1980 Toronto Blue Jays season

1980 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Eastern Division (since 1977)
Location
Exhibition Stadium (since 1977)
Toronto (since 1977)
Results
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s)	Pat Gillick
Manager(s)	Bobby Mattick
Local television	CBC Television (Don Chevrier, Whitey Ford, Tony Kubek) CBFT
Local radio	CKFH (Whitey Ford, Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)
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The 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fourth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. The season represented a turning point as Bobby Mattick became the second field manager in franchise history.

Offseason

October 22, 1979: Craig Kusick was released by the Blue Jays.^[1]
November 1, 1979: Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn were traded by the Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Chris Chambliss, Dámaso García, and Paul Mirabella.^[2]
December 5, 1979: Chris Chambliss and Luis Gómez were traded by the Blue Jays to the Atlanta Braves for Barry Bonnell, Pat Rockett, and Joey McLaughlin.^[3]
December 10, 1979: Andre Robertson was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[4]
March 29, 1980: Rico Carty was released by the Blue Jays.^[5]
March 29, 1980: Steve Luebber was released by the Blue Jays.^[6]

Regular season

One of the highlights for the 1980 Blue Jays was the emergence of Dave Stieb as a quality starter. Also, on May 4, Otto Vélez hit four home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Cleveland Indians, including a walk-off shot in the first game.

Season standings

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
Detroit Tigers	84	78	0.519	19	43–38	41–40
Boston Red Sox	83	77	0.519	19	36–45	47–32
Cleveland Indians	79	81	0.494	23	44–35	35–46
Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	0.414	36	35–46	32–49

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	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	—

Opening Day starters

Roster

1980 Toronto Blue Jays roster

Roster

Pitchers

46 Mike Barlow

44 Tom Buskey

18 Jim Clancy

36 Jerry Garvin

34 Jesse Jefferson

32 Jack Kucek

48 Luis Leal

23 Dave Lemanczyk

50 Joey McLaughlin

42 Paul Mirabella

38 Balor Moore

21 Ken Schrom

37 Dave Stieb

40 Jackson Todd

33,23 Mike Willis

Catchers

8 Bob Davis

6 Pat Kelly

12 Ernie Whitt

Infielders

25 Doug Ault

11 Steve Braun

7 Dámaso García

4 Alfredo Griffin

13 Roy Howell

16 Garth Iorg

11 Mike Macha

10 John Mayberry

17 Domingo Ramos

26 Willie Upshaw

19 Otto Vélez

Outfielders

2 Danny Ainge

1 Bob Bailor

9 Barry Bonnell

22 Rick Bosetti

30 Joe Cannon

49 Paul Hodgson

15 Lloyd Moseby

20 Alvis Woods

Manager

3 Bobby Mattick

Coaches

31 Bobby Doerr (Hitting)

28 John Felske (Bullpen)

14 Denis Menke (First Base)

41 Al Widmar (Pitching)

24 Jimy Williams (Third Base)

Game log

1980 Game Log 67–95 (Home 35–46, Away 32–49)

April 9–7 (Home 3–1, Away 6–6)

May 13–14 (Home 8–9, Away 5–5)

June 10–17 (Home 7–7, Away 3–10)

July 11–17 (Home 5–10, Away 6–7)

August 11–20 (Home 6–8, Away 5–12)

