1980 Baltimore Orioles season

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The 1980 Baltimore Orioles season was the franchise's 27th season in Baltimore. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 100 wins and 62 losses. This was the last season the Orioles would win 100+ games until 2023.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkMemorial Stadium
Record100–62 (.617)
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
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1980 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record100–62 (.617)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
General managersHank Peters
ManagersEarl Weaver
TelevisionWMAR-TV
RadioWFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Tom Marr)
← 1979
1981 →
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Offseason

Spring training

The Orioles played two spring training exhibition games at the Louisiana Superdome against the New York Yankees over the weekend of March 15 and 16, 1980. 45,152 spectators watched the Yankees beat the Orioles 9 to 3 on March 15, 1980. The following day, 43,339 fans saw Floyd Rayford lead the Orioles to a 7 to 1 win over the Yankees.[2]

Regular season

During the season, Steve Stone became the last pitcher to win at least 25 games for the Orioles in the 20th century.[3]

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 .636 — 53‍–‍28 50‍–‍31
Baltimore Orioles 10062 .617 3 50‍–‍31 50‍–‍31
Milwaukee Brewers 8676 .531 17 40‍–‍42 46‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox 8377 .519 19 36‍–‍45 47‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 8478 .519 19 43‍–‍38 41‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians 7981 .494 23 44‍–‍35 35‍–‍46
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 .414 36 35‍–‍46 32‍–‍49
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Record vs. opponents

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1980 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–510–26–66–710–36–67–610–27–67–56–66–611–2
Boston 5–8—9–36–47–68–55–76–76–63–109–37–55–77–6
California 2–103–9—3–104–65–75–86–67–62–103–1011–211–23–9
Chicago 6–64–610–3—5–72–105–85–75–85–76–76–76–7–25–7
Cleveland 7–66–76–47–5—3–105–73–109–35–86–68–46–68–5
Detroit 3–105–87–510–210–3—2–107–66–65–86–610–2–14–89–4
Kansas City 6–67–58–58–57–510–2—6–65–88–46–77–610–39–3
Milwaukee 6–77–66–67–510–36–76–6—7–55–87–59–35–75–8
Minnesota 2–106–66–78–53–96–68–55–7—4–86–77–69–37–5
New York 6–710–310–27–58–58–54–88–58–4—8–49–37–510–3
Oakland 5–73–910–37–66–66–67–65–77–64–8—8–57–68–4
Seattle 6–65–72–117–64–82–10–16–73–96–73–95–8—4–96–6
Texas 6–67–52–117–6–26–68–43–107–53–95–76–79–4—7–5
Toronto 2–116–79–37–55–84–93–98–55–73–104–86–65–7—
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Notable transactions

Roster

1980 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRick Dempsey11936295.262940
1BEddie Murray158621186.30032116
2BRich Dauer152557158.284263
SSMark Belanger11326861.228022
3BDoug DeCinces145489122.2491664
LFGary Roenicke11829771.2391028
CFAl Bumbry160645205.318953
RFKen Singleton156583177.30424104
DHTerry Crowley9223367.2881250
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Other batters

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

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Kiko Garcia11131162.199127
Dan Graham8626674.2781554
Lee May7822254.243731
Pat Kelly8920052.260326
John Lowenstein10419661.311427
Benny Ayala7617045.2651033
Lenn Sakata438316.19319
Mark Corey363610.27812
Floyd Rayford8184.22201
Wayne Krenchicki9142.14300
Drungo Hazewood650.00000
Dave Skaggs251.20000
Bobby Bonner440.00001
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Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott McGregor36252.02083.32119
Mike Flanagan37251.116134.12128
Steve Stone37250.22573.23149
Jim Palmer34224.016103.98109
Mike Boddicker17.1016.144
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Other pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dennis Martínez2599.2643.9742
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Relief pitchers

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

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tim Stoddard6453262.5164
Tippy Martinez5344103.0168
Sammy Stewart337733.5678
Dave Ford251314.2622
Paul Hartzell60206.625
Joe Kerrigan10003.861
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Doc Edwards
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Jimmy Williams
A Miami Orioles Florida State League Lance Nichols
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Grady Little
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

Notes

References

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