2001 Season Review -- 2001 Chicago Cubs
February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Chicago Cubs performed relative
to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams,
more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the
stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 748 777
Runs allowed 805 701
Run Margin -57 76
Wins 75 88
Pythagorean wins 76 89
Placement 4th 3rd
Position Players
Todd Hundley, c , bats switch, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 490 124 24 0 34 72 96 5 74 7 134 1 1 .253 .352 .510 .863 92
Prorated ChN 234 59 11 0 16 34 46 2 35 3 64 0 0 44
Actual ChN 246 46 10 0 12 23 31 3 25 0 89 0 0 .187 .268 .374 .642 24
Joe Girardi, c , bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 95 27 5 1 2 12 11 1 8 1 14 1 0 .284 .343 .421 .764 13
Prorated ChN 225 64 12 2 5 28 26 2 19 2 33 2 0 31
Actual ChN 229 58 10 1 3 22 25 0 21 4 50 0 1 .253 .315 .345 .660 26
Robert Machado, c , bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 69 16 3 0 1 7 8 1 4 0 10 0 0 .232 .284 .319 .603 6
Prorated ChN 134 31 6 0 2 14 16 2 8 0 19 0 0 12
Actual ChN 135 30 10 0 2 13 13 1 7 3 26 0 0 .222 .266 .341 .606 11
Matt Stairs, 1b/lf, bats left, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 320 81 18 1 18 53 59 2 56 3 77 3 3 .253 .365 .484 .849 59
Prorated ChN 338 85 19 1 19 56 62 2 59 3 81 3 3 62
Actual ChN 340 85 21 0 17 48 61 7 52 7 76 2 3 .250 .358 .462 .820 59
Fred McGriff, 1b, bats left, age 37
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 576 163 25 0 28 82 104 0 91 11 117 1 0 .283 .378 .472 .850 105
Prorated Tam 330 93 14 0 16 47 60 0 52 6 67 1 0 60
Actual Tam 343 109 18 0 19 40 61 0 40 9 69 1 1 .318 .387 .536 .923 71
Prorated ChN 172 49 7 0 8 25 31 0 27 3 35 0 0 31
Actual ChN 170 48 7 2 12 27 41 3 26 4 37 0 1 .282 .383 .559 .942 36
Prorated Tot 502 142 22 0 24 72 91 0 79 10 102 1 0 91
Actual Tot 513 157 25 2 31 67 102 3 66 13 106 1 2 .306 .386 .544 .930 107
Julio Zuleta, 1b, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 69 18 4 0 3 11 13 2 3 0 14 0 1 .261 .307 .449 .756 9
Prorated ChN 109 28 6 0 5 17 20 3 5 0 22 0 2 14
Actual ChN 106 23 3 0 6 11 24 3 8 1 32 0 1 .217 .288 .415 .703 12
Eric Young, 2b, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 602 174 37 2 7 99 51 8 69 0 37 57 14 .289 .367 .392 .759 95
Prorated ChN 585 169 36 2 7 96 50 8 67 0 36 55 14 92
Actual ChN 603 168 43 4 6 98 42 9 42 1 45 31 14 .279 .333 .393 .726 78
Chad Meyers, 2b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 66 16 3 0 0 11 4 1 7 0 9 5 2 .242 .324 .288 .612 7
Prorated ChN 20 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 2
Actual ChN 17 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 5 0 1 .118 .348 .118 .465 1
Ron Coomer, 3b/1b, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 264 67 11 0 9 28 36 1 16 1 31 0 0 .254 .297 .398 .695 28
Prorated ChN 360 91 15 0 12 38 49 1 22 1 42 0 0 38
Actual ChN 349 91 19 1 8 25 53 2 29 1 70 0 0 .261 .316 .390 .706 38
