1980 St. Louis Cardinals season

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
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersJohn Claiborne, Whitey Herzog
ManagersKen Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst
TelevisionKSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
← 1979 Seasons 1981 →

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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 91 71 .562 — 49‍–‍32 42‍–‍39
Montreal Expos 90 72 .556 1 51‍–‍29 39‍–‍43
Pittsburgh Pirates 83 79 .512 8 47‍–‍34 36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals 74 88 .457 17 41‍–‍40 33‍–‍48
New York Mets 67 95 .414 24 38‍–‍44 29‍–‍51
Chicago Cubs 64 98 .395 27 37‍–‍44 27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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1980 National League record

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

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1980 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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 27 126.0 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 31.0 3 1 2.61 22

Other pitchers

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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 55.0 2 3 4.75 22
John Martin 9 42.0 2 3 4.29 23
Jeff Little 7 18.2 1 1 3.86 17

Relief pitchers

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Find articles". Archived from the original on November 13, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  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
  7. ^ a b 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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