1998 Chicago Cubs roster

1998 Cubs roster: batting

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1998 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.
Sammy Sosa	DH	29	159	643	134	198	66	158	18	.308	.377	1.024
Mark Grace	1B	34	158	595	92	184	17	89	4	.309	.401	.872
Mickey Morandini	2B	32	154	582	93	172	8	53	13	.296	.380	.765
Jose Hernandez	1B	28	149	488	76	124	23	75	4	.254	.311	.782
Henry Rodriguez	LF	30	128	415	56	104	31	85	1	.251	.334	.864
Jeff Blauser	2B	32	119	361	49	79	4	26	2	.219	.340	.639
Brant Brown	LF	27	124	347	56	101	14	48	4	.291	.348	.850
Scott Servais	C	31	113	325	35	72	7	36	1	.222	.289	.627
Lance Johnson	DH	34	85	304	51	85	2	21	10	.280	.335	.687
Manny Alexander	SS	27	108	264	34	60	5	25	4	.227	.278	.608
Tyler Houston	3B	27	95	255	26	65	9	33	2	.255	.290	.686
Matt Mieske	RF	30	77	97	16	29	1	12	0	.299	.373	.775
Sandy Martinez	C	27	45	87	7	23	0	7	1	.264	.363	.754
Pedro Valdes	RF	25	14	23	1	5	0	2	0	.217	.250	.598
Jason Hardtke	3B	26	18	21	2	5	0	2	0	.238	.304	.542
Terrell Lowery	LF	27	24	15	2	3	0	1	0	.200	.333	.600
Jason Maxwell	SS	26	7	3	2	1	1	2	0	.333	.333	1.667
Jose Nieves	2B	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

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

1998 Cubs roster: pitching

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1998 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.
Kevin Tapani	SP	34	35	34	19	9	4.85	219.0	136	1.40	0
Mark Clark	SP	30	33	33	9	14	4.84	213.2	161	1.33	0
Steve Trachsel	SP	27	33	33	15	8	4.46	208.0	149	1.38	0
Kerry Wood	RP	21	26	26	13	6	3.40	166.2	233	1.21	0
Terry Mulholland	RP	35	70	6	6	5	2.89	112.0	72	1.24	3
Geremi Gonzalez	RP	23	20	20	7	7	5.32	110.0	70	1.50	0
Rod Beck	RP	29	81	0	3	4	3.02	80.1	81	1.32	51
Terry Adams	RP	25	63	0	7	7	4.33	72.2	73	1.56	1
Marc Pisciotta	RP	27	43	0	1	2	4.09	44.0	31	1.73	0
Dave Stevens	RP	28	31	0	1	2	4.74	38.0	31	1.55	0
Bob Patterson	RP	39	33	0	1	1	7.52	20.1	17	2.36	1
Rodney Myers	RP	29	12	0	0	0	7.00	18.0	15	1.78	0
Kurt Miller	RP	25	3	0	0	0	0.00	4.0	6	0.75	0
Kevin Foster	RP	29	3	0	0	0	16.20	3.1	3	3.00	0
Kennie Steenstra	RP	27	4	0	0	0	10.80	3.1	4	2.40	0

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

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 30 clubs that season.

