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The 1980 New York Mets season was the 19th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Joe Torre , the team had a 67–95 record and finished in fifth place in the National League East .
After six more years in which their best league finish was ninth, the Mets won the World Series in 1969, defeating the Baltimore Orioles in five games to earn what is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in baseball history. [4] [5] Four seasons later, the Mets returned to the World Series, where they lost to the Oakland Athletics in ...
The Mets remained the only team to come within one strike of losing a World Series before recovering to become World Champions, until the St. Louis Cardinals did it in 2011. The Mets winning this World Series is the highest-rated single World Series game to date. The Mets were also the first team to win a World Series in a potential clinching ...
Single game batting records Statistic Player Record Year Ref Most Hits: Edgardo Alfonzo Wilmer Flores: 6: 1999 2016: Example Most At-bats: David Schneck: 11 (1974, 25 innings) Example *Most Runs Scored: Edgardo Alfonzo: 6: 1999: Example Most Doubles: 21 players have achieved this the latest being Jeff McNeil: 3: 2022: Example Most Triples: Doug ...
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.
In his next start in Game 4, Gooden entered the ninth inning with a 4–2 lead and the chance to give his Mets a commanding 3–1 advantage in the series. But he allowed a game-tying home run to Mike Scioscia , and the Dodgers eventually went on to win the game in 12 innings, and ultimately the series as well, 4 games to 3.
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