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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]
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 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.
Prior to 1980, the Phillies hadn't won a World Series game since Game 1 of the 1915 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. The series offered many intriguing storylines. 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. The 1980 World Series was the ...
This comeback would be even more difficult since the Cubs have to claim the final two games on the road - last done by the Pirates in 1979.
1980 Cincinnati Reds season; 1980 Cleveland Indians season; D. 1980 Detroit Tigers season; 1980 Major League Baseball draft; H. ... 1980 World Series This page was ...
Facing Kansas City in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies won their first world championship in 6 games, thanks to the timely hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose. Schmidt, who was the NL MVP for the 1980 season, also won the World Series MVP finals award on the strength of his 8 for 21 hitting (.381 average), including game-winning hits in ...
2007 (induction of the 1980 Phillies) – Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame [45] 2008 – Warren C. Giles Trophy (National League champion) 2008 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series) [43] [46] [47] [48] 2008 – Pride of Philadelphia Award (Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame) 2008 – Philadelphia Sports Writers Association "Team of the Year"