1980 World Series

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The 1980 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals to win the first World Series title in franchise history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series
World Series
ballparkALTeam Royals Stadium
ballparkNLTeam Veterans Stadium
bestOf 7 games
champion Philadelphia Phillies
cityOfALTeam Kansas City, Missouri, United States
surface form: Kansas City
cityOfNLTeam Philadelphia
endDate 1980-10-21
finalSeriesResult 4–2
firstTitleForFranchise Philadelphia Phillies
followedBy 1981 World Series
game1Venue Veterans Stadium
game2Venue Veterans Stadium
game3Venue Royals Stadium
game4Venue Royals Stadium
game5Venue Royals Stadium
game6Venue Veterans Stadium
gameCount 6
leagueChampionAL Kansas City Royals
leagueChampionNL Philadelphia Phillies
leagueOfChampion National League
leagueOfRunnerUp American League
losingManager Jim Frey
losingManagerTeam Kansas City Royals
mostValuablePlayer Mike Schmidt
MVPTeam Philadelphia Phillies
PhilliesFranchise Philadelphia Phillies
PhilliesWorldSeriesTitlesAfter 1
PhilliesWorldSeriesTitlesBefore 0
precededBy 1979 World Series
radioAnnouncersUS Jack Buck
Marty Brennaman
Sparky Anderson
radioNetworkUS CBS Radio
RoyalsFirstPennant yes
RoyalsFranchise Kansas City Royals
runnerUp Kansas City Royals
seasonOfLeague 1980 Major League Baseball season
sport baseball
startDate 1980-10-14
stateOfALTeam Missouri
stateOfNLTeam Pennsylvania
televisionAnnouncersUS Joe Garagiola
Tony Kubek
televisionNetworkUS NBC
umpireCrewChief Dick Stello
winningManager Dallas Green
winningManagerTeam Philadelphia Phillies

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Philadelphia Phillies worldSeriesTitle 1980 World Series
Philadelphia Phillies worldSeriesAppearance 1980 World Series
Kauffman Stadium hostedEvent 1980 World Series
Veterans Stadium hostedEvent 1980 World Series
1979 World Series nextWorldSeries 1980 World Series
1981 World Series precededBy 1980 World Series
Dallas Green managedTeamToChampionship 1980 World Series
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Phillies 1980 World Series
The K hostedEvent 1980 World Series
Ray Knight participatedIn 1980 World Series
Darrell Porter participatedIn 1980 World Series
Don Denkinger participatedIn 1980 World Series