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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major League Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> over <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (4–2); <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, MVP </p> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">League Championship Series<br />(<a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a>, <a href="/wiki/1980_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 National League Championship Series">NLCS</a>) </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">World Series</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">East </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1980_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1980 New York Yankees season">NY Yankees</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">West </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1980 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">AL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Kansas City </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">NL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Philadelphia</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">East </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">West </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1980_Houston_Astros_season" title="1980 Houston Astros season">Houston</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a>, MVP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a> <a href="/wiki/Manny_Trillo" title="Manny Trillo">Manny Trillo</a>, MVP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, July 8 at <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>: National League, 4–2; <a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Griffey, Sr.">Ken Griffey</a>, MVP</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Amateur_World_Series" title="1980 Amateur World Series">Amateur World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 College World Series">College World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Japan_Series" title="1980 Japan Series">Japan Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Carp" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshima Carp">Hiroshima Toyo Carp</a> over <a href="/wiki/Kintetsu_Buffaloes" class="mw-redirect" title="Kintetsu Buffaloes">Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> (4–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Big_League_World_Series" title="1980 Big League World Series">Big League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Buena_Park,_California" title="Buena Park, California">Buena Park, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Little_League_World_Series" title="1980 Little League World Series">Little League World Series</a>: Long Kuong, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hua_Lian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hua Lian (page does not exist)">Hua Lian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Senior_League_World_Series" title="1980 Senior League World Series">Senior League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pingtung,_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pingtung, Taiwan">Pingtung, Taiwan</a></li></ul> <p><b>Winter Leagues</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Caribbean_Series" title="1980 Caribbean Series">1980 Caribbean Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tigres_del_Licey" title="Tigres del Licey">Tigres del Licey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Dominican Professional Baseball League">Dominican Republic League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tigres_del_Licey" title="Tigres del Licey">Tigres del Licey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Pacific_League" title="Mexican Pacific League">Mexican Pacific League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Naranjeros_de_Hermosillo" title="Naranjeros de Hermosillo">Naranjeros de Hermosillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Baseball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rico Baseball League">Puerto Rican League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vaqueros_de_Bayam%C3%B3n" title="Vaqueros de Bayamón">Vaqueros de Bayamón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Venezuelan Professional Baseball League">Venezuelan League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Leones_del_Caracas" title="Leones del Caracas">Leones del Caracas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Al Kaline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Klein" title="Chuck Klein">Chuck Klein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Duke Snider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Yawkey" title="Tom Yawkey">Tom Yawkey</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> (AL) <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a> (NL) <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Stone_(baseball)" title="Steve Stone (baseball)">Steve Stone</a> (AL) <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> (NL) Philadelphia Phillies</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Charboneau" title="Joe Charboneau">Joe Charboneau</a> (AL) <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Howe_(baseball)" title="Steve Howe (baseball)">Steve Howe</a> (NL) <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league)</b> <ul><li>Frances Crockett, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Knights" title="Charlotte Knights">Charlotte Orioles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_League_(1964%E2%80%93present)" title="Southern League (1964–present)">Southern League</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a></b> <ul><li>(P) <a href="/wiki/Mike_Norris_(baseball)" title="Mike Norris (baseball)">Mike Norris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">Phil Niekro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> (NL)</li> <li>(C) <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sundberg" title="Jim Sundberg">Jim Sundberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Gary_Carter" title="Gary Carter">Gary Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> (NL)</li> <li>(1B) <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Cooper" title="Cecil Cooper">Cecil Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Keith_Hernandez" title="Keith Hernandez">Keith Hernandez</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> (NL)</li> <li>(2B) <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flynn" title="Doug Flynn">Doug Flynn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> (NL)</li> <li>(3B) <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Bell" title="Buddy Bell">Buddy Bell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li> <li>(SS) <a href="/wiki/Alan_Trammell" title="Alan Trammell">Alan Trammell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith" title="Ozzie Smith">Ozzie Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Fred Lynn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Andre_Dawson" title="Andre Dawson">Andre Dawson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Murphy" title="Dwayne Murphy">Dwayne Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Garry_Maddox" title="Garry Maddox">Garry Maddox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Dave_Winfield" title="Dave Winfield">Dave Winfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> (NL)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MLB_statistical_leaders">MLB statistical leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: MLB statistical leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto;font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="font-size: larger;"> <td>  </td> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Type</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Stat </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></td> <td>.390</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Buckner" title="Bill Buckner">Bill Buckner</a></td> <td>.324 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ben_Oglivie" title="Ben Oglivie">Ben Oglivie</a></td> <td>41</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a></td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Cooper" title="Cecil Cooper">Cecil Cooper</a></td> <td>122</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a></td> <td>121 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">Wins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Stone_(baseball)" title="Steve Stone (baseball)">Steve Stone</a></td> <td>25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a></td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rudy_May" title="Rudy May">Rudy May</a></td> <td>2.46</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Don Sutton</a></td> <td>2.20 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_league_baseball_final_standings">Major league baseball final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major league baseball final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output 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Orioles</a></td> <td>100</td> <td>  62</td> <td>.617</td> <td>  3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a></td> <td>  86</td> <td>  76</td> <td>.531</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a></td> <td>  83</td> <td>  77</td> <td>.519</td> <td>19.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a></td> <td>  84</td> <td>  78</td> <td>.519</td> <td>19.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a></td> <td>  79</td> <td>  81</td> <td>.494</td> <td>23.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a></td> <td>  67</td> <td>  95</td> <td>.414</td> <td>36.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">West Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a></td> <td>  97</td> <td>  65</td> <td>.599</td> <td>   -- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td>  83</td> <td>  79</td> <td>.512</td> <td>14.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a></td> <td>  77</td> <td>  84</td> <td>.478</td> <td>19.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a></td> <td>  76</td> <td>  85</td> <td>.472</td> <td>20.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></td> <td>  70</td> <td>  90</td> <td>.438</td> <td>26.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a></td> <td>  65</td> <td>  95</td> <td>.406</td> <td>31.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>  59</td> <td>103</td> <td>.364</td> <td>38.0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 2em;"> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto;font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="font-size: larger;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Rank</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Wins</th> <th>Losses</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>  GB </th></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">East Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></td> <td>91</td> <td>71</td> <td>.562</td> <td>   -- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a></td> <td>90</td> <td>72</td> <td>.556</td> <td>  1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></td> <td>83</td> <td>79</td> <td>.512</td> <td>  8.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a></td> <td>74</td> <td>88</td> <td>.457</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a></td> <td>67</td> <td>95</td> <td>.414</td> <td>24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a></td> <td>64</td> <td>98</td> <td>.395</td> <td>27.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">West Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a></td> <td>93</td> <td>70</td> <td>.571</td> <td>   -- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>92</td> <td>71</td> <td>.564</td> <td>  1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>73</td> <td>.549</td> <td>  3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a></td> <td>81</td> <td>80</td> <td>.503</td> <td>11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></td> <td>75</td> <td>86</td> <td>.466</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a></td> <td>73</td> <td>89</td> <td>.451</td> <td>19.5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/David_Clyde" title="David Clyde">David Clyde</a>, who made his MLB debut as a promising prospect as a teenager, returns to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> as he and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Norris" title="Jim Norris">Jim Norris</a> are sent to the Rangers by the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> in exchange for outfielder <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gray_(baseball)" title="Gary Gray (baseball)">Gary Gray</a>, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Larry_McCall" title="Larry McCall">Larry McCall</a>, and minor league infielder Mike Bucci.</li> <li>January 5 – The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> sign pitcher <a href="/wiki/Tom_Candiotti" title="Tom Candiotti">Tom Candiotti</a>. The undrafted 23-year-old had spent 1979 with the unaffiliated <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Mussels" title="Victoria Mussels">Victoria Mussels</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Class_A_Short_Season" title="Class A Short Season">Class A Short Season</a> <a href="/wiki/Northwest_League" title="Northwest League">Northwest League</a>.</li> <li>January 9 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Al Kaline</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Duke Snider</a> are elected to the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Writers%27_Association_of_America" title="Baseball Writers' Association of America">Baseball Writers' Association of America</a>. Kaline is the tenth player to be elected in his first year of eligibility, while Snider is making his 11th appearance on the ballot.</li> <li>January 24 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> are sold by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Payson" title="Charles Payson">Charles Payson</a>, husband of the club's late founding principal owner, <a href="/wiki/Joan_Whitney_Payson" title="Joan Whitney Payson">Joan</a>, to a group headed by <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Doubleday_Jr." title="Nelson Doubleday Jr.">Nelson Doubleday Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Wilpon" title="Fred Wilpon">Fred Wilpon</a> for an estimated $21.1 million. It is the highest amount yet paid for an American professional sports franchise.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> sign outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Nettles" title="Jim Nettles">Jim Nettles</a>, a free agent and the younger brother of their third baseman, <a href="/wiki/Graig_Nettles" title="Graig Nettles">Graig Nettles</a>. Jim, 32, is a veteran of three <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> teams dating to 1970, but he will spend his only year in the Yankee organization at <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>January 31 <ul><li>After eight seasons, two <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> titles, two <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player Award">National League MVP Awards</a>, eight <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> selections, and four <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Awards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a>, 35, leaves the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> and signs with the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> as a free agent, returning to the city where his major league career began in <a href="/wiki/1963_in_baseball" title="1963 in baseball">1963</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> sign veteran relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Lerrin_LaGrow" title="Lerrin LaGrow">Lerrin LaGrow</a>, granted free agency the previous November 1. LaGrow, 31, had gone 5–1 with four <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a> and a 3.41 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> in 31 games for the <a href="/wiki/1979_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1979 Los Angeles Dodgers season">1979 Los Angeles Dodgers</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 12 – The board of the <a href="/wiki/Oakland%E2%80%93Alameda_County_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_City_Council" title="Oakland City Council">Oakland City Council</a> both reject an attempt to buy out the remainder of the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Athletics'</a> stadium lease. This blocks an attempt to sell the team and a possible move to <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver</a>.</li> <li>February 15 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> acquire first baseman <a href="/wiki/Willie_Monta%C3%B1ez" title="Willie Montañez">Willie Montañez</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> in exchange for future <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall-of-Fame</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a>, infielder <a href="/wiki/Tucker_Ashford" title="Tucker Ashford">Tucker Ashford</a> and minor leaguer Joe Carroll. For Perry, now 41, the trade "reverses" a January 25, 1978, deal that sent him from the Rangers to the Padres, for whom Perry promptly won the <a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a> <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">National League Cy Young Award</a> and then made the <a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1979 NL All-Star team</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Mumphrey" title="Jerry Mumphrey">Jerry Mumphrey</a>'s time on the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>' winter roster lasts only ten weeks when he's traded to the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">Padres</a> for left-hander <a href="/wiki/Bob_Owchinko" title="Bob Owchinko">Bob Owchinko</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wilhelm" title="Jim Wilhelm">Jim Wilhelm</a>, who retires from baseball rather than report to Cleveland. The Indians had acquired outfielder Mumphrey, 27, from the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> as part of the deal that sent <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bonds" title="Bobby Bonds">Bobby Bonds</a> to St. Louis on December 7, 1979.