1980 Houston Astros
Personnel | Standings | Splits | Calendar | Regular Season
National League Championship Series

Summary:

93-70, First place, NL West
NL Western Division Champions

Manager: Bill Virdon

Coaches:

NameFirst GameLast Game
Deacon Jones4/10/198010/12/1980
Don Leppert4/10/198010/12/1980
Bob Lillis4/10/198010/12/1980
Tony Pacheco4/10/198010/12/1980
Mel Wright4/10/198010/12/1980

Players:

Joaquin Andujar Alan Ashby Dave Bergman Bruce Bochy Enos Cabell
Cesar Cedeno Jose Cruz Mike Fischlin Ken Forsch Julio Gonzalez
Danny Heep Art Howe Alan Knicely Frank LaCorte Rafael Landestoy
Jeffrey Leonard Scott Loucks Joe Morgan Joe Niekro Randy Niemann
Gordie Pladson Terry Puhl Luis Pujols Craig Reynolds J.R. Richard
Bert Roberge Vern Ruhle Nolan Ryan Joe Sambito Dave Smith
Bobby Sprowl Denny Walling Gary Woods

Standings: 1980 NL Western Division

Team G W L Pct RS RA GB
Houston Astros 163 93 70 .571 637 589 -
Los Angeles Dodgers 163 92 71 .564 663 591 1.0
Cincinnati Reds 163 89 73 .549 707 670 3.5
Atlanta Braves 161 81 80 .503 630 660 11.0
San Francisco Giants 161 75 86 .466 573 634 17.0
San Diego Padres 163 73 89 .451 591 654 19.5

Finish: First place out of six, -1 games behind

Team splits:

Total Home Road
Team G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
Atlanta Braves 18 11 7 .611 77 81 9 8 1 .889 47 26 9 3 6 .333 30 55
Chicago Cubs 12 11 1 .917 48 23 6 6 0 1.000 20 7 6 5 1 .833 28 16
Cincinnati Reds 18 10 8 .556 85 73 9 5 4 .556 46 39 9 5 4 .556 39 34
Los Angeles Dodgers 19 9 10 .474 73 72 9 6 3 .667 40 41 10 3 7 .300 33 31
Montreal Expos 12 5 7 .417 41 49 6 2 4 .333 16 19 6 3 3 .500 25 30
New York Mets 12 8 4 .667 51 42 6 5 1 .833 29 18 6 3 3 .500 22 24
Philadelphia Phillies 12 3 9 .250 30 46 6 2 4 .333 11 15 6 1 5 .167 19 31
Pittsburgh Pirates 12 7 5 .583 63 49 6 5 1 .833 33 16 6 2 4 .333 30 33
San Diego Padres 18 11 7 .611 64 55 9 4 5 .444 30 32 9 7 2 .778 34 23
San Francisco Giants 18 11 7 .611 61 53 9 8 1 .889 32 24 9 3 6 .333 29 29
St. Louis Cardinals 12 7 5 .583 44 46 6 4 2 .667 25 18 6 3 3 .500 19 28
Total 163 93 70 .571 637 589 81 55 26 .679 329 255 82 38 44 .463 308 334

Division splits:

Total Home Road
Division G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
NL East 72 41 31 .569 277 255 36 24 12 .667 134 93 36 17 19 .472 143 162
NL West 91 52 39 .571 360 334 45 31 14 .689 195 162 46 21 25 .457 165 172
Total 163 93 70 .571 637 589 81 55 26 .679 329 255 82 38 44 .463 308 334

Monthly splits:

Total Home Road
Month G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
April 18 13 5 .722 88 53 12 9 3 .750 65 38 6 4 2 .667 23 15
May 26 12 14 .462 79 91 8 4 4 .500 16 15 18 8 10 .444 63 76
June 27 18 9 .667 102 87 17 13 4 .765 69 54 10 5 5 .500 33 33
July 29 13 16 .448 108 135 14 8 6 .571 53 47 15 5 10 .333 55 88
August 30 18 12 .600 118 98 13 9 4 .692 51 40 17 9 8 .529 67 58
September 27 16 11 .593 121 111 15 10 5 .667 67 57 12 6 6 .500 54 54
October 6 3 3 .500 21 14 2 2 0 1.000 8 4 4 1 3 .250 13 10
Total 163 93 70 .571 637 589 81 55 26 .679 329 255 82 38 44 .463 308 334

Day/night splits:

Total Home Road
Day / night G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
Day 41 23 18 .561 167 138 7 4 3 .571 25 22 34 19 15 .559 142 116
Night 122 70 52 .574 470 451 74 51 23 .689 304 233 48 19 29 .396 166 218
Total 163 93 70 .571 637 589 81 55 26 .679 329 255 82 38 44 .463 308 334

Day-of-week splits:

Total Home Road
Day of week G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
Sunday 28 17 11 .607 116 99 14 10 4 .714 60 48 14 7 7 .500 56 51
Monday 20 10 10 .500 71 71 9 5 4 .556 30 28 11 5 6 .455 41 43
Tuesday 23 16 7 .696 107 87 13 10 3 .769 62 43 10 6 4 .600 45 44
Wednesday 23 9 14 .391 60 98 12 7 5 .583 33 29 11 2 9 .182 27 69
Thursday 15 11 4 .733 71 43 6 4 2 .667 22 16 9 7 2 .778 49 27
Friday 26 12 14 .462 99 109 12 8 4 .667 52 43 14 4 10 .286 47 66
Saturday 28 18 10 .643 113 82 15 11 4 .733 70 48 13 7 6 .538 43 34
Total 163 93 70 .571 637 589 81 55 26 .679 329 255 82 38 44 .463 308 334

Score by inning:

Home 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total
Opponent 38 23 21 33 26 36 21 26 25 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 255
Houston 45 66 45 36 30 32 36 23 8 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 329

Road 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
Houston 49 35 35 34 37 25 26 27 32 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 308
Opponent 43 29 50 37 43 43 33 37 12 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 334

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
Opponent 81 52 71 70 69 79 54 63 37 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 589
Houston 94 101 80 70 67 57 62 50 40 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 637

