1980 Kansas City Royals season

1980 Kansas City Royals
1980 Kansas City Royals
American League Champions; American League West Champions
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Royals Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	Ewing Kauffman
General managers	Joe Burke
Managers	Jim Frey (first season)
Television	WDAF-TV 4; (Al Wisk, Denny Trease)
Radio	WIBW–AM 580; KMBZ–AM 980; (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1980 Kansas City Royals season was their 12th in Major League Baseball. The Royals, under new manager Jim Frey, finished first in the American League West with a record of 97–65. Kansas City finally broke through in the postseason, sweeping the New York Yankees 3-0 in the 1980 American League Championship Series after falling to the Yankees in the ALCS in 1976, 1977 and 1978. The Royals lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 in the World Series.

George Brett had one of the best seasons in Major League Baseball history. Brett became the first Royals player to win a Most Valuable Player award, and his league-leading .390 batting average was the highest in the majors since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. Brett also led the team in home runs (24) and set a single-season franchise record with 118 runs batted in.

Offseason

October 26, 1979: Keith Drumright was acquired by the Royals from the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal (the Astros sent a player to be named later to the Royals for George Throop) made on April 27, 1979.^[1]
December 6, 1979: The Royals trade Al Cowens, Todd Cruz and a player to be named later to the California Angels in exchange for Willie Aikens and Rance Mulliniks.^[2]
April 1, 1980: The Angels received Craig Eaton from the Royals, completing the trade of December 6.

Regular season

On September 30, while pitching for the Seattle Mariners against the Royals, Rick Honeycutt taped a thumbtack to his finger to cut the ball. Royals baserunner Willie Wilson spotted the tack from second base. The umpires investigated and not only found the tack, but also a gash in Honeycutt's forehead. Honeycutt was ejected from the game, suspended for 10 games, and fined.^[3]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	97	65	0.599	—	49–32	48–33
Oakland Athletics	83	79	0.512	14	46–35	37–44
Minnesota Twins	77	84	0.478	19½	44–36	33–48
Texas Rangers	76	85	0.472	20½	39–41	37–44
Chicago White Sox	70	90	0.438	26	37–42	33–48
California Angels	65	95	0.406	31	30–51	35–44
Seattle Mariners	59	103	0.364	38	36–45	23–58

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League record Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	10–2	6–6	6–7	10–3	6–6	7–6	10–2	7–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	9–3	6–4	7–6	8–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	3–10	9–3	7–5	5–7	7–6
California	2–10	3–9	—	3–10	4–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	2–10	3–10	11–2	11–2	3–9
Chicago	6–6	4–6	10–3	—	5–7	2–10	5–8	5–7	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–7	6–7–2	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	6–7	6–4	7–5	—	3–10	5–7	3–10	9–3	5–8	6–6	8–4	6–6	8–5
Detroit	3–10	5–8	7–5	10–2	10–3	—	2–10	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	10–2–1	4–8	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	10–2	—	6–6	5–8	8–4	6–7	7–6	10–3	9–3
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	6–6	7–5	10–3	6–7	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	5–8
Minnesota	2–10	6–6	6–7	8–5	3–9	6–6	8–5	5–7	—	4–8	6–7	7–6	9–3	7–5
New York	6–7	10–3	10–2	7–5	8–5	8–5	4–8	8–5	8–4	—	8–4	9–3	7–5	10–3
Oakland	5–7	3–9	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	4–8	—	8–5	7–6	8–4
Seattle	6–6	5–7	2–11	7–6	4–8	2–10–1	6–7	3–9	6–7	3–9	5–8	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	6–6	7–5	2–11	7–6–2	6–6	8–4	3–10	7–5	3–9	5–7	6–7	9–4	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	6–7	9–3	7–5	5–8	4–9	3–9	8–5	5–7	3–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Notable transactions

April 5, 1980: Eduardo Rodríguez was released by the Royals.^[5]
June 16, 1980: Mark Huismann was signed by the Royals as an amateur free agent.^[6]
June 17, 1980: Randy McGilberry was traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Kevin Kobel.^[7]
August 1980: Keith Drumright was purchased from the Royals by the Chicago Cubs.^[1]

Roster

1980 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

15 Darrell Porter
12 John Wathan

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

23 Germán Barranca

Manager

41 Jim Frey

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1980 regular season game log: 97–65 (Home: 49–32; Away: 48–33)

