1980 World Series

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E

                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -

    Kansas City Royals           0  2  2    0  0  0    0  2  0     6  9  1

    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  5    1  1  0    0  0  X     7 11  0



    PITCHERS: KCR - Leonard, Martin (4), Quisenberry (8)

              PHI - Walk, McGraw (8)



               WP - Walk

	       LP - Leonard

             SAVE - McGraw



   HOME RUNS: KCR - Otis, Aikens (2)

              PHI - McBride



  ATTENDANCE: 65,791

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E

                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -

    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  1    3  0  0     4 11  0

    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  0    0  2  0    0  4  X     6  8  1



    PITCHERS: KCR - Gura, Quisenberry (7)

              PHI - Carlton, Reed (9)



               WP - Carlton

	       LP - Quisenberry

             SAVE - Reed



   HOME RUNS: KCR - none

              PHI - none



  ATTENDANCE: 65,775

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E

                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -

    Philadelphia Phillies        0  1  0    0  1  0    0  1  0    0     3 14  0

    Kansas City Royals           1  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0    1     4 11  0



    PITCHERS: PHI - Ruthven, McGraw (10)

              KCR - Gale, Martin (5), Quisenberry (8)



               WP - Quisenberry

	       LP - McGraw

             SAVE - none



   HOME RUNS: PHI - Schmidt

              KCR - Brett, Otis



  ATTENDANCE: 42,380

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E

                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -

    Philadelphia Phillies        0  1  0    0  0  0    1  1  0     3 10  1

    Kansas City Royals           4  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  X     5 10  2



    PITCHERS: PHI - Christenson, Noles (1), Saucier (6), Brusstar (6)

              KCR - Leonard, Quisenberry (8)



               WP - Leonard

	       LP - Christenson

             SAVE - Quisenberry



   HOME RUNS: PHI - none

              KCR - Aikens (2)



  ATTENDANCE: 42,363

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E

                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -

    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  2     4  7  0

    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  0     3 12  2



    PITCHERS: PHI - Bystrom, Reed (6), McGraw (7)

              KCR - Gura, Quisenberry (7)



               WP - McGraw

	       LP - Quisenberry

             SAVE - none



   HOME RUNS: PHI - Schmidt

              KCR - Otis



  ATTENDANCE: 42,369

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E

                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -

    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  7  2

    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  2    0  1  1    0  0  X     4  9  0



    PITCHERS: KCR - Gale, Martin (3), Splittorff (5), Pattin (7), Quisenberry (8)

              PHI - Carlton, McGraw (8)



               WP - Carlton

	       LP - Gale

             SAVE - McGraw



   HOME RUNS: KCR - none

              PHI - none



  ATTENDANCE: 65,838

• This was the first World Series to be played entirely on Artificial Turf .

• 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 .

• Prior to 1980, the Philadelphia Philies hadn't won a World Series game since Game 1 of the 1915 World Series against the Boston Red Sox .

• Willie Aikens of the Royals became the first player in World Series history to have a pair of two-homer games.

• 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 .

• George Brett had to have surgery to remove Hemorrhoids after Game 2. In Game 3, a fully recovered Brett hit a home run as his Royals wound up winning in 10 innings by the score of 4-3.

• 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 .

• According to Tug McGraw, one of the police Horses , who lined up in the field during the 9th inning of Game 6, was not "stadium trained."

• Phillies catcher Bob Boone 's knees were so sore by the end of the World Series, that he could barely make it to the mound after the final out was recorded.

• Willie Wilson of the Royals struck out 12 times in the six games after getting 230 hits in the regular season that year.

• Three men who played in the 1980 Series ( Ken Brett , Dan Quisenberry , and Tug McGraw ) have died of Brain Cancer .

• 1980 World Series by Baseball Almanac


• History of the World Series - 1980


• One Heartstopper After Another