1980 Chicago Cubs season

1980 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	William Wrigley III
General managers	Bob Kennedy
Managers	Preston Gómez, Joey Amalfitano
Television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
Radio	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Stats	ESPN.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

• October 3, 1979: Ken Holtzman was released by the Cubs.^[1]
• October 17, 1979: Donnie Moore was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Tyson.^[2]
• January 11, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball draft
  • Jim Eppard was drafted by the Cubs in the 11th round, but did not sign.^[3]
  • Tom Henke was drafted by the Cubs in the 1st round (24th pick) of the secondary phase, but did not sign.^[4]
• February 5, 1980: Derek Botelho was released by the Cubs.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 v t e 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

• June 3, 1980: Don Schulze was drafted in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
• June 7, 1980: Henry Cotto was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[7]
• July 14, 1980: Rolando Roomes was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[8]

Roster

1980 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 35 Doug Capilla 36 Bill Caudill 38 Willie Hernández 39 Mike Krukow 47 Dennis Lamp 34 Randy Martz 40 Lynn McGlothen 48 Rick Reuschel 37 George Riley 46 Lee Smith 42 Bruce Sutter 41 Dick Tidrow		Catchers  9 Tim Blackwell  8 Barry Foote 16 Bill Hayes  6 Mike O'Berry Infielders 33 Larry Biittner 22 Bill Buckner 11 Iván DeJesús 15 Steve Dillard  7 Cliff Johnson 20 Mick Kelleher 12 Steve Macko 16 Steve Ontiveros 21 Lenny Randle  2 Mike Tyson		Outfielders 17 Jesús Figueroa 24 Ken Henderson 10 Dave Kingman 30 Carlos Lezcano 28 Jerry Martin 25 Scot Thompson 23 Jim Tracy 27 Mike Vail		Manager  5 Joey Amalfitano 18 Preston Gómez Coaches  5 Joey Amalfitano  3 Gene Clines  4 Mike Roarke  1 Cookie Rojas 26 Billy Williams

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

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

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.
• 1980 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference