1979 Chicago Cubs Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 80-82-0, Finished 5th in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Herman Franks (78-77) and Joey Amalfitano (2-5)

General Manager: Bob Kennedy

Scouting Director: Vedie Himsl

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 81-81, 706 Runs, 707 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Iván de Jesús	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	Name	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*	32	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 Diloné#	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 Mejías	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	Name	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 Hernández*	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	4	9	2	3	6	4	5		4		2		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	162	5764	5184	683	1420	238	41	134	638	72	51	463	670	.274	.335	.413	.748	96	2142	121	33	44	40	49
		Pitcher Totals	28.2	162	418	366	23	74	12	2	1	25	1	1	15	92	.202	.236	.254	.490	29	93	5	2	33	2	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	3.62	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	3.82	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	119	3.55	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	3.84	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	91	5.15	1.581	10.2	1.1	4.1	3.4	0.83
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	188	1.89	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	3.33	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	4.23	1.444	8.9	1.6	4.1	10.4	2.54
9	RP	Willie Hernández*	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	4.34	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	81	4.09	1.644	11.7	1.0	3.1	5.3	1.72
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	68	3.66	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	163	3.54	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	709	3.07	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	77	4.81	1.692	11.1	0.7	4.2	3.5	0.83
		Team Totals	27.8	80	82	.494	3.88	162	162	142	20	5	44	1446.2	1500	707	624	127	521	87	933	43	5	40	6232	107	3.75	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		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W