1980 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1980 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds finished in third place in the National League West with a record of 89-73, 3½ games behind the Houston Astros, marking the first time since 1971 that the Reds did not finish in either first or second place.[1] The Reds were managed by John McNamara and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

1980 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Louis Nippert
General manager(s)Dick Wagner
Manager(s)John McNamara
Local televisionWLWT
(Ray Lane, Bill Brown, Dick Carlson)
Local radioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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Offseason

Regular season

On July 4, pitcher Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros recorded the 3000th strikeout of his career by striking out Reds player César Gerónimo.

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9370 0.571 — 55–26 38–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 9271 0.564 1 55–27 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 8973 0.549 3½ 44–37 45–36
Atlanta Braves 8180 0.503 11 50–30 31–50
San Francisco Giants 7586 0.466 17 44–37 31–49
San Diego Padres 7389 0.451 19½ 45–36 28–53

Record vs. opponents
1980 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—8–42–167–1111–75–73–95–711–112–611–66–6
Chicago4–8—7–51–115–76–1210–85–138–104–85–79–9
Cincinnati16–25–7—8–109–93–98–47–56–615–3–17–115–7
Houston11–711–110–8—9–105–78–43–97–511–711–77–5
Los Angeles 7–117–59–910–9—11–17–56–66–69–913–57–5
Montreal7–512–69–37–51–11—10–89–96–1210–27–512–6
New York9–38–104–84–85–78–10—6–1210–81–113–99–9
Philadelphia7-513–55–79–36–69–912–6—7–118–46–69–9
Pittsburgh1–1110–86–65–76–612–68–1011–7—6–68–410–8
San Diego6–128–43–15–17–119–92–1011–14–86–6—10–87–5
San Francisco6–117–511–77–115–135–79–36–64–88–10—7–5
St. Louis6–69–97–55–75–76–129–99–98–105–75–7—

Notable transactions
  • June 3, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Ron Robinson was drafted by the Reds in the 1st round (19th pick).[3]
    • Danny Tartabull was drafted by the Reds in the 3rd round. Player signed June 10, 1980.[4]
    • Eric Davis was drafted by the Reds in the 8th round. Player signed June 8, 1980.[5]
  • June 13, 1980: Joe Nolan was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[6]

Roster
1980 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 30 Ken Griffey

Other batters

 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJohnny Bench11436090.2502468
1BDan Driessen154524139.2651474
2BJunior Kennedy10433788.261134
3BRay Knight162618163.2641478
SSDave Concepción156622162.260577
LFGeorge Foster144528144.2732593
CFDave Collins144551167.303335
RFKen Griffey146544160.2941385

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
César Gerónimo10314537.25529
Joe Nolan5315448.312324

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
Frank Pastore27184.21373.27110
Tom Seaver261681083.64101
Charlie Leibrandt36184.21094.2562

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
Doug Bair613664.2462
Tom Hume68910252.5668

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Jim Beauchamp
AA Waterbury Reds Eastern League Mike Compton
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League George Scherger
A Cedar Rapids Reds Midwest League Jim Lett
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Jim Hoff

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Eugene

Notes
  1. Cincinnati Reds Team History & Encyclopedia
  2. Doug Corbett page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ron Robinson page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference
  5. Eric Davis page at Baseball Reference
  6. Joe Nolan page at Baseball-Reference

References
  • 1980 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference
  • 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.


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