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1980 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1980
image	St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	74–88 (.457)
divisional_place	4th
owners	August "Gussie" Busch
general_managers	John Claiborne, Whitey Herzog
managers	Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst
television	KSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly)
radio	KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)

Note

the Major League Baseball team

(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Dan Kelly) (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly) The 1980 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 99th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and the 89th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 74–88 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 17 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies.

The Cardinals played the season under four different managers, Ken Boyer (fired June 8 between games of a double-header against the Expos in Montreal), Jack Krol (the second game of the double-header that same day), Whitey Herzog (June 9 until he was hired as the team's general manager in late August, succeeding John Claiborne, who was fired earlier in August) and Red Schoendienst (from late August to end of season). After the season, Herzog reclaimed the managerial job.

This team set a record for the most Silver Slugger Award winners in one season: Keith Hernández (first base), Garry Templeton (shortstop), George Hendrick (outfielder), Ted Simmons (catcher), and Bob Forsch (pitcher). Hernández also won a Gold Glove.

Offseason

October 17, 1979: Mike Tyson was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Donnie Moore.
March 31, 1980: Will McEnaney was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Bobby Bonds
George Hendrick
Keith Hernandez
Ken Oberkfell
Ken Reitz
Tony Scott
Ted Simmons
Garry Templeton
Pete Vuckovich

Notable transactions

April 2, 1980: Roger Freed was released by the Cardinals.
April 7, 1980: Jeff Little was signed as a free agent with the Cardinals.
April 30, 1980: Pedro Borbón was signed as a free agent with the Cardinals.
April 30, 1980: Jim Kaat was purchased by the Cardinals from the New York Yankees.
May 9, 1980: Darold Knowles was released by the Cardinals.
May 27, 1980: Pedro Borbón was released by the Cardinals.
June 2, 1980: Jim Lentine was traded by the Cardinals to the Detroit Tigers for Al Greene and John Martin.
June 3, 1980: Dan Plesac was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.

Roster

1980 St. Louis Cardinals roster
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	Ted Simmons	145	495	150	.303	21	98
1B		159	595	191	.321	16	99
2B		116	422	128	.303	3	46
SS	Garry Templeton	118	504	161	.319	4	43
3B		151	523	141	.270	8	58
LF		86	231	47	.203	5	24
CF		143	415	104	.251	0	28
RF		150	572	173	.302	25	109

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
Leon Durham	96	303	82	.271	8	42
Dane Iorg	105	251	76	.303	3	36
Terry Kennedy	84	248	63	.254	4	34
Tom Herr	76	222	55	.248	0	15
	63	128	30	.234	0	7
Mike Ramsey	59	126	33	.262	0	8
Tito Landrum	35	77	19	.247	0	7
Keith Smith	24	31	4	.129	0	2
Steve Swisher	18	24	6	.250	0	2
	5	12	1	.083	0	0
Bernie Carbo	14	11	2	.182	0	0
Joe DeSa	7	11	3	.273	0	0
	9	10	1	.100	0	1

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
Pete Vuckovich	32	222.1	12	9	3.40	132
	31	214.2	11	10	3.77	87
	27	126.0	6	10	4.64	50
	25	119.2	5	10	4.81	39
	15	85.1	4	6	3.38	48
Al Olmsted	5	34.2	1	1	2.86	14
Andy Rincon	4	31.0	3	1	2.61	22

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
Jim Kaat	49	129.2	8	7	3.82	36
	33	82.1	4	6	3.39	35
Roy Thomas	24	55.0	2	3	4.75	22
John Martin	9	42.0	2	3	4.29	23
	7	18.2	1	1	3.86	17

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
	52	5	5	9	3.14	22
Jim Otten	31	0	5	0	5.53	38
John Urrea	30	4	1	3	3.48	36
Kim Seaman	26	3	2	4	3.42	10
	22	1	4	3	2.74	11
Mark Littell	14	0	2	2	3.86	17
	11	1	1	0	6.23	10
	10	1	0	1	3.79	4
Darold Knowles	2	0	1	0	10.80	1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Springfield, Arkansas

References

"Find articles".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tysonmi01.shtml Mike Tyson] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Will McEnaney Stats".
"1980 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freedro01.shtml Roger Freed] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/littlje01.shtml Jeff Little] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/borbope01.shtml Pedro Borbón] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaatji01.shtml Jim Kaat] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knowlda01.shtml Darold Knowles] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lentiji01.shtml Jim Lentine] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/plesada01.shtml Dan Plesac] at ''Baseball Reference''

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