2008 Chicago Cubs Roster (40-man)

2007 Season 2009 Season

Record: 97-64-0, Finished 1st in NL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost NL Division Series (3-0) to Los Angeles Dodgers

Manager: Lou Piniella (97-64)

General Manager: Jim Hendry

Farm Director: Oneri Fleita

Scouting Director: Tim Wilken

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 3,300,200 (5th of 16)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 98-63, 855 Runs, 671 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
José Ascanio	23	ve VE	R	R	5' 11"	195	May 2, 1985	2	6	0	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Henry Blanco	36	ve VE	R	R	5' 11"	220	Aug 29, 1971	11	58	28	58	46	0	45	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0.1	$3,175,000
Ronny Cedeño	25	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	195	Feb 2, 1983	4	99	51	99	75	0	0	0	43	7	27	1	1	0	2	0	28	7	0.1	$407,000
Neal Cotts	28	us US	L	L	6' 2"	200	Mar 25, 1980	6	50	0	44	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Ryan Dempster	31	ca CA	R	R	6' 2"	215	May 3, 1977	11	33	33	31	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.8	$7,333,333	All-Star
Mark DeRosa	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	215	Feb 26, 1975	11	149	143	149	148	0	0	1	95	22	1	27	0	38	59	0	4	0	1.8	$4,750,000
Jim Edmonds	38	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Jun 27, 1970	16	85	75	85	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	0	77	0	9	0	1.1
Scott Eyre	36	us US	L	L	6' 1"	160	May 30, 1972	12	19	0	15	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$3,800,000
Mike Fontenot	28	us US	L	R	5' 9"	165	Jun 9, 1980	3	119	49	119	82	0	0	0	82	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	42	3	3.3	$405,000
Chad Fox	37	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Sep 3, 1970	9	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Kosuke Fukudome	31	jp JP	L	R	6' 0"	200	Apr 26, 1977	1st	150	127	150	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	137	143	1	15	1	0.6	$7,000,000	All-Star
Sean Gallagher	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Dec 30, 1985	2	12	10	9	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Chad Gaudin	25	us US	R	R	5' 10"	190	Mar 24, 1983	6	24	0	24	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Ángel Guzmán	26	ve VE	R	R	6' 3"	190	Dec 14, 1981	3	6	1	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$401,000
Rich Harden	26	ca CA	L	R	6' 1"	190	Nov 30, 1981	6	12	12	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2
Kevin Hart	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	Dec 29, 1982	2	21	0	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7	$392,500
Koyie Hill	29	us US	B	R	6' 1"	205	Mar 9, 1979	5	10	2	10	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.5
Rich Hill	28	us US	L	L	6' 5"	220	Mar 11, 1980	4	5	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$445,000
Micah Hoffpauir	28	us US	L	L	6' 3"	215	Mar 1, 1980	1st	33	14	33	18	0	0	6	0	0	0	7	0	5	12	1	16	0	0.6
Bob Howry	34	us US	L	R	6' 5"	215	Aug 4, 1973	11	72	0	69	72	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$4,500,000
Reed Johnson	31	us US	R	R	5' 10"	185	Dec 8, 1976	6	109	77	109	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	78	6	99	0	24	0	0.9	$1,300,000
Derrek Lee	32	us US	R	R	6' 5"	240	Sep 6, 1975	12	155	154	155	153	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.9	$13,250,000
Jon Lieber	38	us US	L	R	6' 3"	220	Apr 2, 1970	14	26	1	24	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$3,500,000
Ted Lilly	32	us US	L	L	6' 0"	195	Jan 4, 1976	10	34	34	33	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	$8,000,000
Carlos Marmól	25	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	235	Oct 14, 1982	3	82	0	78	82	82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	$430,000	All-Star
Jason Marquis	29	us US	L	R	6' 1"	220	Aug 21, 1978	9	39	28	38	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	2.8	$6,375,000
Sean Marshall	25	us US	L	L	6' 7"	225	Aug 30, 1982	3	34	7	33	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Casey McGehee	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	220	Oct 12, 1982	1st	9	4	9	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-0.2
Matt Murton	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	220	Oct 3, 1981	4	19	6	19	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	12	0	12	0	0.0
Eric Patterson	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	170	Apr 8, 1983	2	13	9	13	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	1	0	9	0	4	0	-0.1
Félix Pie	23	do DO	L	L	6' 2"	190	Feb 8, 1985	2	43	18	43	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	39	0	40	0	7	3	0.1	$401,500
Carmen Pignatiello	25	us US	R	L	6' 0"	205	Sep 12, 1982	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$391,500
Aramis Ramírez	30	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	205	Jun 25, 1978	11	149	148	149	147	0	0	0	0	147	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.0	$15,000,000	All-Star
Jeff Samardzija	23	us US	R	R	6' 4"	233	Jan 23, 1985	1st	26	0	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$2,000,000
Alfonso Soriano	32	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	195	Jan 7, 1976	10	109	107	109	108	0	0	0	1	0	0	108	0	0	108	0	2	0	2.0	$14,000,000	All-Star
Geovany Soto	25	pr PR	R	R	6' 1"	225	Jan 20, 1983	4	141	134	141	136	0	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	3.3	$401,000	All-Star
Ryan Theriot	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 7, 1979	4	149	141	149	149	0	0	0	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2.3	$428,000
Daryle Ward	33	us US	L	L	6' 2"	240	Jun 27, 1975	11	89	10	89	22	0	0	13	0	0	0	6	0	3	9	1	73	0	-0.3	$1,200,000
Randy Wells	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	230	Aug 28, 1982	1st	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Kerry Wood	31	us US	R	R	6' 5"	210	Jun 16, 1977	10	65	0	64	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	$4,200,000	All-Star
Michael Wuertz	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	225	Dec 15, 1978	5	45	0	40	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$860,000
Carlos Zambrano	27	ve VE	B	R	6' 4"	275	Jun 1, 1981	8	38	30	37	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	5.4	$16,000,000	All-Star
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
Lou Piniella	64	us US	Aug 28, 1943	Manager	Mar 31	Sep 28
Alan Trammell	50	us US	Feb 21, 1958	Bench	Mar 31	Sep 28
Gerald Perry	47	us US	Oct 30, 1960	Hitting	Mar 31	Sep 28
Larry Rothschild	54	us US	Mar 12, 1954	Pitching	Mar 31	Sep 28
Les Strode	50	us US	Jun 17, 1958	Bullpen	Mar 31	Sep 28
Matt Sinatro	48	us US	Mar 22, 1960	First base	Mar 31	Sep 28
Mike Quade	51	us US	Mar 12, 1957	Third base	Mar 31	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date