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.
Umpires: Harry Wendelstedt (NL), Don Denkinger (AL), Paul Pryor (NL), Bill Kunkel (AL), Dutch Rennert (NL), Nick Bremigan (AL)
Series MVP: Mike Schmidt
1 Trivia
Game 1
October 14, 1980 at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
- 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.
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Willie Aikens of the Royals became the first player in World Series history to ever have with a pair of two-homer games.
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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 tnhe 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.
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