1980 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record81–80 (.503)
Divisional place4th
OwnersTed Turner
General managersJohn Mullen
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionWTBS/Superstation WTBS
RadioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray)
Seasons

The 1980 Atlanta Braves season was the 15th season in Atlanta along with the 110th season as a franchise overall.

Offseason

Regular season

On August 6, umpire Jerry Dale ruled that Braves shortstop Rafael Ramírez did not step on second base while turning a double play. Manager Bobby Cox argued the call and confronted Dale while tobacco juice streamed out of his mouth. Cox was accused of spitting on the umpire.[3]

Phil Niekro became the only pitcher in the history of the National League to lead the NL in losses for four consecutive seasons.[4]

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9370 0.571 — 55–26 38–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 9271 0.564 1 55–27 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 8973 0.549 3½ 44–37 45–36
Atlanta Braves 8180 0.503 11 50–30 31–50
San Francisco Giants 7586 0.466 17 44–37 31–49
San Diego Padres 7389 0.451 19½ 45–36 28–53

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—

Notable transactions

Roster

1980 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CBruce Benedict12035991.253234
1BChris Chambliss158602170.2821872
2BGlenn Hubbard117431107.248943
SSLuis Gómez12127853.191024
3BBob Horner124463124.2683589
LFJeff Burroughs9927873.2631351
CFDale Murphy156569160.2813389
RFGary Matthews155571159.2781975

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
Jerry Royster12339295.242120
Larvell Blanks8822145.204212
Brian Asselstine8721862.284325
Rafael Ramírez5016544.267211
Bill Nahorodny5915738.242518
Mike Lum938317.20505
Biff Pocoroba708322.26528
Terry Harper215410.18503
Charlie Spikes413610.27802
Chico Ruiz25268.30802
Joe Nolan17226.27302
Eddie Miller11193.15800
Gary Cooper2120.00000

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
Phil Niekro40275.015183.63176
Doyle Alexander35231.214114.20114
Tommy Boggs32192.11293.4284
Rick Matula33176.211134.5862
Larry McWilliams30163.29144.9577

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
Rick Camp7764221.9133
Gene Garber685573.8351
Larry Bradford563442.4432
Al Hrabosky454233.6231
Preston Hanna322003.1835
Rick Mahler20002.451

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Fred Hatfield
AA Savannah Braves Southern League Eddie Haas
A Durham Bulls Carolina League Al Gallagher
A Anderson Braves South Atlantic League Sonny Jackson
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Pedro González

Awards and honors

League leaders

  • Phil Niekro, National League leader, Losses[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Doyle Alexander page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Sports Illustrated, "Thumbing his Way back home" by Thomas Lake, July 26, 2010, p. 49
  4. 1 2 Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 348, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  5. ↑ Ken Dayley page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference

References

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