1980 Philadelphia Phillies season

1980 Philadelphia Phillies 1980 NL East Champions 1980 NL Champions 1980 World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1883) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Veterans Stadium (since 1971) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
1980 information
Owner(s)	Robert "Ruly" Carpenter III
General manager(s)	Paul Owens
Manager(s)	Dallas Green
Local television	WPHL-TV
Local radio	KYW (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Tim McCarver)
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The 1980 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a regular-season record of 91 wins and 71 losses, which was good enough to regain the National League East title by just one game over the Montreal Expos. The Phillies went on to defeat the Houston Astros in the NLCS to gain their first NL title since 1950, then defeated the Kansas City Royals to win their first-ever World Series Championship, taking 98 seasons to do so. The Phillies were known as "The Cardiac Kids" due to close games that were almost blown.^{[citation needed]}

Offseason

• December 13, 1979: Greg Gross was signed as a free agent by the Philadelphia Phillies.
• December 20, 1979: Jerry Willard was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
• March 30, 1980: Dave Rader was traded by the Phillies to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and cash. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Stan Papi to the Phillies on May 12.

Regular season

In 1980, Mike Schmidt won the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in a unanimous vote. He led the league in home runs with 48 (by a margin of 13 over his nearest competition). Schmidt was also selected as MVP of the World Series, hitting two homers and driving in seven runs as the Phillies won the franchise's first World Series Championship, defeating the George Brett-led Kansas City Royals.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	91	71	--	.562
Montreal Expos	90	72	1	.556
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	79	8	.512
St. Louis Cardinals	74	88	17	.457
New York Mets	67	95	24	.414
Chicago Cubs	64	98	27	.395

Notable transactions

• April 7, 1980: Roger Freed was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
• April 29, 1980: Juan Samuel was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
• June 3, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Steve Jeltz was drafted by the Phillies in the 9th round.
  • Rocky Childress was drafted by the Phillies in the 21st round.
  • Darren Daulton was drafted by the Phillies in the 25th round.
  • Kevin Romine was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round (21st pick) of the secondary phase, but did not sign.
• July 17, 1980: Lerrin LaGrow was released by the Phillies.
• September 13, 1980: The Phillies traded a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Sparky Lyle. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Kevin Saucier to the Rangers on November 19.

Roster

1980 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 40 Warren Brusstar 50 Marty Bystrom 32 Steve Carlton 38 Larry Christenson 43 Mark Davis 35 Nino Espinosa 39 Lerrin LaGrow 49 Dan Larson 47 Randy Lerch 39 Sparky Lyle 45 Tug McGraw 34 Scott Munninghoff 48 Dickie Noles 42 Ron Reed 44 Dick Ruthven 33 Kevin Saucier 41 Bob Walk		Catchers  8 Bob Boone 17 Don McCormack  6 Keith Moreland 24 Ozzie Virgil Infielders 16 Luis Aguayo 15 Ramón Avilés 10 Larry Bowa 22 Jay Loviglio 11 Tim McCarver 14 Pete Rose 20 Mike Schmidt  9 Manny Trillo 25 Del Unser 18 John Vukovich		Outfielders 30 Bob Dernier 23 Greg Gross 28 Orlando Isales 19 Greg Luzinski 31 Garry Maddox 21 Bake McBride 27 Lonnie Smith 29 George Vukovich		Manager 46 Dallas Green Coaches 12 Ruben Amaro  2 Billy DeMars  3 Lee Elia  5 Mike Ryan  4 Herm Starrette  7 Bobby Wine

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Boone, BobBob Boone	141	480	34	110	23	1	.229	9	55	3
1B	Rose, PetePete Rose	162	655	95	185	42	1	.282	1	64	12
2B	Trillo, MannyManny Trillo	141	531	68	155	25	9	.292	7	43	8
3B	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt	150	548	104	157	25	8	.286	48	121	12
SS	Bowa, LarryLarry Bowa	147	540	57	144	16	4	.267	2	39	21
LF	Luzinski, GregGreg Luzinski	106	368	44	84	19	1	.228	19	56	3
CF	Maddox, GarryGarry Maddox	143	549	59	142	31	3	.259	11	73	25
RF	McBride, BakeBake McBride	137	554	68	171	33	10	.309	9	87	13

