1979 Chicago Cubs Statistics and Roster

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1979 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
80-82, Finished 5th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 706 runs, Allowed 707 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Managed by Herman Franks and Joey Amalfitano

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,648,587 (6th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 111
  (one-year): Batting - 112, Pitching - 112
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Barry Foote         27  132  429   47  109  26  0  16   56  34   49  .254  .316  .427   5   2  12   5   0   1   7   93
1B *Bill Buckner        29  149  591   72  168  34  7  14   66  30   28  .284  .319  .437   9   4  16   2   1   4   6   97
2B  Ted Sizemore        34   98  330   36   82  17  0   2   24  32   25  .248  .319  .318   3   3   8   3   7   2   7   68
3B #Steve Ontiveros     27  152  519   58  148  28  2   4   57  58   68  .285  .362  .370   0   1  19   7   1   5   7   93
SS  Ivan DeJesus        26  160  636   92  180  26 10   5   52  59   82  .283  .345  .379  24  20   9   2  17   2   1   90
LF  Dave Kingman        30  145  532   97  153  19  5  48  115  45  131  .288  .343  .613   4   2   7   4   0   8   7  146
CF  Jerry Martin        30  150  534   74  145  34  3  19   73  38   85  .272  .321  .453   2   4  13   3   0   4   3  101
RF *Scot Thompson       23  128  346   36  100  13  5   2   29  17   37  .289  .322  .373   4   3   8   1   1   3   1   82
   *Larry Biittner      33  111  272   35   79  13  3   3   50  21   23  .290  .339  .393   1   1  10   0   0   2   1   92
   *Bobby Murcer        33   58  190   22   49   4  1   7   22  36   20  .258  .374  .400   2   3   3   1   1   3   2  104
    Mike Vail           27   87  179   28   60   8  2   7   35  14   27  .335  .379  .520   0   2   4   0   0   2   1  134
    Steve Dillard       28   89  166   31   47   6  1   5   24  17   24  .283  .351  .422   1   0   4   1   5   1   4  103
    Mick Kelleher       31   73  142   14   36   4  1   0   10   7    9  .254  .296  .296   2   0   4   2   8   1   0   56
   #Tim Blackwell       26   63  122    8   20   3  1   0   12  32   25  .164  .338  .205   0   0   3   1   2   2   1   46
   #Ken Henderson       33   62   81   11   19   2  0   2    8  15   16  .235  .361  .333   0   0   1   1   0   0   1   84
   *Steve Macko         24   19   40    2    9   1  0   0    3   4    8  .225  .295  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45
   #Miguel Dilone       24   43   36   14   11   0  0   0    1   2    5  .306  .342  .306  15   5   0   0   0   0   0   72
    Bruce Kimm          28    9   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .091  .091  .091   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  -52
    Sam Mejias          27   31   11    4    2   0  0   0    0   2    5  .182  .308  .182   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   32
    Gene Clines         32   10   10    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    6
    Steve Davis         25    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Kurt Seibert        23    7    2    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Karl Pagel          24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Rick Reuschel       30   38   79    8   13   2  1   0    6   7   26  .165  .233  .215   0   1   0   0   5   0   0   19
   *Lynn McGlothen      29   42   71    6   16   3  0   0    3   1   10  .225  .236  .268   0   0   5   0   4   0   0   32
    Dennis Lamp         26   38   58    2    9   1  0   0    1   2    9  .155  .183  .172   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   -6
    Mike Krukow         27   28   51    4   16   2  0   1    8   0    8  .314  .327  .412   0   0   0   2   7   2   0   93
    Ken Holtzman        33   24   43    2   10   3  0   0    1   2    9  .233  .267  .302   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   49
    Bill Caudill        22   29   17    0    1   0  0   0    0   0   10  .059  .059  .059   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -69
   *Donnie Moore        25   39   13    0    2   0  1   0    1   0    5  .154  .154  .308   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   18
    Bruce Sutter        26   62   12    0    3   0  0   0    3   1    5  .250  .308  .250   1   0   0   0   2   0   0   49
    Dick Tidrow         32   63   10    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    2  .200  .273  .200   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   27
   *Willie Hernandez    24   52    8    0    2   1  0   0    1   0    5  .250  .250  .375   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   62
   *George Riley        22    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Ray Burris          28   14    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   44
   *Dave Geisel         24    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5  162 5550  706 1494 250 43 135  663 478  762  .269  .327  .403  73  52 126  35  77  42  49   96
    Rank among 12 NL teams         4    5    3   6  6   4        9   11     3     6     4  12   9                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Rick Reuschel       30  36   3.62  18  12  0  36   0   5   1  239.0  251  104   96  16   75  125 1021   5  10  0   8 115
SP  Dennis Lamp         26  38   3.50  11  10  0  32   3   6   1  200.3  223   96   78  14   46   86  843   1   5  0   9 118
SP  Lynn McGlothen      29  42   4.12  13  14  2  29   6   6   1  212.0  236  103   97  27   55  147  906   1   3  1   8 101
SP  Mike Krukow         27  28   4.21   9   9  0  28   0   0   0  164.7  172   84   77  13   81  119  722   5   3  1  12  99
SP *Ken Holtzman        33  23   4.59   6   9  0  20   0   3   2  117.7  133   70   60  15   53   44  529   6   6  0   7  90

