1980 Cleveland Indians season

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1980  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Steve O'Neill
General managers Phil Seghi
Managers Dave Garcia
Television WUAB
Radio WWWE
  1979 Seasons 1981  

Offseason

Regular season

"Super Joe" Charboneau made his debut with the Indians in 1980, splitting time between left field and designated hitter. His 23 home runs led the team and he captured the city's imagination with his hard hitting and his eccentricities. His tendency to dye his hair unnatural colors, open beer bottles with his eye socket, and drink beer with a straw through his nose, and other stories that emerged about how he did his own dental work and fixed a broken nose with a pair of pliers and a few shots of Jack Daniel's whiskey, stood out in 1980.[ citation needed ] By mid-season, Charboneau was the subject of a song--"Go Joe Charboneau"—that reached #3 on the local charts.[ citation needed ]

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He finished the season with 87 runs batted in and a .289 batting average while winning the American League Rookie of the Year award—all in spite of being stabbed with a ball-point pen by a crazed fan as he waited for the team bus on March 8.[ citation needed ] The pen penetrated an inch and hit a rib, but Charboneau played his first regular-season game just over a month later, on April 11. He missed the final six weeks of the season with a pelvis injury. He would never play another full season in the majors after 1980.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359.63653285031
Baltimore Orioles 10062.617350315031
Milwaukee Brewers 8676.5311740424634
Boston Red Sox 8377.5191936454732
Detroit Tigers 8478.5191943384140
Cleveland Indians 7981.4942344353546
Toronto Blue Jays 6795.4143635463249

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 8–510–26–66–710–36–67–610–27–67–56–66–611–2
Boston 5–89–36–47–68–55–76–76–63–109–37–55–77–6
California 2–103–93–104–65–75–86–67–62–103–1011–211–23–9
Chicago 6–64–610–35–72–105–85–75–85–76–76–76–7–25–7
Cleveland 7–66–76–47–53–105–73–109–35–86–68–46–68–5
Detroit 3–105–87–510–210–32–107–66–65–86–610–2–14–89–4
Kansas City 6–67–58–58–57–510–26–65–88–46–77–610–39–3
Milwaukee 6–77–66–67–510–36–76–67–55–87–59–35–75–8
Minnesota 2–106–66–78–53–96–68–55–74–86–77–69–37–5
New York 6–710–310–27–58–58–54–88–58–48–49–37–510–3
Oakland 5–73–910–37–66–66–67–65–77–64–88–57–68–4
Seattle 6–65–72–117–64–82–10–16–73–96–73–95–84–96–6
Texas 6–67–52–117–6–26–68–43–107–53–95–76–79–47–5
Toronto 2–116–79–37–55–84–93–98–55–73–104–86–65–7

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
28 Rick Manning CF
11 Toby Harrah 3B
21 Mike Hargrove 1B
35 Gary Alexander DH
6 Jorge Orta RF
9 Ron Hassey C
34 Joe Charboneau LF
18 Duane Kuiper 2B
15 Tom Veryzer SS
37 Dan Spillner P

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Roster

1980 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Gary Alexander 76178224071531.2250
Dell Alston 525411121209.2222
Alan Bannister 812624186174132.3289
Jack Brohamer 53142133251115.2250
Joe Charboneau 131453761311722387.2892
Bo Díaz 762071547112332.2271
Miguel Dilone 13252882180309040.34161
Jerry Dybzinski 1142483257111123.2304
Gary Gray 2854481024.1480
Mike Hargrove 160589861792221185.3044
Toby Harrah 1605611001502241172.26717
Ron Hassey 13039043124184865.3180
Cliff Johnson 54174254031628.2300
Duane Kuiper 4214910425009.2820
Rick Manning 14047155110174352.23412
Andrés Mora 918020000.1110
Jorge Orta 129481781401831064.2916
Ron Pruitt 23361111004.3060
Dave Rosello 71117162930212.2480
Tom Veryzer 1093582897120228.2710
Team Totals160547073815172214089692.277118

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; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Len Barker 19124.1736360246.123712711492187
Don Collins 007.504006.095570
Victor Cruz 673.455501286.07136332788
John Denny 864.3916160108.211654534759
Wayne Garland 694.6125200150.116385774855
Ross Grimsley 456.751411074.210363562418
Sid Monge 353.536701494.18039374061
Bob Owchinko 295.2729140114.113871674766
Mike Paxton 0012.914007.213111166
Dan Spillner 16115.2834300194.122512211474100
Mike Stanton 135.46510585.29858524474
Rick Waits 13144.4533330224.123111811182109
Sandy Wihtol 103.57170135.13518141420
Team Totals79814.68160160321428.01519807743552843

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Gene Dusan
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Woody Smith
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Cal Emery
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Rick Colzie

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo [8]

Notes

  1. Paul Reuschel page at Baseball Reference
  2. Gary Gray page at Baseball Reference
  3. Bob Owchinko page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Kelly Gruber page at Baseball Reference
  5. Doug Drabek page at Baseball Reference
  6. "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  7. 1980 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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