1980 Chicago White Sox season

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1980 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) American League West (Since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (Since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1900)
1980 Information
Owner(s)	Bill Veeck
Manager(s)	Tony LaRussa
Local television	WBNB (Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall)
Local radio	WBBM (AM) (Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Joe McConnell, Rich King)

The 1980 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 81st season. They finished with a record 70-90, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 26 games behind of the 1st place Kansas City Royals.

Contents 1 1980 Opening Day Lineup 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Roster 3 External links

[edit] 1980 Opening Day Lineup

• Bob Molinaro, dh
• Alan Bannister, 3b
• Claudell Washington, lf
• Lamar Johnson, 1b
• Chet Lemon, cf
• Harold Baines, rf
• Jim Morrison, 2b
• Marv Foley, c
• Greg Pryor, ss
• Steve Trout, p

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Kansas City Royals	97	65	.599	--
2nd	Oakland Athletics	83	79	.512	14.0
3rd	Minnesota Twins	77	84	.478	19.5
4th	Texas Rangers	76	85	.472	20.5
5th	Chicago White Sox	70	90	.438	26.0
6th	California Angels	65	95	.406	31.0
7th	Seattle Mariners	59	103	.364	38.0

[edit] Roster

1980 Chicago White Sox roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders Outfielders		Manager

[edit] External links

• 1980 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

v • d • e 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 1980 All-Star Game • 1980 World Series

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