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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 34-21, Finished 1st
Second Half: 25-27, Finished 3rd
Overall: 59-48, Finished 3rd in NL East
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Scored 491 runs, Allowed 472 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-52
Manager: Dallas Green (59-48)
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,638,752 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104; one-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 112
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1980 / 1982 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 4, 1980
Signed Francisco Melendez as an amateur free agent.
October 24, 1980
Released Mike Anderson.
Released Tim McCarver.
November 4, 1980
Del Unser granted Free Agency.
November 5, 1980
Tug McGraw granted Free Agency.
November 19, 1980
Traded a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers. Received Sparky Lyle. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Kevin Saucier (November 19, 1980) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
November 25, 1980
Signed Rick Schu as an amateur free agent.
December 6, 1980
Signed Tug McGraw as a free agent.
December 8, 1980
George Bell drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
Orlando Sanchez drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
Jim Wright drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
December 22, 1980
Signed Del Unser as a free agent.
January 13, 1981
Drafted Kevin Gross in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).
January 15, 1981
Released Cliff Speck.
March 1, 1981
Traded Randy Lerch to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Dick Davis.
March 23, 1981
Sold Billy Smith to the San Francisco Giants.
March 25, 1981
Traded Bob Walk to the Atlanta Braves. Received Gary Matthews.
March 30, 1981
Sold Greg Luzinski to the Chicago White Sox.
April 1, 1981 (Standings)
Traded Jay Loviglio to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Proly.
June 8, 1981 (Standings)
Drafted Johnny Abrego in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1981.
Drafted Jim Olander in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1981.
Drafted Charles Hudson in the 12th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1981.
Drafted Vince Coleman in the 20th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Charlie Kerfeld in the 24th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 15, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Elliott Maddox as a free agent.
June 22, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Jose Segura as an amateur free agent.
July 12, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Mike LaValliere as an amateur free agent.
August 11, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Greg Jelks as an amateur free agent.
August 24, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Keith Hughes as an amateur free agent.
Released John Vukovich.
August 31, 1981 (Standings)
Released Nino Espinosa.
October 20, 1981
Traded Ramon Aviles to the Texas Rangers. Received Dave Rajsich.
October 30, 1981
Signed Chris James as an amateur free agent.
Traded Jose Castro (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Gary Holle and Dewey Robinson.
November 13, 1981
Larry Christenson granted Free Agency.
Ron Reed granted Free Agency.
November 20, 1981
As part of a 3-team trade, traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians and Lonnie Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bo Diaz from the Cleveland Indians. In addition, the St. Louis Cardinals sent Silvio Martinez and Lary Sorensen to the Cleveland Indians. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Scott Munninghoff (December 9, 1981) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
December 6, 1981
Sold Bob Boone to the California Angels.
December 8, 1981
Traded Dan Larson, Keith Moreland and Dickie Noles to the Chicago Cubs. Received Mike Krukow and cash.
January 12, 1982
Drafted Rick Surhoff in the 20th round of the 1982 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 13, 1982.
January 20, 1982
Signed Ron Reed as a free agent.
January 25, 1982
Signed Larry Christenson as a free agent.
January 27, 1982
Traded Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ivan DeJesus.
January 28, 1982
Signed Ed Farmer as a free agent.
February 16, 1982
Traded Bake McBride to the Cleveland Indians. Received Sid Monge.
March 26, 1982
Released Dave Rajsich.
March 28, 1982
Traded Steve Dunnegan (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Dave Roberts.
March 29, 1982
Released Don McCormack.
Released Mike Proly.