CL  Bruce Sutter        26  62   2.22   6   6 37   0  56   0   0  101.3   67   29   25   3   32  110  403   9   0  0   5 187
RP  Dick Tidrow         32  63   2.72  11   5  4   0  27   0   0  102.7   86   35   31   5   42   68  425   3   2  0  11 153
RP *Willie Hernandez    24  51   5.01   4   4  0   2  19   0   0   79.0   85   50   44   8   39   53  359   3   4  1  12  83
RP  Donnie Moore        25  39   5.18   1   4  1   1  12   0   0   73.0   95   46   42   8   25   43  330   3   2  0   7  80
RP  Bill Caudill        22  29   4.80   1   7  0  12   6   0   0   90.0   89   57   48  16   41  104  402   3   4  2   5  87

    Ray Burris          28  14   6.23   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   21.7   23   17   15   0   15   14   98   0   1  0   1  67
   *Doug Capilla        27  13   2.60   0   1  0   1   7   0   0   17.3   14    6    5   1    7   10   77   1   0  0   0 160
   *Dave Geisel         24   7   0.60   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   15.0   10    1    1   0    4    5   58   0   1  0   1 692
   *George Riley        22   4   5.54   0   1  0   1   0   0   0   13.0   16    9    8   1    6    5   59   0   2  0   1  75
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7 162   3.88  80  82 44 162 142  20  11 1446.0 1500  707  623 127  521  933 6232  40  43  5  87 106
    Rank among 12 NL teams          9   7   6  2          11   4      7   12    8        8    9    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BFoote 1030 120 129 713 63 17 9 .979 3 28 79 48 TBlackwell 385 40 63 245 28 7 3 .975 4 12 40 18 BKimm 31 2 9 30 1 1 0 .969 1 0 4 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 988 92 25 12 .977 8 40 123 67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBuckner 1217 140 140 1258 124 7 118 .995 10.22 LBiittner 221 22 32 236 20 2 24 .992 10.39 SOntiveros 8 0 1 7 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 1501 145 9 143 .995 10.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TSizemore 808 96 96 230 312 15 68 .973 6.03 SDillard 388 40 60 111 132 3 31 .988 5.63 MKelleher 180 19 29 52 84 3 16 .978 6.77 SMacko 65 7 10 18 21 0 4 1.000 5.40 SDavis 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 KSeibert 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 413 550 21 119 .979 5.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SOntiveros 1213 140 142 98 268 23 27 .941 2.71 MKelleher 172 18 32 17 40 2 4 .966 2.97 SMacko 26 3 4 3 12 0 0 1.000 5.19 SDillard 22 0 9 3 6 1 1 .900 3.68 SDavis 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 MVail 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 121 329 26 32 .945 2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- IDeJesus 1383 156 160 235 507 32 97 .959 4.83 MKelleher 63 6 14 9 24 1 4 .971 4.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 244 531 33 101 .959 4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKingman 1165 139 139 239 11 10 3 .962 1.93 LBiittner 153 17 23 20 1 2 0 .913 1.23 KHenderson 64 5 14 14 0 1 0 .933 1.97 SThompson 31 1 12 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 SMejias 24 0 15 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 MDilone 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 JMartin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MVail 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 284 12 13 3 .958 1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMartin 1158 132 139 296 13 6 5 .981 2.40 SThompson 183 23 27 38 2 3 0 .930 1.97 MDilone 87 7 18 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.68 SMejias 12 0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 3.00 KHenderson 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.86 BMurcer 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 367 15 10 5 .974 2.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SThompson 486 50 71 109 4 2 2 .983 2.09 BMurcer 452 53 54 108 4 0 0 1.000 2.23 MVail 286 35 38 55 3 2 0 .967 1.82 LBiittner 146 19 21 24 2 2 0 .929 1.60 JMartin 35 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 KHenderson 34 2 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 SMejias 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 308 13 6 2 .982 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JMartin 1195 135 144 297 11 6 4 .981 2.32 DKingman 1165 139 139 240 11 12 3 .954 1.94 SThompson 700 74 100 161 7 5 3 .971 2.16 BMurcer 454 53 54 110 4 0 0 1.000 2.26 LBiittner 299 36 44 46 3 4 0 .925 1.47 MVail 287 35 39 51 3 2 0 .964 1.69 KHenderson 102 7 23 19 0 1 0 .950 1.67 MDilone 94 7 22 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.58 SMejias 41 0 23 7 0 1 0 .875 1.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 958 39 31 10 .970 2.07 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RReuschel 239 36 36 27 49 3 9 .962 2.86 LMcGlothen 212 29 42 15 15 0 0 1.000 1.27 DLamp 200 32 38 17 45 3 3 .954 2.79 MKrukow 164 28 28 11 12 0 3 1.000 1.26 KHoltzman 117 20 23 8 11 1 0 .950 1.45 DTidrow 102 0 63 7 20 0 1 1.000 2.37 BSutter 101 0 62 9 15 3 0 .889 2.13 BCaudill 90 12 29 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.60 WHernandez 79 2 51 4 11 1 0 .937 1.71 DMoore 73 1 39 6 15 2 0 .913 2.59 RBurris 21 0 14 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.90 DCapilla 17 1 13 0 5 1 0 .833 2.60 DGeisel 15 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 GRiley 13 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 115 216 14 17 .959 2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Kingman .288