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Regular Season

Date Opponent Score Rec Strk WP LP SV A T D/N
Thu 4/10/1980 vs Dodgers W 3-2 1-0 W1 Richard (1-0) Hooton (0-1) Sambito (1) 33,270 2:03 N
Fri 4/11/1980 vs Dodgers W 10-6 2-0 W2 Smith (1-0) Stanhouse (0-1) 30,701 2:58 N
Sat 4/12/1980 vs Dodgers L 5-6 (17) 2-1 L1 Howe (1-0) Smith (1-1) Hooton (1) 24,609 5:35 D
Sun 4/13/1980 vs Dodgers W 4-2 3-1 W1 Forsch (1-0) Goltz (0-1) LaCorte (1) 33,676 2:19 D
Mon 4/14/1980 vs Braves W 5-4 4-1 W2 Sambito (1-0) Garber (0-1) 15,017 3:15 N
Tue 4/15/1980 vs Braves W 6-2 5-1 W3 Niekro (1-0) McWilliams (0-2) 15,712 2:14 N
Thu 4/17/1980 at Dodgers L 4-6 5-2 L1 Reuss (1-0) Smith (1-2) 45,476 3:06 D
Fri 4/18/1980 at Dodgers W 7-4 6-2 W1 Forsch (2-0) Goltz (0-2) Andujar (1) 41,112 3:20 N
Sat 4/19/1980 at Dodgers W 2-0 7-2 W2 Richard (2-0) Welch (0-1) 50,112 2:40 N
Sun 4/20/1980 at Dodgers L 2-4 7-3 L1 Reuss (2-0) Niekro (1-1) 39,442 2:27 D
Mon 4/21/1980 vs Reds L 5-6 7-4 L2 LaCoss (3-0) Ruhle (0-1) Hume (3) 29,067 3:09 N
Tue 4/22/1980 vs Reds W 8-0 8-4 W1 Ryan (1-0) Pastore (2-1) 30,094 2:45 N
Wed 4/23/1980 vs Reds L 2-3 (12) 8-5 L1 Hume (2-0) Andujar (0-1) Bair (1) 29,828 3:39 N
Fri 4/25/1980 vs Mets W 7-4 9-5 W1 Richard (3-0) Falcone (1-1) 24,140 2:52 N
Sat 4/26/1980 vs Mets W 6-0 10-5 W2 Niekro (2-1) Glynn (0-1) LaCorte (2) 44,540 2:42 N
Sun 4/27/1980 vs Mets W 4-3 (12) 11-5 W3 LaCorte (1-0) Allen (0-3) 20,828 3:37 D
Tue 4/29/1980 at Reds W 3-0 12-5 W4 Forsch (3-0) Leibrandt (1-2) 18,092 2:14 N
Wed 4/30/1980 at Reds W 5-1 13-5 W5 Richard (4-0) Seaver (1-1) 19,821 2:21 N
Thu 5/1/1980 at Reds W 9-3 14-5 W6 Niekro (3-1) LaCoss (3-2) 18,215 3:00 N
Fri 5/2/1980 at Cardinals L 1-9 14-6 L1 Hood (1-1) Ryan (1-1) Kaat (1) 23,009 2:39 N
Sat 5/3/1980 at Cardinals W 4-2 15-6 W1 Ruhle (1-1) Martinez (1-2) Sambito (2) 23,292 2:10 N
Sun 5/4/1980 at Cardinals W 4-2 16-6 W2 Forsch (4-0) Sykes (1-3) LaCorte (3) 17,262 2:37 D
Mon 5/5/1980 at Expos L 1-10 16-7 L1 Palmer (1-0) Richard (4-1) 5,477 2:41 D
Tue 5/6/1980 at Expos W 8-4 17-7 W1 Niekro (4-1) Grimsley (1-2) 5,503 2:33 D
Wed 5/7/1980 at Expos L 0-3 17-8 L1 Sanderson (2-2) Ryan (1-2) Fryman (3) 7,386 2:29 D
Fri 5/9/1980 at Braves L 4-5 17-9 L2 McWilliams (2-2) Forsch (4-1) Bradford (1) 11,111 2:21 N
Sat 5/10/1980 at Braves W 3-2 (11) 18-9 W1 LaCorte (2-0) Garber (1-2) Sambito (3) 13,798 3:15 N
Sun 5/11/1980 at Braves L 4-7 18-10 L1 Niekro (2-4) Niekro (4-2) 10,871 2:25 D
