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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
19	9282	.285	.344	.452	113	56.8

Birth Date	9-18-1959
Height	6' 2"
Weight	180 lbs

Age	64 years, 7 months, 7 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1981	PHI	21	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	79	-0.1	-0.5	-0.6	-0.1
1982	CHN	22	156	687	172	33	5	7	36	90	4	32	12	.271	.312	.372	83	-12.0	8.1	2.7	2.1
1983	CHN	23	158	699	165	25	4	8	51	79	3	37	11	.261	.316	.351	85	-11.5	5.0	17.2	3.1
1984	CHN	24	156	700	200	36	19	19	52	101	3	32	7	.314	.367	.520	132	28.2	3.2	17.1	7.1
1985	CHN	25	153	673	186	31	6	26	57	97	1	54	11	.305	.364	.504	122	19.6	6.8	10.8	5.8
1986	CHN	26	154	682	178	28	5	14	46	79	0	34	11	.284	.330	.411	98	-0.7	1.5	8.9	2.9
1987	CHN	27	132	587	154	25	2	16	59	79	2	21	2	.294	.367	.442	110	7.2	1.0	-8.9	1.6
1988	CHN	28	155	679	163	23	8	19	54	91	1	25	10	.264	.322	.419	109	7.3	2.3	17.7	4.8
1989	CHN	29	157	672	176	25	5	30	59	85	4	15	5	.290	.356	.497	139	30.4	-0.1	-0.3	5.1
1990	CHN	30	155	675	188	30	3	40	50	84	1	25	7	.306	.354	.559	149	37.6	3.4	-1.6	6.1
1991	CHN	31	158	684	170	32	2	26	87	89	2	22	8	.291	.379	.485	140	32.7	-0.3	8.2	6.2
1992	CHN	32	158	687	186	32	8	26	68	73	1	17	6	.304	.371	.510	142	34.5	3.9	7.7	6.9
1993	CHN	33	117	503	141	20	0	9	37	62	2	9	2	.309	.359	.412	104	4.0	1.1	-1.2	1.8
1994	CHN	34	57	247	53	9	5	5	23	40	1	2	3	.238	.312	.390	84	-4.2	-0.5	8.5	1.1
1996	CHN	36	150	621	135	28	4	25	54	116	7	12	8	.244	.316	.444	95	-1.4	3.1	11.5	3.0
1997	CHN	37	135	480	118	26	0	12	28	94	2	7	4	.264	.308	.403	77	-11.8	-0.2	-4.7	-0.4
Career			2164	9282	2386	403	76	282	761	1260	34	344	107	.285	.344	.452	113	159.6	37.7	93.1	56.8

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1978	HEL	Rk	PIO	56	219	.000	.000	.000	.392			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	SPA	A	WCR	138	612	.000	.000	.000	.288			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1980	REA	AA	EAS	129	581	.000	.000	.000	.338			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	PHI	MLB	NL	13	6	.273	.336	.394	.200	107	-0.7	0.2	0	79	10	-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	-0.1
1981	OKL	AAA	AA	133	579	.000	.000	.000	.340			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	CHN	MLB	NL	156	687	.256	.315	.370	.304	105	-9.2	18.5	2	83	10	2.7	8.1	-12.0	2.1
1983	CHN	MLB	NL	158	699	.254	.316	.375	.285	105	-10	19.0	-0.9	85	8	17.2	5.0	-11.5	3.1
1984	CHN	MLB	NL	156	700	.256	.316	.371	.348	103	33.2	18.8	-0.9	132	9	17.1	3.2	28.2	7.1
1985	CHN	MLB	NL	153	673	.247	.309	.366	.327	104	19.3	18.4	-0.8	122	9	10.8	6.8	19.6	5.8
1986	CHN	MLB	NL	154	682	.251	.315	.376	.304	109	2.8	18.9	-0.9	98	11	8.9	1.5	-0.7	2.9
1987	CHN	MLB	NL	132	587	.262	.323	.407	.321	106	7.5	17.3	-0.8	110	8	-8.9	1.0	7.2	1.6
1988	CHN	MLB	NL	155	679	.250	.306	.365	.281	103	6.5	17.8	-0.8	109	10	17.7	2.3	7.3	4.8
1989	CHN	MLB	NL	157	672	.246	.308	.364	.296	106	30	17.5	-0.8	139	11	-0.3	-0.1	30.4	5.1
1990	CHN	MLB	NL	155	675	.253	.314	.380	.296	107	38.4	18.1	-0.8	149	9	-1.6	3.4	37.6	6.1
1991	CHN	MLB	NL	158	684	.247	.311	.369	.301	105	33.9	18.5	-0.9	140	9	8.2	-0.3	32.7	6.2
1992	CHN	MLB	NL	158	687	.253	.311	.370	.308	101	38	17.8	-0.8	142	8	7.7	3.9	34.5	6.9
1993	CHN	MLB	NL	117	503	.259	.319	.388	.338	102	8.2	14.4	-0.7	104	9	-1.2	1.1	4.0	1.8
1993	DAY	A+	FSL	2	6	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993	ORL	AA	SOU	4	12	.000	.000	.000	.250			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1994	CHN	MLB	NL	57	247	.266	.328	.414	.270	97	-4.5	7.5	-0.3	84	12	8.5	-0.5	-4.2	1.1