</li></ul></li> <li>February 20 – In his 20th and final season as owner of the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> franchise, <a href="/wiki/Charles_O._Finley" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles O. Finley">Charles O. Finley</a> makes his 17th managerial change, appointing <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a>, 51, the club's pilot for 1980. Martin was ousted from his brief second term as skipper of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> on October 29 after a late-night altercation with a marshmallow salesman in a <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> bar. The Oakland job is Martin's sixth managerial job in the past dozen years; he will earn headlines by transforming the woeful Athletics (54–108 in 1979) with "Billy Ball," and the A's will qualify for the postseason in <a href="/wiki/1981_in_baseball" title="1981 in baseball">1981</a>.</li> <li>February 21 – The new owners of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> make a key front-office hire, naming former <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> executive <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cashen" title="Frank Cashen">Frank Cashen</a> general manager and chief operating officer. Cashen, 54, spent a decade as executive vice president of the Orioles (<a href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975_in_baseball" title="1975 in baseball">1975</a>) during their dynastic run of four <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennants</a> and two <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> titles. As the replacement for former GM <a href="/wiki/Joe_McDonald_(baseball_executive)" title="Joe McDonald (baseball executive)">Joe McDonald</a>, Cashen will supervise the rebuilding of a Mets' team that has finished last in the <a href="/wiki/NL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="NL East">NL East</a> for three consecutive seasons, averaging 97 losses a year.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 6 – <a href="/wiki/George_Bamberger" title="George Bamberger">George Bamberger</a>, who has piloted the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> to an outstanding 188–135 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.582</a>) record in his two seasons as manager, suffers a heart attack at the club's <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> camp. Coach <a href="/wiki/Buck_Rodgers" title="Buck Rodgers">Buck Rodgers</a> takes the team's reins on an emergency basis. Bamberger, 56, will undergo successful <a href="/wiki/Coronary_bypass_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronary bypass surgery">coronary bypass surgery</a> three weeks later, but he will not return to the Brewer dugout until June 6.</li> <li>March 8 – Rookie <a href="/wiki/Joe_Charboneau" title="Joe Charboneau">Joe Charboneau</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> is attacked outside a <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a> hotel. A fan seeking his autograph stabs him in the chest with a pen. Charboneau misses the start of the year but goes on to <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">bat</a> .289, hitting 23 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a>, while driving in 87 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">RBI</a> in 131 games. He will be elected <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a>.</li> <li>March 10 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> sign pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Can%C3%B3" title="José Canó">José Canó</a>. Although he will eventually appear in six games for the <a href="/wiki/1989_Houston_Astros_season" title="1989 Houston Astros season">1989 Houston Astros</a>, Canó, 18, will be released by the Yankees August 6 of this season after three <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast League">Gulf Coast League</a> games. However, his son <a href="/wiki/Robinson_Can%C3%B3" title="Robinson Canó">Robinson Canó</a>, born in 1982, will play 17 seasons in the majors and be chosen an eight-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">AL All-Star</a>, with five selections coming during his nine years (<a href="/wiki/2005_in_baseball" title="2005 in baseball">2005</a>–<a href="/wiki/2013_in_baseball" title="2013 in baseball">2013</a>) as a Yankee.</li> <li>March 12 – Slugger <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Klein" title="Chuck Klein">Chuck Klein</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Tom_Yawkey" title="Tom Yawkey">Tom Yawkey</a> are posthumously elected to the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Fame</a> by the Special Veterans Committee. Yawkey is the first club owner selected who never served as a player, manager, or general manager.</li> <li>March 27 – The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> release pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ken_Brett" title="Ken Brett">Ken Brett</a> and catcher <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Oates" title="Johnny Oates">Johnny Oates</a>.</li> <li>March 30 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> trade backup catcher <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rader_(baseball)" title="Dave Rader (baseball)">Dave Rader</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> for cash and a "<a href="/wiki/Player_to_be_named_later" title="Player to be named later">player to be named later</a>" (utility infielder <a href="/wiki/Stan_Papi" title="Stan Papi">Stan Papi</a>).</li> <li>March 31 <ul><li>Less than two months after he was traded back to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> in hopes of reviving his career, <a href="/wiki/David_Clyde" title="David Clyde">David Clyde</a>, 24, is released after continuing arm troubles. Although he will attempt a comeback in the <a href="/wiki/Minor_leagues" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor leagues">minor leagues</a> in 1981, the release brings an end to Clyde's MLB career.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Rangers</a> trade outfielders <a href="/wiki/Chris_Smith_(first_baseman)" title="Chris Smith (first baseman)">Chris Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/LaRue_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="LaRue Washington">LaRue Washington</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> for first baseman/DH <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Staub" title="Rusty Staub">Rusty Staub</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> sign pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a>, 41.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> purchase the contract of <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Randle" title="Lenny Randle">Lenny Randle</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> reacquire right-hander <a href="/wiki/Odell_Jones" title="Odell Jones">Odell Jones</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Mariners</a> for cash and a <a href="/wiki/Player_to_be_named_later" title="Player to be named later">player to be named later</a>. The Pirates send <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Larry_Andersen" title="Larry Andersen">Larry Andersen</a> to Seattle as the "<a href="/wiki/PTBNL" class="mw-redirect" title="PTBNL">PTBNL</a>" on October 29.</li></ul></li> <li>April 3 – The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> release pitcher <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Borbon" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedro Borbon">Pedro Borbon</a>.</li> <li>April 4 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> release pitchers <a href="/wiki/Doug_Bird" title="Doug Bird">Doug Bird</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rawly_Eastwick" title="Rawly Eastwick">Rawly Eastwick</a> and infielder <a href="/wiki/Bud_Harrelson" title="Bud Harrelson">Bud Harrelson</a>.</li> <li>April 9 <ul><li>Two days before the start of the season, the uniforms belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Durham_Bulls" title="Durham Bulls">Durham Bulls</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a> are stolen. <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a>, minor league director for Durham's parent club, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>, sends the Bulls some used Braves road jerseys to tide them over until their uniforms can be replaced.</li> <li>Starting on Opening Day for the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Parrott" title="Mike Parrott">Mike Parrott</a> gets the win in Seattle's 8–6 win over the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a>. It will be Parrott's only victory of the year: he loses his next 16 decisions to go 1–16, for a <a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">winning percentage</a> of .059.</li></ul></li> <li>April 10 <ul><li>At <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_County_Stadium" title="Milwaukee County Stadium">County Stadium</a>, right fielder <a href="/wiki/Sixto_Lezcano" title="Sixto Lezcano">Sixto Lezcano</a> of <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> blasts a <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> home run off <a href="/wiki/Dick_Drago" title="Dick Drago">Dick Drago</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> on <a href="/wiki/Opening_Day" title="Opening Day">Opening Day</a> in the bottom of the ninth to win the game, 9–5, making him the first player to hit two slams on Opening Day; he had previously done so in <a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>After <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> starter <a href="/wiki/Jon_Matlack" title="Jon Matlack">Jon Matlack</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> starter <a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a> each pitch nine-inning shutout baseball, the Rangers win 1–0 in the 12th inning when <a href="/wiki/Goose_Gossage" title="Goose Gossage">Goose Gossage</a>, in his only pitch of the game, uncorks a wild pitch with <a href="/wiki/Richie_Zisk" title="Richie Zisk">Richie Zisk</a> at the plate. The wild pitch allows Ranger base runner (and former Yankee) <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rivers" title="Mickey Rivers">Mickey Rivers</a> to score from third.</li></ul></li> <li>April 12 – The <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>' newly acquired <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> makes his first <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> start since <a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a>. Batting for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a>, Ryan belts his first career home run, a three-run shot, in the fourth inning off <a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Don Sutton</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. Ryan, however, only lasts six innings, and the Dodgers win the game 6–5 in 17 innings at the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>.</li> <li>April 22 – In a classic slugfest at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> outlast the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, 16–12, on a two-out <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> by <a href="/wiki/Barry_Foote" title="Barry Foote">Barry Foote</a> off reliever <a href="/wiki/Mark_Littell" title="Mark Littell">Mark Littell</a> in the bottom of the ninth inning. Foote <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">knocks in</a> eight runs overall with four hits and two homers, while teammate <a href="/wiki/Ivan_De_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivan De Jesus">Iván de Jesús</a> goes 5-for-6 and <a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle" title="Hitting for the cycle">hits for the cycle</a>, to help Chicago rally from an early 12–5 deficit.</li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> fires a one-hitter to lead the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> over the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ted_Simmons" title="Ted Simmons">Ted Simmons</a>' second-inning single is the only St. Louis safety. This is the sixth one-hiter for Carlton since <a href="/wiki/1968_in_baseball" title="1968 in baseball">1968</a>; he will never throw a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in his 24-year, <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> career (<a href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a>–<a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988</a>).</li> <li>April 30 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a> purchase the contract of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a> from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 1 – <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Pete_Falcone" title="Pete Falcone">Pete Falcone</a> strikes out the first six batters he faces in a game versus the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>. Falcone strikes out <a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lonnie Smith (baseball)">Lonnie Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a>. <a href="/wiki/Garry_Maddox" title="Garry Maddox">Garry Maddox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Luzinski" title="Greg Luzinski">Greg Luzinski</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boone" title="Bob Boone">Bob Boone</a>. The seventh batter, shortstop <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bowa" title="Larry Bowa">Larry Bowa</a>, grounds out. Despite Falcone's early prowess, the Mets fall to Philadelphia 2–1.</li> <li>May 3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> hits what will be the last of his 521 career home runs. The blow, off <a href="/wiki/Scott_Sanderson_(baseball)" title="Scott Sanderson (baseball)">Scott Sanderson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>, comes in the fourth inning of a Giants' 3–2 victory at <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)" title="Olympic Stadium (Montreal)">Olympic Stadium</a>. McCovey, 42, becomes the second player, after <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> (who also retired with 521 career homers), to hit a home run in four different decades.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Jenkins" title="Ferguson Jenkins">Ferguson Jenkins</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> becomes the fifth pitcher in major league history to win 100 games in both the NL and AL when he gets the decision in a 3–2 win over the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>. He joined <a href="/wiki/Al_Orth" title="Al Orth">Al Orth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Cy Young</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">Jim Bunning</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a> in the exclusive club.</li></ul></li> <li>May 5 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Madlock" title="Bill Madlock">Bill Madlock</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> is fined $5,000 and suspended for 15 days by NL president <a href="/wiki/Chub_Feeney" title="Chub Feeney">Chub Feeney</a>. Madlock had shoved his glove in the face of umpire <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Crawford" title="Jerry Crawford">Jerry Crawford</a> over a call in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> four days earlier.</li> <li>May 7 – The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> sign veteran shotstop <a href="/wiki/Bud_Harrelson" title="Bud Harrelson">Bud Harrelson</a>.</li> <li>May 11 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> steals second base, third base, and home plate in the Phillies 7–3 win over the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>. Rose is the first player since <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Hendrick" title="Harvey Hendrick">Harvey Hendrick</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> in 1928 to pull off the stolen base cycle in one inning.</li> <li>May 23 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Rangers</a>' <a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Jenkins" title="Ferguson Jenkins">Ferguson Jenkins</a> wins his 250th game, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>. Jenkins fires a complete game, striking out eight batters in the victory.</li> <li>In the early hours of the morning, the MLBPA and the owners reach a preliminary agreement, preventing a walk out by the players. However, the topic of free agency is tabled, an act that will lead to the players' 50-day strike the following season.</li></ul></li> <li>May 27 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> trade first baseman <a href="/wiki/Jason_Thompson_(first_baseman,_born_1954)" title="Jason Thompson (first baseman, born 1954)">Jason Thompson</a>, a two-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">AL All-Star</a>, to the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> for outfielder <a href="/wiki/Al_Cowens" title="Al Cowens">Al Cowens</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a> winner and the runner-up in the balloting for <a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a> <a href="/wiki/American_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Most Valuable Player Award">American League MVP</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> release pitcher <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Borbon" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedro Borbon">Pedro Borbon</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Carbo" title="Bernie Carbo">Bernie Carbo</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Isao Harimoto</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Lotte_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Lotte Orions">Lotte Orions</a> collects his 3,000 career hit. Harimoto will finish his career with 3,085 hits.</li> <li>May 29 – At <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Stadium" title="San Diego Stadium">San Diego Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> breaks <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Yogi Berra</a>'s all-time record for home runs by a catcher. He hits two home runs off <a href="/wiki/Randy_Jones_(baseball)" title="Randy Jones (baseball)">Randy Jones</a> in the Reds' 5–3 victory over the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>; the first comes in the second inning and gives him 336 on his career and 306 as a catcher, breaking a tie he had shared with Berra.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 3 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> select outfielder <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Strawberry" title="Darryl Strawberry">Darryl Strawberry</a> out of <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>' <a href="/wiki/Crenshaw_High_School" title="Crenshaw High School">Crenshaw High School</a> with the first overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 Major League Baseball Draft">June amateur draft</a>. Other notable selections in the first round are third baseman <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Gruber" title="Kelly Gruber">Kelly Gruber</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>, tenth overall), outfielder/first baseman <a href="/wiki/Terry_Francona" title="Terry Francona">Terry Francona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>, 22nd), and future executive <a href="/wiki/Billy_Beane" title="Billy Beane">Billy Beane</a> (Mets, 24th).