1981 Chicago Cubs season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name=Chicago Cubs
season=1981
misc=
logo=Chicago Cubs Logo.pngcurrent league=National League
y1=1876
division=Eastern Division
y2=1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark=Wrigley Field
y4=1916
city=Chicago, Illinois
y5=1876
owners=William Wrigley III, Tribune Company
general managers = Bob Kennedy, Herman Franks, Dallas Green
managers=Joey Amalfitano
television = WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
radio = WGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
espntn=chc
brtn=CHC|

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

Offseason

*December 9, 1980: Bruce Sutter was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leon Durham, Ken Reitz, and a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Tye Waller to the Cubs on December 22. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/suttebr01.shtml Bruce Sutter page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

*March 28, 1981: Dennis Lamp was traded by the Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Kravec. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lampde01.shtml page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 12, 1981: Rick Reuschel was traded by the Cubs to the New York Yankees for Doug Bird, a player to be named later, and $400,000. The Yankees completed the trade by sending Mike Griffin on August 5. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reuscri01.shtml Rick Reuschel page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 19, 1981: The Cubs traded players to be named later to the New York Yankees for Pat Tabler. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Bill Caudill to the Yankees on April 1, 1982, and Jay Howell to the Yankees on August 2, 1982. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tablepa01.shtml Pat Tabler page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Iowa Cubs (American Association; Randy Hundley and Roy Hartsfield, managers)
* Class AA: Midland Cubs (Texas League; Roy Hartsfield and George Enright, managers)
* Class A: Quad Cities Cubs (Midwest League; Rich Morales, manager)
* Class SS-A: Geneva Cubs (New York-Penn League; Bob Hartsfield, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Cubs (Gulf Coast League; Hugh Yancy, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1981.shtml 1981 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]