1980 Minnesota Twins season

March 2026 November 2013 Minnesota Twins 1980 American League West Metropolitan Stadium Bloomington, Minnesota 77 84 y 3rd Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) Calvin Griffith Gene Mauch, Johnny Goryl KMSP-TV (Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman) 830 WCCO AM (Herb Carneal, Frank Quilici) The 1980 Minnesota Twins season was the 20th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 20th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 80th overall in the American League. The Twins finished 77–84, third in the American League West. 769,206 fans attended Twins games, the lowest total in the American League. Offseason December 3, 1979: 1979 rule 5 draft Doug Corbett was drafted by the Twins from the Cincinnati Reds.Doug Corbett page at Baseball Reference Guy Sularz was drafted by the Twins from the San Francisco Giants.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sulargu01.shtml Guy Sularz Stats December 5, 1979: Jeff Holly was traded by the Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Fernando Arroyo.Jeff Holly page at Baseball Reference January 6, 1980: Albert Williams was signed as a free agent by the Twins.Albert Williams page at Baseball Reference Regular season On May 31, outfielder Ken Landreaux went 0 for 4, ending his hitting streak at 31 games. This set a Minnesota Twins record that has yet to be topped. Landreaux tripled three times July 3, in a 10–3 win over the Texas Rangers, to tie an American League record. This Twins record remained untouched until Denard Span matched it on June 29, 2010. Landreaux, a Los Angeles native, is the only Twins player to make the All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium. One of the club's most unusual games was played in Toronto on Thursday, August 28, a game in which one player was replaced after being injured in a car crash during the game and that featured a rare save by a Twins starting pitcher. A game that ended with the Blue Jays' mound ace playing left field. The Canadian National Exhibition (like a state fair) was set up adjacent to Exhibition Stadium. Because of a schedule evening concert by the rock group The Cars, no inning would be able to start past 5:00 PM; the game was begun at 1:00 PM to avoid the curfew. However, the game went into extra innings and was suspended in the 15th inning, to be finished the following afternoon. During the evening hours Thursday, Bombo Rivera was injured in a car crash with Toronto's Otto Velez and neither could resume playing Friday. Friday's scheduled starter Dave Stieb played left field for the final inning of the Thursday game when the Jays ran out of position players (he'd go on to lose the Friday game). Minnesota's John Verhoeven got the win, and starter Albert Williams, who faced four batters in the fifteenth inning, got the save.162-0: Imagine a Twins Perfect Season: The Greatest Wins!, 2010 Edition, p. 198, Dave Wright, Triumph Books, 978-1-60078-326-5 On September 18, at Milwaukee for a double-header, outfielder Gary Ward hit a double, single, homer and triple in the first game, becoming the sixth Twin to hit for the cycle. It came, however, in a losing effort as the 9–8 win by the Brewers was the only time—of the ten Minnesota cycles—that Minnesota has lost the game in which a Twin cycled. Ward became part of history in 2004 when, on May 26, his son Daryle Ward hit for the cycle for Pittsburgh, and they became the only father-son duo to accomplish the feat. Infielder John Castino led the team in most of the major offensive categories, batting .302 with 13 HR and 64 RBI. Shortstop Roy Smalley hit 12 HR and collected 63 RBI. Ken Landreaux batted .281 with 7 HR and 62 RBI. Reliever Doug Corbett replaced Mike Marshall as manager Gene Mauch's all-purpose reliever, racking up 8 relief wins along with 23 