1996	CHN	MLB	NL	150	621	.263	.327	.407	.263	103	-2.6	19.2	-0.9	95	8	11.5	3.1	-1.4	3.0
1997	CHN	MLB	NL	135	480	.262	.328	.408	.308	102	-8.5	12.8	-0.7	77	8	-4.7	-0.2	-11.8	-0.4

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1978	HEL	Rk	PIO	219	190	34	59	6	6	1	80	23	26	42	15	3	.311	.392	.421	.111	1	1
1979	SPA	A	WCR	612	539	83	133	21	7	4	180	47	64	95	21	7	.247	.324	.334	.087	8	8
1980	REA	AA	EAS	581	490	95	152	21	12	11	230	79	73	72	32	11	.310	.398	.469	.159	10	10
1981	OKL	AAA	AA	579	519	78	152	17	5	9	206	62	48	94	32	10	.293	.352	.397	.104	5	5
1981	PHI	MLB	NL	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.000	0	0
1982	CHN	MLB	NL	687	635	103	172	33	5	7	236	54	36	90	32	12	.271	.312	.372	.101	5	7
1983	CHN	MLB	NL	699	633	94	165	25	4	8	222	48	51	79	37	11	.261	.316	.351	.090	5	7
1984	CHN	MLB	NL	700	636	114	200	36	19	19	331	84	52	101	32	7	.314	.367	.520	.206	4	5
1985	CHN	MLB	NL	673	609	113	186	31	6	26	307	83	57	97	54	11	.305	.364	.504	.199	4	2
1986	CHN	MLB	NL	682	627	68	178	28	5	14	258	76	46	79	34	11	.284	.330	.411	.128	6	3
1987	CHN	MLB	NL	587	523	81	154	25	2	16	231	59	59	79	21	2	.294	.367	.442	.147	2	1
1988	CHN	MLB	NL	679	618	77	163	23	8	19	259	69	54	91	25	10	.264	.322	.419	.155	5	1
1989	CHN	MLB	NL	672	606	104	176	25	5	30	301	76	59	85	15	5	.290	.356	.497	.206	2	1
1990	CHN	MLB	NL	675	615	116	188	30	3	40	344	100	50	84	25	7	.306	.354	.559	.254	9	0
1991	CHN	MLB	NL	684	585	104	170	32	2	26	284	100	87	89	22	8	.291	.379	.485	.195	9	1
1992	CHN	MLB	NL	687	612	100	186	32	8	26	312	87	68	73	17	6	.304	.371	.510	.206	6	0
1993	DAY	A+	FSL	6	5	2	1	0	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	.200	.333	.800	.600	0	0
1993	ORL	AA	SOU	12	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	1	.222	.417	.222	.000	0	0
1993	CHN	MLB	NL	503	456	67	141	20	0	9	188	45	37	62	9	2	.309	.359	.412	.103	6	2
1994	CHN	MLB	NL	247	223	36	53	9	5	5	87	24	23	40	2	3	.238	.312	.390	.152	0	0
1996	CHN	MLB	NL	621	554	85	135	28	4	25	246	92	54	116	12	8	.244	.316	.444	.200	5	1
1997	CHN	MLB	NL	480	447	54	118	26	0	12	180	64	28	94	7	4	.264	.308	.403	.139	3	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1993-04-05	1993-04-30	15-DL	25	21	Left	Hand	Fracture	5th Metacarpal	-	-
1987-06-14	1987-07-11	15-DL	27	26	Right	Ankle	Sprain		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status

Details

1 year/$2.3M (1996)
4 years/$28.4M (1993-97). Signed 3/02. $3.5M signing bonus (paid 12/92). 93:$5.1M, 94:$5.1M, 95:$5.1M, 96:$5.1M, 97:$5.9M club option ($2.5M buyout). Up to $1.65M in award bonuses. $2M personal services contract (paid in first 4 years after retirement). Record $7.1M annual average at signing. Retired after 1994 season.
3 years/$6.3M (1990-92). Signed 4/89. 92:$2.1M.
6 years/$3.97M (1984-89). Signed 2/84. 84:$0.25M, 85:$505M, 86:$0.665M, 87:$0.76M, 88:$0.84M, 89:$0.95M.
Drafted 1978 (20-511), $25,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2019-04-05 16:00:00 (link to chat)	With Joe Maddon being a lame-duck manager what are the odds he does not finish the season if it goes south? Who is the next man up? Joe had a sick look as he watched his pen implode vs Atl Wed night. Does he want to scream at Theo for help? (sportsguy21792 from Cube by the window)	I don't think all of the bullpen implosion is on Joe, but there's never a good time to have a bunch of guys issue free passes when they don't have the best career BB/9 to start with. I like the idea of DeRosa or Ibanez managing anywhere, let alone for the Cubs. David Ross could be a manager at some point, and he has a Cubs connection. And because I'm a homer, I still think Ryne Sandberg deserves a shot. The Phillies were coming down from a good run when he took over, and they weren't great after he left, so it wasn't all his fault. (Kevin Jebens)
2013-11-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who is a player you thought would be a no doubt star and flopped? And on the other side, who was a guy you thought wouldn't amount to anything and became a star? (Robert from California)	I thought Kevin McReynolds would be a big star. Maybe I was focusing too much on tools. With the benefit of hindsight, I believe that this athlete's cool demeanor reflected a lack of drive. Later I thought that Grady Sizemore would be a perennial All-Star, even though he struck out too much. I didn't realize how physically brittle he would be. (I'd love to see Grady make a comeback, even for a season or two.) I didn't think that Ryne Sandberg would be a Hall of Famer-or anything close to it. I saw him when the Phillies still imagined him as a shortstop, and I remember writing in my notebook that he only had "warning track power." But Dallas Green knew what the kid could do, and one of his first moves when he went to Chicago was to trade Ivan DeJesus to the Phils for Larry Bowa and Sandberg. What a steal! And what a great fit for Sandberg as a second baseman hitting in Wrigley Field. (Kevin Kerrane)
2010-10-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think the Cubs picked Mike Quade because he'd be both cheaper, and easier to fire than Ryne Sandberg? (wizened cubsfan from downstate)	That's pretty cynical. I was listening to an interview with Quademodo today and was impressed by his perspective. The Cubs did quite well under him in a small sample, but he KNOWS it's a small sample. He came off as intelligent and reflective, and not at all over-impressed with himself. Now, there are those of you more immersed in the nitty-gritty of Cubs action than I was this year who might tell me that he's worse than Jim Essian, but my gut feel is that this was a choice made on the merits, and not a bad one. (Steven Goldman)
2010-10-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I was impressed by Quade's post-game press conferences after he took over for Lou. Seems like a smart guy. The manager isn't that big a deal anyway, he can't will hitters that can't hit to score runs, so it's not like he'll make the 2011 Cubs winners without a lot of luck. Not surprised his contract ends the same time the GM's does though. Do you think Ryne Sandberg will get a shot elsewhere? (CubFanQuadeMan from Ether)	It seems like he will. Here's the thing about Sandberg: I read a quote from some Cubs' minor leaguer the other day that he intended as a compliment but it really wasn't. You hear this sort of thing all the time. Paraphrasing: "Yeah, he was a great manager for me. I learned a lot from him. He's a man of few words, and he never actually said anything to me, but just looking at him you knew that he knew how to play the game." If your manager ISN'T good at communication, what the hell are you hiring him for? Because he knows when to bunt? That helps, but in this day I think keeping all 25 of your young millionaires on the same page is more important. Maybe you can do that for a couple of years by playing the part of a heroic statue, but after awhile the players stop being impressed by a guy with pigeon shit on his shoulders. (Steven Goldman)
