1980 NL Championship Series (3-2) Philadelphia Phillies (91-71) over Houston Astros (93-70)
Introduction[edit]
"It was like going through an art gallery on a motorcycle" - Tug McGraw, describing the experience after the Phillies had won the 1980 NLCS in five games.
Umpires[edit]
Results[edit]
Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
R |
H |
E
|
Astros |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
1
|
Phillies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
14 |
2
|
WP: Frank LaCorte (1-0), LP: Ron Reed (0-1), SV: Joaquin Andujar (1)
|
Home Runs: none
|
Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
R |
H |
E
|
Phillies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1
|
Astros |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
1
|
WP: Dave Smith (1-0), LP: Tug McGraw (0-1)
|
Home Runs: none
|
Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
R |
H |
E
|
Phillies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
13 |
0
|
Astros |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
1
|
WP: Warren Brusstar (1-0), LP: Joe Sambito (0-1), SV: Tug McGraw (2)
|
Home Runs: none
|
Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
R |
H |
E
|
Phillies |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
13 |
2
|
Astros |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
0
|
WP: Dick Ruthven (1-0), LP: Frank LaCorte (1-1)
|
Home Runs: none
|
Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network voted this the 18th greatest game of the past fifty years.
Further Reading[edit]
- Thomas Boswell: "1980: It Wasn't Pretty But It Sure Was Fun", in How Life Imitates the World Series, Penguin Books, New York, 1982, pp. 265-281.
- Michael Clair: "Can this World Series match the madness of the 1980 Phillies-Astros NLCS?", mlb.com, October 26, 2022. [1]
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