All players on this roster are listed in Baseball Reference’s top 1000 in career WAR and have accumulated more WAR for the Cubs than any other major league team. Players are listed alphabetically, followed by their Strat-o-Matic card being used and their position eligibility.
Position Players (32)
Cap Anson (HOF, 1B/C), Ernie Banks (HOF, SS/1B/3B), Kris Bryant (2016, 3B/LF/RF/1B/SS), Phil Cavaretta (1945, 1B/RF/LF/CF), Frank Chance (HOF, 1B/C), Kiki Cuyler (HOF, RF/LF/CF), Bill Dahlen (BH, SS/3B/2B), Johnny Evers (HOF, 2B), George Gore (1885, CF/LF), Mark Grace (1995, 1B), Stan Hack (BH, 3B/1B), Gabby Hartnett (HOF, C), Billy Herman (HOF, 2B/3B), Billy Jurges (1933, SS), King Kelly (HOF, RF/C/3B/SS/2B), Johnny Kling (1908, C/LF/RF/CF/1B), Derrek Lee (2005, 1B), Bill Nicholson (1943, RF/LF/CF), Andy Pafko (1950, CF/RF), Aramis Ramirez (2007, 3B), Anthony Rizzo (2015, 1B), Jimmy Ryan (1888, CF/RF), Ryne Sandberg (HOF, 2B), Ron Santo (HOF, 3B), Sammy Sosa (BH, RF/CF), Harry Steinfeldt (1906, 3B/2B), Riggs Stephenson (1929, LF), Joe Tinker (HOF, SS/3B), Billy Williams (HOF, RF/LF), Ned Williamson (1884, 3B/C), Hack Wilson (HOF, CF/LF/RF), Heinie Zimmerman (1912, 3B/1B).
Pitchers (20)
Mordecai Brown (HOF, SP/RP), Larry French (1936, SP/RP), Clark Griffith (1898, SP), Bill Hands (1969, SP), Bill Hutchison (1891, SP/RP), Fergie Jenkins (HOF, SP), Bill Lee (1938, SP/RP), Claude Passeau (1940, SP/RP), Ed Reulbach (1905, SP/RP), Rick Reuschel (BH, SP), Charlie Root (1926, SP/RP), Bob Rush (1955, SP), Scott Sanderson (1984, SP), Lee Smith (HOF, RP), Rick Sutcliffe (1987, SP), Jack Taylor (1902, SP/RP), Hippo Vaughn (BH, SP/RP), Lon Warneke (BH, SP/RP), Kerry Wood (2003, SP), Carlos Zambrano (BH, SP).
Transactions
03/28/19 Added Anthony Rizzo (2015, 1B).
03/26/20 Added Johnny Kling (1908, C/LF/RF/CF/1B), dropped Claude Hendrix (1916, SP/RP) and Fred Pfeffer (1884, 2B).
04/01/21 Dropped Jake Weimer (1904, SP).
03/31/22 Added Kris Bryant (2016, 3B/LF/RF/1B/SS), dropped Ken Holtzman (1970, SP) and Ted Lilly (2009, SP).