1980 Baltimore Orioles season

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1980  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record100–62 (.617)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Edward Bennett Williams
General managers Hank Peters
Managers Earl Weaver
Television WMAR-TV
Radio WFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Tom Marr)
←  1979 Seasons 1981  →

The 1980 Baltimore Orioles season was the franchise'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.

Contents

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359.636—53‍–‍2850‍–‍31
Baltimore Orioles 10062.617350‍–‍3150‍–‍31
Milwaukee Brewers 8676.5311740‍–‍4246‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox 8377.5191936‍–‍4547‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 8478.5191943‍–‍3841‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians 7981.4942344‍–‍3535‍–‍46
Toronto Blue Jays 6795.4143635‍–‍4632‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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

Roster

1980 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rick Dempsey 11936295.262940
1B Eddie Murray 158621186.30032116
2B Rich Dauer 152557158.284263
SS Mark Belanger 11326861.228022
3B Doug DeCinces 145489122.2491664
LF Gary Roenicke 11829771.2391028
CF Al Bumbry 160645205.318953
RF Ken Singleton 156583177.30424104
DH Terry Crowley 9223367.2881250

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kiko Garcia 11131162.199127
Dan Graham 8626674.2781554
Lee May 7822254.243731
Pat Kelly 8920052.260326
John Lowenstein 10419661.311427
Benny Ayala 7617045.2651033
Lenn Sakata 438316.19319
Mark Corey 363610.27812
Floyd Rayford 8184.22201
Wayne Krenchicki 9142.14300
Drungo Hazewood 650.00000
Dave Skaggs 251.20000
Bobby Bonner 440.00001

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Scott McGregor 36252.02083.32119
Mike Flanagan 37251.116134.12128
Steve Stone 37250.22573.23149
Jim Palmer 34224.016103.98109
Mike Boddicker 17.1016.144

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dennis Martínez 2599.2643.9742

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tim Stoddard 6453262.5164
Tippy Martinez 5344103.0168
Sammy Stewart 337733.5678
Dave Ford 251314.2622
Paul Hartzell 60206.625
Joe Kerrigan 10003.861

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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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