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1994

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1998

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1995

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Titles:

Top Cubs Players of the Nineties

1998 - NL Wild Card (Lost to Braves)

Pitchers:

Ballpark:

Steve Trachsel (10.07) - 41

Wrigley Field

Greg Maddux (16.59) - 40

Randy Myers (1.97) - 27

Team Name:

Jaime Navarro (5.93) - 22

Cubs

Frank Castillo (4.28) - 21

Mike Morgan (5.73)- 18

Owners:

Kevin Tapani (4.95) - 16

The Tribune Company

Kevin Foster (2.28) - 15

Rod Beck (0.67) - 12

General Managers:

Paul Assenmacher (5.51) - 7

Jim Frey (1990-1991)

Larry Himes (1991-1994)

Catchers:

Ed Lynch (1994-1999)

Rick Wilkins (12.2) - 28

Scott Servais (3.46) - 17

Managers:

Joe Girardi (1.15) - 8

Don Zimmer (1990-1991)

Joe Altobelli (1991)

First Basemen:

Jim Essian (1991)

Mark Grace (36.11) - 87

Jim Lefebvre (1992-1993)

Tom Trebelhorn (1994)

Second Basemen:

Jim Riggleman (1995-1999)

Ryne Sandberg (30.25) - 60

Hall of Famers:

ShortStop:

Andre Dawson

Shawon Dunston (4.28) - 36

Ryne Sandberg

Jose Hernandez (6.13) - 20

Greg Maddux

Rey Sanchez (6.03) - 16

Rookie of the Year:

Third Base:

Kerry Wood (1998)

Luis Salazar (0.95) - 9

MVP

Outfield:

Sammy Sosa (1998)

Sammy Sosa (33.02) - 89

Andre Dawson (7.87) - 28

Cy Young:

Brian McRae (9.3) - 25

Greg Maddux (1992)

Henry Rodriguez (4.17) - 20

GlenAllen Hill (5.07) - 12

No Hitters:

Derrick May (0.85) - 12

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Luis Gonzalez (4.66) - 10

Notable Events:

1990 - The Cubs come into the Nineties fresh off of a Division title.

1998 - Outfielder Doug Glanville is dealt to the Phillis for thirty two

It's déjà vu all over again as Chicago once again drops like a stone after winning

year old second baseman Mickey Morandini who replaces Sandberg.

the division (as they did in '85), losing 16 games in the standings and finishing fifth.

In fact, the entire decade is sort of déjà vu all over again as the Cubs have seven

1998 - Righthander Kerry Wood, 21, is a rookie. He was a first round

(as opposed to eight in the eighties) sub .500 seasons. In the nineties

pick in the 1995 amateur draft. Wood is sensational. A must watch

they have one aberrant post season appearance mixed in in 1998

talent who literally blew hitters away. Unfortunately for everybody, he

(as opposed to two in the eighties). That makes five wildly scattered winning

would experience elbow soreness in the final month of the 1998

seasons in two decades amongst fifteen losing ones.

season and never again be the lights out pitcher he was as a rookie

1990 - Altho' the team actually hits a bit better in 1990 with Ryne Sandberg clubbing

1998 - Relief ace Rod Beck, 29, is signed as a free agent from the

40 homers and Andre Dawson knocking in a hundred runs, the pitching collapses.

Giants. He saves 51 games in 1998.

Mitch Williams, who was the team's savior in 1989 makes his best

arsonist impression in 1990. He takes the rest of the staff down with him.

1998 - Outfielder Henry Rodriguez, 30, is signed as a cheap free

Bielecki reverts to normal, 8 wins, Sutcliffe is hurt and out almost the

agent from Montreal. He hits 31 homers in 1998.

entire season, even the great Maddux drops to a pedestrian 15-15.

1998 - Slick fielding shortstop Jeff Blauser,32, is signed as a free agent

1992 - The Cubs acquire unproven outfielder Sammy Sosa, 23, from the

from the Braves. He is Shawon Dunston's replacement.

crosstown White Sox in a deal for Harold Baines who is 33 at the time. This

was the pre-roids Sosa so no one could foresee how big Sosa would become,

1998 - Journeyman third baseman Jose Hernandez, 28, has a career

literally and figuratively.

year hitting 23 home runs

1993 - Greg Maddux bolts to the Braves in Free Agency.

1998 - Chicago picks up two veterans in August who provide a huge

No bueno for the Cubs

playoff push. Third baseman Gary Gaetti, 39, who was released by

the Cards, hits 8 home runs and bats .320 down the stretch.

1993 - Righthander Steve Trachsel joins the club. He's twenty two. He'll

Outfielder Glenallen Hill, 33, also hits 8 home runs and bats .351

be Chicago's most consistent starter in a bad decade.

down the stretch after being picked up on waivers from Seattle

1994 - Ryne Sandberg quits the team due to marital problems

1998 - Kerry Wood strikes out twenty in a game on his way

to becoming rookie of the year

1996 - Sandberg returns

1998 - Sammy Sosa hits 66 homers, finishing second to Mark McGwire

1997 - The Cubs open the season losing their first 16 games

in the home run race. However, Sosa ends up as MVP

1997 - The Cubs begin an overhaul of their sorry team that hasn't

1998 - The Cubs win the wild card beating the Giants in a one game

contended since the previous decade. They finally give up on the

playoff after the teams were tied at the end of the regular season. No

potential of thirty four year old shortstop Shawon Dunston shipping him

matter as the Braves sweep the Cubbies in the NLDS. Amazing, the

to the Pirates. They also pick up centerfielder Lance Johnson, 33, from

Cubs were in such bad shape prior to 1998 that a whole pageful ot

the Mets

things had to go absolutely right just for them to squeak into the playoffs.

1998 - Ryan Sandberg, 38, retires. The end of an era

1999 - The magic ends, the Cubs fall twenty three games in the

standings back to last place. The only bright spot is Sosa's 60 homers.