1980 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1980 American League West Comiskey Park Chicago Bill Veeck Roland Hemond Tony La Russa WSNS(Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall) WBBM (AM)(Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Joe McConnell, Rich King) thumb | right | Durwood Merrill chatting with fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago, May 21, 1980. The 1980 Major League Baseball season was the Chicago White Sox' 80th in Major League Baseball, and the team's 81st season overall. They finished with a record of 70–90, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 26 games behind the first-place Kansas City Royals. In 1979 and 1980, Bill Veeck made overtures to Denver interests. An agreement was reached to sell to Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., who pledged to keep the club in Chicago.http://whitesoxinteractive.com/History%26Glory/SaveOurSox.htm WSI's FLYINGSOCK.COM. Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude! February 14, 2021 December 22, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181222005106/http://whitesoxinteractive.com/History%26Glory/SaveOurSox.htm dead His offer was turned down by the owners. Veeck was forced to sell to a different investment group. Offseason January 29, 1980: Glenn Borgmann was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Glenn Borgmann at Baseball Reference Regular season On October 4, 54-year-old Minnie Miñoso entered a game against the California Angels as a pinch hitter for third baseman Greg Pryor. In doing so, he became the first major leaguer since Nick Altrock to play in five different decades.Minnie Miñoso - Baseballbiography.com He grounded out against Angels pitcher Frank Tanana.October 4, 1980, box score Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Opening Day lineup Bob Molinaro, DH Alan Bannister, 3B Claudell Washington, LF Lamar Johnson, 1B Chet Lemon, CF Harold Baines, RF Jim Morrison, 2B Marv Foley, C Greg Pryor, SS Steve Trout, P Notable transactions June 3, 1980: Future Nebraska quarterback Turner Gill was drafted by the White Sox in the second round, 36th pick overall in the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1980&round=2&draft_type=junreg 2nd Round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft June 12, 1980: Randy Scarbery was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Todd Cruz.Todd Cruz at Baseball Reference October 3, 1980: Minnie Miñoso was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.Minnie Miñoso at Baseball Reference Roster 1980 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 46 Francisco Barrios 30 Ross Baumgarten 40 Britt Burns 29 Nardi Contreras 49 Richard Dotson 22 Ed Farmer 36 Guy Hoffman 31,50 LaMarr Hoyt 27 Ken Kravec 24 Mike Proly 35 Dewey Robinson 26 Randy Scarbery 33 Steve Trout 28 Rich Wortham Catchers 38 Glenn Borgmann 17 Marv Foley 16 Bruce Kimm  6 Ricky Seilheimer Infielders  8 Kevin Bell 13 Harry Chappas 21 Todd Cruz 23 Lamar Johnson  7 Randy Johnson 34 Junior Moore 12 Jim Morrison 26 Fran Mullins 11 Greg Pryor 25 Mike Squires Outfielders  3 Harold Baines  7 Alan Bannister 32 Thad Bosley 47 Rusty Kuntz 44 Chet Lemon 9,5 Bob Molinaro 20 Wayne Nordhagen 18 Ron Pruitt 48 Leo Sutherland 18 Claudell Washington Other batters  9 Minnie Miñoso Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches  4 Loren Babe 15 Art Kusnyer 37 Ron Schueler  1 Bobby Winkles Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Harold Baines, RF 141 491 55 125 23 6 13 49 19 65 .255 2 Alan Bannister, OF, 3B 45 130 16 25 6 0 0 9 12 16 .192 5 Kevin Bell, 3B, DH 92 191 16 34 5 2 1 11 29 37 .178 0 Glenn Borgmann, C 32 87 10 19 2 0 2 14 14 9 .218 0 Thad Bosley, OF 70 147 12 33 2 0 2 14 10 27 .224 3 Harry Chappas, SS, DH 26 50 6 8 2 0 0 2 4 10 .160 0 Todd Cruz, SS 90 293 23 68 11 1 2 18 9 54 .232 2 Marv Foley, C 68 137 14 29 5 0 4 15 9 22 .212 0 Lamar Johnson, 1B, DH 147 541 51 150 26 3 13 81 47 53 .277 2 Randy Johnson, DH, LF 12 20 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 4 .200 0 Bruce Kimm, C 100 251 20 61 10 0 1 19 17 26 .243 1 Rusty Kuntz, OF 36 62 5 14 4 0 0 3 5 13 .226 1 Chet Lemon, CF, DH 147 514 76 150 32 6 11 51 71 56 .292 6 Minnie Miñoso, PH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Bob Molinaro, LF, DH 119 344 48 100 16 4 5 36 26 29 .291 18 Junior Moore, 3B, DH 45 121 9 31 4 1 1 10 7 11 .256 0 Jim Morrison, 2B 162 604 66 171 40 0 15 57 36 74 .283 9 Fran Mullins, 3B 21 62 9 12 4 0 0 3 9 8 .194 0 Wayne Nordhagen, LF, RF, DH 123 415 45 115 22 4 15 59 10 45 .277 0 Ron Pruitt, OF, DH, C, 3B 33 70 8 21 2 0 2 11 8 7 .300 0 Greg Pryor, SS, 3B, 2B 122 338 32 81 18 4 1 29 12 35 .240 2 Ricky Seilheimer, C 21 52 4 11 3 1 1 3 4 15 .212 1 Mike Squires, 1B 131 343 38 97 11 3 2 33 33 24 .283 8 Leo Sutherland, LF, CF 34 89 9 23 3 0 0 5 1 11 .258 4 Claudell Washington, LF, RF, DH 32 90 15 26 4 2 1 12 5 19 .289 4 Team totals 162 5444 587 1408 255 38 91 547 399 670 .272 68 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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Francisco Barrios 1 1 4.96 3 3 0 16.1 21 9 9 4 8 2 Ross Baumgarten 2 12 3.44 24 23 0 136.0 127 60 52 10 52 66 Britt Burns 15 13 2.84 34 32 0 238.0 213 83 75 17 65 133 Nardi Contreras 0 0 5.93 8 0 0 13.2 18 10 9 1 9 8 Richard Dotson 12 10 4.27 33 32 0 198.0 185 105 94 20 89 109 Ed Farmer 7 9 3.34 64 0 30 99.2 92 37 37 6 67 54 Guy Hoffman 1 0 2.63 23 1 1 37.2 38 12 11 1 19 24 LaMarr Hoyt 9 3 4.57 24 13 0 112.1 123 66 57 8 44 55 Ken Kravec 3 6 6.94 20 15 0 81.2 100 71 63 13 47 37 Mike Proly 5 10 3.07 62 3 8 146.2 136 67 50 7 67 56 Dewey Robinson 1 1 3.09 15 0 0 35.0 26 13 12 2 16 28 Randy Scarbery 1 2 4.08 15 0 2 28.2 24 14 13 1 7 18 Steve Trout 9 16 3.70 32 30 0 199.2 229 102 82 14 54 89 Rich Wortham 4 7 5.97 41 10 1 92.0 102 73 61 4 63 45 Team totals 70 90 3.92 162 162 42 1435.1 1434 722 625 108 607 724 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Iowa Oaks American Association Pete Ward and Sam Ewing AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League Mike Pazik A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Gordon Lund Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Duane Shaffer Notes 2 References 1980 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago Category:1980 in Chicago