1980 California Angels season

November 16, 1979: Bruce Kison was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
December 6, 1979: The Angels traded Willie Aikens and Rance Mulliniks to the Kansas City Royals, in exchange for Al Cowens, Todd Cruz, and a player to be named later.
January 11, 1980: Kevin Romine was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
March 30, 1980: Danny Boone was released by the Angels.
April 1, 1980: The Angels received Craig Eaton from the Royals, completing the trade of December 6.

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	97	65	.599	—	49‍–‍32	48‍–‍33
Oakland Athletics	83	79	.512	14	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins	77	84	.478	19½	44‍–‍36	33‍–‍48
Texas Rangers	76	85	.472	20½	39‍–‍41	37‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox	70	90	.438	26	37‍–‍42	33‍–‍48
California Angels	65	95	.406	31	30‍–‍51	35‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners	59	103	.364	38	36‍–‍45	23‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	10–2	6–6	6–7	10–3	6–6	7–6	10–2	7–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	9–3	6–4	7–6	8–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	3–10	9–3	7–5	5–7	7–6
California	2–10	3–9	—	3–10	4–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	2–10	3–10	11–2	11–2	3–9
Chicago	6–6	4–6	10–3	—	5–7	2–10	5–8	5–7	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–7	6–7–2	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	6–7	6–4	7–5	—	3–10	5–7	3–10	9–3	5–8	6–6	8–4	6–6	8–5
Detroit	3–10	5–8	7–5	10–2	10–3	—	2–10	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	10–2–1	4–8	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	10–2	—	6–6	5–8	8–4	6–7	7–6	10–3	9–3
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	6–6	7–5	10–3	6–7	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	5–8
Minnesota	2–10	6–6	6–7	8–5	3–9	6–6	8–5	5–7	—	4–8	6–7	7–6	9–3	7–5
New York	6–7	10–3	10–2	7–5	8–5	8–5	4–8	8–5	8–4	—	8–4	9–3	7–5	10–3
Oakland	5–7	3–9	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	4–8	—	8–5	7–6	8–4
Seattle	6–6	5–7	2–11	7–6	4–8	2–10–1	6–7	3–9	6–7	3–9	5–8	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	6–6	7–5	2–11	7–6–2	6–6	8–4	3–10	7–5	3–9	5–7	6–7	9–4	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	6–7	9–3	7–5	5–8	4–9	3–9	8–5	5–7	3–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

May 13, 1980: Dave Skaggs was purchased by the Angels from the Baltimore Orioles.
May 27, 1980: Al Cowens was traded by the Angels to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jason Thompson
June 3, 1980: Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.
June 12, 1980: Todd Cruz was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Randy Scarbery.
June 24, 1980: Merv Rettenmund was released by the Angels.

Roster

1980 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 46 Don Aase 33 Jim Barr 34 Ralph Botting 38 Mark Clear 43 Jim Dorsey 44 Bob Ferris 37 Dave Frost 28 Ed Halicki 41 Andy Hassler 24 Bruce Kison 42 Chris Knapp 17 Dave LaRoche 45 Dave Lemanczyk 27 Alfredo Martínez 39 John Montague 47 Dave Schuler 40 Frank Tanana		Catchers 16 Stan Cliburn 23 Tom Donohue 9 Brian Downing 8 Dave Skaggs 36 Dan Whitmer Infielders 19 Bert Campaneris 29 Rod Carew 14 Todd Cruz 4 Bobby Grich 18 John Harris 5 Carney Lansford 2 Freddie Patek 22 Jason Thompson 31 Dickie Thon		Outfielders 25 Don Baylor 32 Bobby Clark 18 Al Cowens 15 Dan Ford 48 Ralph Garr 20 Larry Harlow 7,14 Gil Kubski 3 Rick Miller 26 Joe Rudi Other batters 7 Merv Rettenmund		Manager 11 Jim Fregosi Coaches 49 Bob Clear 6 Deron Johnson 1 Bobby Knoop 50 Jimmie Reese 51 Larry Sherry

1980 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

7 Merv Rettenmund

Manager

11 Jim Fregosi

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
C	Tom Donohue	84	218	41	.188	2	14
1B	Rod Carew	144	540	179	.331	3	59
2B	Bobby Grich	150	498	135	.271	14	62
SS	Freddie Patek	86	273	72	.264	5	34
3B	Carney Lansford	151	602	157	.261	15	80
LF	Joe Rudi	104	372	88	.237	16	53
CF	Rick Miller	129	412	113	.274	2	38
RF	Larry Harlow	109	301	83	.276	4	27
DH	Jason Thompson	102	312	99	.317	17	70

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
Don Baylor	90	340	85	.250	5	51
Dickie Thon	80	267	68	.255	0	15
Bobby Clark	78	261	60	.230	5	23
Dan Ford	65	226	63	.279	7	26
Bert Campaneris	77	210	53	.252	2	18
Al Cowens	34	119	27	.227	1	17
Brian Downing	30	93	27	.290	2	25
Dan Whitmer	48	87	21	.241	0	7
Dave Skaggs	24	66	13	.197	1	9
Gil Kubski	22	63	16	.254	0	6
Stan Cliburn	54	56	10	.179	2	6
Ralph Garr	21	42	8	.190	0	3
John Harris	19	41	12	.293	2	7
Todd Cruz	18	40	11	.275	1	5
Merv Rettenmund	3	4	1	.250	0	0

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
Frank Tanana	32	204.0	11	12	4.15	113
Alfredo Martínez	30	149.1	7	9	4.52	57
Dave Frost	15	78.1	4	8	5.29	28
Bruce Kison	13	73.1	3	6	4.91	28
Ralph Botting	6	26.1	0	3	5.81	12
Jim Dorsey	4	15.2	1	2	9.19	8

Other 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
Don Aase	40	175.0	8	13	4.06	74
Dave LaRoche	52	128.0	3	5	4.08	89
Chris Knapp	32	117.1	2	11	6.14	46
Jim Barr	24	68.0	1	4	5.56	22
Ed Halicki	10	35.1	3	1	4.84	16
Bob Ferris	5	15.1	0	2	5.87	4

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
Andy Hassler	41	5	1	10	2.49	75
Mark Clear	58	11	11	9	3.30	105
John Montague	37	4	2	3	5.13	22
Dave Lemanczyk	21	2	4	0	4.32	19
Dave Schuler	8	0	1	0	3.55	7

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake City Gulls	Pacific Coast League	Moose Stubing
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Jim Saul
A	Salinas Packers	California League	Tom Zimmer
Rookie	Idaho Falls Angels	Pioneer League	Reuben Rodriguez

Notes

Bruce Kison at Baseball-Reference
^ Al Cowens at Baseball-Reference
Kevin Romine at Baseball-Reference
^ Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
"1980 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac".
Dave Skaggs at Baseball Reference
Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
Todd Cruz at Baseball Reference
Merv Rettenmund at Baseball Reference

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1980 California Angels team at Baseball Reference
1980 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

1980 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Los Angeles Angels

Established in 1961
Formerly the California Angels and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

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Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture

Big A Sign
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Rally Monkey
Thundersticks
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Talent for the Game
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Infield
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
Los Angels en Acción
"Build Me Up Buttercup"
City of Anaheim v. Angels Baseball LP
"Calling All Angels"
Shohei Ohtani: Beyond the Dream

Lore

Rivalries

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Salt Lake Bees
Double-A: Rocket City Trash Pandas
High-A: Tri-City Dust Devils
Single-A: Inland Empire 66ers
Rookie: ACL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Perry Minasian
Manager: Ron Washington

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

AL West division titles

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Wild Card berths

2002

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