Results

1. Mar 31, 1998@ MIAL 6-11
2. Apr 1, 1998@ MIAW 10-3
3. Apr 2, 1998@ MIAW 8-7
4. Apr 3, 1998vs WSHW 6-2
5. Apr 4, 1998vs WSHW 3-1
6. Apr 5, 1998vs WSHW 7-2
7. Apr 6, 1998vs WSHW 3-2
8. Apr 7, 1998vs NYML 2-3
9. Apr 9, 1998vs NYMW 8-7
10. Apr 10, 1998@ WSHW 13-0
11. Apr 11, 1998@ WSHL 4-5
12. Apr 12, 1998@ WSHL 1-4
13. Apr 14, 1998@ NYML 0-6
14. Apr 15, 1998@ NYML 1-2
15. Apr 16, 1998@ NYMW 8-4
16. Apr 17, 1998vs LADL 3-11
17. Apr 18, 1998vs LADW 8-1
18. Apr 19, 1998vs LADW 2-1
19. Apr 21, 1998vs SDW 5-3
20. Apr 22, 1998vs SDL 2-3
21. Apr 23, 1998vs SDL 1-4
22. Apr 24, 1998@ LADL 4-12
23. Apr 25, 1998@ LADL 2-3
24. Apr 26, 1998@ LADL 3-4
25. Apr 27, 1998@ SDW 3-1
26. Apr 28, 1998@ SDL 3-7
27. Apr 30, 1998vs STLW 8-3
28. May 1, 1998vs STLW 6-5
29. May 2, 1998vs STLW 4-3
30. May 3, 1998vs STLL 5-8
31. May 5, 1998vs HOUL 5-10
32. May 6, 1998vs HOUW 2-0
33. May 8, 1998vs SFW 5-4
34. May 9, 1998vs SFW 6-0
35. May 9, 1998vs SFL 1-5
36. May 10, 1998vs SFL 0-3
37. May 11, 1998@ ARIW 4-2
38. May 12, 1998@ ARIW 7-6
39. May 13, 1998@ COLW 9-3
40. May 14, 1998@ COLW 9-7
41. May 15, 1998@ CINL 3-11
42. May 16, 1998@ CINW 5-4
43. May 17, 1998@ CINW 10-1
44. May 19, 1998vs LADW 6-3
45. May 20, 1998vs LADW 5-0
46. May 21, 1998vs LADL 3-7
47. May 22, 1998@ ATLL 2-8
48. May 23, 1998@ ATLW 10-6
49. May 24, 1998@ ATLL 1-2
50. May 25, 1998@ ATLL 5-9
51. May 27, 1998vs PHIL 5-10
52. May 28, 1998vs PHIL 7-8
53. May 29, 1998vs ATLW 5-3
54. May 30, 1998vs ATLW 9-8
55. May 31, 1998vs ATLW 4-2
56. Jun 1, 1998vs MIAW 10-2
57. Jun 2, 1998vs MIAW 2-1
58. Jun 3, 1998vs MIAW 5-1
59. Jun 5, 1998vs CHWW 6-5
60. Jun 6, 1998vs CHWW 7-6
61. Jun 7, 1998vs CHWW 13-7
62. Jun 8, 1998@ MINW 8-1
63. Jun 9, 1998@ MINL 0-8
64. Jun 10, 1998@ MINL 1-5
65. Jun 12, 1998@ PHIL 0-4
66. Jun 13, 1998@ PHIW 10-8
67. Jun 14, 1998@ PHIL 2-4
68. Jun 15, 1998vs MILW 6-5
69. Jun 16, 1998vs MILL 2-11
70. Jun 17, 1998vs MILL 5-6
71. Jun 18, 1998vs PHIW 12-5
72. Jun 19, 1998vs PHIL 8-9
73. Jun 20, 1998vs PHIW 9-4
74. Jun 21, 1998vs PHIL 2-7
75. Jun 22, 1998vs CLEL 1-3
76. Jun 23, 1998vs CLEL 4-5
77. Jun 24, 1998@ DETL 6-7
78. Jun 25, 1998@ DETL 4-6
79. Jun 26, 1998@ KCL 3-6
80. Jun 27, 1998@ KCL 3-4
81. Jun 28, 1998@ KCW 6-3
82. Jun 30, 1998vs ARIL 4-5
83. Jul 1, 1998vs ARIW 6-4
84. Jul 2, 1998vs ARIW 3-2
85. Jul 3, 1998vs PITW 12-9
