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1981 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 15-37, Finished 6th
Second Half: 23-28, Finished 5th
Overall: 38-65, Finished 6th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 370 runs, Allowed 483 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 39-64
Managed by Joey Amalfitano

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 565,637 (11th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 106
  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   Jody Davis          24   56  180   14   46   5  1   4   21  21   28  .256  .333  .361   0   1   6   1   3   2   3   94
1B *Bill Buckner        31  106  421   45  131  35  3  10   75  26   16  .311  .349  .480   5   2  17   1   0   5   9  130
2B  Pat Tabler          23   35  101   11   19   3  1   1    5  13   26  .188  .281  .267   0   1   4   0   3   0   0   54
3B  Ken Reitz           30   82  260   10   56   9  1   2   28  15   56  .215  .261  .281   0   0   9   3   2   6   3   52
SS  Ivan DeJesus        28  106  403   49   78   8  4   0   13  46   61  .194  .276  .233  21   9   2   0  10   1   2   44
LF  Steve Henderson     28   82  287   32   84   9  5   5   35  42   61  .293  .382  .411   5   7   7   2   2   4   7  122
CF  Jerry Morales       32   84  245   27   70   6  2   1   25  22   29  .286  .343  .339   1   1   6   1   1   3   0   92
RF *Leon Durham         23   87  328   42   95  14  6  10   35  27   53  .290  .344  .460  25  11   6   0   0   0   6  124
    Bobby Bonds         35   45  163   26   35   7  1   6   19  24   44  .215  .323  .380   5   6   4   2   1   0   5   96
   #Tim Blackwell       28   58  158   21   37  10  2   1   11  23   23  .234  .331  .342   2   1   2   0   1   0   4   89
    Steve Dillard       30   53  119   18   26   7  1   2   11   8   20  .218  .268  .345   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   70
   *Scot Thompson       25   57  115    8   19   5  0   0    8   7    8  .165  .208  .209   2   0   2   0   2   3   1   17
    Hector Cruz         28   53  109   15   25   5  0   7   15  17   24  .229  .331  .468   2   2   3   0   0   1   0  122
    Mike Tyson          31   50   92    6   17   2  0   2    8   7   15  .185  .248  .272   1   0   0   1   2   1   1   45
    Joe Strain          27   25   74    7   14   1  0   0    1   5    7  .189  .250  .203   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   28
    Ty Waller           24   30   71   10   19   2  1   3   13   4   18  .268  .303  .451   2   0   0   0   1   1   1  109
   *Jim Tracy           25   45   63    6   15   2  1   0    5  12   14  .238  .355  .302   1   0   2   0   0   1   0   86
   *Mike Lum            35   41   58    5   14   1  0   2    7   5    5  .241  .308  .362   0   0   1   1   0   1   2   87
    Scott Fletcher      22   19   46    6   10   4  0   0    1   2    4  .217  .250  .304   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   55
    Barry Foote         29    9   22    0    0   0  0   0    1   3    7  .000  .115  .000   0   0   1   0   0   1   0  -65
    Carlos Lezcano      25    7   14    1    1   0  0   0    2   0    4  .071  .071  .071   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -60
   *Mel Hall            20   10   11    1    1   0  0   1    2   1    4  .091  .167  .364   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45
   *Gene Krug           26    7    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .400  .500  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  155
    Bill Hayes          23    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

    Mike Krukow         29   25   50    5    9   2  0   0    3   0   13  .180  .180  .220   0   0   2   0   6   0   0   12
   *Randy Martz         25   34   28    0    6   0  0   0    2   3   13  .214  .290  .214   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   43
    Rick Reuschel       32   16   25    1    2   0  0   0    1   1    7  .080  .115  .080   0   0   1   0   4   0   0  -44
    Doug Bird           31   12   20    0    2   0  0   0    0   1   11  .100  .143  .100   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -31
   *Ken Kravec          29   25   15    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    8  .000  .118  .000   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -65
    Bill Caudill        24   30   14    0    2   0  0   0    1   2    6  .143  .250  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   12
    Mike Griffin        24   16   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    8  .154  .154  .154   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -14
   *Lynn McGlothen      31   20   12    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    3  .083  .083  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -31
    Lee Smith           23   40    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    7  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Dick Tidrow         34   51    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Doug Capilla        29   42    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Dave Geisel         26   11    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -25
    Rawly Eastwick      30   30    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jay Howell          25   10    2    2    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    0
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2  106 3546  370  838 138 29  57  348 342  611  .236  .303  .340  72  41  78  13  53  30  44   86
    Rank among 12 NL teams        10   11   12  10  6   7        6    1    12    12    12  11   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  Mike Krukow         29  25   3.68   9   9  0  25   0   2   1  144.3  146   68   59  11   55  101  622   8   2  1   6 101
SP  Rick Reuschel       32  13   3.47   4   7  0  13   0   1   0   85.7   87   40   33   4   23   53  358   5   4  0   4 107
SP  Doug Bird           31  12   3.58   4   5  0  12   0   2   1   75.3   72   34   30   5   16   34  305   2   1  0   3 103
SP  Mike Griffin        24  16   4.50   2   5  1   9   4   0   0   52.0   64   27   26   4    9   20  228   1   0  2   0  82

