1980 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston
Record83–77 (.519)
Divisional place4th (19 GB)
OwnersBuddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
PresidentJean Yawkey
General managerHaywood Sullivan
Managers
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Ken Harrelson)
RadioWITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 1980 Boston Red Sox season was the 80th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 77 losses, 19 games behind the New York Yankees. Manager Don Zimmer was fired with five games left, and Johnny Pesky finished the season as manager.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month[4]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April89893rd1+1⁄2[5]
May141422234th6+1⁄2[6]
June161038335th8+1⁄2[7]
July121650496th12+1⁄2[8]
August20770563rd6+1⁄2[9]
September121782733rd16[10]
October1483774th19[11]

Fred Lynn had a .301 batting average, with 12 home runs and 61 RBIs. Jim Rice hit .294, with 24 homers and 86 RBIs. On the pitching staff, Mike Torrez was 9–16 and Dennis Eckersley was 12–14. Rick Burleson set an MLB single-season record for double plays turned as a shortstop, 147, which still stands.[12]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 0.636 — 53–28 50–31
Baltimore Orioles 10062 0.617 3 50–31 50–31
Milwaukee Brewers 8676 0.531 17 40–42 46–34
Boston Red Sox 8377 0.519 19 36–45 47–32
Detroit Tigers 8478 0.519 19 43–38 41–40
Cleveland Indians 7981 0.494 23 44–35 35–46
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 36 35–46 32–49

Boston's record of 83–77 has a fractionally better winning percentage than Detroit's record of 84–78; .51875 and .51851, respectively.

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–510–26–66–710–36–67–610–27–67–56–66–611–2
Boston 5–8—9–36–47–68–55–76–76–63–109–37–55–77–6
California 2–103–9—3–104–65–75–86–67–62–103–1011–211–23–9
Chicago 6–64–610–3—5–72–105–85–75–85–76–76–76–7–25–7
Cleveland 7–66–76–47–5—3–105–73–109–35–86–68–46–68–5
Detroit 3–105–87–510–210–3—2–107–66–65–86–610–2–14–89–4
Kansas City 6–67–58–58–57–510–2—6–65–88–46–77–610–39–3
Milwaukee 6–77–66–67–510–36–76–6—7–55–87–59–35–75–8
Minnesota 2–106–66–78–53–96–68–55–7—4–86–77–69–37–5
New York 6–710–310–27–58–58–54–88–58–4—8–49–37–510–3
Oakland 5–73–910–37–66–66–67–65–77–64–8—8–57–68–4
Seattle 6–65–72–117–64–82–10–16–73–96–73–95–8—4–96–6
Texas 6–67–52–117–6–26–68–43–107–53–95–76–79–4—7–5
Toronto 2–116–79–37–55–84–93–98–55–73–104–86–65–7—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

  2Jerry Remy2B
  7Rick BurlesonSS
19Fred LynnCF
14Jim RiceLF
  8Carl Yastrzemski    DH
  5Tony Pérez1B
  4Butch Hobson3B
24Dwight EvansRF
15Dave RaderC
43Dennis EckersleyP

Source:[15]

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Red Sox on Opening Day, 9–5, via a walk-off grand slam by Sixto Lezcano.[16]

Roster

1980 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Managers

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Rick Burleson155644891792928511262.278.366
Tony Pérez1515857316131325105141.275.467
Jim Rice124504811482262486830.294.504
Carlton Fisk1314787313825318621136.289.467
Dwight Evans148463721233751860364.266.484
Dave Stapleton10644961144335745313.321.463
Fred Lynn1104156712532312611258.301.480
Carl Yastrzemski105364491002111550044.275.462
Butch Hobson933243574601139125.228.349
Glenn Hoffman1143123789154442219.285.397
Jim Dwyer932604174111938328.285.438
Jerry Remy63230247272091410.313.361
Dave Rader501371445110317114.328.474
Garry Hancock461159336041903.287.443
Gary Allenson367092560010213.357.443
Chico Walker1957312001536.211.263
Jack Brohamer2157518201604.316.404
Reid Nichols123658010303.222.278
Rich Gedman92425000100.208.208
Larry Wolfe182333101400.130.304
Ted Sizemore92315100000.217.261
Julio Valdez81945101420.263.474
Sam Bowen71302000012.154.154
Dick Drago3100000000.000.000
Stan Papi1000000000.---.---
Team Totals160560375715882973616271779475.283.436

