1980 Oakland Athletics season
- 1980 Oakland Athletics season
MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1980
misc =
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current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Walter A. Haas, Jr.
managers = Billy Martin
television = KPIX-TV
(Monte Moore, Wayne Walker)
radio = KDIA
(Ted Robinson, Red Rush, Dom Valentino)|The Oakland Athletics' 1980 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. In 1980, Charlie O. Finley hired Billy Martin to manage the young team. The club was led by new young stars Rickey Henderson, Mike Norris, Tony Armas, and Dwayne Murphy. The starting pitching staff was also notable in that completed 94 starts, virtually unheard of in the era of the relief pitcher. Rick Langford finished 28 of his 33 starts, totalling nearly 300 innings, and tallying a 19-12 record. Norris went 22-9 with a 2.53 ERA, completed 24 starts, and was runner-up to Steve Stone in the Cy Young Award balloting that year. Martin made believers of his young charges as “Billyball” (characterized as featuring aggressive base running) was used to market the team, and the Athletics finished second in by|1980.
Regular season
eason standings
Notable transactions
*March 21, 1980: Jim Todd was released by the Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/toddji01.shtml Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 21, 1980: Joe Wallis was released by the Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wallijo01.shtml Joe Wallis page at Baseball Reference] ]
Roster
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Awards and Honors
* Billy Martin, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year
References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1980.shtml 1980 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1980&t=OAK 1980 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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