A business wrangle in the National League ends in a weakening of the league’s famous 50 cents admission standard.

The Alleghenies run their losing streak to 12 games by dropping a pair to the Phillies

Billy Hamilton ties a major league record by swiping six bases

In a matchup of 300 game-winners that will take 103 years to repeat, Tim Keefe beats Pud Galvin

Phillies outfielder Billy Hamilton becomes the first player to have hit both a leadoff and walk-off home run in the same game when he blasts a two-run round-tripper off Al Maul, giving the team an 11-9 victory over Washington at the Philadelphia Baseball Grounds. The 27 year-old future Hall of Famer’s performance will not be duplicated again until Vic Power accomplishes the rare feat for the A’s in 1957.

Led by Billy Hamilton‚ who scores 5 runs‚ the Phils outslug first-place Boston‚ 18 – 10

The Phillies rout the Colonels at the Philadelphia Baseball Grounds, 29-4. Louisville right-hander John Wadsworth sets a National League record by giving up 28 singles in one game.

In Philadephia, first place Boston loses a hard fought game, 5–3, in 13 innings. Kid Carsey bests Kid Nichols as both starters go the distance. Jack Clements and Sam Thompson each have 4 hits for the Phillies, with three of Big Sam’s going for doubles. He now has six doubles in two games (June 29), tying a ML record. Thompson will have 4 hits tomorrow as well, all singles.

Ed Delahanty of the Phillies slugged four homers and a single in a 9-8 loss to Chicago.

The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Beaneaters, 19 – 17 set a major league record for most runs scored by two clubs

One day after Brooklyn moved into the NL lead for the first time all year, Philadelphia regains first place with a 5 – 4 win over the Superbas.

Harry Wolverton of the Phillies hits three triples and two singles in an 8-inning 23 – 8 victory at Pittsburgh.

Phillies star infielder Nap Lajoie in violation of reserve clause jumps to the new American League

Philadelphia Phillies owner John Rogers files for an injunction prohibiting Nap Lajoie, Bill Bernhard, and Chick Fraser from playing for any other team – the most serious legal test of the reserve clause to date.

A federal court judge rules that Brooklyn has no claim on C Deacon McGuire

The Giants sweep the Phillies at the Polo Grounds, taking the opener, 7 – 5, behind Christy Mathewson. Matty surrenders five hits, but fans 10. Dummy Taylor wins the nitecap, 6 – 2, to put the Giants back into 2nd place.

John Mcgraw lead New York Giants’ 18-game winning streak ends

In Philadelphia, the Cubs defeat the Phillies in 20 innings, 2 – 1, with Ed Reulbach going the distance for Chicago.

Jimmy Potter sells the Philadelphia Phillies to a group headed by Israel Durham. Durham will become president, but will pass away on June 28th.

With Christy Mathewson sidelined with diphtheria, Red Ames pitches the opener for the New York Giants

Philadelphia Phillies set a major league record when they experience a rainout for the 10th consecutive day

New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies come up with an idea for a new style of uniform

Grover Cleveland Alexander makes his major league debut, losing a 5-4 decision to the Rustlers

Red Dooin suffers a broken leg in a collision at home – Pete Alexander tosses shutout

The Philadelphia Phillies move back into first place as Pete Alexander tops the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2 – 1.

The league-leading Phils are dealt a blow when catcher-manager Red Dooin suffers a broken leg in a collision at home plate

Pete Alexander pitches the Phils to a 1 – 0 win over Boston’s 44-year-old Cy Young

In Chicago, the Phils’ Grover Alexander fires his 4th straight shutout, beating the Cubs’ Ed Reulbach, 4 – 0

Pete Alexander streak of 41 straight shutout innings ends

New York’s Rube Marquard runs his win streak to 17 games by edging the Phillies, 2 – 1.

Sherry Magee steals home twice, tying a major league record.

With the Philadelphia Phillies franchise in disarray following the expulsion of President Horace Fogel, William H. Locke and his cousin William F. Baker buy the club.

Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies play the first game in the history of Ebbets Field

Pirates outfielder Max Carey scores five runs against the Phils without a hit

Honus Wagner becomes the first player in baseball’s modern era to reach 3,000 hits

Brooklyn’s Jake Daubert sets a National League record with four sacrifices in one game. The first baseman’s efforts aren’t enough when the Dodgers drop an 8-7 decision to Philadelphia at Ebbets Field.

Harvard Law School student George Davis no-hits the Phillies, 7-0 was first pitcher to throw a no-hiter at Fenway Park

Infielder Hans Lobert, well known as the “fastest man” in the National League, is traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants

Grover Cleveland Alexander allows two hits in the 1st inning and none in the next eight innings, but the match-up with the Giants’ Rube Marquard ends in a 1 – 1 tie.

