1980 Boston Red Sox | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | East | |||
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |||
City | Boston | |||
Record | 83–77 (.519) | |||
Divisional place | 4th | |||
Owners | Buddy LeRoux,Haywood Sullivan,Jean Yawkey | |||
President | Jean Yawkey | |||
General manager | Haywood Sullivan | |||
Managers |
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Television | WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 (Ned Martin,Ken Harrelson) | |||
Radio | WITS-AM 1510 (Ken Coleman,Jon Miller) | |||
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |||
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The1980 Boston Red Sox season was the 80th season in the franchise'sMajor League Baseball history. TheRed Sox finished fourth in theAmerican League East with a record of 83 wins and 77 losses, 19games behind theNew York Yankees.ManagerDon Zimmer was fired with five games left, andJohnny Pesky finished the season as manager.[1]
Month | Record | Cumulative | AL East | Ref. | |||
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Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Position | GB | ||
April | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3rd | 1+1⁄2 | [5] |
May | 14 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 4th | 6+1⁄2 | [6] |
June | 16 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 5th | 8+1⁄2 | [7] |
July | 12 | 16 | 50 | 49 | 6th | 12+1⁄2 | [8] |
August | 20 | 7 | 70 | 56 | 3rd | 6+1⁄2 | [9] |
September | 12 | 17 | 82 | 73 | 3rd | 16 | [10] |
October | 1 | 4 | 83 | 77 | 4th | 19 | [11] |
Fred Lynn had a .301batting average, with 12home runs and 61RBIs.Jim Rice hit .294, with 24 homers and 86 RBIs. On the pitching staff,Mike Torrez was 9–16 andDennis Eckersley was 12–14.Rick Burleson set an MLB single-season record for double plays turned as a shortstop, 147, which still stands.[12]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 53–28 | 50–31 |
Baltimore Orioles | 100 | 62 | .617 | 3 | 50–31 | 50–31 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 17 | 40–42 | 46–34 |
Boston Red Sox | 83 | 77 | .519 | 19 | 36–45 | 47–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19 | 43–38 | 41–40 |
Cleveland Indians | 79 | 81 | .494 | 23 | 44–35 | 35–46 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36 | 35–46 | 32–49 |
Boston's record of 83–77 has a fractionally betterwinning percentage than Detroit's record of 84–78; .51875 and .51851, respectively.
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] | ||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–2 |
Boston | 5–8 | — | 9–3 | 6–4 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
California | 2–10 | 3–9 | — | 3–10 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 2–10 | 3–10 | 11–2 | 11–2 | 3–9 |
Chicago | 6–6 | 4–6 | 10–3 | — | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7–2 | 5–7 |
Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–4 | 7–5 | — | 3–10 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
Detroit | 3–10 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 10–3 | — | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 10–2–1 | 4–8 | 9–4 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | — | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 9–3 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
Minnesota | 2–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
New York | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 |
Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–11 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 2–10–1 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
Texas | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–6–2 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 2–11 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |
2 | Jerry Remy | 2B |
7 | Rick Burleson | SS |
19 | Fred Lynn | CF |
14 | Jim Rice | LF |
8 | Carl Yastrzemski | DH |
5 | Tony Pérez | 1B |
4 | Butch Hobson | 3B |
24 | Dwight Evans | RF |
15 | Dave Rader | C |
43 | Dennis Eckersley | P |
Source:[15]
TheMilwaukee Brewers defeated the Red Sox onOpening Day, 9–5, via awalk-offgrand slam bySixto Lezcano.[16]
1980 Boston Red Sox | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Managers Coaches
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Rick Burleson | 155 | 644 | 89 | 179 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 12 | 62 | .278 | .366 |
Tony Pérez | 151 | 585 | 73 | 161 | 31 | 3 | 25 | 105 | 1 | 41 | .275 | .467 |
Jim Rice | 124 | 504 | 81 | 148 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 86 | 8 | 30 | .294 | .504 |
Carlton Fisk | 131 | 478 | 73 | 138 | 25 | 3 | 18 | 62 | 11 | 36 | .289 | .467 |
Dwight Evans | 148 | 463 | 72 | 123 | 37 | 5 | 18 | 60 | 3 | 64 | .266 | .484 |
Dave Stapleton | 106 | 449 | 61 | 144 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 3 | 13 | .321 | .463 |
Fred Lynn | 110 | 415 | 67 | 125 | 32 | 3 | 12 | 61 | 12 | 58 | .301 | .480 |
Carl Yastrzemski | 105 | 364 | 49 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 44 | .275 | .462 |
Butch Hobson | 93 | 324 | 35 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 39 | 1 | 25 | .228 | .349 |
Glenn Hoffman | 114 | 312 | 37 | 89 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 19 | .285 | .397 |
Jim Dwyer | 93 | 260 | 41 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 28 | .285 | .438 |
