Los Angeles Dodgers | |
Season: | 1980 |
League: | National League |
Division: | West |
Ballpark: | Dodger Stadium |
City: | Los Angeles |
Owners: | Peter O'Malley |
General Managers: | Al Campanis |
Managers: | Tommy Lasorda |
Television: | KTTV (11) Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter ONTV Geoff Witcher, Al Downing |
Radio: | KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos |
The 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West, one game behind the Houston Astros. After the 162-game regular season, the Dodgers and Astros were tied in first place in the Western Division. The two teams faced off in a 1-game playoff on October 6, 1980 at Dodger Stadium, which the Astros won 7–1 behind a complete-game victory by pitcher Joe Niekro.[1] Don Sutton set a Dodger record with his 52nd career shutout this season and the Dodgers also hosted the All-Star game for the first time.
With the Dodgers joining the cable television trend, games began to be aired on regional cable channel ONTV in the greater Los Angeles area and as a result the TV broadcasting team was expanded. Vin Scully remained the FTA lead broadcaster, with the cable broadcasting team being composed by Geoff Witcher and former Dodger Al Downing.
Name | Position |
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Second baseman | |
Center fielder | |
Reggie Smith | Right fielder |
First baseman | |
Left fielder | |
Third baseman | |
Shortstop | |
Steve Yeager | Catcher |
Starting pitcher | |
1980 Los Angeles Dodgers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | Outfielders | ManagerCoaches |
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 | |
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C | 96 | 227 | 48 | .211 | 2 | 20 | ||
1B | 163 | 658 | 200 | .304 | 26 | 106 | ||
2B | 141 | 553 | 139 | .251 | 10 | 49 | ||
SS | 130 | 466 | 123 | .264 | 3 | 34 | ||
3B | 157 | 551 | 140 | .254 | 28 | 77 | ||
LF | 153 | 579 | 170 | .294 | 29 | 97 | ||
CF | 128 | 388 | 101 | .260 | 1 | 23 | ||
RF | 92 | 311 | 100 | .322 | 15 | 55 |
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 | |
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117 | 297 | 79 | .266 | 1 | 22 | ||
109 | 251 | 77 | .307 | 2 | 20 | ||
96 | 194 | 52 | .268 | 10 | 25 | ||
75 | 183 | 59 | .322 | 7 | 31 | ||
77 | 172 | 41 | .238 | 9 | 29 | ||
54 | 134 | 34 | .254 | 1 | 8 | ||
80 | 111 | 24 | .216 | 1 | 12 | ||
57 | 84 | 19 | .226 | 1 | 5 | ||
14 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 2 | ||
14 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 2 | ||
7 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 | |
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37 | 229.1 | 18 | 6 | 2.51 | 111 | ||
32 | 213.2 | 14 | 9 | 3.29 | 141 | ||
32 | 212.1 | 13 | 5 | 2.20 | 128 | ||
34 | 206.2 | 14 | 8 | 3.66 | 118 | ||
35 | 171.1 | 7 | 11 | 4.31 | 91 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | |
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59 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 2.66 | 39 | ||
61 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2.75 | 60 | ||
38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.96 | 40 | ||
21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5.04 | 5 | ||
19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.57 | 25 | ||
10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 16 | ||
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 | 2 |
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Bold = Dodgers team member
Teams in BOLD won League Championships
See main article: 1980 Major League Baseball Draft.
The Dodgers drafted 36 players in the June draft and 16 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. The Dodgers did not have picks in rounds 2-4 this season as those picks were awarded to other teams as compensation for their signing of free agents.
The first round pick in the June draft was shortstop Ross Jones of the University of Miami. The Dodgers traded him to the New York Mets in 1983 and he would appear in 67 games in parts of three seasons with the Mets and two other teams, hitting only .221.
This was a fairly weak draft class for the Dodgers, with the most notable player being outfielder R. J. Reynolds, who was drafted in the 2nd round of the January draft and played 8 unremarkable seasons as a backup outfielder before finishing up his career in Japan with Nippon Professional Baseball.