1968 Chicago Cubs
84 - 78
1967 / 1969 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL (13 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		47 - 34 (.580)
37 - 44 (.457)		 +5.6 wins
-2.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 612 / 603 ( +9 )
Allowed/Expected: 611 / 604 ( -7 )
Pyth Record: 81 - 81 (+3)
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Attendance: 1,043,409 Avg Att: 12,725 (0.88)
Att Rank: 6 / 10 Lg Avg: 14,496
       
Park Factor: 1.09    
HR Factor: 1.21 R/L HR: 1.23 / 1.18
Notes:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
SP
22.1
16.1
81.4
29.5
 
0.3
0.8
-0.1
1.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
19
1967
2
SP
21.0
6.9
35.6
12.1
 
0.3
0.6
0.3
0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
3
SW
20.8
2.9
28.9
1.5
 
-0.3
-0.4
0.2
0.2
1.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
28
1967
4
RP
23.0
1.8
6.5
3.2
 
0.9
0.4
 
Draft (First Year)
11
30
1964
5
SW
24.1
0.8
14.0
-0.6
 
-0.1
1.0
-0.9
0.3
0.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
21
1966
6
RP
20.9
0.5
5.3
0.4
 
0.2
0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
28
1967
7
SW
23.3
0.4
1.5
0.6
 
0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1963
8
RP
20.9
0.2
0.5
-0.1
 
0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
28
1967
9
CF
22.7
0.1
8.6
0.9
 
0.9
 
Purchased
8
1
1967
10
RP
19.5
0.0
0.2
0.0
 
0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
28
1967
11
C
20.5
0.0
0.2
-0.0
 
0.1
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1967
12
CF
21.6
0.0
2.6
-0.5
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
5
16
1966
13
RP
21.2
0.0
0.0
-0.1
 
0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
28
1967
14
RP
23.4
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
 
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1966
15
SS
23.5
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
 
-0.0
 
Unknown
1
1
1968
16
C
23.8
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
 
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
17
LF
18.9
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
 
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1967
18
SS
20.2
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1968
19
SW
21.3
-0.2
0.0
-0.4
 
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1967
20
3B
19.1
-0.3
1.2
-0.7
 
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1967
21
3B
21.3
-0.3
9.2
-1.4
 
-0.2
0.5
-0.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
22
RP
22.3
-0.5
0.4
-2.0
 
-0.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1964
23
C
21.5
-0.6
13.4
-6.3
 
-0.0
-0.5
0.7
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
24
C
26.1
-0.7
1.0
-1.6
 
-0.2
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
22
1961
25
CF
21.7
-1.0
2.2
-0.8
 
-0.6
-0.2
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
6
1964
26
RP
23.5
-1.3
0.0
-2.0
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1967
27
SP
22.5
-1.5
0.9
-2.3
 
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
-0.3
-0.9
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1966
28
2B
24.9
-3.5
5.3
-9.7
 
-0.9
-1.5
-1.1
 
Draft (Rule 5)
11
28
1967
29
C
21.3
-4.1
15.7
-8.7
 
-0.1
-0.2
-0.4
-0.2
 
Draft (Rule 5)
11
28
1967
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James