1980 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1980 American League East champions American League 103-59 (.636) East Yankee Stadium New York City George Steinbrenner Gene Michael Dick Howser WPIXSportsChannel NY(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White) WINS (AM)(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Fran Healy) The 1980 New York Yankees season was the 78th season for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 103–59, finishing in first place in the American League East, 3 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The Kansas City Royals swept the Yankees in the ALCS. New York was managed by Dick Howser. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. Offseason November 1, 1979: Chris Chambliss, Dámaso García, and Paul Mirabella were traded by the Yankees to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn.Rick Cerone at Baseball Reference November 1, 1979: Jim Beattie, Rick Anderson, Juan Beníquez, and Jerry Narron were traded by the Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for Ruppert Jones and Jim Lewis.Jim Beattie at Baseball Reference November 8, 1979: Bob Watson was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Bob Watson at Baseball Reference November 8, 1979: Rudy May was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Rudy May at Baseball Reference November 14, 1979: The Yankees traded players to be named later and cash to the Texas Rangers for Eric Soderholm. The Yankees sent Amos Lewis (minors) and Ricky Burdette (minors) to the Rangers on December 13 to complete the trade.Eric Soderholm at Baseball-Reference December 10, 1979: Andre Robertson was purchased by the Yankees from the Toronto Blue Jays.Andre Robertson at Baseball Reference Spring training The Yankees played two spring training exhibition games at the Louisiana Superdome over the weekend of March 15 and 16, 1980. 45,152 spectators watched the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 9–3 on March 15, 1980. The following day, 43,339 fans saw Floyd Rayford lead the Orioles to a 7–1 win over the Yankees.Associated Press Associated Press Big Crowds see Baseball at Superdome https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ln0UAAAAIBAJ&pg=4892,4343235&dq=superdome+yankees Toledo Blade March 17, 1980 June 19, 2009 July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents NYY Opening Day lineup Notable transactions April 1, 1980: Jim Kaat was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference April 4, 1980: Johnny Oates was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Johnny Oates at Baseball Reference April 30, 1980: Jim Kaat was purchased from the Yankees by the St. Louis Cardinals. May 28, 1980: Paul Blair was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Paul Blair at Baseball Reference July 1, 1980: Paul Blair was released by the Yankees. August 1, 1980: José Rijo was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent.José Rijo at Baseball Reference August 14, 1980: Ken Clay and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Gaylord Perry. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Marvin Thompson (minors) to the Rangers on October 1.Gaylord Perry at Baseball Reference Roster 1980 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 43 Doug Bird 39 Ron Davis 31 Ed Figueroa 54 Goose Gossage 52 Mike Griffin 49 Ron Guidry 25 Tommy John 36 Jim Kaat 53 Tim Lollar 45 Rudy May 36 Gaylord Perry 23 Luis Tiant 38 Tom Underwood Catchers 10 Rick Cerone 19 Brad Gulden 26 Johnny Oates 47 Bruce Robinson Infielders 61 Marshall Brant 20 Bucky Dent 18 Brian Doyle 55 Roger Holt  9 Graig Nettles 30 Willie Randolph 27 Aurelio Rodríguez 57 Dennis Sherrill 21 Eric Soderholm 12 Jim Spencer 11 Fred Stanley 28 Bob Watson 24 Dennis Werth Outfielders 27 Paul Blair 13 Bobby Brown 17 Oscar Gamble 44 Reggie Jackson 22 Ruppert Jones 46 Joe Lefebvre  2 Bobby Murcer 14 Lou Piniella 56,59 Ted Wilborn Manager 34 Dick Howser Coaches  8 Yogi Berra 33 Mike Ferraro 48 Jim Hegan 40 Charley Lau 41 Jeff Torborg 42 Stan Williams Game log Regular season background:#1c2841;color:white; 1980 regular season game log: 103–59 (Home: 53–28; Away: 50–31) y background:white;color:#1c2841; April: 9–9 (Home: 5–4; Away: 4–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |-style=background:#fbb | 1 || April 10 || 8:35 p.m. EST || @ Rangers || 0–1 (12) || Lyle (1–0) || Underwood (0–1) || || 2:39 || 33,196 || 0–1 || L1 || -1 |-style=background:#fbb | 2 || April 11 || 8:35 p.m. EST || @ Rangers || 7–11 || Jenkins (1–0) || Davis (0–1) || Rajsich (1) || 2:18 || 21,424 || 0–2 || L2 || -1½ |-style=background:#bbb | – || April 12 || – || @ Rangers || colspan=9| Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 13 |-style=background:#bfb | 3 || April 13 (1) || 4:35 p.m. EST || @ Rangers || 9–4 || Tiant (1–0) || Comer (0–1) || || 2:39 || – || 1–2 || W1 || -½ |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; May: 19–7 (Home: 9–5; Away: 10–2) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; June: 19–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 9–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; July: 16–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 11–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- style="background:#bbcaff;" | – || July 8 || ||colspan=10 |1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; August: 15–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–8) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; September: 21–7 (Home: 14–3; Away: 7–4) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; October: 4–1 (Home: 3–1; Away: 1–0) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fcc darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Yankees team member Postseason Game log background:#1c2841;color:white; 1980 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2) y background:white;color:#1c2841; AL Championship Series: vs. Kansas City Royals 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fcc darkgray = LossBold = Yankees team member Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Bold indicates American League All-Star. Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Rick Cerone 147 519 144 .277 14 85 1B Bob Watson 130 469 144 .307 13 68 2B Willie Randolph 138 513 151 .294 7 46 3B Graig Nettles 89 324 79 .244 16 45 SS Bucky Dent 141 489 128 .262 5 52 LF Lou Piniella 116 321 92 .287 2 27 CF Bobby Brown Bobby Brown (outfielder) 137 412 107 .260 14 47 RF Reggie Jackson 143 514 154 .300 41 111 DH Eric Soderholm 95 275 79 .287 11 35 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 Ruppert Jones 83 328 73 .223 9 42 Bobby Murcer 100 297 80 .269 13 57 Jim Spencer 97 259 61 .236 13 43 Oscar Gamble 78 194 54 .278 14 50 Aurelio Rodríguez 52 164 36 .220 3 14 Joe Lefebvre 74 150 34 .227 8 21 Fred Stanley Fred Stanley (baseball) 49 86 18 .209 0 5 Brian Doyle Brian Doyle (baseball) 34 75 13 .173 1 5 Dennis Werth 39 65 20 .308 3 12 Johnny Oates 39 64 12 .188 1 3 Ted Wilborn 8 8 2 .250 0 1 Roger Holt 2 6 1 .167 0 1 Marshall Brant 3 6 0 .000 0 0 Bruce Robinson Bruce Robinson (baseball) 4 5 0 .000 0 0 Dennis Sherrill 3 4 1 .250 0 0 Brad Gulden 2 3 1 .333 1 2 Paul Blair Paul Blair (baseball) 12 2 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Bold indicates American League All-Star. Player G IP W L ERA SO Tommy John 36 265 1 3 22 9 3.43 78 Ron Guidry 37 219 2 3 17 10 3.56 166 Tom Underwood 38 187 13 9 3.66 116 Rudy May 41 175 1 3 15 5 2.46 133 Luis Tiant 25 136 1 3 8 9 4.89 84 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 Ed Figueroa 15 58 3 3 6.98 16 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin (pitcher) 13 54 2 4 4.83 25 Gaylord Perry 10 50 2 3 4 4 4.44 28 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 Goose Gossage 64 6 2 33 2.27 103 Ron Davis pitcher 53 9 3 7 2.95 65 Doug Bird 22 3 0 1 2.66 17 Tim Lollar 14 1 0 2 3.34 13 Jim Kaat 4 0 1 0 7.20 1 ALCS 1980 American League Championship Series Game 1 October 8 Royals Stadium Team123456789RHENew York0200000002101Kansas City02200012X7100W: Larry Gura (1–0)  L: Ron Guidry (0–1)  HRs: NYY – Rick Cerone (1) Lou Piniella (1)   KCR – George Brett (1) Game 2 October 9 Royals Stadium Team123456789RHENew York000020000280Kansas City00300000X360W: Dennis Leonard (1–0)  L: Rudy May (0–1)  S: Dan Quisenberry (1)HRs: NYY – Graig Nettles Game 3 October 10 Yankee Stadium Team123456789RHEKansas City0000103004121New York000002000280W: Dan Quisenberry (1–0)  L: Rich Gossage (0–1)HRs: KCR – George Brett (2) Frank White (1) Awards and honors Bucky Dent, Goose Gossage, Reggie Jackson, Tommy John, Graig Nettles and Willie Randolph represented the Yankees at the 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Randolph earned the inaugural Silver Slugger Award at second base. Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Columbus Clippers International League Joe Altobelli AA Nashville Sounds Southern League Stump Merrill A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Doug Holmquist A Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Bob Schaefer A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Art Mazmanian Rookie Paintsville Yankees Appalachian League Mike Easom Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Carlos Tosca LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Greensboro, Oneonta, Paintsville Notes 2 References 1980 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1980 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1980s in the Bronx Category:American League East champion seasons