1981 Chicago Cubs

Lineups and Defense

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 15-37, Finished 6th
Second Half: 23-28, Finished 5th
Overall: 38-65, Finished 6th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joey Amalfitano (38-65)
Scored 370 runs, Allowed 483 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 39-64

Ballparks: Wrigley Field · Attendance: 565,637 (11th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 106

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1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

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Game (# = Opp. LHS)	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P
1. Thu,4/9 vs NYM L (0-2)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Reuschel
2. Sat,4/11 vs NYM W (3-1)#	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	McGlothen
3. Sun,4/12 vs NYM L (1-2)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Kravec
4. Wed,4/15 at MON L (4-5)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Reuschel
5. Thu,4/16 at MON L (0-7)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	McGlothen
6. Fri,4/17 at PHI L (2-6)	Foote	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Kravec
7. Sat,4/18 at PHI L (3-4)#	Foote	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Cruz	Krukow
8. Sun,4/19 at PHI L (3-7)	Foote	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Reuschel
9. Mon,4/20 at STL L (1-6)	Foote	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	McGlothen
10. Tue,4/21 at STL L (0-8)	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Thompson	Kravec
11. Wed,4/22 at STL L (0-3)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Tracy	Krukow
12. Fri,4/24 vs PHI L (4-6)#	Foote	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Cruz	Reuschel
13. Sat,4/25 vs PHI L (5-7)	Foote	Buckner	Fletcher	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	McGlothen
14. Sun,4/26 vs PHI L (2-6)	Blackwell	Buckner	Fletcher	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Caudill
15. Wed,4/29 vs STL W (6-1)	Blackwell	Buckner	Fletcher	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Krukow
16. Wed,4/29 vs STL T (2-2)	Blackwell	Buckner	Fletcher	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	McGlothen
17. Fri,5/1 vs ATL L (1-2)	Blackwell	Buckner	Fletcher	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Caudill
18. Sat,5/2 vs ATL W (5-2)	Blackwell	Buckner	Fletcher	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Martz
19. Sun,5/3 vs ATL L (7-9)	Blackwell	Buckner	Fletcher	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	McGlothen
20. Mon,5/4 vs HOU L (4-5)	Blackwell	Buckner	Fletcher	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Krukow
21. Tue,5/5 vs HOU L (3-4)	Blackwell	Buckner	Fletcher	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Reuschel
22. Wed,5/6 vs HOU W (2-1)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tyson	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Caudill
23. Thu,5/7 vs HOU L (0-6)#	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Martz
24. Fri,5/8 at ATL L (3-4)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Krukow
25. Sat,5/9 at ATL W (7-3)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Reuschel
26. Sun,5/10 at ATL T (5-5)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Caudill
27. Tue,5/12 at CIN L (1-2)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Martz
28. Wed,5/13 at CIN L (3-8)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Krukow
29. Thu,5/14 at CIN L (1-6)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Cruz	de Jesus	Tracy	Thompson	Durham	Reuschel
30. Fri,5/15 at HOU L (0-5)	Davis	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Tracy	Thompson	Durham	Caudill
31. Sat,5/16 at HOU L (1-6)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Thompson	Durham	Martz
32. Sun,5/17 at HOU L (1-6)#	Davis	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Krukow
33. Tue,5/19 vs CIN L (0-5)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Cruz	de Jesus	Tracy	Morales	Durham	Reuschel
34. Wed,5/20 vs CIN L (7-10)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Cruz	de Jesus	Tracy	Morales	Durham	Caudill
35. Thu,5/21 vs CIN W (5-1)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Martz
36. Fri,5/22 vs MON L (3-6)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Krukow
37. Sat,5/23 vs MON W (6-4)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Reuschel
38. Sun,5/24 vs MON W (6-2)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Caudill
39. Mon,5/25 vs PIT W (10-9)	Blackwell	Durham	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Thompson	Martz
40. Tue,5/26 vs PIT L (4-6)	Blackwell	Buckner	Strain	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Krukow
41. Wed,5/27 vs PIT L (2-3)	Blackwell	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Reuschel
42. Thu,5/28 vs PIT L (4-9)	Blackwell	Buckner	Dillard	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Caudill
43. Fri,5/29 at NYM L (1-6)	Blackwell	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Lum	Morales	Durham	Martz
44. Sat,5/30 at NYM W (10-3)	Blackwell	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Tracy	Morales	Thompson	Krukow
45. Sun,5/31 at NYM L (2-3)#	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Cruz	Morales	Lezcano	Reuschel
46. Tue,6/2 at PIT L (3-16)	Blackwell	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Tracy	Morales	Thompson	Caudill
47. Wed,6/3 at PIT L (2-3)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Tracy	Morales	Cruz	Martz
48. Thu,6/4 at PIT L (4-5)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Cruz	Morales	Bonds	Krukow
49. Fri,6/5 vs LAD W (4-3)#	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Cruz	Morales	Lezcano	Reuschel
50. Sat,6/6 vs LAD W (11-5)#	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Cruz	Morales	Lezcano	Caudill
51. Sun,6/7 vs LAD L (0-7)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Tracy	Morales	Cruz	Martz
52. Tue,6/9 vs SFG W (2-1)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Lum	Waller	Morales	Krukow
