1980 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1980 Pittsburgh Pirates
1980 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	83–79 (.512)
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholder)
Managers	Chuck Tanner
Television	KDKA-TV; Lanny Frattare, Dave Martin, Nellie Briles
Radio	KDKA; Lanny Frattare, Dave Martin

The 1980 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 99th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 94th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the National League East with a record of 83–79.

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	91	71	.562	—	49‍–‍32	42‍–‍39
Montreal Expos	90	72	.556	1	51‍–‍29	39‍–‍43
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	79	.512	8	47‍–‍34	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	74	88	.457	17	41‍–‍40	33‍–‍48
New York Mets	67	95	.414	24	38‍–‍44	29‍–‍51
Chicago Cubs	64	98	.395	27	37‍–‍44	27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1980 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	2–16	7–11	11–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	11–1	12–6	11–6	6–6
Chicago	4–8	—	7–5	1–11	5–7	6–12	10–8	5–13	8–10	4–8	5–7	9–9
Cincinnati	16–2	5–7	—	8–10	9–9	3–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	15–3–1	7–11	5–7
Houston	11–7	11–1	10–8	—	9–10	5–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	11–7	11–7	7–5
Los Angeles	7–11	7–5	9–9	10–9	—	11–1	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	13–5	7–5
Montreal	7–5	12–6	9–3	7–5	1–11	—	10–8	9–9	6–12	10–2	7–5	12–6
New York	9–3	8–10	4–8	4–8	5–7	8–10	—	6–12	10–8	1–11	3–9	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	13–5	5–7	9–3	6–6	9–9	12–6	—	7–11	8–4	6–6	9–9
Pittsburgh	1–11	10–8	6–6	5–7	6–6	12–6	8–10	11–7	—	6–6	8–4	10–8
San Diego	6–12	8–4	3–15–1	7–11	9–9	2–10	11–1	4–8	6–6	—	10–8	7–5
San Francisco	6–11	7–5	11–7	7–11	5–13	5–7	9–3	6–6	4–8	8–10	—	7–5
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	7–5	5–7	5–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	8–10	5–7	5–7	—

Game log

1980 Game Log: 83–79 (Home: 47–34; Away: 36–44)

April: 11–5 (Home: 5–2; Away: 6–3)

May: 14–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 6–7)

June: 13–16 (Home: 7–3; Away: 6–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
44	June 1	Mets	13–3	Bibby (6–1)	Falcone	—	49,626	26–18
45	June 2	Phillies	9–3	Robinson (2–1)	Lerch	—	19,990	27–18
46	June 3	Phillies	4–3	Jackson (5–1)	McGraw	—	22,141	28–18
47	June 4	Phillies	3–4	Carlton	Candelaria (2–5)	—	31,075	28–19
48	June 6	@ Mets	4–9	Hausman	Blyleven (1–5)	—	18,352	28–20
49	June 7	@ Mets	5–6 (11)	Allen	Jackson (5–2)	—	13,509	28–21
50	June 8	@ Mets	4–6	Burris	Romo (3–1)	Glynn		28–22
51	June 8	@ Mets	3–0	Solomon (3–0)	Bomback	Tekulve (7)	29,329	29–22
52	June 10	@ Reds	5–3	Candelaria (3–5)	Soto	Tekulve (8)	26,648	30–22
53	June 11	@ Reds	2–3	Pastore	Blyleven (1–6)	—	29,211	30–23
54	June 12	@ Reds	10–6	Bibby (7–1)	LaCoss	Romo (3)	31,557	31–23
55	June 13	Astros	5–3	Solomon (4–0)	Niekro	Tekulve (9)	31,854	32–23
56	June 14	Astros	3–7	Ryan	Robinson (2–2)	LaCorte	33,922	32–24
57	June 15	Astros	4–1	Candelaria (4–5)	Forsch	—	49,541	33–24
58	June 16	Reds	5–3	Blyleven (2–6)	Pastore	Jackson (2)	19,940	34–24
59	June 17	Reds	3–4	Moskau	Romo (3–2)	—	25,565	34–25
60	June 18	@ Braves	2–3	Garber	Tekulve (5–4)	—		34–26
61	June 18	@ Braves	4–5	Camp	Romo (3–3)	Garber	17,154	34–27
62	June 19	@ Braves	3–4	Matula	Robinson (2–3)	Bradford	10,585	34–28
63	June 20	@ Astros	4–6	Forsch	Candelaria (4–6)	Sambito	35,955	34–29
64	June 21	@ Astros	2–4	Ruhle	Blyleven (2–7)	Sambito	45,867	34–30
65	June 22	@ Astros	2–1	Bibby (8–1)	Niekro	Jackson (3)	46,213	35–30
66	June 23	@ Cardinals	1–6	Kaat	Solomon (4–1)	—	20,422	35–31
67	June 24	@ Cardinals	2–3	Sykes	Rhoden (0–1)	—	21,858	35–32
68	June 25	@ Cardinals	1–4	Hood	Candelaria (4–7)	Seaman	26,102	35–33
69	June 27	@ Expos	6–4	Romo (4–3)	Rogers	Robinson (1)	44,232	36–33
70	June 28	@ Expos	4–3	Bibby (9–1)	Lea	Romo (4)	38,065	37–33
71	June 29	@ Expos	1–4	Palmer	Solomon (4–2)	Norman	46,186	37–34
72	June 30	Cardinals	5–4	Romo (5–3)	Hood	—	16,591	38–34