Pete Alexander continues his masterful pitching, topping Brooklyn’s Jack Coombs, 4 – 0

Pete Alexander wins his 9th in a row for the Phils, shutting out the visiting Cardinals, 8 – 0

The Cubs end Grover Cleveland Alexander’s 9-game win streak, 4 – 0. Chicago and Philadelphia are deadlocked for the National Leaguelead.

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Gavvy Cravath ties a major league record with four doubles against the Cincinnati Reds.

The Philadelphia Phillies win their first-ever World Series game behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3 – 1

Woodrow Wilson becomes the first President to attend a World Series game

In front of the largest crowd to ever to see a World Series game, 42,300 fans watch the Red Sox beat the Phillies in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 2-1

The Red Sox clinch 3rd World Series title

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1915

Brooklyn Robins’ Frugal Proposal Rejected by National League

New York Giants debut new purple plaid uniforms

Christy Mathewson, in his first game as the Reds manager, puts Edd Roush in CF, and the future star responds with a two-run triple and goes 3 for 5. But the Phils top Cincy, 6 – 4.

The Phils whitewash the Robins twice‚ winning 3 – 0 behind Grover Alexander and 6 – 0 to back Eppa Rixey

The Cubs send P Jimmy Lavender and $5,000 to the Phillies for P Al Demaree, who will be sent to the Giants in July.

Grover Cleveland Alexander goes the distance in both games of the Phillies’ doubleheader sweep of Brooklyn at Ebbets Field

The Phils sell star pitcher Grover Alexander and his personal catcher “Reindeer” Bill Killefer to the Cubs for righthander “Iron” Mike Prendergast, C Pickles Dillhoefer, and $55,000

Chicago’s Lefty Tyler goes 21 innings against Milt Watson to beat the Phils, 2 – 1.

Hod Eller pitches extra for the Red’s win over Philly

At the Baker Bowl, Joe Oeschger of the Philadelphia Phillies and Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Robins pitch complete games in a 9 – 9, 20-inning tie. Both teams score three runs in the 19th inning. Oeschger gives up 22 hits and walks five, while Grimes allows 15 hits and walks five.

In the first game of a twin bill on the last day of the season, the Giants need only 51 minutes to defeat the Phillies, 6-1. The Polo Grounds contest is the shortest nine-inning game ever played in the major leagues.

Player Manager Gavvy Cravath hits a pinch hit 3 run homer to win game

The Cincinnati Reds trade P Jimmy Ring and OF Greasy Neale to the Philadelphia Phillies for lefty Eppa Rixey

Harold Arlin announces the play-by-play on the first radio broadcast of a major league game

Boston Braves P John “Mule” Watson hurls two complete-game victories over the Phillies, winning by scores of 4 – 3 and 8 – 0. It is the third doubleheader he has pitched, the first two being with the A’s in 1918.

JOE OESCHGER pitches immaculate-innings vs the Phillies

11 Year Old Boy arrested for keeping a foul ball

Cubs hold off Phillies 26-23 after being up by 19

The Philadelphia Phillies fire manager Kaiser Wilhelm. Veteran shortstop Art Fletcher succeeds him.

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Cy Williams hits his 15th homerun of May, to set a new major league record for the month

Philadelphia and Boston play to a 6-6 tie on open

At Philadelphia‚ Lee Meadows wins a pitching duel‚ 1 – 0, over Jimmy Ring, by hitting an 8th-inning homer over the LF wall. At 1 hour and 12 minutes‚ it is one of the fastest games of the year.

Giants OF Hack Wilson is the seventh player to hit 2 homeruns in one inning

Brooklyn’s Dazzy Vance narrowly misses back-to-back no-hitters over Philadelphia

In a trade of pitchers, the New York Giants send Jack Bentley and Wayland Dean to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jimmy Ring

At the Baker Bowl 1 fan killed 50 injured in grandstan collapse

Jack Scott  performs an ironman feat and becomes the last pitcher to go the distance in both ends of a doubleheader

Fred Lindstrom bangs out a major league record nine hits in a doubleheader sweep of the Phillies.

The Phils buy left-handed-hitting OF Chuck Klein from the Fort Wayne Chiefs.

Phillies and Robins combine to score 50 runs in a double header

Cardinals set MLB record scoring 28 against Phillies

Chick Hafey 10-for-10 streak ties the National League record

Pete Alexander wins his 373rd and final game

Chuck Klein and Ott doubleheader tied at 42 home runs apiece Klein wins HR crown and Lefty ODoul sets the NL hit record

George Watkins scores 5 runs and Chick Hafey has 5 RBI leading the Cardinals to a 16-11 victory

The Phillies come from behind in the last of the 9th to defeat the Giants, 5 – 4. Chuck Klein’s double off Carl Hubbell drives in Lefty O’Doulfrom second base.

