1980 Toronto Blue Jays season

1980 Toronto Blue Jays
1980 Toronto Blue Jays
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Exhibition Stadium
City	Toronto
Record	67–95 (.414)
Owners	Labatt Breweries,; Imperial Trust,; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Managers	Bobby Mattick
Television	CBC Television; (Don Chevrier, Whitey Ford, Tony Kubek); CBFT
Radio	CKFH; (Whitey Ford, Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)

The 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fourth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. The season represented a turning point as Bobby Mattick became the second field manager in franchise history.

Offseason

October 22, 1979: Craig Kusick was released by the Blue Jays.^[1]
November 1, 1979: Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn were traded by the Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Chris Chambliss, Dámaso García, and Paul Mirabella.^[2]
December 5, 1979: Chris Chambliss and Luis Gómez were traded by the Blue Jays to the Atlanta Braves for Barry Bonnell, Pat Rockett, and Joey McLaughlin.^[3]
December 10, 1979: Andre Robertson was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[4]
March 29, 1980: Rico Carty was released by the Blue Jays.^[5]
March 29, 1980: Steve Luebber was released by the Blue Jays.^[6]

Regular season

One of the highlights for the 1980 Blue Jays was the emergence of Dave Stieb as a quality starter. Also, on May 4, Otto Vélez hit four home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Cleveland Indians, including a walk-off shot in the first game.

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	59	.636	—	53‍–‍28	50‍–‍31
Baltimore Orioles	100	62	.617	3	50‍–‍31	50‍–‍31
Milwaukee Brewers	86	76	.531	17	40‍–‍42	46‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox	83	77	.519	19	36‍–‍45	47‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers	84	78	.519	19	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians	79	81	.494	23	44‍–‍35	35‍–‍46
Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	.414	36	35‍–‍46	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	10–2	6–6	6–7	10–3	6–6	7–6	10–2	7–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	9–3	6–4	7–6	8–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	3–10	9–3	7–5	5–7	7–6
California	2–10	3–9	—	3–10	4–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	2–10	3–10	11–2	11–2	3–9
Chicago	6–6	4–6	10–3	—	5–7	2–10	5–8	5–7	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–7	6–7–2	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	6–7	6–4	7–5	—	3–10	5–7	3–10	9–3	5–8	6–6	8–4	6–6	8–5
Detroit	3–10	5–8	7–5	10–2	10–3	—	2–10	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	10–2–1	4–8	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	10–2	—	6–6	5–8	8–4	6–7	7–6	10–3	9–3
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	6–6	7–5	10–3	6–7	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	5–8
Minnesota	2–10	6–6	6–7	8–5	3–9	6–6	8–5	5–7	—	4–8	6–7	7–6	9–3	7–5
New York	6–7	10–3	10–2	7–5	8–5	8–5	4–8	8–5	8–4	—	8–4	9–3	7–5	10–3
Oakland	5–7	3–9	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	4–8	—	8–5	7–6	8–4
Seattle	6–6	5–7	2–11	7–6	4–8	2–10–1	6–7	3–9	6–7	3–9	5–8	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	6–6	7–5	2–11	7–6–2	6–6	8–4	3–10	7–5	3–9	5–7	6–7	9–4	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	6–7	9–3	7–5	5–8	4–9	3–9	8–5	5–7	3–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Opening Day starters

Roster

1980 Toronto Blue Jays roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Bobby Mattick

Coaches

31 Bobby Doerr (Hitting)
28 John Felske (Bullpen)
14 Denis Menke (First Base)
41 Al Widmar (Pitching)
24 Jimy Williams (Third Base)

Game log

1980 Game Log 67–95 (Home 35–46, Away 32–49)

April 9–7 (Home 3–1, Away 6–6)

May 13–14 (Home 8–9, Away 5–5)

June 10–17 (Home 7–7, Away 3–10)

July 11–17 (Home 5–10, Away 6–7)

August 11–20 (Home 6–8, Away 5–12)

September 10–18 (Home 6–10, Away 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
130	September 1	@ Rangers	9–1	Medich (11–9)	McLaughlin (4–8)		8,224	54–76
131	September 2	@ Rangers	3–2	Jenkins (12–10)	Leal (1–4)		6,903	54–77
132	September 3	@ Rangers	4–2	Stieb (12–10)	Figueroa (3–9)		6,984	55–77
133	September 4	White Sox	3–2	Todd (3–1)	Farmer (6–8)		12,365	56–77
134	September 5	White Sox	3–0	Hoyt (7–2)	Clancy (13–11)		14,091	56–78
135	September 7	White Sox	3–1	McLaughlin (5–8)	Trout (8–13)	Barlow (3)		57–78
136	September 7	White Sox	7–6	Schrom (1–0)	Proly (3–9)	Barlow (4)	17,457	58–78
137	September 8	Yankees	7–4	John (20–7)	Stieb (12–11)	Gossage (25)	23,020	58–79
138	September 9	Yankees	6–4	Todd (4–1)	Perry (9–11)	Willis (1)	22,471	59–79
139	September 10	Yankees	7–6	Davis (6–3)	Clancy (13–12)	Gossage (26)	23,031	59–80
140	September 11	Orioles	6–1	Stone (23–6)	Mirabella (4–11)		14,025	59–81
141	September 12	Orioles	7–5	McLaughlin (6–8)	Flanagan (14–12)	Willis (2)	15,632	60–81
142	September 13	Orioles	6–4	McGregor (18–7)	Stieb (12–12)	Stoddard (22)	18,043	60–82
143	September 14	Orioles	4–3 (13)	Barlow (3–1)	Martínez (5–4)		19,117	61–82
144	September 16	@ Yankees	5–4	Guidry (14–10)	Clancy (13–13)	Gossage (28)	20,281	61–83
145	September 17	@ Yankees	8–7 (13) ‡	Underwood (13–9)	Kucek (3–7)		22,516	61–84
146	September 18	@ Yankees	2–1	Leal (2–4)	John (21–8)		20,129	62–84
147	September 19	@ Orioles	8–6 (12)	Martinez (3–3)	Willis (1–1)		12,706	62–85
148	September 20	@ Orioles	6–1	Stone (24–7)	Stieb (12–13)		16,269	62–86
149	September 21	@ Orioles	2–1	Flanagan (15–12)	Clancy (13–14)	Stoddard (24)	14,251	62–87
150	September 22	@ Tigers	6–5	Garvin (4–7)	Weaver (2–3)	Willis (3)	6,210	63–87
151	September 23	@ Tigers	9–7	Willis (2–1)	Rozema (6–9)	Kucek (1)	6,363	64–87
152	September 24	@ Tigers	9–8 (10)	Petry (10–9)	Kucek (3–8)		7,129	64–88
153	September 26	Red Sox	3–1	Eckersley (12–13)	Stieb (12–14)		15,187	64–89
154	September 27	Red Sox	4–3	Stanley (10–7)	Clancy (13–15)	Burgmeier (24)	21,533	64–90
155	September 28	Red Sox	7–3	Crawford (2–0)	McLaughlin (6–9)		32,042	64–91
156	September 29	Tigers	8–2	Weaver (3–3)	Mirabella (4–12)	López (21)	12,051	64–92
157	September 30	Tigers	5–3	Schatzeder (11–12)	Todd (4–2)		12,119	64–93

