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The 1980 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1980 season. The 77th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Leach will be a key player in the club's 1986 World Series win. July 30 – Houston Astros ace right-hander J. R. Richard—the National League's starting pitcher in the 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 8—suffers a stroke while warming up
The 1980 Philadelphia Phillies season was the team's 98th season in Major League Baseball (MLB) and culminated with the Phillies winning the World Series at home by defeating the Kansas City Royals in Game 6 on October 21, 1980.
The 1980 Major League Baseball season concluded with the Philadelphia Phillies winning their first World Series championship. A strike during April 1–8 caused the final eight days of spring training to be canceled, but did not impact the regular season schedule.
The 1980 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1980 season.The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
The baseball world lost a legendary yet controversial figure on ... The Phillies praised Rose for "his grit and hustle," lauding Rose for being part of the team's 1980 World Series championship ...
The highest-rated individual game in World Series history was Game 6 in 1980, when the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals; the game had a 40.0 rating. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The only other games with a rating of 39 or higher were Game 7 in 1975 , when the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Red Sox , with a 39.6 rating, [ 5 ] and Game 4 ...