1979 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | William Wrigley III | |
General managers | Bob Kennedy | |
Managers | Herman Franks, Joey Amalfitano | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau) | |
Radio | WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1979 Chicago Cubs season was the 108th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 104th in the National League and the 64th at Wrigley Field, and the first to be beamed via satellite and cable television to viewers all over the United States on WGN Television, thanks to a postseason decision by the company management to uplink its broadcast signals via satellite with the help of Oklahoma-based United Video Satellite Group, making them the pioneer superstation in the country's midwest and the Cubs games of that season the third superstation baseball broadcasts live via satellite relay after the Braves and the Yankees.[1] It was the first season of over 40 to be broadcast all over the country, slowly making the team a national brand. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82.
On May 17, the Phillies beat the Cubs 23–22 at Wrigley Field in ten innings,[5] with a 30-mph wind blowing out to left field.[citation needed] This was only the second time since 1913 that both teams scored 20 or more runs in a game, the only previous instance also being a Cubs–Phillies game.[6]
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | — | 48–33 | 50–31 |
Montreal Expos | 95 | 65 | 0.594 | 2 | 56–25 | 39–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 12 | 42–39 | 44–37 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 14 | 43–38 | 41–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 18 | 45–36 | 35–46 |
New York Mets | 63 | 99 | 0.389 | 35 | 28–53 | 35–46 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 4–8 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 1–9 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 4–8 | |||||
Chicago | 8–4 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–6 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–7 | 6–12 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 11–7 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 14–4 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 6–12 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 8–10 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 6–6 | |||||
Montreal | 9–1 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 15–3 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 3–15 | — | 5–13 | 8–10–1 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–11–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 10–8–1 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 11–7 | |||||
San Diego | 12–6 | 3–9 | 7–10 | 4–14 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 7–11 | 4–8 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–4 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 11–7–1 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
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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 | Barry Foote | 132 | 429 | 109 | .254 | 16 | 56 |
1B | Bill Buckner | 149 | 591 | 168 | .284 | 14 | 66 |
2B | Ted Sizemore | 98 | 330 | 82 | .248 | 2 | 24 |
SS | Iván DeJesús | 160 | 636 | 180 | .283 | 5 | 52 |
3B | Steve Ontiveros | 152 | 519 | 148 | .285 | 4 | 57 |
LF | Dave Kingman | 145 | 532 | 153 | .288 | 48 | 115 |
CF | Jerry Martin | 150 | 534 | 145 | .272 | 19 | 73 |
RF | Scot Thompson | 128 | 346 | 100 | .289 | 2 | 29 |
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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Larry Biitner | 111 | 272 | 79 | .290 | 3 | 50 |
Bobby Murcer | 58 | 190 | 49 | .258 | 7 | 22 |
Mike Vail | 87 | 179 | 60 | .335 | 7 | 35 |
Steve Dillard | 89 | 166 | 47 | .283 | 5 | 24 |
Mick Kelleher | 73 | 142 | 36 | .254 | 0 | 10 |
Tim Blackwell | 63 | 122 | 20 | .164 | 0 | 12 |
Ken Henderson | 62 | 81 | 19 | .235 | 2 | 8 |
Steve Macko | 19 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 0 | 3 |
Miguel Diloné | 43 | 36 | 11 | .306 | 0 | 1 |
Sam Mejías | 31 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Kimm | 9 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Clines | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Davis | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Kurt Seibert | 7 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Karl Pagel | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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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Rick Reuschel | 36 | 239.0 | 18 | 12 | 3.62 | 125 |
Lynn McGlothen | 42 | 212.0 | 13 | 14 | 4.12 | 147 |
Dennis Lamp | 38 | 200.1 | 11 | 10 | 3.50 | 86 |
Mike Krukow | 28 | 164.2 | 9 | 9 | 4.21 | 119 |
Ken Holtzman | 23 | 117.2 | 6 | 9 | 4.59 | 44 |
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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Bill Caudill | 29 | 90.0 | 1 | 7 | 4.80 | 104 |
George Riley | 4 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.54 | 5 |
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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Bruce Sutter | 62 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 2.22 | 110 |
Dick Tidrow | 63 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2.72 | 68 |
Willie Hernández | 51 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5.01 | 53 |
Donnie Moore | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5.18 | 43 |
Ray Burris | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 14 |
Doug Capilla | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.60 | 10 |
Dave Geisel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 5 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
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