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The St. Louis Cardinals 1980 season was the team's 99th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 89th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 74-88 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 17 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies.

The Cardinals played the season under four different managers, Ken Boyer (fired June 8 between games of a double-header against the Expos in Montreal), Jack Krol (the second game of the double-header that same day), Whitey Herzog (June 9 until he was hired as the team's general manager in late August, succeeding John Claiborne, who was fired earlier in August) and Red Schoendienst (from late August to end of season). After the season, Herzog reclaimed the managerial job.

First baseman Keith Hernandez won a Gold Glove this year.

Offseason

• October 17, 1979: Mike Tyson was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Donnie Moore.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Opening Day starters

• Bobby Bonds
• George Hendrick
• Keith Hernandez
• Ken Oberkfell
• Ken Reitz
• Tony Scott
• Ted Simmons
• Garry Templeton
• Pete Vuckovich^[2]

Notable transactions

• April 2, 1980: Roger Freed was released by the Cardinals.^[3]
• April 7, 1980: Jeff Little was signed as a free agent with the Cardinals.^[4]
• April 30, 1980: Pedro Borbón was signed as a free agent with the Cardinals.^[5]
• April 30, 1980: Jim Kaat was purchased by the Cardinals from the New York Yankees.^[6]
• May 9, 1980: Darold Knowles was released by the Cardinals.^[7]
• May 27, 1980: Pedro Borbón was released by the Cardinals.^[5]
• June 2, 1980: Jim Lentine was traded by the Cardinals to the Detroit Tigers for Al Greene and John Martin.^[8]
• June 3, 1980: Dan Plesac was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[9]

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Springfield, Arkansas

Notes

References

• 1980 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1980 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0963718983.