1980_New_York_Yankees_season

1980 New York Yankees
1980 New York Yankees
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)

1980 New York Yankees season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	59	0.636	—	53–28	50–31
Baltimore Orioles	100	62	0.617	3	50–31	50–31
Milwaukee Brewers	86	76	0.531	17	40–42	46–34
Boston Red Sox	83	77	0.519	19	36–45	47–32
Detroit Tigers	84	78	0.519	19	43–38	41–40
Cleveland Indians	79	81	0.494	23	44–35	35–46
Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	0.414	36	35–46	32–49

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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Rick Cerone	147	519	144	.277	14	85
1B	Bob Watson	130	469	144	.307	13	68
2B	Willie Randolph	138	513	151	.294	7	46
3B	Graig Nettles	89	324	79	.244	16	45
SS	Bucky Dent	141	489	128	.262	5	52
LF	Lou Piniella	116	321	92	.287	2	27
CF	Bobby Brown	137	412	107	.260	14	47
RF	Reggie Jackson	143	514	154	.300	41	111
DH	Eric Soderholm	95	275	79	.287	11	35

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ruppert Jones	83	328	73	.223	9	42
Bobby Murcer	100	297	80	.269	13	57
Jim Spencer	97	259	61	.236	13	43
Oscar Gamble	78	194	54	.278	14	50
Aurelio Rodríguez	52	164	36	.220	3	14
Joe Lefebvre	74	150	34	.227	8	21
Fred Stanley	49	86	18	.209	0	5
Brian Doyle	34	75	13	.173	1	5
Dennis Werth	39	65	20	.308	3	12
Johnny Oates	39	64	12	.188	1	3
Ted Wilborn	8	8	2	.250	0	1
Roger Holt	2	6	1	.167	0	1
Marshall Brant	3	6	0	.000	0	0
Bruce Robinson	4	5	0	.000	0	0
Dennis Sherrill	3	4	1	.250	0	0
Brad Gulden	2	3	1	.333	1	2
Paul Blair	12	2	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tommy John	36	265+1⁄3	22	9	3.43	78
Ron Guidry	37	219+2⁄3	17	10	3.56	166
Tom Underwood	38	187	13	9	3.66	116
Rudy May	41	175+1⁄3	15	5	2.46	133
Luis Tiant	25	136+1⁄3	8	9	4.89	84

1980_New_York_Yankees_season

1980 New York Yankees season

Offseason

Spring training

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Game log

Regular season

Postseason Game log

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

ALCS

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Awards and honors

Farm system

Notes

References

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Figueroa	15	58	3	3	6.98	16
Mike Griffin	13	54	2	4	4.83	25
Gaylord Perry	10	50+2⁄3	4	4	4.44	28

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Goose Gossage	64	6	2	33	2.27	103
Ron Davis	53	9	3	7	2.95	65
Doug Bird	22	3	0	1	2.66	17
Tim Lollar	14	1	0	2	3.34	13
Jim Kaat	4	0	1	0	7.20	1

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)

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Joe Altobelli
AA	Nashville Sounds	Southern League	Stump Merrill
A	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	Florida State League	Doug Holmquist
A	Greensboro Hornets	South Atlantic League	Bob Schaefer
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Art Mazmanian
Rookie	Paintsville Yankees	Appalachian League	Mike Easom
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Carlos Tosca