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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 / 1983)
73-89, Finished 5th in NL East
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Scored 676 runs, Allowed 709 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Manager: Lee Elia (73-89)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,249,278 (10th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103; one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
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1981 / 1983 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 23, 1981
Released Bobby Bonds.
Purchased Junior Kennedy from the Cincinnati Reds for $50,000.
November 13, 1981
Tim Blackwell granted Free Agency.
Hector Cruz granted Free Agency.
Dick Tidrow granted Free Agency.
December 7, 1981
Traded Doug Capilla to the San Francisco Giants. Received Allen Ripley.
December 8, 1981
Signed Bill Campbell as a free agent.
Signed Fergie Jenkins as a free agent.
Traded Mike Krukow and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Dan Larson, Keith Moreland and Dickie Noles.
December 9, 1981
Traded Jim Tracy to the Houston Astros. Received Gary Woods.
December 17, 1981
Released Steve Dillard.
Released Mike Lum.
December 28, 1981
Traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Paul Mirabella. The Chicago Cubs sent Dave Geisel (March 25, 1982) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.
January 12, 1982
Drafted Alex Madrid in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 27, 1982
Traded Ivan DeJesus to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg.
January 28, 1982
Signed Larry Cox as a free agent.
February 19, 1982
Signed Dick Tidrow as a free agent.
March 11, 1982
Signed Tony Fossas as a free agent.
March 15, 1982
Released Mike Tyson.
March 16, 1982
Traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Dan Briggs. The Chicago Cubs sent Mike Griffin (March 26, 1982) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
March 26, 1982
Traded a player to be named later, Paul Mirabella and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Bump Wills. The Chicago Cubs sent Paul Semall (minors) (April 21, 1982) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
March 29, 1982
Traded Lynn McGlothen to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Bob Molinaro (March 29, 1982) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
April 1, 1982 (Standings)
Released Rawly Eastwick.
Released Ken Reitz.
Traded players to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Pat Tabler. The Chicago Cubs sent Bill Caudill (April 1, 1982) and Jay Howell (August 2, 1982) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
April 7, 1982 (Standings)
Released Tony Fossas.
April 9, 1982 (Standings)
Signed Hector Cruz as a free agent.
Signed Mike Proly as a free agent.
Signed Randy Stein as a free agent.
June 1, 1982 (Standings)
Signed Jay Johnstone as a free agent.
June 7, 1982 (Standings)
Drafted Shawon Dunston in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.
Drafted Gary Varsho in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1982.
Drafted Eric Nolte in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Mike Birkbeck in the 11th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jeff Schwarz in the 24th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
August 4, 1982 (Standings)
Released Hector Cruz.
August 31, 1982 (Standings)
Sold Bob Molinaro to the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 15, 1982 (Standings)
Traded Herman Segelke to the San Francisco Giants. Received Alan Hargesheimer.
November 1, 1982
Ken Kravec granted Free Agency.
November 3, 1982
Traded Mike King (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jim Wright.
November 10, 1982
Bump Wills granted Free Agency.
November 29, 1982
Purchased Jay Loviglio from the Chicago White Sox.
December 9, 1982
Traded Steve Henderson to the Seattle Mariners. Received Rich Bordi.
December 10, 1982
Signed Wayne Nordhagen as a free agent.
Traded Doug Bird to the Boston Red Sox. Received Chuck Rainey.
Traded Ty Waller to the Chicago White Sox. Received Reggie Patterson.
January 11, 1983
Drafted Dave Martinez in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed January 13, 1983.
January 14, 1983
Signed Paul Moskau as a free agent.
January 19, 1983
Traded Dan Cataline (minors) and Vance Lovelace to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ron Cey.
January 25, 1983
Traded Scott Fletcher, Randy Martz, Pat Tabler and Dick Tidrow to the Chicago White Sox. Received Warren Brusstar and Steve Trout.
February 7, 1983
Traded Butch Benton to the Montreal Expos. Received Jerry Manuel.
February 15, 1983
Purchased Sandy Wihtol from the Cleveland Indians.
March 20, 1983
Released Allen Ripley.
March 27, 1983
Returned Sandy Wihtol to the Cleveland Indians following previous purchase.
March 30, 1983
Purchased Thad Bosley from the Oakland Athletics.
April 1, 1983
Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Steve Lake. The Chicago Cubs sent Rich Buonantony (minors) (October 24, 1983) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
