1981 Chicago Cubs

38-65 • 0.369 Win% • 6th in NL E

📊 Season Record

38 Wins
65 Losses
0.369 Win %
6th Rank
370 R 483 RA
Diff -113

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370 Runs Scored
483 Runs Allowed
-113 Run Diff
565K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 NL Average

Batting Avg .236 7% below the 1981 league average (.255)
OBP .303 5% below the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .284 7% below the 1981 league average (.304)
Team ERA 4.01 15% worse than the 1981 league average (3.49)
Runs Scored 370 12% below the 1981 league average (420 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 58
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Total Attendance 565,615
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Avg per Game 9,751

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bill Buckner 0.311 2 Steve Henderson 0.293 3 Leon Durham 0.290 4 Jerry Morales 0.286 5 Ty Waller 0.268

Home Runs

1 Bill Buckner 10 2 Leon Durham 10 3 Hector Cruz 7 4 Bobby Bonds 6 5 Steve Henderson 5

RBI

1 Bill Buckner 75 2 Leon Durham 35 3 Steve Henderson 35 4 Ken Reitz 28 5 Jerry Morales 25
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bill Buckner 106 421 45 131 0 0 10 75 26 16 5 0.311
Ivan de Jesus 106 403 49 78 0 0 0 13 46 61 21 0.194
Leon Durham 87 328 42 95 0 0 10 35 27 53 25 0.290
Steve Henderson 82 287 32 84 0 0 5 35 42 61 5 0.293
Ken Reitz 82 260 10 56 0 0 2 28 15 56 0 0.215
Jerry Morales 84 245 27 70 0 0 1 25 22 29 1 0.286
Jody Davis 56 180 14 46 0 0 4 21 21 28 0 0.256
Bobby Bonds 45 163 26 35 0 0 6 19 24 44 5 0.215
Tim Blackwell 58 158 21 37 0 0 1 11 23 23 2 0.234
Steve Dillard 53 119 18 26 0 0 2 11 8 20 0 0.218
Scot Thompson 57 115 8 19 0 0 0 8 7 8 2 0.165
Hector Cruz 53 109 15 25 0 0 7 15 17 24 2 0.229
Pat Tabler 35 101 11 19 0 0 1 5 13 26 0 0.188
Mike Tyson 50 92 6 17 0 0 2 8 7 15 1 0.185
Joe Strain 25 74 7 14 0 0 0 1 5 7 0 0.189
Ty Waller 30 71 10 19 0 0 3 13 4 18 2 0.268
Jim Tracy 45 63 6 15 0 0 0 5 12 14 1 0.238
Mike Lum 41 58 5 14 0 0 2 7 5 5 0 0.241
Mike Krukow 25 50 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 13 0 0.180
Scott Fletcher 19 46 6 10 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.217
Randy Martz 34 28 0 6 0 0 0 2 3 13 0 0.214
Rick Reuschel 16 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.080
Barry Foote 9 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.000
Doug Bird 12 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0.100
Ken Kravec 25 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.000
Bill Caudill 30 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0.143
Carlos Lezcano 7 14 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.071
Mike Griffin 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.154
Lynn McGlothen 20 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.083
Mel Hall 10 11 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0.091
Lee Smith 40 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Gene Krug 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.400
Dick Tidrow 51 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Doug Capilla 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Geisel 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Rawly Eastwick 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jay Howell 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Bill Hayes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Willie Hernandez 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Rawly Eastwick 2.28 2 Doug Capilla 3.18 3 Rick Reuschel 3.47 4 Lee Smith 3.51 5 Doug Bird 3.58

Wins

1 Mike Krukow 9 2 Randy Martz 5 3 Doug Bird 4 4 Rick Reuschel 4 5 Lee Smith 3

Strikeouts

1 Mike Krukow 101 2 Rick Reuschel 53 3 Ken Kravec 50 4 Lee Smith 50 5 Bill Caudill 45
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mike Krukow 9 9 3.68 25 25 0 144.1 55 101
Randy Martz 5 7 3.68 33 14 6 107.2 49 32
Rick Reuschel 4 7 3.47 13 13 0 85.2 23 53
Ken Kravec 1 6 5.06 24 12 0 78.1 39 50
Doug Bird 4 5 3.58 12 12 0 75.1 16 34
Dick Tidrow 3 10 5.06 51 0 9 74.2 30 39
Bill Caudill 1 5 5.83 30 10 0 71.0 31 45
Lee Smith 3 6 3.51 40 1 1 66.2 31 50
Lynn McGlothen 1 4 4.77 20 6 0 54.2 28 26
Mike Griffin 2 5 4.50 16 9 1 52.0 9 20
Doug Capilla 1 0 3.18 42 0 0 51.0 34 28
Rawly Eastwick 0 1 2.28 30 0 1 43.1 15 24
Jay Howell 2 0 4.84 10 2 0 22.1 10 10
Dave Geisel 2 0 0.56 11 2 0 16.0 10 7
Willie Hernandez 0 0 3.95 12 0 2 13.2 8 13

👥 Roster (39)

Doug Bird Tim Blackwell Bobby Bonds Bill Buckner Doug Capilla Bill Caudill Hector Cruz Jody Davis Steve Dillard Leon Durham Rawly Eastwick Scott Fletcher +27 more

39 players

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