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
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

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 Sources:
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: 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
1B	Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	159	595	191	.321	16	99
2B	Oberkfell, KenKen Oberkfell	116	422	128	.303	3	46
3B	Reitz, KenKen Reitz	151	523	141	.270	8	58
LF	Bonds, BobbyBobby Bonds	86	231	47	.203	5	24
CF	Scott, TonyTony Scott	143	415	104	.251	0	28
RF	Hendrick, GeorgeGeorge 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.	RBI
Phillips, MikeMike Phillips	63	128	30	.234	7
Waller, TyeTye Waller	5	12	1	.083	0
Lentine, JimJim Lentine	9	10	1	.100	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
Forsch, BobBob Forsch	31	214.2	11	10	3.77	87
Sykes, BobBob Sykes	27	126	6	10	4.64	50
Martínez, SilvioSilvio Martínez	25	119.2	5	10	4.81	39
Fulgham, JohnJohn Fulgham	15	85.1	4	6	3.38	48

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
Hood, DonDon Hood	33	82.1	4	6	3.39	35
Little, JeffJeff 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
Littlefield, JohnJohn Littlefield	52	5	5	9	3.14	22
Frazier, GeorgeGeorge Frazier	22	1	4	3	2.74	11
Moore, DonnieDonnie Moore	11	1	1	0	6.23	10
Borbón, PedroPedro Borbón	10	1	0	1	3.79	4

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

References

↑ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_5_63/ai_115077547/pg_2
↑ Mike Tyson at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcenawi01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1980&t=SLN
↑ Roger Freed at Baseball Reference
↑ Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
1 2 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

1980 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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