The 1980 Major League Baseball season was the Chicago White Sox' 80th in Major League Baseball, and the team's 81st season overall. They finished with a record of 70–90, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 26 games behind the first-place Kansas City Royals.

In 1979 and 1980, Bill Veeck made overtures to Denver interests. An agreement was reached to sell to Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., who pledged to keep the club in Chicago. His offer was turned down by the owners. Veeck was forced to sell to a different investment group.

Offseason January 29, 1980: Glenn Borgmann was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Glenn Borgmann at Baseball Reference

Regular season On October 4, 54-year-old Minnie Miñoso entered a game against the California Angels as a pinch hitter for third baseman Greg Pryor. In doing so, he became the first major leaguer since Nick Altrock to play in five different decades.Minnie Miñoso - Baseballbiography.com He grounded out against Angels pitcher Frank Tanana.October 4, 1980, box score

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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

Notable transactions June 3, 1980: Future Nebraska quarterback Turner Gill was drafted by the White Sox in the second round, 36th pick overall in the 1980 Major League Baseball draft. June 12, 1980: Randy Scarbery was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Todd Cruz.Todd Cruz at Baseball Reference October 3, 1980: Minnie Miñoso was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.Minnie Miñoso at Baseball Reference

Roster 1980 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Harold Baines, RF 141 491 55 125 23 6 13 49 19 65 .255 2 Alan Bannister, OF, 3B 45 130 16 25 6 0 0 9 12 16 .192 5 Kevin Bell, 3B, DH 92 191 16 34 5 2 1 11 29 37 .178 0 Glenn Borgmann, C 32 87 10 19 2 0 2 14 14 9 .218 0 Thad Bosley, OF 70 147 12 33 2 0 2 14 10 27 .224 3 Harry Chappas, SS, DH 26 50 6 8 2 0 0 2 4 10 .160 0 Todd Cruz, SS 90 293 23 68 11 1 2 18 9 54 .232 2 Marv Foley, C 68 137 14 29 5 0 4 15 9 22 .212 0 Lamar Johnson, 1B, DH 147 541 51 150 26 3 13 81 47 53 .277 2 Randy Johnson, DH, LF 12 20 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 4 .200 0 Bruce Kimm, C 100 251 20 61 10 0 1 19 17 26 .243 1 Rusty Kuntz, OF 36 62 5 14 4 0 0 3 5 13 .226 1 Chet Lemon, CF, DH 147 514 76 150 32 6 11 51 71 56 .292 6 Minnie Miñoso, PH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Bob Molinaro, LF, DH 119 344 48 100 16 4 5 36 26 29 .291 18 Junior Moore, 3B, DH 45 121 9 31 4 1 1 10 7 11 .256 0 Jim Morrison, 2B 162 604 66 171 40 0 15 57 36 74 .283 9 Fran Mullins, 3B 21 62 9 12 4 0 0 3 9 8 .194 0 Wayne Nordhagen, LF, RF, DH 123 415 45 115 22 4 15 59 10 45 .277 0 Ron Pruitt, OF, DH, C, 3B 33 70 8 21 2 0 2 11 8 7 .300 0 Greg Pryor, SS, 3B, 2B 122 338 32 81 18 4 1 29 12 35 .240 2 Ricky Seilheimer, C 21 52 4 11 3 1 1 3 4 15 .212 1 Mike Squires, 1B 131 343 38 97 11 3 2 33 33 24 .283 8 Leo Sutherland, LF, CF 34 89 9 23 3 0 0 5 1 11 .258 4 Claudell Washington, LF, RF, DH 32 90 15 26 4 2 1 12 5 19 .289 4 162 5444 587 1408 255 38 91 547 399 670 .272 68

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Francisco Barrios 1 1 4.96 3 3 0 16.1 21 9 9 4 8 2 Ross Baumgarten 2 12 3.44 24 23 0 136.0 127 60 52 10 52 66 Britt Burns 15 13 2.84 34 32 0 238.0 213 83 75 17 65 133 Nardi Contreras 0 0 5.93 8 0 0 13.2 18 10 9 1 9 8 Richard Dotson 12 10 4.27 33 32 0 198.0 185 105 94 20 89 109 Ed Farmer 7 9 3.34 64 0 30 99.2 92 37 37 6 67 54 Guy Hoffman 1 0 2.63 23 1 1 37.2 38 12 11 1 19 24 LaMarr Hoyt 9 3 4.57 24 13 0 112.1 123 66 57 8 44 55 Ken Kravec 3 6 6.94 20 15 0 81.2 100 71 63 13 47 37 Mike Proly 5 10 3.07 62 3 8 146.2 136 67 50 7 67 56 Dewey Robinson 1 1 3.09 15 0 0 35.0 26 13 12 2 16 28 Randy Scarbery 1 2 4.08 15 0 2 28.2 24 14 13 1 7 18 Steve Trout 9 16 3.70 32 30 0 199.2 229 102 82 14 54 89 Rich Wortham 4 7 5.97 41 10 1 92.0 102 73 61 4 63 45 70 90 3.92 162 162 42 1435.1 1434 722 625 108 607 724

Farm system

Notes

References 1980 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference