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1980 Montreal Expos season

Field	Value
name	Montreal Expos
season	1980
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Olympic Stadium
city	Montreal
owners	Charles Bronfman
general_managers	John McHale
managers	Dick Williams
television	CBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
radio	CFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
divisional_place	2nd	record=90–72 (.556)

(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet) ||divisional_place=2nd|record=90–72 (.556)}}

The 1980 Montreal Expos season was the 12th season in franchise history. The Expos were tied with the division rival Philadelphia Phillies in the standings entering the final weekend of the season with a three-game series set between the two clubs at Olympic Stadium. On October 4, with the Phillies holding a one-game lead in the standings, and with the score tied at four heading to the tenth, Mike Schmidt hit a blast deep into the seats in left field to give the Phillies a 6–4 lead and ultimate win to clinch the National League East. This was the Expos closest shot at making the postseason at the time in their brief 12-year history.

Offseason

December 7, 1979: Dan Schatzeder was traded by the Expos to the Detroit Tigers for Ron LeFlore.
December 6, 1979: Rowland Office was signed as a free agent by the Expos.
January 11, 1980: Mike Sharperson was drafted by the Expos in the 2nd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.
March 15, 1980: Duffy Dyer was traded by the Expos to the Detroit Tigers for Jerry Manuel.
March 15, 1980: Joe Pettini was sent by the Expos to the San Francisco Giants to complete an earlier deal (John Tamargo was traded by the Giants to the Expos for a player to be named later and cash).
March 18, 1980: Jim Mason was released by the Expos.
March 31, 1980: Rusty Staub was traded by the Expos to the Texas Rangers for La Rue Washington and Chris Smith.

Spring training

In 1980, the Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, for the final time. It was their eighth season there. For spring training the following season, they would return to West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida, where they previously had trained from 1969 through 1972.

Regular season

On June 8, during a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Expos played against two different Cardinals managers: Ken Boyer, who was fired between games, and his replacement, Jack Krol.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Gary Carter
Warren Cromartie
Andre Dawson
Ron LeFlore
Larry Parrish
Scott Sanderson
Rodney Scott
Chris Speier
Ellis Valentine

Notable transactions

June 3, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball draft
- Drafted Terry Francona in the 1st round (22nd pick).
- Drafted Tom Gorman in the 4th round.
- Drafted Roy Johnson in the 5th round.
- Drafted Chris Sabo in the 30th round, but he did not sign.
August 11, 1980: Acquired John D'Acquisto and cash from the San Diego Padres in exchange for a player to be named later. Randy Bass went to the Padres on September 5 to complete the deal.
August 31, 1980: Traded Tony Phillips and cash to the San Diego Padres for Willie Montañez.

Roster

1980 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	154	549	76	145	.264	29	101	3
1B	162	597	74	172	.288	14	70	8
2B	154	567	84	127	.224	0	46	63
3B	126	452	55	115	.254	15	72	2
SS	128	388	35	103	.265	1	32	0
LF	139	521	95	134	.257	4	39	97
CF	151	577	96	178	.308	17	87	34
RF	86	311	40	98	.315	13	67	5

Other batters

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

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
116	292	36	78	.267	6	30	3
110	214	22	56	.262	7	23	8
82	183	26	41	.224	5	18	9
49	107	10	31	.290	1	8	0
21	60	1	18	.300	0	8	0
62	55	2	12	.218	0	5	0
37	51	4	14	.275	1	13	0
23	39	3	10	.256	0	5	0
18	38	2	10	.263	0	3	0
13	32	5	5	.156	0	2	0
15	20	5	1	.050	0	0	5
14	19	1	4	.211	0	1	0
5	11	1	2	.182	1	2	0
7	6	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Pitching

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
37	281.0	16	11	2.98	147
33	211.1	16	11	3.11	125
24	141.0	10	5	3.00	120
24	130.0	8	6	2.98	73
24	118.0	4	6	4.96	34
21	104.0	7	5	3.72	56
1	4.0	0	0	11.25	0

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
48	98.0	4	4	4.13	58
11	41.1	2	4	6.31	11
6	12.1	0	1	6.57	2

Relief pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
61	80.0	7	4	17	2.25	59
67	94.0	9	6	9	3.06	58
57	91.1	7	6	4	3.05	48
16	29.1	0	1	0	6.14	16
11	20.2	0	2	2	2.18	15
1	1.0	0	0	0	27.00	1

Awards and honors

Gary Carter, National League Gold Glove Award
Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove Award
Ron LeFlore, National League Stolen Base Leader, 97 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Gary Carter, reserve

Farm system

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lefloro01.shtml Ron LeFlore page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/officro01.shtml Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sharpmi01.shtml Mike Sharperson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/manueje01.shtml Jerry Manuel page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pettijo01.shtml Joe Pettini page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/masonji01.shtml Jim Mason page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/staubru01.shtml Rusty Staub page at Baseball Reference]
"1980 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francte01.shtml Terry Francona page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gormato01.shtml Tom Gorman page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsro04.shtml Roy Johnson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saboch01.shtml Chris Sabo page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/d'acqjo01.shtml John D'Acquisto page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phillto02.shtml Tony Phillips page at Baseball Reference]
"1980 Montreal Expos Statistics".
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac]
"1980 All-Star Game".

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