Freddie Lindstrom of the Giants has five hits in a game against the Phillies for the third time this season

Pie Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits game-winning home runs in both ends of a doubleheader

RF Chuck Klein makes his 44th assist, well above the record of 39 set by Mike Mitchell with the Reds in 1907.

The Pittsburgh Pirates trade Dick Bartell to the Philadelphia Phillies 

George Watkins and Frankie Frisch hit back-to-back homers in the bottom of the 9th

George Watkins hits 3 homeruns to lead the Cardinals to a double header sweep

Bill terry makes his debut as manager for Giants

With new manager Bill Terry at the helm‚ the Giants sweep the Phils‚ 10 – 4 and 6 – 4‚ to move out of last place in the National League.

Buzz Arlett slugs four homers in one game for the second time in the season

Phillies’ Dick Bartell attempting an inside-the-park home run, baring down on Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett at the Baker Bowl, 9/17/1932.

Chuck Klein is named the National League’s Most Valuable Player

Dick Bartell of the Phillies with Glenn Wright of the Dodgers. Opening day at the Baker Bowl – 1933.

Dick Bartell becomes the first major leaguer to stroke four consecutive doubles in a nine-inning game

Hack Wilson pounds a 9th-inning pinch-grand slam the first in Brooklyn Dodgers history

The Phillies and Cardinals swap catchers

Philadelphia Phillies trade Triple Crown winner Chuck Klein to the Chicago Cubs

New York Giants obtain Dick Bartell from the Philadelphia Phillies for three players and Cash

First night game in major league history is played at Crosley Field

The 3rd-place Cubs get two home runs, including a grand slam from Augie Galan, to beat the Phillies 

Philadelphia Phillies re-acquire future Hall of Famer Chuck Klein from the Chicago Cubs

Chuck Klein becomes the oldest player to  hits 4 home runs in one game

Ernie Lombardi goes 6-for-6 and Alex Kampouris drives in eight runs in 21-10 blowout

Joe Medwick hits two home runs and two doubles to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 15 – 3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Emmett Mueller of the Philadelphia Phillies and Ernie Koy of the Brooklyn Dodgers each hit a home run in their first major league at-bats

The Reds’ Lonny Frey collects eight hits in a doubleheader split with the Phillies

 Slugger Chuck Klein, who was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates, signs for his third stint with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Chuck Klein makes it home safely on a squeeze play

2nd-place Dodgers sweep a pair from the last-place Phillies

‘Losing Pitcher’ Hugh Mulcahy of the Phillies becomes the first major league player to be drafted into the Armed Forces. The newest member of the 101st Artillery at Cape Cod’s Camp Edwards had lost 22 games last season and 20 in 1938 to lead the National League in defeats both years.

The major league season starts with three new managers: Lou Boudreau (Cleveland Indians), Mel Ott (New York Giants) and Hans Lobert (Philadelphia Phillies).

newly marrieds Pee Wee Reese and Pete Reiser are both serenaded with “Here comes the bride” by a fan playing a trumpet

Philadelphia Phillies hire Bucky Harris as their manager

The Dodgers trade first baseman Babe Dahlgren to the Phillies for outfielder Lloyd Waner and infielder Al Glossop

Commissioner Landis suspends William Cox indefinitely after the Phillies owner acknowledges making some “sentimental” bets on his team

Happy New Year to a couple of Babes that swap places

Boston right-hander Jim Tobin holds the Phillies hitless in the shortened five-inning nightcap, blanking Philadelphia at Braves Field, 7-0. In April, ‘Abba Dabba’ threw a full-game no-hitter against Brooklyn.

Slugger Jimmie Foxx signs with the National League’s Philadelphia Phillies.

Durocher is arrested after ambushing a fan

Mel Ott hits final homerun

On Opening Day, Mel Ott hits his 511th and final home run of his career in the Giants’ 8-4 victory over Philadelphia at the Polo Grounds, a ballpark in which he has hit 63% of his round-trippers. The 37 year-old player-manager, who has two hundred more homers than any other National Leaguer, will retire third on the all-time list, trailing only Babe Ruth (714) and Jimmie Foxx (534).

Carl Furillio hits the first pinch hit homerun in first inning

Curt Simmons 18 years old signs contract with Philadelphia Phillies

Pitcher Herb Pennock collapses and dies from a heart attack

Philadelphia Phillies acquire veteran shortstop Eddie Miller from the Boston Braves

The Phillies trade infielder Ralph LaPointe and give the Cardinals $30,000 to obtain first baseman Dick Sisler

Richie Ashburn makes his debut – it is the first big league game he has ever attended

Johnny Sain becomes the National League’s first 11-game winner

Trio of major league teams makes managerial changes

The Phillies set a major league record by tallying nine runs before making an out

Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Willie Jones hits four consecutive doubles tying the record

Philadelphia Phillies set a major league record by hitting five home runs in one inning

