1980 New York Yankees

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1980 New York Yankees 1980 AL East Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1976) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1980 Information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
Manager(s)	Dick Howser
Local television	none
Local radio	none
Baseball-Reference	1980 New York Yankees

Contents 1 1980 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page 2 Awards and Honors 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 ALCS 4.1 Game 1 4.2 Game 2 4.3 Game 3 5 External links 5.1 1980 Postseason

[edit] 1980 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page

The New York Yankees' 1980 season was the 78th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 103-59, finishing in first place in the American League Eastern Division, 3 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The Kansas City Royals swept the Yanks in the ALCS. New York was managed by Dick Howser. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

[edit] Awards and Honors

Bucky Dent, Rich Gossage, Reggie Jackson, Tommy John, Graig Nettles and Willie Randolph all represented the Yankees at the 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Randolph earned the inaugural Silver Slugger Award at second base.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] ALCS

Main article: 1980 American League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

October 8 Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	1
Kansas City	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	X	7	10	0
W: Larry Gura (1-0)  L: Ron Guidry (0-1)
HRs: NYY – Rick Cerone (1) Lou Piniella (1)   KCR – George Brett (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 9 Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Kansas City	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
W: Dennis Leonard (1-0)  L: Rudy May (0-1)  S: Dan Quisenberry (1)
HRs: NYY – Graig Nettles

[edit] Game 3

October 10 Yankee Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	12	1
New York	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	0
W: Dan Quisenberry (1-0)  L: Rich Gossage (0-1)
HRs: KCR – George Brett (2) Frank White (1)

[edit] External links

• 1980 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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NL Championship Series (3-2) Phillies over Astros

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