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Major League Baseball

Record: 80-82 .494.... 5th in National League East
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,648,587

Top Draft Pick: Jon Perlman (#12) MLB

Affiliates - AAA Wichita Aeros AA Midland Cubs A Quad Cities Cubs A- Geneva Cubs Rk Gulf Coast Cubs

Team Leaders

HR: Kingman [48]
RBI: Kingman [115]
2B: Buckner, Martin [34]
SB: DeJesus [24]
W: Reuschel [18]
SV: Sutter [37]
SO: McGlothen [147]

Oldest Player: Ted Sizemore [34]
Youngest Player: George Riley [22]
Longest Tenure: Rick Reuschel [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Steve Davis (Sep 23) Steve Macko (Aug 18) Kurt Seibert (Sep 3)
Pitchers: Bill Caudill (May 12) George Riley (Sep 15)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Barry Foote	27	132	429	47	109	26	0	16	56	5	2	34	49	5	7	0	1	12	.254	.316	.427	743
1B	Bill Buckner	29	149	591	72	168	34	7	14	66	9	4	30	28	2	6	1	4	16	.284	.319	.437	756
2B	Ted Sizemore	34	98	330	36	82	17	0	2	24	3	3	32	25	3	7	7	2	8	.248	.319	.318	637
3B	Steve Ontiveros	27	152	519	58	148	28	2	4	57	0	1	58	68	7	7	1	5	19	.285	.362	.370	732
SS	Ivan DeJesus	26	160	636	92	180	26	10	5	52	24	20	59	82	2	1	17	2	9	.283	.345	.379	724
OF	Jerry Martin	30	150	534	74	145	34	3	19	73	2	4	38	85	3	3	0	4	13	.272	.321	.453	774
OF	Dave Kingman	30	145	532	97	153	19	5	48	115	4	2	45	131	4	7	0	8	7	.288	.343	.613	956
OF	Scot Thompson	23	128	346	36	100	13	5	2	29	4	3	17	37	1	1	1	3	8	.289	.322	.373	695

OF-1B	Larry Biittner	33	111	272	35	79	13	3	3	50	1	1	21	23	0	1	0	2	10	.290	.339	.393	732
P	Rick Reuschel	30	38	79	8	13	2	1	0	6	0	1	7	26	0	0	5	0	0	.165	.233	.215	448
OF	Bobby Murcer	33	58	190	22	49	4	1	7	22	2	3	36	20	1	2	1	3	3	.258	.374	.400	774
P	Lynn McGlothen	29	42	71	6	16	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	0	0	4	0	5	.225	.236	.268	504
OF	Mike Vail	27	87	179	28	60	8	2	7	35	0	2	14	27	0	1	0	2	4	.335	.379	.520	899
P	Dennis Lamp	26	38	58	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	7	0	0	.155	.183	.172	355
2B	Steve Dillard	28	89	166	31	47	6	1	5	24	1	0	17	24	1	4	5	1	4	.283	.351	.422	773
P	Mike Krukow	27	28	51	4	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	0	8	2	0	7	2	0	.314	.327	.412	739
3B-2B	Mick Kelleher	31	73	142	14	36	4	1	0	10	2	0	7	9	2	0	8	1	4	.254	.296	.296	592
P	Ken Holtzman	33	24	43	2	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.267	.302	569
C	Tim Blackwell	26	63	122	8	20	3	1	0	12	0	0	32	25	1	1	2	2	3	.164	.338	.205	543
P	Donnie Moore	25	39	13	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.308	462
OF	Ken Henderson	33	62	81	11	19	2	0	2	8	0	0	15	16	1	1	0	0	1	.235	.361	.333	694
P	Bruce Sutter	26	62	12	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.308	.250	558
2B-3B	Steve Macko	24	19	40	2	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.295	.250	545
P	Willie Hernandez	24	52	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.375	625
OF	Miguel Dilone	24	43	36	14	11	0	0	0	1	15	5	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.342	.306	648
P	Ray Burris	28	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500
P	Bill Caudill	22	29	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	4	0	0	.059	.059	.059	118
P	Dave Geisel	24	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
C	Bruce Kimm	28	9	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182
OF	Sam Mejias	27	31	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.308	.182	490
	Gene Clines	32	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400
P	Dick Tidrow	32	63	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.273	.200	473
2B-3B	Steve Davis	25	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	George Riley	22	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2B	Kurt Seibert	23	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Karl Pagel	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Doug Capilla	27	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			162	5550	706	1494	250	43	135	663	73	52	478	762	35	49	77	42	126	.269	.329	.403	732