1980 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1980
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago, Illinois
Owners:	William Wrigley III
General Managers:	Bob Kennedy
Managers:	Preston Gómez, Joey Amalfitano
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
Radio:	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Espntn:	chc
Brtn:	CHC

The 1980 Chicago Cubs season was the 109th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 105th in the National League and the 65th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 64–98.

Offseason

October 3, 1979: Ken Holtzman was released by the Cubs.^[1]
October 17, 1979: Donnie Moore was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Tyson.^[2]
January 11, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball draft
- Jim Eppard was drafted by the Cubs in the 11th round, but did not sign.^[3]
- Tom Henke was drafted by the Cubs in the 1st round (24th pick) of the secondary phase, but did not sign.^[4]
February 5, 1980: Derek Botelho was released by the Cubs.^[5]

June 3, 1980: Don Schulze was drafted in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
June 7, 1980: Henry Cotto was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[7]
July 14, 1980: Rolando Roomes was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.^[8]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	103	320	87	.272	5	30
1B	145	578	187	.324	10	68
2B	123	341	81	.238	3	23
SS	157	618	160	.259	3	33
3B	130	489	135	.276	5	39
LF	81	255	71	.278	18	57
CF	141	494	112	.227	23	73
RF	114	312	93	.298	6	47

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
127	273	68	.249	1	34
100	244	55	.225	4	27
102	226	48	.212	2	13
63	202	48	.238	6	28
115	198	50	.253	1	11
68	196	46	.235	10	34
42	122	31	.254	3	9
105	96	14	.146	0	4
42	88	18	.205	3	12
44	82	16	.195	2	9
31	77	16	.208	1	3
19	48	10	.208	0	5
6	20	6	.300	0	2
4	9	2	.222	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	257.0	11	13	3.40	140
34	205.0	10	15	4.39	130
41	202.2	10	14	5.20	83
6	30.1	1	2	2.08	5

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	182.1	12	14	4.79	119
39	89.2	2	8	4.12	51

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
60	5	8	28	2.64	76
84	6	5	6	2.79	97
72	4	6	1	2.19	112
53	1	9	0	4.40	75
22	0	4	0	5.75	18
18	2	0	0	2.91	17

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1980 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference