1981 Chicago Cubs season

The 1981 Chicago Cubs season was the 110th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 106th in the National League and the 66th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished the first-half in last place at 15–37, 17½ games behind the Philadelphia Phillies, and the second-half in fifth place at 23–28, six games behind the eventual NL East Champion Montreal Expos in the National League East. It was also the final season for the Cubs under the Wrigley family ownership, as the Tribune Company took over the club late in the year.

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Offseason

December 9, 1980: Bruce Sutter was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leon Durham, Ken Reitz, and a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Tye Waller to the Cubs on December 22.^[1]
December 12, 1980: Jerry Martin, Jesús Figueroa and a player to be named later was traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Strain and Philip Nastu.^[2] The Cubs completed the deal by sending Mike Turgeon (minors) to the Giants on August 11, 1981.^[3]
February 26, 1981: George Riley was released by the Cubs.^[4]
March 28, 1981: Dennis Lamp was traded by the Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Kravec.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	59	43	0.578	—	32–21	27–22
Montreal Expos	60	48	0.556	2	38–18	22–30
Philadelphia Phillies	59	48	0.551	2½	36–19	23–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	46	56	0.451	13	22–28	24–28
New York Mets	41	62	0.398	18½	24–27	17–35
Chicago Cubs	38	65	0.369	21½	27–30	11–35

NL East First Half Standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	34	21	.618	—
St. Louis Cardinals	30	20	.600	1+1⁄2
Montreal Expos	30	25	.545	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	25	23	.521	5+1⁄2
New York Mets	17	34	.333	15
Chicago Cubs	15	37	.288	17+1⁄2

NL East Second Half Standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Montreal Expos	30	23	.566	—
St. Louis Cardinals	29	23	.558	1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies	25	27	.481	4+1⁄2
New York Mets	24	28	.462	5+1⁄2
Chicago Cubs	23	28	.451	6
Pittsburgh Pirates	21	33	.389	9+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1981 National League record v t e Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–2–1	6–5	4–8	7–7	3–7	3–3	4–5	2–3	9–6	5–7	4–3
Chicago	2–3–1	—	1–5	1–6	6–4	4–7	5–8–1	2–10	4–10	3–3	5–5	5–4–1
Cincinnati	5–6	5–1	—	8–4	8–8	5–4	7–3	5–2	4–2	10–2	9–5	0–5
Houston	8–4	6–1	4–8	—	4–8	5–2	6–3	4–6	2–4	11–3	9–6	2–4
Los Angeles	7–7	4–6	8–8	8–4	—	5–2	5–1	3–3	5–1	6–5	7–5	5–5
Montreal	7–3	7–4	4–5	2–5	2–5	—	9–3	7–4	10–3	4–2	2–5	6–9
New York	3–3	8–5–1	3–7	3–6	1–5	3–9	—	7–7	3–6–1	2–5	2–4	6–5
Philadelphia	5-4	10–2	2–5	6–4	3–3	4–7	7–7	—	7–5	4–2	4–3	7–6
Pittsburgh	3–2	10–4	2–4	4–2	1–5	3–10	6–3–1	5–7	—	6–4	3–7	3–8
San Diego	6–9	3–3	2–10	3–11	5–6	2–4	5–2	2–4	4–6	—	6–7	3–7
San Francisco	7–5	5–5	5–9	6–9	5–7	5–2	4–2	3–4	7–3	7–6	—	2–3
St. Louis	3–4	4–5–1	5–0	4–2	5–5	9–6	5–6	6–7	8–3	7–3	3–2	—

Notable transactions

April 6, 1981: Butch Benton was acquired by the Cubs from the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.^[6]
June 8, 1981: Joe Carter was drafted by the Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 12, 1981.^[7]
June 12, 1981: Rick Reuschel was traded by the Cubs to the New York Yankees for Doug Bird, a player to be named later, and $400,000. The Yankees completed the trade by sending Mike Griffin on August 5.^[8]
August 19, 1981: The Cubs traded players to be named later to the New York Yankees for Pat Tabler. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Bill Caudill to the Yankees on April 1, 1982, and Jay Howell to the Yankees on August 2, 1982.^[9]

Roster

1981 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

47 Gene Krug

Manager

5 Joey Amalfitano

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	Jody Davis	56	180	46	.256	4	21
1B	Bill Buckner	106	421	131	.311	10	75
2B	Pat Tabler	35	101	19	.188	1	5
SS	Iván DeJesús	106	403	78	.194	0	13
3B	Ken Reitz	82	260	56	.215	2	28
LF	Steve Henderson	82	287	84	.293	5	35
CF	Jerry Morales	84	245	70	.286	1	25
RF	Leon Durham	87	328	95	.290	10	35

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
Bobby Bonds	45	163	35	.215	6	19
Tim Blackwell	58	158	37	.234	1	11
Steve Dillard	53	119	26	.218	2	11
Scot Thompson	57	115	19	.165	0	8
Héctor Cruz	53	109	25	.229	7	15
Mike Tyson	50	92	17	.185	2	8
Joe Strain	25	74	14	.189	0	1
Tye Waller	30	71	19	.268	3	13
Jim Tracy	45	63	15	.238	0	5
Mike Lum	41	58	14	.241	2	7
Scott Fletcher	19	46	10	.217	0	1
Barry Foote	9	22	0	.000	0	1
Carlos Lezcano	7	14	1	.071	0	2
Mel Hall	10	11	1	.091	1	2
Gene Krug	7	5	2	.400	0	0
Bill Hayes	1	0	0	----	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
Mike Krukow	25	144.1	9	9	3.68	101
Rick Reuschel	13	85.2	4	7	3.47	53
Doug Bird	12	75.1	4	5	3.58	34

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
Randy Martz	33	107.2	5	7	3.68	32
Ken Kravec	24	78.1	1	6	5.06	50
Bill Caudill	30	71.0	1	5	5.83	45
Lynn McGlothen	20	54.2	1	4	4.77	26
Mike Griffin	16	52.0	2	5	4.50	20
Jay Howell	10	22.1	2	0	4.84	10
Dave Geisel	11	16.0	2	0	0.56	7

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
Dick Tidrow	51	3	10	9	5.06	39
Doug Capilla	42	1	0	0	3.18	28
Lee Smith	40	3	6	1	3.51	50
Rawly Eastwick	30	0	1	1	2.28	24
Willie Hernández	12	0	0	2	3.95	13

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	American Association	Randy Hundley and Roy Hartsfield
AA	Midland Cubs	Texas League	Roy Hartsfield and George Enright
A	Quad Cities Cubs	Midwest League	Rich Morales
A-Short Season	Geneva Cubs	New York–Penn League	Bob Hartsfield
Rookie	GCL Cubs	Gulf Coast League	Hugh Yancy

Notes

^ Bruce Sutter at Baseball Reference
^ "Giants trade twice on final day". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. Associated Press (AP). December 13, 1980. p. 3D. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
^ Joe Strain at Baseball Reference
^ George Riley at Baseball Reference
^ [1] at Baseball Reference
^ Butch Benton at Baseball Reference
^ Joe Carter at Baseball Reference
^ Rick Reuschel at Baseball Reference
^ Pat Tabler at Baseball Reference

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1981 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

1981 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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