1980 phillies world series roster

Manny trillo, bake mcbride shine as 1980 phillies throttle 08 phils in game 2. Phillies top moments of 1980 05092020 philadelphia. In the world series, the phillies defeated the kansas city royals in six games. Both started anew under firsttime managers in 1980. The 1980 philadelphia phillies season was the teams 98th season in major league baseball mlb and culminated with the phillies winning the world series at. With their victory in the 1980 world series, the phillies became the last of the original sixteen franchises to win a series. With a number of older players on the roster, the phils were dubbed the wheeze kids. Won world series 42 over kansas city royals won nl championship series 32 over houston astros. When the modernday world series began in 1903, the national and american leagues each had eight teams.

Check out the phillies top moments from the 1980 season, culminating with their world series victory relive the phillies top moments of the 1980 season may 9, 2020 8. The 1980 world series featured the national league champion philadelphia phillies 9171, who were making their first appearance in a world series since 1950, and the american league champion kansas city royals, who finally made it to the fall classic after losing to the new york yankees in three of the last four american league championship. The philadelphia phillies of the national league ended the 1980 season with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses, finishing first in the nls east division. See more ideas about phillies baseball, philadelphia phillies and philadelphia sports. Philadelphia phillies mlb team history major league. Philadelphia everybody understood the stakes by 1980. Phillies to help commemorate 1980 world series with fan. After the phillies had beaten the astros 87 in the astrodome to win their first nl pennant since 1950, they entered the 1980 world series, meeting the kansas city royals, who had gotten revenge against the yankees in the alcs after the yankees had beaten the royals to go to the world series for three straight years from 1976 to 1978, in which. Hart video philadelphia phillies 1980 world champions 25th. Both of these teams the only two world series champions in the franchises. See more ideas about philadelphia phillies, phillies baseball and philadelphia sports.

November 1980 philadelphia phillies world series newsletter. The starters for the phillies were bob boone at catcher, peter rose at 1st base, manny trillo at 2nd, mike schmidt. In spite of the previous nights 53 loss in 10 innings, the houston astros were confident of victory as they prepared to face the philadelphia phillies on october 12 in the winnertakeall game five of the 1980 nlcs. The front office believed its players had enough chances to win. Paperback 1980 philadelphia phillies autographed official world series baseball 25 sigs autographed baseballs. The philadelphia phillies won the 1980 world series with a veteranladen lineup and pitching staff, but performances from rookies put the team. The phillies, after years of heartbreak, were finally returning to the world series in october 1980. Hamels outduels carlton as 2008 phillies beat 1980 phils. Phillies players who would benefit from expanded rosters. In the 1980 world series, the phillies beat the kansas city royals 4 games to 2. The phillies needed to win the world series or the front office planned to pull the plug and rebuild.

Dallas green, who led phillies to 80 world series title. Sports quiz 1980 philadelphia phillies by mlb debut. That club belonged to philadelphia and despite winning national league pennants in 1915 and 1950. The most important trophy in his case however is his world series ring and world series mvp as in 1980 he helped lead the phillies to their. It was more or less told to us, larry bowa recalled a few years ago. Both teams had lost league championship series in three straight years, from 197678.

Dallas green, who led 1980 philadelphia phillies to world. Can you name the 1980 phillies postseason roster in order of their mlb debut date. The philadelphia phillies and the kansas city royals had plenty of recent frustration in common when they met in the 1980 world series. Any champions league final goalscorer by nationality 3,957. Can you name the 1980 phillies world series winning roster. Manny trillo, bake mcbride shine as 1980 phillies throttle. The 1980 philadelphia phillies season was the teams 98th season in major league baseball mlb and culminated with the phillies winning the world series at home by defeating the kansas city royals in game 6 on oct. Won world series 42 over kansas city royals won nl championship series. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. The philadelphia phillies franchise has won exactly two world series championships over the course of 7 seasons of play. A 3disc boxed set retrospective of the 25th anniversary of the phillies win of the 1980 world series. On a roster teeming with unsung heroes, the undrafted 22yearold righthander came from perhaps the furthest out of the blue to help the phillies win the 1980 world series.

The 1980 philadelphia phillies team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1980 season. Much of the credit for the philadelphia phillies winning the franchises firstever world series championship back in 1980 has gone to the core of veteran players. Manny trillo, bake mcbride shine as 1980 phillies throttle 08 phils. A look back at the 1980 royalsphillies world series. Vintage pennant 1980 phillies world series champions 30 x. The 1980 philadelphia phillies won the world series. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. The 1980 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1980 season.

What is the value of a 1980 philadelphia phillies team. Philadelphia phillies news, scores, schedule, roster. And it required quite the journey heartbreaking finishes in 1964, 1977, and 1978 mixed in with years of bad baseball to reach that destination. No decade in phillies history began more gloriously than the 1980s. As part of our seasonlong celebration of the 40th anniversary of that 1980 team championship, i am comparing those two great phillies teams to see whether either can. The philadelphia phillies won the franchises firstever world series in 1980 with a veteranladen lineup, but rookie performers put them over the top. The 77th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff played between the national league nl champion philadelphia phillies and the american league al champion kansas city royals the phillies defeated the royals in six games to secure their first world series championship in.