1980 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1980  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Exhibition Stadium
City Toronto
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place7th
Owners Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Bobby Mattick
Television CBC Television
(Don Chevrier, Whitey Ford, Tony Kubek)
CBFT
Radio CKFH
(Whitey Ford, Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)
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The 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fourth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. The season represented a turning point as Bobby Mattick became the second field manager in franchise history.

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1980 season. [1]

October 1979

October 22Released Dave Freisleben.
Released Craig Kusick.

November 1979

November 1 Tim Johnson granted free agency.
Tony Solaita granted free agency.
Acquired Chris Chambliss, Dámaso García and Paul Mirabella from the New York Yankees for Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn.
November 5Purchased Domingo Ramos from the Texas Rangers.
Released Dave McKay.

December 1979

December 3Drafted Mike Macha from the Atlanta Braves in the 1979 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 4Drafted Mitch Webster from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1979 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 5Acquired Barry Bonnell, Joey McLaughlin and Pat Rockett from the Atlanta Braves for Chris Chambliss and Luis Gómez.
December 10Player rights of Andre Robertson sold to the New York Yankees.

January 1980

January 8Released Dale Mohorcic.
January 10Signed free agent Jack Kucek from the Philadelphia Phillies to a contract.

March 1980

March 17Acquired Mike Barlow from the California Angels for Mark Wiley.
March 29Released Rico Carty.
Released Steve Luebber.

Regular season

One of the highlights for the 1980 Blue Jays was the emergence of Dave Stieb as a quality starter. Also, on May 4, Otto Vélez hit four home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Cleveland Indians, including a walk-off shot in the first game.

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103590.636—53–2850–31
Baltimore Orioles 100620.617350–3150–31
Milwaukee Brewers 86760.5311740–4246–34
Boston Red Sox 83770.5191936–4547–32
Detroit Tigers 84780.5191943–3841–40
Cleveland Indians 79810.4942344–3535–46
Toronto Blue Jays 67950.4143635–4632–49

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—

Opening Day starters

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1980 regular season. [2]

April 1980

April 2Released Butch Edge.
April 7Player rights of Mark Lemongello sold to the Chicago Cubs.

May 1980

May 28Player rights of Mike Macha sold to the Detroit Tigers.

June 1980

June 3Traded Dave Lemanczyk to the California Angels for a player to be named later (Ken Schrom on June 10, 1980).
June 6Purchased Steve Baker from the Detroit Tigers.
June 19Purchased Charlie Beamon Jr. from the Seattle Mariners.
June 21Signed free agent Steve Braun from the Kansas City Royals to a contract.

July 1980

July 19Signed amateur free agent Dave Shipanoff.

August 1980

August 8Released Tom Buskey.

September 1980

September 3Released Balor Moore.
September 11 Jesse Jefferson selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.

