1969 Chicago Cubs Statistics and Roster

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1969 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968/1970)
92-70, Finished 2nd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 720 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69
Managed by Leo Durocher

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,674,993 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 113, Pitching - 112
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 105
  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       27  151  522   67  133  15  1  18   64  61   90  .255  .334  .391   2   3  11   3   6   3   7   93
1B  Ernie Banks         38  155  565   60  143  19  2  23  106  42  101  .253  .309  .416   0   0  15   7   8   7   7   92
2B  Glenn Beckert       28  131  543   69  158  22  1   1   37  24   24  .291  .325  .341   6   0  14   6   4   5   0   78
3B  Ron Santo           29  160  575   97  166  18  4  29  123  96   97  .289  .384  .485   1   3  21   2   0  14   7  131
SS #Don Kessinger       26  158  664  109  181  38  6   4   53  61   70  .273  .332  .366  11   8   5   1   6   5   4   86
LF *Billy Williams      31  163  642  103  188  33 10  21   95  59   70  .293  .355  .474   3   2  15   4   0   3  15  119
CF  Don Young           23  101  272   36   65  12  3   6   27  38   74  .239  .343  .371   1   5   4   5   8   0   5   91
RF  Jim Hickman         32  134  338   38   80  11  2  21   54  47   74  .237  .326  .467   2   1   8   0   0   4   3  110
   *Al Spangler         35   82  213   23   45   8  1   4   23  21   16  .211  .284  .315   0   2   1   1   2   1   0   60
   *Willie Smith        30  103  195   21   48   9  1   9   25  25   49  .246  .330  .441   1   0   3   0   2   1   3  104
   #Paul Popovich       28   60  154   26   48   6  0   1   14  18   14  .312  .387  .370   0   1   1   1   4   0   0  103
   #Jim Qualls          22   43  120   12   30   5  3   0    9   2   14  .250  .266  .342   2   1   0   1   0   1   0   61
   *Oscar Gamble        19   24   71    6   16   1  1   1    5  10   12  .225  .321  .310   0   2   1   0   0   0   1   69
    Adolfo Phillips     27   28   49    5   11   3  1   0    1  16   15  .224  .424  .327   1   3   2   1   0   0   3  103
    Nate Oliver         28   44   44   15    7   3  0   1    4   1   10  .159  .196  .295   0   1   1   1   3   0   0   29
    Ken Rudolph         22   27   34    7    7   1  0   1    6   6   11  .206  .325  .324   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   74
   *Bill Heath          30   27   32    1    5   0  1   0    1  12    4  .156  .378  .219   0   0   1   0   0   1   2   63
    Gene Oliver         34   23   27    0    6   3  0   0    0   1    9  .222  .276  .333   0   0   1   1   0   0   1   62
   *Jimmie Hall         31   11   24    1    5   1  0   0    1   1    5  .208  .240  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   31
    Rick Bladt          22   10   13    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    5  .154  .154  .154   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -18
   *Manny Jimenez       30    6    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -11
    Johnny Hairston     24    3    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   34
    Randy Bobb          21    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Charley Smith       31    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Fergie Jenkins      26   43  108    6   15   2  1   1    9   6   42  .139  .183  .204   0   0   3   0   4   1   0    3
    Ken Holtzman        23   39  100    5   15   1  1   1    7   2   32  .150  .167  .210   0   0   1   0   5   0   0    0
    Bill Hands          29   41   98    5    9   0  0   0    3   4   45  .092  .136  .092   0   0   0   1  11   0   0  -38
    Dick Selma          25   36   52    3    8   1  1   0    0   1   17  .154  .170  .212   0   0   0   0   7   0   0    1
   *Rich Nye            24   36   16    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    7  .063  .063  .063   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -67
    Phil Regan          32   71   15    0    1   1  0   0    0   2    2  .067  .222  .133   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   -3
    Ted Abernathy       36   56    8    1    2   1  0   0    1   0    2  .250  .250  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   65
    Hank Aguirre        38   41    5    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  114
    Joe Niekro          24    4    5    0    1   1  0   0    2   0    1  .200  .200  .400   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   56
    Ken Johnson         36    9    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Jim Colborn         23    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Joe Decker          22    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Dave Lemonds        20    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Don Nottebart       33   16    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45
    Archie Reynolds     23    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    1  .000  .667  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   93
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2  163 5530  720 1400 215 40 142  671 559  928  .253  .322  .384  30  32 111  36  72  46  58   96
    Rank among 12 NL teams         5    3    6   5  7   2        3    9     5     5     3  12  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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      26  43   3.21  21  15  1  42   1  23   7  311.3  284  122  111  27   71  273 1275   7   8  1  15 126
SP  Bill Hands          29  41   2.49  20  14  0  41   0  18   3  300.0  268  102   83  21   73  181 1220   5   6  0   8 162
SP *Ken Holtzman        23  39   3.58  17  13  0  39   0  12   6  261.3  248  117  104  18   93  176 1112   5   5  0   8 113
SP  Dick Selma          25  36   3.63  10   8  1  25   6   4   2  168.7  137   74   68  13   72  161  699   8   3  1   7 111

