1980 Boston Red Sox season

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1980  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston
Record83–77 (.519)
Divisional place4th
Owners Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
President Jean Yawkey
General manager Haywood Sullivan
Managers
Television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Ken Harrelson)
Radio WITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1980 Boston Red Sox season was the 80th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth 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]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month [4]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April89893rd1+1⁄2 [5]
May141422234th6+1⁄2 [6]
June161038335th8+1⁄2 [7]
July121650496th12+1⁄2 [8]
August20770563rd6+1⁄2 [9]
September121782733rd16 [10]
October1483774th19 [11]

Fred Lynn had a .301 batting average, with 12 home runs and 61 RBIs. Jim Rice hit .294, with 24 homers and 86 RBIs. On the pitching staff, Mike Torrez was 9–16 and Dennis Eckersley was 12–14. Rick Burleson set an MLB single-season record for double plays turned as a shortstop, 147, which still stands. [12]

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

Boston's record of 83–77 has a fractionally better winning percentage than Detroit's record of 84–78; .51875 and .51851, respectively.

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

Opening Day lineup

  2 Jerry Remy 2B
  7 Rick Burleson SS
19 Fred Lynn CF
14 Jim Rice LF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski   DH
  5 Tony Pérez 1B
  4 Butch Hobson 3B
24 Dwight Evans RF
15 Dave Rader C
43 Dennis Eckersley P

Source: [15]

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Red Sox on Opening Day, 9–5, via a walk-off grand slam by Sixto Lezcano. [16]

Roster

1980 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManagers

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Rick Burleson 155644891792928511262.278.366
Tony Pérez 1515857316131325105141.275.467
Jim Rice 124504811482262486830.294.504
Carlton Fisk 1314787313825318621136.289.467
Dwight Evans 148463721233751860364.266.484
Dave Stapleton 10644961144335745313.321.463
Fred Lynn 1104156712532312611258.301.480
Carl Yastrzemski 105364491002111550044.275.462
Butch Hobson 933243574601139125.228.349
Glenn Hoffman 1143123789154442219.285.397
Jim Dwyer 932604174111938328.285.438
Jerry Remy 63230247272091410.313.361
Dave Rader 501371445110317114.328.474
Garry Hancock 461159336041903.287.443
Gary Allenson 367092560010213.357.443
Chico Walker 1957312001536.211.263
Jack Brohamer 2157518201604.316.404
Reid Nichols 123658010303.222.278
Rich Gedman 92425000100.208.208
Larry Wolfe 182333101400.130.304
Ted Sizemore 92315100000.217.261
Julio Valdez 81945101420.263.474
Sam Bowen 71302000012.154.154
Dick Drago 3100000000.000.000
Stan Papi 1000000000.---.---
Team Totals160560375715882973616271779475.283.436

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Mike Torrez 9165.0836320207.12561241177597
Dennis Eckersley 12144.2830300197.21881019444121
Bob Stanley 1083.39521714175.018675665271
Steve Renko 994.1932230165.118086775690
Dick Drago 774.144373132.212767614463
Tom Burgmeier 542.006202499.08730222054
John Tudor 853.021613092.18135313145
Chuck Rainey 834.861613087.09249474143
Skip Lockwood 315.32241245.26131271711
Keith MacWhorter 035.53142042.14627261821
Bill Campbell 404.79230041.14426222217
Win Remmerswaal 214.58140035.1391818920
Steve Crawford 203.6264032.1411413810
Bruce Hurst 229.10127030.23933311616
Bob Ojeda 116.9277026.03920201412
Jack Billingham 1311.1074024.1453030124
Luis Aponte 001.294007.061121
Team Totals83774.38160160431441.11557767701481696

Source:

Statistical leaders

Fred Lynn Fred Lynn 1976.jpg
Fred Lynn
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest player Rich Gedman 20
Oldest player Carl Yastrzemski 40
Wins Above Replacement Fred Lynn 4.7

Source: [17]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
G Games played Rick Burleson 155
PA Plate appearances Rick Burleson718
AB At bats Rick Burleson644
R Runs scoredRick Burleson89
H Hits Rick Burleson179
2B Doubles Dwight Evans 37
3B Triples Jim Rice 6
HR Home runs Tony Pérez 25
RBI Runs batted in Tony Pérez105
SB Stolen bases Jerry Remy 14
CS Caught stealing Rick Burleson13
BB Base on balls Dwight Evans64
SO Strikeouts Dwight Evans98
BA Batting average Jim Rice .294
OBP On-base percentage Fred Lynn .383
SLG Slugging percentage Jim Rice.504
OPS On-base plus slugging Fred Lynn.862
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Fred Lynn130
TB Total bases Tony Pérez273
GIDP Grounded into double play Tony Pérez25
HBP Hit by pitch Carlton Fisk 13
SH Sacrifice hits Glenn Hoffman 9
SF Sacrifice flies Tony Pérez8
IBB Intentional base on balls Tony Pérez11

Source: [17]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
W Wins Dennis Eckersley 12
L Losses Mike Torrez 16
W-L % Winning percentage Chuck Rainey .727 (8–3)
ERA Earned run average Bob Stanley 3.39
GGames pitched Tom Burgmeier 62
GSGames startedMike Torrez32
GFGames finishedTom Burgmeier38
CG Complete games Dennis Eckersley8
SHO Shutouts 3 tied1
SV Saves Tom Burgmeier24
IP Innings pitched Mike Torrez207+1⁄3
SO Strikeouts Dennis Eckersley121
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Dennis Eckersley1.174

Source: [17]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

Source: [18] [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Johnny Pesky". Retrosheet. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Tony Pérez at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Dave Rader at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ "The 1980 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet . Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, April 30, 1980".
  6. ↑ "Events of Saturday, May 31, 1980".
  7. ↑ "Events of Monday, June 30, 1980".
  8. ↑ "Events of Thursday, July 31, 1980".
  9. ↑ "Events of Sunday, August 31, 1980".
  10. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, September 30, 1980".
  11. ↑ "Events of Monday, October 6, 1980".
  12. ↑ "Single-Season Leaders & Records for Double Plays Turned as SS". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  13. ↑ Ted Sizemore at Baseball-Reference
  14. ↑ Oil Can Boyd at Baseball-Reference
  15. ↑ "Milwaukee Brewers 9, Boston Red Sox 5". Retrosheet . April 10, 1980. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  16. ↑ Kuehl, Steve. "April 10, 1980: Sixto Lezcano belts grand slam for walk-off win on Opening Day". SABR . Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  17. 1 2 3 "1980 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  18. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  19. ↑ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1980. p. 47. Retrieved March 14, 2021– via Wayback Machine.
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