Eddie Waitkus of the Philadelphia Phillies is shot with a .22-caliber rifle by an obsessed 19-year-old fan

For the second time in his career, Ralph Kiner hits home runs in 4 consecutive at-bats

Brooklyn beats Philadelphia in 10th for Pennant

Vin Scully calls the first game of his illustrious 67-year career with the Dodgers

Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies start the match in daylight and finish under the lights, a first in the majors

Bob Miller shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates on eight hits for his third straight victory

Monk Dubiel starts a streak of 18 straight wins over the Chicago Cubs

Philadelphia’s Del Ennis cracks a double in the 7th and a grand slam in the 8th inning to drive in seven runs against the Cubs as the Phils win, 13 – 3 at home

Phils lefty Curt Simmons is the first player inducted into the Army as a result of the Korean conflict. He will get one more start before reporting and will miss the World Series.

Don Newcombe misses pitching complete games in both games of a doubleheader for the Brooklyn Dodgers

Russ Meyer snaps the Phils’ 5-game losing streak with a 4 – 3 victory over the Dodgers.

Whiz Kids win pennant after Richie Ashburn guns down runner at plate

Rookie pitcher Whitey Ford beats Bob Miller and the “Whiz Kids” gives the Yankees their 13th World Championship

The Associated Press chooses Philadelphia Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer as Manager of the Year.

Seventeen months after nearly being mortally wounded by an obsessed fan’s rifle shot to the chest, Eddie Waitkus is named the Comeback Player of the Year by the Associated Press. The Phillies’ infielder hit .284 this season and continued to be one of the best fielding first basemen in the league.

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1950

Richie Asburn collects 8 hits in a double header sweep of Bucs

Against the Phillies, Cubs player-manager Phil Cavarretta earns his money by driving home three runs in a 5 – 4 win snapping the Cubs’ 10-game home losing streak

Del Wilber’s Three Solo Homers Secure Phillies’ 3-0 Victory Over Cincinnati

Don Newcombe becomes the first black to win twenty games in a season

Jackie Robinson hits an upper-deck home run in the 14th inning off Robin Roberts to give the Dodgers a critical 9 – 8 win over the Phils

Eddie Mathews hits his first homerun

Warren Spahn fires 31st career shutout narrowly misses no hitter

Ernie Banks becomes the first black player to appear in a Cubs’ game

Veteran pitcher Murry Dickson is traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies in 3 player deal

Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record by using a whopping 42 players in an 11-inning marathon

Jim Wilson pitches the first no hitter in Milwaukee Braves history

Babe Pinelli forfeits the second game of the twin bill to the visiting Phillies

With the Athletics poised to move to Kansas City, the Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium.

Brooklyn Dodgers beat Robin Roberts and the Philadelphia Phillies for their 10th consecutive victory

For the sixth consecutive season, Robin Roberts is a 20-game winner

The Phils purchase veteran Frankie Baumholtz from the Cubs

Don Drysdale wins first career game vs Philadelphia

Rookie Danny Kravitz hits his first career homerun – a walk-off grand slam

Robin Roberts gets his fourth victory in the past ten days when the Phillies beat New York at the Polo Grounds, 8-3

The St. Louis Cardinals trade outfielder Rip Repulski and shortstop Bobby Morgan to the Philadelphia Phillies for OF Del Ennis.

John Kennedy becomes the first black to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, making them the last National League team to integrate.

Richie Ashburn, known for his ability to foul pitches off, hits spectator Alice Roth twice in the same at bat

Duke Snider seventh-inning homer off future Hall of Famer Robin Roberts will prove to be the last one ever hit at Ebbets Field

Brooklyn Dodgers play their last game as New York team the Dodgers lose to the Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park, 2 – 1

 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford is named National League Rookie of the Year

The reds land their 5th pitcher of the month when they acquire Harvey Haddix from the Phillies for OF Wally Post

Philadelphia Phillies acquire veteran first baseman Joe Collins

Willie Kirkland unloads a 14th-inning home run to give the Giants a 5 – 4 win over the Phils.

Richie Ashburn clinches the batting title, going 3 for 4 to finish at .3495. Willie Mays .3466

Phillies trade future 24 game winner Jack Sanford

Philadelphia Phillies acquire infielder Sparky Anderson from the Los Angeles Dodgers

John Quinn resigns as general manager of the Milwaukee Braves and immediately accepts a similar post with the Phillies.

New Jersey Senator Joseph W. Cowgill introduces a bill to build a stadium in Camden to induce the nearby Philadelphia Phillies to move to New Jersey

Sandy Koufax fans 16 Philadelphia Phillies as fans urge outfielders to drop balls

Phillies Wally Post becomes the first major leaguer to throw out two runners from the outfield in one inning

Willie McCovey makes his major league debut for the San Francisco Giants.

