1980 Boston Red Sox season

The 1980 Boston Red Sox season was the 80th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 77 losses, 19 games behind the New York Yankees. Manager Don Zimmer was fired with five games left, and Johnny Pesky finished the season as manager.[1]

1980 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–77 (.519)
Divisional place4th (19 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
General manager(s)Haywood Sullivan
Manager(s)
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Ken Harrelson)
Local radioWITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season
Record by month[4]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April89893rd​1 1⁄2[5]
May141422234th​6 1⁄2[6]
June161038335th​8 1⁄2[7]
July121650496th​12 1⁄2[8]
August20770563rd​6 1⁄2[9]
September121782733rd16[10]
October1483774th19[11]

Fred Lynn had a .301 batting average, with 12 home runs and 61 RBIs. Jim Rice hit .294, with 24 homers and 86 RBIs. On the pitching staff, Mike Torrez was 9–16 and Dennis Eckersley was 12–14. Rick Burleson set an MLB single-season record for double plays turned as a shortstop, 147, which still stands.[12]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 0.636 — 53–28 50–31
Baltimore Orioles 10062 0.617 3 50–31 50–31
Milwaukee Brewers 8676 0.531 17 40–42 46–34
Boston Red Sox 8377 0.519 19 36–45 47–32
Detroit Tigers 8478 0.519 19 43–38 41–40
Cleveland Indians 7981 0.494 23 44–35 35–46
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 36 35–46 32–49

Boston's record of 83–77 has a fractionally better winning percentage that Detroit's record of 84–78; .51875 and .51851, respectively.

Record vs. opponents
1980 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–510–26–66–710–36–67–610–27–67–56–66–611–2
Boston 5–8—9–36–47–68–55–76–76–63–109–37–55–77–6
California 2–103–9—3–104–65–75–86–67–62–103–1011–211–23–9
Chicago 6–64–610–3—5–72–105–85–75–85–76–76–76–7–25–7
Cleveland 7–66–76–47–5—3–105–73–109–35–86–68–46–68–5
Detroit 3–105–87–510–210–3—2–107–66–65–86–610–2–14–89–4
Kansas City 6–67–58–58–57–510–2—6–65–88–46–77–610–39–3
Milwaukee 6–77–66–67–510–36–76–6—7–55–87–59–35–75–8
Minnesota 2–106–66–78–53–96–68–55–7—4–86–77–69–37–5
New York 6–710–310–27–58–58–54–88–58–4—8–49–37–510–3
Oakland 5–73–910–37–66–66–67–65–77–64–8—8–57–68–4
Seattle 6–65–72–117–64–82–10–16–73–96–73–95–8—4–96–6
Texas 6–67–52–117–6–26–68–43–107–53–95–76–79–4—7–5
Toronto 2–116–79–37–55–84–93–98–55–73–104–86–65–7—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup
  2Jerry Remy2B
  7Rick BurlesonSS
19Fred LynnCF
14Jim RiceLF
  8Carl Yastrzemski    DH
  5Tony Pérez1B
  4Butch Hobson3B
24Dwight EvansRF
15Dave RaderC
43Dennis EckersleyP

Source:[15]

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Red Sox on Opening Day, 9–5, via a walk-off grand slam by Sixto Lezcano.[16]

Roster
1980 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Managers

Coaches

Statistical leaders
Fred Lynn
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest playerRich Gedman20
Oldest playerCarl Yastrzemski40
Wins Above ReplacementFred Lynn4.7

Source:[17]

Batting
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
GGames playedRick Burleson155
PAPlate appearancesRick Burleson718
ABAt batsRick Burleson644
RRuns scoredRick Burleson89
HHitsRick Burleson179
2BDoublesDwight Evans37
3BTriplesJim Rice6
HRHome runsTony Pérez25
RBIRuns batted inTony Pérez105
SBStolen basesJerry Remy14
CSCaught stealingRick Burleson13
BBBase on ballsDwight Evans64
SOStrikeoutsDwight Evans98
BABatting averageDave Stapleton.321
OBPOn-base percentageFred Lynn.383
SLGSlugging percentageJim Rice.504
OPSOn-base plus sluggingFred Lynn.862
OPS+Adjusted OPSFred Lynn130
TBTotal basesTony Pérez273
GIDPGrounded into double playTony Pérez25
HBPHit by pitchCarlton Fisk13
SHSacrifice hitsGlenn Hoffman9
SFSacrifice fliesTony Pérez8
IBBIntentional base on ballsTony Pérez11

Source:[17]

Pitching
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
WWinsDennis Eckersley12
LLossesMike Torrez16
W-L %Winning percentageChuck Rainey.727 (8–3)
ERAEarned run averageTom Burgmeier2.00
GGames pitchedTom Burgmeier62
GSGames startedMike Torrez32
GFGames finishedTom Burgmeier38
CGComplete gamesDennis Eckersley8
SHOShutouts3 tied1
SVSavesTom Burgmeier24
IPInnings pitchedMike Torrez​207 1⁄3
SOStrikeoutsDennis Eckersley121
WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitchedTom Burgmeier1.081

Source:[17]

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Joe Morgan
AA Bristol Red Sox Eastern League Tony Torchia
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Buddy Hunter
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Rac Slider
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

Source:[18]

References
  1. "Johnny Pesky". Retrosheet. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. Tony Pérez at Baseball-Reference
  3. Dave Rader at Baseball-Reference
  4. "The 1980 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/04301980.htm
  6. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/05311980.htm
  7. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/06301980.htm
  8. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/07311980.htm
  9. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/08311980.htm
  10. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/09301980.htm
  11. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/10061980.htm
  12. "Single-Season Leaders & Records for Double Plays Turned as SS". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  13. Ted Sizemore at Baseball-Reference
  14. Oil Can Boyd at Baseball-Reference
  15. "Milwaukee Brewers 9, Boston Red Sox 5". Retrosheet. April 10, 1980. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  16. Kuehl, Steve. "April 10, 1980: Sixto Lezcano belts grand slam for walk-off win on Opening Day". SABR. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  17. "1980 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  18. Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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