Editing Philadelphia Phillies (section)

====1980 World Series champions====
{{main|1980 World Series}}
The Phillies won the National League East in 1980, but to win the league championship, they had to defeat the [[Houston Astros]]. In a memorable [[1980 National League Championship Series|NLCS]], with four of the five games needing extra innings, they fell behind 2–1 but battled back to squeeze past the Astros on a 10th-inning game-winning hit by center fielder [[Garry Maddox]], and the city celebrated its first NL pennant in 30 years.<ref name="1980s">{{cite web|title = Phillies Timeline: 1980s|work = History Highlights|publisher = Philadelphia Phillies|url = http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline10.jsp|access-date = June 5, 2008|archive-date = September 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150910125059/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline10.jsp|url-status = dead}}</ref> The entire series saw only one home run hit, a game-winning two-run home run by Phillies slugger Greg Luzinski in the Phillies' opening 3–1 win in Game 1 at Philadelphia.

Facing the [[Kansas City Royals]] in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies won their first World Series championship ever in six games thanks to the timely hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose. Schmidt, who won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1980, also won the World Series Most Valuable Player award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (.381 average), including game-winning hits in Game 2 and the clinching Game 6. This final game was also significant because it remains "the most-watched game in World Series history" with a television audience of 54.9&nbsp;million viewers.<ref name="Sandomir">{{cite journal| last1=Sandomir| first1=Richard| title=Baseball World Series: Postseason Vanishing From Broadcast Networks| journal=[[The New York Times]]| date=October 18, 2014| volume=CLXIV| issue=56,657| pages=D4| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/18/sports/cables-ascent-tests-baseball-fans-and-their-fingers.html| access-date=October 25, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027112826/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/18/sports/cables-ascent-tests-baseball-fans-and-their-fingers.html| archive-date=October 27, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> Thus, the Phillies became the last of the 16 teams that made up the Major Leagues from 1903 to 1960 to win a World Series.<ref name="BRefPS">{{cite web | title = Postseason Index | website = [[Baseball-Reference.com]] | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ | access-date = June 5, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ | archive-date = January 9, 2010 | url-status = live }}</ref> Carlton captured his third NL Cy Young Award with a record of 24–9.

After their series win, Ruly Carpenter, who had been given control of the team in 1972 when his father stepped down as team president, sold the team for $32.5&nbsp;million in 1981 to a group that was headed by longtime Phillies executive [[William Yale Giles]].

The Phillies returned to the playoffs in 1981, which were split in half due to a players' strike. In five games, they were defeated in the first-ever National League Division Series by the [[Montreal Expos]]. Mike Schmidt won his second consecutive NL Most Valuable Player award that year. In 1982, the team finished three games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the East Division, narrowly missing the playoffs. Carlton captured his fourth career NL Cy Young Award that year with 23 wins. 

For the 1983 season, the Phillies returned to the playoffs and beat the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. They won this series in four games to capture their fourth NL pennant; however, they lost to the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in the World Series in five games. [[John Denny]] was named the 1983 NL Cy Young Award winner. Because of the numerous veterans on the 1983 team, ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' sportswriter Stan Hochman gave them the nickname, the "Wheeze Kids".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20101221_Stan_Hochman__One_nickname_for_Phillies__aces_rises_to_top.html|title=One nickname for Phillies' aces rises to top|author=Stan Hochman|date=December 21, 2010|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]]|access-date=December 21, 2010}}</ref>

In [[1984 Philadelphia Phillies season|1984]], the team finished fourth in the NL East with a record of 81–81. Mike Schmidt still remained a dominant force on the team by leading the National League in both home runs and runs batted in.