Other batters

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Smith, LonnieLonnie Smith	100	298	69	101	.339	3	20	33
Gross, GregGreg Gross	127	154	19	37	.240	0	12	1
Moreland, KeithKeith Moreland	62	159	13	50	.314	4	29	3
Unser, DelDel Unser	96	110	15	29	.264	0	10	0
Avilés, RamónRamón Avilés	51	101	12	28	.277	2	9	0
Vukovich, JohnJohn Vukovich	49	62	4	10	.161	0	5	0
Vukovich, GeorgeGeorge Vukovich	78	58	6	13	.224	0	8	0
Aguayo, LuisLuis Aguayo	20	47	7	13	.277	1	8	1
Dernier, BobBob Dernier	10	7	5	4	.571	0	1	3
Loviglio, JayJay Loviglio	16	5	7	0	.000	0	0	1
McCarver, TimTim McCarver	6	5	2	1	.200	0	2	0
Isales, OrlandoOrlando Isales	3	5	1	2	.400	0	3	0
Virgil, OzzieOzzie Virgil	1	5	1	1	.200	0	0	0
McCormack, DonDon McCormack	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Carlton, SteveSteve Carlton	38	304	24	9	2.34	90	286
Ruthven, DickDick Ruthven	33	223.1	17	10	3.55	74	86
Walk, BobBob Walk	27	151.2	11	7	4.57	71	94
Lerch, RandyRandy Lerch	30	150	4	14	5.16	55	57
Espinosa, NinoNino Espinosa	12	76.1	3	5	3.77	19	13
Christenson, LarryLarry Christenson	14	73.2	5	1	4.03	27	49
Bystrom, MartyMarty Bystrom	6	36	5	0	1.50	9	21

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Larson, DanDan Larson	12	45.2	0	5	3.15	17
Davis, MarkMark Davis	2	7	0	0	2.57	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
McGraw, TugTug McGraw	57	92.1	5	4	20	1.46	75
Reed, RonRon Reed	55	91.1	7	5	9	4.04	9
Noles, DickieDickie Noles	48	81	1	4	6	3.89	57
Saucier, KevinKevin Saucier	40	50	7	3	0	3.42	25
Brusstar, WarrenWarren Brusstar	28	38.2	2	2	0	3.72	21
LaGrow, LerrinLerrin LaGrow	25	39	0	2	3	4.15	21
Lyle, SparkySparky Lyle	10	14	0	0	2	1.93	6
Munninghoff, ScottScott Munninghoff	4	6	0	0	0	4.50	2

Postseason

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1980 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 7: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Philadelphia	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	X	3	8	1
W: Steve Carlton (1-0)   L: Ken Forsch (0-1)   S: Tug McGraw (1)
HR: HOU – None  PHI – Greg Luzinski (1)
Pitchers: HOU – Forsch  PHI – Carlton, McGraw (8)
Attendance: 65,277

Game 2

October 8: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Houston	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	8	1
Philadelphia	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	14	2
W: Frank LaCorte (1-0)   L: Ron Reed (0-1)   S: Joaquín Andújar (1)
HR: HOU – None  PHI – None
Pitchers: HOU – Ryan, Sambito (7), Smith (7), LaCorte (9), Andujar (10)  PHI – Ruthven, McGraw (8), Reed (9), Saucier (10)
Attendance: 65,476

Game 3

October 10: Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
W: Dave Smith (1-0)   L: Tug McGraw (0-1)   S: None
HR: PHI – None  HOU – None
Pitchers: PHI – Christenson, Noles (7), McGraw (8)  HOU – Niekro, Smith (11)
Attendance: 44,443

Game 4

October 11: Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	5	13	0
Houston	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	2
W: Warren Brusstar (1-0)   L: Joe Sambito (0-1)   S: Tug McGraw (2)
HR: PHI – None  HOU – None
Pitchers: PHI – Carlton, Noles (6), Saucier (7), Reed (7), Brusstar (8), McGraw (10)  HOU – Ruhle, Smith (8), Sambito (8)
Attendance: 44,952

