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1979 Chicago Cubs Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
80-82, Finished 5th in NL East
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Scored 706 runs, Allowed 707 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Manager: Herman Franks (78-77) and Joey Amalfitano (2-5)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
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
Tim Blackwell 26 B R 5' 11" 180 Aug 19, 1952 6 63 40 63 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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
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
Doug Capilla 27 L L 5' 8" 175 Jan 7, 1952 4 13 1 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Caudill 22 R R 6' 1" 210 Jul 13, 1956 1st 29 12 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Ivan DeJesus 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
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
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
Barry Foote 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 16, 1952 7 132 120 132 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Dennis Lamp 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 23, 1952 3 38 32 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Jerry Martin 30 R R 6' 1" 195 May 11, 1949 6 150 135 150 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 139 5 144 10 0
Lynn McGlothen 29 L R 6' 2" 195 Mar 27, 1950 8 42 29 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Bobby Murcer 33 L R 5' 11" 180 May 20, 1946 13 58 53 58 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54 54 4 0
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
Karl Pagel 24 L L 6' 2" 190 Mar 29, 1955 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Reuschel 30 R R 6' 3" 235 May 16, 1949 8 38 36 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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
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
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
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 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 71 100 33 2
Dick Tidrow 32 R R 6' 4" 213 May 14, 1947 8 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Vail 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 10, 1951 5 87 35 87 40 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 38 39 51 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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