53. Wed,6/10 vs SFG W (7-4)	Blackwell	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Tracy	Morales	Lum	Reuschel
54. Thu,6/11 vs SFG W (6-1)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Lum	Morales	Cruz	Martz
55. Mon,8/10 vs NYM L (5-7)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Krukow
56. Tue,8/11 vs NYM L (2-4)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Martz
57. Wed,8/12 vs NYM L (4-7)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Cruz	Kravec
58. Thu,8/13 vs NYM W (6-1)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Cruz	Bird
59. Sat,8/15 vs PIT W (4-3)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Cruz	Krukow
60. Sun,8/16 vs PIT L (3-4)	Davis	Buckner	Dillard	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Morales	Kravec
61. Sun,8/16 vs PIT W (6-4)	Blackwell	Buckner	Dillard	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Lum	Howell
62. Mon,8/17 vs LAD W (3-1)	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Bird
63. Tue,8/18 vs LAD L (0-5)	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Griffin
64. Wed,8/19 vs LAD W (4-3)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Krukow
65. Fri,8/21 vs SFG L (3-4)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Kravec
66. Sat,8/22 vs SFG L (1-2)#	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Bird
67. Sun,8/23 vs SFG W (6-5)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Martz
68. Mon,8/24 vs SDP W (9-8)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Krukow
69. Tue,8/25 vs SDP W (4-3)#	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Kravec
70. Wed,8/26 vs SDP W (9-7)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Bird
71. Thu,8/27 at LAD L (0-6)#	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Martz
72. Fri,8/28 at LAD L (1-6)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Krukow
73. Sat,8/29 at LAD W (3-1)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Griffin
74. Sun,8/30 at LAD W (2-1)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Bird
75. Mon,8/31 at SDP L (1-4)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Cruz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Kravec
76. Tue,9/1 at SDP L (2-3)	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Krukow
77. Wed,9/2 at SDP L (4-5)#	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Griffin
78. Thu,9/3 at SFG L (0-12)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Lum	Bonds	Durham	Bird
79. Fri,9/4 at SFG L (2-3)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Lum	Bonds	Durham	Martz
80. Sat,9/5 at SFG W (8-2)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Krukow
81. Sun,9/6 at SFG L (0-3)#	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Dillard	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Griffin
82. Mon,9/7 at STL W (10-0)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Bird
83. Tue,9/8 at STL W (4-3)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Kravec
84. Wed,9/9 at STL W (7-3)#	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Krukow
85. Fri,9/11 vs MON W (6-5)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Griffin
86. Sat,9/12 vs MON L (0-2)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Bird
87. Sun,9/13 vs MON L (6-10)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Krukow
88. Tue,9/15 vs PIT L (2-8)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Griffin
89. Fri,9/18 at MON L (0-11)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Dillard	de Jesus	Lum	Bonds	Durham	Bird
90. Sat,9/19 at MON W (2-1)#	Blackwell	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Krukow
91. Sun,9/20 at MON L (0-4)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tabler	Reitz	de Jesus	Morales	Bonds	Durham	Griffin
92. Mon,9/21 vs STL L (0-2)	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Reitz	de Jesus	Lum	Bonds	Durham	Kravec
93. Tue,9/22 vs STL W (4-3)	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Bird
94. Wed,9/23 vs NYM W (2-1)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tyson	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Krukow
95. Thu,9/24 vs NYM W (10-9)#	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Griffin
96. Fri,9/25 vs PHI L (2-9)	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Kravec
97. Sun,9/27 vs PHI L (2-5)#	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Bird
98. Sun,9/27 vs PHI W (14-0)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tabler	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Krukow
99. Mon,9/28 at PIT L (0-4)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tabler	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Griffin
100. Mon,9/28 at PIT W (3-1)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tabler	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Bonds	Durham	Geisel
101. Tue,9/29 at PIT L (6-10)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tabler	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Kravec
102. Wed,9/30 at NYM L (1-2)	Davis	Buckner	Tabler	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Bird
103. Thu,10/1 at NYM T (2-2)	Blackwell	Buckner	Tabler	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Krukow
104. Fri,10/2 at PHI L (7-9)#	Davis	Buckner	Tyson	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Durham	Geisel
105. Sat,10/3 at PHI W (8-4)	Davis	Buckner	Fletcher	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Bonds	Howell
106. Sun,10/4 at PHI L (1-2)#	Davis	Buckner	Fletcher	Waller	de Jesus	Henderson	Morales	Bonds	Smith
106 Games	3 Players	2 Players	5 Players	4 Players	1 Player	5 Players	4 Players	8 Players	11 Players
Most-Games	Davis-53 Blackwell-47 Foote-6	Buckner-105 Durham-1	Tabler-31 Tyson-23 Dillard-22 Strain-19 Fletcher-11	Reitz-75 Waller-15 Cruz-14 Dillard-2	de Jesus-106	Henderson-76 Morales-10 Tracy-9 Lum-7 Cruz-4	Morales-43 Bonds-42 Thompson-20 Waller-1	Durham-83 Cruz-8 Thompson-4 Lezcano-3 Bonds-3 Morales-2 Lum-2 Tracy-1	Krukow-25 Martz-14 Reuschel-13 Kravec-12 Bird-12 Caudill-10 Griffin-9 McGlothen-6 Howell-2 Geisel-2

