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1980 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

64-98, Finished 6th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Preston Gomez (38-52) and Joey Amalfitano (26-46)
Scored 614 runs, Allowed 728 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 1,206,776 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 109 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 109

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1979 / 1981 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 34 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 27, 1945 11 127 57 127 75 0 0 41 0 0 0 20 1 17 38 61 1 -0.5 $
Tim Blackwell 27 B R 5' 11" 170 Aug 19, 1952 7 103 93 103 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.7 $
Bill Buckner 30 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 14, 1949 12 145 138 145 139 0 0 93 0 0 0 42 0 12 54 7 0 1.6 $
Doug Capilla 28 L L 5' 11" 160 Jan 7, 1952 5 40 11 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8 $
Bill Caudill 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 13, 1956 2 72 2 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Ivan de Jesus 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 9, 1953 7 157 153 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.7 $
Steve Dillard 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 8, 1951 6 100 63 100 86 0 0 0 38 51 2 0 0 0 0 15 8 -0.8 $
Jesus Figueroa 23 L L 5' 10" 160 Feb 20, 1957 1st 115 29 115 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 36 1 59 62 10 -0.7 $
Barry Foote 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 16, 1952 8 63 52 63 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.6 $
Bill Hayes 22 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 24, 1957 1st 4 2 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Ken Henderson 34 B R 6' 2" 180 Jun 15, 1946 16 44 17 44 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 9 24 24 0 -0.2 $
Willie Hernandez 25 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 14, 1954 4 53 7 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Cliff Johnson 32 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 22, 1947 9 68 47 68 49 0 1 46 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 21 0 -0.1 $
Mick Kelleher 32 R R 5' 9" 176 Jul 25, 1947 9 105 20 105 101 0 0 0 57 31 17 0 0 0 0 3 16 -1.3 $
Dave Kingman 31 R R 6' 6" 210 Dec 21, 1948 10 81 63 81 63 0 0 2 0 0 0 61 0 0 61 18 0 0.8 $275,000 All-Star
Mike Krukow 28 R R 6' 5" 205 Jan 21, 1952 5 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Dennis Lamp 27 R R 6' 4" 200 Sep 23, 1952 4 41 37 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Carlos Lezcano 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 30, 1955 1st 42 25 42 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37 2 40 3 7 -0.4 $
Steve Macko 25 L R 5' 10" 160 Sep 6, 1954 2 6 5 6 6 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Jerry Martin 31 R R 6' 1" 195 May 11, 1949 7 141 125 141 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 105 42 151 12 0 -1.1 $
Randy Martz 24 L R 6' 4" 210 May 28, 1956 1st 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Lynn McGlothen 30 L R 6' 2" 185 Mar 27, 1950 9 41 27 41 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.1 $
Mike O'Berry 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 20, 1954 2 19 15 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Steve Ontiveros 28 B R 6' 0" 185 Oct 26, 1951 8 31 23 31 24 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.6 $
Lenny Randle 31 B R 5' 10" 169 Feb 12, 1949 10 130 118 130 121 0 0 0 17 111 0 3 2 0 5 8 2 1.3 $
Rick Reuschel 31 R R 6' 3" 215 May 16, 1949 9 44 38 44 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5.3 $
George Riley 23 L L 6' 2" 210 Oct 6, 1956 2 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Lee Smith 22 R R 6' 5" 220 Dec 4, 1957 1st 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bruce Sutter HOF 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 8, 1953 5 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $700,000 All-Star
Scot Thompson 24 L L 6' 3" 195 Dec 7, 1955 3 102 53 102 74 0 0 13 0 0 0 1 14 53 68 28 8 -1.5 $
Dick Tidrow 33 R R 6' 4" 210 May 14, 1947 9 84 0 84 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Jim Tracy 24 L R 6' 0" 185 Dec 31, 1955 1st 42 30 42 32 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 14 36 11 1 -0.4 $
Mike Tyson 30 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 13, 1950 9 123 104 123 117 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.6 $
Mike Vail 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 10, 1951 6 114 64 114 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 61 80 46 0 1.0 $
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

Mike Tyson

Mike O'Berry

Cliff Johnson

Tim Blackwell
Barry Foote

Dave Kingman

Ivan de Jesus

Steve Macko

Steve Dillard

Bill Hayes
Steve Ontiveros

Jesus Figueroa

Mick Kelleher

Lenny Randle

Bill Buckner

Jim Tracy

Ken Henderson

Scot Thompson

Mike Vail

Jerry Martin

Carlos Lezcano

Larry Biittner
Lee Smith

Randy Martz

Doug Capilla

Bill Caudill

George Riley

Willie Hernandez

Mike Krukow

Lynn McGlothen

Dick Tidrow

Bruce Sutter

Dennis Lamp

Rick Reuschel

1979 / 1981 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers