1981 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 38-65
Finished 6th in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 565,637, Avg. 10,284
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Joey Amalfitano (38-65)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1981 Chicago Cubs Roster
1981 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1981 season with a record of 38 wins and 65 losses, finishing sixth in the NL's East Division.

The Cubs scored 370 runs and surrendered 483 runs, most in the circuit. Bill Buckner and Leon Durham led Chicago with 10 home runs apiece. Bill Buckner drove in 75 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Mike Krukow paced the team with 9 wins, while Rick Reuschel recorded a 3.47 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Joey Amalfitano coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mike Krukow	9	9	.500	3.68	25	25	0	2	1	0	144.3	146	68	59	11	55	6	101	2	1	8	622
Randy Martz	5	7	.417	3.68	33	14	10	1	0	6	107.7	103	49	44	6	49	1	32	1	0	3	464
Doug Bird	4	5	.444	3.58	12	12	0	2	1	0	75.3	72	34	30	5	16	3	34	1	0	2	305
Rick Reuschel	4	7	.364	3.47	13	13	0	1	0	0	85.7	87	40	33	4	23	4	53	4	0	5	358
Lee Smith	3	6	.333	3.51	40	1	12	0	0	1	66.7	57	31	26	2	31	8	50	1	1	7	281
Dick Tidrow	3	10	.231	5.06	51	0	30	0	0	9	74.7	73	45	42	6	30	15	39	1	0	1	328
Dave Geisel	2	0	1.000	0.56	11	2	4	0	0	0	16.0	11	3	1	0	10	1	7	0	0	0	66
Jay Howell	2	0	1.000	4.84	10	2	1	0	0	0	22.3	23	13	12	3	10	2	10	2	0	0	97
Mike Griffin	2	5	.286	4.50	16	9	4	0	0	1	52.0	64	27	26	4	9	0	20	0	2	1	228
Doug Capilla	1	0	1.000	3.18	42	0	16	0	0	0	51.0	52	20	18	1	34	3	28	2	1	6	225
Lynn McGlothen	1	4	.200	4.77	20	6	5	0	0	0	54.7	71	32	29	1	28	4	26	1	0	1	259
Bill Caudill	1	5	.167	5.83	30	10	4	0	0	0	71.0	87	50	46	9	31	2	45	2	1	3	331
Ken Kravec	1	6	.143	5.06	24	12	2	0	0	0	78.3	80	48	44	5	39	6	50	4	1	2	356
Willie Hernandez	0	0		3.95	12	0	3	0	0	2	13.7	14	7	6	0	8	2	13	0	0	2	62
Rawly Eastwick	0	1	.000	2.28	30	0	9	0	0	1	43.3	43	16	11	2	15	3	24	0	1	1	183
Totals	38	65	.369	4.02	369	106	100	6	2	20	956.7	983	483	427	59	388	60	532	21	8	42	4165

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Bill Buckner	106	453	421	45	131	35	3	10	75	5	2	26	16	.311	.349	.480	.829	202	17	1	0	5	9
Leon Durham	87	355	328	42	95	14	6	10	35	25	11	27	53	.290	.344	.460	.804	151	6	0	0	0	6
Steve Henderson	82	337	287	32	84	9	5	5	35	5	7	42	61	.293	.382	.411	.793	118	7	2	2	4	7
Ivan de Jesus	106	460	403	49	78	8	4	0	13	21	9	46	61	.194	.276	.233	.509	94	2	0	10	1	2
Jerry Morales	84	272	245	27	70	6	2	1	25	1	1	22	29	.286	.343	.339	.682	83	6	1	1	3	0
Ken Reitz	82	286	260	10	56	9	1	2	28	0	0	15	56	.215	.261	.281	.541	73	9	3	2	6	3
Jody Davis	56	207	180	14	46	5	1	4	21	0	1	21	28	.256	.333	.361	.694	65	6	1	3	2	3
Tim Blackwell	58	182	158	21	37	10	2	1	11	2	1	23	23	.234	.331	.342	.673	54	2	0	1	0	4
Bobby Bonds	45	190	163	26	35	7	1	6	19	5	6	24	44	.215	.323	.380	.703	62	4	2	1	0	5
Steve Dillard	53	127	119	18	26	7	1	2	11	0	0	8	20	.218	.268	.345	.612	41	1	0	0	0	0
Hector Cruz	53	127	109	15	25	5	0	7	15	2	2	17	24	.229	.331	.468	.799	51	3	0	0	1	0
Ty Waller	30	77	71	10	19	2	1	3	13	2	0	4	18	.268	.303	.451	.753	32	0	0	1	1	1
Pat Tabler	35	117	101	11	19	3	1	1	5	0	1	13	26	.188	.281	.267	.548	27	4	0	3	0	0
Scot Thompson	57	127	115	8	19	5	0	0	8	2	0	7	8	.165	.208	.209	.417	24	2	0	2	3	1
Mike Tyson	50	103	92	6	17	2	0	2	8	1	0	7	15	.185	.248	.272	.519	25	0	1	2	1	1
Jim Tracy	45	76	63	6	15	2	1	0	5	1	0	12	14	.238	.355	.302	.657	19	2	0	0	1	0
Mike Lum	41	65	58	5	14	1	0	2	7	0	0	5	5	.241	.308	.362	.670	21	1	1	0	1	2
Joe Strain	25	80	74	7	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	.189	.250	.203	.453	15	1	1	0	0	0
Scott Fletcher	19	48	46	6	10	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.217	.250	.304	.554	14	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Krukow	25	56	50	5	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	.180	.180	.220	.400	11	2	0	6	0	0
Randy Martz	34	33	28	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	13	.214	.290	.214	.505	6	1	0	2	0	0
Gene Krug	7	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Griffin	16	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	2	0	0
Bill Caudill	30	17	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.143	.250	.143	.393	2	0	0	1	0	0
Doug Bird	12	23	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.100	.143	.100	.243	2	0	0	2	0	0
Rick Reuschel	16	30	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.080	.115	.080	.195	2	1	0	4	0	0
Mel Hall	10	12	11	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	.091	.167	.364	.530	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn McGlothen	20	12	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.167	.250	2	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Lezcano	7	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Capilla	42	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rawly Eastwick	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow	51	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Barry Foote	9	26	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.000	.115	.000	.115	0	1	0	0	1	0
Dave Geisel	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Smith	40	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jay Howell	10	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ken Kravec	25	21	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.118	.000	.118	0	0	0	4	0	0
Bill Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Hernandez	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1523	3984	3546	370	838	138	29	57	348	72	41	342	611	.236	.303	.340	.643	1205	78	13	53	30	44

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Bill Buckner	1B	105	105	932.7	996	81	17	92	.984	1.393	1.257	0	0	0
Leon Durham	1B	3	1	18.0	16	0	0	1	1.000	8.000	5.333	0	0	0
Scot Thompson	1B	3	0	5.0	7	0	1	0	.875	12.600	2.333	0	0	0
Mike Lum	1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
Pat Tabler	2B	35	31	267.3	70	93	3	17	.982	5.488	4.657	0	0	0
Steve Dillard	2B	32	22	221.3	54	96	4	21	.974	6.099	4.688	0	0	0
