1980 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fourth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. The season represented a turning point as Bobby Mattick became the second field manager in franchise history.

1980 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s)Pat Gillick
Manager(s)Bobby Mattick
Local televisionCBC Television
(Don Chevrier, Whitey Ford, Tony Kubek)
CBFT
Local radioCKFH
(Whitey Ford, Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)
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Offseason

Regular season

One of the highlights for the 1980 Blue Jays was the emergence of Dave Stieb as a quality starter. Also, on May 4, Otto Vélez hit four home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Cleveland Indians, including a walk-off shot in the first game.

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 0.636 — 53–28 50–31
Baltimore Orioles 10062 0.617 3 50–31 50–31
Milwaukee Brewers 8676 0.531 17 40–42 46–34
Boston Red Sox 8377 0.519 19 36–45 47–32
Detroit Tigers 8478 0.519 19 43–38 41–40
Cleveland Indians 7981 0.494 23 44–35 35–46
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 36 35–46 32–49

Record vs. opponents
1980 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–510–26–66–710–36–67–610–27–67–56–66–611–2
Boston 5–8—9–36–47–68–55–76–76–63–109–37–55–77–6
California 2–103–9—3–104–65–75–86–67–62–103–1011–211–23–9
Chicago 6–64–610–3—5–72–105–85–75–85–76–76–76–7–25–7
Cleveland 7–66–76–47–5—3–105–73–109–35–86–68–46–68–5
Detroit 3–105–87–510–210–3—2–107–66–65–86–610–2–14–89–4
Kansas City 6–67–58–58–57–510–2—6–65–88–46–77–610–39–3
Milwaukee 6–77–66–67–510–36–76–6—7–55–87–59–35–75–8
Minnesota 2–106–66–78–53–96–68–55–7—4–86–77–69–37–5
New York 6–710–310–27–58–58–54–88–58–4—8–49–37–510–3
Oakland 5–73–910–37–66–66–67–65–77–64–8—8–57–68–4
Seattle 6–65–72–117–64–82–10–16–73–96–73–95–8—4–96–6
Texas 6–67–52–117–6–26–68–43–107–53–95–76–79–4—7–5
Toronto 2–116–79–37–55–84–93–98–55–73–104–86–65–7—

Opening Day starters

Roster
1980 Toronto Blue Jays roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
1980 Game Log 67–95 (Home 35–46, Away 32–49)
April 9–7 (Home 3–1, Away 6–6)
May 13–14 (Home 8–9, Away 5–5)
June 10–17 (Home 7–7, Away 3–10)
July 11–17 (Home 5–10, Away 6–7)
August 11–20 (Home 6–8, Away 5–12)
September 10–18 (Home 6–10, Away 4–8)
October 3–2 (Home 0–1, Away 3–1)
  • † Game suspended due to curfew after the 14th inning. Completed on August 29.
  • ‡ Game suspended due to rain in the top of the 10th inning. Completed on September 18.

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B Avg. HR RBI SB
CErnie Whitt1062952370122.2376341
1BJohn Mayberry14950162124192.24830820
2BDámaso Garcia14054350151307.27844613
3BRoy Howell14252851142289.26910570
SSAlfredo Griffin155653631662615.25424118
LFAlvis Woods10937354112182.30015474
CFBarry Bonnell13046355124224.26813563
RFLloyd Moseby1143894489241.2299464
DHOtto Vélez1043575496123.26920620

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B Avg. HR RBI SB
Bob Bailor1163474482142.23611612
Garth Iorg802222455101.2482142
Bob Davis912181847110.2164190
Rick Bosetti53188244071.2134184
Doug Ault64144122851.1943150
Danny Ainge38111112761.243043
Willie Upshaw3461101331.213151
Steve Braun375541520.273190
Joe Cannon705016400.080042
Paul Hodgson20415901.220150
Domingo Ramos5160200.125000
Mike Macha580000.000000
Pat Kelly370200.286000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L ERA R ER BB K
Jim Clancy3434250.213163.3010892128152
Dave Stieb3432242.212153.7110810083108
Paul Mirabella3322130.25124.3473636653
Jackson Todd121285524.0240383044
Luis Leal131059.2344.5335303126
Dave Lemanczyk10843.1255.4029261510

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L SV ERA R ER BB K
Joey McLaughlin5510135.26944.5179685370
Jesse Jefferson2918121.241305.4778745253
Jack Kucek2312683816.7556514135

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA R ER BB K
Jerry Garvin6182.24782.2923212752
Mike Barlow40553154.0929252119
Tom Buskey3366.23104.4635332634
Balor Moore3164.21115.2943383122
Mike Willis2026.12131.71651114
Ken Schrom17311015.2318181913
Bob Bailor32.10007.712210

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Harry Warner
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League Duane Larson
A Kinston Eagles Carolina League Dennis Holmberg
A-Short Season Utica Blue Jays New York–Penn League Larry Hardy
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League John McLaren

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Notes
  1. Craig Kusick at Baseball Reference
  2. Rick Cerone at Baseball Reference
  3. Chris Chambliss at Baseball Reference
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberan01.shtml
  5. Rico Carty at Baseball Reference
  6. Steve Luebber at Baseball Reference
  7. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  8. 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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