The Chicago Cubs have agreed to terms with infielder Chad Tracy on a Minor League contract. The deal includes an invite to Major League spring training.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Tracy, 29, is a career .280 hitter (654-for-2338) with 78 home runs, 318 RBI, a .339 on-base percentage and a .453 slugging percentage in 704 Major League games.
In all or part of six seasons with Arizona (2004-09), Tracy has appeared defensively at third base (340 games), first base (246 games) and the outfield (52 games).
A left-handed batter and right-handed thrower, Tracy has a career .297 batting average (544-for-1829) vs. right-handed pitching with an .840 OPS (.358 on-base percentage, .482 slugging percentage).
The six-foot-two, 200-pound Tracy played in 143 or more games in each of his first three seasons from 2004-06 before being limited to 98 games or fewer the last three seasons due to a series of injuries.
After only 76 games in 2007, Tracy played in 88 games in 2008 and saw action in 98 games last season, batting .237 (61-for-257) with 15 doubles, eight home runs and 39 RBI in his final season with the Diamondbacks.
Tracy enjoyed his best Major League campaign in 2005 when he established career highs with a .308 batting average (sixth-best in the league), 27 home runs and a .553 slugging percentage (10th in the league).
He set career bests with 41 doubles, 80 RBI and 154 games played in 2006.
Originally selected by the Diamondbacks in the seventh round of the 2001 draft, Tracy spent less than three full seasons in the minors before making his Major League debut with Arizona in 2004.
He was named to the Topps All-Rookie team in 2004.