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1980 AL Championship Series (3-0): Kansas City Royals (97-65) over New York Yankees (103-59)

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WS: PHI-KCR / ALCS: KCR-NYY / NLCS: PHI-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1980 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2 10  1
    Kansas City Royals           0  2  2    0  0  0    1  2  x     7 10  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Guidry, Davis (4), Underwood (8)
              KCR - Gura

               WP - Larry Gura
	       LP - Ron Guidry
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Cerone, Piniella
              KCR - Brett

  ATTENDANCE: 42,598

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1980 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0     2  8  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  x     3  6  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - May
              KCR - Leonard, Quisenberry (9)

               WP - Dennis Leonard
	       LP - Rudy May
             SAVE - Dan Quisenberry

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Nettles
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 42,633

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1980 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  0     4 12  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0     2  8  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Splittorff, Quisenberry (6)
              NYY - John, Gossage (7), Underwood (8)

               WP - Dan Quisenberry
	       LP - Rich Gossage
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - Brett, White
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,588

Series MVP - Frank White

Series Batting Stats

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Kansas City Royals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Willie Aikens       3  11  0  4  0  0  0   2  0  1  .364  .364  .364  0 | 543 151 20  .278  .789   1
*George Brett        3  11  3  3  1  0  2   4  1  0  .273  .333  .909  0 | 449 175 24  .390 1.118  15
#Larry Gura          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Clint Hurdle        3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 395 116 10  .294  .807   0
*Pete LaCock         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 156  32  1  .205  .547   1
 Dennis Leonard      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Hal McRae           3  10  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  .200  .333  .200  0 | 489 145 14  .297  .825  10
 Amos Otis           3  12  2  4  1  0  0   0  0  3  .333  .333  .417  2 | 394  99 10  .251  .699  16
*Darrell Porter      3  10  2  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .100  .182  .100  0 | 418 104  7  .249  .696   1
 Dan Quisenberry     2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Paul Splittorff     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#U L Washington      3  11  1  4  1  0  0   1  2  3  .364  .462  .455  0 | 549 150  6  .273  .711  20
 John Wathan         3   6  1  0  0  0  0   0  3  1  .000  .333  .000  0 | 453 138  6  .305  .783  17
 Frank White         3  11  3  6  1  0  1   3  0  1  .545  .545  .909  1 | 560 148  7  .264  .646  19
#Willie Wilson       3  13  2  4  2  1  0   4  1  2  .308  .357  .615  0 | 705 230  3  .326  .778  79
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3  97 14 28  6  1  3  14  9 15  .289  .355  .464  3 |        115  .286  .757 185

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Bobby Brown         3  10  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .091  .000  0 | 412 107 14  .260  .721  27
 Rick Cerone         3  12  1  4  0  0  1   2  0  1  .333  .333  .583  0 | 519 144 14  .277  .753   1
 Ron Davis           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Bucky Dent          3  11  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .182  .182  .182  0 | 489 128  5  .262  .681   0
*Oscar Gamble        2   5  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .200  .333  .200  0 | 194  54 14  .278  .943   2
 Rich Gossage        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Ron Guidry          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Reggie Jackson      3  11  1  3  1  0  0   0  1  4  .273  .333  .364  0 | 514 154 41  .300  .995   1
 Tommy John          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Joe Lefebvre        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 150  34  8  .227  .752   0
*Rudy May            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Bobby Murcer        1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 297  80 13  .269  .777   2
*Graig Nettles       2   6  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  1  .167  .167  .667  0 | 324  79 16  .244  .766   0
 Lou Piniella        2   5  1  1  0  0  1   1  2  1  .200  .429  .800  0 | 321  92  2  .287  .704   0
 Willie Randolph     3  13  0  5  2  0  0   1  1  3  .385  .429  .538  0 | 513 151  7  .294  .834  30
 Aurelio Rodriguez   2   6  0  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .500  0 |+339  71  5  .209  .549   1
 Eric Soderholm      2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .167  .167  .167  0 | 275  79 11  .287  .815   0
*Jim Spencer         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 259  61 13  .236  .734   1
 Tom Underwood       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bob Watson          3  12  0  6  3  1  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .917  0 | 469 144 13  .307  .824   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 102  6 26  7  1  3   5  6 16  .255  .296  .431  0 |        189  .267  .768  86

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Kansas City Royals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Larry Gura          1   2.00 1-0  0  1  9.0 10  2  1  4 | 18-10 283  2.95  1.23 113   
 Dennis Leonard      1   2.25 1-0  0  0  8.0  7  2  1  8 | 20-11 280  3.79  1.25 155   
*Paul Splittorff     1   1.69 0-0  0  0  5.3  5  1  2  3 | 14-11 204  4.15  1.37  53   
 Dan Quisenberry     2   0.00 1-0  1  0  4.7  4  0  2  1 | 12-7  128  3.09  1.22  37 33
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.67 3-0  1  1 27.0 26  5  6 16 |            3.83 1.340   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Rudy May            1   3.38 0-1  0  1  8.0  6  3  3  4 | 15-5  175  2.46  1.04 133  3
*Tommy John          1   2.70 0-0  0  0  6.7  8  2  1  3 | 22-9  265  3.43  1.23  78   
 Ron Davis           1   2.25 0-0  0  0  4.0  3  1  1  3 |  9-3  131  2.95  1.17  65  7
*Ron Guidry          1  12.00 0-1  0  0  3.0  5  4  4  2 | 17-10 220  3.56  1.34 166  1
*Tom Underwood       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  0  0  3 | 13-9  187  3.66  1.22 116  2
 Rich Gossage        1  54.00 0-1  0  0  0.3  3  2  0  0 |  6-2   99  2.27  1.12 103 33
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.32 0-3  0  1 25.0 28 12  9 15 |            3.58 1.300   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: PHI-KCR / ALCS: KCR-NYY / NLCS: PHI-HOU

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