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1981 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
image	Chicago Cubs logo.svg
season	1981
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record	First half:
Second half:
Overall:
divisional_place	First half: 6th
Second half: 6th
Overall: 6th
owners	William Wrigley III, Tribune Company
general_managers	Bob Kennedy, Herman Franks, Dallas Green
managers	Joey Amalfitano
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
radio	WGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
espntn	chc
brtn	CHC

Second half: Overall: Second half: 6th Overall: 6th (Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton) (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) |}} 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.

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.
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. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Mike Turgeon (minors) to the Giants on August 11, 1981.
February 26, 1981: George Riley was released by the Cubs.
March 28, 1981: Dennis Lamp was traded by the Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Kravec.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 6, 1981: Butch Benton was acquired by the Cubs from the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.
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.
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.
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.

Roster

1981 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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		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		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
	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
	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
	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

Notes

References

1981 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/suttebr01.shtml Bruce Sutter] at ''Baseball Reference''
(December 13, 1980). "Giants trade twice on final day". The Ledger.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/straijo01.shtml Joe Strain] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rileyge01.shtml George Riley] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lampde01.shtml] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bentobu01.shtml Butch Benton] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cartejo01.shtml Joe Carter] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reuscri01.shtml Rick Reuschel] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tablepa01.shtml Pat Tabler] at ''Baseball Reference''

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