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1979 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 79-83
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 595
Runs Allowed: 642
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 2,623,615
Manager: Shawn Bearden

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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Bill Buckner 29 162 624 61 148 25 1 8 68 3 2 44 17 .237 .285 .319 .604 52.4 6.5 1.0
RF  Jerry Morales 30 161 599 70 164 31 8 6 57 7 1 61 68 .274 .346 .382 .729 76.8 21.8 4.3
3B #Steve Ontiveros 27 161 569 57 141 39 2 7 59 0 1 71 67 .248 .331 .360 .691 69.1 13.2 4.8
RF  Bobby Bonds 33 142 494 74 111 24 7 17 68 17 9 88 101 .225 .339 .405 .744 72.9 15.0 3.4
CF *Bobby Murcer 33 149 494 64 119 20 2 15 67 17 13 71 66 .241 .342 .381 .722 65.6 14.7 4.8
C  George Mitterwald 34 145 505 49 109 21 1 8 54 6 3 44 102 .216 .276 .309 .585 43.2 4.9 5.8
3B  Frank White 28 139 432 68 109 24 4 8 37 22 4 25 45 .252 .291 .382 .673 49.4 9.7 6.6
2B  Manny Trillo 28 117 340 26 69 14 1 1 26 10 2 20 38 .203 .247 .259 .506 21.2 0.6 4.6
SS  Ivan Dejesus 26 117 336 39 83 12 5 3 25 9 6 24 32 .247 .299 .339 .638 31.8 5.3 5.7
LF  Gene Clines 32 131 255 30 72 12 3 3 31 0 2 21 19 .282 .343 .388 .731 31.5 5.6 1.3
C  Fred Kendall 30 55 101 10 19 6 2 1 7 0 0 10 1 .188 .274 .317 .591 7.8 0.1 1.1
2B  Dickie Thon 21 37 98 7 17 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 15 .173 .198 .194 .392 0.8 0.0 1.7
P  Dennis Eckersley 24 33 94 3 9 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 33 .096 .104 .117 .221 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Rick Reuschel 30 36 84 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 42 .024 .035 .024 .059 -6.4 0.0 0.0
RF  Jose Cardenal 35 74 77 7 16 3 1 1 10 0 1 10 5 .208 .307 .312 .619 6.6 2.1 0.6
LF *Rudy Law 22 59 74 13 26 7 2 0 12 5 1 7 2 .351 .407 .500 .907 14.0 4.8 0.2
RF *Rowland Office 26 67 64 5 15 0 0 3 13 0 0 6 6 .234 .300 .375 .675 6.8 1.4 0.1
P  Mike Krukow 27 30 59 4 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 .220 .220 .220 .441 2.5 0.3 0.0
P *Jerry Reuss 30 27 48 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .146 .146 .146 .292 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Rich Wortham 25 16 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .097 .152 .097 .248 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Geoff Zahn 33 14 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Shane Rawley 23 61 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Pole 28 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Willie Hernandez 24 41 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Dennis Lamp 26 33 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 1.3 0.3 0.0
P  Craig Eaton 24 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Donnie Moore 25 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bruce Sutter 26 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Ladd 22 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Reuschel 32 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 2196 5444 595 1256 242 39 81 552 97 46 510 739 .231 .297 .334 .632 539.4 106.3 46.1
  Rank among 12 NL teams 9 8 11 7 5 8 8 6 6 6 5 9 9 8 9 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Dennis Eckersley 24 16 12 .571 33 33 0 264.7 204 75 21 44 175 2.55 19.7
 Rick Reuschel 30 11 13 .458 36 36 0 259.3 235 93 16 97 170 3.23 10.7
 Mike Krukow 27 12 9 .571 30 30 0 188.0 178 72 17 53 102 3.45 10.7
*Jerry Reuss 30 11 9 .550 27 27 0 161.3 184 66 9 42 94 3.68 6.0
*Rich Wortham 25 4 11 .267 16 16 0 97.0 112 63 11 43 47 5.85 0.0
*Shane Rawley 23 5 6 .455 61 3 1 92.7 84 29 7 40 54 2.82 6.2
 Paul Reuschel 32 6 2 .750 64 0 1 74.3 60 19 3 22 28 2.30 8.2
*Geoff Zahn 33 2 6 .250 14 9 0 63.3 62 29 5 30 21 4.12 0.8
 Bruce Sutter 26 2 7 .222 65 0 41 61.0 52 13 1 14 48 1.92 12.5
*Willie Hernandez 24 4 1 .800 41 3 1 55.7 38 16 1 22 61 2.59 5.2
 Dennis Lamp 26 0 0 .000 33 0 0 45.7 50 19 1 11 22 3.75 1.1
 Dick Pole 28 3 2 .600 5 5 0 31.0 30 12 4 10 17 3.48 1.7
 Donnie Moore 25 2 3 .400 31 0 0 29.7 54 30 3 13 23 9.10 0.0
 Craig Eaton 24 1 2 .333 16 0 0 22.7 20 7 2 12 7 2.78 1.7
 Pete Ladd 22 0 0 .000 8 0 0 15.0 15 8 3 4 9 4.80 0.2
Team Totals 26.6 79 83 .488 480 162 44 1461.3 1378 551 104 457 878 3.39 84.5
Rank among 12 NL teams 7 7 5 7 6 8 8 6 4 2 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 32.8
G.Mitterwald 1227.0 137 142 735 79 7 5 .991 31.3
F.Kendall 233.3 25 38 158 12 2 0 .988 34.6
R.Office 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.3 162 181 895 91 9 5 .991 31.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.78
B.Buckner 1461.0 162 162 1732 129 11 159 .994 11.46
Team Total 1461.0 162 162 1732 129 11 159 .994 11.46
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.85
M.Trillo 846.3 100 108 194 338 21 74 .962 5.66
F.White 282.0 30 47 63 126 4 20 .979 6.03
D.Thon 231.0 27 30 58 100 6 27 .963 6.16
J.Cardenal 47.3 2 15 9 17 2 7 .929 4.94
B.Murcer 31.0 3 6 4 9 0 2 1.000 3.77
