1979 Chicago Cubs Roster (40-man)

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 80-82-0, Finished 5th in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Herman Franks (78-77) and Joey Amalfitano (2-5)

General Manager: Bob Kennedy

Scouting Director: Vedie Himsl

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 1,648,587 (6th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 111
One-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 112

Pythagorean W-L: 81-81, 706 Runs, 707 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Larry Biittner	32	us US	L	L	6' 2"	205	Jul 27, 1946	10	111	58	111	69	0	0	32	0	0	0	23	1	20	43	46	0	-0.1
Tim Blackwell	26	us US	B	R	5' 11"	170	Aug 19, 1952	6	63	40	63	63	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.3
Bill Buckner	29	us US	L	L	6' 0"	185	Dec 14, 1949	11	149	140	149	140	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1.0
Ray Burris	28	us US	R	R	6' 5"	200	Aug 22, 1950	7	14	0	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Doug Capilla	27	us US	L	L	5' 11"	160	Jan 7, 1952	4	13	1	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Bill Caudill	22	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jul 13, 1956	1st	29	12	29	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Gene Clines	32	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Oct 6, 1946	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0.0
Steve Davis	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Dec 30, 1953	1st	3	1	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Iván de Jesús	26	pr PR	R	R	5' 11"	175	Jan 9, 1953	6	160	156	160	160	0	0	0	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.2
Steve Dillard	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Feb 8, 1951	5	89	40	89	68	0	0	0	59	9	0	0	0	0	0	21	13	0.5
Miguel Diloné	24	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	160	Nov 1, 1954	6	43	7	43	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18	0	23	0	26	0.2
Barry Foote	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Feb 16, 1952	7	132	120	132	129	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2.0
Dave Geisel	24	us US	L	L	6' 3"	210	Jan 18, 1955	2	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Ken Henderson	33	us US	B	R	6' 2"	180	Jun 15, 1946	15	62	7	62	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	9	23	48	0	-0.4
Willie Hernández	24	pr PR	L	L	6' 3"	180	Nov 14, 1954	3	52	2	52	51	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Ken Holtzman	33	us US	R	L	6' 2"	175	Nov 3, 1945	15	24	20	24	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.9	$165,000
Mick Kelleher	31	us US	R	R	5' 9"	176	Jul 25, 1947	8	73	43	73	70	0	0	0	29	31	14	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.3
Bruce Kimm	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Jun 29, 1951	3	9	2	9	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Dave Kingman	30	us US	R	R	6' 6"	210	Dec 21, 1948	9	145	139	145	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	139	6	0	4.1	$275,000	All-Star
Mike Krukow	27	us US	R	R	6' 5"	205	Jan 21, 1952	4	28	28	28	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0
Dennis Lamp	26	us US	R	R	6' 4"	200	Sep 23, 1952	3	38	32	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5
Steve Macko	24	us US	L	R	5' 10"	160	Sep 6, 1954	1st	19	10	19	14	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.1
Jerry Martin	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	May 11, 1949	6	150	135	150	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	139	4	144	10	0	0.5	$125,000
Lynn McGlothen	29	us US	L	R	6' 2"	185	Mar 27, 1950	8	42	29	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.1
Sam Mejías	27	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	170	May 9, 1952	4	31	0	31	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	5	3	23	7	9	-0.1
Donnie Moore	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	185	Feb 13, 1954	4	39	1	39	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Bobby Murcer	33	us US	L	R	5' 11"	160	May 20, 1946	13	58	53	58	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	54	54	4	0	0.8	$320,000
Steve Ontiveros	27	us US	B	R	6' 0"	185	Oct 26, 1951	7	152	140	152	143	0	0	2	0	143	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0.6
Karl Pagel	24	us US	L	L	6' 2"	188	Mar 29, 1955	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Rick Reuschel	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	May 16, 1949	8	38	36	38	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5.9
George Riley	22	us US	L	L	6' 2"	210	Oct 6, 1956	1st	4	1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Kurt Seibert	23	us US	B	R	6' 0"	165	Oct 16, 1955	1st	7	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.0
Ted Sizemore	34	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Apr 15, 1945	11	98	96	98	96	0	0	0	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.1
Bruce Sutter HOF	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jan 8, 1953	4	62	0	62	62	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	$225,000	All-Star
Scot Thompson	23	us US	L	L	6' 3"	195	Dec 7, 1955	2	128	74	128	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	26	72	100	33	2	-0.5
Dick Tidrow	32	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	May 14, 1947	8	63	0	63	63	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1
Mike Vail	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Nov 10, 1951	5	87	35	87	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	38	39	51	0	1.0
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Herman Franks	65	us US	Jan 4, 1914	Manager	Apr 5	Sep 23
Joey Amalfitano	45	us US	Jan 23, 1934	Manager	Sep 24	Sep 30
Joey Amalfitano	45	us US	Jan 23, 1934	Bench	Apr 5	Sep 23
Mike Roarke	48	us US	Nov 8, 1930	Pitching	Apr 5	Sep 30
Gene Clines	32	us US	Oct 6, 1946	Bullpen	Apr 5	Sep 30
Cookie Rojas	40	cu CU	Mar 6, 1939	First base	Apr 5	Sep 30
Peanuts Lowrey	61	us US	Aug 27, 1917	Third base	Apr 5	Sep 30
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date