Rickey Henderson stole his 97th base of the season, breaking the A.L. record held by Ty Cobb since 1915, as the A's defeated the White Sox, 5-1. Henderson opened the sixth inning with a single and, after a theft of second, Dwayne Murphy walked and Mike Heath drilled a two-run triple. A single by Jim Essian plated Heath. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 30, 1980 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  1  0    1  0  3    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
White Sox    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          5   1   1   0     0   1   .302      Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Murphy cf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .277      Squires 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Heath dh              4   1   1   2     0   1   .242      Baines rf             2   1   2   0     1   0   .252
Armas rf              4   2   2   0     0   1   .274      L. Johnson dh         4   0   1   1     0   1   .277
Klutts 3b             4   0   3   1     0   0   .268      Molinaro lf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .290
Newman 1b             3   0   0   1     1   0   .232        Nordhagen ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Essian c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .239      Morrison 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Foley c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .217
Picciolo ss           4   0   1   0     0   2   .236        Pryor ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mullins 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .189
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cruz ss               3   0   0   0     0   3   .239
                                                          Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Robinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   5     3   5             Totals               33   1   8   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 18,903
Left on Base: A's 5, White Sox 8
DP: A's 1, White Sox 0
Doubles: Klutts (13), Lemon (31)
Triples: Heath (1), Baines (5)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (97)
Caught Stealing: Murphy (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Cruz (5)
Hit by Pitch: Baines (1,by Kingman)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman W(8-20)         7.1   8   1   1   1   4   0  31   3.85
Lacey SV(6)             1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.31
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   5   0  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout L(8-16)           5     6   5   5   1   4   0  21   3.71
Robinson                4     3   0   0   2   1   0  16   3.09
Totals                  9     9   5   5   3   5   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Kingman (4)
Wild Pitches: Kingman (6)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Steve Palermo


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy grounded out
(pitcher unassisted); Heath grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon made an out to shortstop; Squires flied out
to left; Baines singled to shortstop; L. Johnson struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to right; Klutts singled to
shortstop [Armas to third, Klutts out at second (shortstop to
second)]; Newman grounded out (third to first) [Armas scored];
Essian flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Molinaro singled to center; Morrison lined into a
double play (first unassisted) [Molinaro out at first]; Foley
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo
struck out; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Mullins flied out to right; Cruz struck out;
Lemon doubled to left; Squires grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy flied out to right; Heath struck out;
Armas singled to center; Klutts doubled to right [Armas scored];
Newman grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Baines tripled to center; L. Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Baines scored]; Molinaro popped to first
in foul territory; Morrison singled to third; Foley grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White
Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Essian grounded out (third to first); McKay made
an out to second; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Mullins singled to right; Cruz out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Mullins to second]; Kingman threw a wild
pitch [Mullins to third]; Lemon flied out to right; Squires
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
2, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson singled to left; Henderson stole
second; Rickey Henderson set season record for SB with 97
(Cobb 96 in 1915); Murphy walked; Heath tripled to left
[Henderson scored, Murphy scored]; ROBINSON REPLACED TROUT
(PITCHING); Armas struck out; Klutts popped to first in foul
territory; Newman walked; Essian singled to center [Heath
scored, Newman to third]; McKay grounded out (first unassisted);
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Baines walked; L. Johnson flied out to center;
Molinaro flied out to right; Morrison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo lined to second; Henderson popped to
third in foul territory; Murphy walked; Murphy was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Foley singled to right; Mullins flied out to
left; Cruz struck out; Lemon popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Heath flied out to left; Armas flied out to left;
Klutts singled to left; Newman grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Squires flied out to right; Baines was hit by a
pitch; L. Johnson singled to left [Baines to third]; LACEY
REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR MOLINARO;
Nordhagen popped to catcher in foul territory; Morrison forced
L. Johnson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 5, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Essian
flied out to left; McKay flied out to left; Picciolo singled to
left; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: PRYOR BATTED FOR FOLEY; Pryor made an out to
second; Mullins grounded out (third to first); Cruz struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 1.