Detroit Tigers NY Yankees The Yanks sucked a good fraction of the '80s, so maybe it was the Tigers. I don't know. I do know that the Tigers were pretty good much of the '80s. Whitaker, Trammell, Lemon, that was one heck of a team, if memory serves. Top five teams most games won during the 1980's N.Y. YANKEES 854, Detroit Tigers 839, Kansas City Royals 826, St. Louis Cardinals 825 and Los Angles Dodgers 825
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The Los Angeles Dodgers with 2. World Series winners in the 1980s were: 1980 - Philadelphia Phillies
1981 - Los Angeles Dodgers
1982 - St. Louis Cardinals
1983 - Baltimore Orioles
1984 - Detroit Tigers
1985 - Kansas City Royals
1986 - New York Mets
1987 - Minnesota Twins
1988 - Los Angeles Dodgers
1989 - Oakland Athletics
In 1980 Major League Baseball consisted of 26 teams; 16 teams in the American League, and 14 teams in the National League. Each League was divided into two divisions, the East, and the West. Below is a list of teams in order of the final standings in each league.
1980 American League Final Standings
East Division
West Division
1980 National League Final Standings
East Division
West Division
The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981, over the New York Yankees, and 1988, over the Oakland Athletics.