1980 New York Yankees season

1980 New York Yankees
1980 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) George Steinbrenner
General manager(s) Gene Michael
Manager(s) Dick Howser
Local television

WPIX
SportsChannel NY

(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
Local radio WINS (AM)
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Fran Healy)
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The 1980 New York Yankees season was the 78th season for the franchise in New York, and its 80th season overall. The team finished with a record of 103-59, finishing in first place in the American League East, 3 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The Kansas City Royals swept the Yanks in the ALCS. New York was managed by Dick Howser. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

Spring training

The Yankees played two spring training exhibition games at the Louisiana Superdome over the weekend of March 15 and 16, 1980. 45,152 spectators watched the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 9 to 3 on March 15, 1980. The following day, 43,339 fans saw Floyd Rayford lead the Orioles to a 7 to 1 win over the Yankees.[7]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 0.636 — 53–28 50–31
Baltimore Orioles 10062 0.617 3 50–31 50–31
Milwaukee Brewers 8676 0.531 17 40–42 46–34
Detroit Tigers 8478 0.519 19 43–38 41–40
Boston Red Sox 8377 0.519 19 36–45 47–32
Cleveland Indians 7981 0.494 23 44–35 35–46
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 36 35–46 32–49

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–510–26–66–710–36–67–610–27–67–56–66–611–2
Boston 5–8—9–36–47–68–55–76–76–63–109–37–55–77–6
California 2–103–9—3–104–65–75–86–67–62–103–1011–211–23–9
Chicago 6–64–610–3—5–72–105–85–75–85–76–76–76–7–25–7
Cleveland 7–66–76–47–5—3–105–73–109–35–86–68–46–68–5
Detroit 3–105–87–510–210–3—2–107–66–65–86–610–2–14–89–4
Kansas City 6–67–58–58–57–510–2—6–65–88–46–77–610–39–3
Milwaukee 6–77–66–67–510–36–76–6—7–55–87–59–35–75–8
Minnesota 2–106–66–78–53–96–68–55–7—4–86–77–69–37–5
New York 6–710–310–27–58–58–54–88–58–4—8–49–37–510–3
Oakland 5–73–910–37–66–66–67–65–77–64–8—8–57–68–4
Seattle 6–65–72–117–64–82–10–16–73–96–73–95–8—4–96–6
Texas 6–67–52–117–6–26–68–43–107–53–95–76–79–4—7–5
Toronto 2–116–79–37–55–84–93–98–55–73–104–86–65–7—

Notable transactions

  • April 1, 1980: Jim Kaat was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[8]
  • April 4, 1980: Johnny Oates was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[9]
  • April 30, 1980: Jim Kaat was purchased from the Yankees by the St. Louis Cardinals.[8]
  • May 28, 1980: Paul Blair was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[10]
  • July 1, 1980: Paul Blair was released by the Yankees.[10]
  • August 1, 1980: José Rijo was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent.[11]
  • August 14, 1980: Ken Clay and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Gaylord Perry. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Marvin Thompson (minors) to the Rangers on October 1.[12]

Roster

1980 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Bold indicates American League All-Star.

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRick Cerone147519144.2771485
1BBob Watson130469144.3071368
2BWillie Randolph138513151.294746
3BGraig Nettles8932479.2441645
SSBucky Dent141489128.262552
LFLou Piniella11632192.287227
CFBobby Brown137412107.2601447
RFReggie Jackson143514154.30041111
DHEric Soderholm9527579.2871135

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
Ruppert Jones8332873.223942
Bobby Murcer10029780.2691357
Jim Spencer9725961.2361343
Oscar Gamble7819454.2781450
Aurelio Rodríguez5216436.220314
Joe Lefebvre7415034.227821
Fred Stanley498618.20905
Brian Doyle347513.17315
Dennis Werth396520.308312
Johnny Oates396412.18813
Ted Wilborn882.25001
Roger Holt261.16701
Marshall Brant360.00000
Bruce Robinson450.00000
Dennis Sherrill341.25000
Brad Gulden231.33312
Paul Blair1220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Bold indicates American League All-Star.

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tommy John36265⅓2293.4378
Ron Guidry37219 ⅔17103.56166
Tom Underwood381871393.66116
Rudy May41175⅓1552.46133
Luis Tiant25136⅓894.8984

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
Ed Figueroa1558336.9816
Mike Griffin1354244.8325
Gaylord Perry1050⅔444.4428

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
Goose Gossage6462332.27103
Ron Davis539372.9565
Doug Bird223012.6617
Tim Lollar141023.3413
Jim Kaat40107.201

ALCS

Game 1

October 8 Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 020 000 000 2101
Kansas City 022 000 12X 7100
W: Larry Gura (1-0)  L: Ron Guidry (0-1)  
HRs: NYY – Rick Cerone (1) Lou Piniella (1)   KCR – George Brett (1)

Game 2

October 9 Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 000 020 000 280
Kansas City 003 000 00X 360
W: Dennis Leonard (1-0)  L: Rudy May (0-1)  S: Dan Quisenberry (1)
HRs: NYY – Graig Nettles

Game 3

October 10 Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 000 010 300 4121
New York 000 002 000 280
W: Dan Quisenberry (1-0)  L: Rich Gossage (0-1)
HRs: KCR – George Brett (2) Frank White (1)

Awards and honors

Bucky Dent, Goose Gossage, Reggie Jackson, Tommy John, Graig Nettles and Willie Randolph represented the Yankees at the 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Randolph earned the inaugural Silver Slugger Award at second base.

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Joe Altobelli
AA Nashville Sounds Southern League Stump Merrill
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Doug Holmquist
A Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Bob Schaefer
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Art Mazmanian
Rookie Paintsville Yankees Appalachian League Mike Easom
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Carlos Tosca

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Greensboro, Oneonta, Paintsville

Notes

  1. ↑ Rick Cerone at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Jim Beattie at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Bob Watson at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Rudy May at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Eric Soderholm at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Andre Robertson at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Associated Press (March 17, 1980). "Big Crowds see Baseball at Superdome". Toledo Blade. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  8. 1 2 Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Johnny Oates at Baseball Reference
  10. 1 2 Paul Blair at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ José Rijo at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Gaylord Perry at Baseball Reference

References

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