CL  Phil Regan          32  71   3.70  12   6 17   0  49   0   0  112.0  120   49   46   6   35   56  476   3   2  0  13 109
RP  Ted Abernathy       36  56   3.16   4   3  3   0  20   0   0   85.3   75   38   30   8   42   55  374   5   1  1  11 127
RP *Hank Aguirre        38  41   2.60   1   0  1   0   9   0   0   45.0   45   13   13   2   12   19  186   1   2  0   1 155
RP *Rich Nye            24  34   5.11   3   5  3   5   9   1   0   68.7   72   43   39  13   21   39  294   1   1  0   4  79
RP  Don Nottebart       33  16   7.00   1   1  0   0   6   0   0   18.0   28   14   14   2    7    8   89   1   0  0   0  58

    Joe Niekro          24   4   3.72   0   1  0   3   0   0   0   19.3   24    9    8   3    6    7   86   0   0  0   0 108
    Ken Johnson         36   9   2.84   1   2  1   1   3   0   0   19.0   17    8    6   2   13   18   87   1   0  0   3 142
    Jim Colborn         23   6   3.07   1   0  0   2   1   0   0   14.7   15    6    5   2    9    4   65   0   1  1   1 131
    Joe Decker          22   4   2.92   1   0  0   1   1   0   0   12.3   10    4    4   0    6   13   51   1   0  0   0 138
    Archie Reynolds     23   2   2.45   0   1  0   2   0   0   0    7.3   11    5    2   1    7    4   38   0   0  0   1 164
    Alec Distaso        20   2   3.86   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.7    6    2    2   0    1    1   21   0   0  0   0 104
   *Dave Lemonds        20   2   3.86   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    4.7    5    2    2   0    5    0   21   0   0  0   0 104
    Gary Ross           21   2  13.50   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    2.0    1    3    3   0    2    2    9   1   0  0   0  30
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6 163   3.34  92  70 27 163 105  58  22 1454.0 1366  611  540 118  475 1017 6103  39  29  4  72 121
    Rank among 12 NL teams          5   3  10  7           3   2      6    7    4        5    4    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 1290 145 151 978 79 8 17 .992 9 35 52 51 BHeath 60 7 9 44 3 1 1 .979 1 0 3 3 KRudolph 60 6 11 39 3 1 0 .977 0 2 3 0 GOliver 31 3 6 28 2 0 1 1.000 0 2 1 0 RBobb 7 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 JHairston 5 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1454 163 163 1096 88 10 19 .992 11 39 60 54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBanks 1301 147 153 1419 87 4 116 .997 10.41 WSmith 152 16 24 159 9 1 14 .994 9.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 163 163 1578 96 5 130 .997 10.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *5.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBeckert 1131 129 129 262 401 24 71 .965 5.27 PPopovich 207 23 25 50 64 3 13 .974 4.95 NOliver 92 9 13 22 31 0 9 1.000 5.15 JQualls 22 2 4 7 4 0 2 1.000 4.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 163 163 341 500 27 95 .969 5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanto 1413 159 160 144 334 27 23 .947 3.04 PPopovich 41 4 6 2 9 1 1 .917 2.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 163 163 146 343 28 24 .946 3.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *4.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKessinger 1398 157 157 266 542 20 101 .976 5.20 PPopovich 56 6 7 13 23 0 7 1.000 5.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 163 163 279 565 20 108 .977 5.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *1.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWilliams 1198 130 151 208 11 8 2 .965 1.65 WSmith 212 30 32 29 0 2 0 .935 1.23 JHickman 12 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 KRudolph 9 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 RBladt 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JHall 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DYoung 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JHairston 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 OGamble 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 163 163 244 12 10 2 .962 1.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DYoung 744 88 94 191 4 5 0 .975 2.36 JQualls 252 26 35 53 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 OGamble 190 21 23 40 0 4 0 .909 1.89 APhillips 153 16 24 41 0 2 0 .953 2.41 JHickman 52 5 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 JHall 32 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.39 RBladt 27 3 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 PPopovich 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 ASpangler 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 163 163 353 6 11 0 .970 2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHickman 781 82 116 138 6 3 0 .980 1.66 ASpangler 444 52 57 74 1 4 0 .949 1.52 BWilliams 205 29 30 41 3 4 0 .917 1.93 DYoung 19 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47 RBladt 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 APhillips 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WSmith 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 163 163 255 10 11 0 .960 1.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *2.02 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BWilliams 1403 159 159 250 15 12 2 .957 1.70 JHickman 846 87 125 153 6 3 0 .981 1.69 DYoung 769 88 100 191 4 5 0 .975 2.28 ASpangler 445 52 58 75 1 4 0 .950 1.54 JQualls 252 26 35 55 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 WSmith 212 30 33 26 0 2 0 .929 1.10 OGamble 191 21 24 41 1 4 0 .913 1.98 APhillips 154 16 25 43 0 2 0 .956 2.51 JHall 38 5 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 RBladt 36 4 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.25 KRudolph 9 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 JHairston 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PPopovich 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1454 163 163 854 29 32 2 .965 1.82 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FJenkins 311 42 43 14 47 4 3 .938 1.76 BHands 300 41 41 16 56 3 2 .960 2.16 KHoltzman 261 39 39 6 40 3 2 .939 1.59 DSelma 168 25 36 7 21 2 2 .933 1.49 PRegan 112 0 71 8 20 0 1 1.000 2.24 TAbernathy 85 0 56 9 23 2 0 .941 3.38 RNye 68 5 34 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.44 HAguirre 45 0 41 1 13 0 0 1.000 2.80 JNiekro 19 3 4 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.26 KJohnson 19 1 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.95 DNottebart 18 0 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 JColborn 14 2 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.06 JDecker 12 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73 AReynolds 7 2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.47 DLemonds 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 ADistaso 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.83 GRoss 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 163 163 69 247 14 13 .958 1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

