1980 Baltimore Orioles
Record: 71-89
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 700
Runs Allowed: 761
Exp W-L: 74-86
 
Ballpark: Camden Yards
Attendance: 1,611,988
Manager: Matt Ida II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 5th in the American League
AA: 79-58, 2nd in the American League
A: 76-61, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Lonnie Smith 24 153 602 108 179 28 11 5 54 83 22 70 84 .297 .375 .405 .780 100.9 18.8 2.9
SS  Alan Bannister 28 156 584 68 177 31 6 0 68 21 7 46 33 .303 .353 .377 .729 77.1 12.6 3.6
RF  Dave Winfield 28 144 563 57 136 22 4 13 70 4 3 56 81 .242 .307 .364 .671 62.5 6.1 2.6
C  Gene Tenace 33 147 511 64 146 24 4 6 66 2 1 99 86 .286 .407 .384 .791 83.0 15.3 1.5
C *Ernie Whitt 28 137 525 75 139 22 5 13 69 1 2 49 65 .265 .326 .400 .726 63.6 8.8 6.6
1B *Pat Putnam 26 138 473 63 135 26 2 18 78 2 3 24 27 .285 .321 .463 .784 67.4 10.8 0.4
SS  Bill Almon 27 148 464 52 117 23 5 5 56 21 3 27 88 .252 .294 .356 .650 47.5 4.7 8.0
CF *John Hale 26 132 447 42 111 15 1 5 56 1 2 37 79 .248 .308 .320 .628 42.6 3.8 3.3
SS  Dave Rosello 30 105 405 53 113 8 3 11 49 4 2 40 51 .279 .345 .395 .740 54.3 8.4 3.8
C  Rick Cerone 26 92 240 19 63 10 2 0 24 1 1 14 33 .263 .307 .321 .628 22.6 2.2 2.1
3B  Juan Bernhardt 26 51 188 17 53 6 0 1 12 1 1 4 14 .282 .294 .330 .624 16.3 1.2 1.8
1B  Sixto Lezcano 26 61 150 18 37 6 1 3 27 0 1 27 26 .247 .358 .360 .718 21.0 2.9 0.2
SS  Rich Dauer 27 37 99 8 19 4 0 1 12 0 1 6 2 .192 .236 .263 .498 5.8 0.0 1.2
RF  Dick Davis 26 33 104 20 33 7 2 3 12 0 0 0 15 .317 .317 .510 .827 14.7 2.9 0.6
1B *Willie Aikens 25 24 85 12 24 3 0 4 20 0 0 12 18 .282 .371 .459 .830 14.1 2.6 0.3
SS  Jerry Davanon 34 50 61 10 12 0 1 0 3 0 1 7 11 .197 .286 .230 .515 4.4 0.0 0.5
CF #Rod Gaspar 34 22 53 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 8 .151 .237 .151 .388 1.6 0.0 0.4
C #Ted Simmons 30 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 1633 5557 693 1504 235 47 88 677 141 51 524 721 .271 .335 .377 .712 700.4 101.1 39.6
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 7 6 9 5 8 6 3 7 4 6 5 3 7 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Jay Howell 24 16 14 .533 35 35 0 245.7 248 118 25 70 125 4.32 12.6
 Bill Caudill 23 16 9 .640 36 36 0 241.7 228 97 24 75 173 3.61 16.7
 Tom Dixon 25 7 19 .269 34 34 0 230.3 259 116 23 77 113 4.53 7.8
 Steve Rogers 30 10 11 .476 27 27 0 187.0 216 100 15 85 76 4.81 7.0
 Neil Allen 22 8 10 .444 20 20 0 124.7 135 65 8 53 60 4.69 5.2
 Fred Breining 24 7 13 .350 73 0 26 107.7 106 50 13 47 53 4.18 10.0
 Jerry Stephenson 36 1 1 .500 36 0 3 70.0 60 33 5 45 52 4.24 3.9
*Buddy Schultz 29 2 2 .500 43 0 2 60.0 58 21 4 22 29 3.15 4.7
 Luis Aponte 27 1 1 .500 28 0 2 52.0 54 24 5 22 7 4.15 2.8
*Bob Knepper 26 2 4 .333 8 8 0 50.0 52 30 7 18 14 5.40 0.8
*Rich Wortham 26 1 0 1.000 23 0 1 42.3 56 25 5 17 30 5.32 0.4
*Rob Gardner 35 0 4 .000 12 2 0 22.0 28 11 2 11 11 4.50 0.1
 John Fulgham 24 0 0 .000 8 0 2 9.7 12 7 3 1 2 6.52 0.0
 Francisco Barrios 27 0 1 .000 3 0 0 3.3 7 4 1 3 1 10.81 0.0
Team Totals 27.0 71 89 .444 386 162 36 1446.3 1519 701 140 546 746 4.36 72.2
Rank among 12 AL teams 8 8 8 7 3 10 9 8 7 5 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 31.3
E.Whitt 1161.0 129 135 631 64 9 0 .987 34.1
R.Cerone 273.3 31 33 140 20 0 0 1.000 40.0
G.Tenace 11.7 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.0 160 173 776 84 9 0 .990 34.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.71
G.Tenace 1027.7 115 116 1258 84 7 125 .995 11.75
W.Aikens 198.2 21 23 234 17 1 21 .996 11.40
R.Cerone 180.0 20 22 230 16 1 22 .996 12.30
P.Putnam 24.7 2 6 33 4 0 3 1.000 13.50
E.Whitt 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Simmons 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Bernhardt 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.9 158 170 1759 121 9 171 .995 11.79
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.80
D.Rosello 627.4 66 69 143 291 7 71 .984 6.23
A.Bannister 447.3 50 51 83 197 3 34 .989 5.63
R.Dauer 120.7 15 19 34 63 0 16 1.000 7.24
D.Davis 12.7 0 6 2 6 0 2 1.000 5.69
J.Davanon 6.0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.50
J.Bernhardt 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Lezcano 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1215.3 131 149 263 561 10 124 .988 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.92
A.Bannister 866.3 97 99 66 219 7 20 .976 2.96
J.Bernhardt 314.0 34 34 27 82 3 7 .973 3.12
J.Davanon 126.7 14 19 9 27 2 3 .947 2.56
R.Dauer 10.7 0 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.38
R.Gaspar 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Rosello 0.7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1320.4 145 158 102 333 12 32 .973 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.28
B.Almon 1212.3 144 148 210 536 21 108 .973 5.54
D.Rosello 274.3 29 34 43 129 8 18 .956 5.64
J.Bernhardt 139.3 16 16 22 58 1 10 .988 5.17
R.Dauer 111.7 14 15 17 46 2 10 .969 5.08
J.Davanon 48.7 1 16 6 19 1 2 .962 4.62
A.Bannister 17.7 1 3 4 6 0 2 1.000 5.10
Team Total 1803.9 205 232 302 794 33 150 .971 5.47
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
D.Winfield 1264.7 141 143 262 8 9 1 .968 1.92
P.Putnam 62.7 7 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
R.Gaspar 55.0 6 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
D.Davis 48.0 6 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
L.Smith 10.7 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.07
S.Lezcano 2.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.4 160 170 303 8 9 1 .972 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.60
J.Hale 1109.3 129 132 294 7 1 2 .997 2.44
P.Putnam 77.0 5 21 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.22
L.Smith 63.0 7 8 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.29
S.Lezcano 60.2 6 11 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.24
R.Gaspar 30.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
D.Davis 21.3 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.27
R.Cerone 12.3 0 3 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00
D.Rosello 11.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
W.Aikens 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1384.5 154 186 366 7 3 2 .992 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.11
L.Smith 1220.0 135 139 251 4 0 1 1.000 1.88
D.Davis 133.0 17 17 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
R.Gaspar 50.0 6 7 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.98
P.Putnam 27.0 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
