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1980 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Baltimore Orioles
season	1980
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Memorial Stadium
city	Baltimore, Maryland
record	100–62 (.617)
divisional_place	2nd
owners	Edward Bennett Williams
general_managers	Hank Peters
managers	Earl Weaver
television	WMAR-TV
radio	WFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Tom Marr)

(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Tom Marr) |}}

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.

Offseason

December 6, 1979: John Flinn was traded by the Orioles to the Milwaukee Brewers for Lenn Sakata.

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.

Regular season

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 3, 1980: Billy Smith was released by the Orioles.
April 5, 1980: Steve Luebber was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
April 21, 1980: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
May 13, 1980: Dave Skaggs was purchased from the Orioles by the California Angels.
June 3, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball draft
- Carl Nichols was drafted by the Orioles in the 4th round.
- Mark Brown was drafted by the Orioles in the 6th round.
- Ricky Jones was drafted by the Orioles in the 15th round.

Roster

1980 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	119	362	95	.262	9	40
1B	158	621	186	.300	32	116
2B	152	557	158	.284	2	63
SS	113	268	61	.228	0	22
3B	145	489	122	.249	16	64
LF	118	297	71	.239	10	28
CF	160	645	205	.318	9	53
RF	156	583	177	.304	24	104
DH	92	233	67	.288	12	50

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
111	311	62	.199	1	27
86	266	74	.278	15	54
78	222	54	.243	7	31
89	200	52	.260	3	26
104	196	61	.311	4	27
76	170	45	.265	10	33
43	83	16	.193	1	9
36	36	10	.278	1	2
8	18	4	.222	0	1
9	14	2	.143	0	0
6	5	0	.000	0	0
2	5	1	.200	0	0
4	4	0	.000	0	1

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

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
36	252.0	20	8	3.32	119
37	251.1	16	13	4.12	128
37	250.2	25	7	3.23	149
34	224.0	16	10	3.98	109
1	7.1	0	1	6.14	4

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	25	99.2	6	4	3.97	42

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
64	5	3	26	2.51	64
53	4	4	10	3.01	68
33	7	7	3	3.56	78
25	1	3	1	4.26	22
6	0	2	0	6.62	5
1	0	0	0	3.86	1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/flinnjo01.shtml John Flinn page at Baseball Reference]
Associated Press. (March 17, 1980). "Big Crowds see Baseball at Superdome". [[Toledo Blade]].
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithbi05.shtml Billy Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/luebbst01.shtml Steve Luebber page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hartzpa01.shtml Paul Hartzell page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/skaggda01.shtml Dave Skaggs page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nichoca01.shtml Carl Nichols page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownma02.shtml Mark Brown page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesri02.shtml Ricky Jones page at Baseball-Reference]

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