| 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.
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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: D- | 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. Third Place in NL East.