1980 American League Championship Series

1980 American League Championship Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Kansas City Royals (3) Jim Frey 97–65, .599, GA: 14
New York Yankees (0) Dick Howser 103–59, .636, GA: 3
DatesOctober 8–10
MVPFrank White (Kansas City)
UmpiresSteve Palermo
Joe Brinkman
Larry McCoy
Bill Haller (crew chief)
Ken Kaiser
George Maloney
Broadcast
TelevisionABC
WDAF-TV (Royals' broadcast)
WPIX (Yankees' broadcast)
TV announcersABC: Al Michaels, Billy Martin and Jim Palmer
WDAF-TV: Al Wisk and Denny Trease
WPIX: Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer and Bill White
RadioCBS
WIBW (KC)
WINS (NYY)
Radio announcersCBS: Ernie Harwell and Curt Gowdy
WIBW: Denny Matthews and Fred White
WINS: Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White and Fran Healy
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The 1980 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff that featured the American League West champion Kansas City Royals against the American League East champion New York Yankees. This was the fourth matchup between the two teams in the past five seasons, and Kansas City got a measure of revenge by beating the Yankees in three straight to advance to their first ever World Series.


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