1980 California Angels season

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
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)	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.

Regular season

Season standings

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

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

Notable transactions

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 ^[7]
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.^[8]
June 12, 1980: Todd Cruz was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Randy Scarbery.^[9]
June 24, 1980: Merv Rettenmund was released by the Angels.^[10]

Roster

1980 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

46 Don Aase

33 Jim Barr

34 Ralph Botting

38 Mark Clear

43 Jim Dorsey

44 Bob Ferris

37 Dave Frost

28 Ed Halicki

41 Andy Hassler

24 Bruce Kison

42 Chris Knapp

17 Dave LaRoche

45 Dave Lemanczyk

27 Alfredo Martínez

39 John Montague

47 Dave Schuler

40 Frank Tanana

Catchers

16 Stan Cliburn

23 Tom Donohue

9 Brian Downing

8 Dave Skaggs

36 Dan Whitmer

Infielders

19 Bert Campaneris

29 Rod Carew

14 Todd Cruz

4 Bobby Grich

18 John Harris

5 Carney Lansford

2 Freddie Patek

22 Jason Thompson

31 Dickie Thon

Outfielders

25 Don Baylor

32 Bobby Clark

18 Al Cowens

15 Dan Ford

48 Ralph Garr

20 Larry Harlow

7,14 Gil Kubski

3 Rick Miller

26 Joe Rudi

Other batters

7 Merv Rettenmund

Manager

11 Jim Fregosi

Coaches

49 Bob Clear

6 Deron Johnson

1 Bobby Knoop

50 Jimmie Reese

51 Larry Sherry

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
DH	Thompson, JasonJason Thompson	102	312	99	.317	17	70

Other batters

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
Whitmer, DanDan Whitmer	48	87	21	.241	0	7
Skaggs, DaveDave Skaggs	24	66	13	.197	1	9
Cruz, ToddTodd Cruz	18	40	11	.275	1	5
Rettenmund, MervMerv Rettenmund	3	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Martínez, AlfredoAlfredo Martínez	30	149.1	7	9	4.52	57
Kison, BruceBruce Kison	13	73.1	3	6	4.91	28
Botting, RalphRalph Botting	6	26.1	0	3	5.81	12

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Aase, DonDon Aase	40	175	8	13	4.06	74
Barr, JimJim Barr	24	68	1	4	5.56	22

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Montague, JohnJohn Montague	37	4	2	3	5.13	22

Farm system

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

Notes

↑ Bruce Kison at Baseball-Reference
↑ Al Cowens at Baseball-Reference
↑ Kevin Romine at Baseball-Reference
↑ Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1980&t=CAL
↑ Dave Skaggs at Baseball Reference
↑ Al Cowens at Baseball-Reference
↑ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
↑ Todd Cruz at Baseball Reference
↑ Merv Rettenmund at Baseball Reference

References

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

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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Formerly the Los Angeles Angels, the California Angels, and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Los Angeles Dodgers

Minors

AAA: Salt Lake Bees
AA: Mobile BayBears
A Adv.: Inland Empire 66ers
A: Burlington Bees
Rookie Adv.: Orem Owlz
Rookie: AZL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Billy Eppler
Manager: Mike Scioscia

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

Division titles

West: 1979; 1982; 1986; 2004; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2014

Wild Card berths

2002

Broadcasting

Seasons (55)

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