1980 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 9 – October 21, 1980 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 26 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, NBC, USA |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Darryl Strawberry |
Picked by | New York Mets |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: George Brett (KC) NL: Mike Schmidt (PHI) |
Postseason | |
AL champions | Kansas City Royals |
AL runners-up | New York Yankees |
NL champions | Philadelphia Phillies |
NL runners-up | Houston Astros |
World Series | |
Champions | Philadelphia Phillies |
Runners-up | Kansas City Royals |
World Series MVP | Mike Schmidt (PHI) |
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. [1]
Umpire uniforms in both leagues were standardized, the American League's red blazer and blue pants and the National League's blue coats and pants were discarded and the uniforms became blue blazers, light blue short sleeved shirts, gray pants, and blue hats with "AL" or "NL" to show which league they were in. The American League umpires adopted numbers on their uniforms for the first time; National League umpires had numbers on the uniforms since 1970, though the numbers were now white on the blazers and blue on the short-sleeved shirts.
The All-Star Game, held at Dodger Stadium, saw the National League defeat the American League, 4–2.
The Phillies finished their regular season with a 91–71 record, defeated the Houston Astros in the 1980 NLCS, and defeated the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 World Series.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 53–28 | 50–31 |
Baltimore Orioles | 100 | 62 | .617 | 3 | 50–31 | 50–31 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 17 | 40–42 | 46–34 |
Boston Red Sox | 83 | 77 | .519 | 19 | 36–45 | 47–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19 | 43–38 | 41–40 |
Cleveland Indians | 79 | 81 | .494 | 23 | 44–35 | 35–46 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36 | 35–46 | 32–49 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Kansas City Royals | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 49–32 | 48–33 |
Oakland Athletics | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 46–35 | 37–44 |
Minnesota Twins | 77 | 84 | .478 | 19½ | 44–36 | 33–48 |
Texas Rangers | 76 | 85 | .472 | 20½ | 39–41 | 37–44 |
Chicago White Sox | 70 | 90 | .438 | 26 | 37–42 | 33–48 |
California Angels | 65 | 95 | .406 | 31 | 30–51 | 35–44 |
Seattle Mariners | 59 | 103 | .364 | 38 | 36–45 | 23–58 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 49–32 | 42–39 |
Montreal Expos | 90 | 72 | .556 | 1 | 51–29 | 39–43 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 83 | 79 | .512 | 8 | 47–34 | 36–45 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17 | 41–40 | 33–48 |
New York Mets | 67 | 95 | .414 | 24 | 38–44 | 29–51 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 98 | .395 | 27 | 37–44 | 27–54 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Houston Astros | 93 | 70 | .571 | — | 55–26 | 38–44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 71 | .564 | 1 | 55–27 | 37–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3½ | 44–37 | 45–36 |
Atlanta Braves | 81 | 80 | .503 | 11 | 50–30 | 31–50 |
San Francisco Giants | 75 | 86 | .466 | 17 | 44–37 | 31–49 |
San Diego Padres | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19½ | 45–36 | 28–53 |
League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||||||||||
East | NY Yankees | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
West | Kansas City | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
AL | Kansas City | 6 | 4 | 410* | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
NL | Philadelphia | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
East | Philadelphia | 3 | 4 | 0 | 510 | 810 | |||||||||||
West | Houston | 1 | 710 | 111* | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
*Denotes walk-off
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Lamar Johnson | Dave Kingman |
May | Ben Oglivie | Mike Schmidt |
June | Rod Carew | Dusty Baker |
July | George Brett Reggie Jackson | Bob Horner |
August | Cecil Cooper | Dale Murphy |
September | Eddie Murray Jim Rice | Gary Carter |
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Dave Stieb | J. R. Richard |
May | Chuck Rainey | Steve Carlton |
June | Steve Stone | Jerry Reuss |
July | Larry Gura | Pat Zachry |
August | Bob Stanley | Rick Reuschel |
September | Tim Stoddard | Marty Bystrom |
Statistic | American League | National League | ||
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AVG | George Brett KC | .390 | Bill Buckner CHC | .324 |
HR | Reggie Jackson NYY Ben Oglivie MIL | 41 | Mike Schmidt PHI | 48 |
RBI | Cecil Cooper MIL | 122 | Mike Schmidt PHI | 121 |
Wins | Steve Stone BAL | 25 | Steve Carlton PHI | 24 |
ERA | Rudy May NYY | 2.46 | Don Sutton LA | 2.20 |
SO | Len Barker CLE | 187 | Steve Carlton PHI | 286 |
SV | Rich Gossage NYY Dan Quisenberry KC | 33 | Bruce Sutter CHC | 28 |
SB | Rickey Henderson OAK | 100 | Ron LeFlore MTL | 97 |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Los Angeles Dodgers [2] | 92 | 16.5% | 3,249,287 | 13.6% | 39,625 |
Philadelphia Phillies [3] | 91 | 8.3% | 2,651,650 | −4.4% | 32,736 |
New York Yankees [4] | 103 | 15.7% | 2,627,417 | 3.5% | 32,437 |
California Angels [5] | 65 | −26.1% | 2,297,327 | −9.0% | 28,362 |
Kansas City Royals [6] | 97 | 14.1% | 2,288,714 | 1.2% | 28,256 |
Houston Astros [7] | 93 | 4.5% | 2,278,217 | 19.9% | 28,126 |
Montreal Expos [8] | 90 | −5.3% | 2,208,175 | 5.0% | 27,602 |
Cincinnati Reds [9] | 89 | −1.1% | 2,022,450 | −14.2% | 24,664 |
Boston Red Sox [10] | 83 | −8.8% | 1,956,092 | −16.9% | 24,149 |
Milwaukee Brewers [11] | 86 | −9.5% | 1,857,408 | −3.2% | 22,651 |
Baltimore Orioles [12] | 100 | −2.0% | 1,797,438 | 6.9% | 22,191 |
Detroit Tigers [13] | 84 | −1.2% | 1,785,293 | 9.5% | 21,772 |
Pittsburgh Pirates [14] | 83 | −15.3% | 1,646,757 | 14.7% | 20,330 |
Toronto Blue Jays [15] | 67 | 26.4% | 1,400,327 | −2.2% | 17,288 |
St. Louis Cardinals [16] | 74 | −14.0% | 1,385,147 | −14.9% | 17,101 |
Chicago Cubs [17] | 64 | −20.0% | 1,206,776 | −26.8% | 14,898 |
Chicago White Sox [18] | 70 | −4.1% | 1,200,365 | −6.3% | 14,819 |
Texas Rangers [19] | 76 | −8.4% | 1,198,175 | −21.2% | 14,977 |
New York Mets [20] | 67 | 6.3% | 1,192,073 | 51.1% | 14,537 |
San Diego Padres [21] | 73 | 7.4% | 1,139,026 | −21.8% | 14,062 |
San Francisco Giants [22] | 75 | 5.6% | 1,096,115 | −24.7% | 13,532 |
Atlanta Braves [23] | 81 | 22.7% | 1,048,411 | 36.3% | 13,105 |
Cleveland Indians [24] | 79 | −2.5% | 1,033,827 | 2.2% | 13,086 |
Oakland Athletics [25] | 83 | 53.7% | 842,259 | 174.6% | 10,398 |
Seattle Mariners [26] | 59 | −11.9% | 836,204 | −1.0% | 10,324 |
Minnesota Twins [27] | 77 | −6.1% | 769,206 | −28.1% | 9,615 |
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