1980 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1980 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
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 televisionKSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
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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

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9171 0.562 — 49–32 42–39
Montreal Expos 9072 0.556 1 51–29 39–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 8379 0.512 8 47–34 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7488 0.457 17 41–40 33–48
New York Mets 6795 0.414 24 38–44 29–51
Chicago Cubs 6498 0.395 27 37–44 27–54

Record vs. opponents
1980 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—8–42–167–1111–75–73–95–711–112–611–66–6
Chicago4–8—7–51–115–76–1210–85–138–104–85–79–9
Cincinnati16–25–7—8–109–93–98–47–56–615–3–17–115–7
Houston11–711–110–8—9–105–78–43–97–511–711–77–5
Los Angeles 7–117–59–910–9—11–17–56–66–69–913–57–5
Montreal7–512–69–37–51–11—10–89–96–1210–27–512–6
New York9–38–104–84–85–78–10—6–1210–81–113–99–9
Philadelphia7-513–55–79–36–69–912–6—7–118–46–69–9
Pittsburgh1–1110–86–65–76–612–68–1011–7—6–68–410–8
San Diego6–128–43–15–17–119–92–1011–14–86–6—10–87–5
San Francisco6–117–511–77–115–135–79–36–64–88–10—7–5
St. Louis6–69–97–55–75–76–129–99–98–105–75–7—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1980 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
1BKeith Hernandez159595191.3211699
2BKen Oberkfell116422128.303346
3BKen Reitz151523141.270858
LFBobby Bonds8623147.203524
CFTony Scott143415104.251028
RFGeorge Hendrick150572173.30225109

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
Mike Phillips6312830.23407
Tye Waller5121.08300
Jim Lentine9101.10001

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
Bob Forsch31214.211103.7787
Bob Sykes271266104.6450
Silvio Martínez25119.25104.8139
John Fulgham1585.1463.3848

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
Don Hood3382.1463.3935
Jeff Little718.2113.8617

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 Littlefield525593.1422
George Frazier221432.7411
Donnie Moore111106.2310
Pedro Borbón101013.794

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_5_63/ai_115077547/pg_2
  2. Mike Tyson at Baseball Reference
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcenawi01.shtml
  4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1980&t=SLN
  5. Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
  6. Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
  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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