Reds teammates Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson go 5 for 6 in the first game of a doubleheader as Cincinnati outlast the Phils, 15 – 13. The Reds trail, 11 – 3, after three innings, and score five in the 9th to win.

Clemente homerun contained by Forbes Flag Pole

Sam Jones becomes the second black major leaguer to win twenty games

Phillies beat burdette and Braves 6-3 dropping them a game back of Dodgers

Spahn beats Robin Roberts and the Phillies 3-2 to keep pace with Brooklyn

The White Sox deal right fielder Johnny Callison to the Phillies in exchange for infielder Gene Freese

The Phillies send fan-favorite Richie Ashburn to the Cubs in exchange for infielders Alvin Dark and Jim Woods

Eddie Sawyer resigns from Phillies after 1 game

Chicago Cubs right-hander Don Cardwell hurls a no-hitter.

Juan Marichal makes his major league debut firing 1 hitter

Facing just 27 batters, Lew Burdette pitches a 1 – 0 no-hitter against the Phillies

39 year old Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter and sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts

Cincinnati wins its 16th straight game against Philadelphia as Joey Jay blanks the Phils, 5 – 0. It is the 13th loss in a row for the Quakers, their longest string of defeats since 1936; they’ve won just one in 19 games. Elio Chacon hits his first major league homer, off Don Ferrarese.

Philadelphia Phillies set a modern day record by losing their 23rd consecutive game

The Philadelphia Phillies send pitcher John Buzhardt and infielder Charley Smith to the Chicago White Sox for first baseman Roy Sievers. The Sievers trade is announced by the Sox after the Joe Cunningham trade, as they don’t want to appear to need a first baseman.

Robin Roberts’ uniform Retired by Phillies

Ken Hubbs strokes eight singles in eight trips to the plate at Connie Mack Stadium

Don Drysdale beats the Phillies for the 13th consecutive time, continuing a streak which started in 1958

Stan Musial becomes the all time leader in total bases

The Phillies Special

Al Jackson goes the distance in the Mets’ 15-inning loss to Philadelphia. The hard-luck lefty, who throws an astounding 215 pitches during the contest, gives up only six hits, but third baseman Mel Roach, who entered the game in the 11th inning as a pinch-hitter, strokes a two-run single in the fifteenth frame that proves be the difference in his 3-1 defeat at the Polo Grounds.

Pinch-hit home runs by the Mets’ Choo Choo Coleman  and Jim Hickman tie the major-league record for pinch home runs by one club in one game

Al Jackson limits the opposing batters to three hits, going the distance in the Mets’ 2-0 victory over the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. The 26 year-old left-hander’s effort marks the fourth time he has blanked the opponents, accounting for all of the expansion team’s shutouts the entire season.

Don Nottebart throws the first no-hitter in franchise history when the Colt .45’s

Jimmy Piersall celebrates his 100th career home run by running the bases backward

Roy Sievers hits his 300th career home run to give the Phils a 2 – 1 win over the Mets

Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves ties Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson by notching his 13th 20-win season

In the Polo Grounds’ final game, Mets lose to Phillies 5-1

Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies

Jim Bunning pitches a perfect game for the Philadelphia Phillies first since 1922

Rick Wise wins the first of his 188 major league victories

The Reds’ Pete Rose hits the only grand slam of his career served up by his future manager, Dallas Green.

After throwing a perfect game on Father’s Day against the Mets, Phillies right-hander Jim Bunning continues his mastery over New York, retiring a total of 44 New York batters in a row. Joe Christopher beats out a two-out bunt in the fifth inning to finally end the right-hander’s perfection over the Amazins’.

The Phillies start their slide as John Tsitouris shuts them down and Chico Ruiz steals home for the only run

The Red Sox trade first baseman Dick Stuart to the Phillies for pitcher Dennis Bennett.

The Chicago White Sox trade P Ray Herbert and 1B Jeoff Long to the Phillies for OF Danny Cater and SS Lee Elia.

California Angels trade Bo Belinsky to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rudy May

Dick Allen cranks a 529-foot home run over the left CF roof at Connie Mack Stadium in the 1st inning off Chicago’s Larry Jackson. The Phils win, 4 – 2.

Bob Veale sets a Pittsburgh Pirate record striking out 16

Philadelphia Phillies beat Mets 5-3 full radio broadcast

Robin Roberts beats Phillies 8-0 in his Astros Debut

 Ferguson Jenkins debuts with 4 1/3 innings of relief against the Cardinals and picks up his first victory

Dick Allen back in Camp

Chicago Cubs make one of the best trades in franchise history, acquiring future Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins

Sandy Koufax and Jim Bunning duel for 11 innings recording double digit strikeouts

Dick Allen hits walk off inside park hr when Jimmy Wynn crashes into the wall.

Sandy Koufax wins the final game of his career

Hank Aaron hits the only inside-the-park home run among his 755.

