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        Yr P W L   Yr P W L   Yr P W L               1970  
        1970 2 84 78   1973 5 73 84   1977 4 81 81               Decade  
        1971 3 83 79   1974 6 66 96   1978 3 79 83               Click  
        1972 2 85 70   1975 5 75 87   1979 5 80 82               on Logo  
                  1976 4 75 87                            
                                                       
                                                             
   
  Titles: Top Cubs Players of the Seventies  
  None  
    Pitchers:  
  Ballpark: Rick Reuschel (40.91) -   71  
  Wrigley Field Ferguson Jenkins (26.66) -   52  
    Ray Burris (10.22) -   32  
  Team Name: Milt Pappas (16.32) -   26  
  Cubs    Bill Bonham (14.63) -   26  
    Bruce Sutter (15.26) -   25  
  Owners:  Bill Hands (12.26) -   21  
  Phillip K Wrigley  (1970-1977) Burt Hooton (10.36) -   17  
  William Wrigley (1977-1979) Ken Holtzman (7.08) -   14  
    Dennis Lamp (7.53) -   9  
  General Managers: Mike Krukow (6.48) -   8  
  John Holland (1970-1975) Steve Stone (6.11) -   7  
  ER Saltwell (1976) Lynn McGlothen (5.16) -   6  
  Bob Kennedy (1977-1979)    
    Catchers:  
  Managers: Randy Hundley (-0.24) -   15  
  Leo Durocher (1970-1972) George Mitterwald (0.14) -   13  
  Whitey Lockman (1972-1974) Steve Swisher (-1.14) -   11  
  Jim Marshall (1974-1976)  
  Herman Franks (1977-1978) First Basemen:  
  Joe Amalfitano (1979) Andre Thornton (5.17) -   22  
    Bill Buckner (1.22) -   17  
  Hall of Famers: Joe Pepitione (2.4) -   15  
  Ferguson Jenkins    
  Ron Santo Second Basemen:  
  Billy Williams Manny Trillo (1.38) -   15  
    Glenn Beckert (4.66) -   14  
  Rookie of the Year:     
  None ShortStop:  
    Don Kessinger (5.02) -   36  
  MVP Ivan DeJesus (7.6) -   31  
  None    
    Third Base:  
  No Hitters: Ron Santo (14.53) -   32  
  Ken Holtzman (1971) Bill Madlock (11.54) -   30  
  Burt Hooton (1972) Steve Ontiveros (3.79) -   15  
  Milt Pappas (1972)    
    Outfield:  
  Cy Young: Billy Williams (20.93) -   56  
  Ferguson Jenkins (1971) Rick Monday (11.24) -   55  
  Bruce Sutter (1979) Jose Cardenal (9.36) -   53  
    Jim Hickman (7.67) -   30  
  Notable Events: Dave Kingman (6.5) -   28  
    Jerry Morales (-0.72) -   25  
  1970 - The Cubs begin the Seventies on a low. They have an excellent Bobby Murcer (0.93) -   17  
  club but they blew a big lead and lost the1969 pennant to the Mets.    
  That's as close as this group will get to winning anything. For the first Notable Events:  
  three seasons of the Seventies, the Cubs are a competitive club as    
  they still have the nucleus from their pennant run. However, by mid 1975 - Righthander Lee Smith, 17, is drafted by the Cubs in the  
  decade, they descend into mediocrity and worse. They haven't signed second round of the amateur draft. Lee comes up to the Cubs in  
  any star quality players for over a decade when they signed Banks 1980 and develops into one of the top relievers in baseball  
   (1953), Williams (1956), Santo (1959) and Brock (1960) during his eight year stay. He pitches eighteen years in the big  
  leagues - in most of them he is rated as one of the top relievers  
  1970 - Righthander Rick Reuschel, 21, is drafted in the third round of the in the game  
  amateur draft. He comes up to the big leagues in 1972 and is the ace    
  of Chicago's staff thru the end of the decade. 1976 - John Holland retires as GM after twenty years at the helm.  
     He had built the contending clubs of the late Sixties / early Seventies  
  1971 - Ernie Banks retires at the end of the season    
    1976 - Relief ace Bruce Sutter, 23, is a rookie. He was signed by   
  1972 - The Cubbies finish over .500 for the sixth straight season, the Cubs as an undrafted free agent five years earlier. Sutter,  
  their best run since 1939. Leo Durocher, who presided over the using a devastating cutter, becomes one of top relievers in the  
  streak, is rewarded by being fired as manager game during his five year stint with the Cubs  
       
  1972 - Outfielder Jose Cardenal, 28, is obtained in a deal with 1976 - Bill Madlock wins the batting title.  
   Milwaukee. He gives the Cubs six quality seasons.    
  1977 - Owner PK Wrigley dies, thus ending a forty five year era   
  1974 - Chicago trades Fergie Jenkins to Texas for Bill Madlock.  of utter futility for Cubs fans. His son Wiliam takes over, but  
  Bad trade. nothing changes - the Cubs keep losing.  
       
    1978 - The Cubs draft outfielder Mel Hall, 17, in the second   
    round. He makes it to the big leagues in 1981.  
     
  1978 - Chicago gets lucky drafting second baseman Ryne   
  Sandberg in the twentieth round of the Amateur draft. He becomes  
  a Hall of Famer. Sandberg will come up to the Cubs in 1982 at the  
  age of twenty two.