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1979 National League East
Team Record GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 98 - 64
Montreal Expos 95 - 65 2.0
St. Louis Cardinals 86 - 76 12.0
Philadelphia Phillies 84 - 78 14.0
Chicago Cubs 80 - 82 18.0
New York Mets 63 - 99 35.0

5th (NL East)
Runs Scored: 706
Runs Allowed: 707
Attendance: 1,648,587

1979 Chicago Cubs Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Barry Foote C 27 132 429 47 109 26 0 16 56 34 7 49 5 2 0 5 12 .254 .316 .427 .743
Bill Buckner 1B 29 149 591 72 168 34 7 14 66 30 6 28 9 4 1 2 16 .284 .319 .437 .756
Ted Sizemore 2B 34 98 330 36 82 17 0 2 24 32 7 25 3 3 7 3 8 .248 .319 .318 .637
Steve Ontiveros 3B 27 152 519 58 148 28 2 4 57 58 7 68 0 1 1 7 19 .285 .362 .370 .732
Ivan DeJesus SS 26 160 636 92 180 26 10 5 52 59 1 82 24 20 17 2 9 .283 .345 .379 .724
Dave Kingman LF 30 145 532 97 153 19 5 48 115 45 7 131 4 2 0 4 7 .288 .343 .613 .956
Jerry Martin CF 30 150 534 74 145 34 3 19 73 38 3 85 2 4 0 3 13 .272 .321 .453 .774
Scot Thompson RF 23 128 346 36 100 13 5 2 29 17 1 37 4 3 1 1 8 .289 .322 .373 .695

1979 Chicago Cubs Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Larry Biittner 33 111 272 35 79 13 3 3 50 21 1 23 1 1 0 0 10 .290 .339 .393 .732
Steve Dillard 28 89 166 31 47 6 1 5 24 17 4 24 1 0 5 1 4 .283 .351 .422 .773
Mike Vail 27 87 179 28 60 8 2 7 35 14 1 27 0 2 0 0 4 .335 .379 .520 .899
Mick Kelleher 31 73 142 14 36 4 1 0 10 7 0 9 2 0 8 2 4 .254 .296 .296 .592
Tim Blackwell 26 63 122 8 20 3 1 0 12 32 1 25 0 0 2 1 3 .164 .338 .205 .543
Ken Henderson 33 62 81 11 19 2 0 2 8 15 1 16 0 0 0 1 1 .235 .361 .333 .694
Bobby Murcer 33 58 190 22 49 4 1 7 22 36 2 20 2 3 1 1 3 .258 .374 .400 .774
Miguel Dilone 24 43 36 14 11 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 15 5 0 0 0 .306 .342 .306 .648
Sam Mejias 27 31 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .182 .308 .182 .490
Steve Macko 24 19 40 2 9 1 0 0 3 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .225 .295 .250 .545
Gene Clines 32 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Bruce Kimm 28 9 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Kurt Seibert 23 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Steve Davis 25 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Karl Pagel 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1979 Chicago Cubs Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Rick Reuschel P 30 38 79 8 13 2 1 0 6 7 0 26 0 1 5 0 0 .165 .233 .215 .448
Lynn McGlothen P 29 42 71 6 16 3 0 0 3 1 0 10 0 0 4 0 5 .225 .236 .268 .504
Dennis Lamp P 26 38 58 2 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 0 0 7 0 0 .155 .183 .172 .355
Mike Krukow P 27 28 51 4 16 2 0 1 8 0 0 8 0 0 7 2 0 .314 .327 .412 .739
Ken Holtzman P 33 24 43 2 10 3 0 0 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .267 .302 .569
Bill Caudill P 22 29 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 0 0 .059 .059 .059 .118
Donnie Moore P 25 39 13 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .308 .462
Bruce Sutter P 26 62 12 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558
Dick Tidrow P 32 63 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .473
Willie Hernandez P 24 52 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
Ray Burris P 28 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
George Riley P 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dave Geisel P 24 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1979 Chicago Cubs Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Rick Reuschel 30 36 36 18 12 .600 3.62 239.0 104 96 251 16 75 125 .268 10 5 5 1 0 3.89
Dennis Lamp 26 38 32 11 10 .524 3.50 200.1 96 78 223 14 46 86 .282 5 1 6 1 0 3.81
Lynn McGlothen 29 42 29 13 14 .481 4.12 212.0 103 97 236 27 55 147 .278 3 1 6 1 2 4.09
Mike Krukow 27 28 28 9 9 .500 4.21 164.2 84 77 172 13 81 119 .270 3 5 0 0 0 4.11
Ken Holtzman 33 23 20 6 9 .400 4.59 117.2 70 60 133 15 53 44 .283 6 6 3 2 0 5.41

1979 Chicago Cubs Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Dick Tidrow 32 63 0 11 5 .688 2.72 102.2 35 31 86 5 42 68 .226 2 3 0 0 4 3.59
Bruce Sutter 26 62 0 6 6 .500 2.22 101.1 29 25 67 3 32 110 .181 0 9 0 0 37 2.16
Willie Hernandez 24 51 2 4 4 .500 5.01 79.0 50 44 85 8 39 53 .269 4 3 0 0 0 4.61
Donnie Moore 25 39 1 1 4 .200 5.18 73.0 46 42 95 8 25 43 .314 2 3 0 0 1 4.36
Bill Caudill 22 29 12 1 7 .125 4.80 90.0 57 48 89 16 41 104 .249 4 3 0 0 0 4.50
Ray Burris 28 14 0 0 0 .000 6.23 21.2 17 15 23 0 15 14 .280 1 0 0 0 0 3.92
Doug Capilla 27 13 1 0 1 .000 2.60 17.1 6 5 14 1 7 10 .200 0 1 0 0 0 3.81
Dave Geisel 24 7 0 0 0 .000 0.60 15.0 1 1 10 0 4 5 .189 1 0 0 0 0 3.33
George Riley 22 4 1 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 9 8 16 1 6 5 .314 2 0 0 0 0 5.08