1980 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1980  Los Angeles Dodgers
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Owners	Peter O'Malley
General managers	Al Campanis
Managers	Tommy Lasorda
Television	KTTV (11) Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter ONTV Geoff Witcher, Al Downing
Radio	KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
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The 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West, one game behind the Houston Astros. After the 162-game regular season, the Dodgers and Astros were tied in first place in the Western Division. The two teams faced off in a 1-game playoff on October 6, 1980 at Dodger Stadium, which the Astros won 7–1 behind a complete-game victory by pitcher Joe Niekro. ^[1] Don Sutton set a Dodger record with his 52nd career shutout this season and the Dodgers also hosted the All-Star game for the first time.

With the Dodgers joining the cable television trend, games began to be aired on regional cable channel ONTV in the greater Los Angeles area and as a result the TV broadcasting team was expanded. Vin Scully remained the FTA lead broadcaster, with the cable broadcasting team being composed by Geoff Witcher and former Dodger Al Downing.

Offseason

• November 17, 1979: Don Stanhouse was signed as a free agent by the Dodgers. ^[2]
• December 3, 1979: Von Joshua was selected off waivers from the Dodgers by the San Diego Padres. ^[3]
• March 27, 1980: Johnny Oates was released by the Dodgers. ^[4]

Regular season

Duke Snider's number 4 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980.

Season standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	93	70	0.571	—	55–26	38–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	71	0.564	1	55–27	37–44
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	0.549	3½	44–37	45–36
Atlanta Braves	81	80	0.503	11	50–30	31–50
San Francisco Giants	75	86	0.466	17	44–37	31–49
San Diego Padres	73	89	0.451	19½	45–36	28–53

Record vs. opponents

1980 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	2–16	7–11	11–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	11–1	12–6	11–6	6–6
Chicago	4–8	—	7–5	1–11	5–7	6–12	10–8	5–13	8–10	4–8	5–7	9–9
Cincinnati	16–2	5–7	—	8–10	9–9	3–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	15–3–1	7–11	5–7
Houston	11–7	11–1	10–8	—	9–10	5–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	11–7	11–7	7–5
Los Angeles	7–11	7–5	9–9	10–9	—	11–1	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	13–5	7–5
Montreal	7–5	12–6	9–3	7–5	1–11	—	10–8	9–9	6–12	10–2	7–5	12–6
New York	9–3	8–10	4–8	4–8	5–7	8–10	—	6–12	10–8	1–11	3–9	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	13–5	5–7	9–3	6–6	9–9	12–6	—	7–11	8–4	6–6	9–9
Pittsburgh	1–11	10–8	6–6	5–7	6–6	12–6	8–10	11–7	—	6–6	8–4	10–8
San Diego	6–12	8–4	3–15–1	7–11	9–9	2–10	11–1	4–8	6–6	—	10–8	7–5
San Francisco	6–11	7–5	11–7	7–11	5–13	5–7	9–3	6–6	4–8	8–10	—	7–5
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	7–5	5–7	5–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	8–10	5–7	5–7	—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Davey Lopes	Second baseman
Rudy Law	Center fielder
Reggie Smith	Right fielder
Steve Garvey	First baseman
Dusty Baker	Left fielder
Ron Cey	Third baseman
Derrel Thomas	Shortstop
Steve Yeager	Catcher
Burt Hooton	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• July 11, 1980: Charlie Hough was purchased from the Dodgers by the Texas Rangers. ^[5]
• September 13, 1980: Dennis Lewallyn and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Texas Rangers for Pepe Frías. ^[6]

Roster

1980 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 27 Joe Beckwith 37 Bobby Castillo 51 Terry Forster 38 Dave Goltz 46 Burt Hooton 49 Charlie Hough 57 Steve Howe 41 Jerry Reuss 29 Don Stanhouse 43 Rick Sutcliffe 20 Don Sutton 34 Fernando Valenzuela 35 Bob Welch		Catchers 13 Joe Ferguson 14 Mike Scioscia  7 Steve Yeager Infielders 10 Ron Cey 23 Vic Davalillo 36 Pepe Frías  6 Steve Garvey 15 Davey Lopes 45 Jack Perconte 18 Bill Russell  1 Gary Weiss		Outfielders 12 Dusty Baker 28 Pedro Guerrero 44 Mickey Hatcher 21 Jay Johnstone  3 Rudy Law 17 Bobby Mitchell 16 Rick Monday 11 Manny Mota  8 Reggie Smith 30 Derrel Thomas  9 Gary Thomasson		Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches 26 Red Adams 54 Monty Basgall 58 Mark Cresse 11 Manny Mota 33 Danny Ozark

