1998 Chicago Cubs
90 - 73
1997 / 1999 (Organization)
2nd place in the NL Central (12.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		51 - 31 (.622)
39 - 42 (.481)		 +6.9 wins
+1.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 831 / 758 ( +73 )
Allowed/Expected: 792 / 762 ( -30 )
Pyth Record: 85 - 78 (+5)
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Wrigley Field
Attendance: 2,623,194 Avg Att: 31,990 (1.08)
Att Rank: 6 / 16 Lg Avg: 29,627
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 1.03 R/L HR: 1.06 / 0.97
Notes:
- National League Wild Card Winner
- Defeated San Francisco Giants in the Tiebreaker
- Lost to Atlanta Braves in the NLDS

Fielding

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Positions
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DRA
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
 
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
DH
1 Mickey Morandini
2B
1.3
-6.7
 
152
2 Jose Hernandez
3B
0.8
-0.0
-0.0
-0.4
2.3
0.1
-0.0
0.0
 
3
2
72
45
31
31
2
3 Scott Servais
C
0.5
-0.0
0.0
 
110
1
4 Tyler Houston
C
0.3
-9.0
-0.1
-0.5
 
63
7
12
5 Pedro Valdes
LF
0.1
0.2
-0.0
 
6
1
6 Jason Maxwell
2B
0.0
-0.0
 
1
7 Sandy Martinez
C
0.0
0.5
 
33
8 Lance Johnson
CF
0.0
1.1
 
78
9 Jose Nieves
SS
0.0
-0.0
 
1
10 Jason Hardtke
3B
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
 
7
1
1
11 Manny Alexander
SS
-0.2
-1.4
-0.6
2.5
0.0
 
27
19
50
1
2
12 Terrell Lowery
CF
-0.3
-0.0
-0.5
 
2
20
13 Brant Brown
CF
-0.4
-0.2
-0.4
-3.7
 
7
48
69
14 Jeff Blauser
SS
-0.5
-10.5
 
106
15 Sammy Sosa
RF
-0.5
0.6
3.8
 
7
156
16 Matt Mieske
LF
-0.7
0.1
0.0
0.8
 
50
3
12
17 Mark Grace
1B
-1.4
5.5
 
156
18 Henry Rodriguez
LF
-1.5
2.5
 
114
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James