1980 Pacific Coast League season

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The 1980 Pacific Coast League season was the 77th in the league's history, and ended with the Albuquerque Dukes winning the city's first PCL title since 1972.

This was the final season for the Ogden A's.

[edit] Final first-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Hawaii Islanders	40	25	.615	--	Doug Rader	San Diego Padres
Vancouver Canadians	37	30	.552	4	Bob Didier	Milwaukee Brewers
Tacoma Tigers	39	34	.534	5	Gene Dusan	Cleveland Indians
Portland Beavers	34	35	.493	8	Jim Mahoney	Pittsburgh Pirates
Spokane Indians	24	41	.369	16	Rene Lachemann	Seattle Mariners

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Toros	40	30	.571	--	Jimmy Johnson	Houston Astros
Albuquerque Dukes	39	33	.542	2	Del Crandall	Los Angeles Dodgers
Salt Lake City Gulls	39	33	.542	2	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Ogden A's	31	37	.456	17	Jose Pagan	Oakland Athletics
Phoenix Giants	28	47	.373	14½	Rocky Bridges	San Francisco Giants

[edit] Final second-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Vancouver Canadians	42	30	.583	--	Bob Didier	Milwaukee Brewers
Spokane Indians	36	39	.480	7½	Rene Lachemann	Seattle Mariners
Hawaii Islanders	36	40	.474	8	Doug Rader	San Diego Padres
Tacoma Tigers	35	40	.467	8½	Gene Dusan	Cleveland Indians
Portland Beavers	35	41	.461	9	Jim Mahoney	Pittsburgh Pirates

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Toros	47	29	.618	--	Jimmy Johnson	Houston Astros
Albuquerque Dukes	46	29	.613	½	Del Crandall	Los Angeles Dodgers
Salt Lake City Gulls	42	32	.568	4	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Ogden A's	29	45	.392	17	Jose Pagan	Oakland Athletics
Phoenix Giants	25	48	.342	20½	Rocky Bridges	San Francisco Giants

[edit] Overall standings

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Toros	87	59	.596	--	Jimmy Johnson	Houston Astros
Albuquerque Dukes	85	62	.581	2½	Del Crandall	Los Angeles Dodgers
Vancouver Canadians	79	60	.568	4½	Bob Didier	Milwaukee Brewers
Salt Lake City Gulls	77	65	.542	8	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Hawaii Islanders	76	65	.539	8½	Doug Rader	San Diego Padres
Tacoma Tigers	74	74	.500	14	Gene Dusan	Cleveland Indians
Portland Beavers	69	76	.476	17½	Jim Mahoney	Pittsburgh Pirates
Spokane Indians	60	80	.429	19½	Rene Lachemann	Seattle Mariners
Ogden A's	59	83	.415	26	Jose Pagan	Oakland Athletics
Phoenix Giants	53	95	.358	35	Rocky Bridges	San Francisco Giants

[edit] Playoffs

First Round			Championship Finals

N1	Hawaii Islanders	2
N2	Vancouver Canadians	1
			N1	Hawaii Islanders	2
			S2	Albuquerque Dukes	3
S1	Tucson Toros	0
S2	Albuquerque Dukes	2

[edit] First Round

Vancouver vs. Hawaii
Date	Away	Home
September 3	Vancouver 0	Hawaii 8
September 4	Vancouver 7	Hawaii 4
September 5	Vancouver 0	Hawaii 5
Hawaii wins series 2-1

Albuquerque vs. Tucson
Date	Away	Home
September 3	Tucson 7	Albuquerque 8
September 4	Tucson 7	Albuquerque 9
Albuquerque wins series 2-0

[edit] Championship Finals

Albuquerque vs. Hawaii
Date	Away	Home
September 6	Hawaii 7	Albuquerque 11
September 7	Hawaii 5	Albuquerque 2
September 8	Albuquerque 1	Hawaii 6
September 9	Albuquerque 4	Hawaii 3
September 10	Albuquerque 9	Hawaii 2
Albuquerque wins series 3-2

[edit] League Leaders

[edit] Batting

Batting Average Danny Heep, Tucson, .343
Runs Scored Tack Wilson, Albuquerque, 110
Hits John Harris, Salt Lake City, 172
Doubles Gary Woods, Tucson, 42
Triples Marshall Edwards, Vancouver, 17
Home Runs Tim Hosley, Ogden, 26
Runs Batted In Alan Knicely, Tucson, 105
Stolen Bases Kim Allen, Spokane, 84

[edit] Pitching

Wins Four tied with 15
Earned Run Average Dennis Lewallyn, Albuquerque, 2.13
Complete Games Mickey Mahler, Portland, 14
Shutouts Tom Tellmann, Hawaii, 4
Strikeouts Mahler, 140
Saves Lewallyn, 24

[edit] All-Star Team

First Base Danny Heep, Tucson
Second Base Jack Perconte, Albuquerque
Shortstop Chuck Baker, Hawaii
Third Base Dave Edler, Spokane
Outfield Bobby Mitchell, Albuquerque; Gary Rajsich, Tucson; Luis Salazar, Portland/Hawaii
Catcher Tony Peña, Portland
Designated Hitter Gary Gray, Tacoma
Pitcher Dennis Lewallyn, Albuquerque; Mickey Mahler, Portland
Manager Jimmy Johnson, Tucson

[edit] References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1981 Baseball Guide

[edit] External Links

1980 PCL - The Baseball Cube