2011 Chicago Cubs
71 - 91
2010 / 2012 (Organization)
5th place in the NL Central (25 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record:
39 - 42 (.481)
32 - 49 (.395)
-3.6 wins
-6.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 654 / 670 ( -16 )
Allowed/Expected: 756 / 666 ( -90 )
Pyth Record: 70 - 92 (+1)
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Attendance: 3,017,966 Avg Att: 37,259 (1.18)
Att Rank: 5 / 16 Lg Avg: 31,685
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 1.00 R/L HR: 1.03 / 0.95
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Carlos Zambrano
SP
30.1
1.6
6.1
2.0
11
Y
7
12
1997
Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Aramis Ramirez
3B
33.0
2.7
23.7
11.2
9
N
7
23
2003
Trade PIT NL
3 Ryan Dempster
SP
34.2
0.3
5.6
-0.2
8
N
1
21
2004
Free Agency
4 Geovany Soto
C
28.4
1.7
11.5
0.3
7
Y
6
5
2001
Draft (Amateur) - Round 11
5 Carlos Marmol
RP
28.7
0.6
8.0
3.5
6
Y
7
3
1999
Free Agency (Amateur)
6 Sean Marshall
RP
28.8
2.6
10.8
6.3
6
Y
6
3
2003
Draft (Amateur) - Round 6
7 Koyie Hill
C
32.3
-0.5
1.3
-2.4
5
N
11
10
2006
Free Agency
8 Alfonso Soriano
LF
35.5
-0.2
10.6
1.3
5
N
11
20
2006
Free Agency
9 Jeff Samardzija
RP
26.4
1.1
7.4
2.0
4
Y
6
6
2006
Draft (Amateur) - Round 5
10 Kosuke Fukudome
RF
34.2
1.2
9.3
3.0
4
N
12
12
2007
Free Agency (1st Tm)
11 Randy Wells
SP
28.8
0.3
3.5
-0.3
4
N
4
16
2008
Returned to Original Tm after Draft TOR AL
12 Justin Berg
RP
27.1
0.1
0.6
-0.1
3
N
8
27
2005
Trade NYA AL
13 Tyler Colvin
RF
25.8
-1.0
0.9
-3.3
3
Y
6
6
2006
Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 13)
14 Jeff Stevens
RP
27.8
-0.0
0.1
-0.3
3
N
12
31
2008
Trade CLE AL
15 Jeff Baker
1B
30.0
-0.1
3.3
-0.7
3
N
7
2
2009
Trade COL NL
16 John Grabow
RP
32.7
-0.4
1.5
-2.3
3
N
7
30
2009
Trade PIT NL
17 Welington Castillo
C
24.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.3
2
Y
12
8
2004
Free Agency (Amateur)
18 Starlin Castro
SS
21.3
3.0
23.4
7.5
2
Y
10
25
2006
Free Agency (Amateur)
19 Darwin Barney
2B
25.6
1.7
11.6
-0.8
2
Y
6
7
2007
Draft (Amateur) - Round 4
20 James Russell
RP
25.5
0.0
1.9
-1.4
2
Y
6
7
2007
Draft (Amateur) - Round 14
21 Marcos Mateo
RP
27.2
0.1
0.9
-0.5
2
N
9
12
2007
Trade CIN NL
22 Andrew Cashner
SW
24.8
0.4
1.1
0.7
2
Y
6
5
2008
Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 19)
23 Casey Coleman
SP
24.0
-1.0
0.0
-2.5
2
Y
6
5
2008
Draft (Amateur) - Round 15
24 Brad Snyder
LF
29.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
2
N
9
23
2008
Waivers CLE AL
25 Scott Maine
RP
26.4
-0.3
0.0
-0.4
2
N
11
19
2009
Trade ARI NL
26 Marlon Byrd
CF
33.8
1.9
11.0
1.1
2
N
12
11
2009
Free Agency
27 Blake DeWitt
LF
25.9
0.2
5.2
0.7
2
N
7
31
2010
Trade LAN NL
28 Rafael Dolis
RP
23.5
0.1
0.2
0.1
1
Y
8
6
2004
Free Agency (Amateur)
