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The 1980 World Series matched the Philadelphia Phillies against the Kansas City Royals, with the Phillies winning in six games to capture the first World Series title in franchise history.
Managers: Jim Frey (Kansas City), Dallas Green (Philadelphia)
Umpires: Harry Wendelstedt (NL), Don Denkinger (AL), Paul Pryor (NL), Bill Kunkel (AL), Dutch Rennert (NL), Nick Bremigan (AL)
Series MVP: Mike Schmidt (Philadelphia)
Television: NBC (Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek, and Tom Seaver announcing)
Game 1[]
October 14, 1980 at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Kansas City Royals 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 9 1
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 X 7 11 0
PITCHERS: KCR - Leonard, Martin (4), Quisenberry (8)
PHI - Walk, McGraw (8)
WP - Walk
LP - Leonard
SAVE - McGraw
HOME RUNS: KCR - Otis, Aikens (2)
PHI - McBride
ATTENDANCE: 65,791
Game 2[]
October 15, 1980 at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 11 0
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 X 6 8 1
PITCHERS: KCR - Gura, Quisenberry (7)
PHI - Carlton, Reed (9)
WP - Carlton
LP - Quisenberry
SAVE - Reed
HOME RUNS: KCR - none
PHI - none
ATTENDANCE: 65,775
Game 3[]
October 17, 1980 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 0
Kansas City Royals 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 11 0
PITCHERS: PHI - Ruthven, McGraw (10)
KCR - Gale, Martin (5), Quisenberry (8)
WP - Quisenberry
LP - McGraw
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: PHI - Schmidt
KCR - Brett, Otis
ATTENDANCE: 42,380
Game 4[]
October 18, 1980 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 10 1
Kansas City Royals 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 10 2
PITCHERS: PHI - Christenson, Noles (1), Saucier (6), Brusstar (6)
KCR - Leonard, Quisenberry (8)
WP - Leonard
LP - Christenson
SAVE - Quisenberry
HOME RUNS: PHI - none
KCR - Aikens (2)
ATTENDANCE: 42,363
Game 5[]
October 19, 1980 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 0
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 12 2
PITCHERS: PHI - Bystrom, Reed (6), McGraw (7)
KCR - Gura, Quisenberry (7)
WP - McGraw
LP - Quisenberry
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: PHI - Schmidt
KCR - Otis
ATTENDANCE: 42,369
Game 6[]
October 21, 1980 at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 2
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 X 4 9 0
PITCHERS: KCR - Gale, Martin (3), Splittorff (5), Pattin (7), Quisenberry (8)
PHI - Carlton, McGraw (8)
WP - Carlton
LP - Gale
SAVE - McGraw
HOME RUNS: KCR - none
PHI - none
ATTENDANCE: 65,838
Trivia[]
- This was the first World Series to be played entirely on artificial turf.
- Phillies pitcher Bob Walk became the first rookie to start the first game of a World Series since Joe Black of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952.
- Prior to 1980, the Philadelphia Philies hadn't won a World Series game since Game 1 of the 1915 World Series against the Boston Red Sox.
- Willie Aikens of the Royals became the first player in World Series history to have a pair of two-homer games.
- While Mike Schmidt was the official MVP of the 1980 World Series, the Babe Ruth Award (another World Series MVP) was given to Tug McGraw.
- George Brett had to have surgery to remove hemorrhoids after Game 2. In Game 3, a fully recovered Brett hit a home run as his Royals wound up winning in 10 innings by the score of 4-3.
- The 1980 World Series was the first of numerous World Series that journeyman outfielder Lonnie Smith (then with Phillies) participated in. He was also a part of the 1982 World Series (as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals), 1985 World Series (as a member of the Kansas City Royals), and the 1991 and 1992 World Series as a member of the Atlanta Braves.
- According to Tug McGraw, one of the police horses, who lined up in the field during the 9th inning of Game 6, was not "stadium trained."
- Phillies catcher Bob Boone's knees were so sore by the end of the World Series, that he could barely make it to the mound after the final out was recorded.
- Willie Wilson of the Royals struck out 12 times in the six games after getting 230 hits in the regular season that year.
- Three men who played in the 1980 Series (Ken Brett, Dan Quisenberry, and Tug McGraw) have died of brain cancer.
Quote of the Series[]
"The crowd will tell you what happens."--Joe Garagiola, anticipating the Phillies' first world championship.
External links[]
- 1980 World Series by Baseball Almanac
- History of the World Series - 1980
- One Heartstopper After Another
- 1980 NLCS | Game 5
- 1980 NLCS | Game 3
- 1980 Philadelphia Phillies
- 1980 Kansas City Royals
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