1981 Chicago Cubs season

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.

1981 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersWilliam Wrigley III, Tribune Company
General managersBob Kennedy, Herman Franks, Dallas Green
ManagersJoey Amalfitano
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
Local radioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 5943 0.578 32–21 27–22
Montreal Expos 6048 0.556 2 38–18 22–30
Philadelphia Phillies 5948 0.551 36–19 23–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 4656 0.451 13 22–28 24–28
New York Mets 4162 0.398 18½ 24–27 17–35
Chicago Cubs 3865 0.369 21½ 27–30 11–35
NL East
First Half Standings
W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia Phillies3421.618
St. Louis Cardinals3020.6001+12
Montreal Expos3025.5454
Pittsburgh Pirates2523.5215+12
New York Mets1734.33315
Chicago Cubs1537.28817+12
NL East
Second Half Standings
W L Pct. GB
Montreal Expos3023.566
St. Louis Cardinals2923.55812
Philadelphia Phillies2527.4814+12
New York Mets2428.4625+12
Chicago Cubs2328.4516
Pittsburgh Pirates2133.3899+12

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta3–2–16–54–87–73–73–34–52–39–65–74–3
Chicago2–3–11–51–66–44–75–8–12–104–103–35–55–4–1
Cincinnati5–65–18–48–85–47–35–24–210–29–50–5
Houston8–46–14–84–85–26–34–62–411–39–62–4
Los Angeles 7–74–68–88–45–25–13–35–16–57–55–5
Montreal7–37–44–52–52–59–37–410–34–22–56–9
New York3–38–5–13–73–61–53–97–73–6–12–52–46–5
Philadelphia5-410–22–56–43–34–77–77–54–24–37–6
Pittsburgh3–210–42–44–21–53–106–3–15–76–43–73–8
San Diego6–93–32–103–115–62–45–22–44–66–73–7
San Francisco7–55–55–96–95–75–24–23–47–37–62–3
St. Louis3–44–5–15–04–25–59–65–66–78–37–33–2

Notable transactions

Roster

1981 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CJody Davis5618046.256421
1BBill Buckner106421131.3111075
2BPat Tabler3510119.18815
SSIván DeJesús10640378.194013
3BKen Reitz8226056.215228
LFSteve Henderson8228784.293535
CFJerry Morales8424570.286125
RFLeon Durham8732895.2901035

Other batters

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
Bobby Bonds4516335.215619
Tim Blackwell5815837.234111
Steve Dillard5311926.218211
Scot Thompson5711519.16508
Héctor Cruz5310925.229715
Mike Tyson509217.18528
Joe Strain257414.18901
Tye Waller307119.268313
Jim Tracy456315.23805
Mike Lum415814.24127
Scott Fletcher194610.21701
Barry Foote9220.00001
Carlos Lezcano7141.07102
Mel Hall10111.09112
Gene Krug752.40000
Bill Hayes100----00

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Krukow25144.1993.68101
Rick Reuschel1385.2473.4753
Doug Bird1275.1453.5834

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Martz33107.2573.6832
Ken Kravec2478.1165.0650
Bill Caudill3071.0155.8345
Lynn McGlothen2054.2144.7726
Mike Griffin1652.0254.5020
Jay Howell1022.1204.8410
Dave Geisel1116.0200.567

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dick Tidrow5131095.0639
Doug Capilla421003.1828
Lee Smith403613.5150
Rawly Eastwick300112.2824
Willie Hernández120023.9513

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Randy Hundley and Roy Hartsfield
AA Midland Cubs Texas League Roy Hartsfield and George Enright
A Quad Cities Cubs Midwest League Rich Morales
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Bob Hartsfield
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Hugh Yancy

Notes

  1. Bruce Sutter at Baseball Reference
  2. "Giants trade twice on final day". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. Associated Press (AP). December 13, 1980. p. 3D. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  3. Joe Strain at Baseball Reference
  4. George Riley at Baseball Reference
  5. at Baseball Reference
  6. Butch Benton at Baseball Reference
  7. Joe Carter at Baseball Reference
  8. Rick Reuschel at Baseball Reference
  9. Pat Tabler at Baseball Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1981 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
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