Bill Mueller, 3b, bats switch, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 544 155 31 2 8 93 56 5 70 1 64 3 2 .285 .369 .393 .762 82
Prorated ChN 222 63 13 1 3 38 23 2 29 0 26 1 1 33
Actual ChN 210 62 12 1 6 38 23 3 37 3 19 1 1 .295 .403 .448 .851 41
Augie Ojeda, 3b/ss/2b, bats switch, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 67 16 3 0 1 9 6 1 6 0 5 1 1 .239 .307 .328 .635 7
Prorated ChN 143 34 6 0 2 19 13 2 13 0 11 2 2 15
Actual ChN 144 29 5 1 1 16 12 2 12 1 20 1 0 .201 .269 .271 .540 11
Miguel Cairo, 3b/2b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 67 18 3 0 0 8 6 1 5 0 6 4 1 .269 .324 .313 .638 8
Prorated ChN 131 35 6 0 0 16 12 2 10 0 12 8 2 15
Actual ChN 123 35 3 1 2 20 9 0 16 1 21 2 1 .285 .364 .374 .738 18
Prorated StL 31 8 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 3 2 0 3
Actual StL 33 11 5 0 1 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 .333 .371 .576 .947 7
Prorated Tot 163 44 7 0 0 19 15 2 12 0 15 10 2 18
Actual Tot 156 46 8 1 3 25 16 0 18 1 23 2 1 .295 .366 .417 .782 24
Ricky Gutierrez, ss, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 596 162 24 3 11 87 66 8 84 3 82 9 6 .272 .366 .378 .744 86
Prorated ChN 510 139 21 3 9 74 56 7 72 3 70 8 5 74
Actual ChN 528 153 23 3 10 76 66 10 40 0 56 4 3 .290 .345 .402 .746 75
Jason Smith, ss, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual ChN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Rondell White, lf, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 542 170 31 3 23 86 80 9 44 1 98 11 6 .314 .372 .509 .881 102
Prorated ChN 322 101 18 2 14 51 48 5 26 1 58 7 4 61
Actual ChN 323 99 19 1 17 43 50 7 26 4 56 1 0 .307 .371 .529 .900 59
Delino DeShields, lf/2b/3b, bats left, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 586 165 37 5 7 84 73 1 71 2 85 32 12 .282 .356 .398 .754 87
Prorated Bal 194 55 12 2 2 28 24 0 24 1 28 11 4 29
Actual Bal 188 37 8 2 3 29 21 1 31 1 42 11 1 .197 .312 .309 .621 21
Prorated ChN 171 48 11 1 2 24 21 0 21 1 25 9 3 25
Actual ChN 163 45 9 3 2 26 16 0 28 0 35 12 1 .276 .380 .405 .785 28
Prorated Tot 365 103 23 3 4 52 46 1 44 1 53 20 7 54
Actual Tot 351 82 17 5 5 55 37 1 59 1 77 23 2 .234 .344 .353 .697 49
Roosevelt Brown, lf, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 83 24 7 0 3 12 14 1 6 0 15 1 1 .289 .341 .482 .823 13
Prorated ChN 84 24 7 0 3 12 14 1 6 0 15 1 1 13
Actual ChN 83 22 6 1 4 13 22 1 7 0 12 0 0 .265 .326 .506 .832 13
Todd Dunwoody, lf/rf/cf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 68 16 4 1 1 7 8 1 5 0 16 2 1 .235 .293 .368 .661 7
Prorated ChN 58 14 3 1 1 6 7 1 4 0 14 2 1 7
Actual ChN 61 13 4 0 1 6 3 0 3 0 14 0 1 .213 .250 .328 .578 5
Gary Matthews, cf/lf, bats switch, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 68 14 2 1 1 9 7 0 7 0 14 2 0 .206 .280 .309 .589 6
Prorated ChN 274 56 8 4 4 36 28 0 28 0 56 8 0 25
Actual ChN 258 56 9 1 9 41 30 1 38 2 55 5 3 .217 .320 .364 .684 32
Prorated Pit 154 32 5 2 2 20 16 0 16 0 32 5 0 15
Actual Pit 147 36 6 1 5 22 14 0 22 0 45 3 2 .245 .341 .401 .743 20