Tue 5/13/1980 vs Expos L 2-3 18-11 L2 Palmer (2-0) Ryan (1-3) Fryman (4) 24,835 2:42 N
Wed 5/14/1980 vs Expos L 0-1 18-12 L3 Sanderson (3-2) Forsch (4-2) Fryman (5) 20,636 2:19 N
Fri 5/16/1980 vs Phillies L 0-3 18-13 L4 Ruthven (4-2) Richard (4-2) 33,610 2:06 N
Sat 5/17/1980 vs Phillies L 2-4 18-14 L5 Christenson (3-0) Niekro (4-3) Noles (3) 43,525 2:25 N
Sun 5/18/1980 vs Phillies W 3-0 19-14 W1 Ryan (2-3) Lerch (0-6) 33,950 2:07 D
Tue 5/20/1980 at Mets W 3-2 20-14 W2 Forsch (5-2) Swan (2-3) 8,466 2:29 N
Wed 5/21/1980 at Mets L 1-5 20-15 L1 Falcone (3-2) Richard (4-3) Allen (7) 4,233 2:37 N
Thu 5/22/1980 at Mets W 8-5 21-15 W1 Niekro (5-3) Kobel (0-4) LaCorte (4) 7,812 2:55 N
Fri 5/23/1980 at Phillies L 0-3 21-16 L1 Carlton (8-2) Ryan (2-4) 27,822 2:11 N
Sat 5/24/1980 at Phillies L 4-5 21-17 L2 Saucier (2-0) Andujar (0-2) McGraw (3) 28,539 2:28 N
Sun 5/25/1980 at Phillies L 2-6 21-18 L3 Ruthven (5-3) Forsch (5-3) 37,349 2:10 N
Mon 5/26/1980 vs Padres W 4-1 22-18 W1 Richard (5-3) Curtis (3-4) Sambito (4) 18,242 2:59 N
Tue 5/27/1980 vs Padres W 4-3 23-18 W2 LaCorte (3-0) Fingers (5-5) 18,246 2:47 N
Wed 5/28/1980 vs Padres W 1-0 24-18 W3 Ryan (3-4) Wise (2-3) 19,697 2:30 N
Fri 5/30/1980 at Giants L 2-3 24-19 L1 Blue (8-2) Forsch (5-4) 10,511 2:19 N
Sat 5/31/1980 at Giants W 5-0 25-19 W1 Richard (6-3) Montefusco (2-4) 11,649 2:15 D
Sun 6/1/1980 at Giants L 2-6 25-20 L1 Knepper (4-6) Niekro (5-4) 19,801 2:35 D
Mon 6/2/1980 at Padres L 0-3 25-21 L2 Wise (3-3) Ryan (3-5) Rasmussen (1) 27,176 2:16 D
Tue 6/3/1980 at Padres W 3-2 26-21 W1 Ruhle (2-1) Jones (4-4) LaCorte (5) 12,363 2:20 N
Wed 6/4/1980 at Padres W 4-3 27-21 W2 Forsch (6-4) Fingers (5-6) Sambito (5) 13,619 2:27 N
Fri 6/6/1980 vs Giants W 2-0 28-21 W3 Richard (7-3) Knepper (4-7) 26,822 2:02 N
Sat 6/7/1980 vs Giants W 3-0 29-21 W4 Niekro (6-4) Whitson (2-7) 42,263 2:05 N
Sun 6/8/1980 vs Giants W 5-4 30-21 W5 Sambito (2-0) Minton (2-3) 28,327 2:30 N
Mon 6/9/1980 vs Cubs W 6-2 31-21 W6 Forsch (7-4) Lamp (5-6) 19,022 2:31 N
Tue 6/10/1980 vs Cubs W 5-2 32-21 W7 Ruhle (3-1) Krukow (3-7) 22,201 2:22 N
Wed 6/11/1980 vs Cubs W 3-0 33-21 W8 Richard (8-3) Reuschel (5-6) 31,599 2:18 N
Fri 6/13/1980 at Pirates L 3-5 33-22 L1 Solomon (4-0) Niekro (6-5) Tekulve (9) 31,854 2:35 N
Sat 6/14/1980 at Pirates W 7-3 34-22 W1 Ryan (4-5) D. Robinson (2-2) LaCorte (6) 33,922 3:08 N
Sun 6/15/1980 at Pirates L 1-4 34-23 L1 Candelaria (4-5) Forsch (7-5) 49,541 2:08 D