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Batting Average Williams .293

On-base % Santo .384

Slugging % Santo .485

OPS Santo .869

Games Williams 163

At Bats Kessinger 664

Plate Appearances (approx.) Kessinger 737

Runs Kessinger 109

Hits Williams 188

Total Bases Williams 304

Doubles Kessinger 38

Triples Williams 10

Home Runs Santo 29

RBI Santo 123

Bases on Balls Santo 96

Strikeouts Banks 101

Stolen Bases Kessinger 11

Singles Beckert 134

Adjusted OPS+ Santo 131

Runs Created Santo 108

Adjusted Batting Runs Santo 28

Batting Wins Santo 2.9

Extra-Base Hits Williams 64

Times on Base Santo 264

Offensive Win% Santo .691

Hit By Pitch Banks 7

Sac. Hits Hands 11

Sac. Flies Santo 14

Intentional Walks Williams 15

Grounded into Double Plays Santo 21

Caught Stealing Kessinger 8

Power/Speed Number Kessinger 5.9

At Bats per Strikeout Beckert 22.6

At Bats per Home Run Santo 19.8

Outs Kessinger 507

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ERA Hands 2.49

Wins Jenkins 21

Won-Loss % Regan .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hands 1.137

Hits Allowed/9IP Selma 7.31

Bases on Balls/9IP Jenkins 2.05

Strikeouts/9IP Selma 8.59

Games Regan 71

Saves Regan 17

Innings Jenkins 311.3

Strikeouts Jenkins 273

Games Started Jenkins 42

Comp. Games Jenkins 23

Shutouts Jenkins 7

Home Runs Allow. Jenkins 27

Bases On Balls Allow. Holtzman 93

Hits Allowed Jenkins 284

SO to Walk Jenkins 3.85

Losses Jenkins 15

Earned Runs Allow. Jenkins 111

Wild Pitches Selma 8

Hit Batsmen Jenkins 8

Batters Faced Jenkins 1275

Games Finished Regan 49

Adjusted ERA+ Hands 162

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Ernie Banks
Glenn Beckert
Randy Hundley
Don Kessinger (Starting SS)
Ron Santo (Starting 3B)

1968/1970

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