1980 Houston Astros season

1980 Houston Astros
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAstrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record93–70 (.571)
Divisional place1st
OwnersJohn McMullen
General managersTal Smith, Al Rosen
ManagersBill Virdon
TelevisionKRIV–TV 26
(Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker)
RadioKPRC–AM 950
(Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker)
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The 1980 Houston Astros season was the 19th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.

After a late collapse in 1979, the Astros finished in a tie for first place in the National League West with a record of 92–70 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, having lost three in a row in Los Angeles on the final series of the season. The teams played a one-game playoff on October 6 to determine the division champion, which the Astros won, marking the first time in franchise history that the team qualified for the postseason. They went on to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS, losing three games to two.


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