1980 San Diego Padres season

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1980 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ray Kroc
General manager(s)Bob Fontaine, Jack McKeon
Manager(s)Jerry Coleman
Local televisionKFMB-TV
Local radioKFMB (AM)
(Ed Doucette, Dave Campbell, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
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The 1980 San Diego Padres season was the 12th season in franchise history.

Offseason[]

  • October 3, 1979: Mickey Lolich was released by the Padres.[1]
  • December 3, 1979: Von Joshua was selected off waivers by the Padres from the Los Angeles Dodgers.[2]
  • February 15, 1980: Gaylord Perry, Tucker Ashford and Joe Carroll (minors) were traded by the Padres to the Texas Rangers for Willie Montañez.[3]
  • February 15, 1980: Bob Owchinko was traded by the San Diego Padres with Jim Wilhelm to the Cleveland Indians for Jerry Mumphrey.[4]

Regular season[]

  • Ozzie Smith set a major league record for most assists by a shortstop in 1980 with 621.

Season standings[]

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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 Records
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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: Danny Boone was signed as a free agent by the Padres.[6]
  • June 3, 1980: Ron Romanick was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.[7]
  • June 3, 1980: Gerry Davis was drafted by the Padres in the 6th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft.[8]
  • August 9, 1980: Kurt Bevacqua and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Luis Salazar and Rick Lancellotti. The Padres completed the deal by sending Mark Lee to the Pirates on August 9.[9]
  • August 7, 1980: Von Joshua was released by the Padres.[2]
  • August 25, 1980: Willie Montañez was traded by the Padres to the Montreal Expos for Tony Phillips and cash.[10]

Roster[]

1980 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  •  2 Jerry Coleman

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 Gene Tenace 133 316 70 .222 17 50
1B Willie Montañez 128 481 132 .274 6 63
2B Dave Cash 130 397 90 .227 1 23
3B Aurelio Rodríguez 89 175 35 .200 2 13
SS Ozzie Smith 158 609 140 .230 0 35
LF Gene Richards 158 642 193 .301 4 41
CF Jerry Mumphrey 160 564 168 .298 4 59
RF Dave Winfield 162 558 154 .276 20 87

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tim Flannery 95 292 70 .240 0 25
Bill Fahey 93 241 62 .257 1 22
Luis Salazar 44 169 57 .337 1 25
Jerry Turner 85 153 44 .288 3 18
Barry Evans 73 125 29 .232 1 14
Broderick Perkins 43 100 37 .370 2 14
Kurt Bevacqua 62 71 19 .268 0 12
Von Joshua 53 63 15 .238 2 7
Paul Dade 68 53 10 .189 0 3
Craig Stimac 20 50 11 .220 0 7
Randy Bass 19 49 14 .286 3 8
Fred Kendall 19 24 7 .292 0 2
Chuck Baker 9 22 3 .136 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Curtis 30 187 10 8 3.51 71
Randy Jones 24 154.1 5 13 3.91 53
Rick Wise 27 154.1 6 8 3.67 59
Juan Eichelberger 15 88.2 4 2 3.65 43

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Mura 37 168.2 8 7 3.68 109
Gary Lucas 46 150 5 8 3.24 85
Bob Shirley 59 137 11 12 3.55 67
Eric Rasmussen 40 111.1 4 11 4.37 50
Tom Tellmann 6 22.1 3 0 1.61 9
Dennis Blair 5 14 0 1 6.43 11
George Stablein 4 11.2 0 1 3.09 4

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rollie Fingers 66 11 9 23 2.80 69
Dennis Kinney 50 4 6 1 4.25 40
John D'Acquisto 39 2 3 1 3.76 44
Mike Armstrong 11 0 0 0 5.65 14

Awards and honors[]

  • Ozzie Smith, SS, Gold Glove Award

1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Doug Rader
AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Eddie Watt
A Reno Silver Sox California League Jack Maloof
A-Short Season Walla Walla Padres Northwest League

[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Mickey Lolich page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "Bob Owchinko Stats".
  5. ^ "1980 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  6. ^ Danny Boone page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ "Ron Romanick Stats".
  8. ^ Gerry Davis page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Mark Lee page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Tony Phillips page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ 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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