# 1980 California Angels season

The 1980 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 95 losses.

## Offseason

* November 16, 1979: Bruce Kison was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
* December 6, 1979: The Angels traded Willie Aikens and Rance Mulliniks to the Kansas City Royals, in exchange for Al Cowens, Todd Cruz, and a player to be named later.
* January 11, 1980: Kevin Romine was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
* March 30, 1980: Danny Boone was released by the Angels.
* April 1, 1980: The Angels received Craig Eaton from the Royals, completing the trade of December 6.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Kansas City Royals | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Oakland Athletics | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 46‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Minnesota Twins | 77 | 84 | .478 | 19½ | 44‍–‍36 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Texas Rangers | 76 | 85 | .472 | 20½ | 39‍–‍41 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 70 | 90 | .438 | 26 | 37‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍48 |
| California Angels | 65 | 95 | .406 | 31 | 30‍–‍51 | 35‍–‍44 |
| Seattle Mariners | 59 | 103 | .364 | 38 | 36‍–‍45 | 23‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1980 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–2 |
| Boston | 5–8 | — | 9–3 | 6–4 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
| California | 2–10 | 3–9 | — | 3–10 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 2–10 | 3–10 | 11–2 | 11–2 | 3–9 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | 4–6 | 10–3 | — | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7–2 | 5–7 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–4 | 7–5 | — | 3–10 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
| Detroit | 3–10 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 10–3 | — | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 10–2–1 | 4–8 | 9–4 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | — | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 9–3 |
| Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
| Minnesota | 2–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
| New York | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–11 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 2–10–1 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
| Texas | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–6–2 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 |
| Toronto | 2–11 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |

### Opening Day starters

* Don Baylor
* Rod Carew
* Al Cowens
* Brian Downing
* Dan Ford
* Dave Frost
* Bobby Grich
* Carney Lansford
* Freddie Patek
* Joe Rudi

### Notable transactions

* May 13, 1980: Dave Skaggs was purchased by the Angels from the Baltimore Orioles.
* May 27, 1980: Al Cowens was traded by the Angels to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jason Thompson
* June 3, 1980: Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.
* June 12, 1980: Todd Cruz was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Randy Scarbery.
* June 24, 1980: Merv Rettenmund was released by the Angels.

### Roster
## Player stats
### 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 | Tom Donohue | 84 | 218 | 41 | .188 | 2 | 14 |
| 1B | Rod Carew | 144 | 540 | 179 | .331 | 3 | 59 |
| 2B | Bobby Grich | 150 | 498 | 135 | .271 | 14 | 62 |
| SS | Freddie Patek | 86 | 273 | 72 | .264 | 5 | 34 |
| 3B | Carney Lansford | 151 | 602 | 157 | .261 | 15 | 80 |
| LF | Joe Rudi | 104 | 372 | 88 | .237 | 16 | 53 |
| CF | Rick Miller | 129 | 412 | 113 | .274 | 2 | 38 |
| RF | Larry Harlow | 109 | 301 | 83 | .276 | 4 | 27 |
| DH | Jason Thompson | 102 | 312 | 99 | .317 | 17 | 70 |

#### 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 |
| Don Baylor | 90 | 340 | 85 | .250 | 5 | 51 |
| Dickie Thon | 80 | 267 | 68 | .255 | 0 | 15 |
| Bobby Clark | 78 | 261 | 60 | .230 | 5 | 23 |
| Dan Ford | 65 | 226 | 63 | .279 | 7 | 26 |
| Bert Campaneris | 77 | 210 | 53 | .252 | 2 | 18 |
| Al Cowens | 34 | 119 | 27 | .227 | 1 | 17 |
| Brian Downing | 30 | 93 | 27 | .290 | 2 | 25 |
| Dan Whitmer | 48 | 87 | 21 | .241 | 0 | 7 |
| Dave Skaggs | 24 | 66 | 13 | .197 | 1 | 9 |
| Gil Kubski | 22 | 63 | 16 | .254 | 0 | 6 |
| Stan Cliburn | 54 | 56 | 10 | .179 | 2 | 6 |
| Ralph Garr | 21 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 3 |
| John Harris | 19 | 41 | 12 | .293 | 2 | 7 |
| Todd Cruz | 18 | 40 | 11 | .275 | 1 | 5 |
| Merv Rettenmund | 3 | 4 | 1 | .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 |
| Frank Tanana | 32 | 204.0 | 11 | 12 | 4.15 | 113 |
| Alfredo Martínez | 30 | 149.1 | 7 | 9 | 4.52 | 57 |
| Dave Frost | 15 | 78.1 | 4 | 8 | 5.29 | 28 |
| Bruce Kison | 13 | 73.1 | 3 | 6 | 4.91 | 28 |
| Ralph Botting | 6 | 26.1 | 0 | 3 | 5.81 | 12 |
| Jim Dorsey | 4 | 15.2 | 1 | 2 | 9.19 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Don Aase | 40 | 175.0 | 8 | 13 | 4.06 | 74 |
| Dave LaRoche | 52 | 128.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.08 | 89 |
| Chris Knapp | 32 | 117.1 | 2 | 11 | 6.14 | 46 |
| Jim Barr | 24 | 68.0 | 1 | 4 | 5.56 | 22 |
| Ed Halicki | 10 | 35.1 | 3 | 1 | 4.84 | 16 |
| Bob Ferris | 5 | 15.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.87 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Andy Hassler | 41 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2.49 | 75 |
| Mark Clear | 58 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3.30 | 105 |
| John Montague | 37 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.13 | 22 |
| Dave Lemanczyk | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.32 | 19 |
| Dave Schuler | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.55 | 7 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Salt Lake City Gulls | Pacific Coast League | Moose Stubing |
| AA | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Jim Saul |
| A | Salinas Packers | California League | Tom Zimmer |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Angels | Pioneer League | Reuben Rodriguez |