1980 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1979)

rpriske · 06-29-2013, 05:05 PM

Previous Seasons

1977 63-99

1978 69-93

1979 94-68

rpriske · 06-30-2013, 09:14 AM

March 10th, 1980

Spring training begins!

Surprisingly the pitchers seems ahead of the pitchers at this point with hurlers on both sides keeping runs off the board. Eventually it went to extras and in the 11th German Barranca hit a solo shot to give the Orioles the 3-2 win.

Tom Pierson went deep in his first appearance as a Jay.

WP - Dan Quisenberry (1-0)
Save - Frank LaCorte (1)
LP - Dennis DeBarr (0-1)

Spring Record - 0-1

rpriske · 06-30-2013, 11:59 PM

March 11th, 1980

Extra innings again but this time it was Toronto who got the win when Sid Monge walked Steve Bailey with the bases loaded to give the Jays the 5-4 win.

Skip McBeath went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI, including a solo homer.

WP - Mike Willis (-0)
Save - Dennis DeBarr (1)
LP - Sid Monge (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-1

rpriske · 07-01-2013, 12:05 PM

March 12th, 1980

The hitters are really having trouble getting on track while the pitchers are doing a decent job... mostly. They are still walking too many.

Today Cleveland won 2-1.

WP - Ken Forsch (1-0)
Save - Wim Remmerswaal (1)
LP - Mark Foster (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-2

rpriske · 07-01-2013, 11:33 PM

March 13th, 1980

It was Toronto's third extra innings game out of four. This one was broken in the 11th as Champ Summers' aggressive running scored himself from 2nd on Adao Dewhirst's single to give the Jays the 4-3 win over the White Sox.

Mark Clear pitched three shut-out innings in relief, allowing only one hit.

WP - Mark Clear (1-0)
LP - Randy Moffitt (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-2

rpriske · 07-02-2013, 11:29 PM

March 14th, 1980

It was a day for the bats as Toronto and Seattle went back and forth until the Jays picked up the 10-7 win. John Castino went 3 for 3 with a couple of RBIs and Vincent O'Duane had a solo long ball.

WP - Bobby Castillo (1-0)
Save - Matt Valentine (1)
LP - Frank MacCormack (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-2

rpriske · 07-02-2013, 11:31 PM

Roberto Fajardo signed a minor league contract. Fajardo pitched 4 ineffective starts for the Jays in '77 and has done adequately in AAA for the Giants.

rpriske · 07-03-2013, 11:25 PM

March 15th, 1980

This game ripped open in the 7th when 9 straight Toronto hitters reached base safely. They ended up scoring 8 that inning and the Jays beat Oakland 10-2.

Vincent O'Duane went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI.

WP - Rick Camp (1-0)
LP - Craig Mitchell (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-2

rpriske · 07-04-2013, 07:05 PM

March 16th, 1980

Jim Clancy made a claim to being ready to start the season by pitching 5 innings, allowing only 1 hit to the Red Sox. New Toronto manager Jack Simmons says there is still work to be done, as shown by the 4 walks.

Al Woods and Adao Dewhirst both went deep for the Jays as they won 7-1.

WP - Jim Clancy (1-0)
LP - Bert Blyleven (1-1)

Spring Record - 5-2

rpriske · 07-05-2013, 07:20 AM

March 17th, 1980

The Texas Rangers completely controlled all elements of this game, beating the Blue Jays 10-1.

WP - Len Barker (1-0)
LP - Mark Foster (0-2)

Spring Record - 5-3

rpriske · 07-05-2013, 07:24 AM

First round of Spring cuts

Al Carlson was sent back to the Baltimore Orioles.

Biff Pocoroba was sent to AAA.

The team is aggressively shopping Oscar Gamble, Champ Summers and Kiko Garcia!

rpriske · 07-06-2013, 10:02 AM

March 18th, 1980

The Jays played this game very well, until Mike Willis and Bobby Castillo struggled in the 8th and 9th, allowing the Yankees to catch up and then hit a walk-off homer to give them a 5-4 win.

WP - Rafael Vasquez (1-1)
LP - Bobby Castillo (1-1)

Spring Record - 5-4

rpriske · 07-07-2013, 03:09 AM

March 19th, 1980

A strong 5 inning performance by Santo Alcala coupled with a balanced, steady offense led Toronto to an 8-2 win over the Brewers.

WP - Santo Alcala (1-0)
LP - Mickey Mahler (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-4

rpriske · 07-07-2013, 03:11 AM

Steve Bailey and Lloyd Robinson were sent down to AAA.

rpriske · 07-07-2013, 11:08 PM

March 20th, 1980

The Jays came out swinging and hit the Twins for 5 runs in the first. Minnesota settled them down after that but they were able to hold on for a 6-4 win.

WP - Ed Whitson (1-0)
Save - Matt Valentine (2)
LP - Bill Bonham (0-2)

Spring Record - 7-4

rpriske · 07-08-2013, 01:19 PM

I realized that I didn't do a 'real life' update on my drafted players like I had done previously so here goes...