Prorated Tot 428 88 13 6 6 57 44 0 44 0 88 13 0 40
Actual Tot 405 92 15 2 14 63 44 1 60 2 100 8 5 .227 .328 .378 .705 52
Michael Tucker, cf/lf/rf, bats left, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cin 109 26 4 1 5 20 15 2 16 1 28 4 2 .239 .344 .431 .775 17
Prorated Cin 226 54 8 2 10 41 31 4 33 2 58 8 4 35
Actual Cin 231 56 10 1 7 31 30 1 23 1 55 12 5 .242 .308 .385 .693 29
Prorated ChN 200 48 7 2 9 37 28 4 29 2 51 7 4 31
Actual ChN 205 54 9 7 5 31 31 1 23 3 47 4 3 .263 .339 .449 .788 31
Prorated Tot 426 102 16 4 20 78 59 8 63 4 109 16 8 67
Actual Tot 436 110 19 8 12 62 61 2 46 4 102 16 8 .252 .322 .415 .738 59
Corey Patterson, cf/lf, bats left, age 21
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 67 14 3 0 3 11 11 1 6 1 16 3 2 .209 .280 .388 .668 7
Prorated ChN 130 27 6 0 6 21 21 2 12 2 31 6 4 14
Actual ChN 131 29 3 0 4 26 14 3 6 0 33 4 0 .221 .266 .336 .602 13
Damon Buford, cf, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 508 129 22 4 16 68 58 7 48 2 117 7 7 .254 .325 .407 .733 67
Prorated ChN 79 20 3 1 3 11 9 1 8 0 18 1 1 11
Actual ChN 85 15 2 0 3 11 8 0 4 0 23 0 0 .176 .213 .306 .519 5
Sammy Sosa, rf, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 601 181 29 1 55 111 137 2 84 15 162 8 6 .301 .385 .627 1.012 143
Prorated ChN 616 185 30 1 56 114 140 2 86 15 166 8 6 146
Actual ChN 577 189 34 5 64 146 160 6 116 37 153 0 2 .328 .437 .737 1.174 193
Pitchers
Jon Lieber, starter, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.06 32 32 14 11 0 230 238 33 49 184 .268 .749
Prorated ChN 32 32 14 11 0 230 238 33 49 184
Actual ChN 3.80 34 34 20 6 0 232 226 25 41 148 .255 .691
Jason Bere, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 5.71 27 27 7 12 0 151 169 23 87 127 .284 .837
Prorated ChN 31 31 8 14 0 173 193 26 99 145
Actual ChN 4.31 32 32 11 11 0 188 171 24 77 175 .241 .731
Kerry Wood, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.06 32 32 12 10 0 188 151 23 116 207 .220 .720
Prorated ChN 28 28 11 9 0 168 134 20 103 184
Actual ChN 3.36 28 28 12 6 0 174 127 16 92 217 .202 .626
Kevin Tapani, starter, throws right, age 37
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 5.01 32 32 10 13 0 207 233 34 55 140 .285 .813
Prorated ChN 26 26 8 11 0 168 190 28 45 114
Actual ChN 4.49 29 29 9 14 0 168 186 24 40 149 .279 .775
Julian Tavarez, starter/reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 3.79 32 32 11 8 0 195 191 14 70 106 .261 .724
Prorated ChN 27 27 9 7 0 167 163 12 60 91
Actual ChN 4.52 34 28 10 9 0 161 172 13 69 107 .277 .764
Juan Cruz, starter, throws right, age 20
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual ChN 3.22 8 8 3 1 0 45 40 4 17 39 .244 .676
Joe Borowski, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual ChN 32.40 1 1 0 1 0 2 6 1 3 1 .667 1.861
Kyle Farnsworth, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 5.80 57 4 4 6 0 95 107 18 44 71 .286 .852
Prorated ChN 45 3 3 5 0 75 84 14 35 56
Actual ChN 2.74 76 0 4 6 2 82 65 8 29 107 .213 .629
