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1981 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 77-85
Finish: 2nd in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 571
Runs Allowed: 625
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 2,873,230
Manager: Shawn Bearden

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-80, 12th in the National League
AA: 63-75, 10th in the National League
A: 62-76, 10th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
SS  Ivan Dejesus 28 162 653 69 151 34 6 1 47 10 3 53 83 .231 .291 .306 .598 60.4 8.8 13.3
1B *Bill Buckner 31 162 655 56 151 29 5 2 70 0 0 26 34 .231 .259 .299 .559 42.9 3.0 1.8
RF  Jerry Morales 32 158 582 66 146 30 6 11 70 2 1 52 70 .251 .313 .380 .693 64.0 8.4 4.8
LF *Rudy Law 24 157 580 83 159 22 14 5 42 22 9 44 75 .274 .324 .386 .710 71.3 10.8 4.5
CF *Bobby Murcer 35 153 461 66 124 33 11 8 57 6 1 48 75 .269 .339 .440 .779 67.2 12.7 5.8
C #Ted Simmons 31 119 399 40 92 24 4 6 50 0 1 33 38 .231 .290 .356 .646 39.1 5.0 5.1
3B *Jim Gantner 28 139 404 28 90 23 3 4 47 1 0 19 53 .223 .255 .324 .580 29.3 2.0 1.7
2B  Manny Trillo 30 130 379 38 79 13 5 3 28 11 2 24 59 .208 .257 .293 .550 27.7 1.9 8.5
CF  Sam Mejias 29 109 241 20 55 9 4 4 29 0 0 31 40 .228 .311 .349 .659 29.3 4.4 2.8
3B #Steve Ontiveros 29 118 228 34 66 15 3 1 21 0 0 36 36 .289 .388 .395 .783 35.1 6.0 0.9
RF  Jim Wilhelm 28 136 227 21 61 6 2 1 27 0 0 11 15 .269 .301 .326 .627 21.7 2.9 1.6
C  Don McCormack 25 52 147 9 34 2 0 0 7 0 0 9 37 .231 .274 .245 .519 9.7 0.0 2.1
P  Dennis Eckersley 26 40 93 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 41 .065 .074 .075 .150 -5.0 0.0 0.0
P  Rick Reuschel 32 40 80 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 47 .063 .085 .075 .160 -3.3 0.0 0.0
LF *Mike Gates 24 59 71 6 20 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 7 .282 .301 .366 .668 7.8 2.3 1.2
P *Jerry Reuss 32 41 64 4 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 24 .203 .268 .219 .486 4.5 0.0 0.0
CF  Tito Landrum 26 64 71 11 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .197 .219 .225 .445 2.1 0.0 0.2
2B  Dickie Thon 23 17 65 8 20 2 1 0 5 0 2 6 14 .308 .361 .369 .730 7.8 1.2 1.0
P #John Martin 25 34 61 6 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 37 .197 .269 .197 .465 3.2 0.1 0.0
P  Rich Wortham 27 6 13 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .308 .357 .308 .665 1.5 0.4 0.0
P  Craig Eaton 26 78 10 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Willie Hernandez 26 81 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Ladd 24 18 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.7 0.1 0.0
P  Shane Rawley 25 59 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.2 0.0
P *Donnie Moore 27 49 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.3 0.0
P  Bob Walk 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Webb 31 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bruce Sutter 28 75 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.8 0.3 0.0
P  Paul Reuschel 34 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 2310 5516 571 1310 252 64 47 538 52 20 413 832 .237 .291 .332 .623 518.0 70.7 55.3
  Rank among 12 NL teams 10 11 10 9 4 12 11 9 2 11 3 11 11 11 12 11  
* - 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 26 11 17 .393 40 40 0 293.0 240 84 26 48 221 2.58 21.6
 Rick Reuschel 32 12 15 .444 40 40 0 264.0 257 97 12 83 193 3.31 14.4
*Jerry Reuss 32 11 10 .524 41 36 0 199.7 203 83 11 76 104 3.74 10.7
*John Martin 25 9 15 .375 34 34 0 199.7 199 93 19 90 96 4.19 8.3
 Craig Eaton 26 3 5 .375 78 0 1 94.7 99 41 4 46 43 3.90 4.6
*Willie Hernandez 26 5 0 1.000 81 2 1 84.7 52 11 2 17 82 1.17 13.8
*Shane Rawley 25 5 3 .625 59 0 1 72.3 67 25 0 25 36 3.11 7.0
 Bruce Sutter 28 8 11 .421 75 0 36 70.0 70 28 7 13 69 3.60 10.6
 Donnie Moore 27 7 2 .778 49 1 2 52.7 42 12 1 11 44 2.05 8.5
 Hank Webb 31 2 2 .500 45 0 1 45.0 55 29 2 28 22 5.80 0.0
*Rich Wortham 27 2 1 .667 6 6 0 33.3 46 23 0 21 13 6.21 0.0
 Pete Ladd 24 1 2 .333 18 0 2 33.0 21 7 2 8 26 1.91 3.8
 Bob Walk 24 0 2 .000 3 3 0 10.7 15 15 1 10 7 12.66 0.0
 Paul Reuschel 34 1 0 1.000 6 0 1 6.3 5 0 0 0 2 0.00 1.8
Team Totals 27.6 77 85 .475 575 162 45 1459.0 1371 548 87 476 958 3.38 105.0
Rank among 12 NL teams 7 7 6 7 8 3 6 3 3 3 4  
* - 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 .990 33.7
T.Simmons 998.0 110 115 652 58 10 2 .986 35.1
D.McCormack 347.0 39 43 237 26 2 1 .992 50.0
J.Morales 71.0 8 8 53 5 0 1 1.000 0.0
R.Law 43.0 5 5 32 1 1 0 .971 0.0
Team Total 1459.0 162 171 974 90 13 4 .988 36.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.56
B.Buckner 1459.0 162 162 1829 132 15 143 .992 12.10
Team Total 1459.0 162 162 1829 132 15 143 .992 12.10
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.79
M.Trillo 1033.0 125 129 233 427 20 86 .971 5.75
