1979 Chicago Cubs season

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.[1]It was the first season of over 40 to be broadcast all over the county, slowly making the team a national brand. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82.

1979 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William Wrigley III
General manager(s)Bob Kennedy
Manager(s)Herman Franks, Joey Amalfitano
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau)
Local radioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

On May 17, the Phillies beat the Cubs 23–22 at Wrigley Field in ten innings,[5] with a 30-mph wind blowing out to left field. 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.[6]

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9864 0.605 — 48–33 50–31
Montreal Expos 9565 0.594 2 56–25 39–40
St. Louis Cardinals 8676 0.531 12 42–39 44–37
Philadelphia Phillies 8478 0.519 14 43–38 41–40
Chicago Cubs 8082 0.494 18 45–36 35–46
New York Mets 6399 0.389 35 28–53 35–46

Record vs. opponents
1979 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–86–127–1112–61–94–87–54–86–1211–74–8
Chicago8–4—7–56–65–76–128–109–96–129–38–48–10
Cincinnati12–65–7—8–1011–76–68–48–48–410–76–128–4
Houston11–76–610–8—10–87–59–35–74–814–47–116–6
Los Angeles 6–127–57–118–10—6–69–33–94–89–914–46–6
Montreal9–112–66–65–76–6—15–311–77–117–57–510–8
New York8–410–84–83–93–93–15—5–138–10–14–88–47–11
Philadelphia5-79–94–87–59–37–1113–5—8–109–36–67–11–1
Pittsburgh8–412–64–88–48–411–710–8–110–8—7–59–311–7
San Diego12–63–97–104–149–95–78–43–95–7—8–104–8
San Francisco7–114–812–611–74–145–74–86–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis8–410–84–86–66–68–1011–711–7–17–118–47–5—

Notable transactions

Roster
1979 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBarry Foote132429109.2541656
2BTed Sizemore9833082.248224
CFJerry Martin150534145.2721973

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
Steve Dillard8916647.283524
Miguel Diloné433611.30601

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

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 Caudill2990174.80104
George Riley413015.545

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
Dick Tidrow6311542.7268
Ray Burris140006.2314
Doug Capilla130102.6010
Dave Geisel70000.605

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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
  1. Kathy Haley (April 5, 2004). "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". Multichannel News. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012 – via HighBeam Research.
  2. Rudy Meoli at Baseball Reference
  3. Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference
  4. Ed Putman at Baseball Reference
  5. "Box Score of Game played on Thursday, May 17, 1979, at Wrigley Field". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
  6. "Team Pitching Game Finder, From 1913 to 2017, (requiring tgl_stats.RA>=20)". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  7. Ray Burris at Baseball Reference
  8. Bobby Murcer at Baseball Reference
  9. Ted Sizemore at Baseball Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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