1979 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs logo.svg 1979 National League East Wrigley Field Chicago 80 82 y 5th William Wrigley III Bob Kennedy Herman Franks, Joey Amalfitano WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau) WGN(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) chc CHC The 1979 Chicago Cubs season was the 108th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 104th in the National League and the 64th at Wrigley Field, and the first to be beamed via satellite and cable television to viewers all over the United States on WGN Television, thanks to a postseason decision by the company management to uplink its broadcast signals via satellite with the help of Oklahoma-based United Video Satellite Group, making them the pioneer superstation in the country's midwest and the Cubs games of that season the third superstation baseball broadcasts live via satellite relay after the Braves and the Yankees.Birth of a Nation's Superstation: WGN executives were aghast when the channel was first put up on satellite, but the 'curse' turned into quite the blessing http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-115224993.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121105132013/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-115224993.html usurped November 5, 2012 Kathy Haley Multichannel News Reed Business Information HighBeam Research subscription April 5, 2004 It was the first season of over 40 to be broadcast all over the country, slowly making the team a national brand. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82. This was the first season in which the players last names appeared on the uniforms but only on the away jerseys. It wouldn't be until 1993 when names would appear on the home jerseys. Offseason October 26, 1978: Rudy Meoli was released by the Cubs.Rudy Meoli at Baseball Reference February 23, 1979: Manny Trillo, Greg Gross, and Dave Rader were traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Barry Foote, Ted Sizemore, Jerry Martin, Derek Botelho, and Henry Mack (minors).Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference March 20, 1979: The Cubs traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Dillard. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Ed Putman to the Tigers on March 24.Ed Putman at Baseball Reference Regular season On May 17, the Phillies beat the Cubs 23–22 at Wrigley Field in ten innings,Box Score of Game played on Thursday, May 17, 1979, at Wrigley Field http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197905170CHN Baseball Almanac October 13, 2009 with a 30-mph wind blowing out to left field.August 2017 This was only the second time since 1913 that both teams scored 20 or more runs in a game, the only previous instance also being a Cubs–Phillies game.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/w7EUj Team Pitching Game Finder, From 1913 to 2017, (requiring tgl_stats.RA>=20) Baseball Reference August 1, 2017 Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions May 23, 1979: Ray Burris was traded by the Cubs to the New York Yankees for Dick Tidrow.Ray Burris at Baseball Reference June 26, 1979: Bobby Murcer was traded by the Cubs to the New York Yankees for Paul Semall (minors).Bobby Murcer at Baseball Reference August 17, 1979: Ted Sizemore was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and cash. The Red Sox completed the trade by sending Mike O'Berry to the Cubs on October 23, 1979.Ted Sizemore at Baseball Reference Roster 1979 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 34 Ray Burris 35 Doug Capilla 36 Bill Caudill 46 Dave Geisel 38 Willie Hernández 30 Ken Holtzman 39 Mike Krukow 47 Dennis Lamp 40 Lynn McGlothen 49 Donnie Moore 48 Rick Reuschel 33 George Riley 42 Bruce Sutter 41 Dick Tidrow Catchers  9 Tim Blackwell  8 Barry Foote  7 Bruce Kimm Infielders 22 Bill Buckner 29 Steve Davis 11 Iván DeJesús 15 Steve Dillard 20 Mick Kelleher 12 Steve Macko 16 Steve Ontiveros 17 Kurt Seibert  6 Ted Sizemore Outfielders 26 Larry Biittner 32 Miguel Diloné 24 Ken Henderson 10 Dave Kingman 28 Jerry Martin 32 Sam Mejías  7 Bobby Murcer 25 Scot Thompson 27 Mike Vail Other batters 18 Gene Clines 45 Karl Pagel Manager  5 Joey Amalfitano  3 Herman Franks Coaches  5 Joey Amalfitano  2 Peanuts Lowrey  4 Mike Roarke  1 Cookie Rojas Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Barry Foote 132 429 109 .254 16 56 1B Bill Buckner 149 591 168 .284 14 66 2B Ted Sizemore 98 330 82 .248 2 24 SS Iván DeJesús 160 636 180 .283 5 52 3B Steve Ontiveros 152 519 148 .285 4 57 LF Dave Kingman 145 532 153 .288 48 115 CF Jerry Martin Jerry Martin (baseball) 150 534 145 .272 19 73 RF Scot Thompson 128 346 100 .289 2 29 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Larry Biitner 111 272 79 .290 3 50 Bobby Murcer 58 190 49 .258 7 22 Mike Vail 87 179 60 .335 7 35 Steve Dillard Steve Dillard (baseball) 89 166 47 .283 5 24 Mick Kelleher 73 142 36 .254 0 10 Tim Blackwell 63 122 20 .164 0 12 Ken Henderson 62 81 19 .235 2 8 Steve Macko 19 40 9 .225 0 3 Miguel Diloné 43 36 11 .306 0 1 Sam Mejías 31 11 2 .182 0 0 Bruce Kimm 9 11 1 .091 0 0 Gene Clines 10 10 2 .200 0 0 Steve Davis 3 4 0 .000 0 1 Kurt Seibert 7 2 0 .000 0 0 Karl Pagel 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Rick Reuschel 36 239.0 18 12 3.62 125 Lynn McGlothen 42 212.0 13 14 4.12 147 Dennis Lamp 38 200.1 11 10 3.50 86 Mike Krukow 28 164.2 9 9 4.21 119 Ken Holtzman 23 117.2 6 9 4.59 44 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Bill Caudill 29 90.0 1 7 4.80 104 George Riley George Riley (baseball) 4 13.0 0 1 5.54 5 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Bruce Sutter 62 6 6 37 2.22 110 Dick Tidrow 63 11 5 4 2.72 68 Willie Hernández 51 4 4 0 5.01 53 Donnie Moore 39 1 4 1 5.18 43 Ray Burris 14 0 0 0 6.23 14 Doug Capilla 13 0 1 0 2.60 10 Dave Geisel 7 0 0 0 0.60 5 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Jack Hiatt AA Midland Cubs Texas League Randy Hundley A Quad Cities Cubs Midwest League Jim Napier A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Bob Hartsfield Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Ken Rudolph LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quad Cities Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 External links 1979 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1979 in Chicago