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1981 Chicago Cubs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 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
Doug Bird 31 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 9 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Tim Blackwell 28 B R 5' 11" 170 Aug 19, 1952 8 58 47 58 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Bobby Bonds 35 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 15, 1946 14 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 3 45 0 0 0.1 $
Bill Buckner 31 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 14, 1949 13 106 105 106 105 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 $ All-Star
Doug Capilla 29 L L 5' 11" 160 Jan 7, 1952 6 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bill Caudill 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 13, 1956 3 30 10 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Hector Cruz 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 2, 1953 8 53 26 53 31 0 0 0 0 18 0 8 0 10 18 22 0 0.0 $
Jody Davis 24 R R 6' 4" 192 Nov 12, 1956 1st 56 53 56 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Ivan de Jesus 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 9, 1953 8 106 106 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Steve Dillard 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 8, 1951 7 53 24 53 41 0 0 0 32 7 2 0 0 0 0 14 8 0.3 $
Leon Durham 23 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 31, 1957 2 87 84 87 84 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 83 83 3 0 1.0 $
Rawly Eastwick 30 R R 6' 3" 180 Oct 24, 1950 8 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $220,000
Scott Fletcher 22 R R 5' 11" 168 Jul 30, 1958 1st 19 11 19 17 0 0 0 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.2 $
Barry Foote 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 16, 1952 9 9 6 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.5 $
Dave Geisel 26 L L 6' 3" 210 Jan 18, 1955 3 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Mike Griffin 24 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 26, 1957 3 16 9 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Mel Hall 20 L L 6' 0" 185 Sep 16, 1960 1st 10 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 8 0 -0.2 $
Bill Hayes 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 24, 1957 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Steve Henderson 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 18, 1952 5 82 76 82 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 0 77 5 0 0.7 $
Willie Hernandez 26 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 14, 1954 5 13 0 13 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Jay Howell 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 26, 1955 2 10 2 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ken Kravec 29 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1951 7 25 12 25 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Gene Krug 26 L L 6' 4" 225 Feb 12, 1955 1st 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $
Mike Krukow 29 R R 6' 5" 205 Jan 21, 1952 6 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Carlos Lezcano 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 30, 1955 2 7 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 2 1 -0.3 $
Mike Lum 35 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 27, 1945 15 41 9 41 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 3 14 31 0 -0.1 $
Randy Martz 25 L R 6' 4" 210 May 28, 1956 2 34 14 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 $
Lynn McGlothen 31 L R 6' 2" 185 Mar 27, 1950 10 20 6 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Jerry Morales 32 R R 5' 10" 155 Feb 18, 1949 13 84 55 84 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 49 8 74 17 1 -0.6 $
Ken Reitz 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1951 10 82 75 82 81 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.0 $
Rick Reuschel 32 R R 6' 3" 215 May 16, 1949 10 16 13 16 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.3 $
Lee Smith 23 R R 6' 5" 220 Dec 4, 1957 2 40 1 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Joe Strain 27 R R 5' 10" 169 Apr 30, 1954 3 25 19 25 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.3 $
Pat Tabler 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 2, 1958 1st 35 31 35 35 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Scot Thompson 25 L L 6' 3" 195 Dec 7, 1955 4 57 24 57 33 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 20 8 31 23 5 -2.0 $
Dick Tidrow 34 R R 6' 4" 210 May 14, 1947 10 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Jim Tracy 25 L R 6' 0" 185 Dec 31, 1955 2 45 10 45 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 11 34 0 -0.3 $
Mike Tyson 31 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 13, 1950 10 50 23 50 37 0 0 0 36 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 2 -0.6 $
Ty Waller 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 14, 1957 2 30 16 30 26 0 0 0 3 22 0 0 3 0 3 2 4 0.4 $
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

Jody Davis

Tim Blackwell
Barry Foote

Leon Durham

Ivan de Jesus

Steve Dillard

Bill Hayes

Mike Tyson

Pat Tabler

Scott Fletcher
Joe Strain

Ty Waller

Bill Buckner

Jim Tracy

Jerry Morales

Bobby Bonds
Scot Thompson

Hector Cruz

Steve Henderson

Scot Thompson

Carlos Lezcano

Mel Hall

Mike Lum

Randy Martz

Doug Capilla

Bill Caudill

Ken Kravec

Willie Hernandez

Mike Krukow

Dave Geisel
Lynn McGlothen

Dick Tidrow

Ken Reitz

Jay Howell

Lee Smith

Doug Bird
Gene Krug

Rick Reuschel

Rawly Eastwick

Doug Bird
Mike Griffin

1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers