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Record: 90-73   .552.... 2nd in National League Central
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
Attendance: 2,623,194
Payroll: $49,383,000
Top Draft Pick: Corey Patterson (#3)   MLB
Manager - Jim Riggleman

Affiliates - AAA Iowa Cubs AA West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx A+ Daytona Cubs A Rockford Cubbies A- Williamsport Cubs Rk Arizona Cubs

Team Leaders

HR: Sosa [66]
RBI: Sosa [158]
2B: Grace [39]
SB: Sosa [18]
W: Tapani [19]
SV: Beck [51]
SO: Wood [233]

Oldest Player: Tony Fossas [40]
Youngest Player: Kerry Wood [21]
Longest Tenure: Mark Grace [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jason Maxwell (Sep 1) Jose Nieves (Aug 7)
Pitchers: Justin Speier (May 27) Kennie Steenstra (May 21) Kerry Wood (Apr 12)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Dennis Abreu	IF	20	Daytona	A+
Nelson Abreu	OF	22	Rockford	A
Terry Adams	P	25	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Morey Aldrup	IF	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Manny Alexander	SS-2B	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Mike Amrhein	C	23	Rockford	A
Richie Barker	P	25	West Tennessee	AA
Kevin Bass	OF	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Rod Beck	P	30	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Jeff Blauser	SS	32	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Derrick Bly	IF	24	Rockford	A
Kevin Boles	C	23	Williamsport	A-
Kary Bridges	IF	25	Iowa	AAA
	IF		West Tennessee	AA
Stoney Briggs	OF	26	Iowa	AAA
Brant Brown	LF-CF	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	LF-CF		Iowa	AAA
Roosevelt Brown	LF	23	Iowa	AAA
	LF		West Tennessee	AA
	LF		Daytona	A+
Earl Byrne	P	26	Iowa	AAA
	P		West Tennessee	AA
Quincy Carter	OF	20	Rockford	A
Kevin Castleberry	SS	30	Iowa	AAA
	SS		West Tennessee	AA
Jason Clark	OF	23	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Mark Clark	P	30	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Pat Cline	C	23	Iowa	AAA
Victor Cole	P	30	Iowa	AAA
	P		West Tennessee	AA
Christopher Connally	OF	22	Williamsport	A-
Jerry Connell	OF	21	Rockford	A
John Cotton	IF	27	West Tennessee	AA
	IF		Daytona	A+
Juan Cruz	P	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Kevin Curtis	OF	23	West Tennessee	AA
Henry De La Cruz	OF	22	Williamsport	A-
Chris Dorsett	C	23	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Courtney Duncan	P	23	West Tennessee	AA
Deon Eaddy	SS	22	Williamsport	A-
Kevin Ellis	OF	26	West Tennessee	AA
Kyle Farnsworth	P	22	West Tennessee	AA
Franklin Font	IF	20	Daytona	A+
	IF		Rockford	A
Trey Forkerway	SS	27	West Tennessee	AA
	SS		Daytona	A+
Tony Fossas	P	41	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Kevin Foster	P	29	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	P		West Tennessee	AA
Ricky Freeman	1B	26	West Tennessee	AA
Nate Frese	SS	21	Williamsport	A-
Pete Fukuhara	OF	22	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Aaron Fuller	OF	27	Daytona	A+
Gary Gaetti	3B	40	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Alfredo Garcia	P	24	West Tennessee	AA
Marty Gazarek	OF	25	West Tennessee	AA
Franklin German	OF	18	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Chris Gissell	P	20	West Tennessee	AA
Jeff Goldbach	C	18	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Jeramy Gomer	P	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Jeremi Gonzalez	P	23	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Mark Grace	1B	34	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Matt Griffin	SS	22	Williamsport	A-
Benji Grigsby	P	27	West Tennessee	AA
Chris Grubbs	C	22	Rockford	A
Ronnie Hall	OF	22	West Tennessee	AA
	OF		Daytona	A+
Chris Haney	P	29	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Jason Hardtke	2B-3B	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Brad Hargreaves	C	20	Williamsport	A-
Felix Heredia	P	22	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Jose Hernandez	SS-3B	29	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Glenallen Hill	RF-LF	33	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Eric Hinske	3B	21	Rockford	A
	3B		Williamsport	A-
Tyler Houston	3B-C	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Jeremy Hubbard	C	22	Daytona	A+
	C		Williamsport	A-
Elinton Jasco	2B	23	Daytona	A+
	2B		Rockford	A
Robin Jennings	RF-1B	26	Iowa	AAA
	RF-1B		West Tennessee	AA
Felipe Jimenez	OF	21	Rockford	A
Miguel Jimenez	P	29	Iowa	AAA
	P		West Tennessee	AA
Gary Johnson	RF-LF	22	Daytona	A+
J.J. Johnson	OF	22	Rockford	A
Lance Johnson	CF	35	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Terry Joseph	OF	24	West Tennessee	AA
Matt Karchner	P	31	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Takaaki Kato	1B	24	Williamsport	A-
Dave Kelton	LF-RF	18	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Brad King	C	23	Daytona	A+
Ray King	P	24	Iowa	AAA