Dave Stieb - Next to Roy Halladay, probably the best pitcher in Blue Jay history. He played 16 seasons and all but 1 were with Toronto.

Wally Backman (did not sign) - 14 yrs, mostly with the Mets. Average 2B with decent career.

Terry Harper - OF - 8 yrs, mostly with the Braves - avg or less hitter.

Onix Concepcion - INF - 8 yrs, mostly with the Royals. Defense first, poor hitter

Doug Corbett - RP - 8 yrs with Twins and Angels. Solid bullpen arm.

Jesus Figueroa - OF - 1 yr with Cubs. Poor hitter.

Jim Tracy (did not sign) - OF - 2 yrs with Cubs. Not awful. Unclear why only 2 years. Now a manager.

Kim Allen - 2B & OF - 2 yrs with Mariners. No impact.

Bill Hayes (did not sign) - C - 2 yrs with Cubs. 9 PA in 2 years.

Bob Pate (did not sign) - RF - 2 yrs with Expos. No impact.

Stieb is obviously the big addition. Corbett and Harper could certainly be usefull tools. Anything I get out of Concepcion, Figueroa or Allen will be a bonus.

rpriske · 07-08-2013, 11:11 PM

March 21st, 1980

The Blue Jays took advantage of some odd pitching choices by the Royals to top KC 7-4.

WP - Dave Hamilton (1-0)
Save - Rick Camp (1)
LP - Mark Littell (0-1)

Spring Record - 8-4

rpriske · 07-09-2013, 11:20 PM

March 23rd, 1980

While the Jays lost to the Tigers 14-7, it is the defense that is more at fault than the pitching. Of those 14 runs, only 5 were earned.

WP - Gordie Pladson (1-0)
Save - Rick Honeycutt (1)
LP - Bobby Castillo (0-1)

Spring Record - 8-5

rpriske · 07-10-2013, 11:39 PM

March 24th, 1980

The Orioles mauled the Jays, 11-1. This was mostly on the head of Karl Cowell, who may have just cost himself a spot on the team.

WP - Scott McGregor (2-0)
LP - Mike Parrott (0-1)

Spring Record - 8-6

rpriske · 07-10-2013, 11:40 PM

TRADE

TO REDS: Oscar Gamble & Jose Rosales

TO BLUE JAYS: Bake McBride

This save the Jays some money, but they are giving up their first ever star. The fans are mad!

06-29-2013, 05:05 PM	#1
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	1980 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977) Previous Seasons 1977 63-99 1978 69-93 1979 94-68 Last edited by rpriske; 07-07-2013 at 11:07 PM.

07-05-2013, 07:24 AM	#11
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	First round of Spring cuts Al Carlson was sent back to the Baltimore Orioles. Biff Pocoroba was sent to AAA. The team is aggressively shopping Oscar Gamble, Champ Summers and Kiko Garcia! Last edited by rpriske; 07-05-2013 at 10:22 AM.

07-09-2013, 11:20 PM	#18
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 23rd, 1980 While the Jays lost to the Tigers 14-7, it is the defense that is more at fault than the pitching. Of those 14 runs, only 5 were earned. WP - Gordie Pladson (1-0) Save - Rick Honeycutt (1) LP - Bobby Castillo (0-1) Spring Record - 8-5 Last edited by rpriske; 07-10-2013 at 12:09 PM.

06-30-2013, 09:14 AM	#2
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 10th, 1980 Spring training begins! Surprisingly the pitchers seems ahead of the pitchers at this point with hurlers on both sides keeping runs off the board. Eventually it went to extras and in the 11th German Barranca hit a solo shot to give the Orioles the 3-2 win. Tom Pierson went deep in his first appearance as a Jay. WP - Dan Quisenberry (1-0) Save - Frank LaCorte (1) LP - Dennis DeBarr (0-1) Spring Record - 0-1

06-30-2013, 11:59 PM	#3
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 11th, 1980 Extra innings again but this time it was Toronto who got the win when Sid Monge walked Steve Bailey with the bases loaded to give the Jays the 5-4 win. Skip McBeath went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI, including a solo homer. WP - Mike Willis (-0) Save - Dennis DeBarr (1) LP - Sid Monge (0-1) Spring Record - 1-1

07-01-2013, 12:05 PM	#4
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 12th, 1980 The hitters are really having trouble getting on track while the pitchers are doing a decent job... mostly. They are still walking too many. Today Cleveland won 2-1. WP - Ken Forsch (1-0) Save - Wim Remmerswaal (1) LP - Mark Foster (0-1) Spring Record - 1-2

07-01-2013, 11:33 PM	#5
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 13th, 1980 It was Toronto's third extra innings game out of four. This one was broken in the 11th as Champ Summers' aggressive running scored himself from 2nd on Adao Dewhirst's single to give the Jays the 4-3 win over the White Sox. Mark Clear pitched three shut-out innings in relief, allowing only one hit. WP - Mark Clear (1-0) LP - Randy Moffitt (0-1) Spring Record - 2-2

07-02-2013, 11:29 PM	#6
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 14th, 1980 It was a day for the bats as Toronto and Seattle went back and forth until the Jays picked up the 10-7 win. John Castino went 3 for 3 with a couple of RBIs and Vincent O'Duane had a solo long ball. WP - Bobby Castillo (1-0) Save - Matt Valentine (1) LP - Frank MacCormack (0-1) Spring Record - 3-2

07-02-2013, 11:31 PM	#7
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	Roberto Fajardo signed a minor league contract. Fajardo pitched 4 ineffective starts for the Jays in '77 and has done adequately in AAA for the Giants.