</li> <li>June 4 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a>, recently acquired by the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, pitches ten shutout innings against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>. The Cardinals win, despite strong showings from Mets pitchers <a href="/wiki/Pat_Zachry" title="Pat Zachry">Pat Zachry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Allen" title="Neil Allen">Neil Allen</a>. The Cardinals win 1–0 win on a tenth-inning home run from third baseman <a href="/wiki/Ken_Reitz" title="Ken Reitz">Ken Reitz</a>.</li> <li>June 6 – <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston</a>'s <a href="/wiki/J._R._Richard" title="J. R. Richard">J. R. Richard</a> fans 13 batters to highlight a three-hitter and <a href="/wiki/Art_Howe" title="Art Howe">Art Howe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Puhl" title="Terry Puhl">Terry Puhl</a> each get three hits to lead the Astros to a 2–0 victory over the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>.</li> <li>June 7 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> acquire outfielder <a href="/wiki/Claudell_Washington" title="Claudell Washington">Claudell Washington</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> for minor-league pitcher Jesse Anderson. Washington, 25, will become a <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a> this coming off-season. But his half-season as a Met sees him belt three home runs in a June 22, 9–6 road victory over the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, to become the third player in contemporaneous MLB history (following <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall-of-Famers</a> <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mize" title="Johnny Mize">Johnny Mize</a>) to do so in each major league.</li> <li>June 8 – Mired in a 5–21 morass that has plunged them into the <a href="/wiki/NL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="NL East">NL East</a> basement, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> fire manager <a href="/wiki/Ken_Boyer" title="Ken Boyer">Ken Boyer</a>, their former eleven-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> third baseman and <a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a> <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player Award">NL MVP</a>, between games of a doubleheader at <a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal">Montréal</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)" title="Olympic Stadium (Montreal)">Olympic Stadium</a>. After coach <a href="/wiki/Jack_Krol" title="Jack Krol">Jack Krol</a> handles them in the nightcap, the Cardinals announce they've hired <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a> as their new field manager. Herzog, 48, was sacked by the cross-state <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> in October 1979; he will take command of the Redbird bench in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> the following day.</li> <li>June 16 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Foli" title="Tim Foli">Tim Foli</a> drives in three runs and struggling <a href="/wiki/Bert_Blyleven" title="Bert Blyleven">Bert Blyleven</a> earns the 150th pitching victory of his career to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5–3 win over the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Baseball" title="Monday Night Baseball">Monday Night Baseball</a>.</li> <li>June 17 – The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> are forced to close off a portion of <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Municipal Stadium</a>'s stands due to rowdy fans pelting <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>' outfielders <a href="/wiki/Gorman_Thomas" title="Gorman Thomas">Gorman Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sixto_Lezcano" title="Sixto Lezcano">Sixto Lezcano</a> with objects the previous day. That portion of the stadium will remain closed until more security is hired later in the month.</li> <li>June 20 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Patek" title="Freddie Patek">Freddie Patek</a> hits three <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> and collects seven RBIs in the Angels' 20–2 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>.</li> <li>In the 11th inning at <a href="/wiki/Comiskey_Park" title="Comiskey Park">Comiskey Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>' <a href="/wiki/Al_Cowens" title="Al Cowens">Al Cowens</a> grounds out to shortstop off <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ed_Farmer" title="Ed Farmer">Ed Farmer</a>. But instead of running towards first, Cowens attacks Farmer from behind; he's seeking revenge for a May 8, 1979, incident in which Farmer, a member then of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, hit Cowens (then with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>) with a pitch that broke Cowens' jaw and put him out of action for 21 games. Today's incident results in an arrest warrant for Cowens, which forces him to miss the rest of the series. He is also suspended for a week by the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>June 23 – The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> trade designated hitter <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Cliff Johnson (baseball)">Cliff Johnson</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> for cash and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Karl_Pagel" title="Karl Pagel">Karl Pagel</a> (<a href="/wiki/PTBNL" class="mw-redirect" title="PTBNL">PTBNL</a>). Johnson will play first base for the National League Cubs.</li> <li>June 25 – The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>' first baseman, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ivie" title="Mike Ivie">Mike Ivie</a>, abruptly announces his retirement from baseball, citing depression. Ivie will return to the Giants three weeks later, convinced by a phone call from teammate <a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a>.</li> <li>June 27 – At <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reuss" title="Jerry Reuss">Jerry Reuss</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> 8–0. A <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_(shortstop)" title="Bill Russell (shortstop)">Bill Russell</a> error on <a href="/wiki/Jack_Clark_(baseball)" title="Jack Clark (baseball)">Jack Clark</a>'s first-inning ground ball is the only baserunner Reuss allows.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> release outfielder <a href="/wiki/Paul_Blair_(baseball)" title="Paul Blair (baseball)">Paul Blair</a>, ending his MLB career after 17 seasons, eight <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Glove Awards">Gold Glove Awards</a> and four <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> rings.</li> <li>July 3 – <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Ken_Landreaux" title="Ken Landreaux">Ken Landreaux</a> ties an <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> record in hitting three triples during a win over the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>. Earlier this season, Landreaux set a Twins' club record with a 31-game hitting streak, a record that still stands through 44 seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 4 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> strikes out <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ger%C3%B3nimo" title="César Gerónimo">César Gerónimo</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, to become the fourth major league pitcher ever to reach 3,000 career strikeouts. Gerónimo was also <a href="/wiki/Bob_Gibson" title="Bob Gibson">Bob Gibson</a>'s 3,000th career strikeout victim six years earlier. Despite the milestone, Ryan allows six runs in 4<small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span></small> innings, and Houston loses, 8–1.</li> <li>During the first-ever fireworks night hosted at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>' rookie <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gullickson" title="Bill Gullickson">Bill Gullickson</a> sails a pitch over <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>' <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first baseman</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Jorgensen" title="Mike Jorgensen">Mike Jorgensen</a>'s head in the second game of a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a>. Jorgensen, victim of a serious <a href="/wiki/Beanball" title="Beanball">beanball</a> injury the previous season, angrily points his bat toward Gullickson and the benches clear. The Mets' <a href="/wiki/John_Stearns" title="John Stearns">John Stearns</a>, not in the line-up for this game, charges out of his dugout and welcomes Gullickson to the majors by punching him and putting him in a headlock.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>July 6 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> becomes the major leagues' left-handed strikeout king, fanning seven <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a> in an 8–3 Phillies win to bring his career total to 2,836. <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Lolich" title="Mickey Lolich">Mickey Lolich</a> had held the record with 2,832.</li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" title="Three Rivers Stadium">Three Rivers Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> go 20 innings before the Pirates pull out a 5–4 victory. <a href="/wiki/Omar_Moreno" title="Omar Moreno">Omar Moreno</a> gets the game-winning hit and RBI.</li> <li>As the All-Star break begins, the divisional leaders are the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> (42–34), ahead by a full game over the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="NL East">National League East</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> (45–33) and <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> (46–34) virtually tied in the <a href="/wiki/NL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="NL West">NL West</a>; the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (51–27) up by 7½ over the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/AL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="AL East">AL East</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (47–33) leading the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> by 8½ games in the <a href="/wiki/AL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="AL West">AL West</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>July 8 – At <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> battles back to win its ninth consecutive <a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> over the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>, 4–2. <a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Griffey, Sr.">Ken Griffey</a> goes 2-for-3 with a solo home run to win the MVP honors.</li> <li>July 11 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> sell the contract of pitcher <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hough" title="Charlie Hough">Charlie Hough</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> trade former 20-game-winner <a href="/wiki/Ross_Grimsley" title="Ross Grimsley">Ross Grimsley</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> for infielder <a href="/wiki/Dave_Oliver" title="Dave Oliver">Dave Oliver</a>. After posting a 20–11 <a href="/wiki/Win-loss_record_(pitching)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win-loss record (pitching)">record</a> (3.05 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a>) for the Expos in <a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a>, southpaw Grimsley has gone 8–13 (5.56) in 43 games for Montreal since.</li></ul></li> <li>July 18 – The 19-year-old <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> play their 3,000th game, falling 8–3 in the second game of a double header against the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>.</li> <li>July 21 – The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> play 12 scoreless innings before the game is suspended due to darkness at light-less <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>. Starters <a href="/wiki/Ed_Whitson" title="Ed Whitson">Ed Whitson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Reuschel" title="Rick Reuschel">Rick Reuschel</a> each go eight innings before turning the game over to their bullpens. When the game's resumed the following day, it remains 0–0 until the top of the 15th, when <a href="/wiki/Larry_Herndon" title="Larry Herndon">Larry Herndon</a> smacks a two-run homer that's the difference in a 2–0 Giants' victory.</li> <li>July 23 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> terminate the managerial tenure of <a href="/wiki/Preston_G%C3%B3mez" title="Preston Gómez">Preston Gómez</a> after the 90th game of his first season at the helm. He's replaced by longtime coach <a href="/wiki/Joey_Amalfitano" title="Joey Amalfitano">Joey Amalfitano</a>, who had been the Cubs' acting manager for the closing days of the 1979 campaign. Gómez departs Chicago with a 38–52 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.422</a>) record.</li> <li>July 25 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a> slugs his 260th home run, passing <a href="/wiki/Del_Ennis" title="Del Ennis">Del Ennis</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>' franchise leader in long balls.</li> <li>July 27 – Three days after he is released by the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Terry_Leach" title="Terry Leach">Terry Leach</a> is signed by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>. Leach will be a key player in the club's <a href="/wiki/1986_World_Series" title="1986 World Series">1986 World Series</a> win.</li> <li>July 28 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> sell the contract of right-hander <a href="/wiki/Ed_Figueroa" title="Ed Figueroa">Ed Figueroa</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>. Figueroa, 30, spent three years as a key part of the Yankees' rotation and went <a href="/wiki/Win-loss_record_(pitching)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win-loss record (pitching)">20–9</a> (<a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">2.99</a>) for the <a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">1978 world champion</a> Bombers, but has struggled with arm miseries since: 7–9 (5.15) in 31 games. He will go winless (0–7) in eight starts as a Ranger.</li> <li>July 30 – <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> ace right-hander <a href="/wiki/J._R._Richard" title="J. R. Richard">J. R. Richard</a>—the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">starting pitcher</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a> on July 8—suffers a <a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">stroke</a> while warming up for his first attempt to pitch since being hospitalized for tests a week earlier. Although he will attempt a comeback in the <a href="/wiki/Minor_leagues" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor leagues">minor leagues</a> in 1982, Richard's MLB pitching career is over at age 30.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> sign 15-year-old pitching prospect <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rijo" title="José Rijo">José Rijo</a> of <a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal,_Dominican_Republic" title="San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic">San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic</a>, as an amateur free agent.</li> <li>August 4 – The <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>, who've lost 20 of their last 24 games, fire manager <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Johnson" title="Darrell Johnson">Darrell Johnson</a>, and replace him with <a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a>. Johnson is the only skipper the Mariners have had since entering MLB in <a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a>; he departs with a 226–362 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.384</a>) record. Wills, 47, is the former star shortstop of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player Award">National League MVP</a> and has been a broadcaster since his <a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a> playing retirement.</li> <li>August 5 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> rookie shortstop <a href="/wiki/Steve_Macko" title="Steve Macko">Steve Macko</a> suffers a bad bruise in a collision with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>' <a href="/wiki/Bill_Madlock" title="Bill Madlock">Bill Madlock</a> in the first game of a doubleheader. Macko drives in a run with a double, is pinch-run for by <a href="/wiki/Rick_Reuschel" title="Rick Reuschel">Rick Reuschel</a>, and never plays another game in the majors. Doctors examining Macko discover that he has <a href="/wiki/Testicular_cancer" title="Testicular cancer">testicular cancer</a>, a disease that will claim his life at age 27 in November 1981.</li> <li>The visiting <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> lead the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> 4–1 with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning when an error by <a href="/wiki/Ron_Cey" title="Ron Cey">Ron Cey</a> opens the floodgates. Six Braves in a row reach base against <a href="/wiki/Rick_Sutcliffe" title="Rick Sutcliffe">Rick Sutcliffe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Howe_(baseball)" title="Steve Howe (baseball)">Steve Howe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Don_Stanhouse" title="Don Stanhouse">Don Stanhouse</a>, culminated by <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hubbard_(baseball)" title="Glenn Hubbard (baseball)">Glenn Hubbard's</a> three-run "<a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off home run</a>" that gives Atlanta a stirring, 6–4, come-from-behind win.</li></ul></li> <li>August 11 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> hits his 400th career home run; it comes off <a href="/wiki/Britt_Burns" title="Britt Burns">Britt Burns</a> of the Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> sign southpaw hurler <a href="/wiki/Ken_Brett" title="Ken Brett">Ken Brett</a> as a free agent; he had been released by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> March 27. Initially assigned to <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/Omaha_Royals" class="mw-redirect" title="Omaha Royals">Omaha</a>, Ken will join his younger brother, Royals superstar <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a>, on the MLB roster September 1.