	P		West Tennessee	AA
Willie King	1B	20	Rockford	A
Nate Koen	C	22	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Keith Linebarger	P	27	West Tennessee	AA
Bob Lisanti	C	25	Daytona	A+
	C		Rockford	A
Marcel Longmire	C-OF	20	Rockford	A
	C-OF		Williamsport	A-
Terrell Lowery	CF-LF	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	CF-LF		Iowa	AAA
Nate Manning	3B	24	West Tennessee	AA
	3B		Daytona	A+
Daniel Martinez	IF	20	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Dionnar Martinez	P	17	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Sandy Martinez	C	25	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Matt Mauck	3B	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Jason Maxwell	2B-3B	26	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	2B-3B		Iowa	AAA
Rod McCall	1B	26	Iowa	AAA
Buck McNabb	OF	25	West Tennessee	AA
Brian McNichol	P	24	West Tennessee	AA
Tydus Meadows	OF	21	Rockford	A
	OF		Arizona Cubs	Rk
Luis Medina	1B	19	Rockford	A
	1B		Williamsport	A-
Ramon Melo	SS	18	Rockford	A
	SS		Williamsport	A-
Orlando Merced	RF-1B	31	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Chad Meyers	2B-CF	23	West Tennessee	AA
	2B-CF		Daytona	A+
Mike Micucci	C	25	West Tennessee	AA
Matt Mieske	RF-LF	30	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	RF-LF		Iowa	AAA
Kurt Miller	P	26	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Joe Millette	SS	32	West Tennessee	AA
Jose Molina	C	23	West Tennessee	AA
Mickey Morandini	2B	32	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Mikel Moreno	OF	23	Williamsport	A-
Mike Morgan	P	38	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Terry Mulholland	P	35	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Rodney Myers	P	29	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Ibrahim Navarro	SS	18	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Bryant Nelson	2B-LF	24	West Tennessee	AA
Jose Nieves	SS-3B	23	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	SS-3B		Iowa	AAA
	SS-3B		West Tennessee	AA
Phil Norton	P	22	West Tennessee	AA
Raymond Nunez	3B	26	West Tennessee	AA
Kevin Orie	3B	26	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	3B		Iowa	AAA
Manny Patel	2B	26	West Tennessee	AA
Bob Patterson	P	39	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Ron Payne	OF	22	Williamsport	A-
Chris Petersen	2B	27	Iowa	AAA
Juan Pinero			Arizona Cubs	Rk
Marc Pisciotta	P	28	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Bo Porter	LF-RF	26	Iowa	AAA
	LF-RF		West Tennessee	AA
Steve Rain	P	23	Iowa	AAA
Brad Ramsey	1B	21	Daytona	A+
Jaisen Randolph	OF	19	Rockford	A
Diego Rico	OF	22	Daytona	A+
Coby Robinson	OF	20	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Henry Rodriguez	LF	30	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Omar Rohena	3B	18	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Jay Ryan	P	22	West Tennessee	AA
Juan Salazar	IF	20	Rockford	A
Arnold Santiago	1B	22	Rockford	A
Tony Schrager	2B	21	Rockford	A
	2B		Williamsport	A-
Scott Servais	C	31	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Charles Shipp	OF	21	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Jason Smith	2B-SS	21	Rockford	A
Sammy Sosa	RF	29	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Dorian Speed	OF	24	Daytona	A+
Justin Speier	P	24	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Kennie Steenstra	P	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Dave Stevens	P	28	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Dave Swartzbaugh	P	30	Iowa	AAA
Kevin Tapani	P	34	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Amaury Telemaco	P	24	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Steve Trachsel	P	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Tim Unroe	1B-RF	27	Iowa	AAA
	1B-RF		West Tennessee	AA
Pedro Valdes	RF-LF	25	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	RF-LF		Iowa	AAA
Ramon Valette	IF	26	West Tennessee	AA
Ben Van Ryn	P	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Scott Vieira	IF	25	Daytona	A+
	IF		Arizona Cubs	Rk
Ron Walker	3B	22	Daytona	A+
Michael Wallis	OF	23	Williamsport	A-
Don Wengert	P	28	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Derrick White	1B-LF	28	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	1B-LF		Iowa	AAA
Juan Williams	OF	24	West Tennessee	AA
	OF		Daytona	A+
Kerry Wood	P	21	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Steve Worrell	P	17	Iowa	AAA
	P		West Tennessee	AA
Carlos Yedo	1B	24	Daytona	A+
	1B		Rockford	A
Alan Zinter	1B	30	Iowa	AAA
Julio Zuleta	1B	23	West Tennessee	AA
	1B		Daytona	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Jhon Acosta	18	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Terry Adams	25	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	25	Iowa	AAA
Lawrence Alvarez	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Richie Barker	25	Iowa	AAA
