1980 Toronto Blue Jays season

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.

1980 Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Exhibition Stadium
City	Toronto
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	7th
Owners	Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers	Pat Gillick
Managers	Bobby Mattick
Television	CBC Television (Don Chevrier, Whitey Ford, Tony Kubek) CBFT
Radio	CKFH (Whitey Ford, Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)
Seasons

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1980 season.

October 1979

October 22

Released Dave Freisleben. Released Craig Kusick.

November 1979

November 1	Tim Johnson granted free agency. Tony Solaita granted free agency. Acquired Chris Chambliss, Dámaso García and Paul Mirabella from the New York Yankees for Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn.
November 5	Purchased Domingo Ramos from the Texas Rangers. Released Dave McKay.

December 1979

December 3	Drafted Mike Macha from the Atlanta Braves in the 1979 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 4	Drafted Mitch Webster from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1979 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 5	Acquired Barry Bonnell, Joey McLaughlin and Pat Rockett from the Atlanta Braves for Chris Chambliss and Luis Gómez.
December 10	Player rights of Andre Robertson sold to the New York Yankees.

January 1980

January 8	Released Dale Mohorcic.
January 10	Signed free agent Jack Kucek from the Philadelphia Phillies to a contract.

March 1980

March 17	Acquired Mike Barlow from the California Angels for Mark Wiley.
March 29	Released Rico Carty. Released Steve Luebber.

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

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

1980 American League record 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	—

Opening Day starters

• Barry Bonnell
• Rick Bosetti
• Dámaso García
• Alfredo Griffin
• Roy Howell
• John Mayberry
• Dave Stieb
• Otto Vélez
• Ernie Whitt
• Alvis Woods

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1980 regular season.

April 1980

April 2	Released Butch Edge.
April 7	Player rights of Mark Lemongello sold to the Chicago Cubs.

May 1980

May 28

Player rights of Mike Macha sold to the Detroit Tigers.

June 1980

June 3	Traded Dave Lemanczyk to the California Angels for a player to be named later (Ken Schrom on June 10, 1980).
June 6	Purchased Steve Baker from the Detroit Tigers.
June 19	Purchased Charlie Beamon Jr. from the Seattle Mariners.
June 21	Signed free agent Steve Braun from the Kansas City Royals to a contract.

July 1980

July 19

Signed amateur free agent Dave Shipanoff.

August 1980

August 8

Released Tom Buskey.

September 1980

September 3	Released Balor Moore.
September 11	Jesse Jefferson selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.