</li></ul></li> <li>August 12 – A crowd of 48,361 fans jams <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(Detroit)" title="Tiger Stadium (Detroit)">Tiger Stadium</a> to watch former <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit</a> ace <a href="/wiki/Mark_Fidrych" title="Mark Fidrych">Mark Fidrych</a> attempt a comeback. He goes eight innings and permits only three <a href="/wiki/Earned_run" title="Earned run">earned runs</a>, but the visiting <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> win, 5–4, on a <a href="/wiki/Jim_Dwyer_(baseball)" title="Jim Dwyer (baseball)">Jim Dwyer</a> home run. Fidrych will make only eight more starts through the end of 1980, his final MLB season.</li> <li>August 14 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, whose <a href="/wiki/AL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="AL East">AL East</a> lead over the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> is only 3½ games, acquire <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ken_Clay" title="Ken Clay">Ken Clay</a> and a <a href="/wiki/PTBNL" class="mw-redirect" title="PTBNL">PTBNL</a>, minor-league outfielder Marv Thompson. Future <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall-of-Famer</a> Perry, 41, will go <a href="/wiki/Win-loss_record_(pitching)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win-loss record (pitching)">4–4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">4.44</a> in ten games (including eight starts) for New York before entering free agency during the off-season.</li> <li>August 15 – The visiting <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> score two <a href="/wiki/Unearned_run" class="mw-redirect" title="Unearned run">unearned runs</a> in the top of the 20th inning, then hold off the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> in the home half to claim a 3–1 victory. Four Astros' pitchers keep the Padres off the scoreboard for the final 19 innings of the marathon contest.</li> <li>August 17 – The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> retire uniform #6 in honor of Hall-of-Famer <a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Al Kaline</a>. He becomes the first player in Tigers' history to be so honored. In coming years, older Hall of Famers like <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gehringer" title="Charlie Gehringer">Charlie Gehringer</a> (#2) and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Greenberg" title="Hank Greenberg">Hank Greenberg</a> (#5) are similarly feted.</li> <li>August 20 – With one out in the ninth inning, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Leo_Sutherland" title="Leo Sutherland">Leo Sutherland</a> singles off <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Dan_Spillner" title="Dan Spillner">Dan Spillner</a>, breaking up Spilner's no-hit bid. He then retires the next two batters to secure the 3–0 victory.</li> <li>August 21 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland A's">Oakland A's</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Finley" title="Charlie Finley">Charlie Finley</a> announces that he has agreed to sell the team to clothing industry magnate <a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Haas_Jr." title="Walter A. Haas Jr.">Walter A. Haas Jr.</a> for a reported $12.7 million, assuring that the franchise will stay in Oakland. Oil tycoon <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Davis" title="Marvin Davis">Marvin Davis</a> had wanted to purchase the A's and move then to <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>. The notorious yet innovative Finley owned the Athletics for two decades, and his club won five consecutive <a href="/wiki/AL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="AL West">AL West</a> titles (<a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975_in_baseball" title="1975 in baseball">1975</a>) and three straight <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> championships (<a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a>–<a href="/wiki/1974_in_baseball" title="1974 in baseball">1974</a>). But he left bitter legacies when he abandoned <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City</a> in <a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a>, then maintained a barebones operation that was nearly abandoned by its fan base, once his Oakland dynasty was stripped of its star players by post-<a href="/wiki/Seitz_decision" title="Seitz decision">Seitz decision</a> free agency beginning in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Stadium" title="Veterans Stadium">Veterans Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> drop another lengthy extra-inning contest when <a href="/wiki/Bake_McBride" title="Bake McBride">Bake McBride</a> drives in <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a> with an RBI triple in the bottom half of the 17th frame to give the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> a 10–9 victory.</li> <li>Veteran outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cardenal" title="José Cardenal">José Cardenal</a>, 36, signs as a free agent with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>; he'd been released by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> eight days earlier. Cardenal will bat .340 in 25 games through the regular season, and appear in four games of the <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980 World Series</a> as he wraps up an 18-year MLB playing career.</li></ul></li> <li>August 23 – The <a href="/wiki/NL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="NL West">NL West</a>-leading <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> win another extra-innings pitching duel. Today they battle the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> to a scoreless tie into the home half of 17th at the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>. Houston relievers <a href="/wiki/Bert_Roberge" title="Bert Roberge">Bert Roberge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sambito" title="Joe Sambito">Joe Sambito</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a> hold the Cubs to only one hit in nine innings of shutout relief. Finally, in the Astro 17th, Niekro himself singles home <a href="/wiki/Enos_Cabell" title="Enos Cabell">Enos Cabell</a> with the winning tally for a 1–0 victory.</li> <li>August 24 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Mauch" title="Gene Mauch">Gene Mauch</a> resigns as manager of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> and third base coach <a href="/wiki/John_Goryl" class="mw-redirect" title="John Goryl">John Goryl</a> takes over. The Twins, who were 26 games out of first place, win 23 of the remaining 36 games of the season.</li> <li>August 26 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> goes five-for-five in a victory over the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>. Brett's four singles and a double in five at bats raise his batting average to .407.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> find themselves in another drawn-out battle, their third 17-plus-inning contest in 11 days. This time, however, they emerge victorious with an 18-inning, 8–6 win over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a>. The three marathons consume 55 innings, 16 hours and 31 minutes, and come during a 2–12 team tailspin that began August 11.</li></ul></li> <li>August 27 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>' <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> becomes the first <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> to win twenty games this season, combining with <a href="/wiki/Tug_McGraw" title="Tug McGraw">Tug McGraw</a> to beat the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, 4–3. Carlton will win a league-high 24 games while pitching 304 innings, the last MLB pitcher to throw more than 300 innings in a season.</li> <li>August 28 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> promote <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">field manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a> to <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> (GM). Herzog has led the Cards to a 38–35 record since taking the helm on June 9. He replaces the fired <a href="/wiki/John_Claiborne_(baseball_executive)" title="John Claiborne (baseball executive)">John Claiborne</a> as chief baseball executive, and names bench coach <a href="/wiki/Red_Schoendienst" title="Red Schoendienst">Red Schoendienst</a> acting manager for the remainder of the 1980 season. Herzog will return to the Cardinal dugout as both manager/GM in <a href="/wiki/1981_in_baseball" title="1981 in baseball">1981</a> after remaking the team with three major December 1980 trades. His three National League pennants between <a href="/wiki/1982_in_baseball" title="1982 in baseball">1982</a> and <a href="/wiki/1987_in_baseball" title="1987 in baseball">1987</a> will secure Herzog a spot in the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Fame</a>.</li> <li>August 31 – The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>, who begin today tied for first place in a torrid, three-team <a href="/wiki/NL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="NL East">NL East</a> divisional race, acquire power-hitting first baseman <a href="/wiki/Willie_Monta%C3%B1ez" title="Willie Montañez">Willie Montañez</a> from the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> for cash and 21-year-old prospect <a href="/wiki/Tony_Phillips" title="Tony Phillips">Tony Phillips</a>, currently playing with <a href="/wiki/Double-A_(baseball)" title="Double-A (baseball)">Double-A</a> <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Chicks_(Southern_League)" title="Memphis Chicks (Southern League)">Memphis</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 1 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Wade Boggs</a>, playing for the <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox" title="Pawtucket Red Sox">Pawtucket Red Sox</a>, loses the batting title on the last day of the season. Pawtucket is playing the <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Mud_Hens" title="Toledo Mud Hens">Toledo Mud Hens</a>, who force Boggs' last at-bat by walking the light hitting Ray Boyer. The Mud Hens, who lead the game 6–0, allow Boyer to take bases at will. Boggs ends up grounding out to first to end the game, lowering his average from .3069 to .3062, .0005 points behind the .3067 posted by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Engle" title="Dave Engle">Dave Engle</a>—who just happens to play for the Mud Hens.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Farmer" title="Ed Farmer">Ed Farmer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, who'd been assaulted by <a href="/wiki/Al_Cowens" title="Al Cowens">Al Cowens</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> during a game on June 20, agrees to drop the charges. Before today's Detroit–Chicago game, both men bring their club's line-up cards to the home plate umpire and later shake hands. The fans aren't as forgiving: they boo Cowens every time he comes to bat. (See entry for June 20, 1979, above.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_Day_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor Day (United States)">Labor Day</a> action concludes and the stretch run begins with three hot divisional races. There's a virtual three-way tie in the <a href="/wiki/NL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="NL East">NL East</a>, with the 69–60 <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> only .001 ahead of the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/NL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="NL West">NL West</a>, the 75–57 <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> hold a half-game edge over the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> only 2½ back. The <a href="/wiki/AL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="AL East">AL East</a> features a two-team battle, with the 79–51 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> 1½ lengths ahead of the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>. The only exception is the <a href="/wiki/AL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="AL West">AL West</a>, where the 85–47 <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> have built a 19½-game bulge over the second-place <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> and are the only team playing over-.500 ball.</li></ul></li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/George_Bamberger" title="George Bamberger">George Bamberger</a> quits as manager of the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> and hands the reins permanently to third-base coach <a href="/wiki/Buck_Rodgers" title="Buck Rodgers">Buck Rodgers</a>, who had piloted the team during Bamberger's early-season medical leave. The disappointing Brewers are 73–66 and 13½ games out of first in the <a href="/wiki/AL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="AL East">AL East</a>. They have gone only 47–45 since Bamberger's return from heart surgery June 6.</li> <li>September 8 <ul><li>Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn" title="Bowie Kuhn">Bowie Kuhn</a> suspends pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Jenkins" title="Ferguson Jenkins">Ferguson Jenkins</a> following Jenkins' drug arrest. An arbitrator later re-instates Jenkins.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> sign free agent catcher <a href="/wiki/Tim_McCarver" title="Tim McCarver">Tim McCarver</a> in what will be the 38-year-old's final season, and enable McCarver to have played in the majors across four decades. Future <a href="/wiki/Ford_C._Frick_Award" title="Ford C. Frick Award">Ford C. Frick Award</a> winner McCarver has already begun his television career on the Phillies' broadcast team.</li></ul></li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gullickson" title="Bill Gullickson">Bill Gullickson</a> strikes out 18, the most by a major league rookie pitcher, as the <a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al_Expos" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal Expos">Montréal Expos</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> 4–2.</li> <li>September 13 – The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> trade relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Sparky_Lyle" title="Sparky Lyle">Sparky Lyle</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> for a <a href="/wiki/PTBNL" class="mw-redirect" title="PTBNL">PTBNL</a> (pitcher <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Saucier" title="Kevin Saucier">Kevin Saucier</a>).</li> <li>September 17 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, now 90–56, split a doubleheader with the visiting <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a>, and in the process clinch their fourth <a href="/wiki/American_League_West_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="American League West Division">American League West Division</a> crown in the past five seasons.</li> <li>In a wild game in <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">The Bronx</a>, the last-place <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> battle the first-place <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> to a 3–3 tie into the tenth inning, then take a two-run lead in the top of the tenth when the game is halted, then suspended, by rain. When it's resumed the following night, the Jays—still at bat—add two more tallies on an inside-the-park home run by <a href="/wiki/Roy_Howell" title="Roy Howell">Roy Howell</a> to grab a 7–3 lead. But in the home half, the Yankees even the score 7–7 with four runs off Toronto reliever <a href="/wiki/Dave_Stieb" title="Dave Stieb">Dave Stieb</a>. The teams fight on to the 13th, when the Bombers finally prevail, 8–7, on an RBI double by <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Dent" title="Bucky Dent">Bucky Dent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Ward_(outfielder)" title="Gary Ward (outfielder)">Gary Ward</a> <a href="/wiki/Hit_for_the_cycle" class="mw-redirect" title="Hit for the cycle">hits for the cycle</a> in a 9-8 <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> loss to <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee</a>. Ward, 26, does it in only the 14th game of his career, which still stands as the major league record for the fewest games played before hitting for the cycle.</li> <li>September 19 – The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> rout the visiting <a href="/wiki/Oakland_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland A's">Oakland A's</a>, 13–3. <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> gets two hits to keep his average above .400, marking today as the latest in a season that a player is hitting at or above .400 since <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> in <a href="/wiki/1941_in_baseball" title="1941 in baseball">1941</a>.</li> <li>September 20 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">Brett</a> goes 0-for-4, dropping his <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> below .400. It will not climb above .400 again, and he finishes the season with a .390 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>, the closest any player has come to a .400 batting average since <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> hit .406 in <a href="/wiki/1941_in_baseball" title="1941 in baseball">1941</a>. Only <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a> will come closer before the 20th Century ends.</li> <li>A bronze plaque dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Thurman_Munson" title="Thurman Munson">Thurman Munson</a>, who died the previous season in a plane crash, is unveiled in <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium's</a> monument park.</li></ul></li> <li>September 23 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_McKeon" title="Jack McKeon">Jack McKeon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>' acting head of baseball operations since the July departure of <a href="/wiki/Bob_Fontaine_Sr." title="Bob Fontaine Sr.">Bob Fontaine Sr.</a>, is named the club's official <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a>. McKeon, 49, is a former MLB manager (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>) who will soon become known as "Trader Jack," the Padres' bold wheeler-dealer who reshapes the team and, ultimately, produces a <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League </a> <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)"> pennant</a> in <a href="/wiki/1984_in_baseball" title="1984 in baseball">1984</a>.</li> <li>September 24 – The <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> reach the 1,000,000 mark in attendance. It marks the first time that every <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> team has drawn at least 1,000,000 fans for a season.