Forgotten Cubs Opening Day position players since 1980

Gary Scott Getty Images Earlier this week I posted this article, listing a few Cubs Opening Day starting pitchers who you might not have remembered getting that honor.

Well, the article proved pretty popular, so I thought I’d extend it by noting a few Opening Day position players you might not recall.

Let’s remember some guys!

1981: Ken Reitz

Reitz had been part of the Bruce Sutter trade with the Cardinals, the one that brought Leon Durham to the Cubs. He had a couple of decent seasons for St. Louis in the mid-1970s, but he rarely walked (.290 lifetime OBP) and by the time the Cubs got him, he was pretty much done.

Even so, he started 81 of the Cubs’ 106 games that year, perhaps an epitome of…