1980 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1980
League:	National League
Record:	74–88 (.457)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	August "Gussie" Busch
General Managers:	John Claiborne, Whitey Herzog
Managers:	Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst
Television:	KSDK (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
Radio:	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)

The St. Louis Cardinals 1980 season was the team's 99th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and the 89th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 74–88 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 17 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies.

The Cardinals played the season under four different managers, Ken Boyer (fired June 8 between games of a double-header against the Expos in Montreal), Jack Krol (the second game of the double-header that same day), Whitey Herzog (June 9 until he was hired as the team's general manager in late August, succeeding John Claiborne, who was fired earlier in August) and Red Schoendienst (from late August to end of season). After the season, Herzog reclaimed the managerial job.

This team set a record for the most Silver Slugger Award winners in one season: Keith Hernández (first base), Garry Templeton (shortstop), George Hendrick (outfielder), Ted Simmons (catcher), and Bob Forsch (pitcher).^[1] Hernández also won a Gold Glove.

Offseason

October 17, 1979: Mike Tyson was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Donnie Moore.^[2]
March 31, 1980: Will McEnaney was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 2, 1980: Roger Freed was released by the Cardinals.^[5]
April 7, 1980: Jeff Little was signed as a free agent with the Cardinals.^[6]
April 30, 1980: Pedro Borbón was signed as a free agent with the Cardinals.^[7]
April 30, 1980: Jim Kaat was purchased by the Cardinals from the New York Yankees.^[8]
May 9, 1980: Darold Knowles was released by the Cardinals.^[9]
May 27, 1980: Pedro Borbón was released by the Cardinals.^[7]
June 2, 1980: Jim Lentine was traded by the Cardinals to the Detroit Tigers for Al Greene and John Martin.^[10]
June 3, 1980: Dan Plesac was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[11]

Roster

1980 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	145	495	150	.303	21	98
1B	159	595	191	.321	16	99
2B	116	422	128	.303	3	46
SS	118	504	161	.319	4	43
3B	151	523	141	.270	8	58
LF	86	231	47	.203	5	24
CF	143	415	104	.251	0	28
RF	150	572	173	.302	25	109

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
96	303	82	.271	8	42
105	251	76	.303	3	36
84	248	63	.254	4	34
76	222	55	.248	0	15
63	128	30	.234	0	7
59	126	33	.262	0	8
35	77	19	.247	0	7
24	31	4	.129	0	2
18	24	6	.250	0	2
5	12	1	.083	0	0
14	11	2	.182	0	0
7	11	3	.273	0	0
9	10	1	.100	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	222.1	12	9	3.40	132
31	214.2	11	10	3.77	87
27	126.0	6	10	4.64	50
25	119.2	5	10	4.81	39
15	85.1	4	6	3.38	48
5	34.2	1	1	2.86	14
4	31.0	3	1	2.61	22

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
49	129.2	8	7	3.82	36
33	82.1	4	6	3.39	35
24	55.0	2	3	4.75	22
9	42.0	2	3	4.29	23
7	18.2	1	1	3.86	17

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
52	5	5	9	3.14	22
31	0	5	0	5.53	38
30	4	1	3	3.48	36
26	3	2	4	3.42	10
22	1	4	3	2.74	11
14	0	2	2	3.86	17
11	1	1	0	6.23	10
10	1	0	1	3.79	4
2	0	1	0	10.80	1

Farm system

External links

1980 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
1980 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

Web site: Find articles . April 14, 2013 . November 13, 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041113101024/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_5_63/ai_115077547/pg_2 . dead .
https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tysonmi01.shtml Mike Tyson
Web site: Will McEnaney Stats.
Web site: 1980 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freedro01.shtml Roger Freed
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/littlje01.shtml Jeff Little
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/borbope01.shtml Pedro Borbón
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaatji01.shtml Jim Kaat
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knowlda01.shtml Darold Knowles
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lentiji01.shtml Jim Lentine
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/plesada01.shtml Dan Plesac