1980 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1980 throughout the world.

Champions

Major League Baseball

World Series: Philadelphia Phillies over Kansas City Royals (4–2); Mike Schmidt, MVP

  League Championship Series ABC World Series NBC
                 
West  Kansas City Royals 3  
East  New York Yankees 1  
    AL  Kansas City Royals 2
  NL  Philadelphia Phillies 4
East  Philadelphia Phillies 3
West  Houston Astros 2  

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG George Brett .390 Bill Buckner .324
HR Reggie Jackson & Ben Oglivie 41 Mike Schmidt 48
RBI Cecil Cooper 122 Mike Schmidt 121
Wins Steve Stone 25 Steve Carlton 24
ERA Rudy May 2.46 Don Sutton 2.20

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
East Division
1st New York Yankees 103   59 .636    --
2nd Baltimore Orioles 100   62 .617   3.0
3rd Milwaukee Brewers   86   76 .531 17.0
4th Boston Red Sox   83   77 .519 19.0
4th Detroit Tigers   84   78 .519 19.0
6th Cleveland Indians   79   81 .494 23.0
7th Toronto Blue Jays   67   95 .414 36.0
West Division
1st Kansas City Royals   97   65 .599    --
2nd Oakland Athletics   83   79 .512 14.0
3rd Minnesota Twins   77   84 .478 19.5
4th Texas Rangers   76   85 .472 20.5
5th Chicago White Sox   70   90 .438 26.0
6th California Angels   65   95 .406 31.0
7th Seattle Mariners   59 103 .364 38.0

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Philadelphia Phillies 91 71 .562    --
2nd Montreal Expos 90 72 .556   1.0
3rd Pittsburgh Pirates 83 79 .512   8.0
4th St. Louis Cardinals 74 88 .457 17.0
5th New York Mets 67 95 .414 24.0
6th Chicago Cubs 64 98 .395 27.0
West Division
1st Houston Astros 93 70 .571    --
2nd Los Angeles Dodgers 92 71 .564   1.0
3rd Cincinnati Reds 89 73 .549   3.5
4th Atlanta Braves 81 80 .503 11.0
5th San Francisco Giants 75 86 .466 17.0
6th San Diego Padres 73 89 .451 19.5

Events

January–April

May–August

September–October

November–December

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

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