September 10–18 (Home 6–10, Away 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
130	September 1	@ Rangers	9–1	Medich (11–9)	McLaughlin (4–8)		8,224	54–76
131	September 2	@ Rangers	3–2	Jenkins (12–10)	Leal (1–4)		6,903	54–77
132	September 3	@ Rangers	4–2	Stieb (12–10)	Figueroa (3–9)		6,984	55–77
133	September 4	White Sox	3–2	Todd (3–1)	Farmer (6–8)		12,365	56–77
134	September 5	White Sox	3–0	Hoyt (7–2)	Clancy (13–11)		14,091	56–78
135	September 7	White Sox	3–1	McLaughlin (5–8)	Trout (8–13)	Barlow (3)		57–78
136	September 7	White Sox	7–6	Schrom (1–0)	Proly (3–9)	Barlow (4)	17,457	58–78
137	September 8	Yankees	7–4	John (20–7)	Stieb (12–11)	Gossage (25)	23,020	58–79
138	September 9	Yankees	6–4	Todd (4–1)	Perry (9–11)	Willis (1)	22,471	59–79
139	September 10	Yankees	7–6	Davis (6–3)	Clancy (13–12)	Gossage (26)	23,031	59–80
140	September 11	Orioles	6–1	Stone (23–6)	Mirabella (4–11)		14,025	59–81
141	September 12	Orioles	7–5	McLaughlin (6–8)	Flanagan (14–12)	Willis (2)	15,632	60–81
142	September 13	Orioles	6–4	McGregor (18–7)	Stieb (12–12)	Stoddard (22)	18,043	60–82
143	September 14	Orioles	4–3 (13)	Barlow (3–1)	Martínez (5–4)		19,117	61–82
144	September 16	@ Yankees	5–4	Guidry (14–10)	Clancy (13–13)	Gossage (28)	20,281	61–83
145	September 17	@ Yankees	8–7 (13) ‡	Underwood (13–9)	Kucek (3–7)		22,516	61–84
146	September 18	@ Yankees	2–1	Leal (2–4)	John (21–8)		20,129	62–84
147	September 19	@ Orioles	8–6 (12)	Martinez (3–3)	Willis (1–1)		12,706	62–85
148	September 20	@ Orioles	6–1	Stone (24–7)	Stieb (12–13)		16,269	62–86
149	September 21	@ Orioles	2–1	Flanagan (15–12)	Clancy (13–14)	Stoddard (24)	14,251	62–87
150	September 22	@ Tigers	6–5	Garvin (4–7)	Weaver (2–3)	Willis (3)	6,210	63–87
151	September 23	@ Tigers	9–7	Willis (2–1)	Rozema (6–9)	Kucek (1)	6,363	64–87
152	September 24	@ Tigers	9–8 (10)	Petry (10–9)	Kucek (3–8)		7,129	64–88
153	September 26	Red Sox	3–1	Eckersley (12–13)	Stieb (12–14)		15,187	64–89
154	September 27	Red Sox	4–3	Stanley (10–7)	Clancy (13–15)	Burgmeier (24)	21,533	64–90
155	September 28	Red Sox	7–3	Crawford (2–0)	McLaughlin (6–9)		32,042	64–91
156	September 29	Tigers	8–2	Weaver (3–3)	Mirabella (4–12)	López (21)	12,051	64–92
157	September 30	Tigers	5–3	Schatzeder (11–12)	Todd (4–2)		12,119	64–93

October 3–2 (Home 0–1, Away 3–1)