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	Steve Yeager	96	227	48	.211	2	20
1B	Steve Garvey	163	658	200	.304	26	106
2B	Davey Lopes	141	553	139	.251	10	49
SS	Bill Russell	130	466	123	.264	3	34
3B	Ron Cey	157	551	140	.254	28	77
LF	Dusty Baker	153	579	170	.294	29	97
CF	Rudy Law	128	388	101	.260	1	23
RF	Reggie Smith	92	311	100	.322	15	55

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
Derrel Thomas	117	297	79	.266	1	22
Jay Johnstone	109	251	77	.307	2	20
Rick Monday	96	194	52	.268	10	25
Pedro Guerrero	75	183	59	.322	7	31
Joe Ferguson	77	172	41	.238	9	29
Mike Scioscia	54	134	34	.254	1	8
Gary Thomasson	80	111	24	.216	1	12
Mickey Hatcher	57	84	19	.226	1	5
Jack Perconte	14	17	4	.235	0	2
Pepe Frías	14	9	2	.222	0	0
Manny Mota	7	7	3	.429	0	2
Vic Davalillo	7	6	1	.167	0	0
Bobby Mitchell	9	3	1	.333	0	0
Gary Weiss	8	0	0	----	0	0

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
Jerry Reuss	37	229.1	18	6	2.51	111
Bob Welch	32	213.2	14	9	3.29	141
Don Sutton	32	212.1	13	5	2.20	128
Burt Hooton	34	206.2	14	8	3.66	118
Dave Goltz	35	171.1	7	11	4.31	91

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
Rick Sutcliffe	42	110.0	3	9	5.56	59

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
Steve Howe	59	7	9	17	2.66	39
Bobby Castillo	61	8	6	5	2.75	60
Joe Beckwith	38	3	3	0	1.96	40
Don Stanhouse	21	2	2	7	5.04	5
Charlie Hough	19	1	3	1	5.57	25
Fernando Valenzuela	10	2	0	1	0.00	16
Terry Forster	9	0	0	0	3.09	2

Game log

1980 Game Log (92–71)
April (13–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
May (15–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
June (14–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
July (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record – July 8 51st All-Star Game American League vs. National League (Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California)
August (18–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
September (15–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
October (4–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member

Awards and honors

1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Steve Garvey starter Davey Lopes starter Reggie Smith starter Jerry Reuss reserve Bob Welch reserve National League Rookie of the Year Steve Howe Comeback Player of the Year Award Jerry Reuss Baseball Digest Rookie All-Stars Steve Howe

Silver Slugger Award Dusty Baker TSN National League All-Star Dusty Baker NL Pitcher of the Month Jerry Reuss (June 1980) NL Player of the Month Dusty Baker (June 1980) NL Player of the Week Don Sutton (Apr. 21–27) Bob Welch (May 12–18) Jerry Reuss (June 23–29)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Dukes	Pacific Coast League	Del Crandall
AA	San Antonio Dodgers	Texas League	Don LeJohn
A	Lodi Dodgers	California League	Dick McLaughlin
A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Stan Wasiak
Rookie	Lethbridge Dodgers	Pioneer League	Gail Henley

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

Main article: 1980 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 36 players in the June draft and 16 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. The Dodgers did not have picks in rounds 2-4 this season as those picks were awarded to other teams as compensation for their signing of free agents.

The first round pick in the June draft was shortstop Ross Jones of the University of Miami. The Dodgers traded him to the New York Mets in 1983 and he would appear in 67 games in parts of three seasons with the Mets and two other teams, hitting only .221.