CL  Dick Tidrow         34  51   5.06   3  10  9   0  30   0   0   74.7   73   45   42   6   30   39  328   1   1  0  15  73
RP *Doug Capilla        29  42   3.18   1   0  0   0  16   0   0   51.0   52   20   18   1   34   28  225   6   2  1   3 117
RP  Lee Smith           23  40   3.51   3   6  1   1  12   0   0   66.7   57   31   26   2   31   50  280   7   1  1   8 105
RP  Rawly Eastwick      30  30   2.28   0   1  1   0   9   0   0   43.3   43   16   11   2   15   24  183   1   0  1   3 162
RP  Bill Caudill        24  30   5.83   1   5  0  10   4   0   0   71.0   87   50   46   9   31   45  331   3   2  1   2  63

    Randy Martz         25  33   3.68   5   7  6  14  10   1   0  107.7  103   49   44   6   49   32  464   3   1  0   1 101
   *Ken Kravec          29  24   5.06   1   6  0  12   2   0   0   78.3   80   48   44   5   39   50  356   2   4  1   6  73
    Lynn McGlothen      31  20   4.77   1   4  0   6   5   0   0   54.7   71   32   29   1   28   26  260   1   1  0   4  78
    Jay Howell          25  10   4.84   2   0  0   2   1   0   0   22.3   23   13   12   3   10   10   97   0   2  0   2  77
   *Dave Geisel         26  11   0.56   2   0  0   2   4   0   0   16.0   11    3    1   0   10    7   66   0   0  0   1 658
   *Willie Hernandez    26  12   3.95   0   0  2   0   3   0   0   13.7   14    7    6   0    8   13   62   2   0  0   2  94
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 106   4.01  38  65 20 106 100   6   2  956.0  983  483  426  59  388  532 4165  42  21  8  60  92
    Rank among 12 NL teams         11  12   2 11          12  12      9   11   12        6    9    6

