1980 Montreal Expos season

The 1980 Montreal Expos season was the 12th season in franchise history. The Expos were tied with the division rival Philadelphia Phillies in the standings entering the final weekend of the 1980 season with a three game series set between the two clubs at Olympic Stadium. On October 4, with the Phillies holding a one-game lead in the standings, and with the score tied at four heading to the tenth, Mike Schmidt hit a blast deep into the seats in left field to give the Phillies a 6–4 lead and ultimate win to clinch the NL East. This was the Expos closest shot at making the postseason in their brief 12 year history.

1980 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersJohn McHale
ManagersDick Williams
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
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Offseason

Spring training

In 1980, the Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, for the final time. It was their eighth season there. For spring training the following season, they would return to West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida, where they previously had trained from 1969 through 1972.

Regular season

On June 8, during a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Expos played against two different Cardinals managers: Ken Boyer, who was fired between games, and his replacement, Jack Krol.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9171 0.562 — 49–32 42–39
Montreal Expos 9072 0.556 1 51–29 39–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 8379 0.512 8 47–34 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7488 0.457 17 41–40 33–48
New York Mets 6795 0.414 24 38–44 29–51
Chicago Cubs 6498 0.395 27 37–44 27–54

Record vs. opponents
1980 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—8–42–167–1111–75–73–95–711–112–611–66–6
Chicago4–8—7–51–115–76–1210–85–138–104–85–79–9
Cincinnati16–25–7—8–109–93–98–47–56–615–3–17–115–7
Houston11–711–110–8—9–105–78–43–97–511–711–77–5
Los Angeles 7–117–59–910–9—11–17–56–66–69–913–57–5
Montreal7–512–69–37–51–11—10–89–96–1210–27–512–6
New York9–38–104–84–85–78–10—6–1210–81–113–99–9
Philadelphia7-513–55–79–36–69–912–6—7–118–46–69–9
Pittsburgh1–1110–86–65–76–612–68–1011–7—6–68–410–8
San Diego6–128–43–15–17–119–92–1011–14–86–6—10–87–5
San Francisco6–117–511–77–115–135–79–36–64–88–10—7–5
St. Louis6–69–97–55–75–76–129–99–98–105–75–7—

Opening Day starters

[8]

Notable transactions

Roster
1980 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CGary Carter15454976145.264291013
1BWarren Cromartie16259774172.28814708
2BRodney Scott15456784127.22404663
3BLarry Parrish12645255115.25415722
SSChris Speier12838835103.2651320
LFRon LeFlore13952195134.25743997
CFAndre Dawson15157796178.308178734
RFEllis Valentine863114098.31513675

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Rowland Office1162923678.2676303
Jerry White1102142256.2627238
Tony Bernazard821832641.2245189
Ken Macha491071031.290180
Brad Mills2160118.300080
Tommy Hutton6255212.218050
John Tamargo3751414.2751130
Bob Pate2339310.256050
Bill Almon1838210.263030
Bobby Ramos133255.156020
Tim Raines152051.050005
Willie Montañez141914.211010
Tim Wallach51112.182120
Jerry Manuel7600.000000

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
Steve Rogers37281.016112.98147
Scott Sanderson33211.116113.11125
Bill Gullickson24141.01053.00120
David Palmer24130.0862.9873
Bill Lee24118.0464.9634
Charlie Lea21104.0753.7256
Steve Ratzer14.00011.250

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
Fred Norman4898.0444.1358
Ross Grimsley1141.1246.3111
Hal Dues612.1016.572

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Woodie Fryman6180.074172.2559
Elías Sosa6794.09693.0658
Stan Bahnsen5791.17643.0548
Dale Murray1629.10106.1416
John D'Acquisto1120.20222.1815
Tommy Hutton11.000027.001

Awards and honors

1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Gary Carter, reserve[17]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Billy Gardner
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Larry Bearnarth
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Bob Bailey
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Pat Daugherty
Rookie Calgary Expos Pioneer League Steve Boros

Notes
  1. Ron LeFlore page at Baseball Reference
  2. Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference
  3. Mike Sharperson page at Baseball Reference
  4. Jerry Manuel page at Baseball Reference
  5. Joe Pettini page at Baseball Reference
  6. Jim Mason page at Baseball Reference
  7. Rusty Staub page at Baseball Reference
  8. "1980 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  9. Terry Francona page at Baseball Reference
  10. Tom Gorman page at Baseball Reference
  11. Roy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  12. Chris Sabo page at Baseball Reference
  13. John D'Acquisto page at Baseball Reference
  14. Tony Phillips page at Baseball Reference
  15. "1980 Montreal Expos Statistics".
  16. Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  17. "1980 All-Star Game".

References
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