1980 St. Louis Cardinals season

1980 St. Louis Cardinals
1980 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1892) Eastern Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882);
Results
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	John Claiborne, Whitey Herzog
Manager(s)	Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst
Local television	KSDK; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
Local radio	KMOX ; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
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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[]

v t NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	91	71	0.562	—	49–32	42–39
Montreal Expos	90	72	0.556	1	51–29	39–43
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	79	0.512	8	47–34	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	74	88	0.457	17	41–40	33–48
New York Mets	67	95	0.414	24	38–44	29–51
Chicago Cubs	64	98	0.395	27	37–44	27–54

Record vs. opponents[]

1980 National League Records v t 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[]

Bobby Bonds
George Hendrick
Keith Hernandez
Ken Oberkfell
Ken Reitz
Tony Scott
Ted Simmons
Garry Templeton
Pete Vuckovich^[4]

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

49 Pedro Borbón
31 Bob Forsch
39 George Frazier
41 John Fulgham
26 Don Hood
36 Jim Kaat
34 Darold Knowles
32 Mark Littell
43 Jeff Little
50 John Littlefield
33 John Martin
35 Silvio Martínez
33 Donnie Moore
47 Al Olmsted
34 Jim Otten
46 Andy Rincon
48 Kim Seaman
42 Bob Sykes
43 Roy Thomas
38 John Urrea
46,40 Pete Vuckovich

Catchers

16 Terry Kennedy
23 Ted Simmons
9 Steve Swisher

Infielders

7 Joe DeSa
37 Keith Hernandez
28 Tom Herr
24 Ken Oberkfell
5 Mike Phillips
4 Mike Ramsey
44 Ken Reitz
1 Garry Templeton
12 Tye Waller

Outfielders

00 Bobby Bonds
10 Leon Durham
25 George Hendrick
19 Dane Iorg
21 Tito Landrum
21 Jim Lentine
30 Tony Scott
3,11 Keith Smith

Other batters

11 Bernie Carbo

Manager

14 Ken Boyer
3 Whitey Herzog
8 Jack Krol
2 Red Schoendienst

Coaches

8 Jack Krol
27 Dal Maxvill
18 Claude Osteen
15 Dave Ricketts
2 Red Schoendienst

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	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	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	2	3	4.75	22
John Martin	9	42	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[]

^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_5_63/ai_115077547/pg_2
^ 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
1980 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac

[1] ttp://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_5_63/ai_115077547/pg_2

[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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1980 St. Louis Cardinals

Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	John Claiborne, Whitey Herzog
Manager(s)	Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst
Local television	KSDK (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
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