Chicago Cubs 1979
80–82record
.494win pct
706runs
707allowed
-1run diff
135home runs
37players
The three rarest things in 1979
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | GHGuillermo Hernandez | 1979-05-17 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1979-05-17 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ | |
| 52 | Walk-Off Walk | Chicago Cubs | 1979-07-01 | 1 in 317 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (37)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IJIvan De Jesus | 160 | 716 | 636 | 92 | 180 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 59 | 82 | 24 | 20 | .283 | .345 | .379 | .724 |
| 149 | 628 | 591 | 72 | 168 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 4 | .284 | .319 | .437 | .756 | |
| SOSteve Ontiveros | 152 | 590 | 519 | 58 | 148 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 58 | 68 | 0 | 1 | .285 | .362 | .370 | .732 |
| 145 | 589 | 532 | 97 | 153 | 19 | 5 | 48 | 115 | 45 | 131 | 4 | 2 | .288 | .343 | .613 | .956 | |
| JMJerry Martin | 150 | 579 | 534 | 74 | 145 | 34 | 3 | 19 | 73 | 38 | 85 | 2 | 4 | .272 | .321 | .453 | .774 |
| BFBarry Foote | 132 | 469 | 429 | 47 | 109 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 56 | 34 | 49 | 5 | 2 | .254 | .316 | .427 | .742 |
| TSTed Sizemore | 98 | 374 | 330 | 36 | 82 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .248 | .319 | .318 | .637 |
| STScot Thompson | 128 | 368 | 346 | 36 | 100 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 37 | 4 | 3 | .289 | .322 | .373 | .694 |
| LBLarry Biittner | 111 | 295 | 272 | 35 | 79 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .290 | .339 | .393 | .732 |
| 58 | 231 | 190 | 22 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 36 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .258 | .374 | .400 | .774 | |
| MVMike Vail | 87 | 195 | 179 | 28 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 2 | .335 | .379 | .520 | .899 |
| SDSteve Dillard | 89 | 190 | 166 | 31 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .283 | .351 | .422 | .773 |
| MKMick Kelleher | 73 | 160 | 142 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .254 | .296 | .296 | .592 |
| TBTim Blackwell | 63 | 159 | 122 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .338 | .205 | .542 |
| KHKen Henderson | 62 | 97 | 81 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .361 | .333 | .694 |
| 38 | 91 | 79 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 1 | .165 | .233 | .215 | .448 | |
| LMLynn McGlothen | 42 | 76 | 71 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .236 | .268 | .504 |
| DLDennis Lamp | 38 | 67 | 58 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .183 | .172 | .356 |
| 28 | 62 | 51 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .314 | .327 | .412 | .739 | |
| 24 | 45 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .267 | .302 | .569 | |
| SMSteve Macko | 19 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .295 | .250 | .545 |
| MDMiguel Dilone | 43 | 38 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 5 | .306 | .342 | .306 | .648 |
| BCBill Caudill | 29 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 |
| 62 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | |
| SMSam Mejias | 31 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 |
| 39 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .308 | .462 | |
| DTDick Tidrow | 63 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 |
| BKBruce Kimm | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 |
| GCGene Clines | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| GHGuillermo Hernandez | 52 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 |
| SDSteve Davis | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| GRGeorge Riley | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RBRay Burris | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| KSKurt Seibert | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| DGDave Geisel | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| KPKarl Pagel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| DCDoug Capilla | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (14)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 18–12 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 251 | 104 | 96 | 75 | 125 | 16 | 239.0 | 3.62 | 1.36 | |
| LMLynn McGlothen | 42 | 13–14 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 236 | 103 | 97 | 55 | 147 | 27 | 212.0 | 4.12 | 1.37 |
| DLDennis Lamp | 38 | 11–10 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 223 | 96 | 78 | 46 | 86 | 14 | 200.1 | 3.50 | 1.34 |
| 28 | 9–9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 84 | 77 | 81 | 119 | 13 | 164.2 | 4.21 | 1.54 | |
| 23 | 6–9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 133 | 70 | 60 | 53 | 44 | 15 | 117.2 | 4.59 | 1.58 | |
| DTDick Tidrow | 63 | 11–5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 35 | 31 | 42 | 68 | 5 | 102.2 | 2.72 | 1.25 |
| 62 | 6–6 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 67 | 29 | 25 | 32 | 110 | 3 | 101.1 | 2.22 | 0.98 | |
| BCBill Caudill | 29 | 1–7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 57 | 48 | 41 | 104 | 16 | 90.0 | 4.80 | 1.44 |
| GHGuillermo Hernandez | 51 | 4–4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 50 | 44 | 39 | 53 | 8 | 79.0 | 5.01 | 1.57 |
| 39 | 1–4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 46 | 42 | 25 | 43 | 8 | 73.0 | 5.18 | 1.64 | |
| RBRay Burris | 14 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 21.2 | 6.23 | 1.75 |
| DCDoug Capilla | 13 | 0–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 17.1 | 2.60 | 1.21 |
| DGDave Geisel | 7 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15.0 | 0.60 | 0.93 |
| GRGeorge Riley | 4 | 0–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13.0 | 5.54 | 1.69 |