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

Pitching

Filters
Role
Throws
#
R
H
K
1 Kerry Wood
SP
21.0
166.7
20.3
22.7
22.3
50.0
-28.2
116.1
58.1
5.3
-5.5
-0.6
0.4
-144.5
-52.6
-1.3
2 Terry Mulholland*
RP
35.3
112.0
11.5
6.7
16.2
9.7
4.0
-12.8
-5.0
5.5
-0.0
-0.4
-0.1
22.2
49.5
7.4
3 Rod Beck
RP
29.9
80.3
7.7
5.4
7.2
-9.0
15.2
15.3
43.7
-2.4
1.1
-1.4
-1.1
-3.0
4 Steve Trachsel
SP
27.7
208.0
4.7
-8.0
-2.7
9.1
-11.1
-2.0
-25.1
-2.5
-0.9
-1.1
-0.7
-12.5
-25.1
6.0
5 Marc Pisciotta
RP
27.9
44.0
2.4
-4.5
-15.0
1.5
-11.4
-7.9
-29.5
1.1
-0.2
-2.5
2.0
-0.9
6 Amaury Telemaco
RP
24.5
27.7
2.2
-3.9
3.7
3.1
-1.2
-4.3
-6.5
-2.1
1.0
2.1
-13.0
0.6
7 Kurt Miller
RP
25.9
4.0
2.0
1.9
2.7
0.3
1.5
3.2
6.0
0.4
0.1
-1.2
-0.3
0.2
8 Felix Heredia*
RP
23.0
17.7
1.7
2.4
0.3
-2.7
1.4
2.0
4.7
0.8
0.7
0.9
3.3
1.2
9 Ben Van Ryn*
RP
26.9
8.0
1.3
0.0
-4.5
-0.4
-2.1
-1.4
-5.3
1.0
-0.7
-0.4
-4.1
-0.2
10 Dave Stevens
RP
28.3
38.0
-0.4
-2.8
-5.6
-4.7
-0.0
-0.9
-1.0
-1.8
0.5
-0.5
-20.1
-5.2
11 Terry Adams
RP
25.3
72.7
-0.6
1.6
-10.0
0.9
-8.0
10.8
-4.2
1.2
1.9
-15.7
43.2
-7.0
12 Justin Speier
RP
24.7
1.3
-1.3
0.3
-1.1
-0.5
-0.3
0.7
0.1
0.2
0.1
-0.7
-2.2
0.2
13 Chris Haney*
RP
29.6
5.0
-1.5
-1.7
3.2
1.2
0.9
0.4
2.1
-1.5
0.2
-0.9
-3.7
0.1
14 Tony Fossas*
RP
40.8
4.0
-1.5
-0.1
-8.3
-2.3
-3.4
1.1
-5.3
0.6
0.2
-3.6
-4.5
-1.2
15 Mark Clark
SP
30.1
213.7
-1.6
14.8
13.5
-17.5
27.4
6.0
62.3
2.3
3.3
-0.0
0.3
26.9
-93.1
-14.8
16 Kennie Steenstra
RP
27.7
3.3
-2.2
-1.9
-3.2
-3.0
0.8
0.6
2.1
-1.6
0.2
-1.2
-4.5
-1.7
17 Don Wengert
SP
28.7
49.7
-2.2
-4.3
-10.8
-2.3
-4.0
2.4
-5.7
-1.9
-1.2
-0.4
-0.1
-9.6
13.2
1.7
18 Kevin Tapani
SP
34.4
219.0
-2.6
-5.4
-2.2
-19.1
15.4
-24.0
7.9
-4.1
2.5
-0.1
1.3
37.9
-24.3
1.0
19 Matt Karchner
RP
31.0
28.0
-3.2
-5.5
-5.9
-0.8
-0.8
-2.9
-4.4
-2.7
-0.8
-1.4
-8.6
-1.8
20 Kevin Foster
RP
29.5
3.3
-4.2
-1.0
-5.2
-3.6
0.0
-0.8
-0.8
-0.5
0.2
0.5
-5.6
0.4
21 Rodney Myers
RP
29.0
18.0
-4.6
-0.6
-6.2
-7.9
2.2
-0.5
3.7
-1.0
0.7
2.5
-2.0
1.6
22 Mike Morgan
SP
38.7
22.7
-8.7
-11.6
-14.1
-3.3
-5.9
-8.9
-21.1
-4.9
-0.1
-0.3
-0.1
-2.0
25.6
-1.3
23 Bob Patterson*
RP
39.1
20.3
-8.7
-0.4
-18.9
-12.4
-1.3
-3.2
-5.6
0.7
0.9
3.5
-26.6
-1.7
24 Geremi Gonzalez
SP
23.5
110.0
-12.9
-2.8
-13.0
-6.6
-0.7
-13.4
-14.9
0.6
0.9
-0.2
0.6
14.1
-38.3
1.7
1477.3
-2.3
1.4
-57.4
-20.1
-9.4
75.6
56.6
-7.6
5.0
-3.1
1.4
-87.6
-193.1
-17.8

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