1979 Chicago Cubs
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1979 Chicago Cubs*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)
Chicago Cubs - Franchise Page

(Regular Season)

(1979 National League)
Positional Average (Weighted Avg of Options): 0.500 (1-Year) (9-Year) (Long-Run)

Positional Averages for Pitchers (Wgted Avg of Options): "0.500 "vs. Different Values for Starting vs. Relief Pitchers: (Empirical) (Based on Pitchers who Do Both)

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Position Players
(Sorted by pWORL)
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
22.017.73.2
5.1
22.417.43.8
5.8
20.621.80.1
2.1
20.621.70.1
2.1
17.116.4-0.1
1.5
16.916.6-0.5
1.2
11.311.40.1
1.2
11.311.40.1
1.2
5.85.40.5
1.1
5.75.50.3
0.9
8.48.2-0.3
0.5
8.28.4-0.7
0.1
15.214.8-1.1
0.4
15.015.1-1.5
-0.1
7.47.2-0.3
0.4
7.37.3-0.6
0.1
5.65.7-0.4
0.2
6.25.20.7
1.3
4.64.9-0.3
0.2
4.55.1-0.5
-0.1
9.710.7-0.9
0.1
9.710.7-0.8
0.2
0.40.30.1
0.1
0.30.3-0.0
0.0
0.10.1-0.0
0.0
0.10.1-0.0
-0.0
0.20.2-0.0
-0.0
0.10.3-0.1
-0.1
0.00.1-0.0
-0.0
0.00.1-0.0
-0.0
0.00.1-0.0
-0.0
0.00.1-0.0
-0.0
1.41.7-0.3
-0.2
1.71.40.3
0.5
15.416.7-1.9
-0.3
15.816.3-1.1
0.5
0.10.5-0.4
-0.4
0.20.4-0.3
-0.3
1.11.6-0.5
-0.4
1.21.5-0.3
-0.1
2.93.7-0.7
-0.4
3.13.6-0.4
-0.1
1.83.0-1.2
-0.9
2.42.40.0
0.3
9.611.0-2.1
-1.0
10.110.5-1.0
0.0
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
160.7163.1-6.6
9.3
162.7161.2-2.5
13.4


Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Pitchers
(Sorted by pWORL)
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
9.86.03.6
5.0
9.36.62.6
4.0
16.414.92.5
4.3
15.515.90.7
2.5
11.610.02.1
3.4
11.010.61.2
2.5
10.110.70.1
1.3
10.210.70.2
1.4
5.14.60.4
1.3
5.24.50.7
1.6
12.113.6-0.7
0.9
12.313.4-0.3
1.3
0.30.10.2
0.3
0.30.10.1
0.2
0.70.8-0.0
0.1
0.80.70.1
0.2
6.37.5-0.8
0.0
6.07.8-1.4
-0.5
0.20.3-0.1
-0.1
0.30.30.0
0.1
2.12.6-0.5
-0.1
2.22.5-0.2
0.1
0.50.9-0.4
-0.3
0.60.8-0.2
-0.1
4.15.8-1.4
-0.8
4.35.6-1.1
-0.5
1.83.1-1.2
-0.8
2.22.6-0.4
-0.0
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
81.380.94.0
14.6
80.282.02.1
12.7


pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
TEAM TOTALS
242.0244.0-2.6
24.0
242.8243.2-0.5
26.1


Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Position Players
(Sorted by pWORL)
Batting Baserunning Pitching Fielding
Player eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct.
14.910.0
0.597
0.90.7
0.570
0.00.0
0.000
6.46.9
0.481
12.012.2
0.497
2.12.2
0.482
0.00.0
0.000
6.57.4
0.468
11.510.7
0.516
0.80.7
0.510
0.00.0
0.000
4.75.1
0.480
9.08.8
0.504
0.70.7
0.480
0.00.0
0.000
1.61.8
0.479
3.63.5
0.507
0.40.3
0.586
0.00.0
0.000
1.71.8
0.497
6.16.3
0.493
0.40.3
0.521
0.00.0
0.000
1.71.8
0.492
11.511.4
0.501
1.01.1
0.476
0.00.0
0.000
2.52.5
0.508
4.74.3
0.525
0.30.6
0.385
0.00.0
0.000
2.22.4
0.478
4.33.3
0.565
0.40.4
0.494
0.00.0
0.000
1.41.5
0.496
2.12.9
0.423
0.30.3
0.521
0.00.0
0.000
2.01.8
0.528
5.26.2
0.459
0.50.7
0.440
0.00.0
0.000
4.03.8
0.513
0.20.3
0.444
0.10.0
0.640
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.450
0.00.1
0.309
0.00.0
0.484
0.00.0
0.000
0.10.0
0.688
0.10.2
0.318
0.00.0
0.381
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.294
0.00.0
0.475
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.002
0.00.1
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.50.6
0.456
0.80.5
0.639
0.00.0
0.000
0.40.4
0.520
11.010.8
0.505
0.70.8
0.450
0.00.0
0.000
4.24.7
0.474
0.10.3
0.164
0.00.0
0.007
0.00.0
0.000
0.10.1
0.520
0.70.9
0.429
0.00.0
0.485
0.00.0
0.000
0.50.5
0.487
2.22.6
0.453
0.10.1
0.514
0.00.0
0.000
0.80.8
0.495
2.12.0
0.511
0.10.1
0.430
0.00.0
0.000
0.30.3
0.469
6.37.1
0.468
0.80.4
0.637
0.00.0
0.000
3.22.9
0.519
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
108.0104.6
0.508
10.310.1
0.506
0.00.0
0.000
44.446.4
0.489


Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Pitchers
(Sorted by pWORL)
Batting Baserunning Pitching Fielding
Player eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct.
0.10.1
0.506
0.00.0
0.386
8.86.3
0.582
0.30.2
0.585
1.01.7
0.367
0.10.2
0.449
13.813.5
0.505
0.50.5
0.488
0.41.0
0.286
0.10.1
0.607
10.19.3
0.521
0.50.3
0.604
1.01.1
0.478
0.00.1
0.277
8.99.3
0.489
0.20.2
0.484
0.10.1
0.359
-0.00.0
-3.882
4.94.1
0.545
0.20.2
0.492
0.91.4
0.400
0.10.1
0.529
11.211.7
0.488
0.10.1
0.426
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.30.1
0.691
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.577
0.00.0
0.937
0.70.7
0.529
0.00.0
0.401
0.60.7
0.447
0.00.0
0.559
5.56.7
0.450
0.10.2
0.272
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.30.3
0.523
0.00.0
0.301
0.10.1
0.436
0.00.0
0.164
2.12.3
0.473
0.10.1
0.601
0.00.1
0.037
0.00.0
0.000
0.50.5
0.477
0.10.2
0.241
0.00.4
0.099
0.00.0
0.181
4.35.0
0.459
0.10.1
0.399
0.10.2
0.322
0.00.0
0.321
2.12.4
0.464
0.10.0
0.537
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
4.36.9
0.383
0.50.5
0.461
73.472.3
0.504
2.12.2
0.484


Batting Baserunning Pitching Fielding
eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct.
TEAM TOTALS
112.3111.5
0.502
10.810.6
0.504
73.472.3
0.504
46.548.6
0.489


eWin, eLoss, eWOPA by Position
Catcher
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Barry Foote11.211.20.1
Tim Blackwell3.13.5-0.4
Bruce Kimm0.10.5-0.3
------ ------ ------
TOTAL14.415.2-0.6
  
First Base
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Bill Buckner14.814.8-1.4
Larry Biittner2.72.7-0.3
Steve Ontiveros (1973)0.10.10.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL17.617.6-1.7
  
Second Base
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Ted Sizemore9.710.6-0.7
Steve Dillard5.15.00.2
Mick Kelleher1.92.5-0.5
Steve Macko0.70.9-0.1
Kurt Seibert0.00.0-0.0
Steve M. Davis0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL17.519.0-1.2
  
Third Base
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Steve Ontiveros (1973)15.516.1-1.2
Mick Kelleher1.81.70.0
Steve Macko0.40.40.0
Steve Dillard0.20.2-0.0
Steve M. Davis0.10.1-0.0
Mike Vail0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL18.018.5-1.2
  
Shortstop
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Ivan DeJesus, Sr.20.521.8-0.0
Mick Kelleher0.80.9-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.322.7-0.1
  
Left Field
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Dave Kingman21.717.23.4
Larry Biittner2.22.2-0.2
Ken Henderson0.90.60.2
Scot Thompson0.30.20.0
Sam Mejias0.00.0-0.0
Miguel Dilone0.00.0-0.0
Mike Vail0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL25.120.43.4
  
