1980 Houston Astros season

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1980 Houston Astros
1980 NL West Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1980 Information
Owner(s) John McMullen
General Manager(s) Tal Smith, Al Rosen
Manager(s) Bill Virdon
Local television KRIV
Local radio KPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker)

The Houston Astros' 1980 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

  • November 19, 1979: Nolan Ryan signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros. [1]
  • January 31, 1980: Joe Morgan signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
Houston Astros 93 70 -- .571
Los Angeles Dodgers 92 71 1.0 .564
Cincinnati Reds 89 73 3.5 .549
Atlanta Braves 81 80 11.0 .503
San Francisco Giants 75 86 17.0 .466
San Diego Padres 73 89 19.5 .451

[edit] Game log

1980 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
May
# Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
June
# Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
July
# Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
August
# Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
September
# Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
October
# Date Opponent Stadium Score Record

[edit] National League Championship Series

Main article: 1980 National League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

October 7: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3 8 1
W: Steve Carlton (1-0)   L: Ken Forsch (0-1)   S: Tug McGraw (1)
HR: HOU – None  PHI – Greg Luzinski (1)
Pitchers: HOU – Forsch  PHI – Carlton, McGraw (8)
Attendance: 65,277

[edit] Game 2

October 8: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Houston 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 7 8 1
Philadelphia 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 14 2
W: Frank LaCorte (1-0)   L: Ron Reed (0-1)   S: Joaquín Andújar (1)
HR: HOU – None  PHI – None
Pitchers: HOU – Ryan, Sambito (7), Smith (7), LaCorte (9), Andujar (10)  PHI – Ruthven, McGraw (8), Reed (9), Saucier (10)
Attendance: 65,476

[edit] Game 3

October 10: Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1
W: Dave Smith (1-0)   L: Tug McGraw (0-1)   S: None
HR: PHI – None  HOU – None
Pitchers: PHI – Christenson, Noles (7), McGraw (8)  HOU – Niekro, Smith (11)
Attendance: 44,443

[edit] Game 4

October 11: Astrodome, Houston,Texas

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 13 0
Houston 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 2
W: Warren Brusstar (1-0)   L: Joe Sambito (0-1)   S: Tug McGraw (2)
HR: PHI – None  HOU – None
Pitchers: PHI – Carlton, Noles (6), Saucier (7), Reed (7), Brusstar (8), McGraw (10)  HOU – Ruhle, Smith (8), Sambito (8)
Attendance: 44,952

[edit] Game 5

October 12: Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Philadelphia 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 8 13 2
Houston 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 7 14 0
W: Dick Ruthven (1-0)   L: Frank LaCorte (1-1)   S: None
HR: PHI – None  HOU – None
Pitchers: PHI – Bystrom, Brusstar (6), Christenson (7), Reed (7), McGraw (8), Ruthven (9)  HOU – Ryan, Sambito (8), Forsch (8), LaCorte (9)
Attendance: 44,802

Game 5 capped the series in fitting fashion, with seemingly endless surprises and excitement. The Astros jumped to an early lead in the first on a run-scoring double by José Cruz. Philadelphia bounced back to take the lead on a two-run single by Bob Boone in the second. The Astros saw Luis Pujols and Enos Cabell thrown out at the plate in the second and fifth, but finally broke through to tie the game 2-2 on an unearned run in the sixth, thanks to an error by Philadelphia's less than surehanded left fielder Greg Luzinski.

Houston took what seemed like a solid 5-2 lead in the seventh on an RBI single by Denny Walling, a wild pitch from Phillies reliever Larry Christenson, and a run-scoring triple by Art Howe. A three run deficit in the eighth inning against Nolan Ryan seemed insurmountable. But the Phillies would not die. They loaded the bases with nobody out on three straight singles, including two infield hits, and then got two runs on a walk to Pete Rose and a groundout by Keith Moreland. An RBI single by Del Unser tied the game 5-5, and then Manny Trillo put the Phillies ahead with a two-run triple.

The Astros promptly came back to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth, with Rafael Landestoy and José Cruz each singling in a run. Neither team scored in the ninth, but the Phillies got doubles from Unser and Garry Maddox in the tenth to take an 8-7 lead. Philadelphia's Dick Ruthven retired the Astros in order in the bottom of the tenth, and the Phillies had won their first pennant since 1950. They went on to defeat the Kansas City Royals four games to two in the World Series.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ryanno01.shtml
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1980 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
NL East
NL West
1980 All-Star Game • 1980 World Series
v • d • e
Houston Astros
Formerly the Houston Colt .45s • Based in Houston, Texas
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Important Figures
Retired Numbers
5 • 24 • 25 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 40 • 42 • 49
Key Personnel
Owner: Drayton McLane, Jr. • General Manager: Ed Wade • Manager: Cecil Cooper
National League
Pennants (1)
Division Titles
Western: 1980 • 1986 • Central: 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • Wild Card: 2004 • 2005
Minors
Preceded by
Cincinnati Reds
1979		 NL West Championship Season
1980		 Succeeded by
Los Angeles Dodgers
1981