1980 California Angels season

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1980  California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Buzzie Bavasi
Managers Jim Fregosi
Television KTLA
(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Steve Shannon)
Radio KMPC
(Steve Bailey, Bob Starr, Steve Shannon)
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The 1980 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 95 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 97650.599—49–3248–33
Oakland Athletics 83790.5121446–3537–44
Minnesota Twins 77840.47819½44–3633–48
Texas Rangers 76850.47220½39–4137–44
Chicago White Sox 70900.4382637–4233–48
California Angels 65950.4063130–5135–44
Seattle Mariners 591030.3643836–4523–58

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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—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1980 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Tom Donohue 8421841.188214
1B Rod Carew 144540179.331359
2B Bobby Grich 150498135.2711462
SS Freddie Patek 8627372.264534
3B Carney Lansford 151602157.2611580
LF Joe Rudi 10437288.2371653
CF Rick Miller 129412113.274238
RF Larry Harlow 10930183.276427
DH Jason Thompson 10231299.3171770

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Don Baylor 9034085.250551
Dickie Thon 8026768.255015
Bobby Clark 7826160.230523
Dan Ford 6522663.279726
Bert Campaneris 7721053.252218
Al Cowens 3411927.227117
Brian Downing 309327.290225
Dan Whitmer 488721.24107
Dave Skaggs 246613.19719
Gil Kubski 226316.25406
Stan Cliburn 545610.17926
Ralph Garr 21428.19003
John Harris 194112.29327
Todd Cruz 184011.27515
Merv Rettenmund 341.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Frank Tanana 32204.011124.15113
Alfredo Martínez 30149.1794.5257
Dave Frost 1578.1485.2928
Bruce Kison 1373.1364.9128
Ralph Botting 626.1035.8112
Jim Dorsey 415.2129.198

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Don Aase 40175.08134.0674
Dave LaRoche 52128.0354.0889
Chris Knapp 32117.12116.1446
Jim Barr 2468.0145.5622
Ed Halicki 1035.1314.8416
Bob Ferris 515.1025.874

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Andy Hassler 4151102.4975
Mark Clear 58111193.30105
John Montague 374235.1322
Dave Lemanczyk 212404.3219
Dave Schuler 80103.557

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Moose Stubing
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Jim Saul
A Salinas Packers California League Tom Zimmer
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Reuben Rodriguez

Notes

  1. ↑ Bruce Kison at Baseball-Reference
  2. 1 2 Al Cowens at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Kevin Romine at Baseball-Reference
  4. 1 2 Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ "1980 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  6. ↑ Dave Skaggs at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Todd Cruz at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Merv Rettenmund at Baseball Reference

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