	25	West Tennessee	AA
Nathan Batts	20	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Rod Beck	30	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Francis Beltran	18	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Chris Booker	21	Rockford	A
Casey Brookens	24	Daytona	A+
Chris Brown	23	Williamsport	A-
Darold Brown	25	West Tennessee	AA
	25	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Matt Bruback	19	Williamsport	A-
Earl Byrne	26	Iowa	AAA
	26	West Tennessee	AA
Jon Cannon	23	Daytona	A+
Mark Clark	30	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Victor Cole	30	Iowa	AAA
	30	West Tennessee	AA
Ken Conroy	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Juan Cruz	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Larry Dant	22	Williamsport	A-
Javi DeJesus		Daytona	A+
Michael Delano	20	Rockford	A
	20	Williamsport	A-
Keola Delatori	19	Williamsport	A-
Scott Downs	20	Daytona	A+
Courtney Duncan	23	West Tennessee	AA
David Ericks	18	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Jose Espinal	22	Daytona	A+
Kyle Farnsworth	22	Iowa	AAA
	22	West Tennessee	AA
Barry Fennell	22	Daytona	A+
	22	Rockford	A
Louis Fisher	21	Daytona	A+
Tony Fossas	41	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	41	Iowa	AAA
Kevin Foster	29	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	29	Iowa	AAA
	29	West Tennessee	AA
	29	Daytona	A+
Alfredo Garcia	24	West Tennessee	AA
Jon Garland	19	Rockford	A
Chris Gissell	20	West Tennessee	AA
	20	Daytona	A+
	20	Rockford	A
Jeramy Gomer	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Jeremi Gonzalez	23	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Dennis Gray	28	Iowa	AAA
Benji Grigsby	27	West Tennessee	AA
Chris Grubbs	22	Rockford	A
Matt Gunderson	21	Williamsport	A-
Brandon Hammack	25	West Tennessee	AA
Matt Hammons	21	Williamsport	A-
	21	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Chris Haney	29	Chicago Cubs	MLB
John Hardcastle	22	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Len Hart	24	Daytona	A+
Felix Heredia	22	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Steven Hoff	21	Daytona	A+
Miguel Jimenez	29	Iowa	AAA
	29	West Tennessee	AA
Matt Karchner	31	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Jason Kelley	22	Rockford	A
Ray King	24	Iowa	AAA
	24	West Tennessee	AA
Dustin Krug	21	Williamsport	A-
Yonder Linares	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Keith Linebarger	27	West Tennessee	AA
Kyle Lohse	19	Rockford	A
Matt Magers	22	Rockford	A
Andrew Mallory	22	Rockford	A
Barry Markey	23	Daytona	A+
Brian McNichol	24	Iowa	AAA
	24	West Tennessee	AA
Mike Meyers	20	Rockford	A
Kurt Miller	26	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	26	Iowa	AAA
Mike Morgan	38	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Terry Mulholland	35	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Matt Murphy	19	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Rodney Myers	29	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	29	Iowa	AAA
Todd Noel	20	Rockford	A
Phil Norton	22	West Tennessee	AA
	22	Daytona	A+
Joe Ohm	22	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Will Ohman	21	Rockford	A
	21	Williamsport	A-
Rick Palma	19	Rockford	A
Bob Patterson	39	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Chris Petersen	27	Iowa	AAA
Chris Piersoll	21	Rockford	A
Marc Pisciotta	28	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	28	Iowa	AAA
Elvis Polanco	20	Rockford	A
Rick Powalski	20	Williamsport	A-
Steve Rain	23	Iowa	AAA
Chad Ricketts	23	West Tennessee	AA
	23	Daytona	A+
Jay Ryan	22	West Tennessee	AA
Aaron Sams	22	Williamsport	A-
Carl Schutz	27	West Tennessee	AA
Ronnie Sorzano	22	Daytona	A+
	22	Rockford	A
Justin Speier	24	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	24	Iowa	AAA
Kennie Steenstra	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	27	Iowa	AAA
Dave Stevens	28	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	28	Iowa	AAA
Shane Sullivan	20	Rockford	A
Dave Swartzbaugh	30	Iowa	AAA
Kevin Tapani	34	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Amaury Telemaco	24	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Nate Teut	22	Daytona	A+
	22	Rockford	A
Leonardo Torres		Williamsport	A-
Steve Trachsel	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Greg Twiggs	26	Iowa	AAA
Ben Van Ryn	27	Chicago Cubs	MLB
Paul Vracar	18	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Kevin Waldrum	23	Arizona Cubs	Rk
T.P. Waligora	22	Rockford	A
Ron Walker	22	Daytona	A+
Don Wengert	28	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	28	Iowa	AAA
Randy Williams	23	Arizona Cubs	Rk
Kerry Wood	21	Chicago Cubs	MLB
	21	Iowa	AAA
Steve Worrell	17	Iowa	AAA
	17	West Tennessee	AA
Mike Wuertz	19	Williamsport	A-
Jeff Yoder	22	Daytona	A+
Danny Young	26	Iowa	AAA
	26	West Tennessee	AA
	26	Daytona	A+
Anthony Zamarripa	21	Williamsport	A-
Carlos Zambrano	17	Arizona Cubs	Rk