1980 Boston Red Sox season explained

Boston Red Sox
Season:1980
League:American League
Division:East
Ballpark:Fenway Park
City:Boston
Record:83–77 (.519)
Divisional Place:4th (19 GB)
Owners:Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
President:Jean Yawkey
General Manager:Haywood Sullivan
Television:WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Ken Harrelson)
Radio:WITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
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Brtn:BOS

The 1980 Boston Red Sox season was the 80th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 77 losses, 19 games behind the New York Yankees. Manager Don Zimmer was fired with five games left, and Johnny Pesky finished the season as manager.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month[4]
Month Record Cumulative Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 8 9 8 9 3rd [5]
May 14 14 22 23 4th [6]
June 16 10 38 33 5th [7]
July 12 16 50 49 6th [8]
August 20 7 70 56 3rd [9]
September 12 17 82 73 3rd 16 [10]
October 1 4 83 77 4th 19 [11]

Fred Lynn had a .301 batting average, with 12 home runs and 61 RBIs. Jim Rice hit .294, with 24 homers and 86 RBIs. On the pitching staff, Mike Torrez was 9–16 and Dennis Eckersley was 12–14. Rick Burleson set an MLB single-season record for double plays turned as a shortstop, 147, which still stands.[12]

Season standings

Boston's record of 83–77 has a fractionally better winning percentage than Detroit's record of 84–78; .51875 and .51851, respectively.

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

  2 2B
  7 SS
19 CF
14 LF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski     DH
  51B
  4 3B
24 RF
15 C
43 P
Source:[15]

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Red Sox on Opening Day, 9–5, via a walk-off grand slam by Sixto Lezcano.[16]

Roster

1980 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersManagersCoaches (First base) (Bullpen) (Hitting) (Pitching) (Third base)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

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Rick Burleson155644891792928511262.278.366
Tony Pérez1515857316131325105141.275.467
Jim Rice124504811482262486830.294.504
Carlton Fisk1314787313825318621136.289.467
Dwight Evans148463721233751860364.266.484
Dave Stapleton10644961144335745313.321.463
Fred Lynn1104156712532312611258.301.480
Carl Yastrzemski105364491002111550044.275.462
Butch Hobson933243574601139125.228.349
Glenn Hoffman1143123789154442219.285.397
Jim Dwyer932604174111938328.285.438
Jerry Remy63230247272091410.313.361
Dave Rader501371445110317114.328.474
Garry Hancock461159336041903.287.443
Gary Allenson367092560010213.357.443
Chico Walker1957312001536.211.263
Jack Brohamer2157518201604.316.404
Reid Nichols123658010303.222.278
Rich Gedman92425000100.208.208
Larry Wolfe182333101400.130.304
Ted Sizemore92315100000.217.261
Julio Valdez81945101420.263.474
Sam Bowen71302000012.154.154
Dick Drago3100000000.000.000
Stan Papi1000000000.---.---
Team Totals160560375715882973616271779475.283.436
Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1980-batting.shtml

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

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Mike Torrez9165.0836320207.12561241177597
Dennis Eckersley12144.2830300197.21881019444121
Bob Stanley1083.39521714175.018675665271
Steve Renko994.1932230165.118086775690
Dick Drago774.144373132.212767614463
Tom Burgmeier542.006202499.08730222054
John Tudor853.021613092.18135313145
Chuck Rainey834.861613087.09249474143
Skip Lockwood315.32241245.26131271711
Keith MacWhorter035.53142042.14627261821
Bill Campbell404.79230041.14426222217
Win Remmerswaal214.58140035.1391818920
Steve Crawford203.6264032.1411413810
Bruce Hurst229.10127030.23933311616
Bob Ojeda116.9277026.03920201412
Jack Billingham1311.1074024.1453030124
Luis Aponte001.294007.061121
Team Totals83774.38160160431441.11557767701481696
Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1980-pitching.shtml

Statistical leaders

Category Player Statistic
Youngest player 20
Oldest player 40
4.7
Source:[17]

Batting

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
G 155
PA Plate appearances Rick Burleson 718
AB At bats Rick Burleson 644
R Runs scored Rick Burleson 89
H Hits Rick Burleson 179
2B Doubles 37
3B Triples 6
HR Home runs 25
RBI Tony Pérez 105
SB Stolen bases 14
CS Rick Burleson 13
BB Dwight Evans 64
SO Strikeouts Dwight Evans 98
BA .294
OBP .383
SLG Jim Rice .504
OPS Fred Lynn .862
OPS+ Fred Lynn 130
TB Tony Pérez 273
GIDP Tony Pérez 25
HBP 13
SH Sacrifice hits 9
SF Tony Pérez 8
IBB Tony Pérez 11
Source:[17]

Pitching

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
W Wins 12
L Losses 16
W-L % .727 (8–3)
ERA 3.39
G Games pitched 62
GS Games started Mike Torrez 32
GF Games finished Tom Burgmeier 38
CG Complete games Dennis Eckersley 8
SHO 3 tied 1
SV Saves Tom Burgmeier 24
IP Mike Torrez
SO Strikeouts Dennis Eckersley 121
WHIP Dennis Eckersley 1.174
Source:[17]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

Source:[18] [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Johnny Pesky. December 10, 2016. Retrosheet.
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezto01.shtml Tony Pérez
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raderda01.shtml Dave Rader
  4. Web site: The 1980 Boston Red Sox . . October 10, 2020.
  5. Web site: Events of Wednesday, April 30, 1980.
  6. Web site: Events of Saturday, May 31, 1980.
  7. Web site: Events of Monday, June 30, 1980.
  8. Web site: Events of Thursday, July 31, 1980.
  9. Web site: Events of Sunday, August 31, 1980.
  10. Web site: Events of Tuesday, September 30, 1980.
  11. Web site: Events of Monday, October 6, 1980.
  12. Web site: Single-Season Leaders & Records for Double Plays Turned as SS . . October 17, 2020.
  13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sizemte01.shtml Ted Sizemore
  14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boydoi01.shtml Oil Can Boyd
  15. Web site: Milwaukee Brewers 9, Boston Red Sox 5 . April 10, 1980 . . October 11, 2020.
  16. Web site: April 10, 1980: Sixto Lezcano belts grand slam for walk-off win on Opening Day . Steve . Kuehl . . October 11, 2020.
  17. Web site: 1980 Boston Red Sox Statistics . . October 13, 2020.
  18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  19. Book: Boston Red Sox Media Guide . 1980 . 47 . March 14, 2021 . Wayback Machine.

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