1980 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersWilliam Wrigley III
General managersBob Kennedy
ManagersPreston Gómez, Joey Amalfitano
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
RadioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1980 Chicago Cubs season was the 109th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 105th in the National League and the 65th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 64–98.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 91 71 0.562 — 49–32 42–39
Montreal Expos 90 72 0.556 1 51–29 39–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 83 79 0.512 8 47–34 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 74 88 0.457 17 41–40 33–48
New York Mets 67 95 0.414 24 38–44 29–51
Chicago Cubs 64 98 0.395 27 37–44 27–54

Record vs. opponents

1980 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 8–4 2–16 7–11 11–7 5–7 3–9 5–7 11–1 12–6 11–6 6–6
Chicago 4–8 — 7–5 1–11 5–7 6–12 10–8 5–13 8–10 4–8 5–7 9–9
Cincinnati 16–2 5–7 — 8–10 9–9 3–9 8–4 7–5 6–6 15–3–1 7–11 5–7
Houston 11–7 11–1 10–8 — 9–10 5–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 11–7 11–7 7–5
Los Angeles 7–11 7–5 9–9 10–9 — 11–1 7–5 6–6 6–6 9–9 13–5 7–5
Montreal 7–5 12–6 9–3 7–5 1–11 — 10–8 9–9 6–12 10–2 7–5 12–6
New York 9–3 8–10 4–8 4–8 5–7 8–10 — 6–12 10–8 1–11 3–9 9–9
Philadelphia 7-5 13–5 5–7 9–3 6–6 9–9 12–6 — 7–11 8–4 6–6 9–9
Pittsburgh 1–11 10–8 6–6 5–7 6–6 12–6 8–10 11–7 — 6–6 8–4 10–8
San Diego 6–12 8–4 3–15–1 7–11 9–9 2–10 11–1 4–8 6–6 — 10–8 7–5
San Francisco 6–11 7–5 11–7 7–11 5–13 5–7 9–3 6–6 4–8 8–10 — 7–5
St. Louis 6–6 9–9 7–5 5–7 5–7 6–12 9–9 9–9 8–10 5–7 5–7 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1980 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
C Tim Blackwell 103 320 87 .272 5 30
1B Bill Buckner 145 578 187 .324 10 68
2B Mike Tyson 123 341 81 .238 3 23
SS Iván DeJesús 157 618 160 .259 3 33
3B Lenny Randle 130 489 135 .276 5 39
LF Dave Kingman 81 255 71 .278 18 57
CF Jerry Martin 141 494 112 .227 23 73
RF Mike Vail 114 312 93 .298 6 47

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
Larry Biitner 127 273 68 .249 1 34
Steve Dillard 100 244 55 .225 4 27
Scot Thompson 102 226 48 .212 2 13
Barry Foote 63 202 48 .238 6 28
Jesús Figueroa 115 198 50 .253 1 11
Cliff Johnson 68 196 46 .235 10 34
Jim Tracy 42 122 31 .254 3 9
Mick Kelleher 105 96 14 .146 0 4
Carlos Lezcano 42 88 18 .205 3 12
Ken Henderson 44 82 16 .195 2 9
Steve Ontiveros 31 77 16 .208 1 3
Mike O'Berry 19 48 10 .208 0 5
Steve Macko 6 20 6 .300 0 2
Bill Hayes 4 9 2 .222 0 0

Pitching

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
Rick Reuschel 38 257.0 11 13 3.40 140
Mike Krukow 34 205.0 10 15 4.39 130
Dennis Lamp 41 202.2 10 14 5.20 83
Randy Martz 6 30.1 1 2 2.08 5

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
Lynn McGlothen 39 182.1 12 14 4.79 119
Doug Capilla 39 89.2 2 8 4.12 51

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
Bruce Sutter 60 5 8 28 2.64 76
Dick Tidrow 84 6 5 6 2.79 97
Bill Caudill 72 4 6 1 2.19 112
Willie Hernández 53 1 9 0 4.40 75
George Riley 22 0 4 0 5.75 18
Lee Smith 18 2 0 0 2.91 17

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Jack Hiatt
AA Midland Cubs Texas League Randy Hundley, Les Moss and George Enright
A Quad Cities Cubs Midwest League Jim Napier
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Bob Hartsfield
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Rich Morales

Notes

  1. ^ Ken Holtzman at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mike Tyson at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jim Eppard at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tom Henke at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Derek Botelho at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Don Schulze at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Henry Cotto at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Rolando Roomes at Baseball-Reference

References

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