</li> <li>September 25 – In dropping a 6–4 decision to the visiting <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kingman" title="Brian Kingman">Brian Kingman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland A's">Oakland A's</a> becomes the first 20-game loser for an above-.500 team since <a href="/wiki/Dolf_Luque" title="Dolf Luque">Dolf Luque</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> in <a href="/wiki/1922_in_baseball" title="1922 in baseball">1922</a>. Kingman will also be the last <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a> pitcher to endure a 20-loss season.</li> <li>September 28 – Before an <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> national television audience, the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, 8–3, to take a half-game lead in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="National League East Division">National League East Division</a>. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Rogers_(baseball)" title="Steve Rogers (baseball)">Steve Rogers</a> picks up his 16th win of the season while <a href="/wiki/Gary_Carter" title="Gary Carter">Gary Carter</a> is the Expos' offensive hero, going three-for-four including two home runs. Carter's day will put him on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> the following week.</li> <li>September 30 – The smallest crowd in <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a> annals—1,754 fans—watch the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, 3–2.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> fire manager <a href="/wiki/Don_Zimmer" title="Don Zimmer">Don Zimmer</a> due to pressure from fans, who never forgave Zimmer for the late season collapse in 1978 that led to the <a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_East_tie-breaker_game" title="1978 American League East tie-breaker game">one-game playoff</a> in which <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Dent" title="Bucky Dent">Bucky Dent</a> hit the game-winning home run for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Green_Monster" title="Green Monster">Green Monster</a>. Zimmer departs Boston with a 411–304 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.575</a>) record over 4½ years as skipper.</li> <li>October 4 <ul><li>In a 17–1 rout of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> becomes the first major league player ever to be credited with 700 at-bats in a single season, and ends the year with 705 at bats. He also sets the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">AL</a> record for singles in a season with 184, eclipsing the mark <a href="/wiki/Sam_Rice" title="Sam Rice">Sam Rice</a> set in <a href="/wiki/1925_in_baseball" title="1925 in baseball">1925</a>. Wilson also becomes only the second player in major league history to collect 100 hits from each side of the plate, matching the feat accomplished by <a href="/wiki/Garry_Templeton" title="Garry Templeton">Garry Templeton</a> in <a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">1979</a>.</li> <li>Philadelphia's <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a> hits a 2-run home run in the top of the 11th inning to give the Phillies a 6–4 win over the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> at <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)" title="Olympic Stadium (Montreal)">Olympic Stadium</a>, clinching the National League East title. The home run is Schmidt's 48th of the season, breaking <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a>' single-season record for third basemen set in <a href="/wiki/1953_in_baseball" title="1953 in baseball">1953</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>October 5 <ul><li>On October 3, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> had been down three games to the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> to tie for the <a href="/wiki/National_League_West_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="National League West Division">National League West Division</a> title. Needing a sweep of the Astros, the Dodgers complete just such a sweep today; each of the wins by a single run. They will play a one-game playoff tomorrow.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamanians" title="Panamanians">Panamanian</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Ben_Oglivie" title="Ben Oglivie">Ben Oglivie</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> homers off the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>' <a href="/wiki/Rick_Langford" title="Rick Langford">Rick Langford</a>, tying him with <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a>. His feat makes Oglivie the first player not born in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> to lead the AL in home runs.</li> <li>Although they drop their closing game of 1980, the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Athletics</a> mark a radical turnaround in their fortunes. Under manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> and his brand of aggressive play—nicknamed "Billy Ball" by a <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">Bay Area</a> columnist—the Athletics finish 83–79 (a 29-game improvement over <a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">1979</a>) and second in the <a href="/wiki/AL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="AL West">AL West</a>, and draw 842,259 through the <a href="/wiki/Oakland%E2%80%93Alameda_County_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum</a>'s turnstiles, a 175% increase over the prior year.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moreover, the franchise rids itself of the corrosive <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Finley" title="Charlie Finley">Charlie Finley</a> regime. New owner <a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Haas_Jr." title="Walter A. Haas Jr.">Walter A. Haas Jr.</a> begins to pour resources into a makeover of entire organization. As part of a series of off-season changes, Haas gives Martin <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> responsibilities to accompany his on-field duties.</li></ul></li> <li>October 6 <ul><li>After suffering through a three-game sweep at the hands of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> the last three days, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a> wins his 20th game of the season to earn a win for the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>, 7–1, in a <a href="/wiki/1980_National_League_West_tie-breaker_game" title="1980 National League West tie-breaker game">tie-breaker playoff</a> over the Angelenos. As the newly crowned kings of the <a href="/wiki/NL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="NL West">NL West</a>, the Astros celebrate their first postseason appearance since first taking the field in <a href="/wiki/1962_in_baseball" title="1962 in baseball">1962</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion team</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Coleman" title="Jerry Coleman">Jerry Coleman</a> returns to the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>' broadcast booth after his single season as manager yields a last-place, 73–89 result. Former slugger <a href="/wiki/Frank_Howard_(baseball)" title="Frank Howard (baseball)">Frank Howard</a>, 44, a <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> coach since <a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a>, is named Coleman's successor.</li></ul></li> <li>October 9 – The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> win Game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/1980_ALCS" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 ALCS">1980 ALCS</a> 3–2, but the game is remembered for the top of the eighth inning. With <a href="/wiki/Willie_Randolph" title="Willie Randolph">Willie Randolph</a> on first with two outs, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a> lines a double to left. Yankee third base coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ferraro" title="Mike Ferraro">Mike Ferraro</a> waves Randolph home, and the Royals gun him down at the plate. With a national television audience looking on, Yankee owner <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a> is shown in the stands on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> game cameras shouting Ferraro's name at general manager <a href="/wiki/Gene_Michael" title="Gene Michael">Gene Michael</a>. Steinbrenner ordered Yankee manager <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a> to fire Ferraro on the spot right after the game, but Howser refused.</li> <li>October 10 – In Game 3 of the <a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">1980 ALCS</a>, and with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> leading 2–1, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>' George Brett delivered a three-run home run off Yankees' reliever <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gossage" class="mw-redirect" title="Rich Gossage">Rich Gossage</a>, and with it total revenge for the Royals, who won the pennant after being second best to the Yankees in the ALCS in <a href="/wiki/1976_in_baseball" title="1976 in baseball">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a> and <a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a>. Kansas City won the pennant in, of all places, <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>. After the game, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a> resigns as Yankee manager over the events in Game 2 involving <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ferraro" title="Mike Ferraro">Mike Ferraro</a> as described above.</li> <li>October 12 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> capture their first pennant since <a href="/wiki/1950_in_baseball" title="1950 in baseball">1950</a> with a 10-inning, 8–7 win over the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>, in the fifth and final game of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_Championship_Series" title="National League Championship Series">NL Championship Series</a>. Each of the last four games was decided in extra innings. The Phillies, down by three runs to <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> in the 8th inning, rally and go ahead on <a href="/wiki/Garry_Maddox" title="Garry Maddox">Garry Maddox</a>'s double in the 10th inning.</li> <li>October 21 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> win the <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">World Series</a>, the first WS Championship in their 98-year history, by beating the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, 4–1, in Game Six. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> earns the win, though the most memorable moment may be <a href="/wiki/Tug_McGraw" title="Tug McGraw">Tug McGraw</a> on the mound jumping for joy as he earns the save after loading the bases with no outs. Another equally memorable moment comes with one out in the bottom of the ninth when <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a>'s pop-up is bobbled by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boone" title="Bob Boone">Bob Boone</a>, only to be tipped into the glove of <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a>. Philadelphia's <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a> is named MVP, hitting .381 with two home runs and seven RBI, while KC's <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a> is the "<a href="/wiki/Scapegoat" title="Scapegoat">goat</a>", striking out a WS-record 12 times, including the final out of the Series with the bases loaded, and hitting only .154. Of the original 16 Major League franchises from <a href="/wiki/1901_in_baseball" title="1901 in baseball">1901</a>, the Phillies are the last to win their first World Series.</li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Winfield" title="Dave Winfield">Dave Winfield</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> is officially declared a free agent.</li> <li>October 26 – <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Houk" title="Ralph Houk">Ralph Houk</a>, 61, comes out of a two-year retirement to become manager of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>. Though known primarily as the 11-year pilot of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, Houk's most recent job was as skipper of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> during their successful, five-year rebuilding program that concluded with a winning record in <a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a>.</li> <li>October 27 – Two weeks after his <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> post the best season in their 19-year history, and two weeks before he'll be named <a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" title="The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award"><i>The Sporting News</i> Executive of the Year</a>, general manager <a href="/wiki/Tal_Smith" title="Tal Smith">Tal Smith</a> is unceremoniously fired by Astros' principal owner <a href="/wiki/John_McMullen_(engineer)" title="John McMullen (engineer)">John J. McMullen</a>. Smith's GM post is immediately filled by former <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> club president <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a>. McMullen gives no reason for the shocking dismissal—but Smith alleges that the neophyte owner is jealous because he didn't receive enough credit for the Astros' success.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith's dismissal causes a rebellion among the Astros' limited partners, who mount an unsuccessful "coup" attempt to oust McMullen,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the firing will stand.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 3 – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a></i> bestows its year-end awards: <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a> is named <a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_MLB_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="The Sporting News MLB Player of the Year Award">American League Player of the Year</a>; <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stone_(baseball)" title="Steve Stone (baseball)">Steve Stone</a>, AL Pitcher of the Year; <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a>, NL Pitcher of the Year; and teammate <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, NL Player of the Year.</li> <li>November 4 – <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> announces his retirement as a player from Japanese baseball. His 868 documented career <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> remains an unapproached world record among professional baseball players.</li> <li>November 6 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gorman" title="Lou Gorman">Lou Gorman</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>' most senior baseball executive from the <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion team</a>'s founding days in <a href="/wiki/1976_in_baseball" title="1976 in baseball">1976</a>, resigns as <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> to become vice president, baseball operations with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>. Working under Mets' GM and <a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">chief operating officer</a> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cashen" title="Frank Cashen">Frank Cashen</a>, he'll play a key role in acquiring and developing talent for the club's mid-to-late 1980s <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> powerhouse. In Seattle, club president <a href="/wiki/Dan_O%27Brien_Sr." title="Dan O'Brien Sr.">Dan O'Brien</a> assumes Gorman's former responsibilities.</li> <li>November 12 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stone_(baseball)" title="Steve Stone (baseball)">Steve Stone</a>, who led the American League with 25 victories, wins the Cy Young Award over <a href="/wiki/Mike_Norris_(baseball)" title="Mike Norris (baseball)">Mike Norris</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Zimmer" title="Don Zimmer">Don Zimmer</a> is named manager of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, becoming the 10th manager in the club's nine-year history.</li></ul></li> <li>November 18 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Gulden" title="Brad Gulden">Brad Gulden</a> is traded for himself. The New York Yankees trade Gulden to the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> for veteran infielder <a href="/wiki/Larry_Milbourne" title="Larry Milbourne">Larry Milbourne</a> and a player named later. In May 1981, Gulden is sent back to the Yankees as the player to be named later, officially making Gulden the first player since <a href="/wiki/Harry_Chiti" title="Harry Chiti">Harry Chiti</a> to be traded for himself.</li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Michael" title="Gene Michael">Gene Michael</a>, 42, becomes the 25th manager in <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> history, replacing <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a>, who led the team to the <a href="/wiki/AL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="AL East">AL East</a> title with a 103–59 mark. Although principal owner <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a> avows "I did not fire the man" and Howser refuses to comment, speculation is rampant that Howser's exit was orchestrated by Steinbrenner. Howser says he will pursue a business opportunity outside of baseball in 1981. Meanwhile, Michael's former responsibilities as <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> will be assumed by Yankee executives <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Tallis" title="Cedric Tallis">Cedric Tallis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bergesch" title="Bill Bergesch">Bill Bergesch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 26 – <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> third baseman <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, who hit .286 with career highs of 48 home runs and 121 RBI is a unanimous choice as National League Most Valuable Player.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 1 – <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Steve_Howe_(baseball)" title="Steve Howe (baseball)">Steve Howe</a> wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award, edging <a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al_Expos" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal Expos">Montréal Expos</a> starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gullickson" title="Bill Gullickson">Bill Gullickson</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lonnie Smith (baseball)">Lonnie Smith</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>. Howe posted a 7–9 record with a 2.65 ERA and 17 saves.