1998 Chicago Cubs

90-73 • 0.552 Win% • 2nd in NL C

📊 Season Record

90 Wins
73 Losses
0.552 Win %
2nd Rank
831 R 792 RA
Diff +39

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⚡ Quick Stats

831 Runs Scored
792 Runs Allowed
+39 Run Diff
2,623K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 NL Average

Batting Avg .264 1% above the 1998 league average (.261)
OBP .335 2% above the 1998 league average (.327)
SLG .377 8% above the 1998 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.47 6% worse than the 1998 league average (4.23)
Runs Scored 831 11% above the 1998 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 2,623,000
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Avg per Game 31,987

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Glenallen Hill 0.351 2 Gary Gaetti 0.320 3 Mark Grace 0.309 4 Sammy Sosa 0.308 5 Matt Mieske 0.299

Home Runs

1 Sammy Sosa 66 2 Henry Rodriguez 31 3 Jose Hernandez 23 4 Mark Grace 17 5 Brant Brown 14

RBI

1 Sammy Sosa 158 2 Mark Grace 89 3 Henry Rodriguez 85 4 Jose Hernandez 75 5 Mickey Morandini 53
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sammy Sosa 159 643 134 198 0 0 66 158 73 171 18 0.308
Mark Grace 158 595 92 184 0 0 17 89 93 56 4 0.309
Mickey Morandini 154 582 93 172 0 0 8 53 72 84 13 0.296
Jose Hernandez 149 488 76 124 0 0 23 75 40 140 4 0.254
Henry Rodriguez 128 415 56 104 0 0 31 85 54 113 1 0.251
Jeff Blauser 119 361 49 79 0 0 4 26 60 93 2 0.219
Brant Brown 124 347 56 101 0 0 14 48 30 95 4 0.291
Scott Servais 113 325 35 72 0 0 7 36 26 51 1 0.222
Lance Johnson 85 304 51 85 0 0 2 21 26 22 10 0.280
Manny Alexander 108 264 34 60 0 0 5 25 18 66 4 0.227
Tyler Houston 95 255 26 65 0 0 9 33 13 53 2 0.255
Kevin Orie 64 204 24 37 0 0 2 21 18 35 1 0.181
Glenallen Hill 48 131 26 46 0 0 8 23 14 34 0 0.351
Gary Gaetti 37 128 21 41 0 0 8 27 12 23 0 0.320
Matt Mieske 77 97 16 29 0 0 1 12 11 17 0 0.299
Sandy Martinez 45 87 7 23 0 0 0 7 13 21 1 0.264
Kevin Tapani 35 75 7 10 0 0 1 11 7 30 0 0.133
Steve Trachsel 33 64 11 17 0 0 1 8 7 18 0 0.266
Mark Clark 33 62 1 4 0 0 0 3 3 27 0 0.065
Kerry Wood 26 54 3 7 0 0 2 8 1 16 0 0.130
Geremi Gonzalez 21 32 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0.188
Pedro Valdes 14 23 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.217
Jason Hardtke 18 21 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.238
Terry Mulholland 70 17 3 5 0 0 0 3 2 10 0 0.294
Terrell Lowery 24 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.200
Don Wengert 23 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Orlando Merced 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 5 1 2 0 0.300
Derrick White 11 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0.100
Mike Morgan 5 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.667
Amaury Telemaco 14 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Dave Stevens 31 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Jason Maxwell 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0.333
Marc Pisciotta 43 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Terry Adams 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rod Beck 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rodney Myers 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jose Nieves 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ben VanRyn 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Fossas 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Foster 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Haney 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Felix Heredia 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Karchner 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kurt Miller 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Patterson 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Speier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kennie Steenstra 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Terry Mulholland 2.89 2 Rod Beck 3.02 3 Kerry Wood 3.40 4 Marc Pisciotta 4.09 5 Terry Adams 4.33

Wins

1 Kevin Tapani 19 2 Steve Trachsel 15 3 Kerry Wood 13 4 Mark Clark 9 5 Terry Adams 7

Strikeouts

1 Kerry Wood 233 2 Mark Clark 161 3 Steve Trachsel 149 4 Kevin Tapani 136 5 Rod Beck 81
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kevin Tapani 19 9 4.85 35 34 0 219.0 62 136
Mark Clark 9 14 4.84 33 33 0 213.2 48 161
Steve Trachsel 15 8 4.46 33 33 0 208.0 84 149
Kerry Wood 13 6 3.40 26 26 0 166.2 85 233
Terry Mulholland 6 5 2.89 70 6 3 112.0 39 72
Geremi Gonzalez 7 7 5.32 20 20 0 110.0 41 70
Rod Beck 3 4 3.02 81 0 51 80.1 20 81
Terry Adams 7 7 4.33 63 0 1 72.2 41 73
Don Wengert 1 5 5.07 21 6 0 49.2 23 41
Marc Pisciotta 1 2 4.09 43 0 0 44.0 32 31
Dave Stevens 1 2 4.74 31 0 0 38.0 17 31
Matt Karchner 3 1 5.14 29 0 0 28.0 14 22
Amaury Telemaco 1 1 3.90 14 0 0 27.2 13 18
Mike Morgan 0 1 7.15 5 5 0 22.2 15 10
Bob Patterson 1 1 7.52 33 0 1 20.1 12 17
Rodney Myers 0 0 7.00 12 0 0 18.0 6 15
Felix Heredia 3 0 4.08 30 0 0 17.2 6 16
Ben VanRyn 0 0 3.38 9 0 0 8.0 6 6
Chris Haney 0 0 7.20 5 0 0 5.0 1 4
Tony Fossas 0 0 9.00 8 0 0 4.0 6 6
Kurt Miller 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 4.0 0 6
Kevin Foster 0 0 16.20 3 0 0 3.1 2 3
Kennie Steenstra 0 0 10.80 4 0 0 3.1 1 4
Justin Speier 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 1.1 1 2

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Division Series
Lost to ATL 3-0

👥 Roster (47)

Terry Adams Manny Alexander Rod Beck Jeff Blauser Brant Brown Mark Clark Tony Fossas Kevin Foster Gary Gaetti Geremi Gonzalez Mark Grace Chris Haney +35 more

47 players

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