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26 teams in AL, NL · 2105 regular-season games · 1980-04-09 to 1980-10-06 · attendance 43,014,136

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World Series champion

Philadelphia Phillies

MVP

George Brett AL
Mike Schmidt NL

Cy Young

Steve Stone AL
Steve Carlton NL

Rookie of the Year

Joe Charboneau AL
Steve Howe NL

All-Star Game

1980-07-08 at Dodger Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1980

Al Kaline, Chuck Klein, Duke Snider, Tom Yawkey

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Philadelphia Phillies 3–2 Houston Astros	5
League Championship	Kansas City Royals 3–0 New York Yankees	3
World Series	Philadelphia Phillies 4–2 Kansas City Royals	6

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	103	59	.636	—	662	2,627,417	Dick Howser	Division
2	Baltimore Orioles	100	62	.617	3	640	1,797,438	Earl Weaver
3	Milwaukee Brewers	86	76	.531	17	682	1,857,408	Buck Rodgers, George Bamberger, Buck Rodgers
4	Detroit Tigers	84	78	.519	19	757	1,785,293	Sparky Anderson
5	Boston Red Sox	83	77	.519	19	767	1,956,092	Don Zimmer, Johnny Pesky
6	Cleveland Indians	79	81	.494	23	807	1,033,827	Dave Garcia
7	Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	.414	36	762	1,400,327	Bobby Mattick

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Kansas City Royals	97	65	.599	—	694	2,288,714	Jim Frey	Pennant Division
2	Oakland Athletics	83	79	.512	14	642	842,259	Billy Martin
3	Minnesota Twins	77	84	.478	19.5	724	769,206	Gene Mauch, Johnny Goryl
4	Texas Rangers	76	85	.472	20.5	752	1,198,175	Pat Corrales
5	Chicago White Sox	70	90	.438	26	722	1,200,365	Tony LaRussa
6	California Angels	65	95	.406	31	797	2,297,327	Jim Fregosi
7	Seattle Mariners	59	103	.364	38	793	836,204	Darrell Johnson, Maury Wills

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Philadelphia Phillies	91	71	.562	—	639	2,651,650	Dallas Green	World Series Division
2	Montreal Expos	90	72	.556	1	629	2,208,175	Dick Williams
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	83	79	.512	8	646	1,646,757	Chuck Tanner
4	St. Louis Cardinals	74	88	.457	17	710	1,385,147	Ken Boyer, Jack Krol, Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst
5	New York Mets	67	95	.414	24	702	1,192,073	Joe Torre
6	Chicago Cubs	64	98	.395	27	728	1,206,776	Preston Gomez, Joey Amalfitano

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Houston Astros	93	70	.571	—	589	2,278,217	Bill Virdon	Division
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	92	71	.564	1	591	3,249,287	Tom Lasorda
3	Cincinnati Reds	89	73	.549	3.5	670	2,022,450	John McNamara
4	Atlanta Braves	81	80	.503	11	660	1,048,411	Bobby Cox
5	San Francisco Giants	75	86	.466	17	634	1,096,115	Dave Bristol
6	San Diego Padres	73	89	.451	19.5	654	1,139,026	Jerry Coleman

Leaders

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NL

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No-hitters

Jerry Reuss, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants, 1980-06-27

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