1979 Chicago Cubs

80-82 • 0.494 Win% • 5th in NL E

📊 Season Record

80 Wins
82 Losses
0.494 Win %
5th Rank
706 R 707 RA
Diff -1

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706 Runs Scored
707 Runs Allowed
-1 Run Diff
1,656K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 NL Average

Batting Avg .269 3% above the 1979 league average (.260)
OBP .327 1% above the 1979 league average (.323)
SLG .342 5% above the 1979 league average (.325)
Team ERA 3.88 4% worse than the 1979 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 706 3% above the 1979 league average (682 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,656,343
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Avg per Game 20,448

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Mike Vail 0.335 2 Mike Krukow 0.314 3 Larry Biittner 0.290 4 Scot Thompson 0.289 5 Dave Kingman 0.288

Home Runs

1 Dave Kingman 48 2 Jerry Martin 19 3 Barry Foote 16 4 Bill Buckner 14 5 Bobby Murcer 7

RBI

1 Dave Kingman 115 2 Jerry Martin 73 3 Bill Buckner 66 4 Steve Ontiveros 57 5 Barry Foote 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ivan de Jesus 160 636 92 180 0 0 5 52 59 82 24 0.283
Bill Buckner 149 591 72 168 0 0 14 66 30 28 9 0.284
Jerry Martin 150 534 74 145 0 0 19 73 38 85 2 0.272
Dave Kingman 145 532 97 153 0 0 48 115 45 131 4 0.288
Steve Ontiveros 152 519 58 148 0 0 4 57 58 68 0 0.285
Barry Foote 132 429 47 109 0 0 16 56 34 49 5 0.254
Scot Thompson 128 346 36 100 0 0 2 29 17 37 4 0.289
Ted Sizemore 98 330 36 82 0 0 2 24 32 25 3 0.248
Larry Biittner 111 272 35 79 0 0 3 50 21 23 1 0.290
Bobby Murcer 58 190 22 49 0 0 7 22 36 20 2 0.258
Mike Vail 87 179 28 60 0 0 7 35 14 27 0 0.335
Steve Dillard 89 166 31 47 0 0 5 24 17 24 1 0.283
Mick Kelleher 73 142 14 36 0 0 0 10 7 9 2 0.254
Tim Blackwell 63 122 8 20 0 0 0 12 32 25 0 0.164
Ken Henderson 62 81 11 19 0 0 2 8 15 16 0 0.235
Rick Reuschel 38 79 8 13 0 0 0 6 7 26 0 0.165
Lynn McGlothen 42 71 6 16 0 0 0 3 1 10 0 0.225
Dennis Lamp 38 58 2 9 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 0.155
Mike Krukow 28 51 4 16 0 0 1 8 0 8 0 0.314
Ken Holtzman 24 43 2 10 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 0.233
Steve Macko 19 40 2 9 0 0 0 3 4 8 0 0.225
Miguel Dilone 43 36 14 11 0 0 0 1 2 5 15 0.306
Bill Caudill 29 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.059
Donnie Moore 39 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.154
Bruce Sutter 62 12 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 5 1 0.250
Bruce Kimm 9 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.091
Sam Mejias 31 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.182
Gene Clines 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Dick Tidrow 63 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.200
Willie Hernandez 52 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.250
Steve Davis 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
George Riley 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Kurt Seibert 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ray Burris 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Dave Geisel 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Karl Pagel 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Doug Capilla 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bruce Sutter 2.22 2 Dick Tidrow 2.72 3 Dennis Lamp 3.50 4 Rick Reuschel 3.62 5 Lynn McGlothen 4.12

Wins

1 Rick Reuschel 18 2 Lynn McGlothen 13 3 Dennis Lamp 11 4 Dick Tidrow 11 5 Mike Krukow 9

Strikeouts

1 Lynn McGlothen 147 2 Rick Reuschel 125 3 Mike Krukow 119 4 Bruce Sutter 110 5 Bill Caudill 104
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rick Reuschel 18 12 3.62 36 36 0 239.0 75 125
Lynn McGlothen 13 14 4.12 42 29 2 212.0 55 147
Dennis Lamp 11 10 3.50 38 32 0 200.1 46 86
Mike Krukow 9 9 4.21 28 28 0 164.2 81 119
Ken Holtzman 6 9 4.59 23 20 0 117.2 53 44
Dick Tidrow 11 5 2.72 63 0 4 102.2 42 68
Bruce Sutter 6 6 2.22 62 0 37 101.1 32 110
Bill Caudill 1 7 4.80 29 12 0 90.0 41 104
Willie Hernandez 4 4 5.01 51 2 0 79.0 39 53
Donnie Moore 1 4 5.18 39 1 1 73.0 25 43
Ray Burris 0 0 6.23 14 0 0 21.2 15 14
Doug Capilla 0 1 2.60 13 1 0 17.1 7 10
Dave Geisel 0 0 0.60 7 0 0 15.0 4 5
George Riley 0 1 5.54 4 1 0 13.0 6 5

👥 Roster (37)

Larry Biittner Tim Blackwell Bill Buckner Ray Burris Doug Capilla Bill Caudill Gene Clines Steve Davis Steve Dillard Miguel Dilone Barry Foote Dave Geisel +25 more

37 players

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