1981 Chicago Cubs season

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1981 Chicago Cubs
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Wrigley Field (Since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1876)
1981 Information
Owner(s)	William Wrigley III, Tribune Company
General Manager(s)	Bob Kennedy, Herman Franks, Dallas Green
Manager(s)	Joey Amalfitano
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
Local radio	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The Chicago Cubs' 1981 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Chicago Cubs attempting to win the National League East.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 2 First Season 3 Second Season 4 Composite Standings 4.1 Roster 5 Player stats 5.1 Batting 5.2 Starting pitchers 5.3 Relief pitchers 6 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

[edit] First Season

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	34	21	.618	0
St. Louis Cardinals	30	20	.600	4.0
Montreal Expos	30	25	.545	4.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	25	23	.521	9.0
New York Mets	17	34	.333	17.0
Chicago Cubs	15	37	.288	19.0

[edit] Second Season

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Montreal Expos	30	23	.566	0
St. Louis Cardinals	29	23	.558	1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	25	27	.481	5.0
New York Mets	24	28	.462	6.0
Chicago Cubs	23	28	.451	7.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	21	33	.389	9.0

[edit] Composite Standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	59	43	.578	0
Montreal Expos	60	48	.556	2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	59	48	.551	2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	46	56	.451	13.0
New York Mets	41	62	.398	18.5
Chicago Cubs	38	65	.369	21.5

[edit] Roster

1981 Chicago Cubs roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

• 1981 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

v • d • e 1981 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1981 All-Star Game • 1981 World Series

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