The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Sports: Winners of Major Events

Athletes whose names appear with an asterisk (*) are subjects of their own full-length essays withinThe Eighties
in America.

Major League Baseball

World Series
1980: Philadelphia Phillies (National League) 4,
Kansas City Royals (American League), 2
1981: Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) 4, New York
Yankees (AL) 2
1982: St. Louis Cardinals (NL) 4, Milwaukee
Brewers (AL) 3
1983: Baltimore Orioles (AL) 4, Philadelphia
Phillies (NL) 1
1984: Detroit Tigers (AL) 4, San Diego Padres
(NL) 1
1985: Kansas City Royals (AL) 4, St. Louis
Cardinals (NL) 3
1986: New York Mets (NL) 4, Boston Red Sox
(AL) 3
1987: Minnesota Twins (AL) 4, St. Louis Cardinals
(NL) 3
1988: Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) 4, Oakland A’s
(AL) 1
1989: Oakland A’s (AL) 4, San Francisco Giants
(NL) 0

All-Star Games
1980: National League 4, American League 2
1981: National League 5, American League 4
1982: National League 4, American League 1
1983: American League 13, National League 3
1984: National League 3, American League 1
1985: National League 6, American League 1
1986: American League 3, National League 2
1987: National League 2, American League 0
(13 innings)
1988: American League 2, National League 1
1989: American League 5, National League 3

American League Most Valuable Players
1980: George Brett*, Kansas City Royals
1981: Rollie Fingers, Milwaukee Brewers
1982: Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers
1983: Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles
1984: Willie Hernandez, Detroit Tigers

1985: Don Mattingly, New York Yankees

1986: Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox

1987: George Bell, Toronto Blue Jays

1988: Jose Conseco, Oakland A’s

1989: Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers

National League Most Valuable Players

1980: Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies

1981: Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies

1982: Dale Murphy, Atlanta Braves

1983: Dale Murphy, Atlanta Braves

1984: Ryne Sandberg, Chicago Cubs

1985: Willie McGee, St. Louis Cardinals

1986: Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies

1987: Andre Dawson, Chicago Cubs

1988: Kirk Gibson*, Los Angeles Dodgers

1989: Kevin Mitchell, San Francisco Giants

American League Rookies of the Year

1980: Joe Charboneau, Cleveland Indians

1981: Dave Righetti, New York Yankees

1982: Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles

1983: Ron Kittle, Chicago White Sox

1984: Alvin Davis, Seattle Mariners

1985: Ozzie Guillen, Chicago White Sox

1986: Jose Canseco, Oakland A’s

1987: Mark McGwire, Oakland A’s

1988: Walt Weiss, Oakland A’s

1989: Gregg Olson, Baltimore Orioles

National League Rookies of the Year

1980: Steve Howe, Los Angeles Dodgers

1981: Fernando Valenzuela*, Los Angeles Dodgers

1982: Steve Sax, Los Angeles Dodgers

1983: Darryl Strawberry, New York Mets

1984: Dwight Gooden, New York Mets

1985: Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals

1986: Todd Worrell, St. Louis Cardinals

1987: Benito Santiago, San Diego Padres

1988: Chris Sabo, Cincinnati Reds

1989: Jerome Walton, Chicago Cubs