Center Field
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Jerry Martin16.316.0-0.5
Scot Thompson2.22.7-0.6
Miguel Dilone1.01.0-0.1
Sam Mejias0.10.10.0
Bobby Murcer0.0-0.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL19.619.8-1.1
  
Right Field
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Bobby Murcer7.27.1-0.6
Scot Thompson6.76.8-0.8
Mike Vail4.94.10.4
Larry Biittner1.92.1-0.4
Jerry Martin0.50.5-0.1
Ken Henderson0.40.4-0.0
Sam Mejias0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.521.1-1.4
  
Designated Hitter
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.00.00.0
  
Pinch Hitter
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Larry Biittner1.41.30.2
Ken Henderson1.11.4-0.2
Mike Vail1.21.00.3
Scot Thompson1.10.80.3
Dave Kingman0.50.30.2
Steve Dillard0.30.20.1
Steve Ontiveros (1973)0.30.20.1
Bill Buckner0.20.3-0.1
Gene Clines0.10.3-0.1
Sam Mejias0.10.2-0.1
Barry Foote0.10.2-0.0
Steve Macko0.10.2-0.1
Bobby Murcer0.10.10.0
Jerry Martin0.10.10.0
Karl Pagel0.00.1-0.0
Ted Sizemore0.00.0-0.0
Ken Holtzman0.00.0-0.0
Kurt Seibert0.00.0-0.0
Tim Blackwell0.00.0-0.0
Ivan DeJesus, Sr.0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL6.66.70.3
  
Pinch Runner
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Miguel Dilone0.70.40.3
Steve Dillard0.10.10.0
Sam Mejias0.10.00.0
Kurt Seibert0.00.0-0.0
Mick Kelleher0.00.00.0
Scot Thompson0.00.00.0
Rick Reuschel0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.90.50.4
  
Pitcher Offense
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Rick Reuschel1.11.90.1
Lynn McGlothen1.01.50.3
Mike Krukow1.01.20.4
Dennis Lamp0.41.1-0.1
Ken Holtzman0.60.70.2
Bill Caudill0.00.4-0.2
Donnie Moore0.10.2-0.0
Bruce Sutter0.10.10.1
Dick Tidrow0.10.10.0
Willie Hernandez0.10.10.0
George Riley0.00.1-0.0
Ray Burris0.00.00.0
Dave Geisel0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL4.77.40.8
  
Starting Pitching
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Rick Reuschel14.314.00.4
Lynn McGlothen10.210.7-0.3
Dennis Lamp10.29.50.7
Mike Krukow9.19.5-0.3
Ken Holtzman5.56.9-1.3
Bill Caudill3.54.5-0.9
Donnie Moore0.30.7-0.3
Willie Hernandez0.40.40.0
George Riley0.30.4-0.1
Doug Capilla0.00.2-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL53.956.7-2.2
  
Relief Pitching
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Bruce Sutter9.16.52.4
Dick Tidrow5.14.30.7
Willie Hernandez1.72.0-0.2
Donnie Moore1.71.9-0.2
Lynn McGlothen1.11.2-0.1
Bill Caudill0.70.7-0.0
Ray Burris0.80.70.0
George Riley0.20.3-0.1
Dennis Lamp0.30.10.2
Dave Geisel0.30.10.1
Doug Capilla0.20.20.0
Ken Holtzman0.10.1-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.318.12.7


Team eWins over Positional Average by Position
PC1B2B3BSSLFCFRFOth
1979 Chicago Cubs1.3-0.6-1.7-1.2-1.2-0.13.4-1.1-1.40.7


pWin, pLoss, pWOPA by Position
Catcher
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Barry Foote11.111.3-0.0
Tim Blackwell2.93.7-0.7
Bruce Kimm0.10.5-0.4
------ ------ ------
TOTAL14.115.5-1.1
  
First Base
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Bill Buckner15.114.6-1.0
Larry Biittner2.82.6-0.0
Steve Ontiveros (1973)0.10.00.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL18.017.2-0.9
  
Second Base
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Ted Sizemore9.710.7-0.8
Steve Dillard5.34.80.5
Mick Kelleher1.72.6-0.8
Steve Macko0.61.0-0.4
Kurt Seibert0.00.0-0.0
Steve M. Davis0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL17.319.2-1.5
  
Third Base
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Steve Ontiveros (1973)15.116.4-1.9
Mick Kelleher2.01.50.5
Steve Macko0.50.30.1
Steve Dillard0.20.10.1
Steve M. Davis0.10.1-0.0
Mike Vail0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL18.018.5-1.3
  
