1980

1980 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1980.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Hiroshima Toyo Carp (CL) over the Kintetsu Buffaloes (PL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Details)
    • Pacific League: Kintetsu Buffaloes (Details)
• Claxton Shield: South Australia

Europe

• European Cup: Parmalat Parma, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam
  • Serie A1: Derbigum Rimini

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Philadelphia Phillies (NL) over the Kansas City Royals (AL), 4 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: Kansas City Royals (Details)
    • National League: Philadelphia Phillies (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Springfield Redbirds (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Paintsville Yankees
  • California League: Stockton Ports
  • Carolina League: Peninsula Pilots
  • Eastern League: Holyoke Millers
  • Florida State League: Fort Lauderdale Yankees
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Royals Blue
  • International League: Columbus Clippers (Details)
  • Midwest League: Waterloo Indians
  • New York-Penn League: Oneonta Yankees
  • Northwest League: Bellingham Mariners / Eugene Emeralds
  • Pacific Coast League: Albuquerque Dukes (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Lethbridge Dodgers
  • South Atlantic League: Greensboro Hornets
  • Southern League: Charlotte O's
  • Texas League: Arkansas Travelers

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Saraperos de Saltillo

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Santiago de Cuba (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Estrellas Orientales in the finals, 5 - 1
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Naranjeros de Hermosillo
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Vaqueros de Bayamón
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Leones del Caracas defeated the Cardenales de Lara in the finals, 4 - 1

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): The University of Arizona defeated the University of Hawai`i in the finals, 5 - 3 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona over the the University of New Haven, 13 - 6 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: Ithaca College over the Marietta College, 12 - 5 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Grand Canyon College over the Lewis University, 5 - 4 (10 inn.) in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Middle Georgia College
• Community College League of California: Orange Coast College over Los Angeles Valley College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Alaska Goldpanners (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Meiji University defeated the Komazawa University in the final, 8 - 1 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Kochi Shogyo High School (Kochi) defeat Teikyo High School (Tokyo), 1 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Yokohama High School (Kanagawa) defeat Waseda Jitsugyo High School (East Tokyo), 6 - 4 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Long Kuong (Hua Lian, Taiwan) defeat Belmont Heights (Tampa, FL), 4 - 3 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Japan (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Japan (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Art of Hitting .300, by Charley Lau and Alfred Grossbrenner
• Baseball: America's Diamond Mind, by Richard Crepeau
• The Men in Blue, by Larry Gerlach
• Number 1, by Billy Martin and Peter Golenbock
• Screwballs, by Jay Cronley
• Wild Pitch, by Matt Christopher

Song

• Bill Lee, by Warren Zevon

Births

Further information: Births in 1980

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1980