</li> <li>December 8 – In one of the highest-profile trades ever at the annual winter meetings, the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> send catcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Geren" title="Bob Geren">Bob Geren</a>, future <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Fame</a> <a href="/wiki/Closer_(baseball)" title="Closer (baseball)">closer</a> <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a>, left-hander <a href="/wiki/Bob_Shirley" title="Bob Shirley">Bob Shirley</a> and first baseman <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tenace" title="Gene Tenace">Gene Tenace</a> to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in exchange for catchers <a href="/wiki/Terry_Kennedy_(baseball)" title="Terry Kennedy (baseball)">Terry Kennedy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Swisher" title="Steve Swisher">Steve Swisher</a>, pitchers <a href="/wiki/John_Littlefield" title="John Littlefield">John Littlefield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Olmsted" title="Al Olmsted">Al Olmsted</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Urrea" title="John Urrea">John Urrea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kim_Seaman" title="Kim Seaman">Kim Seaman</a>, and infielder <a href="/wiki/Mike_Phillips_(baseball)" title="Mike Phillips (baseball)">Mike Phillips</a>.</li> <li>December 9 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> trade relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sutter" title="Bruce Sutter">Bruce Sutter</a> to their arch-rivals, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, in exchange for first baseman <a href="/wiki/Leon_Durham" title="Leon Durham">Leon Durham</a>. Sutter will go on to save many more games for the Cardinals, while Durham's critical error in Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1984_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1984 National League Championship Series">1984 NLCS</a> will doom the Cubs.</li> <li>December 10 – The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> acquire pitcher <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Saucier" title="Kevin Saucier">Kevin Saucier</a> from the Texas Rangers in exchange for shortstop <a href="/wiki/Mark_Wagner_(baseball)" title="Mark Wagner (baseball)">Mark Wagner</a>. Saucier would later become infamous for developing the "Yips" an informal term for players, typically pitchers and catcher, who can not control the direction of the ball they are throwing.</li> <li>December 12 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> trade newly acquired <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Simmons" title="Ted Simmons">Ted Simmons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Vuckovich" title="Pete Vuckovich">Pete Vuckovich</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> for pitchers <a href="/wiki/Dave_LaPoint" title="Dave LaPoint">Dave LaPoint</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lary_Sorensen" title="Lary Sorensen">Lary Sorensen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">outfielders</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Green_(baseball)" title="David Green (baseball)">David Green</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sixto_Lezcano" title="Sixto Lezcano">Sixto Lezcano</a>.</li> <li>December 15 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Winfield" title="Dave Winfield">Dave Winfield</a> signs a 10-year $16 million dollar contract with the New York Yankees. This makes Winfield the richest athlete in pro sports at the time and signals the end of <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a>'s days in pinstripes as <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a> informs Jackson his free agent option will not be picked up once his current contract ends.</li> <li>December 16 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> sign <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Staub" title="Rusty Staub">Rusty Staub</a> as a free agent.</li> <li>December 17 – The <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> sign infielder <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Guillen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozzie Guillen">Ozzie Guillen</a> as an undrafted free agent.</li> <li>December 20 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> miss the deadline to tender contracts to pending free agents. The blunder officially makes catcher <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk" title="Carlton Fisk">Carlton Fisk</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Fred Lynn</a> free agents. It cost Boston both players as Fisk signs with the Chicago White Sox and Lynn signs with the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a>.</li> <li>December 22 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> purchase the contract of outfielder <a href="/wiki/Gary_Thomasson" title="Gary Thomasson">Gary Thomasson</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>.</li> <li>The St. Louis Cardinals release outfielder <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bonds" title="Bobby Bonds">Bobby Bonds</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 3 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Salmon" title="Brad Salmon">Brad Salmon</a></li> <li>January 10 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Roney" title="Matt Roney">Matt Roney</a></li> <li>January 12 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Crosby" title="Bobby Crosby">Bobby Crosby</a></li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/JD_Closser" title="JD Closser">JD Closser</a></li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Holliday" title="Matt Holliday">Matt Holliday</a></li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Conrad" title="Brooks Conrad">Brooks Conrad</a></li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Albert Pujols</a></li> <li>January 17 – <a href="/wiki/T._J._Bohn" title="T. J. Bohn">T. J. Bohn</a></li> <li>January 17 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rabelo" title="Mike Rabelo">Mike Rabelo</a></li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Franklyn_Germ%C3%A1n" title="Franklyn Germán">Franklyn Germán</a></li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Mart%C3%ADnez_(pitcher)" title="Luis Martínez (pitcher)">Luis Martínez</a></li> <li>January 25 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Stockman" title="Phil Stockman">Phil Stockman</a></li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Medders" title="Brandon Medders">Brandon Medders</a></li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_P%C3%A9rez_(baseball)" title="Antonio Pérez (baseball)">Antonio Pérez</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adam_Stern.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Adam_Stern.jpg/180px-Adam_Stern.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Adam_Stern.jpg/270px-Adam_Stern.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Adam_Stern.jpg/360px-Adam_Stern.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1323" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Adam_Stern" title="Adam Stern">Adam Stern</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Luna" title="Héctor Luna">Héctor Luna</a></li> <li>February 3 – <a href="/wiki/Skip_Schumaker" title="Skip Schumaker">Skip Schumaker</a></li> <li>February 4 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Schmoll" title="Steve Schmoll">Steve Schmoll</a></li> <li>February 4 – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Slaten" title="Doug Slaten">Doug Slaten</a></li> <li>February 7 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Hennessey" title="Brad Hennessey">Brad Hennessey</a></li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Izturis" title="César Izturis">César Izturis</a></li> <li>February 11 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Lindstrom" title="Matt Lindstrom">Matt Lindstrom</a></li> <li>February 12 – <a href="/wiki/Adam_Stern" title="Adam Stern">Adam Stern</a></li> <li>February 13 – <a href="/wiki/Drew_Henson" title="Drew Henson">Drew Henson</a></li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Kelly_(baseball)" title="Don Kelly (baseball)">Don Kelly</a></li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/Walter_Young_(baseball)" title="Walter Young (baseball)">Walter Young</a></li> <li>February 20 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Langerhans" title="Ryan Langerhans">Ryan Langerhans</a></li> <li>February 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Nivar" title="Ramón Nivar">Ramón Nivar</a></li> <li>February 26 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Majewski" title="Gary Majewski">Gary Majewski</a></li> <li>February 27 – <a href="/wiki/John_Hattig" title="John Hattig">John Hattig</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Micah_Hoffpauir" title="Micah Hoffpauir">Micah Hoffpauir</a></li> <li>March 4 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Hannahan" title="Jack Hannahan">Jack Hannahan</a></li> <li>March 7 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Munter" title="Scott Munter">Scott Munter</a></li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Burke_(baseball)" title="Chris Burke (baseball)">Chris Burke</a></li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Rich_Hill_(pitcher)" title="Rich Hill (pitcher)">Rich Hill</a></li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Uggla" title="Dan Uggla">Dan Uggla</a></li> <li>March 13 – <a href="/wiki/Byron_Gettis" title="Byron Gettis">Byron Gettis</a></li> <li>March 15 – <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Bynum" title="Freddie Bynum">Freddie Bynum</a></li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Neal_Cotts" title="Neal Cotts">Neal Cotts</a></li> <li>March 31 – <a href="/wiki/Chien-Ming_Wang" title="Chien-Ming Wang">Chien-Ming Wang</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 3 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Christian" title="Justin Christian">Justin Christian</a></li> <li>April 7 – <a href="/wiki/Vinny_Rottino" title="Vinny Rottino">Vinny Rottino</a></li> <li>April 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_O%27Malley" title="Ryan O'Malley">Ryan O'Malley</a></li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Teixeira" title="Mark Teixeira">Mark Teixeira</a></li> <li>April 12 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Garcia_(second_baseman)" title="Danny Garcia (second baseman)">Danny García</a></li> <li>April 13 – <a href="/wiki/Joselo_D%C3%ADaz" title="Joselo Díaz">Joselo Díaz</a></li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/John_Van_Benschoten" title="John Van Benschoten">John Van Benschoten</a></li> <li>April 15 – <a href="/wiki/Yoel_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(baseball)" title="Yoel Hernández (baseball)">Yoel Hernández</a></li> <li>April 17 – <a href="/wiki/Max_St._Pierre" title="Max St. Pierre">Max St. Pierre</a></li> <li>April 20 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Duffy_(baseball)" title="Chris Duffy (baseball)">Chris Duffy</a></li> <li>April 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Keppinger" title="Jeff Keppinger">Jeff Keppinger</a></li> <li>April 22 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(pitcher,_born_1980)" title="Carlos Hernández (pitcher, born 1980)">Carlos Hernández</a></li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Yosuke_Hiraishi" title="Yosuke Hiraishi">Yosuke Hiraishi</a></li> <li>April 25 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rouse" title="Mike Rouse">Mike Rouse</a></li> <li>April 25 – <a href="/wiki/Kazuhito_Tadano" title="Kazuhito Tadano">Kazuhito Tadano</a></li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wood_(baseball)" title="Mike Wood (baseball)">Mike Wood</a></li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Shoppach" title="Kelly Shoppach">Kelly Shoppach</a></li> <li>April 30 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Saccomanno" title="Mark Saccomanno">Mark Saccomanno</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 5 – <a href="/wiki/Chad_Bentz" title="Chad Bentz">Chad Bentz</a></li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Davis_(baseball)" title="Jason Davis (baseball)">Jason Davis</a></li> <li>May 10 – <a href="/wiki/Craig_Brazell" title="Craig Brazell">Craig Brazell</a></li> <li>May 11 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Corcoran" title="Roy Corcoran">Roy Corcoran</a></li> <li>May 12 – <a href="/wiki/Felipe_L%C3%B3pez_(baseball)" title="Felipe López (baseball)">Felipe López</a></li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a></li> <li>May 18 – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Dom%C3%ADnguez_(baseball)" title="Juan Domínguez (baseball)">Juan Domínguez</a></li> <li>May 18 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Terrero" title="Luis Terrero">Luis Terrero</a></li> <li>May 20 – <a href="/wiki/Austin_Kearns" title="Austin Kearns">Austin Kearns</a></li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ruddy_Lugo" title="Ruddy Lugo">Ruddy Lugo</a></li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Chad_Tracy" title="Chad Tracy">Chad Tracy</a></li> <li>May 24 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Hampson" title="Justin Hampson">Justin Hampson</a></li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hairston" title="Scott Hairston">Scott Hairston</a></li> <li>May 26 – <a href="/wiki/Sean_Barker" title="Sean Barker">Sean Barker</a></li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Cha_Seung_Baek" class="mw-redirect" title="Cha Seung Baek">Cha Seung Baek</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 3 – <a href="/wiki/Tjerk_Smeets" title="Tjerk Smeets">Tjerk Smeets</a></li> <li>June 6 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Belisle" title="Matt Belisle">Matt Belisle</a></li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fontenot" title="Mike Fontenot">Mike Fontenot</a></li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bennett_(baseball)" title="Jeff Bennett (baseball)">Jeff Bennett</a></li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Yhency_Brazob%C3%A1n" title="Yhency Brazobán">Yhency Brazobán</a></li> <li>June 15 - <a href="/wiki/Erik_Kratz" title="Erik Kratz">Erik Kratz</a></li> <li>June 16 – <a href="/wiki/Dewon_Brazelton" title="Dewon Brazelton">Dewon Brazelton</a></li> <li>June 18 – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Watkins" title="Tommy Watkins">Tommy Watkins</a></li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Sendy_Rleal" title="Sendy Rleal">Sendy Rleal</a></li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Maza" title="Luis Maza">Luis Maza</a></li> <li>June 24 – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Bernier" title="Doug Bernier">Doug Bernier</a></li> <li>June 26 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Shelton_(baseball)" title="Chris Shelton (baseball)">Chris Shelton</a></li> <li>June 27 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(baseball)" title="Luis Rodríguez (baseball)">Luis Rodríguez</a></li> <li>June 30 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Linden" title="Todd Linden">Todd Linden</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Cruz" title="Nelson Cruz">Nelson Cruz</a></li> <li>July 2 – <a href="/wiki/Nyjer_Morgan" title="Nyjer Morgan">Nyjer Morgan</a></li> <li>July 2 – <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Van_Buren" title="Jermaine Van Buren">Jermaine Van Buren</a></li> <li>July 3 – <a href="/wiki/John_Koronka" title="John Koronka">John Koronka</a></li> <li>July 7 – <a href="/wiki/John_Buck_(baseball)" title="John Buck (baseball)">John Buck</a></li> <li>July 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Foppert" title="Jesse Foppert">Jesse Foppert</a></li> <li>July 12 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Eldred" title="Brad Eldred">Brad Eldred</a></li> <li>July 15 – <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Abercrombie" title="Reggie Abercrombie">Reggie Abercrombie</a></li> <li>July 15 – <a href="/wiki/Jung_Bong" title="Jung Bong">Jung Bong</a></li> <li>July 15 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Denorfia" title="Chris Denorfia">Chris Denorfia</a></li> <li>July 15 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Neugebauer" title="Nick Neugebauer">Nick Neugebauer</a></li> <li>July 17 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Knoedler" title="Justin Knoedler">Justin Knoedler</a></li> <li>July 21 – <a href="/wiki/Kyuji_Fujikawa" title="Kyuji Fujikawa">Kyuji Fujikawa</a></li> <li>July 21 – <a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">CC Sabathia</a></li> <li>July 23 – <a href="/wiki/Dallas_McPherson" title="Dallas McPherson">Dallas McPherson</a></li> <li>July 25 – <a href="/wiki/Santiago_Casilla" title="Santiago Casilla">Santiago Casilla</a></li> <li>July 25 – <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Riggans" title="Shawn Riggans">Shawn Riggans</a></li> <li>July 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Botts" title="Jason Botts">Jason Botts</a></li> <li>July 27 – <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_D%C3%ADaz_(baseball)" title="Félix Díaz (baseball)">Félix Díaz</a></li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Braun_(pitcher)" title="Ryan Braun (pitcher)">Ryan Braun</a></li> <li>July 30 – <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Moreno" title="Edwin Moreno">Edwin Moreno</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:091306_106_Craig_Breslow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/091306_106_Craig_Breslow.jpg/160px-091306_106_Craig_Breslow.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/091306_106_Craig_Breslow.jpg/240px-091306_106_Craig_Breslow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/091306_106_Craig_Breslow.jpg/320px-091306_106_Craig_Breslow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1747" data-file-height="2568" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Craig_Breslow" title="Craig Breslow">Craig Breslow</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>August 6 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ripperger" title="Mark Ripperger">Mark Ripperger</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Craig_Breslow" title="Craig Breslow">Craig Breslow</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cassel" title="Jack Cassel">Jack Cassel</a></li> <li>August 11 – <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Birkins" title="Kurt Birkins">Kurt Birkins</a></li> <li>August 13 – <a href="/wiki/Jonah_Bayliss" title="Jonah Bayliss">Jonah Bayliss</a></li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Mel_Stocker" title="Mel Stocker">Mel Stocker</a></li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Hanigan" title="Ryan Hanigan">Ryan Hanigan</a></li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kozlowski" title="Ben Kozlowski">Ben Kozlowski</a></li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Brett_Myers" title="Brett Myers">Brett Myers</a></li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Connor_(baseball)" title="Michael O'Connor (baseball)">Michael O'Connor</a></li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Ridgway" title="Jeff Ridgway">Jeff Ridgway</a></li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Waters_(baseball)" title="Chris Waters (baseball)">Chris Waters</a></li> <li>August 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Perry_(baseball)" title="Jason Perry (baseball)">Jason Perry</a></li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Cormier" title="Lance Cormier">Lance Cormier</a></li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Denny_Bautista" title="Denny Bautista">Denny Bautista</a></li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Marcus_McBeth" title="Marcus McBeth">Marcus McBeth</a></li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Strange" title="Pat Strange">Pat Strange</a></li> <li>August 24 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Correia" title="Kevin Correia">Kevin Correia</a></li> <li>August 25 – <a href="/wiki/Neal_Musser" title="Neal Musser">Neal Musser</a></li> <li>August 26 – <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Harris" title="Brendan Harris">Brendan Harris</a></li> <li>August 28 – <a href="/wiki/T._J._Beam" title="T. J. Beam">T. J. Beam</a></li> <li>August 28 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Madson" title="Ryan Madson">Ryan Madson</a></li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Russ_Adams" title="Russ Adams">Russ Adams</a></li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(starting_pitcher)" title="Roberto Hernández (starting pitcher)">Roberto Hernández</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 4 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Neshek" title="Pat Neshek">Pat Neshek</a></li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Prior" title="Mark Prior">Mark Prior</a></li> <li>September 9 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Coffey" title="Todd Coffey">Todd Coffey</a></li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_DeSalvo" title="Matt DeSalvo">Matt DeSalvo</a></li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Sean_Burroughs" title="Sean Burroughs">Sean Burroughs</a></li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Maicer_Izturis" title="Maicer Izturis">Maicer Izturis</a></li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Richardson_(baseball)" title="Kevin Richardson (baseball)">Kevin Richardson</a></li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Daisuke Matsuzaka</a></li> <li>September 17 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Haren" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny Haren">Danny Haren</a></li> <li>September 19 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Ryan Roberts (baseball)">Ryan Roberts</a></li> <li>September 19 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Sadler" title="Ray Sadler">Ray Sadler</a></li> <li>September 23 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gosling" title="Mike Gosling">Mike Gosling</a></li> <li>September 24 – <a href="/wiki/Levale_Speigner" title="Levale Speigner">Levale Speigner</a></li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Demaria" title="Chris Demaria">Chris Demaria</a></li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Rosario" title="Francisco Rosario">Francisco Rosario</a></li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Asencio" title="Miguel Asencio">Miguel Asencio</a></li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Dewon_Day" title="Dewon Day">Dewon Day</a></li> <li>September 30 – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Bullington" title="Bryan Bullington">Bryan Bullington</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Chad_Orvella" title="Chad Orvella">Chad Orvella</a></li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_McLemore_(pitcher)" title="Mark McLemore (pitcher)">Mark McLemore</a></li> <li>October 10 – <a href="/wiki/Noah_Lowry" title="Noah Lowry">Noah Lowry</a></li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Komine" title="Shane Komine">Shane Komine</a></li> <li>October 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bautista" title="José Bautista">José Bautista</a></li> <li>October 19 – <a href="/wiki/Rajai_Davis" title="Rajai Davis">Rajai Davis</a></li> <li>October 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Veras" title="José Veras">José Veras</a></li> <li>October 21 – <a href="/wiki/Troy_Cate" title="Troy Cate">Troy Cate</a></li> <li>October 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Coutlangus" title="Jon Coutlangus">Jon Coutlangus</a></li> <li>October 23 – <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Liriano" title="Pedro Liriano">Pedro Liriano</a></li> <li>October 25 – <a href="/wiki/Clint_Nageotte" title="Clint Nageotte">Clint Nageotte</a></li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Jim%C3%A9nez" title="Kelvin Jiménez">Kelvin Jiménez</a></li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Jacobs_(first_baseman)" title="Mike Jacobs (first baseman)">Mike Jacobs</a></li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Laynce_Nix" title="Laynce Nix">Laynce Nix</a></li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Toshiya_Sugiuchi" title="Toshiya Sugiuchi">Toshiya Sugiuchi</a></li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Albert" title="Jeff Albert">Jeff Albert</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 6 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(2000s_pitcher)" title="Mike Thompson (2000s pitcher)">Mike Thompson</a></li> <li>November 8 – <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Marte" title="Víctor Marte">Víctor Marte</a></li> <li>November 14 – <a href="/wiki/Sean_Tracey" title="Sean Tracey">Sean Tracey</a></li> <li>November 18 – <a href="/wiki/C._J._Wilson" title="C. J. Wilson">C. J. Wilson</a></li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Blalock" title="Hank Blalock">Hank Blalock</a></li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Gomes" title="Jonny Gomes">Jonny Gomes</a></li> <li>November 23 – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Jonathan Papelbon</a></li> <li>November 24 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Salazar" title="Jeff Salazar">Jeff Salazar</a></li> <li>November 25 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Swisher" title="Nick Swisher">Nick Swisher</a></li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Wolfe" title="Brian Wolfe">Brian Wolfe</a></li> <li>November 30 – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Victorino" title="Shane Victorino">Shane Victorino</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Reed_(baseball)" title="Eric Reed (baseball)">Eric Reed</a></li> <li>December 4 – <a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Chac%C3%ADn" title="Gustavo Chacín">Gustavo Chacín</a></li> <li>December 6 – <a href="/wiki/Ehren_Wassermann" title="Ehren Wassermann">Ehren Wassermann</a></li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lewis" title="Fred Lewis">Fred Lewis</a></li> <li>December 11 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Blanton" title="Joe Blanton">Joe Blanton</a></li> <li>December 16 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hall_(baseball)" title="Josh Hall (baseball)">Josh Hall</a></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Dale_Thayer" title="Dale Thayer">Dale Thayer</a></li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Carlin" title="Luke Carlin">Luke Carlin</a></li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Royce_Ring" title="Royce Ring">Royce Ring</a></li> <li>December 22 – <a href="/wiki/Reid_Gorecki" title="Reid Gorecki">Reid Gorecki</a></li> <li>December 23 – <a href="/wiki/Cody_Ross" title="Cody Ross">Cody Ross</a></li> <li>December 27 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Repko" title="Jason Repko">Jason Repko</a></li> <li>December 31 – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Carlson" title="Jesse Carlson">Jesse Carlson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_3">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 2 – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Hogan" title="Kenny Hogan">Kenny Hogan</a>, 77, pinch runner and outfielder who played four MLB games during brief trials with 1921 Cincinnati Reds and 1923–1924 Cleveland Indians.</li> <li>January 2 – <a href="/wiki/George_Lees_(baseball)" title="George Lees (baseball)">George Lees</a>, 84, catcher in 20 games for 1921 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>January 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Geary_(baseball)" title="Bob Geary (baseball)">Bob Geary</a>, 88, pitcher in 35 total games for 1918–1919 Philadelphia Athletics and 1921 Cincinnati Reds.</li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Foster_Edwards" title="Foster Edwards">Foster Edwards</a>, 76, pitcher who appeared in 56 games for the 1925–1928 Boston Braves and 1930 New York Yankees.</li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/June_Gilmore" title="June Gilmore">June Gilmore</a>, 57, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.</li> <li>January 8 – <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Russell" title="Harvey Russell">Harvey Russell</a>, 92, catcher and pinch hitter who appeared in 134 career games for the 1914–1915 Baltimore Terrapins of the "outlaw" Federal League.</li> <li>January 10 – <a href="/wiki/Hughie_Critz" title="Hughie Critz">Hughie Critz</a>, 79, second baseman for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants who led NL in fielding four times and double plays three times.</li> <li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sproull" title="Charlie Sproull">Charlie Sproull</a>, 61, pitcher who posted a 4–10 won–lost record (5.94 ERA) in 34 games for the wartime 1945 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Barnhart" title="Clyde Barnhart">Clyde Barnhart</a>, 84, Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder and third baseman (1920–1928); member of 1925 world champions whose 114 regular-season runs batted in, and five World Series RBI, helped lead Bucs to the title.</li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Rye" title="Gene Rye">Gene Rye</a>, 73, outfielder for the 1931 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>January 24 – <a href="/wiki/Buck_Etchison" title="Buck Etchison">Buck Etchison</a>, 64, first baseman and pinch hitter who appeared in 119 games for the 1943–1944 Boston Braves.</li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Hairston" title="Napoleon Hairston">Napoleon Hairston</a>, 67, outfielder for the 1938 Pittsburgh Crawfords of the Negro National League.</li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Rosso" title="Frank Rosso">Frank Rosso</a>, 58, who pitched in two games for the New York Giants in the closing days of the wartime 1944 season.</li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Head" title="Ed Head">Ed Head</a>, 62, pitcher who compiled a 27–23 won–lost mark with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 118 games spanning five seasons between 1940 and 1946.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_3">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Mulleavy" title="Greg Mulleavy">Greg Mulleavy</a>, 74, shortstop who played in 78 games for the Chicago White Sox (1930 and 1932) and in one contest for the Boston Red Sox (1933); later, coached for Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers between 1957 and 1964 and served as a longtime Dodger scout.</li> <li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Walters" title="Fred Walters">Fred Walters</a>, 67, catcher for the 1945 Red Sox, and one of many players who only appeared in the majors during World War II.</li> <li>February 2 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Rothrock" title="Jack Rothrock">Jack Rothrock</a>, 74, center fielder for four different teams from 1925 to 1937, who led the victorious St. Louis Cardinals with six RBI in the 1934 World Series.</li> <li>February 4 – <a href="/wiki/Dud_Branom" title="Dud Branom">Dud Branom</a>, 82, first baseman who played in 30 games for the 1927 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>February 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jelly_Jackson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jelly Jackson">Jelly Jackson</a>, 70, shortstop/second baseman for the Cleveland Red Sox (1934) and Homestead Grays (1935–1940, 1944–1945) of the Negro National League.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_3">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Emmett_Ashford" title="Emmett Ashford">Emmett Ashford</a>, 65, the major leagues' first black umpire, who worked in the American League from 1966 to 1970 and in the 1970 World Series.</li> <li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Arndt_Jorgens" title="Arndt Jorgens">Arndt Jorgens</a>, 74, Norwegian-born backup catcher for the New York Yankees who played 11 seasons (1929–1939) behind Hall of Famer Bill Dickey; member of five World Series championship teams but never once appeared in a Fall Classic.</li> <li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Watwood" title="Johnny Watwood">Johnny Watwood</a>, 74, center fielder and first baseman who played in 469 games between 1929 and 1939 for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>March 3 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Priddy" title="Jerry Priddy">Jerry Priddy</a>, 60, second baseman who played from 1941 to 1953 for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>March 5 – <a href="/wiki/Les_Fleming" title="Les Fleming">Les Fleming</a>, 64, first baseman and outfielder who appeared in 434 games for the Cleveland Indians (1939, 1941–1942 and 1945–1947) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1949).</li> <li>March 9 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Baker_(1960s_pitcher)" title="Tom Baker (1960s pitcher)">Tom Baker</a>, 45, left-hander who pitched in ten games for the 1963 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Klopp" title="Stan Klopp">Stan Klopp</a>, 69, relief pitcher who appeared in 24 games for the wartime-era 1944 Boston Braves.</li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Wickland" title="Al Wickland">Al Wickland</a>, 92, outfielder/pinch hitter in 444 games for five teams in three leagues (largely for Chicago and Pittsburgh of the "outlaw" Federal League) from 1913 to 1915 and in 1918–1919.</li> <li>March 17 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hooper" title="Bob Hooper">Bob Hooper</a>, 57, Canadian-born pitcher who worked in 194 games for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Redlegs from 1950 to 1955.</li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Foley_(baseball)" title="Ray Foley (baseball)">Ray Foley</a>, 73, pitch hitter in two games for the 1928 New York Giants.</li> <li>March 27 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Knerr" title="Lou Knerr">Lou Knerr</a>, 58, pitcher for 1945–1946 Philadelphia Athletics and 1947 Washington Senators; co-led American League hurlers in games lost (16) in 1946.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_3">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Linton" title="Bob Linton">Bob Linton</a>, 77, catcher/pinch hitter who appeared in 17 games for the 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>April 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Trowbridge" title="Bob Trowbridge">Bob Trowbridge</a>, 49, pitcher who hurled in 116 games for the 1956–1959 Milwaukee Braves and 1960 Kansas City Athletics; member of 1957 World Series champions.</li> <li>April 7 – <a href="/wiki/Buck_Canel" title="Buck Canel">Buck Canel</a>, 74, Spanish-language broadcaster of 42 World Series, as well as many years of New York Yankees games.</li> <li>April 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Morgan_(baseball)" title="Ed Morgan (baseball)">Ed Morgan</a>, 75, first baseman and right fielder for the 1928–1933 Cleveland Indians and 1934 Boston Red Sox; batted .313 in 771 games and drove in 136 runs in 1930, sixth in the American League.</li> <li>April 12 – <a href="/wiki/Mel_Preibisch" title="Mel Preibisch">Mel Preibisch</a>, 65, outfielder who got into 16 games for Boston Bees/Braves of 1940–1941; later a scout.</li> <li>April 17 – <a href="/wiki/Hooks_Iott" title="Hooks Iott">Hooks Iott</a>, 60, left-handed pitcher and 16-year veteran of the minors who appeared in 26 games during two MLB seasons as a member of the St. Louis Browns (1941 and 1947) and New York Giants (1947).</li> <li>April 17 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miller_(first_baseman)" title="Ed Miller (first baseman)">Ed Miller</a>, 91, first baseman and pinch hitter who played in 86 career games for the Browns (1912, 1914) and Cleveland Indians (1918).</li> <li>April 19 – <a href="/wiki/Sid_Gautreaux" title="Sid Gautreaux">Sid Gautreaux</a>, 67, catcher and pinch hitter in 86 games for the 1936–1937 Brooklyn Dodgers.</li> <li>April 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Dobens" title="Ray Dobens">Ray Dobens</a>, 73, pitcher in 11 games for the 1929 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>April 21 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Page" title="Joe Page">Joe Page</a>, 62, three-time All-Star southpaw relief pitcher for the New York Yankees (1944–1950) who set single-season record with 27 saves in 1949, and led AL in saves and appearances twice each; two-time (1947, 1949) world champion and 1949 World Series MVP.</li> <li>April 24 – <a href="/wiki/Dink_Mothell" title="Dink Mothell">Dink Mothell</a>, 82, catcher/second baseman/utility man who played all nine positions during his Negro leagues career (1920 to 1932); stalwart member of 1920s Kansas City Monarchs.</li> <li>April 24 – <a href="/wiki/Beryl_Richmond" title="Beryl Richmond">Beryl Richmond</a>, 72, left-handed hurler who worked in ten total games for the 1933 Chicago Cubs and 1934 Cincinnati Reds.</li> <li>April 25 – <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Lee_(outfielder)" title="Cliff Lee (outfielder)">Cliff Lee</a>, 83, outfielder and .300 lifetime hitter who played in 521 games from 1919 to 1926 for four clubs, principally the Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>April 28 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Porterfield" title="Bob Porterfield">Bob Porterfield</a>, 56, All-Star and <i>The Sporting News</i> AL Pitcher of the Year in 1953 after a 22–10 season with the Washington Senators; also pitched for New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs over his 12-year (1948–1959) career.</li> <li>April 27 – <a href="/wiki/Rube_Ehrhardt" title="Rube Ehrhardt">Rube Ehrhardt</a>, 85, relief pitcher who worked in 193 games for the Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds between 1924 and 1929.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_3">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 1 – <a href="/wiki/George_Woodend" title="George Woodend">George Woodend</a>, 62, relief pitcher who appeared in three early-season contests for the 1944 Boston Braves.