Source:

Pitching

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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Mike Torrez9165.0836320207.12561241177597
Dennis Eckersley12144.2830300197.21881019444121
Bob Stanley1083.39521714175.018675665271
Steve Renko994.1932230165.118086775690
Dick Drago774.144373132.212767614463
Tom Burgmeier542.006202499.08730222054
John Tudor853.021613092.18135313145
Chuck Rainey834.861613087.09249474143
Skip Lockwood315.32241245.26131271711
Keith MacWhorter035.53142042.14627261821
Bill Campbell404.79230041.14426222217
Win Remmerswaal214.58140035.1391818920
Steve Crawford203.6264032.1411413810
Bruce Hurst229.10127030.23933311616
Bob Ojeda116.9277026.03920201412
Jack Billingham1311.1074024.1453030124
Luis Aponte001.294007.061121
Team Totals83774.38160160431441.11557767701481696

Source:

Statistical leaders

Fred Lynn
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest playerRich Gedman20
Oldest playerCarl Yastrzemski40
Wins Above ReplacementFred Lynn4.7

Source:[17]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
GGames playedRick Burleson155
PAPlate appearancesRick Burleson718
ABAt batsRick Burleson644
RRuns scoredRick Burleson89
HHitsRick Burleson179
2BDoublesDwight Evans37
3BTriplesJim Rice6
HRHome runsTony Pérez25
RBIRuns batted inTony Pérez105
SBStolen basesJerry Remy14
CSCaught stealingRick Burleson13
BBBase on ballsDwight Evans64
SOStrikeoutsDwight Evans98
BABatting averageJim Rice.294
OBPOn-base percentageFred Lynn.383
SLGSlugging percentageJim Rice.504
OPSOn-base plus sluggingFred Lynn.862
OPS+Adjusted OPSFred Lynn130
TBTotal basesTony Pérez273
GIDPGrounded into double playTony Pérez25
HBPHit by pitchCarlton Fisk13
SHSacrifice hitsGlenn Hoffman9
SFSacrifice fliesTony Pérez8
IBBIntentional base on ballsTony Pérez11

Source:[17]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
WWinsDennis Eckersley12
LLossesMike Torrez16
W-L %Winning percentageChuck Rainey.727 (8–3)
ERAEarned run averageBob Stanley3.39
GGames pitchedTom Burgmeier62
GSGames startedMike Torrez32
GFGames finishedTom Burgmeier38
CGComplete gamesDennis Eckersley8
SHOShutouts3 tied1
SVSavesTom Burgmeier24
IPInnings pitchedMike Torrez207+1⁄3
SOStrikeoutsDennis Eckersley121
WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitchedDennis Eckersley1.174

Source:[17]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Joe Morgan
AA Bristol Red Sox Eastern League Tony Torchia
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Buddy Hunter
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Rac Slider
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

Source:[18][19]

References

  1. ↑ "Johnny Pesky". Retrosheet. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Tony Pérez at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Dave Rader at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ "The 1980 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, April 30, 1980".
  6. ↑ "Events of Saturday, May 31, 1980".
  7. ↑ "Events of Monday, June 30, 1980".
  8. ↑ "Events of Thursday, July 31, 1980".
  9. ↑ "Events of Sunday, August 31, 1980".
  10. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, September 30, 1980".
  11. ↑ "Events of Monday, October 6, 1980".
  12. ↑ "Single-Season Leaders & Records for Double Plays Turned as SS". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  13. ↑ Ted Sizemore at Baseball-Reference
  14. ↑ Oil Can Boyd at Baseball-Reference
  15. ↑ "Milwaukee Brewers 9, Boston Red Sox 5". Retrosheet. April 10, 1980. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  16. ↑ Kuehl, Steve. "April 10, 1980: Sixto Lezcano belts grand slam for walk-off win on Opening Day". SABR. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  17. 1 2 3 "1980 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  18. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  19. ↑ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1980. p. 47. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
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