saves. His saves total set a major league rookie record. Only veterans Jerry Koosman (16–13) and Geoff Zahn (14–18) had double digit wins. Season standings Record vs. opponents MIN Notable transactions April 1, 1980: Guy Sularz was returned by the Twins to the San Francisco Giants. April 3, 1980: Paul Hartzell was released by the Twins.Paul Hartzell page at Baseball Reference April 3, 1980: Bob Randall was released by the Twins.Bob Randall page at Baseball Reference May 16, 1980: Bob Randall was signed as a free agent by the Twins. June 3, 1980: Bob Randall was released by the Twins. June 6, 1980: Mike Marshall was released by the Twins.Mike Marshall page at Baseball Reference June 18, 1980: Bob Randall was signed as a free agent by the Twins. July 16, 1980: Bob Randall was released by the Twins. Roster 1980 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers 30 Fernando Arroyo 27 Mike Bacsik 23 Doug Corbett 19 Roger Erickson 21 Terry Felton 15,31 Darrell Jackson 35 Mike Kinnunen 36 Jerry Koosman 28 Mike Marshall 17 Pete Redfern 22 John Verhoeven 20 Bob Veselic 27,28 Albert Williams 38 Geoff Zahn Catchers 11 Sal Butera 16 Butch Wynegar Infielders  1 John Castino 26 Mike Cubbage 12,21 Lenny Faedo 25 Danny Goodwin 15 Ron Jackson 14 Pete Mackanin 34 José Morales 32 Bob Randall  5 Roy Smalley  1 Jesús Vega  7 Rob Wilfong Outfielders  8 Glenn Adams 33 Dave Edwards 18 Greg Johnston 44 Ken Landreaux 24 Willie Norwood 10 Hosken Powell  9 Bombo Rivera 12 Rick Sofield 35 Gary Ward Manager 45 Johnny Goryl  4 Gene Mauch Coaches 45 Johnny Goryl 41 Karl Kuehl 42 Camilo Pascual 32 Bob Randall 43 Jerry Zimmerman Player stats = Indicates team 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Butch Wynegar 146 486 124 .255 5 57 1B Ron Jackson baseball, born 1953 131 396 105 .265 5 42 2B Rob Wilfong 131 416 103 .248 8 45 3B John Castino 150 546 165 .302 13 64 SS Roy Smalley Roy Smalley (switch hitter) 133 486 135 .278 12 63 CF Ken Landreaux 129 484 136 .281 7 62 RF Hosken Powell 137 485 127 .262 6 35 DH Glenn Adams 99 262 75 .286 6 38 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 Pete Mackanin 108 319 85 .266 4 35 Mike Cubbage 103 285 70 .246 8 42 José Morales José Morales (designated hitter) 97 241 73 .303 8 36 Dave Edwards Dave Edwards (baseball) 81 200 50 .250 2 20 Danny Goodwin 55 115 23 .200 1 11 Bombo Rivera 44 113 25 .221 3 10 Sal Butera 34 85 23 .271 0 2 Willie Norwood Willie Norwood (baseball) 34 73 12 .164 1 8 Gary Ward Gary Ward (outfielder) 13 41 19 .463 1 10 Jesús Vega 12 30 5 .167 0 4 Greg Johnston Greg Johnston (baseball) 14 27 5 .185 0 1 Bob Randall Bob Randall (baseball) 5 15 3 .200 0 0 Lenny Faedo 5 8 2 .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 Jerry Koosman 38 243.1 16 13 4.03 149 Geoff Zahn 38 232.2 14 18 4.41 96 Roger Erickson Roger Erickson (baseball) 32 191.1 7 13 3.25 97 Darrell Jackson Darrell Jackson (baseball) 32 172.0 9 9 3.87 90 Terry Felton 5 17.2 0 3 7.13 14 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 Pete Redfern 23 104.2 7 7 4.56 73 Fernando Arroyo 21 92.1 6 6 4.68 27 Albert Williams Albert Williams (baseball) 18 77.0 6 2 3.51 35 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 Doug Corbett 73 8 6 23 1.98 29 John Verhoeven 44 3 4 0 3.97 42 Mike Kinnunen 21 0 0 0 5.11 8 Mike Marshall Mike Marshall (pitcher) 18 1 3 1 6.12 13 Mike Bacsik Mike Bacsik (right-handed pitcher) 10 0 0 0 4.30 9 Bob Veselic 1 0 0 0 4.50 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Cal Ermer AA Orlando Twins Southern League Roy McMillan A Visalia Oaks California League Tom Kelly A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Rick Stelmaszek Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Fred Waters Notes References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Minnesota Twins seasons Minnesota Twins season Category:1980 in sports in Minnesota