July: 18–10 (Home: 10–4; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
73	July 1	Cardinals	3–2 (10)	Jackson (6–2)	Kaat	—	17,006	39–34
74	July 2	Cardinals	5–7 (11)	Urrea	Scurry (0–2)	—	15,250	39–35
75	July 3	Cubs	5–3	Bibby (10–1)	Krukow	Jackson (4)	14,062	40–35
76	July 4	Cubs	2–4	McGlothen	Solomon (4–3)	Sutter		40–36
77	July 4	Cubs	1–2	Capilla	Robinson (2–4)	Tidrow	24,668	40–37
78	July 5	Cubs	5–4	Candelaria (5–7)	Hernandez	Romo (5)	46,372	41–37
79	July 6	Cubs	5–4 (20)	Bibby (11–1)	Lamp	—	25,994	42–37
80	July 10	@ Mets	0–2	Zachry	Candelaria (5–8)	—	21,540	42–38
81	July 11	@ Mets	4–2	Blyleven (3–7)	Swan	Tekulve (10)	30,907	43–38
82	July 12	@ Phillies	4–5	Saucier	Tekulve (5–5)	—	53,254	43–39
83	July 13	@ Phillies	7–3	Robinson (3–4)	Espinosa	Tekulve (11)	48,132	44–39
84	July 14	@ Phillies	13–11	Jackson (7–2)	Reed	—	44,245	45–39
85	July 15	Giants	5–2	Candelaria (6–8)	Knepper	Tekulve (12)	17,114	46–39
86	July 16	Giants	3–1	Blyleven (4–7)	Whitson	Jackson (5)	18,226	47–39
87	July 17	Giants	3–2	Tekulve (6–5)	Holland	—	25,508	48–39
88	July 18	Dodgers	6–4	Rhoden (1–1)	Welch	Romo (6)	30,131	49–39
89	July 19	Dodgers	7–3	Solomon (5–3)	Sutcliffe	—	28,731	50–39
90	July 20	Dodgers	2–4	Hooton	Candelaria (6–9)	Howe		50–40
91	July 20	Dodgers	8–7	Jackson (8–2)	Castillo	—	41,932	51–40
92	July 22	@ Padres	4–3	Bibby (12–1)	Lucas	Tekulve (13)	17,504	52–40
93	July 23	@ Padres	2–3	Fingers	Romo (5–4)	—	14,608	52–41
94	July 24	@ Padres	7–1	Blyleven (5–7)	Shirley	—	15,746	53–41
95	July 25	@ Giants	5–1	Candelaria (7–9)	Knepper	—	22,830	54–41
96	July 26	@ Giants	3–4 (10)	Minton	Jackson (8–3)	—	28,566	54–42
97	July 27	@ Giants	6–4	Bibby (13–1)	Bordley	Tekulve (14)	31,186	55–42
98	July 28	@ Dodgers	6–4	Rhoden (2–1)	Welch	Tekulve (15)	46,973	56–42
99	July 29	@ Dodgers	2–10	Hooton	Blyleven (5–8)	—	47,013	56–43
100	July 30	@ Dodgers	0–3	Reuss	Candelaria (7–10)	—	50,308	56–44