Mon 6/16/1980 at Cubs W 2-1 35-23 W1 Ruhle (4-1) Hernandez (1-5) Smith (1) 15,289 2:35 D
Tue 6/17/1980 at Cubs W 7-1 36-23 W2 Richard (9-3) McGlothen (3-4) Andujar (2) 19,480 2:54 D
Wed 6/18/1980 vs Cardinals W 3-0 37-23 W3 Niekro (7-5) Kaat (1-4) 24,459 2:08 N
Thu 6/19/1980 vs Cardinals W 2-0 38-23 W4 Ryan (5-5) Sykes (1-6) Sambito (6) 24,663 2:02 N
Fri 6/20/1980 vs Pirates W 6-4 39-23 W5 Forsch (8-5) Candelaria (4-6) Sambito (7) 35,955 2:14 N
Sat 6/21/1980 vs Pirates W 4-2 40-23 W6 Ruhle (5-1) Blyleven (2-7) Sambito (8) 45,867 2:30 N
Sun 6/22/1980 vs Pirates L 1-2 40-24 L1 Bibby (8-1) Niekro (7-6) Jackson (3) 46,213 2:33 N
Mon 6/23/1980 vs Dodgers L 0-3 40-25 L2 Sutcliffe (2-4) Andujar (0-3) 29,753 2:29 N
Tue 6/24/1980 vs Dodgers W 5-4 (12) 41-25 W1 LaCorte (4-0) Beckwith (3-1) 34,388 4:13 N
Wed 6/25/1980 vs Dodgers L 2-9 41-26 L1 Welch (8-2) Forsch (8-6) 34,416 2:50 N
Fri 6/27/1980 vs Reds W 5-4 42-26 W1 Niekro (8-6) Pastore (9-4) Sambito (9) 36,648 2:31 N
Sat 6/28/1980 vs Reds L 5-8 42-27 L1 Price (1-0) Richard (9-4) Hume (11) 44,025 3:08 N
Sun 6/29/1980 vs Reds W 12-10 43-27 W1 LaCorte (5-0) Soto (0-3) Sambito (10) 38,408 3:20 N
Mon 6/30/1980 at Braves L 4-5 (11) 43-28 L1 Hrabosky (4-1) Sambito (2-1) 8,208 2:53 N
Tue 7/1/1980 at Braves L 4-13 43-29 L2 Alexander (6-3) Niekro (8-7) 9,546 2:47 N
Wed 7/2/1980 at Braves L 0-14 43-30 L3 Niekro (6-10) Ruhle (5-2) 21,908 2:27 N
Thu 7/3/1980 at Braves W 5-3 44-30 W1 Richard (10-4) Boggs (3-4) LaCorte (7) 15,769 2:44 N
Fri 7/4/1980 at Reds L 1-8 44-31 L1 Leibrandt (8-4) Ryan (5-6) 37,047 2:42 N
Sat 7/5/1980 1 at Reds L 6-8 44-32 L2 Soto (1-3) Forsch (8-7) 2:46 N
Sat 7/5/1980 2 at Reds L 2-3 44-33 L3 LaCoss (5-7) Andujar (0-4) Hume (12) 44,083 2:34 N
Sun 7/6/1980 at Reds W 3-2 45-33 W1 Niekro (9-7) Pastore (10-5) LaCorte (8) 30,045 2:37 D
Thu 7/10/1980 at Dodgers L 3-4 45-34 L1 Howe (3-4) Ryan (5-7) 49,692 2:52 N
Fri 7/11/1980 at Dodgers L 2-3 45-35 L2 Reuss (10-2) Forsch (8-8) Howe (8) 42,754 2:30 D
Sat 7/12/1980 vs Braves W 9-5 46-35 W1 Niekro (10-7) McWilliams (5-6) Smith (2) 38,610 2:54 N
Sun 7/13/1980 1 vs Braves W 6-5 47-35 W2 Sambito (3-1) Garber (2-5) LaCorte (9) 2:48 N
Sun 7/13/1980 2 vs Braves W 6-1 48-35 W3 Ruhle (6-2) Boggs (3-5) 31,230 2:28 N
Mon 7/14/1980 vs Braves L 0-2 48-36 L1 Niekro (7-11) Pladson (0-1) 20,247 2:19 N
Tue 7/15/1980 vs Phillies W 3-2 49-36 W1 Sambito (4-1) Ruthven (8-6) 24,223 2:08 N