April: 10–8 (Home: 7–4; Away: 3–4)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
1	April 10	7:35 p.m. CST	Tigers	L 1–5	Morris (1–0)	Leonard (0–1)	–	2:28	34,901	0–1	L1
2	April 11	7:35 p.m. CST	Tigers	W 4–0	Gura (1–0)	Schatzeder (0–1)	–	2:13	14,605	1–1	W1
3	April 12	1:35 p.m. CST	Tigers	W 8–6	Pattin (1–0)	Underwood (0–1)	–	2:59	16,130	2–1	W2
4	April 13	1:35 p.m. CST	Tigers	W 3–2	Splittorff (1–0)	Rozema (0–1)	Christenson (1)	2:29	17,720	3–1	W3
5	April 15	1:00 p.m. CST	@ Orioles	L 2–12	Palmer (2–0)	Leonard (0–2)	–	2:32	50,199	3–2	L1
6	April 16	6:30 p.m. CST	@ Orioles	L 1–2	Flanagan (1–1)	Gura (1–1)	–	2:16	7,473	3–3	L2
7	April 17	6:30 p.m. CST	@ Orioles	L 2–5	Stone (1–1)	Gale (0–1)	Stoddard (2)	2:40	7,166	3–4	L3
8	April 18	12:30 p.m. CST	@ Tigers	W 9–6 (11)	Quisenberry (1–0)	López (0–2)	–	3:34	50,687	4–4	W1
9	April 19	1:15 p.m. CST	@ Tigers	L 6–8	Morris (2–1)	Martin (0–1)	–	2:17	13,583	4–5	L1
10	April 20	12:30 p.m. CST	@ Tigers	W 9–6	Martin (1–1)	Schatzeder (0–3)	Quisenberry (1)	2:51	18,755	5–5	W1
11	April 21	7:35 p.m. CST	Blue Jays	L 1–7	Stieb (2–0)	Gale (0–2)	–	2:29	21,117	5–6	L1
12	April 22	7:35 p.m. CST	Blue Jays	W 7–2	Splittorff (2–0)	Mirabella (1–1)	–	2:08	16,993	6–6	W1
13	April 23	7:35 p.m. CST	Blue Jays	W 7–4	Christenson (1–0)	McLaughlin (1–1)	Quisenberry (2)	2:33	18,855	7–6	W2
14	April 25	7:35 p.m. CST	Orioles	W 7–0	Gura (2–1)	Stone (1–2)	–	2:18	20,436	8–6	W3
15	April 26	7:35 p.m. CST	Orioles	L 0–4	Flanagan (2–2)	Gale (0–3)	–	2:34	25,925	8–7	L1
16	April 27	1:35 p.m. CDT	Orioles	W 3–2	Splittorff (3–0)	Ford (1–1)	–	2:02	20,496	9–7	W1
—	April 28		@ Blue Jays	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 8)
17	April 29	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	L 1–3	Clancy (1–1)	Leonard (0–3)	–	2:21	11,553	9–8	L1
18	April 30	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	W 3–0	Gura (3–1)	Jefferson (0–1)	–	1:54	14,029	10–8	W1

May: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
19	May 2	7:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	L 5–6 (11)	Lockwood (2–1)	Quisenberry (1–1)	–	3:17	25,965	10–9	L2
20	May 3	7:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	L 0–7	Rainey (1–0)	Splittorff (3–1)	–	2:30	28,760	10–10	L3
21	May 4	1:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 5–3	Leonard (1–3)	Stanley (2–2)	Quisenberry (3)	2:13	24,209	11–10	W1
22	May 6	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 0–2	Wortham (3–0)	Gura (3–2)	Farmer (8)	2:06	7,938	11–11	L1
23	May 7	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 12–5	Christenson (2–0)	Kravec (1–3)	–	2:54	7,584	12–11	W1
24	May 8	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 2–8	Burns (3–2)	Splittorff (3–2)	–	3:01	7,410	12–12	L1
25	May 9	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	W 6–5	Leonard (2–3)	Stanley (2–3)	Quisenberry (4)	2:46	28,597	13–12	W1
26	May 10	1:00 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	W 13–8	Martin (2–1)	Eckersley (1–5)	Pattin (1)	3:03	30,519	14–12	W2
27	May 11	1:00 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	L 2–5	Rainey (2–0)	Gale (0–4)	–	2:24	24,685	14–13	L1
28	May 12	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 12–3	Gura (4–2)	Tiant (2–2)	Pattin (2)	2:35	17,010	15–13	W1
29	May 13	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 4–1	Martin (3–1)	Griffin (0–2)	Quisenberry (5)	2:29	20,107	16–13	W2
30	May 14	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 3–16	Guidry (3–0)	Leonard (2–4)	Figueroa (1)	2:58	21,953	16–14	L1
31	May 16	7:35 p.m. CDT	Angels	L 1–11	Kison (2–4)	Gale (0–5)	–	3:01	22,264	16–15	L2
32	May 17	7:35 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 2–1 (10)	Gura (5–2)	Clear (0–2)	–	2:47	30,326	17–15	W1
33	May 18	1:35 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 5–3	Martin (4–1)	Tanana (2–4)	Quisenberry (6)	2:24	25,382	18–15	W2
34	May 19	7:35 p.m. CDT	Athletics	W 6–5 (11)	Quisenberry (2–1)	Hamilton (0–1)	–	3:37	28,889	19–15	W3
35	May 20	7:35 p.m. CDT	Athletics	W 1–0	Gale (1–5)	Norris (5–2)	Quisenberry (7)	2:13	23,698	20–15	W4
36	May 21	7:35 p.m. CDT	Athletics	L 2–4 (14)	Lacey (1–0)	Quisenberry (2–2)	–	4:14	24,030	20–16	L1
37	May 22	7:35 p.m. CDT	Athletics	W 16–3	Martin (5–1)	Keough (5–4)	–	2:44	23,124	21–16	W1
38	May 23	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 13–9	Leonard (3–4)	Tanana (2–5)	–	3:09	26,270	22–16	W2
39	May 24	9:00 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 6–5 (10)	Quisenberry (3–1)	Clear (2–3)	–	3:32	25,382	23–16	W3
40	May 25	3:00 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 7–3	Gura (6–2)	LaRoche (1–1)	–	2:32	30,325	24–16	W4
41	May 26	3:30 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	L 1–4	Keough (6–4)	Martin (5–2)	–	2:33	21,882	24–17	L1
42	May 27	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	W 4–2	Leonard (4–4)	Kingman (2–5)	–	3:03	4,488	25–17	W1
43	May 28	3:30 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	L 3–6	Langford (4–3)	Gale (1–6)	–	2:33	4,094	25–18	L1
44	May 30	7:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 9–2	Gura (7–2)	Wortham (3–2)	–	2:29	26,500	26–18	W1
45	May 31	7:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 6–4	Martin (6–2)	Trout (2–5)	Quisenberry (8)	3:02	29,050	27–18	W2

