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The St. Louis Cardinals 1980 season was the team's 99th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and the 89th season in the National League.The Cardinals went 74–88 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 17 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies.
In 1980, 22 teams (all but the Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals) took part in a one-year cable deal with UA-Columbia. The deal involved the airing of a Thursday night Game of the Week in markets at least 50 miles (80 km) from a major league park. The deal earned Major League Baseball less than $500,000, but ...
The 1980 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 61st season the team was in the league. The team matched their previous output of 5–11. [ 1 ] The team failed to reach the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.
Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith and manager Whitey Herzog helped bring St. Louis Cardinals baseball to a new level in the 1980s.
Cardinals Cable Network (1985–1989) Prime Sports Midwest ... Bob Carpenter (Cable TV 1984, 1994–1996; Free TV 1993–2005) Dan Kelly (1980–1984) Red Rush (1984)
Joe Carter (who was with the Triple-A Iowa Cubs at the time) and right fielder (RF) Mel Hall were sent to Cleveland for Sutcliffe and back-up catcher (C) Ron Hassey (.333 with Cubs in 1984). Sutcliffe (5–5 with the Indians) immediately joined Sanderson (8–5 3.14), Eckersley (10–8 3.03), Steve Trout (13–7 3.41), Chuck Rainey (5-7 4.28 ...
July 16 – Ernie Vick, 80, catcher in 57 career games for the St. Louis Cardinals (1922, 1924–1926); reserve with 1926 World Series champion Redbirds. July 23 – Wally Snell , 91, catcher for the 1913 Boston Red Sox, who later went on to a distinguished career as a college botany professor and athletic coach at Brown University for four ...
It also takes WBOC-TV's secondary NBC affiliation, leaving WBOC-TV as a full-time CBS affiliate. April 19 Actor Strother Martin guest hosts an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live in what turns out to be his final television appearance prior to his death on August 1, 1980. April 29 The NFL draft is televised for the first time on ESPN. May 6