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1980 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	California Angels
season	1980
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
city	Anaheim, California
owners	Gene Autry
general_managers	Buzzie Bavasi
managers	Jim Fregosi
television	KTLA
(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Steve Shannon)
radio	KMPC
(Steve Bailey, Bob Starr, Steve Shannon)

(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Steve Shannon) (Steve Bailey, Bob Starr, Steve Shannon) |}}

The 1980 California Angels season was the 20th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 15th in Anaheim, and their 15th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium.

The Angels finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 95 losses.

Offseason

November 16, 1979: Bruce Kison was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
December 6, 1979: The Angels traded Willie Aikens and Rance Mulliniks to the Kansas City Royals, in exchange for Al Cowens, Todd Cruz, and a player to be named later.
January 11, 1980: Kevin Romine was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
March 30, 1980: Danny Boone was released by the Angels.
April 1, 1980: The Angels received Craig Eaton from the Royals, completing the trade of December 6.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Don Baylor
Rod Carew
Al Cowens
Brian Downing
Dan Ford
Dave Frost
Bobby Grich
Carney Lansford
Freddie Patek
Joe Rudi

Notable transactions

May 13, 1980: Dave Skaggs was purchased by the Angels from the Baltimore Orioles.
May 27, 1980: Al Cowens was traded by the Angels to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jason Thompson
June 3, 1980: Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.
June 12, 1980: Todd Cruz was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Randy Scarbery.
June 24, 1980: Merv Rettenmund was released by the Angels.

Roster

1980 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Tom Donohue	84	218	41	.188	2	14
1B	Rod Carew	144	540	179	.331	3	59
2B	Bobby Grich	150	498	135	.271	14	62
SS	Freddie Patek	86	273	72	.264	5	34
3B	Carney Lansford	151	602	157	.261	15	80
LF	Joe Rudi	104	372	88	.237	16	53
CF	Rick Miller	129	412	113	.274	2	38
RF	Larry Harlow	109	301	83	.276	4	27
DH		102	312	99	.317	17	70

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Don Baylor	90	340	85	.250	5	51
Dickie Thon	80	267	68	.255	0	15
Bobby Clark	78	261	60	.230	5	23
Dan Ford	65	226	63	.279	7	26
Bert Campaneris	77	210	53	.252	2	18
Al Cowens	34	119	27	.227	1	17
Brian Downing	30	93	27	.290	2	25
	48	87	21	.241	0	7
	24	66	13	.197	1	9
Gil Kubski	22	63	16	.254	0	6
Stan Cliburn	54	56	10	.179	2	6
Ralph Garr	21	42	8	.190	0	3
John Harris	19	41	12	.293	2	7
	18	40	11	.275	1	5
	3	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

Starting 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
Frank Tanana	32	204.0	11	12	4.15	113
	30	149.1	7	9	4.52	57
Dave Frost	15	78.1	4	8	5.29	28
	13	73.1	3	6	4.91	28
	6	26.1	0	3	5.81	12
Jim Dorsey	4	15.2	1	2	9.19	8

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
	40	175.0	8	13	4.06	74
Dave LaRoche	52	128.0	3	5	4.08	89
Chris Knapp	32	117.1	2	11	6.14	46
	24	68.0	1	4	5.56	22
Ed Halicki	10	35.1	3	1	4.84	16
Bob Ferris	5	15.1	0	2	5.87	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Andy Hassler	41	5	1	10	2.49	75
Mark Clear	58	11	11	9	3.30	105
	37	4	2	3	5.13	22
Dave Lemanczyk	21	2	4	0	4.32	19
Dave Schuler	8	0	1	0	3.55	7

Farm system

Notes

References

1980 California Angels team at Baseball Reference
1980 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kisonbr01.shtml Bruce Kison] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cowenal01.shtml Al Cowens] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rominke01.shtml Kevin Romine] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/booneda02.shtml Danny Boone] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1980 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/skaggda01.shtml Dave Skaggs] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moonebi01.shtml Bill Mooneyham] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cruzto02.shtml Todd Cruz] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/retteme01.shtml Merv Rettenmund] at ''Baseball Reference''

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