1980 Boston Red Sox season

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1980 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston
Record83–77 (.519)
Divisional place4th
OwnersBuddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
PresidentJean Yawkey
General managerHaywood Sullivan
Managers
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Ken Harrelson)
RadioWITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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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 AL East Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 8 9 8 9 3rd 1+1⁄2 [5]
May 14 14 22 23 4th 6+1⁄2 [6]
June 16 10 38 33 5th 8+1⁄2 [7]
July 12 16 50 49 6th 12+1⁄2 [8]
August 20 7 70 56 3rd 6+1⁄2 [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

AL East
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

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

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League record

Sources:
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 —


Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

  2 Jerry Remy 2B
  7 Rick Burleson SS
19 Fred Lynn CF
14 Jim Rice LF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski     DH
  5 Tony Pérez 1B
  4 Butch Hobson 3B
24 Dwight Evans RF
15 Dave Rader C
43 Dennis Eckersley 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
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Managers

Coaches

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Rick Burleson 155 644 89 179 29 2 8 51 12 62 .278 .366
Tony Pérez 151 585 73 161 31 3 25 105 1 41 .275 .467
Jim Rice 124 504 81 148 22 6 24 86 8 30 .294 .504
Carlton Fisk 131 478 73 138 25 3 18 62 11 36 .289 .467
Dwight Evans 148 463 72 123 37 5 18 60 3 64 .266 .484
Dave Stapleton 106 449 61 144 33 5 7 45 3 13 .321 .463
Fred Lynn 110 415 67 125 32 3 12 61 12 58 .301 .480
Carl Yastrzemski 105 364 49 100 21 1 15 50 0 44 .275 .462
Butch Hobson 93 324 35 74 6 0 11 39 1 25 .228 .349
Glenn Hoffman 114 312 37 89 15 4 4 42 2 19 .285 .397
Jim Dwyer 93 260 41 74 11 1 9 38 3 28 .285 .438
Jerry Remy 63 230 24 72 7 2 0 9 14 10 .313 .361
Dave Rader 50 137 14 45 11 0 3 17 1 14 .328 .474
Garry Hancock 46 115 9 33 6 0 4 19 0 3 .287 .443
Gary Allenson 36 70 9 25 6 0 0 10 2 13 .357 .443
Chico Walker 19 57 3 12 0 0 1 5 3 6 .211 .263
Jack Brohamer 21 57 5 18 2 0 1 6 0 4 .316 .404
Reid Nichols 12 36 5 8 0 1 0 3 0 3 .222 .278
Rich Gedman 9 24 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .208 .208
Larry Wolfe 18 23 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 .130 .304
Ted Sizemore 9 23 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .261
Julio Valdez 8 19 4 5 1 0 1 4 2 0 .263 .474
Sam Bowen 7 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .154
Dick Drago 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Stan Papi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- .---
Team Totals 160 5603 757 1588 297 36 162 717 79 475 .283 .436

Source:

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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Mike Torrez 9 16 5.08 36 32 0 207.1 256 124 117 75 97
Dennis Eckersley 12 14 4.28 30 30 0 197.2 188 101 94 44 121
Bob Stanley 10 8 3.39 52 17 14 175.0 186 75 66 52 71
Steve Renko 9 9 4.19 32 23 0 165.1 180 86 77 56 90
Dick Drago 7 7 4.14 43 7 3 132.2 127 67 61 44 63
Tom Burgmeier 5 4 2.00 62 0 24 99.0 87 30 22 20 54
John Tudor 8 5 3.02 16 13 0 92.1 81 35 31 31 45
Chuck Rainey 8 3 4.86 16 13 0 87.0 92 49 47 41 43
Skip Lockwood 3 1 5.32 24 1 2 45.2 61 31 27 17 11
Keith MacWhorter 0 3 5.53 14 2 0 42.1 46 27 26 18 21
Bill Campbell 4 0 4.79 23 0 0 41.1 44 26 22 22 17
Win Remmerswaal 2 1 4.58 14 0 0 35.1 39 18 18 9 20
Steve Crawford 2 0 3.62 6 4 0 32.1 41 14 13 8 10
Bruce Hurst 2 2 9.10 12 7 0 30.2 39 33 31 16 16
Bob Ojeda 1 1 6.92 7 7 0 26.0 39 20 20 14 12
Jack Billingham 1 3 11.10 7 4 0 24.1 45 30 30 12 4
Luis Aponte 0 0 1.29 4 0 0 7.0 6 1 1 2 1
Team Totals 83 77 4.38 160 160 43 1441.1 1557 767 701 481 696

Source:

Statistical leaders

Fred Lynn
Category Player Statistic
Youngest player Rich Gedman 20
Oldest player Carl Yastrzemski 40
Wins Above Replacement Fred Lynn 4.7

Source:[17]

Batting

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
G Games played Rick Burleson 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 Dwight Evans 37
3B Triples Jim Rice 6
HR Home runs Tony Pérez 25
RBI Runs batted in Tony Pérez 105
SB Stolen bases Jerry Remy 14
CS Caught stealing Rick Burleson 13
BB Base on balls Dwight Evans 64
SO Strikeouts Dwight Evans 98
BA Batting average Jim Rice .294
OBP On-base percentage Fred Lynn .383
SLG Slugging percentage Jim Rice .504
OPS On-base plus slugging Fred Lynn .862
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Fred Lynn 130
TB Total bases Tony Pérez 273
GIDP Grounded into double play Tony Pérez 25
HBP Hit by pitch Carlton Fisk 13
SH Sacrifice hits Glenn Hoffman 9
SF Sacrifice flies Tony Pérez 8
IBB Intentional base on balls Tony Pérez 11

Source:[17]

Pitching

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
W Wins Dennis Eckersley 12
L Losses Mike Torrez 16
W-L % Winning percentage Chuck Rainey .727 (8–3)
ERA Earned run average Bob Stanley 3.39
G Games pitched Tom Burgmeier 62
GS Games started Mike Torrez 32
GF Games finished Tom Burgmeier 38
CG Complete games Dennis Eckersley 8
SHO Shutouts 3 tied 1
SV Saves Tom Burgmeier 24
IP Innings pitched Mike Torrez 207+1⁄3
SO Strikeouts Dennis Eckersley 121
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Dennis Eckersley 1.174

Source:[17]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Joe Morgan
AA Bristol Red Sox Eastern League Tony Torchia
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Buddy Hunter
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Rac Slider
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

Source:[18][19]

References

  1. ^ "Johnny Pesky". Retrosheet. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. ^ Tony Pérez at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Dave Rader at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ "The 1980 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Events of Wednesday, April 30, 1980".
  6. ^ "Events of Saturday, May 31, 1980".
  7. ^ "Events of Monday, June 30, 1980".
  8. ^ "Events of Thursday, July 31, 1980".
  9. ^ "Events of Sunday, August 31, 1980".
  10. ^ "Events of Tuesday, September 30, 1980".
  11. ^ "Events of Monday, October 6, 1980".
  12. ^ "Single-Season Leaders & Records for Double Plays Turned as SS". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  13. ^ Ted Sizemore at Baseball-Reference
  14. ^ Oil Can Boyd at Baseball-Reference
  15. ^ "Milwaukee Brewers 9, Boston Red Sox 5". Retrosheet. April 10, 1980. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  16. ^ Kuehl, Steve. "April 10, 1980: Sixto Lezcano belts grand slam for walk-off win on Opening Day". SABR. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  17. ^ a b c "1980 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 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. ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1980. p. 47. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.