August: 14–17 (Home: 8–13; Away: 6–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
101	August 1	Padres	0–1	Mura	Bibby (13–2)	Fingers	22,304	56–45
102	August 3	Padres	2–5	Curtis	Rhoden (2–2)	—		56–46
103	August 3	Padres	1–4	Shirley	Robinson (3–5)	Fingers	20,517	56–47
104	August 5	@ Cubs	3–11	Reuschel	Candelaria (7–11)	—	22,939	56–48
105	August 6	@ Cubs	9–7	Tekulve (7–5)	Tidrow	Romo (7)		57–48
106	August 6	@ Cubs	2–0	Blyleven (6–8)	Capilla	Jackson (6)	24,305	58–48
107	August 7	@ Cubs	11–3	Solomon (6–3)	Hernandez	—	28,364	59–48
108	August 8	Phillies	6–5	Tekulve (8–5)	McGraw	Romo (8)	30,354	60–48
109	August 9	Phillies	4–1	Candelaria (8–11)	Espinosa	Tekulve (16)	39,984	61–48
110	August 10	Phillies	7–1	Bibby (14–2)	Lerch	—		62–48
111	August 10	Phillies	4–1	Robinson (4–5)	Larson	Tekulve (17)	37,323	63–48
112	August 11	Mets	2–1 (6)	Solomon (7–3)	Jackson	—	13,790	64–48
113	August 12	Mets	1–3	Burris	Rhoden (2–3)	Allen	18,754	64–49
114	August 13	Mets	3–5	Hausman	Candelaria (8–12)	Reardon	19,514	64–50
115	August 15	Expos	7–3	Bibby (15–2)	Rogers	Tekulve (18)	29,721	65–50
116	August 16	Expos	5–0	Blyleven (7–8)	Sanderson	—	32,390	66–50
117	August 17	Expos	5–1	Rhoden (3–3)	Norman	—		67–50
118	August 17	Expos	2–4	Gullickson	Robinson (4–6)	Fryman	49,412	67–51
119	August 19	@ Astros	2–5	Ryan	Candelaria (8–13)	Sambito	39,415	67–52
120	August 20	@ Astros	1–5	Ruhle	Bibby (15–3)	Smith	32,112	67–53
121	August 21	@ Astros	5–12	Sambito	Blyleven (7–9)	—	33,884	67–54
122	August 22	@ Reds	4–2	Robinson (5–6)	Moskau	Tekulve (19)	37,936	68–54
123	August 23	@ Reds	2–1	Rhoden (4–3)	Pastore	Jackson (7)	43,482	69–54
124	August 24	@ Reds	5–2	Candelaria (9–13)	LaCoss	—	37,072	70–54
125	August 25	Braves	6–8	Hanna	Bibby (15–4)	Bradford	15,657	70–55
126	August 26	Braves	2–4 (10)	Garber	Tekulve (8–6)	—	14,695	70–56
127	August 27	Braves	4–7	Matula	Robinson (5–7)	Hrabosky	12,363	70–57
128	August 28	Reds	0–4	Moskau	Rhoden (4–4)	—	17,406	70–58
129	August 29	Reds	7–8	Soto	Tekulve (8–7)	Hume	41,494	70–59
130	August 30	Reds	3–5	Seaver	Bibby (15–5)	—	24,493	70–60
131	August 31	Reds	4–5	LaCoss	Blyleven (7–10)	Soto	21,774	70–61

