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1981 Chicago Cubs  (1980)  (1982) 41-121, 5th in NL Eastern Division Scored 441 runs, Allowed 798 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 38-124 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .659 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 54-108   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 38-65 Manager(s): Alan Bosslet

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Bill Buckner         31  162  649   70  193  56   3  20   63   4   1   37   31  .297  .335  .485  103   5.8  2e25       -8  
 OF *Leon Durham          23  136  514   62  123  12   7   7   27  30   8   35   98  .239  .287  .331   49   3.2  3(0)e10  -186  
 OF  Al Cowens            29  121  363   35   98  17   4   0   27   6   5   40   58  .270  .345  .339   44   4.4  3(-3)e2    17  
 OF  Jerry Morales        32  125  376   40  106   6   2   2   23   1   0   37   48  .282  .346  .324   41   4.0  3(-1)e6   -11  
 3B  Ken Reitz            30  112  406   19   93  19   1   0   31   0   0   20   81  .229  .273  .281   29   2.4  3e11       12  
 C   Jody Davis           24   92  281   30   68   5   2   5   28   0   0   31   39  .242  .317  .327   29   3.5  4(-1)e15  -50  
 2B  Joe Pittman          28  118  213   12   60   5   6   0   15   7   3    6   27  .282  .300  .362   22   3.9  3e16      -13  
 C   Barry Foote          29   78  188   16   41   6   0  10   34   0   0   16   40  .218  .278  .410   19   3.5  4(+2)e1   128  
 UT  Hector Cruz          28   91  165   19   27   6   0   8   20   5   1   32   41  .164  .298  .345   17   3.2           -155  
 3B  Ty Waller            24   36  112   15   31   3   3   4   13   1   1    8   31  .277  .325  .464   17   5.7  3e11       36  
 OF  Dave Edwards         27   83  170   12   37   8   0   0   10   2   3   16   37  .218  .280  .265   12   2.4  3(0)e12   -59  
 SS  Stan Papi            30   47  148   12   33   4   1   7   23   2   0    0   20  .223  .220  .405   12   2.8  unrated    57  
 OF *Jim Tracy            25   34   95   12   18   3   1   0    6   1   0   27   26  .189  .369  .242   10   3.4  4(0)e11   -46  
 2B  Pat Tabler           23   54  151    9   24   6   0   0    8   0   0   27   44  .159  .285  .199    9   1.8  4e17      -64  
 2B #Mike Tyson           31   51  146   13   20   2   0   6   17   0   0   13   25  .137  .204  .274    9   1.9  3e41      -42  
 SS  Mario Mendoza        30  106  361   16   54   7   0   0   15   2   1    5   50  .150  .162  .169    7    .6  2e25     -189  
 OF *Scot Thompson        25   57  171   17   24   3   0   0    7   1   0   14   14  .140  .205  .158    5   1.0  3(+1)e7   -53  
 2B  Joe Strain           27   34  113    2   21   2   0   0    5   0   0    4   10  .186  .227  .204    5   1.5  4e37      -22  
 OF  Gary Woods           27   57  170    8   24   3   0   0    7   5   0    8   52  .141  .178  .159    4    .8  2(-1)e6  -203  
 2B  Scott Fletcher       22   23   72    2   15   1   0   0    8   0   0    2    9  .208  .227  .222    3   1.4  3e29     -105  
 UT  Guy Sularz           25   13   29    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .172  .273  .241    2   2.5             22  
 C   John Ellis           32   41   89    5   10   3   0   0    2   0   0    5   13  .112  .160  .146    2    .7  4(+2)e16 -154  
 OF *Tom Poquette         29    8   30    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .167  .219  .167    1   1.1  3(+1)e11    0  
 C   Ron Pruitt           29   14   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4(+1)e16 -100  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           459                  -52

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Doyle Alexander      30   7  12  .368  34  34   5   0   0   0   0  219.2  233  102   97  16   73  108  3.97  115   4.7   -6  
  P  Rawly Eastwick       30   5   3  .625  38   0   0  15   1   3   0   65.2   69   35   33   6   24   38  4.52   32   4.3   -6  
  P  Randy Martz          25   5  10  .333  23  19   3   4   0   0   0  121.0  141   68   61   5   47   41  4.54   76   5.6   35  
  P  Bill Caudill         24   4   5  .444  50   1   0  29   2   1   0   95.1  105   53   46   8   40   53  4.34   54   5.0 -108  
  P  Rick Reuschel        32   4  11  .267  19  18   5   1   0   0   0  121.2  139   65   56   5   24   71  4.14   56   4.1   -1  
  P  Mike Witt            20   4  18  .182  28  28   5   0   0   0   0  170.2  178   79   72  11   59  100  3.80   84   4.5  -13  
  P  Dickie Noles         24   3   6  .333  62   0   0  12   1   7   0   87.1   92   50   41   2   34   57  4.23   45   4.7    5  
  P  Jay Howell           25   2   0 1.000  17   0   0   4   0   3   0   28.0   23   13   12   4   14   11  3.86   15   4.8  -91  
  P *Tippy Martinez       31   2   3  .400  54   0   0  35   8   6   0   73.0   62   30   26   2   56   60  3.21   32   3.9  -14  
  P  Lee Smith            23   2   5  .286  67   0   0  30   8   2   0   99.0   89   40   29   2   45   95  2.64   35   3.1  -33  
  P  Mike Krukow          29   2  27  .069  36  34   7   2   1   0   0  213.0  263  137  120  18   78  144  5.07  129   5.4   39  
  P *Rick Waits           29   1  21  .045  28  28   5   0   0   0   0  153.2  233  126  114   9   62   84  6.68  128   7.6   24  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      806         -2