Shortstop
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Ivan DeJesus, Sr.20.621.80.1
Mick Kelleher0.90.80.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.422.60.2
  
Left Field
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Dave Kingman21.317.62.7
Larry Biittner2.32.10.0
Ken Henderson0.90.60.3
Scot Thompson0.30.10.2
Sam Mejias0.00.00.0
Miguel Dilone0.00.0-0.0
Mike Vail0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL25.020.53.2
  
Center Field
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Jerry Martin16.415.9-0.2
Scot Thompson1.93.0-1.3
Miguel Dilone0.81.3-0.5
Sam Mejias0.10.00.1
Bobby Murcer0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL19.220.1-1.9
  
Right Field
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Bobby Murcer7.27.1-0.4
Scot Thompson6.57.0-1.1
Mike Vail4.74.30.1
Larry Biittner1.82.3-0.6
Jerry Martin0.60.40.1
Ken Henderson0.40.4-0.0
Sam Mejias0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.221.4-2.0
  
Designated Hitter
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.00.00.0
  
Pinch Hitter
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Larry Biittner1.41.20.3
Ken Henderson0.52.0-1.4
Mike Vail0.91.4-0.4
Scot Thompson0.90.90.1
Dave Kingman0.70.20.5
Steve Dillard0.20.3-0.1
Steve Ontiveros (1973)0.20.20.0
Bill Buckner0.20.3-0.1
Gene Clines0.20.2-0.0
Sam Mejias0.20.2-0.0
Barry Foote0.20.10.1
Steve Macko0.00.2-0.2
Bobby Murcer0.20.10.1
Jerry Martin0.10.1-0.0
Karl Pagel0.00.1-0.0
Ted Sizemore0.00.0-0.0
Ken Holtzman0.00.0-0.0
Kurt Seibert0.00.0-0.0
Tim Blackwell0.00.0-0.0
Ivan DeJesus, Sr.0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL5.87.6-1.4
  
Pinch Runner
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Miguel Dilone0.60.40.2
Steve Dillard0.10.1-0.0
Sam Mejias0.00.1-0.0
Kurt Seibert0.00.0-0.0
Mick Kelleher0.00.0-0.0
Scot Thompson0.00.00.0
Rick Reuschel0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.70.60.1
  
Pitcher Offense
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Rick Reuschel1.31.70.4
Lynn McGlothen1.01.50.2
Mike Krukow1.01.30.3
Dennis Lamp0.51.00.0
Ken Holtzman0.60.70.2
Bill Caudill0.00.4-0.2
Donnie Moore0.10.2-0.0
Bruce Sutter0.10.10.1
Dick Tidrow0.10.10.0
Willie Hernandez0.00.2-0.0
George Riley0.00.1-0.0
Ray Burris0.10.00.1
Dave Geisel0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL4.97.31.0
  
Starting Pitching
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Rick Reuschel15.113.22.1
Lynn McGlothen10.010.9-0.8
Dennis Lamp10.78.91.9
Mike Krukow9.19.4-0.2
Ken Holtzman5.76.7-1.0
Bill Caudill3.34.7-1.4
Donnie Moore0.30.7-0.5
Willie Hernandez0.40.5-0.1
George Riley0.30.4-0.2
Doug Capilla0.00.2-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL54.855.8-0.4
  
Relief Pitching
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Bruce Sutter9.75.93.6
Dick Tidrow5.04.50.4
Willie Hernandez1.72.0-0.3
Donnie Moore1.42.1-0.7
Lynn McGlothen1.11.2-0.1
Bill Caudill0.80.60.2
Ray Burris0.70.8-0.1
George Riley0.20.3-0.1
Dennis Lamp0.30.10.2
Dave Geisel0.30.10.2
Doug Capilla0.20.20.0
Ken Holtzman0.10.10.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.617.83.3


Team pWins over Positional Average by Position
PC1B2B3BSSLFCFRFOth
1979 Chicago Cubs4.0-1.1-0.9-1.5-1.30.23.2-1.9-2.0-1.3


*Player won-loss records are calculated using Retrosheet play-by-play data. For some seasons, Retrosheet does not have full play-by-play data for all games. In these cases, some games may be missing.
The number of Games shown here are the number of games for which Retrosheet play-by-play data exist and were used in these calculations.



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