On-base % Ontiveros .362

Slugging % Kingman .613

OPS Kingman .956

Games DeJesus 160

At Bats DeJesus 636

Plate Appearances (approx.) DeJesus 716

Runs Kingman 97

Hits DeJesus 180

Total Bases Kingman 326

Doubles Buckner and Martin 34

Triples DeJesus 10

Home Runs Kingman 48

RBI Kingman 115

Bases on Balls DeJesus 59

Strikeouts Kingman 131

Stolen Bases DeJesus 24

Singles DeJesus 139

Adjusted OPS+ Kingman 146

Runs Created Kingman 112

Adjusted Batting Runs Kingman 31

Batting Wins Kingman 3.1

Extra-Base Hits Kingman 72

Times on Base DeJesus 241

Offensive Win% Kingman .731

Hit By Pitch Ontiveros 7

Sac. Hits DeJesus 17

Sac. Flies Kingman 8

Intentional Walks Foote, Kingman, Ontiveros, and Sizemore 7

Grounded into Double Plays Ontiveros 19

Caught Stealing DeJesus 20

Power/Speed Number Buckner 11.0

At Bats per Strikeout Buckner 21.1

At Bats per Home Run Kingman 11.1

Outs DeJesus 504

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ERA Lamp 3.50

Wins Reuschel 18

Won-Loss % Tidrow .688

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lamp 1.343

Hits Allowed/9IP Krukow 9.40

Bases on Balls/9IP Lamp 2.07

Strikeouts/9IP Krukow 6.50

Games Tidrow 63

Saves Sutter 37

Innings Reuschel 239.0

Strikeouts McGlothen 147

Games Started Reuschel 36

Comp. Games Lamp and McGlothen 6

Shutouts Holtzman 2

Home Runs Allow. McGlothen 27

Bases On Balls Allow. Krukow 81

Hits Allowed Reuschel 251

SO to Walk McGlothen 2.67

Losses McGlothen 14

Earned Runs Allow. McGlothen 97

Wild Pitches Sutter 9

Hit Batsmen Reuschel 10

Batters Faced Reuschel 1021

Games Finished Sutter 56

Adjusted ERA+ Lamp 118

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