That year, Tim Corcoran hit .341 and Greg Gross (photo at left) .322 in part-time roles. Earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. “It was more or less told to us,” Larry Bowa recalled a few years ago. The Phils, who came back with five runs in the eighth, finally won in the 10th, 8-7, on Maddox's RBI single.

In the World Series, the Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals in six games. Carlton allowed just 15 homers in 304 innings over the length of the regular season. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Copyright 1999- Owens then ripped the players at his own team meeting on Sept. 1. Record: 12-4-0, 1st in “It was more or less told to us,” Larry Bowa recalled a few years ago. Though 35 in 1980, Carlton won a league-high 24 games and posted a 2.34 ERA over 38 starts. update=copyright.getFullYear(); They played their home games at Veterans Stadium (Park Factors: 102/101) where 2,062,693 fans witnessed their 1984 Phillies finish the season with a .500 winning percentage. The ballclub was ripe for Dallas Green.”, Green posted a polarizing sign in the clubhouse. McGraw raised his arms in triumph. Montreal won the best-of-five series, three games to two with Steve Rogers blanking the Phils in the deciding game, 3-0. He led off the bottom of the third inning with a double against Carlton.

The front office believed its players had enough Or maybe they just started to play better because they had a ton of talent. Subscribe and rate the Phillies Talk podcast:Apple Podcasts / Google Play / Spotify / Stitcher / Art19 / YouTube, Get ready for a showdown between Phillies' World Champs from 1980 and 2008, Several hundred Phils employees volunteer for COVID-19 study, If we could change 1 MLB rule this season, it would be …, Utley surprises, thanks Penn doctor for efforts fighting coronavirus, The 10 greatest Phillies offensive seasons of the last 50 years. Mike Schmidt led the league in home runs with 48 and in RBI with 121 and was named the Most Valuable Player. Bake McBride hit .309 with 83 RBI. The loss put the '80 team in an uncomfortable spot heading into Game 2. Schmidt won his seventh and last home run crown and his third and last MVP award in 1986 after slugging 37 homers and driving in 119 runs. They won the first two, lost the next two, then won games five and six. 40-Man Roster Depth Chart Coaches Top 30 Prospects Transactions Injury Updates Draft Results Front Office Broadcasters Starting Lineups All-time Roster Phillies Alumni Player Search Phillies Ballgirls Minor League Affiliates After the season, Green resigned as manager to join the Chicago Cubs, and the Carpenter family sold the team to a partnership headed by vice president Bill Giles. Astros ace Nolan Ryan was dealing. It grabbed fans, grabbed them deep inside.”. found on the Internet. BOX SCORE Cole Hamels carried the Phillies throughout the 2008 postseason and he did it again in Game 1 of our Spring Classic, the virtual matchup between the Phillies' World Series championship teams of 2008 and 1980. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily We knew we had to go through a lot to get here. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. The 77th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals.. Two exciting young players burst on the scene in 1984 with Juan Samuel winning The Sporting News Rookie of the Year award and Jeff Stone hitting .362. 1980 World Series - Philadelphia Phillies over Kansas City Royals (4-2) series statistics and schedule. But we knew what the ending was.”. The Phillies and the city partied deep into the morning. Wins, losses, earned runs, innings pitched, saves and more pitching data is included for every pitcher on the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies. - Babe Ruth, Sortable Pitching Stats for the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies (click any stat to sort), 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Pitching Stats. PHILADELPHIA -- Everybody understood the stakes by 1980. During the 2008 season, Hamels hit .224 (17 for 76) with just two doubles. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available. list, a 1984 Philadelphia Phillies uniform number breakdown and a 1984 Philadelphia Phillies primary starters list: 1984 Philadelphia PhilliesOpening Day Starters, 1984 Philadelphia PhilliesMost Games by Position, 1984 Philadelphia PhilliesUniform Numbers. update=copyright.getFullYear();  (Schedule and Results), Playoffs:Won Divisional Round 31-16 vs. Minnesota VikingsWon Conference Championship 20-7 vs. Dallas CowboysLost Super Bowl 10-27 vs. Oakland Raiders, Other Notable Asst. The 1980 season was full of outstanding performances. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. The series is being played via Strat-O-Matic computer simulation, based on actual player statistics from the 1980 and 2008 seasons. They trailed Game 5 in the eighth inning, 5-2. He struck out Amos Otis for the first out, but walked Willie Aikens. Carlton won his fourth Cy Young Award with 23 wins in 1982, and new catcher Bo Diaz had a fine season, hitting .288 with 18 home runs and 85 RBI. Or write about sports? Utley teamed with Hamels to give the '08 club the lead in the third. The '80 team had taken a 1-0 lead on a solo homer by Mike Schmidt in the top of the first inning. document.write(update); Are you a Stathead, too? Then, winning 21 of 27 games, they clinched the division title on the next to last day of the season as Schmidt's two-run homer in the 11th inning defeated the Montreal Expos, 6-4. Green had a profanity-laden team meeting between games of a doubleheader on Aug. 10 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Let’s win for ourselves.”. The Phillies went 36-20 following Green’s blowup, 36-19 after the players-only meeting and 23-11 after Owens’ chat. More than a few players bristled at it, especially because Green had no problem ripping them to reporters. I hit big or I miss big. During the season, Rose broke Stan Musial's National League record for most hits when he laced his 3631st safety. Join our linker program. Find out more. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. But Bowa singled and Boone hit the next pitch off Ryan’s glove to put runners on first and second. In the final game at Veterans Stadium, Carlton got his second win of the Series, but not before some late-inning heroics by Rose (photo at right), who caught Boone's dropped popup, and reliever McGraw, who fanned Willie Wilson for the final out. Youth Baseball & Softball Development & Programs. 1980 Philadelphia Eagles Starters, Roster, & Players: 12-4 (po:2-1) (1st in NFC East), Coach: Dick Vermeil, ProBowl: Carmichael, Jaworski, Johnson But McGraw got Frank White to pop out in foul territory, with the ball popping out of Boone’s mitt only to be snared by Rose. Copyright 1999- Schmidt jumped on him. The Phillies floundered through the first half of the season, but caught fire in mid-August. In a continuation of what had become the team's Golden Era, it was the climax of a memorable season in which the Phils captured their first National League pennant in 30 years by winning what is generally considered the most exciting League Championship Series ever held. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. The Philadelphia … >> Read More Here are the Phillies' Top 30 Prospects ... 1980 Phillies Roster. Before the Phillies even played the Kansas City Royals in the World Series, they felt like they had won. At the plate, Hamels doubled twice.

It was 11:29 p.m. “We win.

“It became evident we weren’t drilled in fundamentals or physically prepared to overcome injuries. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. The message: “Forget Dallas and his coaching staff. “I’m not going to lie to you, that Houston series -- and in that dome you couldn’t hear anything -- I mean, it was pressure. They were 65-67 in late August, when general manager Paul Owens fired player-friendly skipper Danny Ozark and replaced him with Dallas Green, who came to kick butt. Schmidt, the real-life NL MVP in 1980, had two of his team's four hits and both were for extra bases.

“Paul became concerned about Danny’s reluctance to maintain a steady hold on the team,” Green told SI.

Both are left-handed hitters and Carlton was death on lefties during the 1980 season. They hit a minuscule .183 with just four doubles and one homer against him during the regular season. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family. It read: “We Not I.”. The Phillies finished 19-11, but 84-78 overall and fourth in the division. The game was played briskly in two hours, 27 minutes. The series moved to Houston and the Astros won Game 3 in 11 innings at the Astrodome.