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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

mlb.com coverage of Game 6

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.
  • 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.
  • 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[]


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