June: 17–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 12–5)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
46	June 1	1:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 1–6	Burns (7–3)	Leonard (4–5)	–	3:03	33,428	27–19	L1
47	June 2	7:35 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 3–5	Guidry (6–1)	Splittorff (3–3)	–	2:42	39,261	27–20	L2
48	June 3	7:35 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 6–5 (10)	Quisenberry (4–2)	Davis (2–3)	–	3:17	26,734	28–20	W1
49	June 4	7:35 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 9–3	Martin (7–2)	Tiant (4–3)	–	2:29	27,234	29–20	W2
50	June 5	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 8–0	Leonard (5–5)	Kern (2–8)	–	2:32	16,512	30–20	W3
51	June 6	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 4–2	Splittorff (4–3)	Matlack (3–2)	Quisenberry (9)	2:37	26,367	31–20	W4
52	June 7	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 7–2	Gale (2–6)	Perry (3–4)	–	2:58	24,530	32–20	W5
53	June 8	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 5–4	Christenson (3–0)	Babcock (0–1)	Quisenberry (10)	3:08	16,179	33–20	W6
—	June 9		@ Indians	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: June 11)
54	June 10	6:35 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	W 8–4	Pattin (2–0)	Barker (5–4)	–	3:25	6,061	34–20	W7
55 (1)	June 11	4:35 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	W 5–0	Leonard (6–5)	Waits (4–6)	–	2:17	–	35–20	W8
56 (2)	June 11	7:27 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	L 5–8	Spillner (6–3)	Gale (2–7)	–	2:48	13,712	35–21	L1
57	June 13	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	W 4–3	Gura (7–3)	Keeton (2–1)	Quisenberry (11)	2:32	30,740	36–21	W1
58	June 14	1:30 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	L 2–5	Travers (4–3)	Martin (7–3)	Castro (3)	2:51	50,605	36–22	L1
59	June 15	1:30 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	W 7–2	Leonard (7–5)	Haas (6–6)	–	2:49	28,389	37–22	W1
60	June 16	7:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 3–6	Babcock (1–2)	Quisenberry (4–3)	Lyle (7)	2:25	39,457	37–23	L1
61	June 17	7:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 3–2	Gale (3–7)	Perry (3–6)	–	2:45	25,324	38–23	W1
62	June 18	7:35 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 10–2	Gura (8–3)	Denny (7–5)	–	2:55	23,736	39–23	W2
63	June 19	7:35 p.m. CDT	Indians	L 4–5	Barker (7–4)	Martin (7–4)	Stanton (3)	3:07	21,158	39–24	L1
64	June 20	7:35 p.m. CDT	Brewers	L 5–10	Haas (7–6)	Leonard (7–6)	Castro (4)	3:02	38,179	39–25	L2
65	June 21	7:35 p.m. CDT	Brewers	L 1–5	Sorensen (7–4)	Splittorff (4–4)	–	2:07	40,344	39–26	L3
66	June 22	1:35 p.m. CDT	Brewers	W 7–4	Gale (4–7)	Caldwell (6–4)	–	2:33	39,592	40–26	W1
67	June 23	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	L 1–4	Koosman (6–6)	Gura (9–3)	–	2:23	7,525	40–27	L1
68 (1)	June 24	5:05 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	L 1–2	Jackson (5–4)	Quisenberry (4–4)	–	2:31	–	40–28	L2
69 (2)	June 24	8:11 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	W 4–2	Martin (8–4)	Erickson (1–5)	Quisenberry (12)	2:37	11,556	41–28	W1
70	June 25	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	W 4–1	Splittorff (5–4)	Zahn (6–10)	Quisenberry (13)	2:04	9,150	42–28	W2
71	June 27	9:35 p.m. CDT	@ Mariners	W 2–1	Gale (5–7)	Honeycutt (7–5)	Quisenberry (14)	2:28	12,099	43–28	W3
72	June 28	9:35 p.m. CDT	@ Mariners	W 4–2	Gura (10–3)	Roberts (1–2)	–	2:11	22,154	44–28	W4
73	June 29	3:35 p.m. CDT	@ Mariners	L 2–7	Abbott (7–3)	Leonard (7–7)	–	2:00	10,015	44–29	L1
74	June 30	7:35 p.m. CDT	Twins	L 3–12	Jackson (6–4)	Martin (8–5)	–	2:41	33,540	44–30	L2

