1980 Pacific Coast League season

The 1980 Pacific Coast League season was the 78th season in the league's history. It ended with the Albuquerque Dukes winning the city's first PCL title since 1972.

This was the final season for the Ogden A's.

Final first-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Hawaii Islanders	40	25	.615	--	Doug Rader	San Diego Padres
Vancouver Canadians	37	30	.552	4	Bob Didier	Milwaukee Brewers
Tacoma Tigers	39	34	.534	5	Gene Dusan	Cleveland Indians
Portland Beavers	34	35	.493	8	Jim Mahoney	Pittsburgh Pirates
Spokane Indians	24	41	.369	16	Rene Lachemann	Seattle Mariners

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Toros	40	30	.571	--	Jimmy Johnson	Houston Astros
Albuquerque Dukes	39	33	.542	2	Del Crandall	Los Angeles Dodgers
Salt Lake City Gulls	39	33	.542	2	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Ogden A's	31	37	.456	17	Jose Pagan	Oakland Athletics
Phoenix Giants	28	47	.373	14½	Rocky Bridges	San Francisco Giants

Final second-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Vancouver Canadians	42	30	.583	--	Bob Didier	Milwaukee Brewers
Spokane Indians	36	39	.480	7½	Rene Lachemann	Seattle Mariners
Hawaii Islanders	36	40	.474	8	Doug Rader	San Diego Padres
Tacoma Tigers	35	40	.467	8½	Gene Dusan	Cleveland Indians
Portland Beavers	35	41	.461	9	Jim Mahoney	Pittsburgh Pirates

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Toros	47	29	.618	--	Jimmy Johnson	Houston Astros
Albuquerque Dukes	46	29	.613	½	Del Crandall	Los Angeles Dodgers
Salt Lake City Gulls	42	32	.568	4	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Ogden A's	29	45	.392	17	Jose Pagan	Oakland Athletics
Phoenix Giants	25	48	.342	20½	Rocky Bridges	San Francisco Giants

Overall standings

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Toros	87	59	.596	--	Jimmy Johnson	Houston Astros
Albuquerque Dukes	85	62	.581	2½	Del Crandall	Los Angeles Dodgers
Vancouver Canadians	79	60	.568	4½	Bob Didier	Milwaukee Brewers
Salt Lake City Gulls	77	65	.542	8	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Hawaii Islanders	76	65	.539	8½	Doug Rader	San Diego Padres
Tacoma Tigers	74	74	.500	14	Gene Dusan	Cleveland Indians
Portland Beavers	69	76	.476	17½	Jim Mahoney	Pittsburgh Pirates
Spokane Indians	60	80	.429	19½	Rene Lachemann	Seattle Mariners
Ogden A's	59	83	.415	26	Jose Pagan	Oakland Athletics
Phoenix Giants	53	95	.358	35	Rocky Bridges	San Francisco Giants

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	N1	Hawaii Islanders	2
	N2	Vancouver Canadians	1
						N1	Hawaii Islanders	2
						S2	Albuquerque Dukes	3
	S1	Tucson Toros	0
	S2	Albuquerque Dukes	2

First Round

Vancouver vs. Hawaii Date Away Home September 3 Vancouver 0 Hawaii 8 September 4 Vancouver 7 Hawaii 4 September 5 Vancouver 0 Hawaii 5 Hawaii wins series 2-1

Albuquerque vs. Tucson Date Away Home September 3 Tucson 7 Albuquerque 8 September 4 Tucson 7 Albuquerque 9 Albuquerque wins series 2-0

Championship Finals

Albuquerque vs. Hawaii Date Away Home September 6 Hawaii 7 Albuquerque 11 September 7 Hawaii 5 Albuquerque 2 September 8 Albuquerque 1 Hawaii 6 September 9 Albuquerque 4 Hawaii 3 September 10 Albuquerque 9 Hawaii 2 Albuquerque wins series 3-2

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Danny Heep, Tucson, .343
• Runs Scored Tack Wilson, Albuquerque, 110
• Hits John Harris, Salt Lake City, 172
• Doubles Gary Woods, Tucson, 42
• Triples Marshall Edwards, Vancouver, 17
• Home Runs Tim Hosley, Ogden, 26
• Runs Batted In Alan Knicely, Tucson, 105
• Stolen Bases Kim Allen, Spokane, 84

Pitching

• Wins Four tied with 15
• Earned Run Average Dennis Lewallyn, Albuquerque, 2.13
• Complete Games Mickey Mahler, Portland, 14
• Shutouts Tom Tellmann, Hawaii, 4
• Strikeouts Mahler, 140
• Saves Lewallyn, 24

All-Star Team

• First Base Danny Heep, Tucson
• Second Base Jack Perconte, Albuquerque
• Shortstop Chuck Baker, Hawaii
• Third Base Dave Edler, Spokane
• Outfield Bobby Mitchell, Albuquerque; Gary Rajsich, Tucson; Luis Salazar, Portland/Hawaii
• Catcher Tony Peña, Portland
• Designated Hitter Gary Gray, Tacoma
• Pitcher Dennis Lewallyn, Albuquerque; Mickey Mahler, Portland
• Manager Jimmy Johnson, Tucson

References

• W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.
• 1981 Baseball Guide

External Links

• BR Minors page
• 1980 PCL - The Baseball Cube