1981 – American League President Lee MacPhail suspends Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver for removing his team from the field and forfeiting a spring training game to the Kansas City Royals. It is the fourth career suspension for Weaver, who was upset that the umpires did not provide him with an official batting order after Kansas City made numerous substitutions. Weaver’s suspension will last three days.
March 13, 1981 – UL Washington has swapped his trademark, the ever-present toothpick dangling from the mouth, for bubblegum. The Kansas City Royals’ shortstop says it’s not because of any worry about jamming the pointed splinter down his throat, something team trainer Mickey Cobb has worried about “I just got tired of answering all the…
1981 – Four-time Gold Glove Award winner Cesar Gerónimo is traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Kansas City Royals for a minor league prospect, German Barranca.
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page Mike Schmidt (.286, 48 HR, 121 RBI) had perhaps his finest season, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to their first ever World Series title in 1980. The Hall of Fame third baseman was named Most Valuable Player of the National…
1980 – Despite having missed 45 games with injuries, George Brett is named American League Most Valuable Player. The 27-year-old third baseman’s .390 batting average was the highest in the major leagues since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. Brett added 24 home runs and 118 RBI to lead the Kansas City Royals to their first AL pennant.
October 21, 1980 At Veteran’s Stadium the Philadelphia Phillies are leading 4-1 but the Kansas City Royals have loaded the bases. Frank White hits a pop fly in foul territory. Bob Booneis under it but wrestles control of the ball. But Pete Rose is standing right behind Boone and makes the catch for the second…
In front of 65,838 fans at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies win their first World Series ever in the 98-year history of the franchise by defeating the Royals in Game 6, 4-1. Winning pitcher Steve Carlton limits Kansas City to 4 hits in seven innings, and Tug McGraw hurls the last two frames to pick up the save.
Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age.” Sign Up or learn more [mepr-login-form use_redirect=”true”] October 19, 1980 Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman has taken what is believed to be the unprecedented step of putting a…
October 18, 1980 – Umpires issue warnings to both clubs as Phillies pitcher Dickie Noles throws a pitch high and inside to 1980 AL MVP George Brett during Game 4 of the 1980 World Series.
1980 – George Brett hits an upper-deck three-run home run off relief ace Goose Gossage to give the Kansas City Royals a 4 – 2 victory and a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
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