Todd Van Poppel, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 5.52 70 0 3 6 2 93 100 15 45 83 .275 .825
Prorated ChN 54 0 2 5 2 72 77 12 35 64
Actual ChN 2.52 59 0 4 1 0 75 63 9 38 90 .223 .706
Jeff Fassero, reliever, throws left, age 38
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 5.32 53 0 4 5 0 71 80 12 29 56 .286 .829
Prorated ChN 51 0 4 5 0 69 77 12 28 54
Actual ChN 3.42 82 0 4 4 12 74 66 6 23 79 .235 .649
Courtney Duncan, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 6.64 17 0 1 2 0 20 26 4 16 18 .313 .968
Prorated ChN 32 0 2 4 0 38 49 8 30 34
Actual ChN 5.06 36 0 3 3 0 43 42 5 25 49 .259 .767
Felix Heredia, reliever, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 3.79 70 0 4 3 1 71 66 7 38 65 .246 .729
Prorated ChN 37 0 2 2 1 37 35 4 20 34
Actual ChN 6.17 48 0 2 2 0 35 45 6 16 28 .315 .923
Dave Weathers, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Mil 4.23 70 0 5 5 2 96 104 11 37 76 .280 .780
Prorated Mil 39 0 3 3 1 53 58 6 21 42
Actual Mil 2.03 52 0 3 4 4 58 37 3 25 46 .188 .564
Prorated ChN 20 0 1 1 1 27 29 3 10 21
Actual ChN 3.18 28 0 1 1 0 28 28 3 9 20 .269 .760
Prorated Tot 59 0 4 4 2 80 87 9 31 64
Actual Tot 2.41 80 0 4 5 4 86 65 6 34 66 .216 .631
Manny Aybar, reliever/starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 3.86 23 0 2 2 0 40 38 4 18 27 .253 .747
Prorated ChN 15 0 1 1 0 26 25 3 12 18
Actual ChN 6.35 17 1 2 1 0 23 28 5 17 16 .304 .920
Ron Mahay, reliever, throws left, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected SD 6.11 9 0 1 1 0 18 20 3 9 14 .286 .863
Prorated ChN 10 0 1 1 0 19 21 3 10 15
Actual ChN 2.61 17 0 0 0 0 21 14 4 15 24 .197 .746
Mike Fyhrie, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.19 40 0 4 3 0 69 70 9 31 49 .265 .763
Prorated ChN 9 0 1 1 0 15 15 2 7 10
Actual ChN 4.20 15 0 0 2 0 15 16 1 7 6 .281 .693
Prorated Oak 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 3
Actual Oak 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 5 .133 .321
Prorated Tot 11 0 1 1 0 19 19 2 8 13
Actual Tot 3.15 18 0 0 2 0 20 18 1 8 11 .250 .617
Will Ohman, reliever, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.86 19 0 1 1 0 17 18 3 10 15 .281 .842
Prorated ChN 14 0 1 1 0 12 13 2 7 11
Actual ChN 7.71 11 0 0 1 0 12 14 2 6 12 .292 .850
Carlos Zambrano, reliever/starter, throws right, age 20
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 5.51 13 0 1 1 0 16 18 2 12 12 .286 .863
Prorated ChN 7 0 1 1 0 9 10 1 6 6
Actual ChN 15.26 6 1 1 2 0 8 11 2 8 4 .355 1.165
Scott Chiasson, reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual ChN 2.70 6 0 1 1 0 7 5 2 2 6 .200 .726
Flash Gordon, closer, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 3.45 70 0 5 3 30 73 65 8 35 70 .240 .708
Prorated ChN 42 0 3 2 18 43 39 5 21 42
Actual ChN 3.38 47 0 1 2 27 45 32 4 16 67 .188 .568
Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond
Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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