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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 9 @ Mariners 8–6 Parrott (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–1) Heaverlo (1) 22,588 0–1 2 April 11 @ Mariners 10–7 (11) Moore (1–0) Dressler (0–1) 6,104 1–1 3 April 12 @ Mariners 3–2 (10) Honeycutt (1–0) Garvin (0–1) 6,773 1–2 4 April 13 @ Mariners 5–1 Bannister (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–2) 4,567 1–3 – April 14 Brewers Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 13 5 April 16 Brewers 11–2 Stieb (1–0) Slaton (0–1) 12,688 2–3 6 April 17 Brewers 1–0 Mirabella (1–0) Sorensen (1–1) 11,235 3–3 7 April 19 @ Indians 8–1 Waits (1–1) Clancy (0–1) 61,753 3–4 8 April 20 @ Indians 5–3 Lemanczyk (1–2) Denny (0–2) McLaughlin (1) 11,220 4–4 9 April 21 @ Royals 7–1 Stieb (2–0) Gale (0–2) 21,117 5–4 10 April 22 @ Royals 7–2 Splittorff (2–0) Mirabella (1–1) 16,993 5–5 11 April 23 @ Royals 7–4 Christenson (1–0) McLaughlin (0–1) Quisenberry (2) 18,855 5–6 12 April 25 @ Brewers 5–3 McLaughlin (1–1) Sorensen (1–2) 9,902 6–6 13 April 26 @ Brewers 4–0 Stieb (3–0) Caldwell (2–1) 11,038 7–6 14 April 27 @ Brewers 8–2 Mirabella (2–1) Haas (1–3) Moore (1) 11,099 8–6 – April 28 Royals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 8 15 April 29 Royals 3–1 Clancy (1–1) Leonard (0–3) 11,553 9–6 16 April 30 Royals 3–0 Gura (3–1) Jefferson (0–1) 14,029 9–7
May: 13–14 (Home 8–9, Away 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 17 May 1 Indians 2–1 Denny (1–2) Lemanczyk (1–3) Monge (2) 11,654 9–8 18 May 2 Indians 6–1 Barker (3–1) Stieb (3–1) 14,292 9–9 19 May 3 Indians 8–3 Buskey (1–0) Waits (1–3) 16,564 10–9 20 May 4 Indians 9–8 (10) Buskey (2–0) Monge (0–1) 11–9 21 May 4 Indians 7–2 Jefferson (1–1) Owchinko (0–3) McLaughlin (2) 26,114 12–9 22 May 6 @ Angels 3–2 Lemanczyk (2–3) Aase (3–2) Garvin (1) 23,804 13–9 23 May 7 @ Angels 7–3 Stieb (4–1) Knapp (0–2) 21,733 14–9 24 May 8 @ Angels 9–2 Mirabella (3–1) Frost (3–3) 23,006 15–9 – May 9 @ Athletics Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 22 25 May 10 @ Athletics 4–3 Langford (3–1) Garvin (0–2) 4,925 15–10 26 May 11 @ Athletics 12–1 Norris (5–0) Lemanczyk (2–4) 7,843 15–11 – May 13 Mariners Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 26 27 May 14 Mariners 7–0 Abbott (3–2) Mirabella (3–2) 13,055 15–12 28 May 15 Mariners 1–0 Clancy (2–1) Bannister (2–3) 11,579 16–12 29 May 16 Athletics 1–0 (11) Jefferson (2–1) Norris (5–1) 16,138 17–12 30 May 17 Athletics 4–2 (14) Keough (5–3) McLaughlin (1–2) 23,074 17–13 31 May 18 Athletics 12–1 Mirabella (4–2) Langford (3–2) 14,414 18–13 32 May 19 Red Sox 7–2 Clancy (3–1) Billingham (1–1) 32,731 19–13 33 May 20 Red Sox 4–3 Rainey (4–0) Lemanczyk (2–5) Burgmeier (7) 18,167 19–14 34 May 21 Red Sox 11–2 Torrez (1–4) Jefferson (2–2) 19,556 19–15 35 May 22 Yankees 5–1 Griffin (1–2) Stieb (4–2) 26,047 19–16 36 May 23 Yankees 7–3 Guidry (5–0) Mirabella (4–3) 24,585 19–17 37 May 24 Yankees 6–2 Tiant (3–2) Clancy (3–2) May (3) 31,021 19–18 38 May 25 Yankees 9–6 Leal (1–0) John (7–2) 33,077 20–18 39 May 26 @ Red Sox 3–1 Garvin (1–2) Drago (2–2) 18,853 21–18 40 May 27 @ Red Sox 5–4 Renko (3–0) Buskey (2–1) 16,679 21–19 41 May 28 @ Red Sox 4–1 Stieb (5–2) Stanley (3–5) McLaughlin (3) 18,215 22–19 42 May 30 @ Yankees 6–0 Tiant (4–2) Clancy (3–3) Gossage (5) 24,319 22–20 43 May 31 @ Yankees 8–6 (11) May (3–1) McLaughlin (1–3) 25,158 22–21