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JDavis 474 53 56 274 44 9 4 .972 3 15 39 29 TBlackwell 426 47 56 268 28 2 1 .993 2 22 68 23 BFoote 54 6 8 30 3 0 2 1.000 1 4 2 3 BHayes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 956 106 106 572 75 11 7 .983 6 42 109 55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBuckner 932 105 105 996 81 17 92 .984 10.39 LDurham 18 1 3 16 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 SThompson 5 0 3 7 0 1 0 .875 12.60 MLum 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 956 106 106 1020 81 18 93 .984 10.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PTabler 267 31 35 70 93 3 17 .982 5.49 SDillard 221 22 32 54 96 4 21 .974 6.10 MTyson 211 23 36 50 76 8 14 .940 5.37 JStrain 154 19 20 38 81 3 10 .975 6.94 SFletcher 98 11 13 31 39 2 10 .972 6.41 TWaller 4 0 3 5 2 0 0 1.000 15.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 956 106 106 248 387 20 72 .969 5.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KReitz 667 75 81 57 157 5 11 .977 2.89 TWaller 148 15 22 11 33 1 2 .978 2.68 HCruz 116 14 18 12 25 3 0 .925 2.86 SDillard 24 2 7 3 0 2 0 .600 1.12 SFletcher 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 956 106 106 84 216 11 13 .965 2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *5.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- IDeJesus 947 106 106 221 343 24 81 .959 5.36 SFletcher 6 0 4 2 4 1 0 .857 9.00 SDillard 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.67 MTyson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 956 106 106 225 347 25 82 .958 5.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHenderson 673 76 77 157 5 7 2 .959 2.16 JMorales 99 10 17 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 JTracy 84 9 10 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.04 MLum 63 7 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 HCruz 30 4 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 SThompson 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CLezcano 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MHall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 956 106 106 212 7 7 2 .969 2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorales 397 43 49 111 2 2 1 .983 2.56 BBonds 370 42 42 104 3 2 0 .982 2.60 SThompson 170 20 20 41 0 2 0 .953 2.16 TWaller 12 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 MHall 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 956 106 106 258 5 6 1 .978 2.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LDurham 721 83 83 158 3 4 1 .976 2.01 HCruz 73 8 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 SThompson 48 4 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 JMorales 44 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 CLezcano 25 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 MLum 19 2 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.42 BBonds 17 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 JTracy 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 956 106 106 201 4 5 1 .976 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- LDurham 721 83 83 159 4 5 1 .970 2.03 SHenderson 673 76 77 152 4 8 2 .951 2.08 JMorales 540 55 72 142 2 2 1 .986 2.40 BBonds 387 45 45 108 2 2 0 .982 2.56 SThompson 222 24 30 49 1 1 0 .980 2.02 HCruz 103 12 16 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 JTracy 92 10 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 MLum 82 9 14 12 0 1 0 .923 1.32 CLezcano 27 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 TWaller 12 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 MHall 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 956 106 106 668 14 19 4 .973 2.14 106 106 106 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MKrukow 144 25 25 13 21 2 2 .944 2.12 RMartz 107 14 33 7 18 0 2 1.000 2.09 RReuschel 85 13 13 4 21 2 2 .926 2.63 KKravec 78 12 24 3 16 1 0 .950 2.18 DBird 75 12 12 7 7 0 1 1.000 1.67 DTidrow 74 0 51 0 10 1 0 .909 1.20 BCaudill 71 10 30 4 8 1 0 .923 1.52 LSmith 66 1 40 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.62 LMcGlothen 54 6 20 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.47 MGriffin 52 9 16 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.08 DCapilla 51 0 42 0 10 1 0 .909 1.76 REastwick 43 0 30 4 8 1 0 .923 2.49 JHowell 22 2 10 2 9 0 1 1.000 4.44 DGeisel 16 2 11 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 WHernandez 13 0 12 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 956 106 106 53 164 9 8 .960 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Buckner .311

On-base % Henderson .382

Slugging % Buckner .480

OPS Buckner .829

Games Buckner and DeJesus 106

At Bats Buckner 421

Plate Appearances (approx.) DeJesus 460

Runs DeJesus 49

Hits Buckner 131

Total Bases Buckner 202

Doubles Buckner 35

Triples Durham 6

Home Runs Buckner and Durham 10

RBI Buckner 75

Bases on Balls DeJesus 46

Strikeouts DeJesus and Henderson 61

Stolen Bases Durham 25

Singles Buckner 83

Adjusted OPS+ Buckner 130

Runs Created Buckner 65

Adjusted Batting Runs Buckner 16

Batting Wins Buckner 1.7

Extra-Base Hits Buckner 48

Times on Base Buckner 158

Offensive Win% Buckner .638

Hit By Pitch Reitz 3

Sac. Hits DeJesus 10

Sac. Flies Reitz 6

Intentional Walks Buckner 9

Grounded into Double Plays Buckner 17

Caught Stealing Durham 11

Power/Speed Number Durham 14.3

At Bats per Strikeout Buckner 26.3

At Bats per Home Run Durham 32.8

Outs DeJesus 347

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Krukow and Martz 3.68

Wins Krukow 9

Won-Loss % Krukow .500

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Krukow 1.393

Hits Allowed/9IP Martz 8.61

Bases on Balls/9IP Krukow 3.43

Strikeouts/9IP Krukow 6.30

Games Tidrow 51

Saves Tidrow 9

Innings Krukow 144.3

Strikeouts Krukow 101

Games Started Krukow 25

Comp. Games Bird and Krukow 2

Shutouts Bird and Krukow 1

Home Runs Allow. Krukow 11

Bases On Balls Allow. Krukow 55

Hits Allowed Krukow 146

SO to Walk Krukow 1.84

Losses Tidrow 10

Earned Runs Allow. Krukow 59

Wild Pitches Krukow 8

Hit Batsmen Kravec and Reuschel 4

Batters Faced Krukow 622

Games Finished Tidrow 30

Adjusted ERA+ Martz and Krukow 101

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