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Philadelphia Phillies 4, Kansas City Royals 2 · 1980-10-14 to 1980-10-21 · 6 games · attendance 324,516 · season overview
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Ballparks
Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1980-10-14 |  Kansas City Royals 6 at Philadelphia Phillies 7 | 1–0 | Veterans Stadium | 65,791 | Bob Walk | Dennis Leonard | Tug McGraw |
| 2 | 1980-10-15 | Kansas City Royals 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 6 | 2–0 | Veterans Stadium | 65,775 | Steve Carlton | Dan Quisenberry | Ron Reed |
| 3 | 1980-10-17 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Kansas City Royals 4 | 2–1 | Kauffman Stadium | 42,380 | Dan Quisenberry | Tug McGraw | |
| 4 | 1980-10-18 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Kansas City Royals 5 | 2–2 | Kauffman Stadium | 42,363 | Dennis Leonard | Larry Christenson | Dan Quisenberry |
| 5 | 1980-10-19 | Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Kansas City Royals 3 | 3–2 | Kauffman Stadium | 42,369 | Tug McGraw | Dan Quisenberry | |
| 6 | 1980-10-21 | Kansas City Royals 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | 4–2 | Veterans Stadium | 65,838 | Steve Carlton | Rich Gale | Tug McGraw |
The players
Philadelphia Phillies
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bowa | 6 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 |
| Bake McBride | 6 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| Pete Rose | 6 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .261 |
| Manny Trillo | 6 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Garry Maddox | 6 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .227 |
| Mike Schmidt | 6 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .381 |
| Lonnie Smith | 5 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Bob Boone | 6 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .412 |
| Keith Moreland | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Greg Luzinski | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 |
| Del Unser | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Greg Gross | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Carlton | 2 | 2 | 2–0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 2.40 |
| Dick Ruthven | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Tug McGraw | 4 | 0 | 1–1 | 2 | 7.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Bob Walk | 1 | 1 | 1–0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7.71 |
| Marty Bystrom | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Dickie Noles | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1.93 |
| Warren Brusstar | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ron Reed | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kevin Saucier | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Larry Christenson | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 0.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108.00 |
Kansas City Royals
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | 6 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | .154 |
| Frank White | 6 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .080 |
| George Brett | 6 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .375 |
| Hal McRae | 6 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .375 |
| Amos Otis | 6 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .478 |
| U. L. Washington | 6 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .273 |
| Willie Aikens | 6 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .400 |
| Darrell Porter | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .143 |
| Clint Hurdle | 4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .417 |
| Jose Cardenal | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .200 |
| John Wathan | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Dave Chalk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Gura | 2 | 2 | 0–0 | 0 | 12.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2.19 |
| Dennis Leonard | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 0 | 10.2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Dan Quisenberry | 6 | 0 | 1–2 | 1 | 10.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 |
| Renie Martin | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 9.2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.79 |
| Rich Gale | 2 | 2 | 0–1 | 0 | 6.1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.26 |
| Paul Splittorff | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Marty Pattin | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |