1980_Chicago_White_Sox_season

1980 Chicago White Sox
1980 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Bill Veeck
General managers	Roland Hemond
Managers	Tony La Russa
Television	WSNS; (Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall)
Radio	WBBM (AM); (Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Joe McConnell, Rich King)

1980 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1980 Major League Baseball season was the Chicago White Sox' 80th in Major League Baseball, and the team's 81st season overall. They finished with a record of 70–90, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 26 games behind the first-place Kansas City Royals.

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In 1979 and 1980, Bill Veeck made overtures to Denver interests. An agreement was reached to sell to Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., who pledged to keep the club in Chicago.^[1] His offer was turned down by the owners. Veeck was forced to sell to a different investment group.^[1]

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v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	97	65	0.599	—	49–32	48–33
Oakland Athletics	83	79	0.512	14	46–35	37–44
Minnesota Twins	77	84	0.478	19½	44–36	33–48
Texas Rangers	76	85	0.472	20½	39–41	37–44
Chicago White Sox	70	90	0.438	26	37–42	33–48
California Angels	65	95	0.406	31	30–51	35–44
Seattle Mariners	59	103	0.364	38	36–45	23–58

1980 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	10–2	6–6	6–7	10–3	6–6	7–6	10–2	7–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	9–3	6–4	7–6	8–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	3–10	9–3	7–5	5–7	7–6
California	2–10	3–9	—	3–10	4–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	2–10	3–10	11–2	11–2	3–9
Chicago	6–6	4–6	10–3	—	5–7	2–10	5–8	5–7	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–7	6–7–2	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	6–7	6–4	7–5	—	3–10	5–7	3–10	9–3	5–8	6–6	8–4	6–6	8–5
Detroit	3–10	5–8	7–5	10–2	10–3	—	2–10	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	10–2–1	4–8	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	10–2	—	6–6	5–8	8–4	6–7	7–6	10–3	9–3
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	6–6	7–5	10–3	6–7	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	5–8
Minnesota	2–10	6–6	6–7	8–5	3–9	6–6	8–5	5–7	—	4–8	6–7	7–6	9–3	7–5
New York	6–7	10–3	10–2	7–5	8–5	8–5	4–8	8–5	8–4	—	8–4	9–3	7–5	10–3
Oakland	5–7	3–9	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	4–8	—	8–5	7–6	8–4
Seattle	6–6	5–7	2–11	7–6	4–8	2–10–1	6–7	3–9	6–7	3–9	5–8	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	6–6	7–5	2–11	7–6–2	6–6	8–4	3–10	7–5	3–9	5–7	6–7	9–4	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	6–7	9–3	7–5	5–8	4–9	3–9	8–5	5–7	3–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Harold Baines, RF	141	491	55	125	23	6	13	49	19	65	.255	2
Alan Bannister, OF,3B	45	130	16	25	6	0	0	9	12	16	.192	5
Kevin Bell, 3B,DH	92	191	16	34	5	2	1	11	29	37	.178	0
Glenn Borgmann, C	32	87	10	19	2	0	2	14	14	9	.218	0
Thad Bosley, OF	70	147	12	33	2	0	2	14	10	27	.224	3
Harry Chappas, SS,DH	26	50	6	8	2	0	0	2	4	10	.160	0
Todd Cruz, SS	90	293	23	68	11	1	2	18	9	54	.232	2
Marv Foley, C	68	137	14	29	5	0	4	15	9	22	.212	0
Lamar Johnson, 1B,DH	147	541	51	150	26	3	13	81	47	53	.277	2
Randy Johnson, DH,LF	12	20	0	4	0	0	0	3	2	4	.200	0
Bruce Kimm, C	100	251	20	61	10	0	1	19	17	26	.243	1
Rusty Kuntz, OF	36	62	5	14	4	0	0	3	5	13	.226	1
Chet Lemon, CF,DH	147	514	76	150	32	6	11	51	71	56	.292	6
Minnie Miñoso, PH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bob Molinaro, LF,DH	119	344	48	100	16	4	5	36	26	29	.291	18
Junior Moore, 3B,DH	45	121	9	31	4	1	1	10	7	11	.256	0
Jim Morrison, 2B	162	604	66	171	40	0	15	57	36	74	.283	9
Fran Mullins, 3B	21	62	9	12	4	0	0	3	9	8	.194	0
Wayne Nordhagen, LF,RF,DH	123	415	45	115	22	4	15	59	10	45	.277	0
Ron Pruitt, OF,DH,C,3B	33	70	8	21	2	0	2	11	8	7	.300	0
Greg Pryor, SS,3B,2B	122	338	32	81	18	4	1	29	12	35	.240	2
Ricky Seilheimer, C	21	52	4	11	3	1	1	3	4	15	.212	1
Mike Squires, 1B	131	343	38	97	11	3	2	33	33	24	.283	8
Leo Sutherland, LF,CF	34	89	9	23	3	0	0	5	1	11	.258	4
Claudell Washington, LF,RF,DH	32	90	15	26	4	2	1	12	5	19	.289	4
Team Totals	162	5444	587	1408	255	38	91	547	399	670	.272	68

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Francisco Barrios	1	1	4.96	3	3	0	16.1	21	9	9	4	8	2
Ross Baumgarten	2	12	3.44	24	23	0	136.0	127	60	52	10	52	66
Britt Burns	15	13	2.84	34	32	0	238.0	213	83	75	17	65	133
Nardi Contreras	0	0	5.93	8	0	0	13.2	18	10	9	1	9	8
Richard Dotson	12	10	4.27	33	32	0	198.0	185	105	94	20	89	109
Ed Farmer	7	9	3.34	64	0	30	99.2	92	37	37	6	67	54
Guy Hoffman	1	0	2.63	23	1	1	37.2	38	12	11	1	19	24
LaMarr Hoyt	9	3	4.57	24	13	0	112.1	123	66	57	8	44	55
Ken Kravec	3	6	6.94	20	15	0	81.2	100	71	63	13	47	37
Mike Proly	5	10	3.07	62	3	8	146.2	136	67	50	7	67	56
Dewey Robinson	1	1	3.09	15	0	0	35.0	26	13	12	2	16	28
Randy Scarbery	1	2	4.08	15	0	2	28.2	24	14	13	1	7	18
Steve Trout	9	16	3.70	32	30	0	199.2	229	102	82	14	54	89
Rich Wortham	4	7	5.97	41	10	1	92.0	102	73	61	4	63	45
Team Totals	70	90	3.92	162	162	42	1435.1	1434	722	625	108	607	724

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Oaks	American Association	Pete Ward and Sam Ewing
AA	Glens Falls White Sox	Eastern League	Mike Pazik
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Gordon Lund
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Duane Shaffer

1980_Chicago_White_Sox_season

1980 Chicago White Sox season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

Farm system

Notes

References

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