M.Gates 189.7 14 50 25 71 3 10 .970 4.56
D.Thon 141.0 17 17 30 56 3 10 .966 5.49
B.Murcer 92.0 6 26 21 31 0 8 1.000 5.09
T.Landrum 3.0 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 6.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 223 309 587 27 114 .971 5.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 3.06
J.Gantner 932.7 110 117 62 265 27 20 .924 3.16
S.Ontiveros 520.3 52 104 32 134 10 10 .943 2.87
T.Landrum 5.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Gates 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 224 94 401 38 30 .929 3.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.08
I.Dejesus 1450.0 162 162 195 636 32 104 .963 5.16
S.Ontiveros 9.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 163 197 638 32 104 .963 5.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 1.93
J.Morales 1275.0 144 145 222 7 7 0 .970 1.62
R.Law 71.0 8 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
S.Mejias 45.0 4 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Wilhelm 42.0 4 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.86
T.Landrum 22.0 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
B.Murcer 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Gantner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 175 255 8 7 0 .974 1.62
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.45
B.Murcer 953.7 119 121 235 4 9 1 .964 2.26
S.Mejias 330.3 35 50 97 0 2 0 .980 2.64
J.Wilhelm 121.7 4 55 42 0 0 0 1.000 3.11
T.Landrum 25.0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.36
R.Law 22.3 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.82
J.Morales 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Simmons 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Gantner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 241 383 4 11 1 .972 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 1.88
R.Law 1078.0 131 136 189 4 1 1 .995 1.61
J.Wilhelm 179.0 20 24 27 2 0 0 1.000 1.46
S.Mejias 160.0 8 47 23 1 1 0 .960 1.35
B.Murcer 23.0 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74
T.Landrum 11.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Morales 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1459.0 162 216 250 7 2 1 .992 1.59
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.12
D.Eckersley 293.0 40 40 27 54 2 3 .976 2.49
R.Reuschel 264.0 40 40 14 41 1 3 .982 1.88
J.Reuss 199.7 36 41 11 41 1 4 .981 2.34
J.Martin 199.7 34 34 12 39 0 3 1.000 2.30
C.Eaton 94.7 0 78 8 17 0 2 1.000 2.38
W.Hernandez 84.7 2 81 6 12 1 3 .947 1.91
S.Rawley 72.3 0 59 3 15 0 0 1.000 2.24
B.Sutter 70.0 0 75 4 13 1 0 .944 2.19
D.Moore 52.7 1 49 1 10 1 0 .917 1.88
H.Webb 45.0 0 45 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.40
R.Wortham 33.3 6 6 4 11 1 0 .938 4.05
P.Ladd 33.0 0 18 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.09
B.Walk 10.7 3 3 0 5 0 1 1.000 4.22
P.Reuschel 6.3 0 6 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.27
Team Total 1459.0 162 575 96 266 8 20 .978 2.23
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Law .274
On-Base Pct Murcer .339
Slugging Pct Murcer .440
OPS Murcer .779
XR Law 71.3
Games Buckner, Dejesus 162
At-Bats Buckner 655
Runs Law 83
Hits Law 159
Total Bases Law 224
Singles Law 118
Doubles Dejesus 34
Triples Law 14
Homeruns Morales 11
RBIs Buckner, Morales 70
Stolen Bases Law 22
Caught Stealing Law 9
Walks Dejesus 53
Strikeouts Dejesus 83
ERA Eckersley 2.58
Wins Reuschel 12
Losses Eckersley 17
Winning Pct Reuss .524
Saves Sutter 36
Games Pitched Hernandez 81
Games Started Eckersley, Reuschel 40
Complete Games Eckersley 6
Shutouts Eckersley 4
Innings Pitched Eckersley 293.0
Hits Allowed Reuschel 257
Homeruns Allowed Eckersley 26
Strikeouts Eckersley 221
Walks Allowed Martin 90
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.5
Hits per 9IP Eckersley 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Eckersley 6.8
WHiP Eckersley 0.98
OAVG Eckersley .218
OOBP Eckersley .254
OSLG Reuschel .333
OOPS Eckersley .592
Team All-Stars
Rick Reuschel
Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley $ 12,550,000
Rick Reuschel $ 6,700,000
Bruce Sutter $ 4,280,000
Bobby Murcer $ 3,800,000
Sam Mejias $ 3,500,000
Jerry Reuss $ 3,500,000
Bill Buckner $ 2,800,000
Paul Reuschel $ 2,400,000
Donnie Moore $ 2,300,000
Jerry Morales $ 2,280,000
Willie Hernandez $ 2,050,000
Steve Ontiveros $ 1,300,000
Ivan Dejesus $ 980,000
Manny Trillo $ 900,000
Jim Gantner $ 900,000
Hank Webb $ 419,900
Ted Simmons $ 307,800
John Martin $ 100,000
Craig Eaton $ 100,000
Jim Wilhelm $ 100,000
Mike Gates $ 100,000
Pete Ladd $ 100,000
Rudy Law $ 100,000
Don McCormack $ 100,000
Bob Walk $ 100,000
Rich Wortham $ 100,000
Shane Rawley $ 100,000
Dickie Thon $ 100,000
Tito Landrum $ 100,000
  
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