Wed 7/16/1980 vs Phillies L 2-4 49-37 L1 Walk (6-0) Forsch (8-9) 28,532 2:06 N
Thu 7/17/1980 vs Phillies L 1-2 49-38 L2 Carlton (15-4) Niekro (10-8) 26,403 2:18 N
Fri 7/18/1980 vs Expos L 4-5 (11) 49-39 L3 Fryman (4-4) Smith (1-3) Norman (4) 26,389 3:24 N
Sat 7/19/1980 1 vs Expos W 4-2 50-39 W1 Andujar (1-4) Lea (2-4) Smith (3) 40,499 2:44 N
Sat 7/19/1980 2 vs Expos L 2-5 50-40 L1 Gullickson (1-2) Pladson (0-2) 39,507 2:35 N
Sun 7/20/1980 vs Expos W 4-3 51-40 W1 Sambito (5-1) Norman (0-1) 28,513 2:16 N
Mon 7/21/1980 vs Mets W 3-2 52-40 W2 LaCorte (6-0) Allen (4-6) 20,548 2:23 N
Tue 7/22/1980 vs Mets W 6-5 53-40 W3 Roberge (1-0) Glynn (3-3) Smith (4) 26,815 3:02 N
Wed 7/23/1980 vs Mets L 3-4 53-41 L1 Reardon (5-5) LaCorte (6-1) Allen (16) 30,236 2:44 N
Fri 7/25/1980 at Expos W 9-8 54-41 W1 LaCorte (7-1) Sosa (5-4) 50,217 3:31 N
Sat 7/26/1980 at Expos L 1-2 (12) 54-42 L1 Bahnsen (7-4) LaCorte (7-2) 42,400 3:46 N
Sun 7/27/1980 at Expos W 6-3 55-42 W1 Niekro (11-8) Lee (3-5) Smith (5) 41,107 3:02 D
Mon 7/28/1980 at Phillies W 3-2 (10) 56-42 W2 Sambito (6-1) Reed (6-4) 30,181 2:41 N
Tue 7/29/1980 at Phillies L 6-9 56-43 L1 Saucier (5-3) LaCorte (7-3) McGraw (8) 30,252 3:05 N
Wed 7/30/1980 at Phillies L 4-6 56-44 L2 Ruthven (10-7) Ryan (5-8) McGraw (9) 31,342 2:36 N
Fri 8/1/1980 at Mets L 4-5 56-45 L3 Reardon (6-5) Smith (1-4) 16,612 2:42 N
Sat 8/2/1980 at Mets L 3-5 56-46 L4 Allen (5-6) Niekro (11-9) 45,426 2:46 N
Sun 8/3/1980 at Mets W 3-2 (10) 57-46 W1 Sambito (7-1) Reardon (6-6) 22,492 3:41 D
Mon 8/4/1980 vs Giants W 4-2 58-46 W2 Ryan (6-8) Hargesheimer (2-1) Sambito (11) 27,040 2:19 N
Tue 8/5/1980 vs Giants L 3-9 58-47 L1 Lavelle (5-5) Pladson (0-3) 24,198 3:03 N
Wed 8/6/1980 vs Giants W 1-0 59-47 W1 Forsch (9-9) Blue (9-6) 23,478 2:10 N
Thu 8/7/1980 vs Padres L 1-5 59-48 L1 Shirley (9-7) Niekro (11-10) 20,044 2:59 N
Fri 8/8/1980 vs Padres L 3-5 59-49 L2 Eichelberger (3-0) Sambito (7-2) Fingers (15) 15,207 2:45 N
Sat 8/9/1980 vs Padres W 9-5 60-49 W1 Smith (2-4) D'Acquisto (2-3) 21,233 2:50 N
Sun 8/10/1980 vs Padres L 2-3 60-50 L1 Wise (4-5) Sambito (7-3) 20,514 2:21 D
Mon 8/11/1980 at Giants L 4-5 60-51 L2 Blue (10-6) Forsch (9-10) Minton (12) 10,755 2:48 N
Tue 8/12/1980 at Giants L 0-2 60-52 L3 Ripley (6-5) Niekro (11-11) Lavelle (6) 29,770 2:05 N
Wed 8/13/1980 at Giants L 5-6 (12) 60-53 L4 Rowland (1-0) Smith (2-5) 10,149 3:42 D
Thu 8/14/1980 at Padres W 2-1 61-53 W1 Ryan (7-8) Curtis (4-8) 12,150 2:18 D