Mike Tyson	2B	36	23	211.3	50	76	8	14	.940	5.366	3.500	0	0	0
Joe Strain	2B	20	19	154.3	38	81	3	10	.975	6.940	5.950	0	0	0
Scott Fletcher	2B	13	11	98.3	31	39	2	10	.972	6.407	5.385	0	0	0
Ty Waller	2B	3	0	4.0	5	2	0	0	1.000	15.750	2.333	0	0	0
Ken Reitz	3B	81	75	667.3	57	157	5	11	.977	2.886	2.642	0	0	0
Ty Waller	3B	22	15	148.0	11	33	1	2	.978	2.676	2.000	0	0	0
Hector Cruz	3B	18	14	116.3	12	25	3	0	.925	2.862	2.056	0	0	0
Steve Dillard	3B	7	2	24.0	3	0	2	0	.600	1.125	.429	0	0	0
Scott Fletcher	3B	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	18.000	2.000	0	0	0
Jody Davis	C	56	53	474.3	274	44	9	4	.972	6.034	5.679	3	39	29	42.6
Tim Blackwell	C	56	47	426.7	268	28	2	1	.993	6.244	5.286	2	68	23	25.3
Barry Foote	C	8	6	54.7	30	3	0	2	1.000	5.433	4.125	1	2	3	60.0
Bill Hayes	C	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Leon Durham	OF	83	83	721.7	159	4	5	1	.970	2.033	1.964	0	0	0
Steve Henderson	OF	77	76	673.7	152	4	8	2	.951	2.084	2.026	0	0	0
Jerry Morales	OF	72	55	540.0	142	2	2	1	.986	2.400	2.000	0	0	0
Bobby Bonds	OF	45	45	387.3	108	2	2	0	.982	2.556	2.444	0	0	0
Scot Thompson	OF	30	24	222.3	49	1	1	0	.980	2.024	1.667	0	0	0
Hector Cruz	OF	16	12	103.7	21	1	0	0	1.000	1.910	1.375	0	0	0
Jim Tracy	OF	11	10	92.0	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.565	1.455	0	0	0
Mike Lum	OF	14	9	82.0	12	0	1	0	.923	1.317	.857	0	0	0
Carlos Lezcano	OF	5	3	27.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333	1.400	0	0	0
Ty Waller	OF	3	1	12.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	.667	0	0	0
Mel Hall	OF	3	0	8.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Mike Krukow	P	25	25	144.3	13	21	2	2	.944	2.120	1.360	0	0	0
Randy Martz	P	33	14	107.7	7	18	0	2	1.000	2.090	.758	0	0	0
Rick Reuschel	P	13	13	85.7	4	21	2	2	.926	2.626	1.923	0	0	0
Ken Kravec	P	24	12	78.3	3	16	1	0	.950	2.183	.792	0	0	0
Doug Bird	P	12	12	75.3	7	7	0	1	1.000	1.673	1.167	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow	P	51	0	74.7	0	10	1	0	.909	1.205	.196	0	0	0
Bill Caudill	P	30	10	71.0	4	8	1	0	.923	1.521	.400	0	0	0
Lee Smith	P	40	1	66.7	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.620	.300	0	0	0
Lynn McGlothen	P	20	6	54.7	3	12	0	0	1.000	2.470	.750	0	0	0
Mike Griffin	P	16	9	52.0	1	11	0	0	1.000	2.077	.750	0	0	0
Doug Capilla	P	42	0	51.0	0	10	1	0	.909	1.765	.238	0	0	0
Rawly Eastwick	P	30	0	43.3	4	8	1	0	.923	2.492	.400	0	0	0
Jay Howell	P	10	2	22.3	2	9	0	1	1.000	4.433	1.100	0	0	0
Dave Geisel	P	11	2	16.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.688	.273	0	0	0
Willie Hernandez	P	12	0	13.7	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.976	.250	0	0	0
Ivan de Jesus	SS	106	106	947.0	221	343	24	81	.959	5.360	5.321	0	0	0
Scott Fletcher	SS	4	0	6.0	2	4	1	0	.857	9.000	1.500	0	0	0
Steve Dillard	SS	2	0	2.7	2	0	0	1	1.000	6.750	1.000	0	0	0
Mike Tyson	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals		1342	954	8610.0	2870	1284	113	279	.974	4.342	3.095	6	109	55	33.5

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