Most Common Lineups

8 Games C. Davis 1B. Buckner 2B. Tabler 3B. Reitz SS. de Jesus LF. Henderson CF. Bonds RF. Durham P. Pitcher	6 Games C. Davis 1B. Buckner 2B. Tabler 3B. Reitz SS. de Jesus LF. Morales CF. Bonds RF. Durham P. Pitcher	6 Games C. Blackwell 1B. Buckner 2B. Strain 3B. Reitz SS. de Jesus LF. Henderson CF. Thompson RF. Durham P. Pitcher	5 Games C. Blackwell 1B. Buckner 2B. Strain 3B. Reitz SS. de Jesus LF. Henderson CF. Morales RF. Durham P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Blackwell 1B. Buckner 2B. Tabler 3B. Waller SS. de Jesus LF. Henderson CF. Morales RF. Durham P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Davis 1B. Buckner 2B. Tyson 3B. Waller SS. de Jesus LF. Henderson CF. Bonds RF. Durham P. Pitcher

8 Games
C. Davis
1B. Buckner
2B. Tabler
3B. Reitz
SS. de Jesus
LF. Henderson
CF. Bonds
RF. Durham
P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Davis
1B. Buckner
2B. Tabler
3B. Reitz
SS. de Jesus
LF. Morales
CF. Bonds
RF. Durham
P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Blackwell
1B. Buckner
2B. Strain
3B. Reitz
SS. de Jesus
LF. Henderson
CF. Thompson
RF. Durham
P. Pitcher

5 Games
C. Blackwell
1B. Buckner
2B. Strain
3B. Reitz
SS. de Jesus
LF. Henderson
CF. Morales
RF. Durham
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Blackwell
1B. Buckner
2B. Tabler
3B. Waller
SS. de Jesus
LF. Henderson
CF. Morales
RF. Durham
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Davis
1B. Buckner
2B. Tyson
3B. Waller
SS. de Jesus
LF. Henderson
CF. Bonds
RF. Durham
P. Pitcher

56 total lineups (92 when including pitchers)

1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

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