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1979 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Barry Foote	27	132	469	429	47	109	26	0	16	56	5	2	34	49	.254	.316	.427	.742	93	183	12	5	0	1	7
2	1B	Bill Buckner*	29	149	628	591	72	168	34	7	14	66	9	4	30	28	.284	.319	.437	.756	97	258	16	2	1	4	6
3	2B	Ted Sizemore	34	98	374	330	36	82	17	0	2	24	3	3	32	25	.248	.319	.318	.637	68	105	8	3	7	2	7
4	SS	Ivan DeJesus	26	160	716	636	92	180	26	10	5	52	24	20	59	82	.283	.345	.379	.724	90	241	9	2	17	2	1
5	3B	Steve Ontiveros#	27	152	590	519	58	148	28	2	4	57	0	1	58	68	.285	.362	.370	.732	93	192	19	7	1	5	7
6	LF	Dave Kingman	30	145	589	532	97	153	19	5	48	115	4	2	45	131	.288	.343	.613	.956	146	326	7	4	0	8	7
7	CF	Jerry Martin	30	150	579	534	74	145	34	3	19	73	2	4	38	85	.272	.321	.453	.774	101	242	13	3	0	4	3
8	RF	Scot Thompson*	23	128	368	346	36	100	13	5	2	29	4	3	17	37	.289	.322	.373	.694	82	129	8	1	1	3	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Larry Biittner*	33	111	295	272	35	79	13	3	3	50	1	1	21	23	.290	.339	.393	.732	92	107	10	0	0	2	1
10	RF	Bobby Murcer*	33	58	231	190	22	49	4	1	7	22	2	3	36	20	.258	.374	.400	.774	104	76	3	1	1	3	2
11	RF	Mike Vail	27	87	195	179	28	60	8	2	7	35	0	2	14	27	.335	.379	.520	.899	134	93	4	0	0	2	1
12	2B	Steve Dillard	28	89	190	166	31	47	6	1	5	24	1	0	17	24	.283	.351	.422	.773	103	70	4	1	5	1	4
13	IF	Mick Kelleher	31	73	160	142	14	36	4	1	0	10	2	0	7	9	.254	.296	.296	.592	56	42	4	2	8	1	0
14	C	Tim Blackwell#	26	63	159	122	8	20	3	1	0	12	0	0	32	25	.164	.338	.205	.542	46	25	3	1	2	2	1
15	OF	Ken Henderson#	33	62	97	81	11	19	2	0	2	8	0	0	15	16	.235	.361	.333	.694	84	27	1	1	0	0	1
16	IF	Steve Macko*	24	19	44	40	2	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	8	.225	.295	.250	.545	45	10	0	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Miguel Dilone#	24	43	38	36	14	11	0	0	0	1	15	5	2	5	.306	.342	.306	.648	72	11	0	0	0	0	0
18	OF	Sam Mejias	27	31	14	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.182	.308	.182	.490	32	2	0	0	1	0	0
19	C	Bruce Kimm	28	9	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0	0	0	0
20		Gene Clines	32	10	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	IF	Steve Davis	25	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	2B	Kurt Seibert#	23	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Karl Pagel*	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Rick Reuschel	30	38	91	79	8	13	2	1	0	6	0	1	7	26	.165	.233	.215	.448	19	17	0	0	5	0	0
25	P	Lynn McGlothen*	29	42	76	71	6	16	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.225	.236	.268	.504	32	19	5	0	4	0	0
26	P	Dennis Lamp	26	38	67	58	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.155	.183	.172	.356	-6	10	0	0	7	0	0
27	P	Mike Krukow	27	28	62	51	4	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	0	8	.314	.327	.412	.739	93	21	0	2	7	2	0
28	P	Ken Holtzman	33	24	45	43	2	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.233	.267	.302	.569	49	13	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Bill Caudill	22	29	21	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.059	.059	.059	.118	-69	1	0	0	4	0	0
30	P	Bruce Sutter	26	62	15	12	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	.250	.308	.250	.558	49	3	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Donnie Moore*	25	39	13	13	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.308	.462	18	4	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Dick Tidrow	32	63	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.273	.200	.473	27	2	0	0	2	0	0
33	P	Willie Hernandez*	24	52	9	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.375	.625	62	3	0	0	1	0	0
34	P	George Riley*	22	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
35	P	Ray Burris	28	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Dave Geisel*	24	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Doug Capilla*	27	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	162	6182	5550	706	1494	250	43	135	663	73	52	478	762	.269	.329	.403	.731	91	2235	126	35	77	42	49
		Rank in 12 NL teams				4	5	3	6	6	4		12	9	9	11	3	6	4	6		4
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Rick Reuschel	30	18	12	.600	3.62	36	36	0	5	1	0	239.0	251	104	96	16	75	8	125	10	0	5	1021	115	1.364	9.5	0.6	2.8	4.7	1.67
2	SP	Lynn McGlothen	29	13	14	.481	4.12	42	29	6	6	1	2	212.0	236	103	97	27	55	8	147	3	1	1	906	101	1.373	10.0	1.1	2.3	6.2	2.67
3	SP	Dennis Lamp	26	11	10	.524	3.50	38	32	3	6	1	0	200.1	223	96	78	14	46	9	86	5	0	1	843	118	1.343	10.0	0.6	2.1	3.9	1.87
4	SP	Mike Krukow	27	9	9	.500	4.21	28	28	0	0	0	0	164.2	172	84	77	13	81	12	119	3	1	5	722	99	1.536	9.4	0.7	4.4	6.5	1.47
5	SP	Ken Holtzman*	33	6	9	.400	4.59	23	20	0	3	2	0	117.2	133	70	60	15	53	7	44	6	0	6	529	90	1.581	10.2	1.1	4.1	3.4	0.83
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Bruce Sutter	26	6	6	.500	2.22	62	0	56	0	0	37	101.1	67	29	25	3	32	5	110	0	0	9	403	187	0.977	6.0	0.3	2.8	9.8	3.44
7	RP	Dick Tidrow	32	11	5	.688	2.72	63	0	27	0	0	4	102.2	86	35	31	5	42	11	68	2	0	3	425	153	1.247	7.5	0.4	3.7	6.0	1.62
8	RP	Bill Caudill	22	1	7	.125	4.80	29	12	6	0	0	0	90.0	89	57	48	16	41	5	104	4	2	3	402	87	1.444	8.9	1.6	4.1	10.4	2.54
9	RP	Willie Hernandez*	24	4	4	.500	5.01	51	2	19	0	0	0	79.0	85	50	44	8	39	12	53	4	1	3	359	83	1.570	9.7	0.9	4.4	6.0	1.36
10	RP	Donnie Moore	25	1	4	.200	5.18	39	1	12	0	0	1	73.0	95	46	42	8	25	7	43	2	0	3	330	80	1.644	11.7	1.0	3.1	5.3	1.72
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Ray Burris	28	0	0		6.23	14	0	3	0	0	0	21.2	23	17	15	0	15	1	14	1	0	0	98	67	1.754	9.6	0.0	6.2	5.8	0.93
12		Doug Capilla*	27	0	1	.000	2.60	13	1	7	0	0	0	17.1	14	6	5	1	7	0	10	0	0	1	77	160	1.212	7.3	0.5	3.6	5.2	1.43
13		Dave Geisel*	24	0	0		0.60	7	0	3	0	0	0	15.0	10	1	1	0	4	1	5	1	0	0	58	692	0.933	6.0	0.0	2.4	3.0	1.25
14		George Riley*	22	0	1	.000	5.54	4	1	0	0	0	0	13.0	16	9	8	1	6	1	5	2	0	0	59	75	1.692	11.1	0.7	4.2	3.5	0.83
		Team Totals	27.8	80	82	.494	3.90	162	162	142	20	5	44	1446.2	1500	707	627	127	521	87	933	43	5	40	6232	106	1.397	9.3	0.8	3.2	5.8	1.79
		Rank in 12 NL teams		7	6		9				11	4	2	7	12	8	8	8	9		9921
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Larry Biittner	33	76	58	521.1	309	280	23	6	24	.981	-2.7	-6.2	-1.7	-1.4	-0.4	-1	0		5.23	3.99						1B-LF-RF
Tim Blackwell	26	63	40	385.0	280	245	28	7	3	.975	-1.0	-3.1						-1	6.38	4.33	4	12	40	18	31%	C
Bill Buckner	29	140	140	1217.0	1389	1258	124	7	118	.995	1.9	1.9	2.9	-2.0	4.9		-1		10.22	9.87						1B
