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1970 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969/1971)
84-78, Finished 2nd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 806 runs, Allowed 679 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68
Managed by Leo Durocher

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,642,705 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 111, Pitching - 110
  (one-year): Batting - 119, Pitching - 117
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Randy Hundley       28   73  250   13   61   5  0   7   36  16   52  .244  .288  .348   0   1   5   0   4   1   0   63
1B  Jim Hickman         33  149  514  102  162  33  4  32  115  93   99  .315  .419  .582   0   1  10   1   2   3   8  155
2B  Glenn Beckert       29  143  591   99  170  15  6   3   36  32   22  .288  .323  .349   4   1  13   0   6   3   0   73
3B  Ron Santo           30  154  555   83  148  30  4  26  114  92  108  .267  .369  .476   2   0  17   1   1   6   6  115
SS #Don Kessinger       27  154  631  100  168  21 14   1   39  66   59  .266  .337  .349  12   6  12   2  10   2   6   77
LF *Billy Williams      32  161  636  137  205  34  4  42  129  72   65  .322  .391  .586   7   1  13   2   0   4   9  148
CF  Cleo James          29  100  176   33   37   7  2   3   14  17   24  .210  .298  .324   5   0   3   5   2   0   5   60
RF *Johnny Callison     31  147  477   65  126  23  2  19   68  60   63  .264  .348  .440   7   2  10   3   0   3  11  101
    Ernie Banks         39   72  222   25   56   6  2  12   44  20   33  .252  .313  .459   0   0   5   1   1   3   3   96
   *Joe Pepitone        29   56  213   38   57   9  2  12   44  15   15  .268  .313  .498   0   2   2   0   4   2   2  105
   #Paul Popovich       29   78  186   22   47   5  1   4   20  18   18  .253  .324  .355   0   1   3   2   2   1   4   75
    Jack Hiatt          27   66  178   19   43  12  1   2   22  31   48  .242  .352  .354   0   0   6   0   5   1   2   82
   *Willie Smith        31   87  167   15   36   9  1   5   24  11   32  .216  .267  .371   2   1   2   1   2   1   0   62
   *J.C. Martin         33   40   77   11   12   1  0   1    4  20   11  .156  .333  .208   0   0   2   1   1   1   7   43
    Tommy Davis         31   11   42    4   11   2  0   2    8   1    1  .262  .279  .452   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   85
    Phil Gagliano       28   26   40    5    6   0  0   0    5   5    5  .150  .244  .150   0   0   1   0   1   0   0    4
    Ken Rudolph         23   20   40    1    4   1  0   0    2   1   12  .100  .122  .125   0   0   1   0   2   0   1  -36
   *Jimmie Hall         32   28   32    2    3   1  0   0    1   4   12  .094  .194  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  -16
   *Al Spangler         36   21   14    2    2   1  0   1    1   3    3  .143  .294  .429   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   83
   *Boots Day           22   11    8    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .250  .250  .250   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   29
   *Brock Davis         26    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Adrian Garrett      27    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Terry Hughes        21    2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   72
   #Roger Metzger       22    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Roe Skidmore        24    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  417

    Fergie Jenkins      27   40  113    4   14   2  0   3   11   1   36  .124  .129  .221   0   0   1   0  10   2   0  -12
    Ken Holtzman        24   40  105    6   21   5  0   0    6   5   22  .200  .236  .248   0   0   3   0   8   0   0   25
    Bill Hands          30   39   75    6   10   2  0   0    6  15   33  .133  .272  .160   0   0   0   0   9   2   0   14
    Milt Pappas         31   21   50    7   12   2  1   2    5   2   17  .240  .278  .440   0   0   0   1   1   1   0   81
    Joe Decker          23   24   34    3    6   1  0   1    3   2   16  .176  .222  .294   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   32
    Jim Colborn         24   34   15    0    1   0  0   0    1   1   11  .067  .125  .067   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -49
   #Larry Gura          22   20   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Phil Regan          33   54    9    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    7  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -72
    Roberto Rodriguez   28   26    8    1    1   0  0   1    1   1    1  .125  .222  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   80
    Jim Dunegan         22   10    4    0    1   1  0   0    2   0    2  .250  .250  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   88
   *Juan Pizarro        33   12    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -29
    Hank Aguirre        39   17    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Archie Reynolds     24    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -6
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.0  162 5491  806 1424 228 44 179  761 607  844  .259  .333  .415  39  16 110  20  75  36  65   98
    Rank among 12 NL teams         9    2    8   6  7   2        4   10     7     4     2  12  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Fergie Jenkins      27  40   3.39  22  16  0  39   1  24   3  313.0  265  128  118  30   60  274 1265   9   7  0   6 131
SP  Bill Hands          30  39   3.70  18  15  1  38   1  12   2  265.0  278  121  109  20   76  170 1127   9   4  1   8 120
SP *Ken Holtzman        24  39   3.38  17  11  0  38   0  15   1  287.7  271  125  108  30   94  202 1208  12   3  1   6 132
SP  Milt Pappas         31  21   2.68  10   8  0  20   1   6   2  144.7  135   53   43  14   36   80  592   0   0  1   9 167
SP  Joe Decker          23  24   4.64   2   7  0  17   3   1   0  108.7  108   64   56  12   56   79  482   5   4  0   3  96

CL  Phil Regan          33  54   4.76   5   9 12   0  40   0   0   75.7   81   43   40   8   32   31  324   0   1  0   7  94
RP  Jim Colborn         24  34   3.59   3   1  4   5  11   0   0   72.7   88   37   29   3   23   50  327   1   1  1   6 124
RP  Roberto Rodriguez   28  26   5.82   3   2  2   0  12   0   0   43.3   50   33   28   6   15   46  193   1   0  0   2  77
RP *Hank Aguirre        39  17   4.50   3   0  1   0   3   0   0   14.0   13   10    7   3    9   11   64   0   1  0   1  99
RP *Larry Gura          22  20   3.79   1   3  1   3  10   1   0   38.0   35   18   16   6   23   21  167   0   1  0   3 118

   *Juan Pizarro        33  12   4.60   0   0  1   0   4   0   0   15.7   16    9    8   2    9   14   73   0   1  0   0  97
    Archie Reynolds     24   7   6.60   0   2  0   1   2   0   0   15.0   17   11   11   2    9    9   67   2   1  0   0  68
    Jim Dunegan         22   7   4.73   0   2  0   0   2   0   0   13.3   13    7    7   2   12    3   63   0   0  0   1  94
    Bob Miller          31   7   5.00   0   0  2   1   4   0   0    9.0    6    5    5   3    6    4   39   0   0  0   1  89
    Ted Abernathy       37  11   2.00   0   0  1   0   3   0   0    9.0    9    2    2   0    5    2   40   0   1  0   1 223
   *Steve Barber        32   5   9.53   0   1  0   0   4   0   0    5.7   10    6    6   0    6    3   31   1   0  0   3  47
    Hoyt Wilhelm        47   3   9.82   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    3.7    4    4    4   1    3    1   18   0   0  0   0  45
    Jim Cosman          27   1  27.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    3    3    3   1    1    0    6   0   0  0   1  16
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7 162   3.76  84  78 25 162 103  59   9 1435.0 1402  679  600 143  475 1000 6086  40  25  4  58 119
    Rank among 12 NL teams          4   5   8 10           1   7     11    5    3        7    1    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RHundley 617 70 73 455 26 5 2 .990 5 13 22 19 JHiatt 481 57 63 380 22 4 1 .990 7 15 35 15 JMartin 243 26 36 163 15 3 2 .983 6 8 12 9 KRudolph 93 9 16 67 6 0 1 1.000 1 4 2 5 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1435 162 162 1065 69 12 6 .990 19 40 71 48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHickman 579 71 74 563 60 6 46 .990 9.67 EBanks 504 57 62 528 35 4 53 .993 10.05 WSmith 302 32 43 318 11 2 32 .994 9.79 JPepitone 27 0 13 27 2 0 0 1.000 9.42 JHiatt 9 1 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 8.00 PGagliano 8 1 1 11 0 0 0 1.000 12.38 JMartin 4 0 3 1 1 2 0 .500 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 1455 110 14 131 .991 9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBeckert 1192 138 138 302 412 22 88 .970 5.39 PPopovich 169 17 22 42 58 1 18 .990 5.30 PGagliano 73 7 16 14 25 0 2 1.000 4.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 358 495 23 108 .974 5.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .945 *2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanto 1321 151 152 143 320 27 36 .945 3.15 PPopovich 109 11 16 9 12 1 1 .955 1.73 PGagliano 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 THughes 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 152 332 29 37 .943 3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKessinger 1340 152 154 257 501 22 86 .972 5.09 PPopovich 88 9 17 24 27 2 7 .962 5.22 RMetzger 7 1 1 1 4 1 1 .833 6.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 282 532 25 94 .970 5.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWilliams 1302 149 154 244 13 2 1 .992 1.78 TDavis 79 10 10 15 0 1 0 .937 1.69 CJames 22 1 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.41 JHickman 11 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 RSanto 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 ASpangler 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 JHall 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 THughes 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WSmith 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 270 13 3 1 .990 1.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CJames 472 47 83 112 3 0 1 1.000 2.19 JPepitone 459 56 56 126 1 1 0 .992 2.49 JHickman 418 50 53 91 4 1 0 .990 2.04 JHall 38 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 BDay 21 2 6 5 1 1 0 .857 2.57 JCallison 19 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 GBeckert 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 BDavis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 345 9 3 1 .992 2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCallison 1143 128 143 243 8 7 3 .973 1.98 JHickman 201 24 28 47 3 3 1 .943 2.24 BWilliams 79 10 10 16 0 1 0 .941 1.81 ASpangler 10 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 CJames 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 308 11 11 4 .967 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.07 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BWilliams 1382 159 160 259 13 3 1 .989 1.77 JCallison 1162 130 144 244 8 7 3 .973 1.95 JHickman 630 75 79 143 7 4 1 .974 2.14 CJames 495 48 90 115 5 0 1 1.000 2.18 JPepitone 459 56 56 121 1 1 0 .992 2.39 TDavis 79 10 10 15 0 1 0 .937 1.69 JHall 41 4 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 BDay 21 2 7 6 1 1 0 .875 3.00 ASpangler 15 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 RSanto 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 GBeckert 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 THughes 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WSmith 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BDavis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1435 162 162 920 35 17 6 .983 2.00 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FJenkins 313 39 40 14 39 4 1 .930 1.52 KHoltzman 287 38 39 11 44 2 1 .965 1.72 BHands 265 38 39 22 42 3 2 .955 2.17 MPappas 144 20 21 6 18 1 3 .960 1.49 JDecker 109 17 24 4 14 3 0 .857 1.49 PRegan 75 0 54 7 18 0 3 1.000 2.97 JColborn 72 5 34 4 13 1 1 .944 2.10 RRodriguez 43 0 26 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.45 LGura 38 3 20 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.66 JPizarro 15 0 12 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.29 AReynolds 15 1 7 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.60 HAguirre 14 0 17 0 2 3 0 .400 1.29 JDunegan 13 0 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.38 BMiller 9 1 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 TAbernathy 9 0 11 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 SBarber 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HWilhelm 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 7.30 JCosman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 73 218 17 14 .945 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Williams .322