July: 18–9 (Home: 12–6; Away: 6–3)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
75	July 1	7:35 p.m. CDT	Twins	L 1–2	Corbett (5–2)	Splittorff (5–5)	–	2:20	20,224	44–31	L3
76	July 2	7:35 p.m. CDT	Twins	W 4–3	Beattie (4–7)	Koosman (6–8)	–	2:49	26,225	45–31	W1
77	July 3	7:35 p.m. CDT	Mariners	L 2–13		Gura (10–4)	Rawley (6)	2:43	21,777	45–32	L1
78	July 4	7:35 p.m. CDT	Mariners	W 5–3	Quisenberry (5–4)	Roberts (1–3)	–	2:23	27,891	46–32	W1
79	July 5	7:35 p.m. CDT	Mariners	W 5–4	Twitty (1–0)	Parrott (1–10)	Quisenberry (15)	2:37	30,617	47–32	W2
80	July 6	1:35 p.m. CDT	Mariners	L 3–5	Bannister (6–6)	Splittorff (5–6)	Rawley (7)	2:35	28,458	47–33	L1
51st All-Star Game in Los Angeles, CA
81	July 10	7:35 p.m. CDT	Tigers	W 3–2	Splittorff (6–6)	Wilcox (8–6)	Quisenberry (16)	2:11	23,684	48–33	W1
82	July 11	7:35 p.m. CDT	Tigers	W 7–3	Leonard (8–7)	Morris (11–7)	–	2:18	31,017	49–33	W2
83	July 12	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Orioles	L 1–3	Stone (13–3)	Martin (8–6)	Stoddard (12)	2:46	41,514	49–34	L1
84	July 13	1:00 p.m. CDT	@ Orioles	W 5–1	Gura (11–4)	Flanagan (8–8)	–	2:46	21,311	50–34	W1
85	July 14	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Orioles	W 8–4	Splittorff (7–6)	McGregor (9–5)	Quisenberry (17)	2:59	23,504	51–34	W2
86	July 15	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	W 8–4	Gale (6–7)	Renko (5–3)	–	2:43	26,865	52–34	W3
87	July 16	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	W 5–1	Leonard (9–7)	Eckersley (5–8)	Quisenberry (18)	3:12	27,213	53–34	W4
88	July 17	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	L 4–12	Tudor (3–1)	Martin (8–7)	–	2:41	25,619	53–35	L1
89	July 18	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 13–1	Gura (12–4)	May (7–4)	–	2:50	44,170	54–35	W1
90	July 19	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 7–13	Bird (1–0)	Splittorff (7–7)	Davis (6)	3:01	53,583	54–36	L1
91	July 20	1:00 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 14–3	Gale (7–7)	Guidry (10–6)	Quisenberry (19)	2:52	50,328	55–36	W1
92	July 21	7:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 2–1	Leonard (10–7)	Burns (10–8)	Quisenberry (20)	2:34	37,054	56–36	W2
93	July 22	7:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 1–6	Trout (5–10)	Busby (0–1)	–	2:47	28,891	56–37	L1
94	July 23	7:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 9–2	Gura (13–4)	Baumgarten (2–7)	–	2:45	25,105	57–37	W1
95	July 24	7:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 12–4	Splittorff (8–7)	Wortham (4–5)	–	2:11	29,052	58–37	W2
96	July 25	7:35 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 6–1	Gale (8–7)	Tiant (6–4)	–	2:31	40,039	59–37	W3
97	July 26	7:35 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 4–5	Gossage (4–0)	Leonard (10–8)	–	2:41	41,860	59–38	L1
98	July 27	1:35 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 8–0	Gura (14–4)	John (15–4)	–	2:28	40,057	60–38	W1
99	July 29	7:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 9–8	Quisenberry (7–4)	Burgmeier (4–2)	–	3:08	35,042	61–38	W2
100	July 30	7:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	L 1–7	Stanley (7–6)	Busby (0–2)	–	2:51	31,468	61–39	L1
101	July 31	7:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 13–3	Leonard (11–8)	Eckersley (6–10)	–	2:28	33,500	62–39	W1

