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1980 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1980
misc	American League East champions
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City
owners	George Steinbrenner
general_managers	Gene Michael
managers	Dick Howser
television	WPIX
SportsChannel NY
(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
radio	WINS (AM)
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Fran Healy)

SportsChannel NY (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White) (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Fran Healy) |}} The 1980 New York Yankees season was the 78th season for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 103–59, finishing in first place in the American League East, 3 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The Kansas City Royals swept the Yankees in the ALCS. New York was managed by Dick Howser. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

November 1, 1979: Chris Chambliss, Dámaso García, and Paul Mirabella were traded by the Yankees to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn.
November 1, 1979: Jim Beattie, Rick Anderson, Juan Beníquez, and Jerry Narron were traded by the Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for Ruppert Jones and Jim Lewis.
November 8, 1979: Bob Watson was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
November 8, 1979: Rudy May was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
November 14, 1979: The Yankees traded players to be named later and cash to the Texas Rangers for Eric Soderholm. The Yankees sent Amos Lewis (minors) and Ricky Burdette (minors) to the Rangers on December 13 to complete the trade.
December 10, 1979: Andre Robertson was purchased by the Yankees from the Toronto Blue Jays.

Spring training

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

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

April 1, 1980: Jim Kaat was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
April 4, 1980: Johnny Oates was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
April 30, 1980: Jim Kaat was purchased from the Yankees by the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 28, 1980: Paul Blair was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
July 1, 1980: Paul Blair was released by the Yankees.
August 1, 1980: José Rijo was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent.
August 14, 1980: Ken Clay and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Gaylord Perry. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Marvin Thompson (minors) to the Rangers on October 1.

Roster

1980 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

Regular season

|-style=background:#fbb | 1 || April 10 || 8:35 p.m. EST || @ Rangers || 0–1 (12) || Lyle (1–0) || Underwood (0–1) || || 2:39 || 33,196 || 0–1 || L1 || -1 |-style=background:#fbb | 2 || April 11 || 8:35 p.m. EST || @ Rangers || 7–11 || Jenkins (1–0) || Davis (0–1) || Rajsich (1) || 2:18 || 21,424 || 0–2 || L2 || -1½ |-style=background:#bbb | – || April 12 || – || @ Rangers || colspan=9| Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 13 |-style=background:#bfb | 3 || April 13 (1) || 4:35 p.m. EST || @ Rangers || 9–4 || Tiant (1–0) || Comer (0–1) || || 2:39 || – || 1–2 || W1 || -½

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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Yankees team member

Postseason Game log

|- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend: = Win = Loss Bold = Yankees team member

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league 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

Bold indicates American League All-Star.

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		147	519	144	.277	14	85
1B		130	469	144	.307	13	68
2B	****	138	513	151	.294	7	46
3B	****	89	324	79	.244	16	45
SS	****	141	489	128	.262	5	52
LF		116	321	92	.287	2	27
CF		137	412	107	.260	14	47
RF	****	143	514	154	.300	41	111
DH		95	275	79	.287	11	35

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
83	328	73	.223	9	42
100	297	80	.269	13	57
97	259	61	.236	13	43
78	194	54	.278	14	50
52	164	36	.220	3	14
74	150	34	.227	8	21
49	86	18	.209	0	5
34	75	13	.173	1	5
39	65	20	.308	3	12
39	64	12	.188	1	3
8	8	2	.250	0	1
2	6	1	.167	0	1
3	6	0	.000	0	0
4	5	0	.000	0	0
3	4	1	.250	0	0
2	3	1	.333	1	2
12	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Bold indicates American League All-Star.

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
****	36		22	9	3.43	78
	37		17	10	3.56	166
	38	187	13	9	3.66	116
	41		15	5	2.46	133
	25		8	9	4.89	84

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
15	58	3	3	6.98	16
13	54	2	4	4.83	25
10		4	4	4.44	28

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	6	2	33	2.27	103
53	9	3	7	2.95	65
22	3	0	1	2.66	17
14	1	0	2	3.34	13
4	0	1	0	7.20	1

ALCS

Main article: 1980 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 8 Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	1
Kansas City	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	X	7	10	0
W: Larry Gura (1–0) L: Ron Guidry (0–1)
HRs: NYY – Rick Cerone (1) Lou Piniella (1) KCR – George Brett (1)

Game 2

October 9 Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Kansas City	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
W: Dennis Leonard (1–0) L: Rudy May (0–1) S: Dan Quisenberry (1)
HRs: NYY – Graig Nettles

Game 3

October 10 Yankee Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	12	1
New York	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	0
W: Dan Quisenberry (1–0) L: Rich Gossage (0–1)
HRs: KCR – George Brett (2) Frank White (1)

Awards and honors

Bucky Dent, Goose Gossage, Reggie Jackson, Tommy John, Graig Nettles and Willie Randolph represented the Yankees at the 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Randolph earned the inaugural Silver Slugger Award at second base.

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Greensboro, Oneonta, Paintsville

Notes

References

1980 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
1980 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/ceronri01.shtml Rick Cerone] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beattji01.shtml Jim Beattie] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/watsobo01.shtml Bob Watson] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayru01.shtml Rudy May] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soderer01.shtml Eric Soderholm] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberan01.shtml Andre Robertson] at ''Baseball Reference''
Associated Press. (March 17, 1980). "Big Crowds see Baseball at Superdome". [[Toledo Blade]].
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaatji01.shtml Jim Kaat] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oatesjo01.shtml Johnny Oates] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blairpa01.shtml Paul Blair] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rijojo01.shtml José Rijo] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry] at ''Baseball Reference''

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	1
Kansas City	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	X	7	10	0
W: Larry Gura (1–0) L: Ron Guidry (0–1)
HRs: NYY – Rick Cerone (1) Lou Piniella (1) KCR – George Brett (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Kansas City	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
W: Dennis Leonard (1–0) L: Rudy May (0–1) S: Dan Quisenberry (1)
HRs: NYY – Graig Nettles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	12	1
New York	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	0
W: Dan Quisenberry (1–0) L: Rich Gossage (0–1)
HRs: KCR – George Brett (2) Frank White (1)