Roster

1980 Toronto Blue Jays roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

1980 Game Log 67–95 (Home 35–46, Away 32–49)
April 9–7 (Home 3–1, Away 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9@ Mariners 8–6 Parrott (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–1) Heaverlo (1)22,5880–1
2April 11@ Mariners 10–7 (11) Moore (1–0) Dressler (0–1)6,1041–1
3April 12@ Mariners 3–2 (10) Honeycutt (1–0) Garvin (0–1)6,7731–2
4April 13@ Mariners 5–1 Bannister (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–2)4,5671–3
–April 14 Brewers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 13
5April 16 Brewers 11–2 Stieb (1–0) Slaton (0–1)12,6882–3
6April 17 Brewers 1–0 Mirabella (1–0) Sorensen (1–1)11,2353–3
7April 19@ Indians 8–1 Waits (1–1) Clancy (0–1)61,7533–4
8April 20@ Indians 5–3 Lemanczyk (1–2) Denny (0–2) McLaughlin (1)11,2204–4
9April 21@ Royals 7–1 Stieb (2–0) Gale (0–2)21,1175–4
10April 22@ Royals 7–2 Splittorff (2–0) Mirabella (1–1)16,9935–5
11April 23@ Royals 7–4 Christenson (1–0) McLaughlin (0–1) Quisenberry (2)18,8555–6
12April 25@ Brewers 5–3 McLaughlin (1–1) Sorensen (1–2)9,9026–6
13April 26@ Brewers 4–0 Stieb (3–0) Caldwell (2–1)11,0387–6
14April 27@ Brewers 8–2 Mirabella (2–1) Haas (1–3) Moore (1)11,0998–6
–April 28 Royals Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 8
15April 29 Royals 3–1 Clancy (1–1) Leonard (0–3)11,5539–6
16April 30 Royals 3–0 Gura (3–1) Jefferson (0–1)14,0299–7
May 13–14 (Home 8–9, Away 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
17May 1 Indians 2–1 Denny (1–2) Lemanczyk (1–3) Monge (2)11,6549–8
18May 2 Indians 6–1 Barker (3–1) Stieb (3–1)14,2929–9
19May 3 Indians 8–3 Buskey (1–0) Waits (1–3)16,56410–9
20May 4 Indians 9–8 (10) Buskey (2–0) Monge (0–1)11–9
21May 4 Indians 7–2 Jefferson (1–1) Owchinko (0–3) McLaughlin (2)26,11412–9
22May 6@ Angels 3–2 Lemanczyk (2–3) Aase (3–2) Garvin (1)23,80413–9
23May 7@ Angels 7–3 Stieb (4–1) Knapp (0–2)21,73314–9
24May 8@ Angels 9–2 Mirabella (3–1) Frost (3–3)23,00615–9
–May 9@ Athletics Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 22
25May 10@ Athletics 4–3 Langford (3–1) Garvin (0–2)4,92515–10
26May 11@ Athletics 12–1 Norris (5–0) Lemanczyk (2–4)7,84315–11
–May 13 Mariners Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 26
27May 14 Mariners 7–0 Abbott (3–2) Mirabella (3–2)13,05515–12
28May 15 Mariners 1–0 Clancy (2–1) Bannister (2–3)11,57916–12
29May 16 Athletics 1–0 (11) Jefferson (2–1) Norris (5–1)16,13817–12
30May 17 Athletics 4–2 (14) Keough (5–3) McLaughlin (1–2)23,07417–13
31May 18 Athletics 12–1 Mirabella (4–2) Langford (3–2)14,41418–13
32May 19 Red Sox 7–2 Clancy (3–1) Billingham (1–1)32,73119–13
33May 20 Red Sox 4–3 Rainey (4–0) Lemanczyk (2–5) Burgmeier (7)18,16719–14
34May 21 Red Sox 11–2 Torrez (1–4) Jefferson (2–2)19,55619–15
35May 22 Yankees 5–1 Griffin (1–2) Stieb (4–2)26,04719–16
36May 23 Yankees 7–3 Guidry (5–0) Mirabella (4–3)24,58519–17
37May 24 Yankees 6–2 Tiant (3–2) Clancy (3–2) May (3)31,02119–18
38May 25 Yankees 9–6 Leal (1–0) John (7–2)33,07720–18
39May 26@ Red Sox 3–1 Garvin (1–2) Drago (2–2)18,85321–18
40May 27@ Red Sox 5–4 Renko (3–0) Buskey (2–1)16,67921–19
41May 28@ Red Sox 4–1 Stieb (5–2) Stanley (3–5) McLaughlin (3)18,21522–19
42May 30@ Yankees 6–0 Tiant (4–2) Clancy (3–3) Gossage (5)24,31922–20
43May 31@ Yankees 8–6 (11) May (3–1) McLaughlin (1–3)25,15822–21
June 10–17 (Home 7–7, Away 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
44June 1@ Yankees 11–7 Underwood (5–3) Mirabella (4–4)52,04922–22
45June 2 Angels 6–3 Frost (4–3) Leal (1–1) LaRoche (3)15,07922–23
46June 3 Angels 7–6 (11) McLaughlin (2–3) LaRoche (1–2)15,58923–23
47June 4 Angels 8–2 Clancy (4–3) Martínez (1–1)16,67724–23
–June 5@ Twins Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 8
48June 6@ Twins 5–0 Zahn (4–7) Mirabella (4–5)5,49524–24
49June 7@ Twins 3–2 Jackson (2–3) Stieb (5–3) Corbett (5)5,37524–25
50June 8@ Twins 5–1 Erickson (1–3) Jefferson (2–3) Corbett (6)24–26
51June 8@ Twins 6–4 (13) McLaughlin (3–3) Arroyo (0–1)17,86925–26
52June 10@ White Sox 1–0 Clancy (5–3) Baumgarten (1–3)18,22526–26
53June 11@ White Sox 7–4 Kravec (3–4) Mirabella (4–6) Farmer (14)17,53726–27
54June 13 Rangers 6–3 Medich (6–3) Stieb (5–4) Lyle (6)20,03426–28
