1980 Royals

97 - 65; First place in the AL West.

AL Pennant (Defeated the Yankees 3 games to 0)

Lost the World Series to the Phillies 4 games to 2

 

Highlights:

 

George Brett flirted with .400 all season and finished at .390. He also had 24 homeruns and 118 Rbis.

 

Willie Wilson had 230 hits, batted .326 and stole 79 bases.

 

Dennis Leonard had 20 wins with 11 losses and a 3.79ERA.

 

Admin Gura was also impressive. He went 18 and 11 with a 2.95ERA and 16 Complete Games.

 

All Stars:

 

George Brett

Admin Gura

Darrell Porter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1948 Indians

97 - 58

Won the AL Pennant

World Series Champions (Defeated the Boston Braves 4 games to 2)

 

Highlights:

 

Lou Boudreau batted .355, 18 homeruns and 106Rbis

 

Ken Keltner batted .297, had 31 homeruns and 119Rbis

 

Joe Gordon seemed to be the big slugger on the team with 32 homeruns and 124 Rbis. He also batted a solid .280.

 

They had an awesome rotation. Hall of Famer Bob Feller was the ace and went 19 - 15 with a 3.56ERA and 18 CGs. He was the ace of the staff but the other starters dwarfed his stats.

 

Bob Lemon went 20 - 14 with a 2.82 ERA and 20 Complete Games.

 

Gene Beardon went 20 - 7 with a 2.43 ERA.

 

4th Starter Sam Zoldack also had a ERA under 3 with a mark of 2.81.

 

Admin Doby and Satchel Paige were also on the team.

 

All Stars:

 

Lou Boudreau

Bob Feller

Joe Gordon

Ken Keltner

Bob Lemon

i'll take the injuns

Indians

indians

whatifsports says Royals edge out the Indians 4-3 if they played.

Great Job Nugget.

 

The background info really helps.

 

Im going with the Royals.

Indians

Indians

Tribe.

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