Fri 8/15/1980 at Padres W 3-1 (20) 62-53 W2 Smith (3-5) Rasmussen (2-9) 14,177 6:17 N
Sun 8/17/1980 1 at Padres W 5-0 63-53 W3 Forsch (10-10) Jones (5-12) 2:06 D
Sun 8/17/1980 2 at Padres W 9-2 64-53 W4 Niekro (12-11) Mura (4-5) 16,120 2:23 D
Tue 8/19/1980 vs Pirates W 5-2 65-53 W5 Ryan (8-8) Candelaria (8-13) Sambito (12) 39,415 2:23 N
Wed 8/20/1980 vs Pirates W 5-1 66-53 W6 Ruhle (7-2) Bibby (15-3) Smith (6) 32,112 2:54 N
Thu 8/21/1980 vs Pirates W 12-5 67-53 W7 Sambito (8-3) Blyleven (7-9) 33,884 2:59 N
Fri 8/22/1980 vs Cubs W 3-2 (12) 68-53 W8 LaCorte (8-3) Caudill (1-4) 34,118 3:24 N
Sat 8/23/1980 vs Cubs W 1-0 (17) 69-53 W9 Niekro (13-11) Riley (0-4) 25,031 4:47 N
Sun 8/24/1980 vs Cubs W 2-1 70-53 W10 Ryan (9-8) Caudill (1-5) 25,703 2:22 N
Mon 8/25/1980 at Cardinals L 1-3 70-54 L1 Hood (3-5) Ruhle (7-3) 9,185 2:16 N
Tue 8/26/1980 at Cardinals W 7-2 71-54 W1 Niekro (14-11) Kaat (5-6) 10,859 2:18 N
Wed 8/27/1980 at Cardinals L 2-10 71-55 L1 Martin (1-0) Forsch (10-11) 10,025 2:41 N
Thu 8/28/1980 at Cubs W 4-1 72-55 W1 Andujar (2-4) Lamp (10-10) Sambito (13) 18,694 2:47 D
Fri 8/29/1980 at Cubs W 6-5 73-55 W2 Smith (4-5) Tidrow (5-5) LaCorte (10) 9,994 2:49 D
Sat 8/30/1980 at Cubs W 2-0 74-55 W3 Ruhle (8-3) McGlothen (9-10) 18,803 2:58 D
Sun 8/31/1980 at Cubs L 7-8 74-56 L1 Tidrow (6-5) LaCorte (8-4) 14,823 3:00 D
Mon 9/1/1980 1 at Pirates W 10-4 75-56 W1 Smith (5-5) D. Robinson (5-8) 3:07 D
Mon 9/1/1980 2 at Pirates L 5-7 75-57 L1 Rhoden (5-4) Pladson (0-4) Jackson (8) 26,374 2:57 D
Wed 9/3/1980 at Pirates L 4-10 75-58 L2 Candelaria (10-13) Andujar (2-5) Romo (9) 18,502 3:00 N
Fri 9/5/1980 vs Cardinals L 5-7 75-59 L3 Seaman (3-1) Sambito (8-4) Frazier (2) 19,628 3:15 N
Sat 9/6/1980 1 vs Cardinals W 9-5 76-59 W1 Niekro (15-11) Sykes (6-10) Niemann (1) 2:40 N
Sat 9/6/1980 2 vs Cardinals W 6-4 77-59 W2 Ruhle (9-3) Martin (1-1) 34,350 2:02 N
Sun 9/7/1980 vs Cardinals L 0-2 77-60 L1 Vuckovich (10-9) Forsch (10-12) 16,475 2:00 N
Tue 9/9/1980 vs Dodgers W 5-4 78-60 W1 Smith (6-5) Howe (6-7) Sambito (14) 34,546 3:06 N
Wed 9/10/1980 vs Dodgers W 6-5 (12) 79-60 W2 Roberge (2-0) Sutcliffe (3-9) 37,632 3:49 N
Fri 9/12/1980 vs Giants W 5-3 80-60 W3 Niekro (16-11) Whitson (9-11) Smith (7) 23,380 2:35 N
Sat 9/13/1980 vs Giants W 3-2 81-60 W4 Forsch (11-12) Blue (13-8) 32,526 2:10 N
Sun 9/14/1980 vs Giants W 6-4 82-60 W5 Andujar (3-5) Montefusco (4-8) Sambito (15) 18,471 2:43 N