86. Jul 4, 1998vs PITW 5-4
87. Jul 5, 1998vs PITW 7-6
88. Jul 9, 1998@ MILL 9-12
89. Jul 10, 1998@ MILL 5-6
90. Jul 11, 1998@ MILW 11-8
91. Jul 12, 1998@ MILW 3-0
92. Jul 13, 1998@ PITL 2-6
93. Jul 14, 1998@ PITW 7-4
94. Jul 15, 1998@ PITL 0-3
95. Jul 17, 1998@ MIAW 6-1
96. Jul 18, 1998@ MIAL 1-2
97. Jul 19, 1998@ MIAW 7-6
98. Jul 20, 1998@ ATLW 11-4
99. Jul 21, 1998@ ATLW 3-0
100. Jul 22, 1998vs WSHW 9-5
101. Jul 23, 1998vs WSHW 2-1
102. Jul 24, 1998vs NYML 0-5
103. Jul 24, 1998vs NYML 3-7
104. Jul 25, 1998vs NYMW 3-2
105. Jul 26, 1998vs NYMW 3-1
106. Jul 27, 1998@ ARIW 6-2
107. Jul 28, 1998@ ARIL 5-7
108. Jul 29, 1998@ ARIW 7-3
109. Jul 30, 1998@ ARIL 0-4
110. Jul 31, 1998vs COLW 9-1
111. Aug 1, 1998vs COLW 3-2
112. Aug 2, 1998vs COLL 3-6
113. Aug 3, 1998vs ARIL 5-6
114. Aug 4, 1998vs ARIW 2-0
115. Aug 5, 1998vs ARIL 7-10
116. Aug 7, 1998@ STLL 3-16
117. Aug 8, 1998@ STLL 8-9
118. Aug 9, 1998@ STLL 1-2
119. Aug 10, 1998@ SFW 8-5
120. Aug 11, 1998@ SFL 7-8
121. Aug 12, 1998@ SFW 10-2
122. Aug 14, 1998@ HOUW 6-4
123. Aug 15, 1998@ HOUL 4-5
124. Aug 16, 1998@ HOUW 2-1
125. Aug 18, 1998vs STLW 4-1
126. Aug 19, 1998vs STLL 6-8
127. Aug 20, 1998vs SFW 7-3
128. Aug 21, 1998vs SFW 6-5
129. Aug 22, 1998vs HOUL 3-8
130. Aug 23, 1998vs HOUL 3-13
131. Aug 24, 1998vs HOUL 3-12
132. Aug 25, 1998@ CINL 9-10
133. Aug 26, 1998@ CINW 9-2
134. Aug 27, 1998@ COLW 11-10
135. Aug 28, 1998@ COLW 10-5
136. Aug 29, 1998@ COLL 3-7
137. Aug 30, 1998@ COLW 4-3
138. Aug 31, 1998vs CINW 5-4
139. Sep 1, 1998vs CINW 6-5
140. Sep 2, 1998vs CINW 4-2
141. Sep 4, 1998@ PITW 5-2
142. Sep 5, 1998@ PITW 8-4
143. Sep 6, 1998@ PITL 3-4
144. Sep 7, 1998@ STLL 2-3
145. Sep 8, 1998@ STLL 3-6
146. Sep 9, 1998vs PITW 4-2
147. Sep 10, 1998vs PITW 5-2
148. Sep 11, 1998vs MILL 11-13
149. Sep 12, 1998vs MILW 15-12
150. Sep 13, 1998vs MILW 11-10
151. Sep 14, 1998@ SDL 3-4
152. Sep 15, 1998@ SDW 4-2
153. Sep 16, 1998@ SDW 6-3
154. Sep 17, 1998@ SDW 4-3
155. Sep 18, 1998vs CINL 4-6
156. Sep 19, 1998vs CINL 2-7
157. Sep 20, 1998vs CINL 3-7
158. Sep 22, 1998@ MILW 5-2
159. Sep 23, 1998@ MILL 7-8
160. Sep 25, 1998@ HOUL 2-6
161. Sep 26, 1998@ HOUW 3-2
162. Sep 27, 1998@ HOUL 3-4
163. Sep 28, 1998vs SFW 5-3
164. Sep 30, 1998@ ATLL 1-7playoffs
165. Oct 1, 1998@ ATLL 1-2playoffs
166. Oct 3, 1998vs ATLL 2-6playoffs