| 1980 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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| World Series Champions National League Champions National League East Champions | ||
| League | National League | |
| Division | East | |
| Ballpark | Veterans Stadium | |
| City | Philadelphia | |
| Owners | R. R. M. "Ruly" Carpenter III | |
| General managers | Paul Owens | |
| Managers | Dallas Green | |
| Television | WPHL-TV PRISM | |
| Radio | KYW (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Tim McCarver) | |
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The 1980 Philadelphia Phillies season was the team's 98th season in Major League Baseball (MLB) and culminated with the Phillies winning the World Series at home by defeating the Kansas City Royals in Game 6 on October 21, 1980.
The team finished with a regular-season record of 91 wins and 71 losses, which was good enough to win the National League East title by just one game over the division rival Montreal Expos. The Phillies went on to defeat the Houston Astros in the NLCS to gain their first NL title since 1950, and then defeated the Kansas City Royals to win their first World Series Championship. The 1980 Phillies became the first team in the divisional era (since 1969) to win the World Series despite having the worst record of all teams in the postseason.
The 1980 Phillies were known as "The Cardiac Kids" because of the many close games.[1]
Beginning that year, following the lead of the Yankees of the AL, the Phillies joined cable station PRISM with game broadcasts on that station.