1980 Cleveland Indians season

1980 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersSteve O'Neill
General managersPhil Seghi
ManagersDave Garcia
TelevisionWUAB
RadioWWWE
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Offseason

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Regular season

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"Super Joe" Charboneau made his debut with the Indians in 1980, splitting time between left field and designated hitter. His 23 home runs led the team and he captured the city's imagination with his hard hitting and his eccentricities. His tendency to dye his hair unnatural colors, open beer bottles with his eye socket, and drink beer with a straw through his nose, and other stories that emerged about how he did his own dental work and fixed a broken nose with a pair of pliers and a few shots of Jack Daniel's whiskey, stood out in 1980.[citation needed] By mid-season, Charboneau was the subject of a song--"Go Joe Charboneau"—that reached #3 on the local charts.[citation needed]

He finished the season with 87 runs batted in and a .289 batting average while winning the American League Rookie of the Year award—all in spite of being stabbed with a ball-point pen by a crazed fan as he waited for the team bus on March 8.[citation needed] The pen penetrated an inch and hit a rib, but Charboneau played his first regular-season game just over a month later, on April 11. He missed the final six weeks of the season with a pelvis injury. He would never play another full season in the majors after 1980.

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103 59 .636 53‍–‍28 50‍–‍31
Baltimore Orioles 100 62 .617 3 50‍–‍31 50‍–‍31
Milwaukee Brewers 86 76 .531 17 40‍–‍42 46‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox 83 77 .519 19 36‍–‍45 47‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 84 78 .519 19 43‍–‍38 41‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians 79 81 .494 23 44‍–‍35 35‍–‍46
Toronto Blue Jays 67 95 .414 36 35‍–‍46 32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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


Notable transactions

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Opening Day Lineup

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Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
28 Rick Manning CF
11 Toby Harrah 3B
21 Mike Hargrove 1B
35 Gary Alexander DH
6 Jorge Orta RF
9 Ron Hassey C
34 Joe Charboneau LF
18 Duane Kuiper 2B
15 Tom Veryzer SS
37 Dan Spillner P

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Roster

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1980 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Gary Alexander 76 178 22 40 7 1 5 31 .225 0
Dell Alston 52 54 11 12 1 2 0 9 .222 2
Alan Bannister 81 262 41 86 17 4 1 32 .328 9
Jack Brohamer 53 142 13 32 5 1 1 15 .225 0
Joe Charboneau 131 453 76 131 17 2 23 87 .289 2
Bo Díaz 76 207 15 47 11 2 3 32 .227 1
Miguel Dilone 132 528 82 180 30 9 0 40 .341 61
Jerry Dybzinski 114 248 32 57 11 1 1 23 .230 4
Gary Gray 28 54 4 8 1 0 2 4 .148 0
Mike Hargrove 160 589 86 179 22 2 11 85 .304 4
Toby Harrah 160 561 100 150 22 4 11 72 .267 17
Ron Hassey 130 390 43 124 18 4 8 65 .318 0
Cliff Johnson 54 174 25 40 3 1 6 28 .230 0
Duane Kuiper 42 149 10 42 5 0 0 9 .282 0
Rick Manning 140 471 55 110 17 4 3 52 .234 12
Andrés Mora 9 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 .111 0
Jorge Orta 129 481 78 140 18 3 10 64 .291 6
Ron Pruitt 23 36 1 11 1 0 0 4 .306 0
Dave Rosello 71 117 16 29 3 0 2 12 .248 0
Tom Veryzer 109 358 28 97 12 0 2 28 .271 0
Team Totals 160 5470 738 1517 221 40 89 692 .277 118

Pitching

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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; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Len Barker 19 12 4.17 36 36 0 246.1 237 127 114 92 187
Don Collins 0 0 7.50 4 0 0 6.0 9 5 5 7 0
Victor Cruz 6 7 3.45 55 0 12 86.0 71 36 33 27 88
John Denny 8 6 4.39 16 16 0 108.2 116 54 53 47 59
Wayne Garland 6 9 4.61 25 20 0 150.1 163 85 77 48 55
Ross Grimsley 4 5 6.75 14 11 0 74.2 103 63 56 24 18
Sid Monge 3 5 3.53 67 0 14 94.1 80 39 37 40 61
Bob Owchinko 2 9 5.27 29 14 0 114.1 138 71 67 47 66
Mike Paxton 0 0 12.91 4 0 0 7.2 13 11 11 6 6
Dan Spillner 16 11 5.28 34 30 0 194.1 225 122 114 74 100
Mike Stanton 1 3 5.46 51 0 5 85.2 98 58 52 44 74
Rick Waits 13 14 4.45 33 33 0 224.1 231 118 111 82 109
Sandy Wihtol 1 0 3.57 17 0 1 35.1 35 18 14 14 20
Team Totals 79 81 4.68 160 160 32 1428.0 1519 807 743 552 843

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Gene Dusan
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Woody Smith
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Cal Emery
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Rick Colzie

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Paul Reuschel page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Gary Gray page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bob Owchinko page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Kelly Gruber page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Doug Drabek page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  7. ^ 1980 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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