Jerry Remy | 63 | 230 | 24 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 10 | .313 | .361 |
Dave Rader | 50 | 137 | 14 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 14 | .328 | .474 |
Garry Hancock | 46 | 115 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 3 | .287 | .443 |
Gary Allenson | 36 | 70 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 13 | .357 | .443 |
Chico Walker | 19 | 57 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .211 | .263 |
Jack Brohamer | 21 | 57 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .316 | .404 |
Reid Nichols | 12 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .278 |
Rich Gedman | 9 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 |
Larry Wolfe | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .304 |
Ted Sizemore | 9 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .261 |
Julio Valdez | 8 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .263 | .474 |
Sam Bowen | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .154 | .154 |
Dick Drago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Stan Papi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .--- | .--- |
Team Totals | 160 | 5603 | 757 | 1588 | 297 | 36 | 162 | 717 | 79 | 475 | .283 | .436 |
Source:[15]
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Mike Torrez | 9 | 16 | 5.08 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 207.1 | 256 | 124 | 117 | 75 | 97 |
Dennis Eckersley | 12 | 14 | 4.28 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 197.2 | 188 | 101 | 94 | 44 | 121 |
Bob Stanley | 10 | 8 | 3.39 | 52 | 17 | 14 | 175.0 | 186 | 75 | 66 | 52 | 71 |
Steve Renko | 9 | 9 | 4.19 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 165.1 | 180 | 86 | 77 | 56 | 90 |
Dick Drago | 7 | 7 | 4.14 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 132.2 | 127 | 67 | 61 | 44 | 63 |
Tom Burgmeier | 5 | 4 | 2.00 | 62 | 0 | 24 | 99.0 | 87 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 54 |
John Tudor | 8 | 5 | 3.02 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 92.1 | 81 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 45 |
Chuck Rainey | 8 | 3 | 4.86 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 87.0 | 92 | 49 | 47 | 41 | 43 |
Skip Lockwood | 3 | 1 | 5.32 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 45.2 | 61 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 11 |
Keith MacWhorter | 0 | 3 | 5.53 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 42.1 | 46 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 21 |
Bill Campbell | 4 | 0 | 4.79 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 41.1 | 44 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 17 |
Win Remmerswaal | 2 | 1 | 4.58 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 20 |
Steve Crawford | 2 | 0 | 3.62 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 32.1 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 10 |
Bruce Hurst | 2 | 2 | 9.10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 30.2 | 39 | 33 | 31 | 16 | 16 |
Bob Ojeda | 1 | 1 | 6.92 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 26.0 | 39 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 12 |
Jack Billingham | 1 | 3 | 11.10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24.1 | 45 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 4 |
Luis Aponte | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Team Totals | 83 | 77 | 4.38 | 160 | 160 | 43 | 1441.1 | 1557 | 767 | 701 | 481 | 696 |
Source:[16]
Category | Player | Statistic |
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Youngest player | Rich Gedman | 20 |
Oldest player | Carl Yastrzemski | 40 |
Wins Above Replacement | Fred Lynn | 4.7 |
Source:[17]
Abbr. | Category | Player | Statistic |
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G | Games played | Rick Burleson | 155 |
PA | Plate appearances | Rick Burleson | 718 |
AB | At bats | Rick Burleson | 644 |
R | Runs scored | Rick Burleson | 89 |
H | Hits | Rick Burleson | 179 |
2B | Doubles | Dwight Evans | 37 |
3B | Triples | Jim Rice | 6 |
HR | Home runs | Tony Pérez | 25 |
RBI | Runs batted in | Tony Pérez | 105 |
SB | Stolen bases | Jerry Remy | 14 |
CS | Caught stealing | Rick Burleson | 13 |
BB | Base on balls | Dwight Evans | 64 |
SO | Strikeouts | Dwight Evans | 98 |
BA | Batting average | Jim Rice | .294 |
OBP | On-base percentage | Fred Lynn | .383 |
SLG | Slugging percentage | Jim Rice | .504 |
OPS | On-base plus slugging | Fred Lynn | .862 |
OPS+ | Adjusted OPS | Fred Lynn | 130 |
TB | Total bases | Tony Pérez | 273 |
GIDP | Grounded into double play | Tony Pérez | 25 |
HBP | Hit by pitch | Carlton Fisk | 13 |
SH | Sacrifice hits | Glenn Hoffman | 9 |
SF | Sacrifice flies | Tony Pérez | 8 |
IBB | Intentional base on balls | Tony Pérez | 11 |
Source:[17]
Abbr. | Category | Player | Statistic |
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W | Wins | Dennis Eckersley | 12 |
L | Losses | Mike Torrez | 16 |
W-L % | Winning percentage | Chuck Rainey | .727 (8–3) |
ERA | Earned run average | Bob Stanley | 3.39 |
G | Games pitched | Tom Burgmeier | 62 |
GS | Games started | Mike Torrez | 32 |
GF | Games finished | Tom Burgmeier | 38 |
CG | Complete games | Dennis Eckersley | 8 |
SHO | Shutouts | 3 tied | 1 |
SV | Saves | Tom Burgmeier | 24 |
IP | Innings pitched | Mike Torrez | 207+1⁄3 |
SO | Strikeouts | Dennis Eckersley | 121 |
WHIP | Walks plus hits per inning pitched | Dennis Eckersley | 1.174 |
Source:[17]