Game 5

October 12: Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	8	13	2
Houston	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	7	14	0
W: Dick Ruthven (1-0)   L: Frank LaCorte (1-1)   S: None
HR: PHI – None  HOU – None
Pitchers: PHI – Bystrom, Brusstar (6), Christenson (7), Reed (7), McGraw (8), Ruthven (9)  HOU – Ryan, Sambito (8), Forsch (8), LaCorte (9)
Attendance: 44,802

World Series

Main article: 1980 World Series

When the modern-day World Series began in 1903, the National and American Leagues each had eight teams. With their victory in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies became the last of the "Original Sixteen" franchises to win a Series.^{[citation needed]} The 1980 World Series was the first World Series to be played entirely on artificial turf. Prior to 1980, the Philadelphia 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 first of numerous World Series that journeyman outfielder Lonnie Smith (then with Phillies) participated in. He was also a part of the 1982 World Series (as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals), 1985 World Series (as a member of the Kansas City Royals), and the 1991 and 1992 World Series as a member of the Atlanta Braves.

Game 6 would be the culmination for the first Phillies championship ever. Philadelphia scored two in the third on a Mike Schmidt single. It was all that Steve Carlton and Tug McGraw would need for the 4-1 win. Kansas City made Philly fans nervous by loading the bases in the eighth and the ninth but Tug McGraw struck out Willie Wilson for the third out in the final frame.

While Mike Schmidt was the official MVP of the 1980 World Series, the Babe Ruth Award (another World Series MVP) was given to Tug McGraw. As of 2011, this is the last World Series in which both participating franchises had yet to win a World Series in their history. This was the first time that had happened since 1920.^{[citation needed]}

The entire state of Pennsylvania, not just Philadelphia, celebrated the Phillies win. Minutes after the final out, Governor Dick Thornburgh declared the next day "Philadelphia Phillies Day."

NL Philadelphia Phillies (4) vs. AL Kansas City Royals (2)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Royals 6, Phillies 7	October 14	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	65,791	3:01
2	Royals 4, Phillies 6	October 15	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	65,775	3:01
3	Phillies 3, Royals 4 (10 inns)	October 17	Royals Stadium (Kansas City)	42,380	3:19
4	Phillies 3, Royals 5	October 18	Royals Stadium (Kansas City)	42,363	2:37
5	Phillies 4, Royals 3	October 19	Royals Stadium (Kansas City)	42,369	2:51
6	Royals 1, Phillies 4	October 21	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	65,838	3:00

Composite Box

1980 World Series (4-2): Philadelphia Phillies (N.L.) over Kansas City Royals (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	2	7	3	5	1	1	6	2	0	27	59	2
Kansas City Royals	5	3	2	1	1	3	4	3	0	1	23	60	7
Total Attendance: 324,516   Average Attendance: 54,086
Winning Player’s Share: – $34,693,   Losing Player’s Share – $32,212 * Includes Playoffs and World Series

Awards and honors

• Steve Carlton, National League Cy Young Award
• Tug McGraw, Babe Ruth Award
• Mike Schmidt, National League MVP
• Mike Schmidt, World Series MVP
• Manny Trillo, NLCS MVP

All-Stars

1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Steve Carlton, reserve
• Pete Rose, reserve
• Mike Schmidt, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	American Association	Jim Snyder
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Ron Clark
A	Peninsula Pilots*	Carolina League	Bill Dancy
A	Spartanburg Phillies	South Atlantic League	Tom Harmon
Short-Season A	Bend Phillies	Northwest League	P. J. Carey
Rookie	Helena Phillies	Pioneer League	Roly de Armas

* League Champions

References

• 1980 Philadelphia Phillies team page at Baseball Reference
• 1980 Philadelphia Phillies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Achievements
Preceded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1979	World Series Champions Philadelphia Phillies 1980	Succeeded by Los Angeles Dodgers 1981
Preceded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1979	National League Championship Season 1980	Succeeded by Los Angeles Dodgers 1981
Preceded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1979	NL East Championship Season 1980	Succeeded by Montreal Expos 1981