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1980 MLB AL West standings
The Kansas City Royals won the 1980 MLB AL West division race at 97-65, 14 games ahead of the Oakland Athletics.
🏆How the 1980 playoffs went
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AL West standings, 1980
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| Kansas City Royals (KC) | 97 | 65 | .599 | - | 5-5 | W2 |
| Oakland Athletics (OAK) | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 6-4 | L1 |
| Minnesota Twins (MIN) | 77 | 84 | .478 | 19.5 | 8-2 | L2 |
| Texas Rangers (TEX) | 76 | 85 | .472 | 20.5 | 5-5 | W3 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 70 | 90 | .438 | 26 | 8-2 | W4 |
| California Angels (CAL) | 65 | 95 | .406 | 31 | 1-9 | L5 |
| Seattle Mariners (SEA) | 59 | 103 | .364 | 38 | 2-8 | L8 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 10 times.
- The Kansas City Royals trailed by as many as 3.5 games on April 21, 1980.
- The Kansas City Royals took first place for good on May 23, 1980.
- The Minnesota Twins won 12 games in a row from September 19, 1980 to October 3, 1980, the longest run of the race.
- The Oakland Athletics led by 2 games as late as May 11, 1980.
- The Kansas City Royals led by as many as 20 games on August 31, 1980.
- The Kansas City Royals went 26-13 from May 11, 1980 to June 22, 1980, turning a deficit of 3 games into a lead of 9.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 38 of the 177 days played.
- The Kansas City Royals spent 138 of the season's 181 charted days in first place.