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jody Davis 665 75 80 457 43 14 2 .973 59 32 Barry Foote 458 58 66 319 32 3 1 .992 53 15 John Ellis 259 27 41 163 23 12 4 .939 54 13 Ron Pruitt 55 2 14 33 4 1 0 .974 6 4 Hector Cruz 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 Jerry Morales 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Al Cowens 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Dave Edwards 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Buckner 1434 162 162 1430 129 26 140 .984 9.79 Leon Durham 12 0 7 9 2 0 1 1.000 8.03 Scot Thompson 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Tabler 378 45 46 125 110 2 24 .992 5.60 Mike Tyson 284 33 34 88 83 3 25 .983 5.41 Joe Strain 246 30 30 90 87 6 17 .967 6.47 Joe Pittman 218 17 46 82 70 4 15 .974 6.27 Scott Fletcher 128 15 15 37 36 2 13 .973 5.15 Ty Waller 91 10 12 28 25 1 7 .981 5.24 Stan Papi 44 6 8 12 10 0 3 1.000 4.53 Guy Sularz 42 5 8 12 9 1 3 .955 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Reitz 975 111 111 99 248 6 24 .983 3.20 Ty Waller 172 19 20 19 38 3 5 .950 2.99 Hector Cruz 142 14 21 9 28 6 4 .860 2.35 Joe Pittman 136 15 21 13 31 0 2 1.000 2.90 Al Cowens 10 1 1 1 1 1 0 .667 1.86 Dave Edwards 8 1 1 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 Jerry Morales 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mario Mendoza 920 101 105 181 345 12 59 .978 5.15 Stan Papi 274 31 31 54 83 14 17 .907 4.50 Mike Tyson 92 10 15 16 33 2 6 .961 4.79 Scott Fletcher 57 7 7 7 23 6 1 .833 4.74 Guy Sularz 40 6 6 8 15 3 2 .885 5.18 Joe Strain 24 3 3 1 8 3 1 .750 3.38 Pat Tabler 16 2 2 7 3 1 0 .909 5.62 Joe Pittman 8 1 1 3 4 0 0 1.000 7.88 Ty Waller 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gary Woods 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Scot Thompson 363 42 43 64 4 3 0 .958 1.69 Gary Woods 315 37 38 64 3 1 1 .985 1.91 Jim Tracy 247 29 29 44 4 3 0 .941 1.75 Dave Edwards 192 21 27 29 1 1 0 .968 1.40 Hector Cruz 183 18 25 35 3 1 0 .974 1.87 Tom Poquette 70 8 8 20 0 3 0 .870 2.57 Al Cowens 42 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 Jerry Morales 16 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 Leon Durham 8 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Cowens 773 87 89 205 12 0 2 1.000 2.53 Jerry Morales 650 72 75 174 7 4 0 .978 2.51 Gary Woods 16 2 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.94 Dave Edwards 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Leon Durham 1085 122 125 200 14 9 0 .960 1.78 Jerry Morales 157 18 18 29 3 1 0 .970 1.83 Dave Edwards 111 13 18 26 3 2 1 .935 2.35 Scot Thompson 35 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Gary Woods 32 3 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.85 Al Cowens 24 2 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 Hector Cruz 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1981 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Mike Witt
Round 2 (#24):	Doyle Alexander
Round 3 (#43):	Mario Mendoza
Round 4 (#64):	Joe Pittman
Round 5 (#85):	Barry Foote
Round 6 (#104):	Stan Papi
Round 7 (#119):	Mike Tyson
Round 8 (#132):	Rick Waits
Round 9 (#141):	Gary Woods
Round 10 (#146):	Dave Edwards

Transactions

• 1981-01: acquired John Ellis as a free agent
• 1981-07: acquired Joe Strain as a free agent
• 1981-21: released Joe Strain
• 1981-21: acquired Guy Sularz as a free agent
• 1981-22: acquired Tom Poquette as a free agent
• 1981 postseason: released Dave Edwards, Barry Foote, Rick Reuschel, Guy Sularz

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