Ray Burris	28	14	0	21.2	7	3	4	0	0	1.000									2.91	0.50						P
Doug Capilla	27	13	1	17.1	6	0	5	1	0	.833									2.60	0.38						P
Bill Caudill	22	29	12	90.0	16	5	11	0	1	1.000									1.60	0.55						P
Steve Davis	25	3	1	12.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.5	50.0	0.5	0.1	0.4		0		2.25	1.00						3B-2B
Ivan DeJesus	26	160	156	1383.2	774	235	507	32	97	.959	-14.1	-12.2	-11.1	-6.9	-4.3		-3		4.83	4.64						SS
Steve Dillard	28	69	40	410.1	256	114	138	4	32	.984	-6.1	-17.8	-5.1	-6.7	1.6		-1		5.53	3.65						2B-3B
Miguel Dilone	24	23	7	94.1	27	27	0	0	0	1.000	1.6	20.4	0.6	1.1	-0.5	1			2.58	1.17						CF-LF
Barry Foote	27	129	120	1030.1	793	713	63	17	9	.979	4.0	4.7						4	6.78	6.02	3	28	79	48	38%	C
Dave Geisel	24	7	0	15.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000									1.20	0.29						P
Ken Henderson	33	23	7	102.1	21	20	0	1	0	.952	-1.9	-22.3	-0.9	0.3	-1.3	-1			1.76	0.87						LF-RF-CF
Willie Hernandez	24	51	2	79.0	16	4	11	1	0	.938									1.71	0.29						P
Ken Holtzman	33	23	20	117.2	20	8	11	1	0	.950									1.45	0.83						P
Mick Kelleher	31	75	43	416.1	232	78	148	6	24	.974	3.6	10.4	4.6	3.5	1.1		-1		4.89	3.01						2B-3B-SS
Bruce Kimm	28	9	2	31.1	32	30	1	1	0	.969	-1.0	-38.3						-1	8.90	3.44	1	0	4	1	20%	C
Dave Kingman	30	139	139	1165.1	260	239	11	10	3	.962	-8.5	-8.8	-7.5	-10.0	2.5	-1			1.93	1.80						LF
Mike Krukow	27	28	28	164.2	23	11	12	0	3	1.000									1.26	0.82						P
Dennis Lamp	26	38	32	200.1	65	17	45	3	3	.954									2.79	1.63						P
Steve Macko	24	14	10	91.0	54	21	33	0	4	1.000	1.7	22.4	2.7	2.1	0.7		-1		5.34	3.86						2B-3B
Jerry Martin	30	145	135	1195.0	322	303	13	6	5	.981	-13.8	-13.9	-11.8	-7.3	-4.6	-2			2.38	2.18						CF-RF-LF
Lynn McGlothen	29	42	29	212.0	30	15	15	0	0	1.000									1.27	0.71						P
Sam Mejias	27	23	0	41.0	9	8	0	1	0	.889	-0.9	-26.3	-0.9	0.2	-1.0	0			1.76	0.35						LF-CF-RF
Donnie Moore	25	39	1	73.0	23	6	15	2	0	.913									2.59	0.54						P
Bobby Murcer	33	55	53	454.2	113	109	4	0	0	1.000	1.9	5.0	3.9	1.9	2.0	-2			2.24	2.05						RF-CF
Steve Ontiveros	27	143	140	1221.1	397	105	269	23	28	.942	-9.9	-9.7	-9.9	-2.4	-7.5		0		2.76	2.62						3B-1B
Rick Reuschel	30	36	36	239.0	79	27	49	3	9	.962									2.86	2.11						P
George Riley	22	4	1	13.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000									2.77	1.00						P
Kurt Seibert	23	1	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-60.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0		0		9.00	2.00						2B
Ted Sizemore	34	96	96	808.2	557	230	312	15	68	.973	1.0	1.5	0.0	-7.6	7.6		1		6.03	5.65						2B
Bruce Sutter	26	62	0	101.1	27	9	15	3	0	.889									2.13	0.39						P
Scot Thompson	23	110	74	700.0	165	154	6	5	2	.970	-1.4	-2.4	0.6	-1.9	2.4	-2			2.06	1.45						RF-CF-LF
Dick Tidrow	32	63	0	102.2	27	7	20	0	1	1.000									2.37	0.43						P
Mike Vail	27	41	35	290.1	61	55	4	2	0	.967	-2.4	-9.9	-3.4	-2.6	-0.8	1	0		1.83	1.44						RF-3B-LF
Team Totals	28.3	162	1458	13020.0	6401	4340	1902	159	434	.975	-47.6	-4.4	-36.6	-39.7	2.8	-7	-6	2	4.31	3.16	8	40	123	67	35%
Rank in 12 NL teams								3	3	10
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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