1980 Baltimore Orioles season

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1980 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record100–62 (.617)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
General managersHank Peters
ManagersEarl Weaver
TelevisionWMAR-TV
RadioWFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Tom Marr)
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The 1980 Baltimore Orioles season was the club's 27th season in Baltimore. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 100 wins and 62 losses. This was the last season the Orioles would win 100+ games until 2023.

Offseason

Spring training

The Orioles played two spring training exhibition games at the Louisiana Superdome against the New York Yankees over the weekend of March 15 and 16, 1980. 45,152 spectators watched the Yankees beat the 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.[2]

Regular season

During the season, Steve Stone became the last pitcher to win at least 25 games for the Orioles in the 20th century.[3]

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103 59 0.636 — 53–28 50–31
Baltimore Orioles 100 62 0.617 3 50–31 50–31
Milwaukee Brewers 86 76 0.531 17 40–42 46–34
Boston Red Sox 83 77 0.519 19 36–45 47–32
Detroit Tigers 84 78 0.519 19 43–38 41–40
Cleveland Indians 79 81 0.494 23 44–35 35–46
Toronto Blue Jays 67 95 0.414 36 35–46 32–49

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 10–2 6–6 6–7 10–3 6–6 7–6 10–2 7–6 7–5 6–6 6–6 11–2
Boston 5–8 — 9–3 6–4 7–6 8–5 5–7 6–7 6–6 3–10 9–3 7–5 5–7 7–6
California 2–10 3–9 — 3–10 4–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 7–6 2–10 3–10 11–2 11–2 3–9
Chicago 6–6 4–6 10–3 — 5–7 2–10 5–8 5–7 5–8 5–7 6–7 6–7 6–7–2 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 6–7 6–4 7–5 — 3–10 5–7 3–10 9–3 5–8 6–6 8–4 6–6 8–5
Detroit 3–10 5–8 7–5 10–2 10–3 — 2–10 7–6 6–6 5–8 6–6 10–2–1 4–8 9–4
Kansas City 6–6 7–5 8–5 8–5 7–5 10–2 — 6–6 5–8 8–4 6–7 7–6 10–3 9–3
Milwaukee 6–7 7–6 6–6 7–5 10–3 6–7 6–6 — 7–5 5–8 7–5 9–3 5–7 5–8
Minnesota 2–10 6–6 6–7 8–5 3–9 6–6 8–5 5–7 — 4–8 6–7 7–6 9–3 7–5
New York 6–7 10–3 10–2 7–5 8–5 8–5 4–8 8–5 8–4 — 8–4 9–3 7–5 10–3
Oakland 5–7 3–9 10–3 7–6 6–6 6–6 7–6 5–7 7–6 4–8 — 8–5 7–6 8–4
Seattle 6–6 5–7 2–11 7–6 4–8 2–10–1 6–7 3–9 6–7 3–9 5–8 — 4–9 6–6
Texas 6–6 7–5 2–11 7–6–2 6–6 8–4 3–10 7–5 3–9 5–7 6–7 9–4 — 7–5
Toronto 2–11 6–7 9–3 7–5 5–8 4–9 3–9 8–5 5–7 3–10 4–8 6–6 5–7 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1980 Baltimore Orioles
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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Rick Dempsey 119 362 95 .262 9 40
1B Eddie Murray 158 621 186 .300 32 116
2B Rich Dauer 152 557 158 .284 2 63
SS Mark Belanger 113 268 61 .228 0 22
3B Doug DeCinces 145 489 122 .249 16 64
LF Gary Roenicke 118 297 71 .239 10 28
CF Al Bumbry 160 645 205 .318 9 53
RF Ken Singleton 156 583 177 .304 24 104
DH Terry Crowley 92 233 67 .288 12 50

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
Kiko Garcia 111 311 62 .199 1 27
Dan Graham 86 266 74 .278 15 54
Lee May 78 222 54 .243 7 31
Pat Kelly 89 200 52 .260 3 26
John Lowenstein 104 196 61 .311 4 27
Benny Ayala 76 170 45 .265 10 33
Lenn Sakata 43 83 16 .193 1 9
Mark Corey 36 36 10 .278 1 2
Floyd Rayford 8 18 4 .222 0 1
Wayne Krenchicki 9 14 2 .143 0 0
Drungo Hazewood 6 5 0 .000 0 0
Dave Skaggs 2 5 1 .200 0 0
Bobby Bonner 4 4 0 .000 0 1

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
Scott McGregor 36 252.0 20 8 3.32 119
Mike Flanagan 37 251.1 16 13 4.12 128
Steve Stone 37 250.2 25 7 3.23 149
Jim Palmer 34 224.0 16 10 3.98 109
Mike Boddicker 1 7.1 0 1 6.14 4

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
Dennis Martínez 25 99.2 6 4 3.97 42

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
Tim Stoddard 64 5 3 26 2.51 64
Tippy Martinez 53 4 4 10 3.01 68
Sammy Stewart 33 7 7 3 3.56 78
Dave Ford 25 1 3 1 4.26 22
Paul Hartzell 6 0 2 0 6.62 5
Joe Kerrigan 1 0 0 0 3.86 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Doc Edwards
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Jimmy Williams
A Miami Orioles Florida State League Lance Nichols
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Grady Little

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

Notes

  1. ^ John Flinn page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Associated Press (March 17, 1980). "Big Crowds see Baseball at Superdome". Toledo Blade. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  3. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  4. ^ Billy Smith page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Steve Luebber page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Paul Hartzell page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Dave Skaggs page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Carl Nichols page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Mark Brown page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Ricky Jones page at Baseball-Reference

References

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