After whipping the Mets eight straight times, Jim Bunning finally loses to the New Yorkers. The Mets beat Philadelphia, 8 – 3.

Philadelphia’s Dick Allen suffers a severe injury when he pushes his hand through the headlight

Chico Ruiz, in the ninth inning of a Reds’ 3-2 loss to Philadelphia at Crosley Field, becomes the only major leaguer ever to pinch-hit for Johnny Bench. The 28 year-old Cuban infielder, with a runner on second, flies out to left field, standing in for the future Hall of Famer, who goes 0-for-3 in his first big league game.

Pittsburgh Pirates acquire future Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning from the Philadelphia Phillies

Don Drysdale’s major league record streak of consecutive scoreless innings comes to an end

Reds right-hander George Culver, facing 34 batters, throws a no-hitter, beating the Phillies, 6-1

Rick Wise one hits the Dodgers

Bill Stoneman of the Montreal Expos pitches a 7 – 0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in only the ninth game of the Expos’ existence

Dick Allen is fined $2,500 and suspended indefinitely when he fails to appear for the Phillies doubleheader game with the Mets

Phillie Dick Allen’s suspension ends, but he incurs a $12,000 fine.

The Reds win 19-17 after 10 run 5th.

The Phillies rack up their 4th straight shutout victory when Rick Wise pitches a four-hitter to defeat the Astros, 7 – 0. The Phils set a modern club record with the streak. Dick Allen hits a homer and Wise joins in with a homer and a single.

Curt Flood seeks financial assistance against major league baseball

Curt Flood refuses to accept a trade to the Philadelphia Phillies

Curt Flood files a lawsuit challenging the reserve clause

Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 batters and pitches a one-hitter for his first career shutout a 7-0 win over the Phillies

The Historic Pitching Performances of Tom Seaver and Gary Gentry in 1970

Pittsburgh to prevail3, 3 – 2, in 14 innings over Philadelphia

Dick Allen belts two homers to drive in all the runs as the Cardinals beat the Phillies‚ 3 – 1

Bill Singer of the Los Angeles Dodgers fires a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies

Tony Taylor hits a walk-off grand slam off of Mike Davison.

Jim Bunning becomes the first pitcher since Cy Young to win 100 games in both leagues

Judge Irving Cooper upholds baseball’s reserve clause in turning back the lawsuit filed by Curt Flood

Billy William’s streak ends at 1117 games

Phillies beat Expos in last game at Connie Mack Stadium

Philadelphia Phillies trade Curt Flood to the Washington Senators for first baseman Greg Goosen, outfielder Gene Martin, and pitcher Jeff Terpko

The Phillies debut in their new $49.5 million Veterans Stadium by beating Montreal, 4 – 1

1971 – Joe Morgan raps four hits, steals two bases, scores three times and drives in two to lead the Astros over the Phillies, 8-1, in their first game at Veterans Stadium. Don Wilson strikes the key blow off Jim Bunning, a bunt that found a hole in the artificial turf between third and the pitcher and rolled until two runs were in.

Rick Wise – One Man show fires no hitter and hits 2 homeruns

Willie Stargell hits the longest homerun in the history of Veterans Stadium

Roberto Clemente is thus the first of only six players in the 33-year history of Veterans Stadium to reach the centerfield upper deck

Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-black lineup in major league history

In the top of the fourth inning of a losing effort to Philadelphia, Cubs’ starter Milt Pappas strikes out the side, throwing just nine pitches. Greg Luzinski, Don Money, and Mike Anderson are the victims of the right-hander’s immaculate inning.

Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs plays in his final major league game

St. Louis Cardinals trade future Hall of Famer Steve Carlton to the Philadelphia Phillies

Burt Hooton fires no hitter in 4th start

Steve Carlton fans 14 pitching a 1 hitter

1972 – Jerry Reuss allows only a ninth-inning double to Larry Bowa in a 10-0, one-hit victory over Philadelphia . Cesar Cedeno paces the attack with four hits, including two doubles and a homer. Bob Watson collects three hits and drives in four. 

San Diego’s Steve Arlin takes a no-hitter against Philadelphia into the 9th inning before settling for a second straight two-hitter.

In the nightcap, the Phillies salvage a split of the twin bill when Steve Carlton, who sees his 30 consecutive scoreless innings streak snapped in the fourth, beats the Mets at Shea Stadium, 4-1. In the opener, New York outlasted Philadelphia, scoring a run in the bottom of the 18th inning for a 3-2 victory.

Tigers acquire some needed help for the pennant chase, purchasing left-hander Woodie Fryman

Steve Carlton extends his streak to 15 consecutive victories when he beats Cincinnati 9-4 to win his 20th game of the season

Dave Downs throws a complete game shutout in his first major league appearance

Steve Carlton beats the Expos, 5 – 3, raising his record to 24-9. The rest of the Phillies pitchers have a combined record of 26-80.