October 3–2 (Home 0–1, Away 3–1)

† Game suspended due to curfew after the 14th inning. Completed on August 29.
‡ Game suspended due to rain in the top of the 10th inning. Completed on September 18.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Ernie Whitt	106	295	23	70	12	2	.237	6	34	1
1B	John Mayberry	149	501	62	124	19	2	.248	30	82	0
2B	Dámaso Garcia	140	543	50	151	30	7	.278	4	46	13
3B	Roy Howell	142	528	51	142	28	9	.269	10	57	0
SS	Alfredo Griffin	155	653	63	166	26	15	.254	2	41	18
LF	Alvis Woods	109	373	54	112	18	2	.300	15	47	4
CF	Barry Bonnell	130	463	55	124	22	4	.268	13	56	3
RF	Lloyd Moseby	114	389	44	89	24	1	.229	9	46	4
DH	Otto Vélez	104	357	54	96	12	3	.269	20	62	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Bob Bailor	116	347	44	82	14	2	.236	1	16	12
Garth Iorg	80	222	24	55	10	1	.248	2	14	2
Bob Davis	91	218	18	47	11	0	.216	4	19	0
Rick Bosetti	53	188	24	40	7	1	.213	4	18	4
Doug Ault	64	144	12	28	5	1	.194	3	15	0
Danny Ainge	38	111	11	27	6	1	.243	0	4	3
Willie Upshaw	34	61	10	13	3	1	.213	1	5	1
Steve Braun	37	55	4	15	2	0	.273	1	9	0
Joe Cannon	70	50	16	4	0	0	.080	0	4	2
Paul Hodgson	20	41	5	9	0	1	.220	1	5	0
Domingo Ramos	5	16	0	2	0	0	.125	0	0	0
Mike Macha	5	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Pat Kelly	3	7	0	2	0	0	.286	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Jim Clancy	34	34	250.2	13	16	3.30	108	92	128	152
Dave Stieb	34	32	242.2	12	15	3.71	108	100	83	108
Paul Mirabella	33	22	130.2	5	12	4.34	73	63	66	53
Jackson Todd	12	12	85	5	2	4.02	40	38	30	44
Luis Leal	13	10	59.2	3	4	4.53	35	30	31	26
Dave Lemanczyk	10	8	43.1	2	5	5.40	29	26	15	10

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Joey McLaughlin	55	10	135.2	6	9	4	4.51	79	68	53	70
Jesse Jefferson	29	18	121.2	4	13	0	5.47	78	74	52	53
Jack Kucek	23	12	68	3	8	1	6.75	56	51	41	35

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Jerry Garvin	61	82.2	4	7	8	2.29	23	21	27	52
Mike Barlow	40	55	3	1	5	4.09	29	25	21	19
Tom Buskey	33	66.2	3	1	0	4.46	35	33	26	34
Balor Moore	31	64.2	1	1	1	5.29	43	38	31	22
Mike Willis	20	26.1	2	1	3	1.71	6	5	11	14
Ken Schrom	17	31	1	0	1	5.23	18	18	19	13
Bob Bailor	3	2.1	0	0	0	7.71	2	2	1	0

Awards and honors

Dave Stieb, Pitcher of the Month Award, April

All-Star Game

Dave Stieb^[7]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Harry Warner
AA	Knoxville Blue Jays	Southern League	Duane Larson
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Dennis Holmberg
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Jays	New York–Penn League	Larry Hardy
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	John McLaren

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Notes

^ Craig Kusick at Baseball Reference
^ Rick Cerone at Baseball Reference
^ Chris Chambliss at Baseball Reference
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberan01.shtml
^ Rico Carty at Baseball Reference
^ Steve Luebber at Baseball Reference
^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links

1980 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
1980 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac
Box Score and Play by Play of Tor vs. Cle, May 4, 1980, Game 1

[1] Craig Kusick at Baseball Reference

[2] Rick Cerone at Baseball Reference

[3] Chris Chambliss at Baseball Reference

[4] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberan01.shtml

[5] Rico Carty at Baseball Reference

[6] Steve Luebber at Baseball Reference

[7] Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History

[8] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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