August: 23–7 (Home: 9–5; Away: 14–2)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
102	August 1	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 4–3	Gura (15–4)	Burns (10–9)	Quisenberry (21)	2:30	23,316	63–39	W2
103	August 2	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 8–2	Gale (9–7)	Trout (6–11)	Pattin (3)	2:39	14,905	64–39	W3
104	August 3	1:15 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 3–5	Dotson (8–6)	Splittorff (8–8)	–	2:32	14,329	64–40	L1
105	August 4	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Tigers	W 6–5	Quisenberry (8–4)	Schatzeder (6–8)	–	2:59	37,016	65–40	W1
106	August 5	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Tigers	W 6–3	Leonard (12–8)	Wilcox (11–7)	Quisenberry (22)	2:44	27,469	66–40	W2
107	August 6	7:00 p.m. CDT	@ Tigers	W 5–4	Gura (16–4)	Morris (12–10)	Quisenberry (23)	2:56	29,115	67–40	W3
108 (1)	August 8	4:30 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	W 9–0	Gale (10–7)	Clancy (10–8)	–	2:15	–	68–40	W4
109 (2)	August 8	7:20 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	W 7–4	Pattin (3–0)	Garvin (3–7)	–	2:57	22,146	69–40	W5
110	August 9	6:30 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	L 3–4 (14)	Willis (1–0)	Eastwick (0–1)	–	3:38	21,300	69–41	L1
111	August 10	12:30 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	W 8–5	Leonard (13–8)	Jefferson (4–9)	Pattin (4)	2:50	23,473	70–41	W1
112	August 11	7:35 p.m. CDT	Orioles	L 1–2	Martínez (3–1)	Gura (16–5)	–	2:33	41,334	70–42	L1
113	August 12	7:35 p.m. CDT	Orioles	W 4–3	Quisenberry (9–4)	McGregor (13–6)	–	2:26	34,913	71–42	W1
114	August 13	7:35 p.m. CDT	Orioles	W 6–1	Gale (11–7)	Palmer (12–9)	–	2:13	35,600	72–42	W2
115	August 15	7:35 p.m. CDT	Blue Jays	W 4–3	Leonard (14–8)	Jefferson (4–10)	Quisenberry (24)	2:24	34,861	73–42	W3
116	August 16	7:35 p.m. CDT	Blue Jays	W 11–5	Gura (17–5)	Kucek (3–5)	–	2:45	39,631	74–42	W4
117	August 17	1:35 p.m. CDT	Blue Jays	W 8–3	Splittorff (9–8)	Clancy (11–9)	Quisenberry (25)	3:08	30,693	75–42	W5
118	August 18	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 6–3	Gale (12–8)	Figueroa (3–7)	Quisenberry (26)	2:48	17,609	76–42	W6
119	August 19	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 4–3	Twitty (2–0)	Darwin (10–2)	Quisenberry (27)	2:36	17,800	77–42	W7
120	August 20	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Rangers	W 5–3 (12)	Quisenberry (10–4)	Johnson (0–2)	Martin (1)	3:21	16,996	78–42	W8
121	August 21	7:35 p.m. CDT	Indians	L 3–4	Waits (10–11)	Busby (0–3)	Cruz (9)	2:39	32,139	78–43	L1
122	August 22	7:35 p.m. CDT	Indians	L 1–4	Barker (15–8)	Splittorff (9–9)	Monge (11)	2:45	34,526	78–44	L2
123	August 23	7:35 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 3–2	Gale (13–8)	Garland (6–6)	Quisenberry (28)	2:21	40,192	79–44	W1
124	August 24	1:35 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 7–5	Leonard (15–8)	Grimsley (4–3)	Quisenberry (29)	2:43	30,593	80–44	W2
125	August 25	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	W 9–3	Gura (18–5)	Haas (14–11)	Quisenberry (30)	2:57	15,912	81–44	W3
126	August 26	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	W 7–6	Busby (1–3)	Caldwell (11–10)	Quisenberry (31)	2:48	16,824	82–44	W4
127	August 27	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Brewers	W 5–4	Splittorff (10–9)	Mitchell (4–3)	Martin (2)	2:19	18,815	83–44	W5
128	August 28	7:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 6–10	Rajsich (2–1)	Twitty (2–1)	–	2:34	25,944	83–45	L1
129	August 29	7:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 7–3	Leonard (16–8)	Figueroa (3–8)	–	2:29	32,781	84–45	W1
130	August 30	1:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	L 5–7 (11)	Johnson (2–2)	Quisenberry (10–5)	–	3:17	34,557	84–46	L1
131	August 31	1:35 p.m. CDT	Rangers	W 4–3	Quisenberry (11–5)	Lyle (3–2)	–	2:41	37,390	85–46	W1