Phillies’ rookie third baseman Mike Schmidt hits his first career home run, breaking Expos’ Balor Moore’s 25 consecutive scoreless inning streak

Don Money is dealt by the Phillies to open up room for Mike Schmidt

Steve Carlton wins the 1972 National League Cy Young Award

Dick Ruthven, Jim Sundberg, Donnie Moore and punter Ray Guy are choosen in draft

Steve Carlton becomes the highest paid pitcher when he signs a contract with the Phillies for a reported $165,000

Johnny Bench hits 3 homeruns off Steve Carlton for the second time

The Los Angeles Dodgers infield of Steve Garvey (1B), Davey Lopes (2B), Ron Cey (3B) and Bill Russell (SS) plays together for the first time in a 16 – 3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. The infield quartet will set a major league record for longevity by playing 8 1/2 years together.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Ken Brett hits a home run in the fourth consecutive game he pitches

Buzz Capra pitches four innings of no-hit relief against the Phillies after attended his dad’s funeral in Illinois.

Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 700th career home run

At Veterans Stadium, Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt hits a ninth inning two-run home run off Tug McGraw to beat the Mets on Opening Day, 5-4. The walk-off homer is the first of the league-leading 36 dingers the third baseman will hit this season.

Mike Schmidt hits what may be the longest single in major league history at Astrodome

 Jorge Lebron, the youngest professional player ever, makes his debut for the Phillies’ farm club Auburn. The fourteen-year-old shortstop plays three games before returning to Puerto Rico to finish junior high school.

Cool Papa Bell after Lou Brock broke the single-season stolen base record in 1974

Tom Seaver becomes first to strikeout 200 7 straight seasons

Pat Ownes unshakes Jim Campbells hand to cancel a trade of future Gold Glove Catcher Bob Boone for Bill Freeham

In a six-player deal, the New York Mets trade relief ace and Shea Stadium favorite Tug McGraw and two players to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for outfielder Del Unser, catcher John Stearns and a pitching prospect.

Pittsburgh Pirates get Bill Robinson from Phillies

Atlanta Braves trade holdout first baseman Dick Allen

After being released by the Padres, Bobby Tolan (.255, 5, 48), signs as a free agent with the Phillies.

Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies blasts four consecutive home runs in a wild 18-16 win over the Chicago Cubs

Jim Konstanty dies at the age of 59 in Oneonta, New York, located only 22 miles from Cooperstown

Tim McCarver losses grand slam when he passes teammate Garry Maddox on the basepaths

Phillies pitcher Larry Christenson belts two homers and pitches a 3 – 1 win over the Mets

In the 11th inning at Veterans Stadium, Rick Joseph hits a walk-off grand slam in the Phillies’ 8-4 victory over the Dodgers. Two batters are walked intentionally by Ron Perranoski to face the weak hitting Philadelphia pinch hitter, who responds with his first career home run, which will be his only round-tripper this season.

Phillies beat the Reds in Grand Fashion

Mike Schmidt charged Bruce Kison after getting hit in the back

Montreal ends the Phillies’ 13-game win streak with a bang, winning 13 – 0. Stan Bahnsen is the winner over Steve Carlton. The 13 games is a club record for this century: three times in the 19th Century the club won 16 straight.

 Los Angeles Dodgers catch lightning in a bottle and score 3 in 9th to beat Philadelphia in NLCS

Steve Carlton wins his second National League Cy Young Award

The New York Mets trade popular shortstop Bud Harrelson to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor leaguer Fred Andrews.

Bob Forsch fires first no hitter in 54 years for Cards

Phillie Phanatic makes his debut

In Game 4 of the NLCS, Ron Cey scores in the 10th inning on Bill Russell’s two-out game-winning single, giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over the Phillies and their second consecutive National League pennant. Cey, who walked after the first two batters were retired, advanced into scoring position when Garry Maddox misplayed Dusty Baker’s fly ball in center field.

After sixteen years with the Cincinnati Reds, Pete Rose signs a four-year, $3.2 million deal with the Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies trade five players to the Chicago Cubs for 2B Manny Trillo

Dave Kingman slugs 3 homeruns in Cubs 23-22 loss

Philadelphia’s Del Unser homers in his 3rd consecutive pinch-hit appearance a walk off 3 run shot vs Rollie Fingers to tie the MLB record.

