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1980 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979/1981)
74-88, Finished 4th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 738 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78
Managed by Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, and Red Schoendienst

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,385,147 (7th of 12)
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Batting - 104, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1979/1981) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 9, 1979

Sold Dan O'Brien to the Seattle Mariners.

December 3, 1979

Manny Castillo drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

December 7, 1979

Traded Jerry Mumphrey and John Denny to the Cleveland Indians. Received Bobby Bonds.

December 10, 1979

Traded Ray Searage to the New York Mets. Received Jody Davis.

January 11, 1980

Drafted Kevin Hagen in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

March 13, 1980

Signed Don Hood as a free agent.

March 31, 1980

Released Tom Bruno.

Released Will McEnaney.

April 2, 1980 (Standings)

Released Roger Freed.

April 7, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Jeff Little as a free agent.

April 30, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Pedro Borbon as a free agent.

Purchased Jim Kaat from the New York Yankees.

May 9, 1980 (Standings)

Released Darold Knowles.

May 27, 1980 (Standings)

Released Pedro Borbon.

Released Bernie Carbo.

June 2, 1980 (Standings)

Traded Jim Lentine to the Detroit Tigers. Received John Martin and Al Greene.

June 3, 1980 (Standings)

Drafted Ray Krawczyk in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Dan Plesac in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Ricky Horton in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

Drafted Jim Adduci in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

Drafted Rick Aguilera in the 37th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

August 18, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Jose Uribe as a free agent.

October 25, 1980

Released Don Hood.

November 15, 1980

Signed Gibson Alba as a free agent.

December 7, 1980

Signed Darrell Porter as a free agent.

December 8, 1980

George Bjorkman drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

Jody Davis drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

Traded Terry Kennedy, Steve Swisher, Mike Phillips, John Littlefield, John Urrea, Kim Seaman, and Al Olmsted to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later, Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley, and Gene Tenace. The San Diego Padres sent Bob Geren (December 10, 1980) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

Drafted Orlando Sanchez from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

Roy Thomas drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

December 9, 1980

Traded a player to be named later, Leon Durham, and Ken Reitz to the Chicago Cubs. Received Bruce Sutter. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ty Waller (December 22, 1980) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

December 12, 1980

Traded Pete Vuckovich, Rollie Fingers, and Ted Simmons to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen, and Dave LaPoint.

December 22, 1980

Released Bobby Bonds.

January 13, 1981

Drafted Oddibe McDowell in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

January 27, 1981

Signed Steve Busby as a free agent.

February 16, 1981

Traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Rafael Santana. The St. Louis Cardinals sent George Frazier (June 7, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

March 3, 1981

Signed Steve Braun as a free agent.

March 26, 1981

Signed Stan Javier as an amateur free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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