September: 8–18 (Home: 4–6; Away: 4–12)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
132	September 1	7:35 p.m. CDT	Brewers	L 1–6	McClure (2–6)	Gale (13–8)	–	2:49	28,597	85–47	L1
133	September 3	7:35 p.m. CDT	Brewers	L 1–3 (10)	Sorensen (10–8)	Leonard (16–9)	–	2:46	23,037	85–48	L2
134	September 4	7:35 p.m. CDT	Brewers	L 5–9	Castro (1–4)	Quisenberry (11–6)	–	2:43	21,898	85–49	L3
135	September 5	6:35 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	W 2–1	Splittorff (11–9)	Waits (10–13)	–	1:51	21,808	86–49	W1
136	September 6	6:35 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	L 3–8	Barker (18–8)	Martin (8–8)	–	3:03	27,352	86–50	L1
137	September 7	1:05 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	W 6–4	Leonard (17–9)	Garland (6–8)	Quisenberry (32)	2:32	8,990	87–50	W1
138	September 8	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	L 4–7	Aase (7–13)	Gura (18–6)	Hassler (6)	2:53	23,050	87–51	L1
139	September 9	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	L 3–4	Tanana (8–10)	Splittorff (11–10)	Clear (9)	2:16	24,131	87–52	L2
140	September 10	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	L 3–8	Aase (8–13)	Martin (8–9)	Hassler (7)	2:45	24,762	87–53	L3
141	September 11	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 7–2	Leonard (18–9)	Ferris (0–1)	–	2:38	22,844	88–53	W1
142	September 12	9:30 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	L 5–9	Langford (16–11)	Chamberlain (0–1)	–	3:05	17,440	88–54	L1
143	September 13	3:30 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	L 2–6	McCatty (12–13)	Gura (18–7)	–	2:37	11,253	88–55	L2
144	September 14	3:30 p.m. CDT	@ Athletics	W 4–3	Splittorff (12–10)	Kingman (7–18)	Quisenberry (33)	2:20	10,756	89–55	W1
—	September 16		Angels	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 17)
145 (1)	September 17	5:05 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 5–0	Leonard (19–9)	Botting (0–1)	–	2:17	–	90–55	W2
146 (2)	September 17	7:57 p.m. CDT	Angels	L 4–7	LaRoche (3–5)	Gura (18–8)	Hassler (9)	3:13	25,908	90–56	L1
147	September 18	7:35 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 5–2	Martin (9–9)	Martínez (6–7)	–	2:43	19,559	91–56	W1
148	September 19	7:35 p.m. CDT	Athletics	W 13–3	Splittorff (13–10)	Kingman (7–19)	–	2:30	29,493	92–56	W2
149	September 20	7:35 p.m. CDT	Athletics	L 0–9	Keough (16–13)	Jones (0–1)	–	2:43	37,523	92–57	L1
150	September 21	1:35 p.m. CDT	Athletics	L 3–9	Norris (21–8)	Leonard (19–10)	–	2:47	41,329	92–58	L2
151	September 22	9:35 p.m. CDT	@ Mariners	L 4–5 (11)	McLaughlin (3–6)	Quisenberry (11–7)	–	3:16	8,643	92–59	L3
152	September 23	9:35 p.m. CDT	@ Mariners	L 3–7	Beattie (5–13)	Martin (9–10)	–	2:32	10,879	92–60	L4
153	September 24	9:35 p.m. CDT	@ Mariners	L 2–4	Honeycutt (10–17)	Splittorff (13–11)	Parrott (3)	2:12	11,180	92–61	L5
154	September 26	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	L 0–3	Zahn (13–18)	Leonard (19–11)	–	2:30	9,837	92–62	L6
155	September 27	10:35 a.m. CDT	@ Twins	L 3–8	Koosman (15–13)	Gura (18–9)	–	2:21	6,848	92–63	L7
156	September 28	1:15 p.m. CDT	@ Twins	L 7–8	Redfern (7–7)	Gale (13–9)	Corbett (22)	2:42	6,938	92–64	L8
157	September 30	7:35 p.m. CDT	Mariners	W 7–5 (14)	Quisenberry (12–7)	Parrott (1–15)	–	3:59	17,272	93–64	W1

