1980 Boston Red Sox season

The 1980 Boston Red Sox season was the 80th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 77 losses, 19 games behind the New York Yankees. Manager Don Zimmer was fired with five games left, and Johnny Pesky finished the season as manager.[1]

1980 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
General manager(s)Haywood Sullivan
Manager(s)Don Zimmer (W-82; L-73) and Johnny Pesky (W-1; L-4)
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Ken Harrelson)
Local radioWITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
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Offseason

Regular season

Fred Lynn hit .301, had 12 homers and 61 RBIs. Jim Rice hit .294, with 24 HRs and 86 RBIs. Mike Torrez was 9-16, and Dennis Eckersley 12-14.

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

Opening Day lineup
  2Jerry Remy2B
  7Rick BurlesonSS
19Fred LynnCF
14Jim RiceLF
  8Carl Yastrzemski    DH
  5Tony Pérez1B
  4Butch Hobson3B
24Dwight EvansRF
15Dave RaderC
43Dennis EckersleyP

Roster
1980 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 24 Dwight Evans
 Managers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1BTony Pérez151585161.27525105
2BDave Stapleton106449144.321745

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
Dave Rader5013745.328317

Pitching

Starting 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

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

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
Luis Aponte40001.291

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Joe Morgan
AA Bristol Red Sox Eastern League Tony Torchia
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Buddy Hunter
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Rac Slider
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

Notes
  1. "Johnny Pesky". Retrosheet. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. Tony Pérez at Baseball-Reference
  3. Dave Rader at Baseball-Reference
  4. Ted Sizemore at Baseball-Reference
  5. Oil Can Boyd at Baseball-Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1980 Boston Red Sox team at Baseball-Reference
  • 1980 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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