D.Winfield 5.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
S.Lezcano 4.5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
E.Whitt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.2 160 173 305 5 0 2 1.000 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
J.Howell 245.7 35 35 13 49 2 3 .969 2.27
B.Caudill 241.7 36 36 22 41 0 1 1.000 2.35
T.Dixon 230.3 34 34 19 18 3 2 .925 1.45
S.Rogers 187.0 27 27 11 38 1 1 .980 2.36
N.Allen 124.7 20 20 6 18 0 4 1.000 1.73
F.Breining 107.7 0 73 9 17 1 1 .963 2.17
J.Stephenson 70.0 0 36 2 8 0 3 1.000 1.29
B.Schultz 60.0 0 43 1 7 1 1 .889 1.20
L.Aponte 52.0 0 28 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.56
B.Knepper 50.0 8 8 5 6 1 1 .917 1.98
R.Wortham 42.3 0 23 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.13
R.Gardner 22.0 2 12 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.86
J.Fulgham 9.7 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Barrios 3.3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1446.3 162 386 93 224 9 18 .972 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bannister .303
On-Base Pct Tenace .407
Slugging Pct Putnam .463
OPS Tenace .791
XR Smith 100.9
Games Bannister 156
At-Bats Smith 602
Runs Smith 108
Hits Smith 179
Total Bases Smith 244
Singles Bannister 140
Doubles Bannister 31
Triples Smith 11
Homeruns Putnam 18
RBIs Putnam 78
Stolen Bases Smith 83
Caught Stealing Smith 22
Walks Tenace 99
Strikeouts Almon 88
ERA Caudill 3.61
Wins Caudill, Howell 16
Losses Dixon 19
Winning Pct Caudill .640
Saves Breining 26
Games Pitched Breining 73
Games Started Caudill 36
Complete Games Howell 4
Shutouts Howell 3
Innings Pitched Howell 245.7
Hits Allowed Dixon 259
Homeruns Allowed Howell 25
Strikeouts Caudill 173
Walks Allowed Rogers 85
Walks per 9IP Howell 2.6
Hits per 9IP Caudill 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Caudill 6.4
WHiP Caudill 1.25
OAVG Caudill .249
OOBP Caudill .308
OSLG Caudill .403
OOPS Caudill .710
Team All-Stars
Lonnie Smith
Player Salaries
Gene Tenace $ 6,006,068
Rob Gardner $ 3,555,555
Dave Winfield $ 3,000,000
Dave Rosello $ 1,607,143
Ernie Whitt $ 1,371,429
Alan Bannister $ 1,221,429
Sixto Lezcano $ 750,000
Jerry Stephenson $ 636,000
Ted Simmons $ 450,077
Bill Almon $ 300,000
Jerry Davanon $ 300,000
Fred Breining $ 300,000
Bill Caudill $ 300,000
Rick Cerone $ 300,000
Rich Dauer $ 300,000
Francisco Barrios $ 300,000
Dick Davis $ 300,000
Tom Dixon $ 300,000
Neil Allen $ 300,000
John Hale $ 300,000
Rich Wortham $ 300,000
Jay Howell $ 300,000
Pat Putnam $ 300,000
Buddy Schultz $ 300,000
Lonnie Smith $ 300,000
John Fulgham $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Lee Smith Pittsburgh Terry Kennedy
2/5 Signed     Gene Tenace
2/5 Signed     Steve Rogers
4/3 Signed     Mike Andrews
4/3 Signed     Jerry Stephenson
5/1 Released Ozzie Osborn    
5/1 Released Gonzalo Marquez    
5/1 Released Bob Robertson    
5/1 Released Tom Griffin    
5/1 Released Gilberto Rondon    
5/1 Released Bobby Mitchell    
5/1 Traded Willie Aikens
$1,863,000
Boston (A) Sandy Vance
6/1 Traded Juan Bernhardt
Bob Knepper
Joey Mclaughlin
Toronto Dave Rosello
7/1 Traded Luis Aponte
Luis Salazar
$7,100,000
Kansas City Sixto Lezcano
Rob Gardner
8/26 Released Mike Andrews    
10/4 Released Rod Gaspar    
10/4 Released Steve Rogers    
10/14 Released Don Newhauser