October: 4–1 (Home: 4–1; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
158	October 1	7:35 p.m. CDT	Mariners	W 4–1	Pattin (4–0)	Dressler (4–10)	Brett (1)	2:18	15,604	94–64	W2
159	October 2	7:35 p.m. CDT	Mariners	W 6–2	Martin (10–10)	Bannister (9–13)	–	2:23	15,241	95–64	W3
160	October 3	7:35 p.m. CDT	Twins	L 3–5	Koosman (16–13)	Gura (18–10)	Corbett (23)	2:29	20,714	95–65	L1
161	October 4	7:35 p.m. CDT	Twins	W 17–1	Leonard (20–11)	Erickson (7–13)	–	2:42	23,751	95–66	W1
162	October 5	1:35 p.m. CDT	Twins	W 4–0	Splittorff (14–11)	Jackson (9–9)	Gale (1)	2:05	25,603	95–67	W2

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Postseason Game log

1980 Postseason game log: 5–4 (Home: 4–1; Away: 1–3)

AL Championship Series: vs. New York Yankees 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–0)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Series	Box/ Streak
1	October 8	2:00 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 7–2	Gura (1–0)	Guidry (0–1)	–	3:00	42,598	KC 1–0	W1
2	October 9	7:15 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 3–2	Leonard (1–0)	May (0–1)	Quisenberry (1)	2:51	42,633	KC 2–0	W2
3	October 10	7:15 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 4–2	Quisenberry (1–0)	Gossage (0–1)	–	2:59	56,588	KC 3–0	W3

World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–3)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Series	Box/ Streak
1	October 14	7:30 p.m. CDT	@ Phillies	L 6–7	Walk (1–0)	Leonard (0–1)	McGraw (1)	3:01	65,791	PHI 1–0	L1
2	October 15	7:20 p.m. CDT	@ Phillies	L 4–6	Carlton (1–0)	Quisenberry (0–1)	Reed (1)	3:01	65,775	PHI 2–0	L2
3	October 17	7:30 p.m. CDT	Phillies	W 4–3 (10)	Quisenberry (1–1)	McGraw (0–1)	–	3:19	42,380	PHI 2–1	W1
4	October 18	12:45 p.m. CDT	Phillies	W 5–3	Leonard (1–1)	Christenson (0–1)	Quisenberry (1)	2:37	42,363	Tied 2–2	W2
5	October 19	3:30 p.m. CDT	Phillies	L 3–4	McGraw (1–1)	Quisenberry (1–2)	–	2:51	42,369	PHI 3–2	L1
6	October 21	7:20 p.m. CDT	@ Phillies	L 1–4	Carlton (2–0)	Gale (0–1)	McGraw (2)	3:00	65,838	PHI 4–2	L2

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Darrell Porter	118	418	51	104	14	2	.249	7	51	1
1B	Willie Aikens	151	543	70	151	24	0	.278	20	98	1
2B	Frank White	154	560	70	148	23	4	.264	7	60	19
3B	George Brett	117	449	87	175	33	9	.390	24	118	15
SS	U L Washington	153	549	79	150	16	11	.273	6	53	20
LF	Willie Wilson	161	705	133	230	28	15	.326	3	49	79
CF	Amos Otis	107	394	56	99	16	3	.251	10	53	16
RF	Clint Hurdle	130	395	50	116	31	2	.294	10	60	0
DH	Hal McRae	124	489	73	145	39	5	.297	14	83	10

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
John Wathan	126	453	57	138	.305	6	58	17
Dave Chalk	69	167	19	42	.251	1	20	1
Jamie Quirk	62	163	13	45	.276	5	21	3
Pete LaCock	114	156	14	32	.205	1	18	1
Rusty Torres	51	72	10	12	.167	0	3	1
Rance Mulliniks	36	54	8	14	.259	0	6	0
José Cardenal	25	53	8	18	.340	0	5	0
Bob Detherage	20	26	2	8	.308	1	7	1
Steve Braun	14	23	0	1	.043	0	1	0
Jerry Terrell	22	16	4	1	.063	0	0	0
Onix Concepción	12	15	1	2	.133	0	2	0
Manny Castillo	7	10	1	2	.200	0	0	0
Ken Phelps	3	4	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Germán Barranca	7	0	3	0	----	0	0	0