07-03-2013, 11:25 PM	#8
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 15th, 1980 This game ripped open in the 7th when 9 straight Toronto hitters reached base safely. They ended up scoring 8 that inning and the Jays beat Oakland 10-2. Vincent O'Duane went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI. WP - Rick Camp (1-0) LP - Craig Mitchell (0-1) Spring Record - 4-2

07-04-2013, 07:05 PM	#9
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 16th, 1980 Jim Clancy made a claim to being ready to start the season by pitching 5 innings, allowing only 1 hit to the Red Sox. New Toronto manager Jack Simmons says there is still work to be done, as shown by the 4 walks. Al Woods and Adao Dewhirst both went deep for the Jays as they won 7-1. WP - Jim Clancy (1-0) LP - Bert Blyleven (1-1) Spring Record - 5-2

07-05-2013, 07:20 AM	#10
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 17th, 1980 The Texas Rangers completely controlled all elements of this game, beating the Blue Jays 10-1. WP - Len Barker (1-0) LP - Mark Foster (0-2) Spring Record - 5-3

07-06-2013, 10:02 AM	#12
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 18th, 1980 The Jays played this game very well, until Mike Willis and Bobby Castillo struggled in the 8th and 9th, allowing the Yankees to catch up and then hit a walk-off homer to give them a 5-4 win. WP - Rafael Vasquez (1-1) LP - Bobby Castillo (1-1) Spring Record - 5-4

07-07-2013, 03:09 AM	#13
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 19th, 1980 A strong 5 inning performance by Santo Alcala coupled with a balanced, steady offense led Toronto to an 8-2 win over the Brewers. WP - Santo Alcala (1-0) LP - Mickey Mahler (0-1) Spring Record - 6-4

07-07-2013, 03:11 AM	#14
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	Steve Bailey and Lloyd Robinson were sent down to AAA.

07-07-2013, 11:08 PM	#15
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 20th, 1980 The Jays came out swinging and hit the Twins for 5 runs in the first. Minnesota settled them down after that but they were able to hold on for a 6-4 win. WP - Ed Whitson (1-0) Save - Matt Valentine (2) LP - Bill Bonham (0-2) Spring Record - 7-4

07-08-2013, 01:19 PM	#16
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	I realized that I didn't do a 'real life' update on my drafted players like I had done previously so here goes... Dave Stieb - Next to Roy Halladay, probably the best pitcher in Blue Jay history. He played 16 seasons and all but 1 were with Toronto. Wally Backman (did not sign) - 14 yrs, mostly with the Mets. Average 2B with decent career. Terry Harper - OF - 8 yrs, mostly with the Braves - avg or less hitter. Onix Concepcion - INF - 8 yrs, mostly with the Royals. Defense first, poor hitter Doug Corbett - RP - 8 yrs with Twins and Angels. Solid bullpen arm. Jesus Figueroa - OF - 1 yr with Cubs. Poor hitter. Jim Tracy (did not sign) - OF - 2 yrs with Cubs. Not awful. Unclear why only 2 years. Now a manager. Kim Allen - 2B & OF - 2 yrs with Mariners. No impact. Bill Hayes (did not sign) - C - 2 yrs with Cubs. 9 PA in 2 years. Bob Pate (did not sign) - RF - 2 yrs with Expos. No impact. Stieb is obviously the big addition. Corbett and Harper could certainly be usefull tools. Anything I get out of Concepcion, Figueroa or Allen will be a bonus.

07-08-2013, 11:11 PM	#17
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 21st, 1980 The Blue Jays took advantage of some odd pitching choices by the Royals to top KC 7-4. WP - Dave Hamilton (1-0) Save - Rick Camp (1) LP - Mark Littell (0-1) Spring Record - 8-4

07-10-2013, 11:39 PM	#19
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	March 24th, 1980 The Orioles mauled the Jays, 11-1. This was mostly on the head of Karl Cowell, who may have just cost himself a spot on the team. WP - Scott McGregor (2-0) LP - Mike Parrott (0-1) Spring Record - 8-6

07-10-2013, 11:40 PM	#20
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	TRADE TO REDS: Oscar Gamble & Jose Rosales TO BLUE JAYS: Bake McBride This save the Jays some money, but they are giving up their first ever star. The fans are mad!