Chicago Cubs

Herman Franks	Manager	5th season	367-280	.573
Al Dark	Bench Coach
Jack Bloomfield	Hitting Coach
Barney Schultz	Pitching Coach

Wrigley Field (37,741 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	355 16	362 11	368 11	400 11	368 11	361 11	353 16

1976 All-Stars:

C Steve Swisher

Key Offseason Transactions:

Granted Steve Stone free agency. Selected Willie Hernandez from PHI. Traded Pete LaCock to KC as part of a three-team trade. Received Jim Dwyer from NYM. Traded Julio Gonzalez to HOU for Greg Gross. Traded Rick Monday and Mike Garman to LA for Bill Buckner, Ivan DeJesus and Jeff Albert. Released Geoff Zahn. Traded Darold Knowles to TEX for Gene Clines. Traded Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring to SF for Bobby Murcer, Steve Ontiveros and Andy Muhlstock. Traded Champ Summers to CIN for Dave Schneck. Traded Buddy Schultz to STL for Mark Covert. Sold Jerry Tabb to OAK. Traded Joe Coleman to OAK for Jim Todd. Traded Jim Tyrone to OAK for Gaylen Pitts. Signed Joe Decker as a free agent. Traded Jim Umbarger, Rodney Scott and cash to OAK for Claudell Washington. Released Carl Morton.

Starting Pitching: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Ray Burris Rick Reuschel Bill Bonham Steve Renko Dennis Lamp

26 27 28 32 24

4 5 6 8 0

C C F D D

15 14 9 8 0

13 12 13 12 0

0 1 0 0 0

249.0 260.0 196.0 176.1 0.0

70 64 96 46 0

112 146 110 116 0

3.11 3.46 4.27 3.98 0.00

.258 .260 .276 .260 .000

Bullpen: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Donnie Moore Willie Hernandez Paul Reuschel Pete Broberg Ramon Hernandez Jim Todd

23 22 30 27 36 29

1 0 2 6 8 3

B B- C- F B+ B

0 0 4 1 2 7

0 0 2 7 2 8

0 0 3 0 3 4

0.0 0.0 87.0 92.1 44.2 82.2

0 0 33 72 16 34

0 0 55 28 18 22

0.00 0.00 4.55 4.97 3.43 3.81

.000 .000 .277 .279 .260 .277

Closer: B-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Bruce Sutter

24

1

B-

6

3

10

83.1

26

73

2.70

.211

Infield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Steve Swisher Bill Buckner Manny Trillo Steve Ontiveros Ivan DeJesus

25 27 26 25 24

3 8 4 4 3

F F F B- C+

377 642 582 74 41

89 193 139 13 7

25 76 42 8 4

5 7 4 0 0

42 60 59 5 2

.236 .301 .239 .176 .171

2 28 17 0 0

.275 .326 .304 .244 .244

Outfield: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Jose Cardenal Jerry Morales Bobby Mercer

33 28 30

14 8 10

C D- B-

521 537 533

156 147 138

64 66 73

8 16 23

47 67 90

.299 .274 .259

23 3 12

.339 .323 .362

Bench: F

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 3B LF CF

George Mitterwald Larry Biittner Dave Rosello Greg Gross Joe Wallis

31 31 26 24 25

10 7 5 4 2

F F F+ D- F

303 224 227 426 338

65 53 55 122 86

19 23 27 52 51

5 0 1 0 5

28 18 11 27 21

.215 .237 .242 .286 .254

1 0 1 2 3

.249 .272 .359 .375 .322

Outlook: 75-87. The