June: 10–17 (Home 7–7, Away 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 44 June 1 @ Yankees 11–7 Underwood (5–3) Mirabella (4–4) 52,049 22–22 45 June 2 Angels 6–3 Frost (4–3) Leal (1–1) LaRoche (3) 15,079 22–23 46 June 3 Angels 7–6 (11) McLaughlin (2–3) LaRoche (1–2) 15,589 23–23 47 June 4 Angels 8–2 Clancy (4–3) Martínez (1–1) 16,677 24–23 – June 5 @ Twins Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 8 48 June 6 @ Twins 5–0 Zahn (4–7) Mirabella (4–5) 5,495 24–24 49 June 7 @ Twins 3–2 Jackson (2–3) Stieb (5–3) Corbett (5) 5,375 24–25 50 June 8 @ Twins 5–1 Erickson (1–3) Jefferson (2–3) Corbett (6) 24–26 51 June 8 @ Twins 6–4 (13) McLaughlin (3–3) Arroyo (0–1) 17,869 25–26 52 June 10 @ White Sox 1–0 Clancy (5–3) Baumgarten (1–3) 18,225 26–26 53 June 11 @ White Sox 7–4 Kravec (3–4) Mirabella (4–6) Farmer (14) 17,537 26–27 54 June 13 Rangers 6–3 Medich (6–3) Stieb (5–4) Lyle (6) 20,034 26–28 55 June 14 Rangers 7–6 Buskey (3–1) Babcock (0–2) 24,184 27–28 56 June 15 Rangers 5–3 Clancy (6–3) Jenkins (4–5) Garvin (2) 30,143 28–28 57 June 16 Twins 4–0 Zahn (5–9) Jefferson (2–4) 14,691 28–29 58 June 17 Twins 8–6 Corbett (4–2) Mirabella (4–7) 15,229 28–30 59 June 18 White Sox 5–4 Stieb (6–4) Trout (2–7) 29–30 60 June 18 White Sox 3–1 Kucek (1–0) Dotson (6–3) McLaughlin (4) 21,443 30–30 – June 19 White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 7 61 June 20 @ Rangers 5–2 Jenkins (5–5) Garvin (1–3) 13,747 30–31 62 June 21 @ Rangers 2–1 Matlack (4–3) McLaughlin (3–4) 17,846 30–32 63 June 22 @ Rangers 6–5 (10) Garvin (2–3) Kern (2–9) 13,650 31–32 64 June 24 @ Orioles 1–0 McGregor (7–3) Stieb (6–5) 14,884 31–33 65 June 25 @ Orioles 6–3 Palmer (7–4) Leal (1–2) 14,588 31–34 66 June 26 @ Orioles 4–1 Stone (10–3) Clancy (6–4) 13,023 31–35 67 June 27 Tigers 7–2 Morris (9–6) Jefferson (2–5) 18,494 31–36 68 June 28 Tigers 8–3 Rozema (4–4) Kucek (1–1) 20,059 31–37 69 June 29 Tigers 2–0 Stieb (7–5) Petry (4–4) 22,026 32–37 70 June 30 Orioles 9–7 Stone (11–3) Leal (1–3) 18,399 32–38
July: 11–17 (Home 5–10, Away 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 71 July 1 Orioles 2–0 Palmer (8–4) Clancy (6–5) Martinez (4) 23,475 32–39 72 July 2 Orioles 6–2 Flanagan (8–6) Mirabella (4–8) 18,461 32–40 73 July 3 @ Tigers 8–5 Underwood (2–5) McLaughlin (3–5) 30,027 32–41 74 July 4 @ Tigers 4–3 Petry (5–4) Stieb (7–6) López (11) 29,370 32–42 75 July 5 @ Tigers 5–3 Clancy (7–5) Wilcox (8–5) Garvin (3) 32,925 33–42 76 July 6 @ Tigers 7–5 Morris (11–6) Garvin (2–4) López (12) 28,564 33–43 77 July 10 Indians 7–3 Denny (8–5) Clancy (7–6) 17,178 33–44 78 July 11 Indians 6–3 Stieb (8–6) Garland (3–2) 16,621 34–44 79 July 12 Brewers 9–2 Travers (9–3) Moore (1–1) 23,624 34–45 80 July 13 Brewers 4–1 Kucek (2–1) Haas (9–8) Garvin (4) 35–45 81 July 13 Brewers 4–0 Mitchell (1–0) McLaughlin (3–6) 26,331 35–46 82 July 14 Brewers 6–4 Augustine (2–2) Clancy (7–7) Castro (6) 19,443 35–47 83 July 16 @ Mariners 5–0 Stieb (9–6) Abbott (7–5) 5,644 36–47 84 July 17 @ Mariners 5–3 Rawley (5–3) Jefferson (2–6) 5,726 36–48 85 July 18 @ Angels 6–3 Halicki (3–1) Kucek (2–2) Clear (7) 23,866 36–49 86 July 19 @ Angels 5–4 Clancy (8–7) Montague (2–2) 35,221 37–49 87 July 20 @ Angels 6–3 (10) McLaughlin (4–6) Clear (6–6) 23,903 38–49 88 July 21 @ Athletics 1–0 Stieb (10–6) Kingman (5–10) 14,588 39–49 89 July 22 @ Athletics 6–2 Jefferson (3–6) Keough (10–10) Garvin (5) 40–49 90 July 22 @ Athletics 5–1 Norris (13–6) Mirabella (4–9) 8,645 40–50 91 July 23 @ Athletics 6–2 McCatty (8–9) Kucek (2–3) 4,765 40–51 92 July 25 Mariners 5–3 Clancy (9–7) Honeycutt (8–9) 16,248 41–51 93 July 26 Mariners 7–2 Dressler (1–4) Stieb (10–7) 41–52 94 July 26 Mariners 7–5 Kucek (3–3) Abbott (8–6) Garvin (6) 18,067 42–52 95 July 27 Mariners 5–0 Jefferson (4–6) Bannister (6–9) 17,080 43–52 96 July 28 Athletics 5–3 (8) Norris (14–6) Barlow (0–1) 14,457 43–53 97 July 29 Athletics 6–5 (12) Lacey (2–1) Garvin (2–5) 16,704 43–54 98 July 30 Athletics 11–1 Langford (10–9) Stieb (10–8) 17,654 43–55
August: 11–20 (Home 6–8, Away 5–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 99 August 1 Angels 9–8 Garvin (3–5) Clear (7–9) 16,145 44–55 100 August 2 Angels 5–4 LaRoche (2–2) Jefferson (4–7) 22,051 44–56 101 August 3 Angels 3–1 Clancy (10–7) Martinez (2–4) Barlow (1) 20,404 45–56 102 August 4 @ Indians 11–5 Spillner (9–8) Mirabella (4–10) Monge (9) 7,583 45–57 103 August 5 @ Indians 8–5 Grimsley (3–0) Kucek (3–4) Cruz (6) 6,707 45–58 104 August 6 @ Indians 5–2 Waits (8–10) Jefferson (4–8) Cruz (7) 9,098 45–59 105 August 7 @ Indians 7–6 Monge (1–4) Garvin (3–6) 9,586 45–60 106 August 8 Royals 9–0 Gale (10–7) Clancy (10–8) 45–61 107 August 8 Royals 7–4 Pattin (3–0) Garvin (3–7) 22,146 45–62 108 August 9 Royals 4–3 (14) Willis (1–0) Eastwick (0–1) 21,300 46–62 109 August 10 Royals 8–5 Leonard (13–8) Jefferson (4–9) Pattin (4) 23,473 46–63 110 August 12 @ Brewers 3–1 Clancy (11–8) Sorensen (8–8) 47–63 111 August 12 @ Brewers 5–4 Barlow (1–1) Castro (0–4) Garvin (7) 18,820 48–63 112 August 13 @ Brewers 5–4 Travers (11–5) McLaughlin (4–7) 14,304 48–64 113 August 14 @ Brewers 4–2 Haas (14–9) Stieb (10–9) 21,115 48–65 114 August 15 @ Royals 4–3 Leonard (14–8) Jefferson (4–10) Quisenberry (24) 34,861 48–66 115 August 16 @ Royals 11–5 Gura (17–5) Kucek (3–5) 39,631 48–67 116 August 17 @ Royals 8–3 Splittorff (9–8) Clancy (11–9) Quisenberry (25) 30,693 48–68 117 August 19 @ Twins 4–3 Barlow (2–1) Corbett (8–5) Schrom (1) 6,902 49–68 118 August 20 @ Twins 10–4 Todd (1–0) Zahn (10–16) 4,198 50–68 119 August 21 @ White Sox 5–3 Hoyt (5–2) Jefferson (4–11) Farmer (21) 15,303 50–69 120 August 22 @ White Sox 2–0 Burns (11–12) Clancy (11–10) Farmer (22) 15,033 50–70 121 August 23 @ White Sox 5–1 Dotson (10–8) Kucek (3–6) 10,768 50–71 122 August 24 @ White Sox 7–3 Stieb (11–9) Baumgarten (2–8) Barlow (2) 17,156 