Mon 9/15/1980 vs Padres L 3-6 82-61 L1 Shirley (11-10) Ryan (9-9) 9,578 2:30 N
Tue 9/16/1980 vs Padres L 3-4 82-62 L2 Curtis (8-8) Ruhle (9-4) Fingers (21) 20,383 2:57 N
Wed 9/17/1980 at Reds L 0-7 82-63 L3 Soto (10-6) Niekro (16-12) 25,092 2:37 N
Thu 9/18/1980 at Reds W 10-2 83-63 W1 Forsch (12-12) Pastore (11-7) Sambito (16) 23,861 2:37 D
Fri 9/19/1980 at Giants L 3-4 83-64 L1 Griffin (4-1) Andujar (3-6) Holland (6) 4,377 2:45 N
Sat 9/20/1980 at Giants W 3-2 84-64 W1 Smith (7-5) Lavelle (6-7) Sambito (17) 16,770 2:53 D
Sun 9/21/1980 at Giants W 5-1 85-64 W2 Ruhle (10-4) Blue (14-9) 19,844 2:29 D
Mon 9/22/1980 at Padres W 4-2 86-64 W3 Niekro (17-12) Shirley (11-11) 16,513 2:40 N
Tue 9/23/1980 at Padres L 4-9 86-65 L1 Curtis (9-8) Niemann (0-1) 4,788 3:00 D
Wed 9/24/1980 at Braves L 2-4 86-66 L2 Alexander (14-9) Andujar (3-7) Camp (20) 24,897 2:39 N
Thu 9/25/1980 at Braves W 4-2 87-66 W1 Ryan (10-9) Niekro (15-16) Smith (8) 7,926 2:39 N
Fri 9/26/1980 vs Reds W 2-0 88-66 W2 Ruhle (11-4) Seaver (10-8) 42,486 2:02 N
Sat 9/27/1980 vs Reds W 2-0 89-66 W3 Niekro (18-12) Soto (10-7) Smith (9) 40,305 2:25 D
Sun 9/28/1980 vs Reds L 5-8 89-67 L1 LaCoss (10-12) Andujar (3-8) Hume (24) 32,756 2:52 D
Tue 9/30/1980 vs Braves W 7-3 90-67 W1 Ryan (11-9) Alexander (14-10) Smith (10) 31,973 2:41 N
Wed 10/1/1980 vs Braves W 5-2 91-67 W2 Ruhle (12-4) Niekro (15-17) 35,600 2:06 N
Thu 10/2/1980 vs Braves W 3-2 92-67 W3 Niekro (19-12) McWilliams (9-14) LaCorte (11) 45,022 2:35 N
Fri 10/3/1980 at Dodgers L 2-3 (10) 92-68 L1 Valenzuela (2-0) Forsch (12-13) 49,642 2:45 N
Sat 10/4/1980 at Dodgers L 1-2 92-69 L2 Reuss (18-6) Ryan (11-10) 46,085 2:30 D
Sun 10/5/1980 at Dodgers L 3-4 92-70 L3 Howe (7-9) LaCorte (8-5) Sutton (1) 52,339 3:33 D
Mon 10/6/1980 at Dodgers W 7-1 93-70 W1 Niekro (20-12) Goltz (7-11) 51,127 3:10 D

Totals:


National League Championship Series
Philadelphia Phillies defeat Houston Astros 3-2

Date G Opponent Score Rec Strk WP LP SV A T D/N
Tue 10/7/1980 1 at Phillies L 1-3 0-1 L1 Carlton (1-0) Forsch (0-1) McGraw (1) 65,277 2:35 N
Wed 10/8/1980 2 at Phillies W 7-4 (10) 1-1 W1 LaCorte (1-0) Reed (0-1) Andujar (1) 65,476 3:34 N
Fri 10/10/1980 3 vs Phillies W 1-0 (11) 2-1 W2 Smith (1-0) McGraw (0-1) 44,443 3:22 D
Sat 10/11/1980 4 vs Phillies L 3-5 (10) 2-2 L1 Brusstar (1-0) Sambito (0-1) McGraw (2) 44,952 3:55 D
Sun 10/12/1980 5 vs Phillies L 7-8 (10) 2-3 L2 Ruthven (1-0) LaCorte (1-1) 44,802 3:38 N

Data courtesy of Retrosheet