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Record: 79-83 .488.... 3rd in National League East
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,525,311

Top Draft Pick: Bill Hayes (#13) MLB
Manager - Herman Franks

Affiliates - AAA Wichita Aeros AA Midland Cubs A+ Pompano Beach Cubs A- Geneva Cubs Rk Gulf Coast Cubs

Team Leaders

HR: Kingman [28]
RBI: Kingman [79]
2B: Buckner [26]
SB: DeJesus [41]
W: Reuschel [14]
SV: Sutter [27]
SO: Reuschel [115]

Oldest Player: Woodie Fryman [38]
Youngest Player: Scot Thompson [22]
Longest Tenure: Rick Reuschel [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Karl Pagel (Sep 21) Scot Thompson (Sep 3)
Pitchers: Dave Geisel (Jun 13)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Dave Rader	29	116	305	29	62	13	3	3	36	1	1	34	26	1	7	3	5	13	.203	.281	.295	576
1B	Bill Buckner	28	117	446	47	144	26	1	5	74	7	5	18	17	0	5	1	5	16	.323	.345	.419	764
2B	Manny Trillo	27	152	552	53	144	17	5	4	55	0	7	50	67	2	3	3	8	10	.261	.320	.332	652
3B	Steve Ontiveros	26	82	276	34	67	14	4	1	22	0	2	34	33	0	3	1	5	4	.243	.321	.333	654
SS	Ivan DeJesus	25	160	619	104	172	24	7	3	35	41	12	74	78	2	5	15	2	12	.278	.356	.354	710
OF	Bobby Murcer	32	146	499	66	140	22	6	9	64	14	5	80	57	0	15	0	6	12	.281	.376	.403	779
OF	Greg Gross	25	124	347	34	92	12	7	1	39	3	1	33	19	0	5	3	7	6	.265	.323	.349	672
OF	Dave Kingman	29	119	395	65	105	17	4	28	79	3	4	39	111	6	8	2	6	3	.266	.336	.542	878

1B-OF	Larry Biittner	32	120	343	32	88	15	1	4	50	0	1	23	37	1	4	1	6	8	.257	.300	.341	641
OF	Gene Clines	31	109	229	31	59	10	2	0	17	4	3	21	28	1	1	2	1	5	.258	.321	.319	640
3B	Rodney Scott	24	78	227	41	64	5	1	0	15	27	10	43	41	3	0	7	0	4	.282	.403	.313	716
P	Dennis Lamp	25	37	73	1	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	0	0	3	0	1	.205	.205	.233	438
OF	Mike Vail	26	74	180	15	60	6	2	4	33	0	1	3	24	0	0	0	2	6	.333	.341	.456	797
P	Rick Reuschel	29	35	73	5	10	2	0	0	4	1	0	4	23	1	0	10	1	0	.137	.190	.164	354
OF	Jerry White	25	59	136	22	37	6	0	1	10	4	3	23	16	0	1	1	2	3	.272	.373	.338	711
P	Ray Burris	27	41	61	3	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0	7	0	1	.115	.143	.197	340
C	Larry Cox	30	59	121	10	34	5	0	2	18	0	0	12	16	0	0	0	0	4	.281	.346	.372	718
P	Dave Roberts	33	37	52	4	17	3	0	2	7	0	0	2	7	0	0	3	0	2	.327	.352	.500	852
C	Tim Blackwell	25	49	103	8	23	3	0	0	7	0	0	23	17	1	1	4	1	4	.223	.367	.252	619
P	Mike Krukow	26	27	45	4	11	5	0	0	3	0	0	2	13	0	0	3	1	0	.244	.271	.356	627
3B-2B	Mick Kelleher	30	68	95	8	24	1	0	0	6	4	1	7	11	0	0	4	0	5	.253	.304	.263	567
P	Donnie Moore	24	71	15	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.353	.333	686
OF-3B	Hector Cruz	25	30	76	8	18	5	0	2	9	0	0	3	6	0	1	1	0	4	.237	.266	.382	648
P	Bruce Sutter	25	64	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	4	0	0	.077	.200	.077	277
OF	Joe Wallis	26	28	55	7	17	2	1	1	6	0	2	5	13	0	1	0	0	0	.309	.367	.436	803
P	Paul Reuschel	31	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
3B	Davey Johnson	35	24	49	5	15	1	1	2	6	0	0	5	9	2	0	0	0	1	.306	.393	.490	883
P	Willie Hernandez	23	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF-1B	Scot Thompson	22	19	36	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	.417	.447	.500	947
2B-3B	Rudy Meoli	27	47	29	10	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.257	.172	429
3B-1B	Ed Putman	24	17	25	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.310	.200	510
P	Woodie Fryman	38	13	16	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	1	0	.063	.059	.125	184
P	Lynn McGlothen	28	49	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.286	.308	594
P	Ken Holtzman	32	23	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.300	573
C	Mike Gordon	24	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	.200	.556	.200	756
P	Dave Geisel	23	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
3B	Mike Sember	25	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	833
	Karl Pagel	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Manny Seoane	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			162	5532	664	1461	224	48	72	612	110	58	562	746	21	61	84	59	125	.264	.331	.361	692