September: 10–17 (Home: 7–5; Away: 3–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	Astros	4–10	Smith	Robinson (5–8)	—		70–62
133	September 1	Astros	7–5	Rhoden (5–4)	Pladson	Jackson (8)	26,374	71–62
134	September 3	Astros	10–4	Candelaria (10–13)	Andujar	Romo (9)	18,502	72–62
135	September 5	@ Braves	4–7	Camp	Tekulve (8–8)	—	29,610	72–63
136	September 6	@ Braves	2–3	Niekro	Blyleven (7–11)	Garber	17,821	72–64
137	September 7	@ Braves	5–6	Bradford	Tekulve (8–9)	Camp	19,762	72–65
138	September 8	@ Phillies	2–6	McGraw	Romo (5–5)	—	40,576	72–66
139	September 9	@ Phillies	4–5 (14)	Brusstar	Lee (0–1)	—	43,333	72–67
140	September 10	@ Cardinals	7–6	Bibby (16–5)	Hood	Romo (10)	10,300	73–67
141	September 11	@ Cardinals	2–1	Blyleven (8–11)	Martin	—	7,521	74–67
142	September 12	@ Expos	0–1	Sanderson	Rhoden (5–5)	—	36,992	74–68
143	September 13	@ Expos	4–0	Robinson (6–8)	Rogers	—	51,305	75–68
144	September 14	@ Expos	0–4	Gullickson	Candelaria (10–14)	—	56,137	75–69
145	September 16	Phillies	3–2	Bibby (17–5)	Ruthven	Tekulve (20)	22,239	76–69
146	September 17	Phillies	4–5 (11)	McGraw	Tekulve (8–10)	Lyle	23,650	76–70
147	September 19	Mets	4–3	Rhoden (6–5)	Lynch	—	17,593	77–70
148	September 20	Mets	6–9 (11)	Allen	Tekulve (8–11)	Miller	22,084	77–71
149	September 21	Mets	9–4	Candelaria (11–14)	Burris	—	20,320	78–71
150	September 22	Expos	4–2	Bibby (18–5)	Sanderson	Tekulve (21)	18,416	79–71
151	September 23	Expos	1–7	Rogers	Blyleven (8–12)	—	26,729	79–72
152	September 24	Cardinals	6–3	Rhoden (7–5)	Martin	Jackson (9)	4,297	80–72
153	September 25	Cardinals	2–10	Kaat	Robinson (6–9)	—	6,805	80–73
154	September 26	@ Cubs	8–9	Caudill	Tekulve (8–12)	—	3,941	80–74
155	September 27	@ Cubs	0–2	Martz	Bibby (18–6)	Tidrow	15,565	80–75
156	September 28	@ Cubs	2–3	Krukow	Blyleven (8–13)	Caudill	10,305	80–76
157	September 29	="@ "Mets	4–5 (10)	Reardon	Jackson (8–4)	—	1,787	80–77
158	September 30	@ Mets	2–3	Falcone	Robinson (6–10)	—	1,754	80–78

October: 3–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 1–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1980 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

31 Harvey Haddix (Pitching)
32 Joe Lonnett (Third base)
42 Alex Monchak (First base)
48 Bob Skinner (Hitting)

Opening Day lineup

CF – Omar Moreno
SS – Tim Foli
RF – Dave Parker
1B – Willie Stargell
LF – John Milner
3B – Bill Madlock
C – Ed Ott
2B – Phil Garner
P – Bert Blyleven

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[2]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
E. Romo	75	11	5	0.455	1	4
T. Peña	8	21	9	0.429	0	1
R. Rhoden	20	40	15	0.375	1	11
M. Easler	132	393	133	0.338	21	74
L. Lacy	109	278	93	0.335	7	33
M. Alexander	37	3	1	0.333	0	0
B. Carbo	7	6	2	0.333	0	1
D. Robinson	30	57	19	0.333	1	8
D. Parker	139	518	153	0.295	17	79
B. Robinson	100	272	78	0.287	12	36
B. Madlock	137	494	137	0.277	10	53
T. Foli	127	495	131	0.265	3	38
W. Stargell	67	202	53	0.262	11	38
E. Ott	120	392	102	0.260	8	41
P. Garner	151	548	142	0.259	5	58
P. Pérez	2	4	1	0.250	0	0
M. Sanguillén	47	48	12	0.250	0	2
R. Scurry	20	4	1	0.250	0	0
O. Moreno	162	676	168	0.249	2	36
J. Milner	114	238	58	0.244	8	34
V. Law	25	74	17	0.230	0	3
D. Berra	93	245	54	0.220	6	31
E. Solomon	27	32	7	0.219	0	1
S. Nicosia	60	176	38	0.216	1	22
J. Candelaria	35	77	15	0.195	0	7
K. Bevacqua	22	43	7	0.163	0	4
J. Bibby	35	77	12	0.156	1	7
J. Rooker	4	7	1	0.143	1	2
B. Blyleven	37	61	5	0.082	0	2
B. Beall	3	3	0	0.000	0	0
A. Hassler	6	2	0	0.000	0	0
G. Jackson	61	10	0	0.000	0	0
J. Jefferson	1	1	0	0.000	0	0
K. Tekulve	78	9	0	0.000	0	0
M. Lee	4	0	0	—	0	0
M. Mahler	2	0	0	—	0	0
D. Roberts	2	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[3]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
J. Jefferson	1	Template:Sortfrac	1	0	1.35	4
R. Scurry	20	Template:Sortfrac	0	2	2.15	28
E. Solomon	26	Template:Sortfrac	7	3	2.69	35
G. Jackson	61	71	8	4	2.92	31
E. Romo	74	Template:Sortfrac	5	5	3.27	82
J. Bibby	35	Template:Sortfrac	19	6	3.32	144
K. Tekulve	78	93	8	12	3.39	47
J. Rooker	4	18	2	2	3.50	8
P. Pérez	2	12	0	1	3.75	7
B. Blyleven	34	Template:Sortfrac	8	13	3.82	168
R. Rhoden	20	Template:Sortfrac	7	5	3.84	70
A. Hassler	6	Template:Sortfrac	0	0	3.86	4
D. Roberts	2	Template:Sortfrac	0	1	3.86	1
D. Robinson	29	Template:Sortfrac	7	10	3.99	103
J. Candelaria	35	Template:Sortfrac	11	14	4.01	97
M. Lee	4	Template:Sortfrac	0	1	4.76	2
M. Mahler	2	1	0	0	63.00	1