55June 14 Rangers 7–6 Buskey (3–1) Babcock (0–2)24,18427–28
56June 15 Rangers 5–3 Clancy (6–3) Jenkins (4–5) Garvin (2)30,14328–28
57June 16 Twins 4–0 Zahn (5–9) Jefferson (2–4)14,69128–29
58June 17 Twins 8–6 Corbett (4–2) Mirabella (4–7)15,22928–30
59June 18 White Sox 5–4 Stieb (6–4) Trout (2–7)29–30
60June 18 White Sox 3–1 Kucek (1–0) Dotson (6–3) McLaughlin (4)21,44330–30
–June 19 White Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 7
61June 20@ Rangers 5–2 Jenkins (5–5) Garvin (1–3)13,74730–31
62June 21@ Rangers 2–1 Matlack (4–3) McLaughlin (3–4)17,84630–32
63June 22@ Rangers 6–5 (10) Garvin (2–3) Kern (2–9)13,65031–32
64June 24@ Orioles 1–0 McGregor (7–3) Stieb (6–5)14,88431–33
65June 25@ Orioles 6–3 Palmer (7–4) Leal (1–2)14,58831–34
66June 26@ Orioles 4–1 Stone (10–3) Clancy (6–4)13,02331–35
67June 27 Tigers 7–2 Morris (9–6) Jefferson (2–5)18,49431–36
68June 28 Tigers 8–3 Rozema (4–4) Kucek (1–1)20,05931–37
69June 29 Tigers 2–0 Stieb (7–5) Petry (4–4)22,02632–37
70June 30 Orioles 9–7 Stone (11–3) Leal (1–3)18,39932–38
July 11–17 (Home 5–10, Away 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
71July 1 Orioles 2–0 Palmer (8–4) Clancy (6–5) Martinez (4)23,47532–39
72July 2 Orioles 6–2 Flanagan (8–6) Mirabella (4–8)18,46132–40
73July 3@ Tigers 8–5 Underwood (2–5) McLaughlin (3–5)30,02732–41
74July 4@ Tigers 4–3 Petry (5–4) Stieb (7–6) López (11)29,37032–42
75July 5@ Tigers 5–3 Clancy (7–5) Wilcox (8–5) Garvin (3)32,92533–42
76July 6@ Tigers 7–5 Morris (11–6) Garvin (2–4) López (12)28,56433–43
77July 10 Indians 7–3 Denny (8–5) Clancy (7–6)17,17833–44
78July 11 Indians 6–3 Stieb (8–6) Garland (3–2)16,62134–44
79July 12 Brewers 9–2 Travers (9–3) Moore (1–1)23,62434–45
80July 13 Brewers 4–1 Kucek (2–1) Haas (9–8) Garvin (4)35–45
81July 13 Brewers 4–0 Mitchell (1–0) McLaughlin (3–6)26,33135–46
82July 14 Brewers 6–4 Augustine (2–2) Clancy (7–7) Castro (6)19,44335–47
83July 16@ Mariners 5–0 Stieb (9–6) Abbott (7–5)5,64436–47
84July 17@ Mariners 5–3 Rawley (5–3) Jefferson (2–6)5,72636–48
85July 18@ Angels 6–3 Halicki (3–1) Kucek (2–2) Clear (7)23,86636–49
86July 19@ Angels 5–4 Clancy (8–7) Montague (2–2)35,22137–49
87July 20@ Angels 6–3 (10) McLaughlin (4–6) Clear (6–6)23,90338–49
88July 21@ Athletics 1–0 Stieb (10–6) Kingman (5–10)14,58839–49
89July 22@ Athletics 6–2 Jefferson (3–6) Keough (10–10) Garvin (5)40–49
90July 22@ Athletics 5–1 Norris (13–6) Mirabella (4–9)8,64540–50
91July 23@ Athletics 6–2 McCatty (8–9) Kucek (2–3)4,76540–51
92July 25 Mariners 5–3 Clancy (9–7) Honeycutt (8–9)16,24841–51
93July 26 Mariners 7–2 Dressler (1–4) Stieb (10–7)41–52
94July 26 Mariners 7–5 Kucek (3–3) Abbott (8–6) Garvin (6)18,06742–52
95July 27 Mariners 5–0 Jefferson (4–6) Bannister (6–9)17,08043–52
96July 28 Athletics 5 – 3 (8) Norris (14–6) Barlow (0–1)14,45743–53
97July 29 Athletics 6–5 (12) Lacey (2–1) Garvin (2–5)16,70443–54
98July 30 Athletics 11–1 Langford (10–9) Stieb (10–8)17,65443–55
August 11–20 (Home 6–8, Away 5–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
99August 1 Angels 9–8 Garvin (3–5) Clear (7–9)16,14544–55
100August 2 Angels 5–4 LaRoche (2–2) Jefferson (4–7)22,05144–56
101August 3 Angels 3–1 Clancy (10–7) Martinez (2–4) Barlow (1)20,40445–56
102August 4@ Indians 11–5 Spillner (9–8) Mirabella (4–10) Monge (9)7,58345–57
103August 5@ Indians 8–5 Grimsley (3–0) Kucek (3–4) Cruz (6)6,70745–58
104August 6@ Indians 5–2 Waits (8–10) Jefferson (4–8) Cruz (7)9,09845–59
105August 7@ Indians 7–6 Monge (1–4) Garvin (3–6)9,58645–60
106August 8 Royals 9–0 Gale (10–7) Clancy (10–8)45–61
107August 8 Royals 7–4 Pattin (3–0) Garvin (3–7)22,14645–62
108August 9 Royals 4–3 (14) Willis (1–0) Eastwick (0–1)21,30046–62
109August 10 Royals 8–5 Leonard (13–8) Jefferson (4–9) Pattin (4)23,47346–63
110August 12@ Brewers 3–1 Clancy (11–8) Sorensen (8–8)47–63
111August 12@ Brewers 5–4 Barlow (1–1) Castro (0–4) Garvin (7)18,82048–63
112August 13@ Brewers 5–4 Travers (11–5) McLaughlin (4–7)14,30448–64
113August 14@ Brewers 4–2 Haas (14–9) Stieb (10–9)21,11548–65
114August 15@ Royals 4–3 Leonard (14–8) Jefferson (4–10) Quisenberry (24)34,86148–66
115August 16@ Royals 11–5 Gura (17–5) Kucek (3–5)39,63148–67
116August 17@ Royals 8–3 Splittorff (9–8) Clancy (11–9) Quisenberry (25)30,69348–68
117August 19@ Twins 4–3 Barlow (2–1) Corbett (8–5) Schrom (1)6,90249–68
118August 20@ Twins 10–4 Todd (1–0) Zahn (10–16)4,19850–68
119August 21@ White Sox 5–3 Hoyt (5–2) Jefferson (4–11) Farmer (21)15,30350–69
120August 22@ White Sox 2–0 Burns (11–12) Clancy (11–10) Farmer (22)15,03350–70
121August 23@ White Sox 5–1 Dotson (10–8) Kucek (3–6)10,76850–71
122August 24@ White Sox 7–3 Stieb (11–9) Baumgarten (2–8) Barlow (2)17,15651–71
123August 25 Rangers 5–1 Clay (2–0) Todd (1–1) Johnson (2)15,51751–72
124August 26 Rangers 8–0 Hough (2–1) Jefferson (4–12)15,47851–73
125August 27 Rangers 6–4 Clancy (12–10) Medich (10–9) Garvin (8)15,44252–73
126August 28 Twins 7–5 (15) † Verhoeven (2–3) Jefferson (4–13) Williams (1)14,03552–74
127August 29 Twins 5–2 Zahn (11–17) Stieb (11–10)14,35852–75
128August 30 Twins 3–2 Todd (2–1) Verhoeven (2–4)18,37653–75
129August 31 Twins 7–1 Clancy (13–10) Koosman (11–12)18,02954–75
September 10–18 (Home 6–10, Away 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
130September 1@ Rangers 9–1 Medich (11–9) McLaughlin (4–8)8,22454–76
131September 2@ Rangers 3–2 Jenkins (12–10) Leal (1–4)6,90354–77
132September 3@ Rangers 4–2 Stieb (12–10) Figueroa (3–9)6,98455–77
133September 4 White Sox 3–2 Todd (3–1) Farmer (6–8)12,36556–77
134September 5 White Sox 3–0 Hoyt (7–2) Clancy (13–11)14,09156–78
135September 7 White Sox 3–1 McLaughlin (5–8) Trout (8–13) Barlow (3)57–78
136September 7 White Sox 7–6 Schrom (1–0) Proly (3–9) Barlow (4)17,45758–78
137September 8 Yankees 7–4 John (20–7) Stieb (12–11) Gossage (25)23,02058–79
138September 9 Yankees 6–4 Todd (4–1) Perry (9–11) Willis (1)22,47159–79
139September 10 Yankees 7–6 Davis (6–3) Clancy (13–12) Gossage (26)23,03159–80
140September 11 Orioles 6–1 Stone (23–6) Mirabella (4–11)14,02559–81
141September 12 Orioles 7–5 McLaughlin (6–8) Flanagan (14–12) Willis (2)15,63260–81
142September 13 Orioles 6–4 McGregor (18–7) Stieb (12–12) Stoddard (22)18,04360–82
143September 14 Orioles 4–3 (13) Barlow (3–1) Martínez (5–4)19,11761–82
144September 16@ Yankees 5–4 Guidry (14–10) Clancy (13–13) Gossage (28)20,28161–83
145September 17@ Yankees 8–7 (13) ‡ Underwood (13–9) Kucek (3–7)22,51661–84
146September 18@ Yankees 2–1 Leal (2–4) John (21–8)20,12962–84
147September 19@ Orioles 8–6 (12) Martinez (3–3) Willis (1–1)12,70662–85
148September 20@ Orioles 6–1 Stone (24–7) Stieb (12–13)16,26962–86
149September 21@ Orioles 2–1 Flanagan (15–12) Clancy (13–14) Stoddard (24)14,25162–87
150September 22@ Tigers 6–5 Garvin (4–7) Weaver (2–3) Willis (3)6,21063–87
151September 23@ Tigers 9–7 Willis (2–1) Rozema (6–9) Kucek (1)6,36364–87
152September 24@ Tigers 9–8 (10) Petry (10–9) Kucek (3–8)7,12964–88
153September 26 Red Sox 3–1 Eckersley (12–13) Stieb (12–14)15,18764–89
154September 27 Red Sox 4–3 Stanley (10–7) Clancy (13–15) Burgmeier (24)21,53364–90
155September 28 Red Sox 7–3 Crawford (2–0) McLaughlin (6–9)32,04264–91
156September 29 Tigers 8–2 Weaver (3–3) Mirabella (4–12) López (21)12,05164–92
157September 30 Tigers 5–3 Schatzeder (11–12) Todd (4–2)12,11964–93
October 3–2 (Home 0–1, Away 3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
158October 1 Tigers 11–7 Fidrych (2–3) Stieb (12–15) Underwood (5)12,42664–94
159October 2@ Red Sox 4–1 Tudor (8–5) Clancy (13–16)11,87264–95
–October 3@ Red Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for October 4
160October 4@ Red Sox 7–6 (17) Leal (3–4) Stanley (10–8) Barlow (5)65–95
161October 4@ Red Sox 3–1 Mirabella (5–12) Drago (7–7)14,17966–95
162October 5@ Red Sox 4–1 Todd (5–2) MacWhorter (0–3)16,56267–95
† Game suspended due to curfew after the 14th inning. Completed on August 29.
‡ Game suspended due to rain in the top of the 10th inning. Completed on September 18.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRH2B3BAvg.HRRBISB
C Ernie Whitt 1062952370122.2376341
1B John Mayberry 14950162124192.24830820
2B Dámaso Garcia 14054350151307.27844613
3B Roy Howell 14252851142289.26910570
SS Alfredo Griffin 155653631662615.25424118
LF Alvis Woods 10937354112182.30015474
CF Barry Bonnell 13046355124224.26813563
RF Lloyd Moseby 1143894489241.2299464
DH Otto Vélez 1043575496123.26920620

