1980 California Angels season

1980 California Angels
1980 California Angels
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961) West Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Anaheim Stadium (since 1966); Anaheim, California (since 1966);
Other information
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Buzzie Bavasi
Managers	Jim Fregosi
Local television	KTLA; (Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Steve Shannon)
Local radio	KMPC; (Steve Bailey, Bob Starr, Steve Shannon)
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The 1980 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 6th in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 95 losses.

Offseason

November 16, 1979: Bruce Kison was signed as a free agent by the Angels.[1]
December 6, 1979: The Angels traded Willie Aikens and Rance Mulliniks to the Kansas City Royals, in exchange for Al Cowens, Todd Cruz, and a player to be named later.[2]
January 11, 1980: Kevin Romine was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[3]
March 30, 1980: Danny Boone was released by the Angels.[4]
April 1, 1980: The Angels received Craig Eaton from the Royals, completing the trade of December 6.

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 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	—

May 13, 1980: Dave Skaggs was purchased by the Angels from the Baltimore Orioles.[6]
May 27, 1980: Al Cowens was traded by the Angels to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jason Thompson[2]
June 3, 1980: Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.[7]
June 12, 1980: Todd Cruz was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Randy Scarbery.[8]
June 24, 1980: Merv Rettenmund was released by the Angels.[9]

1980 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	Tom Donohue	84	218	41	.188	2	14
1B	Rod Carew	144	540	179	.331	3	59
2B	Bobby Grich	150	498	135	.271	14	62
SS	Freddie Patek	86	273	72	.264	5	34
3B	Carney Lansford	151	602	157	.261	15	80
LF	Joe Rudi	104	372	88	.237	16	53
CF	Rick Miller	129	412	113	.274	2	38
RF	Larry Harlow	109	301	83	.276	4	27
DH	Jason Thompson	102	312	99	.317	17	70

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
Don Baylor	90	340	85	.250	5	51
Dickie Thon	80	267	68	.255	0	15
Bobby Clark	78	261	60	.230	5	23
Dan Ford	65	226	63	.279	7	26
Bert Campaneris	77	210	53	.252	2	18
Al Cowens	34	119	27	.227	1	17
Brian Downing	30	93	27	.290	2	25
Dan Whitmer	48	87	21	.241	0	7
Dave Skaggs	24	66	13	.197	1	9
Gil Kubski	22	63	16	.254	0	6
Stan Cliburn	54	56	10	.179	2	6
Ralph Garr	21	42	8	.190	0	3
John Harris	19	41	12	.293	2	7
Todd Cruz	18	40	11	.275	1	5
Merv Rettenmund	3	4	1	.250	0	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Frank Tanana	32	204.0	11	12	4.15	113
Alfredo Martínez	30	149.1	7	9	4.52	57
Dave Frost	15	78.1	4	8	5.29	28
Bruce Kison	13	73.1	3	6	4.91	28
Ralph Botting	6	26.1	0	3	5.81	12
Jim Dorsey	4	15.2	1	2	9.19	8

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Don Aase	40	175.0	8	13	4.06	74
Dave LaRoche	52	128.0	3	5	4.08	89
Chris Knapp	32	117.1	2	11	6.14	46
Jim Barr	24	68.0	1	4	5.56	22
Ed Halicki	10	35.1	3	1	4.84	16
Bob Ferris	5	15.1	0	2	5.87	4

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Andy Hassler	41	5	1	10	2.49	75
Mark Clear	58	11	11	9	3.30	105
John Montague	37	4	2	3	5.13	22
Dave Lemanczyk	21	2	4	0	4.32	19
Dave Schuler	8	0	1	0	3.55	7

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake City Gulls	Pacific Coast League	Moose Stubing
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Jim Saul
A	Salinas Packers	California League	Tom Zimmer
Rookie	Idaho Falls Angels	Pioneer League	Reuben Rodriguez

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.
1980 California Angels team at Baseball Reference
1980 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

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