51–71 123 August 25 Rangers 5–1 Clay (2–0) Todd (1–1) Johnson (2) 15,517 51–72 124 August 26 Rangers 8–0 Hough (2–1) Jefferson (4–12) 15,478 51–73 125 August 27 Rangers 6–4 Clancy (12–10) Medich (10–9) Garvin (8) 15,442 52–73 126 August 28 Twins 7–5 (15) † Verhoeven (2–3) Jefferson (4–13) Williams (1) 14,035 52–74 127 August 29 Twins 5–2 Zahn (11–17) Stieb (11–10) 14,358 52–75 128 August 30 Twins 3–2 Todd (2–1) Verhoeven (2–4) 18,376 53–75 129 August 31 Twins 7–1 Clancy (13–10) Koosman (11–12) 18,029 54–75
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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 158 October 1 Tigers 11–7 Fidrych (2–3) Stieb (12–15) Underwood (5) 12,426 64–94 159 October 2 @ Red Sox 4–1 Tudor (8–5) Clancy (13–16) 11,872 64–95 – October 3 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 4 160 October 4 @ Red Sox 7–6 (17) Leal (3–4) Stanley (10–8) Barlow (5) 65–95 161 October 4 @ Red Sox 3–1 Mirabella (5–12) Drago (7–7) 14,179 66–95 162 October 5 @ Red Sox 4–1 Todd (5–2) MacWhorter (0–3) 16,562 67–95
† 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	Ernie Whitt	106	295	23	70	12	2	.237	6	34	1
1B	John Mayberry	149	501	62	124	19	2	.248	30	82	0
2B	Dámaso Garcia	140	543	50	151	30	7	.278	4	46	13
3B	Roy Howell	142	528	51	142	28	9	.269	10	57	0
SS	Alfredo Griffin	155	653	63	166	26	15	.254	2	41	18
LF	Alvis Woods	109	373	54	112	18	2	.300	15	47	4
CF	Barry Bonnell	130	463	55	124	22	4	.268	13	56	3
RF	Lloyd Moseby	114	389	44	89	24	1	.229	9	46	4
DH	Otto 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
Bob Bailor	116	347	44	82	14	2	.236	1	16	12
Garth Iorg	80	222	24	55	10	1	.248	2	14	2
Bob Davis	91	218	18	47	11	0	.216	4	19	0
Rick Bosetti	53	188	24	40	7	1	.213	4	18	4
Doug Ault	64	144	12	28	5	1	.194	3	15	0
Danny Ainge	38	111	11	27	6	1	.243	0	4	3
Willie Upshaw	34	61	10	13	3	1	.213	1	5	1
Steve Braun	37	55	4	15	2	0	.273	1	9	0
Joe Cannon	70	50	16	4	0	0	.080	0	4	2
Paul Hodgson	20	41	5	9	0	1	.220	1	5	0
Domingo Ramos	5	16	0	2	0	0	.125	0	0	0
Mike Macha	5	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Pat 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
Jim Clancy	34	34	250.2	13	16	3.30	108	92	128	152
Dave Stieb	34	32	242.2	12	15	3.71	108	100	83	108
Paul Mirabella	33	22	130.2	5	12	4.34	73	63	66	53
Jackson Todd	12	12	85.0	5	2	4.02	40	38	30	44
Luis Leal	13	10	59.2	3	4	4.53	35	30	31	26
Dave 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
Joey McLaughlin	55	10	135.2	6	9	4	4.51	79	68	53	70
Jesse Jefferson	29	18	121.2	4	13	0	5.47	78	74	52	53
Jack Kucek	23	12	68.0	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
Jerry Garvin	61	82.2	4	7	8	2.29	23	21	27	52
Mike Barlow	40	55.0	3	1	5	4.09	29	25	21	19
Tom Buskey	33	66.2	3	1	0	4.46	35	33	26	34
Balor Moore	31	64.2	1	1	1	5.29	43	38	31	22
Mike Willis	20	26.1	2	1	3	1.71	6	5	11	14
Ken Schrom	17	31.0	1	0	1	5.23	18	18	19	13
Bob Bailor	3	2.1	0	0	0	7.71	2	2	1	0

Awards and honours

• Dave Stieb, Pitcher of the Month Award, April

All-Star Game

• Dave Stieb

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

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