1986 Chicago Cubs roster

Manager: Jim Frey, John Vukovich, Gene Michael

31 players appeared for the Chicago Cubs in the 1986 MLB season.

1986 Cubs roster: batting

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1986 Chicago Cubs batting

Player↓	Pos↓	Age↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Ryne Sandberg	2B	26	154	627	68	178	14	76	34	.284	.330	.741
Keith Moreland	1B	32	156	586	72	159	12	79	3	.271	.326	.710
Shawon Dunston	RF	23	150	581	66	145	17	68	13	.250	.278	.690
Jody Davis	1B	29	148	528	61	132	21	74	0	.250	.300	.728
Leon Durham	1B	28	141	484	66	127	20	65	8	.262	.350	.803
Gary Matthews	DH	35	123	370	49	96	21	46	3	.259	.361	.839
Bob Dernier	CF	29	108	324	32	73	4	18	27	.225	.275	.586
Jerry Mumphrey	LF	33	111	309	37	94	5	32	2	.304	.355	.756
Ron Cey	DH	38	97	256	42	70	13	36	0	.273	.384	.891
Chris Speier	SS	36	95	155	21	44	6	23	2	.284	.349	.800
Manny Trillo	2B	35	81	152	22	45	1	19	0	.296	.359	.740
Terry Francona	1B	27	86	124	13	31	2	8	0	.250	.286	.608
Thad Bosley	LF	29	87	120	15	33	1	9	3	.275	.370	.720
Dave Martinez	CF	21	53	108	13	15	1	7	4	.139	.190	.384
Chico Walker	2B	27	28	101	21	28	1	7	15	.277	.339	.716
Rafael Palmeiro	1B	21	22	73	9	18	3	12	1	.247	.295	.720
Brian Dayett	LF	29	24	67	7	18	4	11	0	.269	.316	.823
Mike Martin	C	27	8	13	1	1	0	0	0	.077	.200	.354
Steve Christmas	C	28	3	9	0	1	0	2	0	.111	.111	.333

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1986 Cubs roster: pitching

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1986 Chicago Cubs pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	Age↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Dennis Eckersley	RP	31	33	32	6	11	4.57	201.0	137	1.34	0
Rick Sutcliffe	SP	30	28	27	5	14	4.64	176.2	122	1.48	0
Scott Sanderson	SP	29	37	28	9	11	4.19	169.2	124	1.19	1
Steve Trout	RP	28	37	25	5	7	4.75	161.0	69	1.63	0
Lee Smith	RP	28	66	0	9	9	3.09	90.1	93	1.23	31
Jamie Moyer	SP	23	16	16	7	4	5.05	87.1	45	1.71	0
Guy Hoffman	RP	29	32	8	6	2	3.86	84.0	47	1.44	0
Dave Gumpert	RP	28	38	0	2	0	4.37	59.2	45	1.47	2
Jay Baller	RP	25	36	0	2	4	5.37	53.2	42	1.60	5
Greg Maddux	SP	20	6	5	2	4	5.52	31.0	20	1.77	0
Drew Hall	RP	23	5	4	1	2	4.56	23.2	21	1.44	1
Dick Ruthven	RP	35	6	0	0	0	5.06	10.2	3	1.69	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.