153,000
Robin Jennings	25	sg SG	L	L	6' 2"	205	Apr 11, 1972	2	9	3	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	5	0	6	0	-0.3
Lance Johnson	33	us US	L	L	5' 10"	160	Jul 6, 1963	11	39	33	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	0	39	1	3	1	0.2
Brooks Kieschnick	25	us US	L	R	6' 4"	225	Jun 6, 1972	2	39	26	39	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	1	27	0	12	0	-0.2
Terrell Lowery	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	180	Oct 25, 1970	1st	9	3	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	6	0	6	0	0.2
Brian McRae	29	us US	B	R	6' 0"	175	Aug 27, 1967	8	108	103	108	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	107	0	107	0	3	0	2.1	$3,900,000
Ramón Morel	22	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	175	Aug 15, 1974	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Terry Mulholland	34	us US	R	L	6' 3"	200	Mar 9, 1963	11	25	25	24	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	$2,400,000
Rodney Myers	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Jun 26, 1969	2	5	1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Kevin Orie	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Sep 1, 1972	1st	114	106	114	112	0	0	0	0	112	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2.4	$150,000
Bob Patterson	38	us US	R	L	6' 2"	185	May 16, 1959	12	76	0	74	76	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$1,050,000
Marc Pisciotta	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	240	Aug 7, 1970	1st	24	0	23	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$150,000
Mel Rojas	30	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	175	Dec 10, 1966	8	54	0	53	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$4,583,333
Rey Sánchez	29	pr PR	R	R	5' 10"	180	Oct 5, 1967	7	97	52	97	88	0	0	0	32	1	63	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	-0.5	$1,287,500
Ryne Sandberg HOF	37	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Sep 18, 1959	16	135	116	135	126	0	0	0	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0.8	$3,250,000
Scott Servais	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jun 4, 1967	7	122	110	122	118	0	118	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0.6	$1,370,000
Sammy Sosa	28	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	165	Nov 12, 1968	9	162	161	162	161	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	161	161	0	1	0	2.5	$5,500,000
Dave Stevens	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Mar 4, 1970	4	10	0	8	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$210,000
Dave Swartzbaugh	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Feb 11, 1968	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$153,500
Kevin Tapani	33	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Feb 18, 1964	9	13	13	12	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$3,750,000
Ramón Tatís	24	do DO	L	L	6' 2"	185	Jan 5, 1973	1st	56	0	54	56	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$150,000
Amaury Telemaco	23	do DO	R	R	6' 4"	220	Jan 19, 1974	2	10	5	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Steve Trachsel	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Oct 31, 1970	5	34	34	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$2,100,000
Turk Wendell	30	us US	B	R	6' 2"	185	May 19, 1967	5	52	0	51	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$350,000
Name	Age	Birth	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	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Jim Riggleman	44	us US	Nov 9, 1952	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 28
Billy Williams	59	us US	Jun 15, 1938	Bench	Apr 1	Sep 28
Tony Muser	49	us US	Aug 1, 1947	Hitting	Apr 1	Jul 9
Jeff Pentland	50	us US	Sep 18, 1946	Hitting	Jul 14	Sep 28
Phil Regan	60	us US	Apr 6, 1937	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 28
Dave Bialas	43	us US	Feb 6, 1954	Bullpen	Apr 1	Sep 28
Max Oliveras	47		Sep 10, 1949	First base	Apr 1	Sep 28
Dan Radison	46	us US	Aug 24, 1950	Third base	Apr 1	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date