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1980 NL Championship Series (3-2): Philadelphia Phillies (91-71) over Houston Astros (93-70)

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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 7, 1980 at VeteransStad (Philadelphia Phillies)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  0
    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  x     3  8  1

    PITCHERS: HOU - Forsch
              PHI - Carlton, McGraw (8)

               WP - Steve Carlton
	       LP - Ken Forsch
             SAVE - Tug McGraw

   HOME RUNS: HOU - none
              PHI - Luzinski

  ATTENDANCE: 65,277

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1980 at VeteransStad (Philadelphia Phillies)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  0  1    0  0  0    1  1  0    4     7  8  1
    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  0    1     4 14  2

    PITCHERS: HOU - Ryan, Sambito (7), Smith (7), LaCorte (9), Andujar (10)
              PHI - Ruthven, McGraw (8), Reed (9), Saucier (10)

               WP - Frank LaCorte
	       LP - Ron Reed
             SAVE - Joaquin Andujar

   HOME RUNS: HOU - none
              PHI - none

  ATTENDANCE: 65,476

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1980 at Astrodome (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     0  7  1
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1     1  6  1

    PITCHERS: PHI - Christenson, Noles (7), McGraw (8)
              HOU - Niekro, Smith (11)

               WP - Dave Smith
	       LP - Tug McGraw
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHI - none
              HOU - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,443

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1980 at Astrodome (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0    2     5 13  0
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  1    0     3  5  1

    PITCHERS: PHI - Carlton, Noles (6), Saucier (7), Reed (7), Brusstar (8), McGraw (10)
              HOU - Ruhle, Smith (8), Sambito (8)

               WP - Warren Brusstar
	       LP - Joe Sambito
             SAVE - Tug McGraw

   HOME RUNS: PHI - none
              HOU - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,952

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1980 at Astrodome (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Phillies        0  2  0    0  0  0    0  5  0    1     8 13  2
    Houston Astros               1  0  0    0  0  1    3  2  0    0     7 14  0

    PITCHERS: PHI - Bystrom, Brusstar (6), Christenson (7), Reed (7), McGraw (8), Ruthven (9)
              HOU - Ryan, Sambito (8), Forsch (8), LaCorte (9)

               WP - Dick Ruthven
	       LP - Frank LaCorte
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHI - none
              HOU - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,802

Series MVP - Manny Trillo

Series Batting Stats

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Philadelphia Phillies

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Ramon Aviles        1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 101  28  2  .277  .732   0
 Bob Boone           5  18  1  4  0  0  0   2  1  2  .222  .263  .222  0 | 480 110  9  .229  .637   3
#Larry Bowa          5  19  2  6  0  0  0   0  3  3  .316  .409  .316  1 | 540 144  2  .267  .622  21
 Warren Brusstar     2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Marty Bystrom       1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  14   1  0  .071  .204   0
*Steve Carlton       2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 101  19  0  .188  .388   0
 Larry Christenson   2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  19   7  1  .368  .981   0
*Greg Gross          4   4  2  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  .750  .750  .750  0 | 154  37  0  .240  .658   1
 Greg Luzinski       5  17  3  5  2  0  1   4  0  6  .294  .294  .588  0 | 368  84 19  .228  .782   3
 Garry Maddox        5  20  2  6  2  0  0   3  2  2  .300  .391  .400  2 | 549 142 11  .259  .664  25
*Bake McBride        5  21  0  5  0  0  0   0  1  5  .238  .273  .238  2 | 554 171  9  .309  .795  13
 Tug McGraw          5   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |   8   2  0  .250  .500   0
 Keith Moreland      2   1  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 159  50  4  .314  .781   3
 Dickie Noles        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   4  0  .308  .616   0
 Ron Reed            3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  10   3  0  .300  .700   0
#Pete Rose           5  20  3  8  0  0  0   2  5  3  .400  .520  .400  0 | 655 185  1  .282  .706  12
 Dick Ruthven        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  68  16  0  .235  .595   1
 Kevin Saucier       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   8   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Mike Schmidt        5  24  1  5  1  0  0   1  1  6  .208  .240  .250  1 | 548 157 48  .286 1.004  12
 Lonnie Smith        3   5  2  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  .600  .600  .600  1 | 298 101  3  .339  .840  33
 Manny Trillo        5  21  1  8  2  1  0   4  0  2  .381  .364  .571  0 | 531 155  7  .292  .746   8
*Del Unser           5   5  2  2  1  0  0   1  0  2  .400  .400  .600  0 | 110  29  0  .264  .711   0
*George Vukovich     4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  58  13  0  .224  .573   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 190 20 55  8  1  1  19 13 37  .289  .337  .358  7 |        117  .270  .726 140

