Jim Hendry’s Cubs career at a glance

Here’s a glance at Jim Hendry’s career with the Cubs organization:

1995: Director of player development

1996-98: Director of scouting

1999-2000: Director of player development and scouting

2001: Assistant general manager

2002: Cubs VP/player personnel; named general manager on July 5

2003-11: General manager until dismissal on Aug. 19, 2011

Highs and lows under Hendry

2002: Hires Dusty Baker to take over the 2003 team.

2003: Cubs make 19-game improvement from 2002, and come within five outs of the World Series.

2003: Gets best of Pirates — a familiar theme in the Hendry era — in a deal for Aramis Ramirez.

2004: Cubs win one more game than in 2003, but fail to make the playoffs after struggling down the stretch.

2004: Acquires Derrek Lee for Hee Sop Choi in a steal; trade deadline deal for Nomar Garciaparra a bust; Sosa walks out and is later traded.

2006: Hires Lou Piniella over Joe Girardi. Signs Alfonso Soriano to eight-year, $136 million contract. Length of contract a continuing albatross.

2007: Signs Kosuke Fukudome to four-year, $48 million contract. Sounded good at the time, but didn’t pan out as expected.

2006: Cubs finish with 96 losses.

2007: Cubs bounce back to make playoffs, but get swept by Arizona.

2008: Cubs win 97 games and win Central for third time under Hendry. Eight players named to the NL all-star team, but L.A. Dodgers sweep Cubs in the playoffs.

2009: Despite raised eyebrows, signs Milton Bradley to three-year, $30 million contract. Bust. Bradley later traded to Seattle for Carlos Silva.

2010: Hires Mike Quade as manager after a strong run to end the season.

2011: Cubs struggle all season and Hendry puts Carlo Zambrano on disqualified list after he leaves the team. Hendry told July 22 he will not be retained but isn’t dismissed until Aug. 19, and leaves with a 749-748 overall record.