1979 Chicago Cubs roster

Manager: Herman Franks, Joey Amalfitano

29 players appeared for the Chicago Cubs in the 1979 MLB season.

1979 Cubs roster: batting

1979 Chicago Cubs batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Ivan DeJesusSS261606369218055224.283.345.724
Bill Buckner1B291495917216814669.284.319.756
Jerry Martin1B301505347414519732.272.321.774
Dave KingmanDH3014553297153481154.288.343.956
Steve Ontiveros3B27152519581484570.285.362.732
Barry FooteC271324294710916565.254.316.742
Scot Thompson1B23128346361002294.289.322.694
Larry Biittner1B3311127235793501.290.339.732
Mike VailCF278717928607350.335.379.899
Steve Dillard2B288916631475241.283.351.773
Mick KelleherSS317314214360102.254.296.592
Tim BlackwellC26631228200120.164.338.542
Steve MackoSS24194029030.225.295.545
Bruce KimmC2891101000.091.091.182
Gene Clines—32101002000.200.200.400
Steve Davis—253400010.000.000.000
Kurt Seibert—237220000.000.000.000
Karl PagelDH241100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1979 Cubs roster: pitching

1979 Chicago Cubs pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Rick ReuschelRP30363618123.62239.01251.360
Lynn McGlothenRP29422913144.12212.01471.372
Dennis LampRP26383211103.50200.1861.340
Mike KrukowSP272828994.21164.21191.540
Ken HoltzmanP332320694.59117.2441.580
Bruce SutterRP26620662.22101.11100.9837
Bill CaudillRP222912174.8090.01041.440
Willie HernandezRP24512445.0179.0531.570
Donnie MooreRP25391145.1873.0431.641
Dave GeiselRP2470000.6015.050.930
George RileyRP2241015.5413.051.690

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.