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

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

Houston Astros

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Joaquin Andujar     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  29   5  1  .172  .595   0
#Alan Ashby          2   8  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .125  .125  .125  0 | 352  90  3  .256  .666   0
*Dave Bergman        4   3  0  1  0  1  0   2  0  0  .333  .333 1.000  0 |  78  20  0  .256  .700   1
 Bruce Bochy         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  22   4  0  .182  .584   0
 Enos Cabell         5  21  1  5  1  0  0   0  1  3  .238  .273  .286  0 | 604 167  2  .276  .656  21
 Cesar Cedeno        3  11  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  .182  .250  .182  0 | 499 154 10  .309  .854  48
*Jose Cruz           5  15  3  6  1  1  0   4  8  1  .400  .609  .600  0 | 612 185 11  .302  .786  36
 Ken Forsch          2   2  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  77  18  0  .234  .517   1
*Danny Heep          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  87  24  0  .276  .708   0
 Art Howe            5  15  0  3  1  1  0   2  2  2  .200  .278  .400  0 | 321  91 10  .283  .795   1
 Frank LaCorte       2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |   6   1  0  .167  .453   0
#Rafael Landestoy    5   9  3  2  0  0  0   2  1  0  .222  .300  .222  1 | 393  97  1  .247  .634  23
 Jeffrey Leonard     3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 216  46  3  .213  .607   4
*Joe Morgan          4  13  1  2  1  1  0   0  6  1  .154  .421  .385  0 | 461 112 11  .243  .740  24
 Joe Niekro          1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  80  22  0  .275  .648   0
*Terry Puhl          5  19  4 10  2  0  0   3  3  2  .526  .591  .632  2 | 535 151 13  .282  .776  27
 Luis Pujols         4  10  1  1  0  1  0   0  3  0  .100  .308  .300  0 | 221  44  0  .199  .480   0
*Craig Reynolds      4  13  2  2  1  0  0   0  3  1  .154  .313  .231  0 | 381  86  3  .226  .566   2
 Vern Ruhle          1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  49  12  0  .245  .608   0
 Nolan Ryan          2   4  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .200  .000  0 |  70   6  1  .086  .296   0
*Joe Sambito         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   9   0  0  .000  .100   0
 Dave Smith          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  12   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Denny Walling       3   9  2  1  0  0  0   2  1  0  .111  .182  .111  0 | 284  85  3  .299  .761   4
 Gary Woods          4   8  0  2  0  0  0   1  1  3  .250  .333  .250  1 |  53  20  2  .377  .985   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 172 19 40  7  5  0  18 31 19  .233  .346  .331  4 |         75  .261  .694 194

    * - 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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Philadelphia Phillies

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Steve Carlton       2   2.19 1-0  0  0 12.3 11  3  8  6 | 24-9  304  2.34  1.10 286   
 Dick Ruthven        2   2.00 1-0  0  0  9.0  3  2  5  4 | 17-10 223  3.55  1.41  86   
*Tug McGraw          5   4.50 0-1  2  0  8.0  8  4  4  5 |  5-4   92  1.46  0.92  75 20
 Larry Christenson   2   4.05 0-0  0  0  6.7  5  3  5  2 |  5-1   74  4.03  1.21  49   
 Marty Bystrom       1   1.69 0-0  0  0  5.3  7  1  2  1 |  5-0   36  1.50  0.97  21   
 Warren Brusstar     2   3.38 1-0  0  0  2.7  1  1  1  0 |  2-2   39  3.72  1.42  21   
 Dickie Noles        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  1  0  3  0 |  1-4   81  3.89  1.51  57  6
 Ron Reed            3  18.00 0-1  0  0  2.0  3  4  1  1 |  7-5   91  4.04  1.29  54  9
*Kevin Saucier       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  1  0  2  0 |  7-3   50  3.42  1.40  25   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.28 3-2  2  0 49.3 40 18 31 19 |            3.43 1.320   

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

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

Houston Astros

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Nolan Ryan          2   5.40 0-0  0  0 13.3 16  8  3 14 | 11-10 234  3.35  1.30 200   
 Joe Niekro          1   0.00 0-0  0  0 10.0  6  0  1  2 | 20-12 256  3.55  1.36 127   
 Ken Forsch          2   4.15 0-1  0  1  8.7 10  4  1  6 | 12-13 222  3.20  1.22  84   
 Vern Ruhle          1   3.86 0-0  0  0  7.0  8  3  1  3 | 12-4  159  2.37  1.11  55   
*Joe Sambito         3   4.91 0-1  0  0  3.7  4  2  2  6 |  8-4   90  2.19  0.96  75 17
 Frank LaCorte       2   3.00 1-1  0  0  3.0  7  1  2  2 |  8-5   83  2.82  1.25  66 11
 Dave Smith          3   3.86 1-0  0  0  2.3  4  1  2  4 |  7-5  103  1.93  1.19  85 10
 Joaquin Andujar     1   0.00 0-0  1  0  1.0  0  0  1  0 |  3-8  122  3.91  1.43  75  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.49 2-3  1  1 49.0 55 19 13 37 |            3.10 1.240   

    * - 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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