2010-10-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Obviously Mike Quade's late season performance has made him a serious candidate to win the Cubs job, but has he also raised his profile enough to be in the running for other managerial openings? (Trust Fund Baby from Lakeview)	I think Quade has raised his stock to the point that he is a legitimate candidate. He certainly became a fan favorite with the strong late finish and that has taken the pressure off Jim Hendry as far as feeling he must cave to public pressure and hire Ryne Sandberg. I get the feeling, though, that the Cubs want someone with major league experience and my gut feeling is that Eric Wedge is at the top of the list. (John Perrotto)
2010-09-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Can you give us your best guesses on the new managers for next year by team? (Jack from Boston)	Just guessing: Bobby Valentine to Seattle, Tim Wallach to Dodgers, Wally Backman to Mets, Ryne Sandberg to Cubs, LaRussa and Dusty Baker staying still, and Sharktopus to manage the Diamondbacks. Anyone else? (Jay Jaffe)
2009-06-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Here I thought you were ducking a head to head with a KLaw chat...Are we stuck with PEds in baseball being a media story for the next 20 years with the great players of the last decade floundering on the ballot? Ryne Sandberg's comments on the radio about Sosa made me a sad panda... (Mike from Chicago)	Yes. This is going to with us for a long, long time. Clemens' last season was 2007. So 2027. At least. No, wait...Alex Rodriguez. 2037? (Joe Sheehan)
2009-05-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Can you point us to a place where we can read about the Eck's failed marriage? How about the Tommy Herr/Pedro Guerrero situation? Or Ryne Sandberg's messy 1st marriage? (Peeig13 from The Second City)	I mentioned the Eck situation here back in 2007: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6832. (Steven Goldman)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-28 17:00:00	2009 WS Game One	Does Chase Utley have a car dealership? He looks like that kind of guy, like John Elway. With this economy, what's the equivalent of the car dealership for athletes now, or do they even need it with their contracts? There's an interesting sociological question - where are the guys who signed the biggest contract of their day? Ryne Sandberg is a minor league manager. Kirby Puckett has passed, but would surely be in the Twins org doing something. Who else? (Will Carroll)
2009-10-16 13:00:00	NLCS Game Two/ALCS Game One	Popup city for the Dodgers. adambennett (MD Backgammon Tourney): Abreu for the HoF? A couple more good seasons should do it, right? Assuming we're talking about Bobby Abreu and not Tony or Winston, he's further away from the Hall of Fame. I looked at this back in August (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9416). By those numbers, which don't account for 2009, he was about 17 WARP short on career and a couple WARP shy on peak, but the real problem is that he's just past 2,100 hits at age 35, isn't close to 300 homers (256), has just two All-Star appearances and has never finished higher than 14th in the MVP voting. Plus there's the fact that guys who walk 80 or 100 times a year are exactly the ones who get kicked in the head by the voters, who prefer hackers like Jim Rice and Ryne Sandberg to plate disciples like Ron Santo, Tim Raines and Bobby Grich. (Jay Jaffe)