On-base % Hickman .419

Slugging % Williams .586

OPS Hickman 1.001

Games Williams 161

At Bats Williams 636

Plate Appearances (approx.) Williams 714

Runs Williams 137

Hits Williams 205

Total Bases Williams 373

Doubles Williams 34

Triples Kessinger 14

Home Runs Williams 42

RBI Williams 129

Bases on Balls Hickman 93

Strikeouts Santo 108

Stolen Bases Kessinger 12

Singles Beckert 146

Adjusted OPS+ Hickman 155

Runs Created Williams 147

Adjusted Batting Runs Hickman 44

Batting Wins Hickman and Williams 4.2

Extra-Base Hits Williams 80

Times on Base Williams 279

Offensive Win% Hickman .785

Hit By Pitch James 5

Sac. Hits Jenkins and Kessinger 10

Sac. Flies Santo 6

Intentional Walks Callison 11

Grounded into Double Plays Santo 17

Caught Stealing Kessinger 6

Power/Speed Number Williams 12.0

At Bats per Strikeout Beckert 26.9

At Bats per Home Run Williams 15.1

Outs Kessinger 493

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ERA Holtzman 3.38

Wins Jenkins 22

Won-Loss % Holtzman .607

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Jenkins 1.038

Hits Allowed/9IP Jenkins 7.62

Bases on Balls/9IP Jenkins 1.73

Strikeouts/9IP Jenkins 7.88

Games Regan 54

Saves Regan 12

Innings Jenkins 313.0

Strikeouts Jenkins 274

Games Started Jenkins 39

Comp. Games Jenkins 24

Shutouts Jenkins 3

Home Runs Allow. Holtzman and Jenkins 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Holtzman 94

Hits Allowed Hands 278

SO to Walk Jenkins 4.57

Losses Jenkins 16

Earned Runs Allow. Jenkins 118

Wild Pitches Holtzman 12

Hit Batsmen Jenkins 7

Batters Faced Jenkins 1265

Games Finished Regan 40

Adjusted ERA+ Holtzman 132

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Glenn Beckert (Starting 2B)
Jim Hickman
Don Kessinger (Starting SS)

1969/1971

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