1980 ALCS
Kansas City Royals over New York Yankees (3-0)

1979 ALCS 1981 ALCS

Dates: October 8 - 10, 1980

WS MVP: Mike Schmidt

NLCS MVP: Manny Trillo

ALCS MVP: Frank White

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Series Scores

Game 1, October 8
New York Yankees	2	Final
Kansas City Royals	7

W	Larry Gura (1-0)
L	Ron Guidry (0-1)

Game 2, October 9
New York Yankees	2	Final
Kansas City Royals	3

W	Dennis Leonard (1-0)
L	Rudy May (0-1)
S	Dan Quisenberry (1)

Game 3, October 10
Kansas City Royals	4	Final
New York Yankees	2

W	Dan Quisenberry (1-0)
L	Rich Gossage (0-1)

Series Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals Batting

Kansas City Royals Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Willie Aikens*	3	11	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	.364	.364	.364	.727	0	0	0	0.10	1.32%	151	543	70	151	20	98	1	.278	.789
George Brett*	3	11	3	3	1	0	2	4	1	0	.273	.333	.909	1.242	0	0	0	0.35	4.96%	117	449	87	175	24	118	15	.390	1.118
Larry Gura#	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle*	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.12	-1.72%	130	395	50	116	10	60	0	.294	.807
Pete LaCock*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	114	156	14	32	1	18	1	.205	.547
Dennis Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae	3	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	3		-0.14	-2.49%	124	489	73	145	14	83	10	.297	.825
Amos Otis	3	12	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.417	.750	2	1	0	0.01	0.66%	107	394	56	99	10	53	16	.251	.699
Darrell Porter*	3	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	0	0	0	-0.17	-2.85%	118	418	51	104	7	51	1	.249	.696
Dan Quisenberry	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Splittorff*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington#	3	11	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	3	.364	.462	.455	.916	0	1	0	0.04	0.57%	153	549	79	150	6	53	20	.273	.711
John Wathan	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	-0.06	-0.73%	126	453	57	138	6	58	17	.305	.783
Frank White	3	11	3	6	1	0	1	3	0	1	.545	.545	.909	1.455	1	0	1	0.34	6.40%	154	560	70	148	7	60	19	.264	.646
Willie Wilson#	3	13	2	4	2	1	0	4	1	2	.308	.357	.615	.973	0	0	0	0.14	2.50%	161	705	133	230	3	49	79	.326	.778
Totals	36	97	14	28	6	1	3	14	9	15	.289	.355	.464	.819	3	5		0.49	8.62%	162	5714	809	1633	115		185	.286	.758

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

New York Yankees Batting

New York Yankees Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Bobby Brown#	3	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	0	0	-0.29	-4.79%	137	412	65	107	14	47	27	.260	.721
Rick Cerone	3	12	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	.333	.333	.583	.917	0	0	0	-0.20	-2.64%	147	519	70	144	14	85	1	.277	.753
Ron Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Bucky Dent	3	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	0	0	-0.22	-3.52%	141	489	57	128	5	52	0	.262	.681
Oscar Gamble*	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	0	0.17	1.77%	78	194	40	54	14	50	2	.278	.943
Rich Gossage	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Guidry*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson*	3	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	.273	.333	.364	.697	0	0	0	0.05	1.08%	143	514	94	154	41	111	1	.300	.995
Tommy John	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Lefebvre*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	74	150	26	34	8	21	0	.227	.751
Rudy May*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Murcer*	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.14	-2.64%	100	297	41	80	13	57	2	.269	.777
Graig Nettles*	2	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.167	.167	.667	.833	0	0	0	-0.36	-6.47%	89	324	52	79	16	45	0	.244	.766
Lou Piniella	2	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	.200	.429	.800	1.229	0	0	0	0.07	1.54%	116	321	39	92	2	27	0	.287	.704
Willie Randolph	3	13	0	5	2	0	0	1	1	3	.385	.429	.538	.967	0	0	0	0.12	2.31%	138	513	99	151	7	46	30	.294	.834
Aurelio Rodríguez	2	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	0	0	0	-0.05	-0.80%	*141	339	21	71	5	27	1	.209	.548
Eric Soderholm	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0		-0.09	-1.26%	95	275	38	79	11	35	0	.287	.815
Jim Spencer*	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.09	-1.44%	97	259	38	61	13	43	1	.236	.734
Tom Underwood	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Watson	3	12	0	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.917	1.417	0	0	1	0.02	-0.29%	130	469	62	144	13	68	2	.307	.825
Totals	38	102	6	26	7	1	3	5	6	16	.255	.296	.431	.728	0	0		-1.01	-17.15%	162	5553	820	1484	189		86	.267	.768

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

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