R.Office 9.0 0 4 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.00
G.Clines 9.0 0 4 2 3 1 1 .833 5.00
R.Law 3.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38
I.Dejesus 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1461.3 162 217 337 597 34 132 .965 5.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.18
S.Ontiveros 1438.3 161 161 91 388 32 31 .937 3.00
D.Thon 15.0 1 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.80
R.Office 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Law 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1461.3 162 167 92 396 32 31 .938 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 4.98
I.Dejesus 773.0 88 103 109 312 16 52 .963 4.90
F.White 658.7 73 87 96 248 9 59 .975 4.70
J.Cardenal 18.0 1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.50
D.Thon 6.7 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667 2.70
G.Clines 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1461.3 162 199 206 568 26 111 .968 4.77
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.97
J.Morales 1149.0 129 132 263 3 9 1 .967 2.08
G.Clines 284.7 33 35 48 6 5 3 .915 1.71
B.Murcer 10.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Bonds 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Law 4.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Cardenal 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Office 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 186 317 9 14 4 .959 2.01
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.62
B.Murcer 1169.7 130 131 315 10 12 5 .964 2.50
B.Bonds 225.0 25 25 63 2 0 0 1.000 2.60
G.Clines 50.7 6 9 19 1 0 1 1.000 3.55
F.White 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
R.Law 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Cardenal 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Office 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1461.3 162 171 402 13 12 6 .972 2.56
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 1.98
B.Bonds 1001.7 111 112 205 1 15 1 .932 1.85
J.Morales 244.0 27 28 52 1 1 0 .981 1.95
G.Clines 96.7 9 19 22 0 1 0 .957 2.05
R.Law 80.0 10 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
J.Cardenal 35.0 5 5 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Office 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Murcer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 178 310 2 17 1 .948 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.01
D.Eckersley 264.7 33 33 24 50 5 2 .937 2.52
R.Reuschel 259.3 36 36 11 46 0 5 1.000 1.98
M.Krukow 188.0 30 30 11 33 1 1 .978 2.11
J.Reuss 161.3 27 27 9 20 1 1 .967 1.62
R.Wortham 97.0 16 16 5 23 0 3 1.000 2.60
S.Rawley 92.7 3 61 6 17 0 1 1.000 2.23
P.Reuschel 74.3 0 64 8 12 1 1 .952 2.42
G.Zahn 63.3 9 14 4 15 1 1 .950 2.70
B.Sutter 61.0 0 65 2 8 2 1 .833 1.48
W.Hernandez 55.7 3 41 3 6 0 2 1.000 1.46
D.Lamp 45.7 0 33 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.79
D.Pole 31.0 5 5 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.03
D.Moore 29.7 0 31 0 4 1 0 .800 1.21
C.Eaton 22.7 0 16 1 7 1 1 .889 3.18
P.Ladd 15.0 0 8 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 480 91 250 13 19 .963 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Morales .274
On-Base Pct Morales .346
Slugging Pct Bonds .405
OPS Bonds .744
XR Morales 76.8
Games Buckner 162
At-Bats Buckner 624
Runs Bonds 74
Hits Morales 164
Total Bases Morales 229
Singles Morales 119
Doubles Ontiveros 39
Triples Morales 8
Homeruns Bonds 17
RBIs Bonds, Buckner 68
Stolen Bases White 22
Caught Stealing Murcer 13
Walks Bonds 88
Strikeouts Mitterwald 102
ERA Eckersley 2.55
Wins Eckersley 16
Losses Reuschel 13
Winning Pct Eckersley, Krukow .571
Saves Sutter 41
Games Pitched Sutter 65
Games Started Reuschel 36
Complete Games Eckersley 13
Shutouts Eckersley 6
Innings Pitched Eckersley 264.7
Hits Allowed Reuschel 235
Homeruns Allowed Eckersley 21
Strikeouts Eckersley 175
Walks Allowed Reuschel 97
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.5
Hits per 9IP Eckersley 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Eckersley 6.0
WHiP Eckersley 0.94
OAVG Eckersley .207
OOBP Eckersley .242
OSLG Eckersley .318
OOPS Eckersley .560
Team All-Stars
Dennis Eckersley
Bruce Sutter
Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley $ 14,500,000
Rick Reuschel $ 6,700,000
Dick Pole $ 4,000,000
Bobby Bonds $ 4,000,000
Jerry Reuss $ 3,500,000
Bobby Murcer $ 3,420,000
Frank White $ 3,000,000
Manny Trillo $ 3,000,000
Bill Buckner $ 2,800,000
Bruce Sutter $ 2,567,500
Jerry Morales $ 2,280,000
Willie Hernandez $ 2,050,000
Gene Clines $ 1,820,000
Steve Ontiveros $ 1,300,000
Rowland Office $ 1,200,000
George Mitterwald $ 1,140,000
Paul Reuschel $ 1,025,000
Donnie Moore $ 1,025,000
Geoff Zahn $ 1,000,000
Ivan Dejesus $ 980,000
Mike Krukow $ 924,500
Jose Cardenal $ 824,000
Fred Kendall $ 750,000
Rudy Law $ 300,000
Dennis Lamp $ 300,000
Pete Ladd $ 300,000
Shane Rawley $ 300,000
Craig Eaton $ 300,000
Dickie Thon $ 300,000
Rich Wortham $ 300,000
  
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