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1979 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

80-82, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Herman Franks (78-77) and Joey Amalfitano (2-5)
Scored 706 runs, Allowed 707 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,648,587 (6th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 111 · one-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 112

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1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Larry Biittner 33 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 27, 1945 10 111 58 111 69 0 0 32 0 0 0 23 0 21 44 46 0 0.0 $
Tim Blackwell 26 B R 5' 11" 170 Aug 19, 1952 6 63 40 63 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Bill Buckner 29 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 14, 1949 11 149 140 149 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.6 $
Ray Burris 28 R R 6' 5" 200 Aug 22, 1950 7 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Doug Capilla 27 L L 5' 11" 160 Jan 7, 1952 4 13 1 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bill Caudill 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 13, 1956 1st 29 12 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Gene Clines 32 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 6, 1946 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.1 $
Steve Davis 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Dec 30, 1953 1st 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ivan de Jesus 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 9, 1953 6 160 156 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.9 $
Steve Dillard 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 8, 1951 5 89 40 89 68 0 0 0 59 9 0 0 0 0 0 21 13 0.3 $
Miguel Dilone 24 B R 6' 0" 160 Nov 1, 1954 6 43 7 43 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 0 23 0 26 0.2 $
Barry Foote 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 16, 1952 7 132 120 132 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.8 $
Dave Geisel 24 L L 6' 3" 210 Jan 18, 1955 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Ken Henderson 33 B R 6' 2" 180 Jun 15, 1946 15 62 7 62 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 8 23 48 0 -0.5 $
Willie Hernandez 24 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 14, 1954 3 52 2 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ken Holtzman 33 R L 6' 2" 175 Nov 3, 1945 15 24 20 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.7 $165,000
Mick Kelleher 31 R R 5' 9" 176 Jul 25, 1947 8 73 43 73 71 0 0 0 29 32 14 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.2 $
Bruce Kimm 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 29, 1951 3 9 2 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Dave Kingman 30 R R 6' 6" 210 Dec 21, 1948 9 145 139 145 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 139 6 0 3.8 $275,000 All-Star
Mike Krukow 27 R R 6' 5" 205 Jan 21, 1952 4 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Dennis Lamp 26 R R 6' 4" 200 Sep 23, 1952 3 38 32 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Steve Macko 24 L R 5' 10" 160 Sep 6, 1954 1st 19 10 19 14 0 0 0 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 $
Jerry Martin 30 R R 6' 1" 195 May 11, 1949 6 150 135 150 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 139 5 145 10 0 0.0 $125,000
Lynn McGlothen 29 L R 6' 2" 185 Mar 27, 1950 8 42 29 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Sam Mejias 27 R R 6' 0" 170 May 9, 1952 4 31 0 31 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 3 23 6 9 -0.1 $
Donnie Moore 25 L R 6' 0" 185 Feb 13, 1954 4 39 1 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bobby Murcer 33 L R 5' 11" 160 May 20, 1946 13 58 53 58 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54 55 4 0 0.8 $320,000
Steve Ontiveros 27 B R 6' 0" 185 Oct 26, 1951 7 152 140 152 143 0 0 2 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.6 $
Karl Pagel 24 L L 6' 2" 188 Mar 29, 1955 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Rick Reuschel 30 R R 6' 3" 215 May 16, 1949 8 38 36 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.4 $
George Riley 22 L L 6' 2" 210 Oct 6, 1956 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Kurt Seibert 23 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 16, 1955 1st 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 -0.1 $
Ted Sizemore 34 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 15, 1945 11 98 96 98 96 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Bruce Sutter HOF 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 8, 1953 4 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $225,000 All-Star
Scot Thompson 23 L L 6' 3" 195 Dec 7, 1955 2 128 74 128 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 27 71 110 33 2 -0.6 $
Dick Tidrow 32 R R 6' 4" 210 May 14, 1947 8 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Mike Vail 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 10, 1951 5 87 35 87 40 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 38 39 51 0 1.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Ted Sizemore
Bruce Kimm
Bobby Murcer
Tim Blackwell
Barry Foote
Dave Kingman
Ivan de Jesus
Steve Macko
Steve Dillard
Steve Ontiveros

Kurt Seibert
Gene Clines
Mick Kelleher
Bill Buckner
Karl Pagel
Ken Henderson
Scot Thompson
Larry Biittner

Mike Vail
Jerry Martin
Steve Davis
Ken Holtzman
Miguel Dilone
Sam Mejias
George Riley
Ray Burris
Doug Capilla

Bill Caudill
Willie Hernandez
Mike Krukow
Lynn McGlothen
Dick Tidrow
Bruce Sutter
Karl Pagel
Dave Geisel

Dennis Lamp
Rick Reuschel
Donnie Moore

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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