1980 in baseball

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Deaths

• January 10 - Hughie Critz, 79, a solid and good-hitting second baseman for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1920s and the New York Giants in the 1930s.
• April 21 - Joe Page, 62, a left handed pitcher who made relieving a specialty in major leagues with success in the late 1940s.
• June 1 - Rube Marquard, 90, a Hall of Fame pitcher whose 19 consecutive wins in the 1912 season remain a major league record in the modern era.
• December 14 - Elston Howard, 51, an American League MVP [[catcher, who was the first black to play for the New York Yankees.