1980 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

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Major League Baseball team season

1980 St. Louis Cardinals

League| National League
Division| East
Ballpark| Busch Memorial Stadium
City| St. Louis, Missouri
Record| 74–88 (.457)
Divisional place| 4th
Owners| August "Gussie" Busch
General managers| John Claiborne, Whitey Herzog
Managers| Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst
Television| KSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
Radio| KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
| <- 1979 | Seasons | 1981 ->

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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

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* 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

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### Season standings

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NL East Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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

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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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* Bobby Bonds
* George Hendrick
* Keith Hernandez
* Ken Oberkfell
* Ken Reitz
* Tony Scott
* Ted Simmons
* Garry Templeton
* Pete Vuckovich[4]

### Notable transactions

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* 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

## External links

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* 1980 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
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