1981 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | William Wrigley III, Tribune Company | |
General managers | Bob Kennedy, Herman Franks, Dallas Green | |
Managers | Joey Amalfitano | |
Television |
WGN-TV ( Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton) | |
Radio |
WGN ( Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) | |
Stats |
ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1981 Chicago Cubs season was the 110th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 106th in the National League and the 66th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished the first-half in last place at 15–37, 17½ games behind the Philadelphia Phillies, and the second-half in fifth place at 23–28, six games behind the eventual NL East Champion Montreal Expos in the National League East. It was also the final season for the Cubs under the Wrigley family ownership, as the Tribune Company took over the club late in the year.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 59 | 43 | 0.578 | — | 32–21 | 27–22 |
Montreal Expos | 60 | 48 | 0.556 | 2 | 38–18 | 22–30 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 48 | 0.551 | 2½ | 36–19 | 23–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 46 | 56 | 0.451 | 13 | 22–28 | 24–28 |
New York Mets | 41 | 62 | 0.398 | 18½ | 24–27 | 17–35 |
Chicago Cubs | 38 | 65 | 0.369 | 21½ | 27–30 | 11–35 |
NL East First Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 21 | .618 | — |
St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 20 | .600 | 1+1⁄2 |
Montreal Expos | 30 | 25 | .545 | 4 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 23 | .521 | 5+1⁄2 |
New York Mets | 17 | 34 | .333 | 15 |
Chicago Cubs | 15 | 37 | .288 | 17+1⁄2 |
NL East Second Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Montreal Expos | 30 | 23 | .566 | — |
St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 23 | .558 | 1⁄2 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 25 | 27 | .481 | 4+1⁄2 |
New York Mets | 24 | 28 | .462 | 5+1⁄2 |
Chicago Cubs | 23 | 28 | .451 | 6 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 33 | .389 | 9+1⁄2 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 3–2–1 | 6–5 | 4–8 | 7–7 | 3–7 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 2–3 | 9–6 | 5–7 | 4–3 | |||||
Chicago | 2–3–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–6 | 6–4 | 4–7 | 5–8–1 | 2–10 | 4–10 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5–6 | 5–1 | — | 8–4 | 8–8 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 10–2 | 9–5 | 0–5 | |||||
Houston | 8–4 | 6–1 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 11–3 | 9–6 | 2–4 | |||||
Los Angeles | 7–7 | 4–6 | 8–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–5 | 7–5 | 5–5 | |||||
Montreal | 7–3 | 7–4 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | — | 9–3 | 7–4 | 10–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–9 | |||||
New York | 3–3 | 8–5–1 | 3–7 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 3–9 | — | 7–7 | 3–6–1 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 6–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-4 | 10–2 | 2–5 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 4–7 | 7–7 | — | 7–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–6 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 3–2 | 10–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–10 | 6–3–1 | 5–7 | — | 6–4 | 3–7 | 3–8 | |||||
San Diego | 6–9 | 3–3 | 2–10 | 3–11 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–6 | — | 6–7 | 3–7 | |||||
San Francisco | 7–5 | 5–5 | 5–9 | 6–9 | 5–7 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 7–3 | 7–6 | — | 2–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 3–4 | 4–5–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 8–3 | 7–3 | 3–2 | — |
1981 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jody Davis | 56 | 180 | 46 | .256 | 4 | 21 |
1B | Bill Buckner | 106 | 421 | 131 | .311 | 10 | 75 |
2B | Pat Tabler | 35 | 101 | 19 | .188 | 1 | 5 |
SS | Iván DeJesús | 106 | 403 | 78 | .194 | 0 | 13 |
3B | Ken Reitz | 82 | 260 | 56 | .215 | 2 | 28 |
LF | Steve Henderson | 82 | 287 | 84 | .293 | 5 | 35 |
CF | Jerry Morales | 84 | 245 | 70 | .286 | 1 | 25 |
RF | Leon Durham | 87 | 328 | 95 | .290 | 10 | 35 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bobby Bonds | 45 | 163 | 35 | .215 | 6 | 19 |
Tim Blackwell | 58 | 158 | 37 | .234 | 1 | 11 |
Steve Dillard | 53 | 119 | 26 | .218 | 2 | 11 |
Scot Thompson | 57 | 115 | 19 | .165 | 0 | 8 |
Héctor Cruz | 53 | 109 | 25 | .229 | 7 | 15 |
Mike Tyson | 50 | 92 | 17 | .185 | 2 | 8 |
Joe Strain | 25 | 74 | 14 | .189 | 0 | 1 |
Tye Waller | 30 | 71 | 19 | .268 | 3 | 13 |
Jim Tracy | 45 | 63 | 15 | .238 | 0 | 5 |
Mike Lum | 41 | 58 | 14 | .241 | 2 | 7 |
Scott Fletcher | 19 | 46 | 10 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
Barry Foote | 9 | 22 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Carlos Lezcano | 7 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 2 |
Mel Hall | 10 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 1 | 2 |
Gene Krug | 7 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Krukow | 25 | 144.1 | 9 | 9 | 3.68 | 101 |
Rick Reuschel | 13 | 85.2 | 4 | 7 | 3.47 | 53 |
Doug Bird | 12 | 75.1 | 4 | 5 | 3.58 | 34 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Randy Martz | 33 | 107.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.68 | 32 |
Ken Kravec | 24 | 78.1 | 1 | 6 | 5.06 | 50 |
Bill Caudill | 30 | 71.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.83 | 45 |
Lynn McGlothen | 20 | 54.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.77 | 26 |
Mike Griffin | 16 | 52.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.50 | 20 |
Jay Howell | 10 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 4.84 | 10 |
Dave Geisel | 11 | 16.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.56 | 7 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dick Tidrow | 51 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5.06 | 39 |
Doug Capilla | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 28 |
Lee Smith | 40 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3.51 | 50 |
Rawly Eastwick | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.28 | 24 |
Willie Hernández | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.95 | 13 |