1980 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1980
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
managers = Don Zimmer (W-82; L-73) and Johnny Pesky (W-1; L-4)
television = WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ken Harrelson, Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
radio = WITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)|

The by|1980 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

* November 16, 1979: Tony Perez was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezto01.shtml Tony Perez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season: End Of An Era

As 1980 approached so did an end to an era. All signs pointed to Fred Lynn and Rick Burleson and possibly Carlton Fisk going elsewhere, and Don Zimmer's job was on the line as well. In 1980 Boston dropped to fourth, 20 games back of the New York Yankees, who won the AL East. Zimmer was let go with four games left, and Johnny Pesky finished.

Lynn hit .301, had 12 homers and 61 RBIs. Jim Rice hit .294, with 24 HRs and 86 RBIs. Mike Torrez was 9-16, and Dennis Eckersley 12-14. Lynn, Fisk and Burleson soon would be gone, and Mrs. Yawkey was about to assert herself for the Red Sox of the Eighties.

eason standings

Transactions

*June 3, 1980: Oil Can Boyd was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boydoi01.shtml Oil Can Boyd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Joe Morgan, manager)
* Class AA: Bristol Red Sox (Eastern League; Tony Torchia, manager)
* Class A: Winston-Salem Red Sox (Carolina League; Buddy Hunter, manager)
* Class A: Winter Haven Red Sox (Florida State League; Rac Slider, manager)
* Class SS-A: Elmira Pioneers (New York-Penn League; Dick Berardino, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1980.shtml 1980 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1980&t=BOS 1980 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]