1980 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

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.

Aliases (1)

Philadelphia Phillies 1980 World Series ×1

Statements (49)

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 →
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 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kauffman Stadium → The K → Veterans Stadium →	hostedEvent
Dallas Green ("Philadelphia Phillies 1980 World Series") →	managedTeamToChampionship
1979 World Series →	nextWorldSeries
1981 World Series →	precededBy
Philadelphia Phillies →	worldSeriesAppearance
Philadelphia Phillies →	worldSeriesTitle