1997 Chicago Cubs

68-94 • 0.420 Win% • 5th in NL C

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
94 Losses
0.420 Win %
5th Rank
687 R 759 RA
Diff -72

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687 Runs Scored
759 Runs Allowed
-72 Run Diff
2,189K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 equal to the 1997 league average (.262)
OBP .319 3% below the 1997 league average (.329)
SLG .332 4% below the 1997 league average (.346)
Team ERA 4.44 6% worse than the 1997 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 687 8% below the 1997 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,189,948
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Avg per Game 27,036

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Mark Grace 0.319 2 Dave Hansen 0.311 3 Lance Johnson 0.303 4 Dave Clark 0.301 5 Doug Glanville 0.300

Home Runs

1 Sammy Sosa 36 2 Mark Grace 13 3 Ryne Sandberg 12 4 Shawon Dunston 9 5 Kevin Orie 8

RBI

1 Sammy Sosa 119 2 Mark Grace 78 3 Ryne Sandberg 64 4 Scott Servais 45 5 Kevin Orie 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sammy Sosa 162 642 90 161 0 0 36 119 45 174 22 0.251
Mark Grace 151 555 87 177 0 0 13 78 88 45 2 0.319
Doug Glanville 146 474 79 142 0 0 4 35 24 46 19 0.300
Ryne Sandberg 135 447 54 118 0 0 12 64 28 94 7 0.264
Shawon Dunston 114 419 57 119 0 0 9 41 8 64 29 0.284
Brian McRae 108 417 63 100 0 0 6 28 52 62 14 0.240
Scott Servais 122 385 36 100 0 0 6 45 24 56 0 0.260
Kevin Orie 114 364 40 100 0 0 8 44 39 57 2 0.275
Rey Sanchez 97 205 14 51 0 0 1 12 11 26 4 0.249
Tyler Houston 72 196 15 51 0 0 2 28 9 35 1 0.260
Jose Hernandez 121 183 33 50 0 0 7 26 14 42 2 0.273
Dave Hansen 90 151 19 47 0 0 3 21 31 32 1 0.311
Lance Johnson 39 145 17 44 0 0 4 15 9 10 5 0.303
Dave Clark 102 143 19 43 0 0 5 32 19 34 1 0.301
Brant Brown 46 137 15 32 0 0 5 15 7 28 2 0.234
Manny Alexander 33 99 11 29 0 0 1 7 8 16 2 0.293
Brooks Kieschnick 39 90 9 18 0 0 4 12 12 21 1 0.200
Mike Hubbard 29 64 4 13 0 0 1 2 2 21 0 0.203
Steve Trachsel 34 60 5 7 0 0 0 4 5 19 0 0.117
Terry Mulholland 25 49 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 24 0 0.163
Kevin Foster 30 47 3 6 0 0 0 4 1 20 0 0.128
Geremi Gonzalez 23 40 1 4 0 0 0 1 3 12 0 0.100
Frank Castillo 20 33 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0.152
Miguel Cairo 16 29 7 7 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.241
Mark Clark 9 23 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 0 0.000
Kevin Tapani 13 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 12 1 0.136
Robin Jennings 9 18 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.167
Terrell Lowery 9 14 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0.286
Amaury Telemaco 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.222
Miguel Batista 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Kent Bottenfield 64 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Dave Swartzbaugh 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ramon Tatis 56 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Turk Wendell 52 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Terry Adams 74 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Larry Casian 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Patterson 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Marc Pisciotta 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mel Rojas 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Stevens 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ramon Morel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rodney Myers 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mark Clark 2.86 2 Bob Patterson 3.34 3 Kevin Tapani 3.39 4 Kent Bottenfield 3.86 5 Terry Mulholland 4.07

Wins

1 Geremi Gonzalez 11 2 Kevin Foster 10 3 Kevin Tapani 9 4 Steve Trachsel 8 5 Frank Castillo 6

Strikeouts

1 Steve Trachsel 160 2 Kevin Foster 118 3 Geremi Gonzalez 93 4 Kent Bottenfield 74 5 Terry Mulholland 74
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Steve Trachsel 8 12 4.51 34 34 0 201.1 69 160
Terry Mulholland 6 12 4.07 25 25 0 157.0 45 74
Kevin Foster 10 7 4.61 26 25 0 146.1 66 118
Geremi Gonzalez 11 9 4.25 23 23 0 144.0 69 93
Frank Castillo 6 9 5.42 20 19 0 98.0 44 67
Kevin Tapani 9 3 3.39 13 13 0 85.0 23 55
Kent Bottenfield 2 3 3.86 64 0 2 84.0 35 74
Terry Adams 2 9 4.62 74 0 18 74.0 40 64
Mark Clark 6 1 2.86 9 9 0 63.0 12 51
Turk Wendell 3 5 4.20 52 0 4 60.0 39 54
Bob Patterson 1 6 3.34 76 0 0 59.1 10 58
Mel Rojas 0 4 4.42 54 0 13 59.0 30 61
Ramon Tatis 1 1 5.34 56 0 0 55.2 29 33
Amaury Telemaco 0 3 6.16 10 5 0 38.0 11 29
Miguel Batista 0 5 5.70 11 6 0 36.1 24 27
Marc Pisciotta 3 1 3.18 24 0 0 28.1 16 21
Larry Casian 0 1 7.45 12 0 0 9.2 2 7
Dave Stevens 0 2 9.64 10 0 0 9.1 9 13
Rodney Myers 0 0 6.00 5 1 0 9.0 7 6
Dave Swartzbaugh 0 1 9.00 2 2 0 8.0 7 4
Ramon Morel 0 0 4.91 3 0 0 3.2 3 3

👥 Roster (42)

Terry Adams Manny Alexander Miguel Batista Kent Bottenfield Brant Brown Miguel Cairo Larry Casian Frank Castillo Dave Clark Mark Clark Shawon Dunston Kevin Foster +30 more

42 players

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