</li> <li>May 6 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Sweeney" title="Hank Sweeney">Harry Sweeney</a>, 64, World War II-era first baseman who appeared in one MLB game, on October 1, 1944, for the Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Cap_Peterson" title="Cap Peterson">Cap Peterson</a>, 37, outfielder who played from 1962 to 1969 for the San Francisco Giants, Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians.</li> <li>May 21 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Croucher" title="Frank Croucher">Frank Croucher</a>, 65, infielder for the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators in the 1930s and 1940s.</li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Brown_(baseball)" title="Jesse Brown (baseball)">Jesse Brown</a>, 65, left-hander who pitched in the Negro National League between 1938 and 1944.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_3">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 1 – <a href="/wiki/Rube_Marquard" title="Rube Marquard">Rube Marquard</a>, 93, Hall of Fame pitcher (1908–1925) who retired with 201 wins and the NL record for career strikeouts by a left-hander (1,593); posted 19 consecutive wins for the 1912 New York Giants for a modern major league record.</li> <li>June 3 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lieb" title="Fred Lieb">Fred Lieb</a>, 92, sportswriter who covered every World Series from 1911 to 1958.</li> <li>June 5 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Keenan" title="Jimmie Keenan">Jimmie Keenan</a>, 81, left-hander who pitched in 16 total games for the 1920–1921 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Odell_Hale" title="Odell Hale">Odell Hale</a>, 71, infielder for the Cleveland Indians in the 1930s, who hit .300 three times and collected two 100-RBI seasons.</li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Rube_Marshall" title="Rube Marshall">Rube Marshall</a>, 89, pitcher who hurled in 64 games for the 1912–1914 Philadelphia Phillies, then made 21 mound appearances for the 1915 Buffalo Blues of the "outlaw" Federal League.</li> <li>June 12 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Thomas_(baseball)" title="Danny Thomas (baseball)">Danny Thomas</a>, 29, outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1976 to 1977.</li> <li>June 14 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hodapp" title="Johnny Hodapp">Johnny Hodapp</a>, 74, second baseman and third baseman in 791 games for the Cleveland Indians (1925–1932), Chicago White Sox (1932) and Boston Red Sox (1933); led AL in hits (225) and doubles (51) in 1930.</li> <li>June 25 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Muir" title="Joe Muir">Joe Muir</a>, 57, southpaw who pitched in 21 games for the 1951–1952 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>June – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Spearman" title="Henry Spearman">Henry Spearman</a>, 70, third baseman who appeared for six Negro National League clubs, notably the Philadelphia Stars and Homestead Grays, between 1936 and 1945, and batted .302 lifetime.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_3">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – <a href="/wiki/Curt_Coleman" class="mw-redirect" title="Curt Coleman">Curt Coleman</a>, 93, third baseman who played in 12 games for the New York Highlanders during the early weeks of the 1912 campaign.</li> <li>July 4 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Martin_(baseball)" title="Jack Martin (baseball)">Jack Martin</a>, 93, shortstop who played from 1912 to 1914 for the Highlanders, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>July 5 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Tincup" title="Ben Tincup">Ben Tincup</a>, 87, member of original and modern Cherokee Nation and pitcher in pro ball for 27 seasons spanning 1912 to 1942, including 48 MLB games for Phillies (1914–1915, 1918) and Chicago Cubs (1928); coach for 1940 Brooklyn Dodgers and longtime instructor and scout.</li> <li>July 6 – <a href="/wiki/Walt_Craddock" title="Walt Craddock">Walt Craddock</a>, 48, left-handed hurler who went 0–7 (6.49 ERA) in 29 appearances for the Kansas City Athletics (1955–1956, 1958).</li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Wenty_Ford" title="Wenty Ford">Wenty Ford</a>, 33, Bahamian pitcher who appeared in four games for the 1973 Atlanta Braves.</li> <li>July 16 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Vick" title="Ernie Vick">Ernie Vick</a>, 80, catcher in 57 career games for the St. Louis Cardinals (1922, 1924–1926); reserve with 1926 World Series champion Redbirds.</li> <li>July 23 – <a href="/wiki/Wally_Snell" title="Wally Snell">Wally Snell</a>, 91, catcher for the 1913 Boston Red Sox, who later went on to a distinguished career as a college botany professor and athletic coach at Brown University for four decades.</li> <li>July 30 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lucey" title="Joe Lucey">Joe Lucey</a>, 83, pitcher/infielder who played 13 games for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox between 1920 and 1925.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_3">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_McKinley" title="Bill McKinley">Bill McKinley</a>, 70, American League umpire from 1946 to 1965 who officiated in 2,976 regular-season games, plus four World Series and three All-Star games.</li> <li>August 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hubbell" title="Bill Hubbell">Bill Hubbell</a>, 83, pitcher who appeared in 204 games between 1919 and 1925 for three NL clubs, principally the Phillies.</li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Jamerson" title="Lefty Jamerson">Lefty Jamerson</a>, 80, pitcher for the 1924 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Allan_Collamore" title="Allan Collamore">Allan Collamore</a>, 93, pitcher who worked in 40 total games for Philadelphia (1911) and Cleveland (1914–1915) of the American League.</li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Henderson_(baseball)" title="Henry Henderson (baseball)">Henry Henderson</a>, 75, first baseman for the 1932 Nashville Elite Giants of the Negro Southern League.</li> <li>August 13 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Miller_(pinch_hitter)" title="Tom Miller (pinch hitter)">Tom Miller</a>, 83, outfielder by trade who pinch hit in nine MLB games for the 1918–1919 Boston Braves.</li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jonah_Goldman" title="Jonah Goldman">Jonah Goldman</a>, 73, shortstop/third baseman in 148 total games for the Cleveland Indians (1928, 1930–1931).</li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Hermann" title="Al Hermann">Al Hermann</a>, 81, outfielder who played in 32 games for the Boston Braves in 1923 and 1924.</li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Vance" title="Columbus Vance">Columbus Vance</a>, 75, pitcher and occasional outfielder who appeared in the Negro leagues between 1927 and 1933.</li> <li>August 24 – <a href="/wiki/Herman_Fink" title="Herman Fink">Herman Fink</a>, 69, pitcher who fashioned a 10–20 (5.22) career record in 67 games for the 1935–1937 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>August 27 – <a href="/wiki/John_Wilson_(1920s_pitcher)" title="John Wilson (1920s pitcher)">John Wilson</a>, 77, pitched briefly for the Red Sox from 1927 to 1928.</li> <li>August 28 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Smythe" title="Harry Smythe">Harry Smythe</a>, 75, left-handed pitcher who worked in 60 total games for the Philadelphia Phillies (1929–1930), New York Yankees (1934) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1934); pitched in pro baseball for 22 seasons.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_3">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 1 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_LaManna" class="mw-redirect" title="Hank LaManna">Hank LaManna</a>, 61, pitcher/outfielder who appeared in 45 career contests for Boston of the National League from 1940 to 1942.</li> <li>September 6 – <a href="/wiki/Gus_Ketchum" title="Gus Ketchum">Gus Ketchum</a>, 83, pitched in six games for the 1922 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Honey_Lott" title="Honey Lott">Honey Lott</a>, 55, outfielder/second baseman for the 1948 New York Black Yankees of the Negro National League.</li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Junius_Bibbs" title="Junius Bibbs">Junius Bibbs</a>, 69, infielder who played in the Negro leagues between 1933 and 1944, then became a biology teacher and athletics coach in Indianapolis for 25 years; member, Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame.</li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Garth_Mann" title="Garth Mann">Garth Mann</a>, 64, pitcher whose 12-year professional baseball career included one MLB game as a pinch runner for the Chicago Cubs on May 14, 1944.</li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Ole_Olsen_(baseball)" title="Ole Olsen (baseball)">Ole Olsen</a>, 86, Cornell University graduate and World War I veteran who pitched in 54 games for the 1922–1923 Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Pechous" title="Charlie Pechous">Charlie Pechous</a>, 83, third baseman who played in 53 games for the 1915 Chicago Whales (Federal League) and 1916–1917 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Fredda_Acker" title="Fredda Acker">Fredda Acker</a>, 54, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, who was named Mrs. America in 1947.</li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Leo_Tankersley" title="Leo Tankersley">Leo Tankersley</a>, 79, catcher who played a single MLB game on July 2, 1925 as a member of the Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>September 22 – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Neill" title="Tommy Neill">Tommy Neill</a>, 60, outfielder and pinch hitter who played 20 games for 1946–1947 Boston Braves.</li> <li>September 24 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Ayers_(baseball)" title="Bill Ayers (baseball)">Bill Ayers</a>, 60, pitcher who appeared in 13 games for the New York Giants between April and July 1947.</li> <li>September 24 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Shore" title="Ernie Shore">Ernie Shore</a>, 89, pitcher for New York Giants (1912), Boston Red Sox (1914–1917) and New York Yankees (1919–1920) whose career was curtailed by World War I military service; on June 23, 1917, he relieved <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>, ejected by the umpires, with a man on first and none out in the first inning, and proceeded to retire the runner and all 26 remaining batters.</li> <li>September – <a href="/wiki/Mack_Eggleston" title="Mack Eggleston">Mack Eggleston</a>, 83 or 84, catcher/outfielder/third baseman who played in the Negro leagues and appeared in 509 games between 1920 and 1934.</li> <li>September – <a href="/wiki/Walter_Lee_Hardy" title="Walter Lee Hardy">Walter Lee Hardy</a>, 54, shortstop who played in the Negro leagues between 1944 and 1950; later, a business partner of <a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Roy Campanella</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_3">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Veltman" title="Pat Veltman">Pat Veltman</a>, 74, utility player who played for four MLB teams over six seasons spanning 1926 to 1934.</li> <li>October 8 – <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Lloyd Johnson (baseball)">Lloyd Johnson</a>, 69, Pittsburgh Pirates' left-hander who hurled one inning of scoreless relief in his only MLB appearance on April 21, 1934.</li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Loftus" title="Frank Loftus">Frank Loftus</a>, 82, pitcher who worked one inning of one MLB game on September 26, 1926, for the Washington Senators against the Chicago White Sox.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_3">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 6 – <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Morney" title="Leroy Morney">Leroy Morney</a>, 71, All-Star shortstop who played for 11 Negro leagues teams between 1932 and 1944; batting champion (.378) of the 1932 Negro Southern League.</li> <li>November 8 – <a href="/wiki/Dale_Jones_(baseball)" title="Dale Jones (baseball)">Dale Jones</a>, 61, pitcher who appeared in two games for 1941 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Eppie_Barnes" title="Eppie Barnes">Eppie Barnes</a>, 79, first baseman and pinch hitter in four games for 1923–1924 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Hersh_Martin" title="Hersh Martin">Hersh Martin</a>, 71, outfielder who played in 607 games for the 1937–1940 Philadelphia Phillies and 1944–1945 New York Yankees; 1938 National League All-Star.</li> <li>November 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gilligan_(baseball)" title="Jack Gilligan (baseball)">Jack Gilligan</a>, 95, pitcher in 12 games for 1909–1910 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>November 25 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Jones_(baseball)" title="Art Jones (baseball)">Art Jones</a>, 74, pitcher who appeared in one MLB game and one inning for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 23, 1932.</li> <li>November 27 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Connelly_(baseball)" title="Bill Connelly (baseball)">"Wild Bill" Connelly</a>, 55, pitcher who appeared in 25 career games for four clubs, notably the New York Giants, between 1945 and 1953.</li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Dunlap" title="Bill Dunlap">Bill Dunlap</a>, 71, outfielder for the Boston Braves from 1929 to 1930.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_3">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Padgett" title="Don Padgett">Don Padgett</a>, 68, catcher/outfielder who appeared in 699 career games for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies between 1937 and 1948, missing four full years while serving in World War II; batted .399 in 233 at bats for 1939 Cardinals.</li> <li>December 4 – <a href="/wiki/Georgette_Vincent" title="Georgette Vincent">Georgette Vincent</a>, 52. who pitched for two <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a> champion teams spanning 1951–1952.</li> <li>December 7 – <a href="/wiki/Lennie_Pearson" title="Lennie Pearson">Lennie Pearson</a>, 62, six-time Negro National League All-Star outfielder/first baseman who spent almost all of his career with the Newark Eagles (1937–1948); 1942 NNL Triple-Crown winner and member of 1946 Negro World Series championship team.</li> <li>December 7 – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Urban" title="Luke Urban">Luke Urban</a>, 93, catcher/pinch hitter who was 40 years old when he made his rookie MLB debut; appeared in 50 total games for the 1927–1928 Boston Braves.</li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Olson_(baseball)" title="Ted Olson (baseball)">Ted Olson</a>, 68, Dartmouth graduate who pitched in 18 games for the 1936–1938 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Rosy_Ryan" title="Rosy Ryan">Rosy Ryan</a>, 82, key pitcher on pennant-winning New York Giants teams of early 1920s; led National League in ERA in 1922 and games pitched in 1923, and won World Series rings in 1921–1922; later, a longtime minor league executive.</li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Elston_Howard" title="Elston Howard">Elston Howard</a>, 51, twelve-time All-Star catcher for the New York Yankees from 1955 to August 3, 1967, who was that team's first black player; 1963 American League MVP and two-time Gold Glove winner; also coached for Yanks from 1969 to 1979 and won six World Series rings between 1956 and 1978; Yankees posthumously retired his #32 uniform in 1984; finished playing career with the Red Sox, helping them win 1967 AL pennant.</li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Knode" title="Mike Knode">Mike Knode</a>, 80, outfielder/second baseman who played 42 games for 1942 St. Louis Cardinals who previously starred in football for the University of Michigan; elder brother of <a href="/wiki/Ray_Knode" title="Ray Knode">Ray Knode</a>.</li> <li>December 22 – <a href="/wiki/Earl_Grace" title="Earl Grace">Earl Grace</a>, 73, left-handed-hitting catcher who appeared in 627 career games for Chicago Cubs (1929, 1931), Pittsburgh Pirates (1931–1935) and Philadelphia Phillies (1936–1937).</li> <li>December 24 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Habenicht" title="Bob Habenicht">Bob Habenicht</a>, 54, relief pitcher who worked in four total games for the 1951 St. Louis Cardinals and 1953 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>December 26 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Crouch_(1940s_pitcher)" title="Bill Crouch (1940s pitcher)">Bill Crouch</a>, 73, pitcher who twirled in 50 MLB games for the 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1941 Philadelphia Phillies, and 1941 and 1945 St. Louis Cardinals.</li> <li>December 26 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Oulliber" title="Johnny Oulliber">Johnny Oulliber</a>, 69, outfielder for 1933 Cleveland Indians, appearing in 22 games.</li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Stuffy_Stewart" title="Stuffy Stewart">Stuffy Stewart</a>, 86, reserve second baseman and utility player in 176 games for eight seasons for four teams, notably the Washington Senators, between 1916 and 1929.</li> <li>December 31 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Britt" title="Jim Britt">Jim Britt</a>, 70, play-by-announcer for the Boston Braves (1940–1952) and Red Sox (1940–1950), Cleveland Indians (1954–1957), and the Mutual Radio Network.</li> <li>December 31 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Shawkey" title="Bob Shawkey">Bob Shawkey</a>, 90, pitcher who had four 20-win seasons for the New York Yankees between 1916 and 1922 and won 195 MLB games overall; led AL in ERA (2.45) in 1920; managed Yankees for 1930 season, essentially between terms of Hall of Fame pilots Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy; later, head baseball coach at Dartmouth College (1952–1956).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_baseball&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKuehl" class="citation web cs1">Kuehl, Steve. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-10-1980-sixto-lezcano-belts-grand-slam-for-walk-off-win-on-opening-day/">"April 10, 1980: Sixto Lezcano Belts Grand Slam for Walk-Off Win on Opening Day"</a>. <i>sabr.org</i>. <a href="/wiki/The_Society_for_American_Baseball_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="The Society for American Baseball Research">The Society for American Baseball Research</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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