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Dave Parker, starter, outfield
Jim Bibby, reserve
Phil Garner, reserve
Kent Tekulve, reserve

Transactions

November 1, 1979 – Dock Ellis granted Free Agency.
November 1, 1979 – Bruce Kison granted Free Agency.
November 1, 1979 – Rennie Stennett granted Free Agency.
November 21, 1979 – Signed Andy Hassler as a free agent.
November 24, 1979 – Signed Cecilio Guante as an amateur free agent.
December 21, 1979 – Traded John Burden (minors) and Larry Littleton to the Cleveland Indians. Received Larry Andersen.
January 11, 1980 – Drafted Keith Creel in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
January 11, 1980 – Drafted Tom Nieto in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
January 11, 1980 – Drafted Bill Bathe in the 10th round of the 1980 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
March 28, 1980 – Traded a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves. Received Eddie Solomon. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Greg Field (minors) (April 25, 1980) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.
April 1, 1980 – Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Seattle Mariners. Received Odell Jones. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Larry Andersen (October 29, 1980) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.
April 5, 1980 – Signed Dale Mohorcic as a free agent.
April 10, 1980 – Signed Mickey Mahler as a free agent.
April 24, 1980 – Sold Dave Roberts to the Seattle Mariners.
May 16, 1980 – Signed Ramon Pena as an amateur free agent.
June 3, 1980 – Drafted Rick Renteria in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.
June 3, 1980 – Drafted Tim Burke in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.
June 3, 1980 – Drafted Joe Orsulak in the 6th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed August 20, 1980.
June 10, 1980 – Sold Andy Hassler to the California Angels.
June 23, 1980 – Signed Trench Davis as an amateur free agent.
July 10, 1980 – Signed Rafael Belliard as an amateur free agent.
July 16, 1980 – Traded Jerry McDonald (minors) to the Atlanta Braves. Received Bob Beall.
August 5, 1980 – Traded Rick Lancellotti and Luis Salazar to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later and Kurt Bevacqua. The San Diego Padres sent Mark Lee (August 12, 1980) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
August 20, 1980 – Released Alberto Lois.
August 21, 1980 – Signed Ravelo Manzanillo as an amateur free agent.
September 1, 1980 – Signed Bernie Carbo as a free agent.
September 11, 1980 – Selected Jesse Jefferson off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 8, 1980 – Released Bernie Carbo.
October 10, 1980 – Released Jim Rooker.
October 21, 1980 – Released Gene Pentz.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Jim Mahoney
AA	Buffalo Bisons	Eastern League	Steve Demeter
A	Salem Pirates	Carolina League	Johnny Lipon
A	Shelby Pirates	South Atlantic League	Joe Frisina
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

Notes

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

1980 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1980 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[3] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

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