1980 Baltimore Orioles season

1980 Baltimore Orioles
Major league affiliations
Location
1980 information
Owner(s) Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s) Hank Peters
Manager(s) Earl Weaver
Local television WMAR-TV
Local radio WFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Brooks Robinson, Tom Marr)
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The 1980 Baltimore Orioles season was the club's 26th season in Baltimore. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 100 wins and 62 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Spring training

The Orioles played two spring training exhibition games at the Louisiana Superdome against the New York Yankees over the weekend of March 15 and 16, 1980. 45,152 spectators watched the Yankees beat the Orioles 9 to 3 on March 15, 1980. The following day, 43,339 fans saw Floyd Rayford lead the Orioles to a 7 to 1 win over the Yankees.[2]

Regular season

During the season, Steve Stone became the last pitcher to win at least 25 games for the Orioles in the 20th century.[3]

Season standings

AL East W L GB Pct.
New York Yankees 103 59 -- .636
Baltimore Orioles 100 62 3 .617
Milwaukee Brewers 86 76 17 .531
Detroit Tigers 84 78 19 .519
Boston Red Sox 83 77 19 .519
Cleveland Indians 79 81 23 .494
Toronto Blue Jays 67 95 36 .414

Notable transactions

Roster

1980 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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 Dempsey, RickRick Dempsey 119 362 95 .262 9 40
1B Murray, EddieEddie Murray 158 621 186 .300 32 116
RF Singleton, KenKen Singleton 156 583 177 .304 24 104

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
Graham, DanDan Graham 86 266 74 .278 15 54
Kelly, PatPat Kelly 89 200 52 .260 3 26
Sakata, LennLenn Sakata 43 83 16 .193 1 9
Corey, MarkMark Corey 36 36 10 .278 1 2
Rayford, FloydFloyd Rayford 8 18 4 .222 0 1
Krenchicki, WayneWayne Krenchicki 9 14 2 .143 0 0
Skaggs, DaveDave Skaggs 2 5 1 .200 0 0
Bonner, BobbyBobby Bonner 4 4 0 .000 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
McGregor, ScottScott McGregor 36 252 20 8 3.32 119
Flanagan, MikeMike Flanagan 37 251.1 16 13 4.12 128
Stone, SteveSteve Stone 37 250.2 25 7 3.23 149
Palmer, JimJim Palmer 34 224 16 10 3.98 109
Boddicker, MikeMike Boddicker 1 7.1 0 1 6.14 4

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
Martínez, DennisDennis Martínez 25 99.2 6 4 3.97 42

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
Martinez, TippyTippy Martinez 53 4 4 10 3.01 68
Stewart, SammySammy Stewart 33 7 7 3 3.56 78
Ford, DaveDave Ford 25 1 3 1 4.26 22
Hartzell, PaulPaul Hartzell 6 0 2 0 6.62 5
Kerrigan, JoeJoe Kerrigan 1 0 0 0 3.86 1

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Doc Edwards
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Jimmy Williams
A Miami Orioles Florida State League Lance Nichols
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Grady Little

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

Notes

  1. ^ John Flinn page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Associated Press (1980-03-17). "Big Crowds see Baseball at Superdome". Toledo Blade. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ln0UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4892,4343235&dq=superdome+yankees. Retrieved 2009-06-19. 
  3. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  4. ^ Billy Smith page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Steve Luebber page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Paul Hartzell page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Dave Skaggs page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Carl Nichols page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Mark Brown page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Ricky Jones page at Baseball-Reference

References

AL East
Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto
AL West
NL East
NL West
Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns · Based in Baltimore, Maryland
Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Lore
Rivalries
Retired numbers
4 · 5 · 8 · 20 · 22 · 33 · 42
Key personnel
Owner: Peter Angelos · President of Baseball Operations: Vacant · Manager: Buck Showalter
World Series
Championships (3)
1966 · 1970 · 1983
American League
Championships (7)
1944 · 1966 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1979 · 1983
American League East
Championships (8)
1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1973  · 1974 · 1979  · 1983 · 1997
American League Wild Card
(1)
Minor league
affiliates
Norfolk Tides (AAA) · Bowie Baysox (AA) · Frederick Keys (A) · Delmarva Shorebirds (A) · Aberdeen IronBirds (A) · GCL Orioles (Rookie) · DSL Orioles 1 (Rookie)
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