This was a fairly weak draft class for the Dodgers, with the most notable player being outfielder R. J. Reynolds, who was drafted in the 2nd round of the January draft and played 8 unremarkable seasons as a backup outfielder before finishing up his career in Japan with Nippon Professional Baseball.

1980 Draft Picks

January draft [7] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 David Lesch RHP Central Arizona College Yes 1980 Rookie 2 R. J. Reynolds OF Sacramento City College Yes 1980–1994 MLB 3 Larry See 3B Cerritos College Yes 1980–1999 MLB 4 Robert Allen SS Clemson University Yes 1980–1987 AAA 5 Hollis Martin SS Potomac State College Yes 1980–1981 A 6 Ralph Bryant OF Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College No Dodgers-1981 1981–1996 MLB 7 Mark Wenzel RHP Fresno City College No 8 Damon Hunt OF Sacramento City College No Giants-1983 1983 A 9 Paul Hagan OF South Georgia College No 10 David Bailor OF Yavapai College No 11 Brett Wise RHP Seminole Community College Yes 1980–1984 AAA 12 Richard Lucero RHP Phoenix College No 13 Greg Hudson RHP Georgia Perimeter College No January Secondary phase [8] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Ricky Wright LHP University of Texas at Austin Yes 1980–1987 MLB 2 Jack Leonard 3B Louisburg College No A 3 Harry Kazanjian C City College of San Francisco No June draft [9] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Ross Jones SS University of Miami Yes 1980–1988 MLB 5 Peter Beall SS Mater Dei High School No Angels-1984 1984–1985 A 6 Paul Bard C Tufts University Yes 1980–1984 AA 7 Gordon Gauntlett C University of California, Los Angeles Yes 1980–1985 AA 8 Kevin Sliwinski OF Santiago High School No Blue Jays-1983 1983–1988 AAA 9 Stephen Marsden RHP University of Wisconsin–Madison Yes 1980–1984 AAA 10 Ricky Thomas OF University of La Verne No 11 Curtis Reade RHP California State University, Fresno Yes 1980–1983 A 12 Anthony Lachowetz OF Springfield College Yes 1980–1982 A 13 Greg Smith 1B Southern University and A&M College Yes 1980–1993 AAA 14 Thomas Robinson 2B Widener University Yes 1980–1981 A 15 Charles Jones RHP University of New Hampshire Yes 1980–1983 AA 16 Frank Dente RHP Palm Beach Community College Yes 1980–1982 AA 17 Richard Lloyd RHP East Valley High School Yes 1980–1982 A- 18 Pasquale Raimondo 2B University at Buffalo, State University of New York Yes 1980–1981 A 19 Tom Klawitter LHP University of Wisconsin at Madison Yes 1980–1986 MLB 20 William Cole OF Eastern Michigan University Yes 1980–1981 A 21 Jon Debus OF University of St. Francis Yes 1980–1989 AAA 22 Francis McQuade RHP Elmhurst College Yes 1980 Rookie 23 Phillip Webber OF San Bernardino Valley College Yes 1980 Rookie 24 Jerry Bendorf SS Gonzaga University No Dodgers-1981 1981–1982 AA 25 Robert Kenyon RHP Clemson University Yes 1980–1983 AA 26 Jim Pacanowski C Downers Grove High School No 27 Cori Ryan RHP Colorado State University No 28 Todd Zacher 2B University of Arkansas No Giants-1981 1981–1983 AAA 29 Gregory Hull OF Hiram Johnson High School No 30 Thomas Woleslagel SS Ross High School No Yankees-1984 1984–1985 A 31 Michael Strawberry OF Los Angeles Southwest College Yes 1980–1981 A 32 Hank DeMello C Roseville High School No June secondary phase [10] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Robert Allen SS Clemson University Yes 1980–1987 AAA 2 Rick Felt LHP Georgia Perimeter College Yes 1980–1985 AAA 3 Michael Carringer RHP Bacone College No

Notes

1. Box Score of 1-game playoff vs. Houston Astros at Baseball Reference
2. Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference
3. Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference
4. Johnny Oates page at Baseball Reference
5. Charlie Hough page at Baseball Reference
6. Dennis Lewallyn page at Baseball Reference
7. 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
8. 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
9. 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
10. 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site