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Larry Gura	36	283.1	18	10	2.95	76	113
Dennis Leonard	38	280.1	20	11	3.79	80	155
Paul Splittorff	34	204.0	14	11	4.15	43	53
Rich Gale	32	190.2	13	9	3.92	78	97

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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Renie Martin	32	137.1	10	10	2	4.39	70	68
Steve Busby	11	42.1	1	3	0	6.17	19	12
Mike Jones	3	4.2	0	1	0	11.57	5	2

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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Dan Quisenberry	75	128.1	12	7	33	3.09	27	37
Marty Pattin	37	89.0	4	0	4	3.64	23	40
Gary Christenson	24	31.1	3	0	1	5.17	18	16
Jeff Twitty	13	22.1	2	1	0	6.04	7	9
Rawly Eastwick	14	22.0	0	1	0	5.32	8	5
Ken Brett	8	13.1	0	0	1	0.00	5	4
Craig Chamberlain	5	9.1	0	1	0	6.75	5	3
Jerry Terrell	1	1.0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0

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Postseason

ALCS

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)

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

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)

World Series

**NL Philadelphia Phillies (4) vs. AL Kansas City Royals (2)**
Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Royals – 6, Phillies – 7	October 14	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	65,791	3:01
2	Royals – 4, Phillies – 6	October 15	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	65,775	3:01
3	Phillies – 3, Royals – 4 (10 inns)	October 17	Royals Stadium (Kansas City)	42,380	3:19
4	Phillies – 3, Royals – 5	October 18	Royals Stadium (Kansas City)	42,363	2:37
5	Phillies – 4, Royals – 3	October 19	Royals Stadium (Kansas City)	42,369	2:51
6	Royals – 1, Phillies – 4	October 21	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	65,838	3:00

Awards and honors

George Brett – American League Batting Champion (.390)
George Brett, Hutch Award^[9]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Joe Sparks
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Gene Lamont
A	Fort Myers Royals	Florida State League	Brian Murphy
A	Charleston Royals	South Atlantic League	Ron Mihal
Rookie	GCL Royals Blue	Gulf Coast League	Joe Jones
Rookie	GCL Royals Gold	Gulf Coast League	Roy Tanner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Royals Blue

Notes

1 2 Keith Drumright at Baseball Reference
↑ Al Cowens at Baseball-Reference
↑ "ESPN.com - Page2 - Biggest cheaters in baseball".
↑ "1980 Kansas City Royals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
↑ Eduardo Rodríguez at Baseball Reference
↑ Mark Huismann at Baseball Reference
↑ Kevin Kobel at Baseball Reference
1 2 3 4 5 1980 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

1980 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1980 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

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[drumright-1] 1 2 Keith Drumright at Baseball Reference

[Al_Cowens-2] Al Cowens at Baseball-Reference

[3] "ESPN.com - Page2 - Biggest cheaters in baseball".

[4] "1980 Kansas City Royals Roster by Baseball Almanac".

[5] Eduardo Rodríguez at Baseball Reference

[6] Mark Huismann at Baseball Reference

[7] Kevin Kobel at Baseball Reference

[autogenerated1-8] 1 2 3 4 5 1980 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com

[9] "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".

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American League West champions
1960s	1969: Minnesota Twins
1970s	1970: Minnesota Twins 1971: Oakland Athletics 1972: Oakland Athletics 1973: Oakland Athletics 1974: Oakland Athletics 1975: Oakland Athletics 1976: Kansas City Royals 1977: Kansas City Royals 1978: Kansas City Royals 1979: California Angels
1980s	1980: Kansas City Royals 1981: Oakland Athletics 1982: California Angels 1983: Chicago White Sox 1984: Kansas City Royals 1985: Kansas City Royals 1986: California Angels 1987: Minnesota Twins 1988: Oakland Athletics 1989: Oakland Athletics
1990s	1990: Oakland Athletics 1991: Minnesota Twins 1992: Oakland Athletics 1993: Chicago White Sox 1994: No champion 1995: Seattle Mariners 1996: Texas Rangers 1997: Seattle Mariners 1998: Texas Rangers 1999: Texas Rangers
2000s	2000: Oakland Athletics 2001: Seattle Mariners 2002: Oakland Athletics 2003: Oakland Athletics 2004: Anaheim Angels 2005: Los Angeles Angels 2006: Oakland Athletics 2007: Los Angeles Angels 2008: Los Angeles Angels 2009: Los Angeles Angels
2010s	2010: Texas Rangers 2011: Texas Rangers 2012: Oakland Athletics 2013: Oakland Athletics 2014: Los Angeles Angels 2015: Texas Rangers 2016: Texas Rangers 2017: Houston Astros 2018: Houston Astros 2019: Houston Astros
2020s	2020: Oakland Athletics 2021: Houston Astros 2022: Houston Astros 2023: Houston Astros