† Game suspended due to curfew after the 14th inning. Completed on August 29.
‡ Game suspended due to rain in the top of the 10th inning. Completed on September 18.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Whitt, ErnieErnie Whitt	106	295	23	70	12	2	.237	6	34	1
1B	Mayberry, JohnJohn Mayberry	149	501	62	124	19	2	.248	30	82	0
2B	Garcia, DámasoDámaso Garcia	140	543	50	151	30	7	.278	4	46	13
3B	Howell, RoyRoy Howell	142	528	51	142	28	9	.269	10	57	0
SS	Griffin, AlfredoAlfredo Griffin	155	653	63	166	26	15	.254	2	41	18
LF	Woods, AlvisAlvis Woods	109	373	54	112	18	2	.300	15	47	4
CF	Bonnell, BarryBarry Bonnell	130	463	55	124	22	4	.268	13	56	3
RF	Moseby, LloydLloyd Moseby	114	389	44	89	24	1	.229	9	46	4
DH	Vélez, OttoOtto Vélez	104	357	54	96	12	3	.269	20	62	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Bailor, BobBob Bailor	116	347	44	82	14	2	.236	1	16	12
Iorg, GarthGarth Iorg	80	222	24	55	10	1	.248	2	14	2
Davis, BobBob Davis	91	218	18	47	11	0	.216	4	19	0
Bosetti, RickRick Bosetti	53	188	24	40	7	1	.213	4	18	4
Ault, DougDoug Ault	64	144	12	28	5	1	.194	3	15	0
Ainge, DannyDanny Ainge	38	111	11	27	6	1	.243	0	4	3
Upshaw, WillieWillie Upshaw	34	61	10	13	3	1	.213	1	5	1
Braun, SteveSteve Braun	37	55	4	15	2	0	.273	1	9	0
Cannon, JoeJoe Cannon	70	50	16	4	0	0	.080	0	4	2
Hodgson, PaulPaul Hodgson	20	41	5	9	0	1	.220	1	5	0
Ramos, DomingoDomingo Ramos	5	16	0	2	0	0	.125	0	0	0
Macha, MikeMike Macha	5	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Kelly, PatPat Kelly	3	7	0	2	0	0	.286	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Clancy, JimJim Clancy	34	34	250.2	13	16	3.30	108	92	128	152
Stieb, DaveDave Stieb	34	32	242.2	12	15	3.71	108	100	83	108
Mirabella, PaulPaul Mirabella	33	22	130.2	5	12	4.34	73	63	66	53
Todd, JacksonJackson Todd	12	12	85	5	2	4.02	40	38	30	44
Leal, LuisLuis Leal	13	10	59.2	3	4	4.53	35	30	31	26
Lemanczyk, DaveDave Lemanczyk	10	8	43.1	2	5	5.40	29	26	15	10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
McLaughlin, JoeyJoey McLaughlin	55	10	135.2	6	9	4	4.51	79	68	53	70
Jefferson, JesseJesse Jefferson	29	18	121.2	4	13	0	5.47	78	74	52	53
Kucek, JackJack Kucek	23	12	68	3	8	1	6.75	56	51	41	35

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Garvin, JerryJerry Garvin	61	82.2	4	7	8	2.29	23	21	27	52
Barlow, MikeMike Barlow	40	55	3	1	5	4.09	29	25	21	19
Buskey, TomTom Buskey	33	66.2	3	1	0	4.46	35	33	26	34
Moore, BalorBalor Moore	31	64.2	1	1	1	5.29	43	38	31	22
Willis, MikeMike Willis	20	26.1	2	1	3	1.71	6	5	11	14
Schrom, KenKen Schrom	17	31	1	0	1	5.23	18	18	19	13
Bailor, BobBob Bailor	3	2.1	0	0	0	7.71	2	2	1	0

Awards and honors

Dave Stieb, Pitcher of the Month Award, April

All-Star Game

Dave Stieb^[7]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Harry Warner
AA	Knoxville Blue Jays	Southern League	Duane Larson
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Dennis Holmberg
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Jays	New York–Penn League	Larry Hardy
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	John McLaren

Notes

↑ Craig Kusick at Baseball Reference
↑ Rick Cerone at Baseball Reference
↑ Chris Chambliss at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberan01.shtml
↑ Rico Carty at Baseball Reference
↑ Steve Luebber at Baseball Reference
↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1980 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
1980 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac
Box Score and Play by Play of Tor vs. Cle, May 4, 1980, Game 1

1980 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1980 MLB draft 1980 All-Star Game 1980 World Series

Toronto Blue Jays

Based in Toronto, Ontario

The franchise

Ballparks

Exhibition Stadium
Rogers Centre
Spring training: Grant Field
Florida Auto Exchange Stadium
Cecil P. Englebert Complex

Culture

Rivalries

Pearson Cup

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Rogers Communications
President & CEO: Mark Shapiro
General manager: Ross Atkins
Manager: John Gibbons

World Series championships (2)

1992
1993

American League pennants (2)

1992
1993

Division titles (6)

Wild Card berths (1)

2016

Minors

Seasons (40)

1970s	1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

2010s	2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017

Preceded by 1979 Toronto Blue Jays season	1980 Toronto Blue Jays Season 1980	Succeeded by 1981 Toronto Blue Jays season

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