Other batters

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BAvg.HRRBISB
Bob Bailor 1163474482142.23611612
Garth Iorg 802222455101.2482142
Bob Davis 912181847110.2164190
Rick Bosetti 53188244071.2134184
Doug Ault 64144122851.1943150
Danny Ainge 38111112761.243043
Willie Upshaw 3461101331.213151
Steve Braun 375541520.273190
Joe Cannon 705016400.080042
Paul Hodgson 20415901.220150
Domingo Ramos 5160200.125000
Mike Macha 580000.000000
Pat Kelly 370200.286000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERARERBBK
Jim Clancy 3434250.213163.3010892128152
Dave Stieb 3432242.212153.7110810083108
Paul Mirabella 3322130.25124.3473636653
Jackson Todd 121285.0524.0240383044
Luis Leal 131059.2344.5335303126
Dave Lemanczyk 10843.1255.4029261510

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLSVERARERBBK
Joey McLaughlin 5510135.26944.5179685370
Jesse Jefferson 2918121.241305.4778745253
Jack Kucek 231268.03816.7556514135

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERARERBBK
Jerry Garvin 6182.24782.2923212752
Mike Barlow 4055.03154.0929252119
Tom Buskey 3366.23104.4635332634
Balor Moore 3164.21115.2943383122
Mike Willis 2026.12131.71651114
Ken Schrom 1731.01015.2318181913
Bob Bailor 32.10007.712210

Awards and honours

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Harry Warner
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League Duane Larson
A Kinston Eagles Carolina League Dennis Holmberg
A-Short Season Utica Blue Jays New York–Penn League Larry Hardy
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League John McLaren

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Notes

  1. ↑ "1980 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1980 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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