29 Steve Clevenger
C
25.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
1
Y
6
6
2006
Draft (Amateur) - Round 7
30 Tony Campana
LF
25.1
1.0
3.2
0.2
1
Y
6
5
2008
Draft (Amateur) - Round 13
31 Chris Carpenter
RP
25.5
0.2
0.7
0.1
1
Y
6
5
2008
Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
32 John Gaub
RP
26.2
-0.0
0.0
-0.2
1
N
12
31
2008
Trade CLE AL
33 DJ LeMahieu
2B
23.0
-0.3
0.4
-0.9
1
Y
6
9
2009
Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
34 Bryan LaHair
RF
28.7
0.2
2.6
1.3
1
N
1
9
2010
Free Agency
35 Carlos Pena
1B
33.1
2.5
18.3
7.5
1
N
12
8
2010
Free Agency
36 Kerry Wood
RP
34.0
0.4
3.8
0.7
1
N
12
16
2010
Free Agency
37 Matt Garza
SP
27.6
2.5
11.2
5.6
1
N
1
8
2011
Trade TBA AL
38 Reed Johnson
RF
34.6
1.2
8.6
3.6
1
N
1
12
2011
Free Agency
39 Luis Montanez
RF
29.5
-0.4
0.6
-0.5
1
N
1
12
2011
Free Agency
40 Ramon Ortiz
RP
38.3
-0.1
0.6
-1.0
1
N
4
2
2011
Free Agency
41 Doug Davis
SP
35.8
-1.1
0.0
-1.3
1
N
4
12
2011
Free Agency
42 Rodrigo Lopez
SP
35.5
-0.2
3.2
0.1
1
N
5
26
2011
Trade ATL NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Jeff Baker 1B Woodbridge, VA (US)
Darwin Barney 2B Beaverton, OR (US)
Darwin Barney 2B Beaverton, OR (US)
Justin Berg RP Antigo, WI (US)
Marlon Byrd CF Marietta, GA (US)
Tony Campana LF Springboro, OH (US)
Chris Carpenter RP Bryan, OH (US)
Andrew Cashner SW Conroe, TX (US)
Welington Castillo C San Isidro (D.R.)
Starlin Castro SS Monte Cristy (D.R.)
Steve Clevenger C Baltimore, MD (US)
Casey Coleman SP Cape Coral, FL (US)
Tyler Colvin RF North Augusta, SC (US)
Doug Davis SP Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Ryan Dempster SP Gibsons, BC (CA)
Blake DeWitt LF Sikeston, MO (US)
Rafael Dolis RP Romana (D.R.)
Kosuke Fukudome RF Osaka City, Osaka (JP)
Matt Garza SP Wahington Union, CA (US)
John Gaub RP South St. Paul, MN (US)
John Grabow RP San Gabriel, CA (US)
Koyie Hill C Lawton, OK (US)
Reed Johnson RF Riverside, CA (US)
Bryan LaHair RF Worcester, MA (US)
DJ LeMahieu 2B Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Rodrigo Lopez SP Mexico (MX)
Scott Maine RP Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Carlos Marmol RP Bonao (D.R.)
Sean Marshall RP Midlothian, VA (US)
Marcos Mateo RP San Cristobal (D.R.)
Luis Montanez RF Miami, FL (US)
Ramon Ortiz RP Cotui (DO)
Carlos Pena 1B Haverhill, MA (US)
Aramis Ramirez 3B Santo Domingo (DO)
James Russell RP Colleyville, TX (US)
Jeff Samardzija RP Valparaiso, IN (US)
Brad Snyder LF Bellevue, OH (US)
Alfonso Soriano LF San Pedro de Marcoris (DO)
Geovany Soto C Rio Piedras (PR)
Jeff Stevens RP Moraga, CA (US)
Randy Wells SP Belleville, IL (US)
Kerry Wood RP Grand Prairie, TX (US)
Carlos Zambrano SP Carabobo (VE)

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