1980 St. Louis Cardinals season

1980 St. Louis Cardinals
1980 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	August "Gussie" Busch
General managers	John Claiborne, Whitey Herzog
Managers	Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst
Television	KSDK; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
Radio	KMOX ; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)

The St. Louis Cardinals 1980 season was the team's 99th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and the 89th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 74–88 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 17 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies.

The Cardinals played the season under four different managers, Ken Boyer (fired June 8 between games of a double-header against the Expos in Montreal), Jack Krol (the second game of the double-header that same day), Whitey Herzog (June 9 until he was hired as the team's general manager in late August, succeeding John Claiborne, who was fired earlier in August) and Red Schoendienst (from late August to end of season). After the season, Herzog reclaimed the managerial job.

This team set a record for the most Silver Slugger Award winners in one season: Keith Hernández (first base), Garry Templeton (shortstop), George Hendrick (outfielder), Ted Simmons (catcher), and Bob Forsch (pitcher).^[1] Hernández also won a Gold Glove.

Offseason

October 17, 1979: Mike Tyson was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Donnie Moore.^[2]
March 31, 1980: Will McEnaney was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	91	71	.562	—	49‍–‍32	42‍–‍39
Montreal Expos	90	72	.556	1	51‍–‍29	39‍–‍43
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	79	.512	8	47‍–‍34	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	74	88	.457	17	41‍–‍40	33‍–‍48
New York Mets	67	95	.414	24	38‍–‍44	29‍–‍51
Chicago Cubs	64	98	.395	27	37‍–‍44	27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1980 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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 starters

Notable transactions

April 2, 1980: Roger Freed was released by the Cardinals.^[5]
April 7, 1980: Jeff Little was signed as a free agent with the Cardinals.^[6]
April 30, 1980: Pedro Borbón was signed as a free agent with the Cardinals.^[7]
April 30, 1980: Jim Kaat was purchased by the Cardinals from the New York Yankees.^[8]
May 9, 1980: Darold Knowles was released by the Cardinals.^[9]
May 27, 1980: Pedro Borbón was released by the Cardinals.^[7]
June 2, 1980: Jim Lentine was traded by the Cardinals to the Detroit Tigers for Al Greene and John Martin.^[10]
June 3, 1980: Dan Plesac was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[11]

Roster

1980 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

11 Bernie Carbo

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ted Simmons	145	495	150	.303	21	98
1B	Keith Hernandez	159	595	191	.321	16	99
2B	Ken Oberkfell	116	422	128	.303	3	46
SS	Garry Templeton	118	504	161	.319	4	43
3B	Ken Reitz	151	523	141	.270	8	58
LF	Bobby Bonds	86	231	47	.203	5	24
CF	Tony Scott	143	415	104	.251	0	28
RF	George Hendrick	150	572	173	.302	25	109

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
Leon Durham	96	303	82	.271	8	42
Dane Iorg	105	251	76	.303	3	36
Terry Kennedy	84	248	63	.254	4	34
Tom Herr	76	222	55	.248	0	15
Mike Phillips	63	128	30	.234	0	7
Mike Ramsey	59	126	33	.262	0	8
Tito Landrum	35	77	19	.247	0	7
Keith Smith	24	31	4	.129	0	2
Steve Swisher	18	24	6	.250	0	2
Tye Waller	5	12	1	.083	0	0
Bernie Carbo	14	11	2	.182	0	0
Joe DeSa	7	11	3	.273	0	0
Jim Lentine	9	10	1	.100	0	1

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
Pete Vuckovich	32	222.1	12	9	3.40	132
Bob Forsch	31	214.2	11	10	3.77	87
Bob Sykes	27	126.0	6	10	4.64	50
Silvio Martínez	25	119.2	5	10	4.81	39
John Fulgham	15	85.1	4	6	3.38	48
Al Olmsted	5	34.2	1	1	2.86	14
Andy Rincon	4	31.0	3	1	2.61	22

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
Jim Kaat	49	129.2	8	7	3.82	36
Don Hood	33	82.1	4	6	3.39	35
Roy Thomas	24	55.0	2	3	4.75	22
John Martin	9	42.0	2	3	4.29	23
Jeff Little	7	18.2	1	1	3.86	17

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
John Littlefield	52	5	5	9	3.14	22
Jim Otten	31	0	5	0	5.53	38
John Urrea	30	4	1	3	3.48	36
Kim Seaman	26	3	2	4	3.42	10
George Frazier	22	1	4	3	2.74	11
Mark Littell	14	0	2	2	3.86	17
Donnie Moore	11	1	1	0	6.23	10
Pedro Borbón	10	1	0	1	3.79	4
Darold Knowles	2	0	1	0	10.80	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Springfield Redbirds	American Association	Hal Lanier
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Sonny Ruberto
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Tommy Thompson
A	Gastonia Cardinals	South Atlantic League	Nick Leyva
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Johnny Lewis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Springfield, Arkansas

References

^ "Find articles". Archived from the original on November 13, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
^ Mike Tyson at Baseball Reference
^ "Will McEnaney Stats".
^ "1980 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
^ Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
^ Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Pedro Borbón at Baseball Reference
^ Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference
^ Darold Knowles at Baseball Reference
^ Jim Lentine at Baseball Reference
^ Dan Plesac at Baseball Reference

External links

1980 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
1980 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac

[1] "Find articles". Archived from the original on November 13, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2013.

[2] Mike Tyson at Baseball Reference

[3] "Will McEnaney Stats".

[4] "1980 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".

[5] Roger Freed at Baseball Reference

[6] Jeff Little at Baseball Reference

[borbon-7] Pedro Borbón at Baseball Reference

[8] Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference

[9] Darold Knowles at Baseball Reference

[10] Jim Lentine at Baseball Reference

[11] Dan Plesac at Baseball Reference

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