Steve Carlton “Lefty” fires 6th career one hitter

Mets starter Pete Falcone sets a franchise record when he strikes out the first six batters he faces

5/4/1980 – The Dodgers were visiting Philadelphia and the top of the first inning was not Dallas Green’s best day on the way to the World Series championship. Davey Lopes singled and Rudy Law reached on an infield error. After Reggie Smith popped out, Law stole second base. Steve Garvey reached on an infield single, scoring the first run of the game. Dusty Baker then hit into a force out leaving runners on first and third but had batted out of turn. Green came out and pointed out the fact that the proper batter had not hit. Thus Ron Cey was called out, the runners restored to their previous bases and Baker batted again. This time he hit a three-run homer to left. Green now was very upset saying that Baker should not have batted believing according to newspaper accounts that Baker’s force out should count and Cey should be ruled out . He was ejected from the game and protested the game. The protest was denied as the rules were followed correctly. The incorrect decision was Green’s when he did not take the out on Baker’s first trip to the plate. The Dodgers eventually won the game 12-10.

39-year-old Pete Rose steals second base, third, and home in one inning for the Phillies

Steve Carlton becomes the all time leader in strikeouts for lefthanded pitcher

Mike Schmidt becomes the all-time Phillies’ franchise home run leader passing Del Ennis

The Phillies’ Marty Bystrom makes his first major league start and beats the Mets, 5 – 0.

The first post-season game in Astros history is a 3-1 loss in Philadelphia in Game One of the N.L.C.S.

Houston tastes their first post-season win, a 7-4 ten-inning victory in Philadelphia

Denny Walling delivers Rafael Landestoy with a sacrifice fly as Houston wins their first post-season home game, 1-0, over Philadelphia

Pete Rose collides with Bochy and scores go ahead run

Phillies beat the Astros to clinch World Series Apperance

Willie Aikens drives in the winning run in the 10th in game 2 1980 World Series

Dickie Noles flips Brett and the 1980 World Series on one pitch

Del Unser keys 2 run 9th inning rally

Phillies win their first World Series ever in the 98-year history of the franchise

Pete Rose saves Bob Boone on a Frank White foul pop 1980 World Series

Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt, who hit .286 with career highs of 48 home runs and 121 RBI, is a unanimous choice as National League Most Valuable Player.

Major League Season Recap 1980

Philadelphia Phillies acquire veteran outfielder Gary Matthews from the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Bob Walk

Chicago White Sox purchase Greg Luzinski from the Philadelphia Phillies

Steve Carlton becomes first lefty with 3000 strikeouts

Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies ties Stan Musial for the most hits in National League history

Pete Rose of Philadelphia singles against Nolan Ryan to tie Stan Musial for the most hits in league history (3,630)

Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies breaks Stan Musial’s all-time National League hit record with hit No. 3,631.

Steve Carlton fans 12 Expos in 10 innings to break Bob Gibson’s National League strikeout record

Expos win the National League Eastern Division

Philadelphia Phillies get purchases the club for just over $30 million, the highest price paid to date for a major league club

Philadelphia Phillies sign future Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt to a six-year contract worth $1.2 million per season

Chicago Cubs acquiring infielders Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa from the Philadelphia Phillies for shortstop Ivan DeJesus

Pete Rose ties Max Carey for the most five-hit games in National League history

Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies moves into second place on the all-time hit list

Tony Gwynn makes his major league debut for the San Diego Padres

Expo shortstop Chris Speier goes 3-for-5 with a club-record 8 RBI

Terry Leach tosses a 10-inning one-hitter

Hayes for 5 Horses (Philly trades 5 players for Von Hayes)

The San Francisco Giants trade second baseman Joe Morgan and pitcher Al Holland to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitchers Mike Krukow and Mark Davis and Charles Penigar.

Veteran first baseman Tony Perez signs a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Steve Carlton Signs Richest contract in history for a pitcher

Tom Seaver returns to Shea for the first time since 1977

Astros beat Cy Young Award Winner Steve Carlton 3-2

Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Steve Carlton passes Walter Johnson to move into second place on the all-time strikeout list

Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies surpasses Nolan Ryan in the all-time strikeout chase

New York Mets ties a major league record by delivering his eighth consecutive pinch-hit

1983 – Behind Marty Bystrom’s 5-hit win the Phils sweep the Expos, 9 – 5. Mike Schmidt, Joe Morgan and Len Matuszek (his first in the majors) hit homers to back Steve Carlton’s 298th career win.

Phillies 2B Joe Morgan celebrates his 40th birthday by going 4 for 5 with two home runs in a 7 – 6 win over the Cubs

Steve “Lefty” Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies wins his 300th game

Eddie Murray hits two home runs and Scott McGregor pitches a five-hitter to give the Baltimore Orioles the World Series championship in five games

Pete Rose released

Major League Season Recap 1983

Detroit Tigers acquire reliever Willie Hernandez and first baseman Dave Bergman from the Philadelphia Phillies

4,000 Hits and Counting: Pete Rose’s Historic Milestone in Baseball

Mike Schmidt homered into the left field blue seats at Olympic Stadium, Montreal but lost it to rain.

Steve Carlton lifts a grand slam off Fernando Valenzuela to lead the Phillies to a 7 – 2 win over the Dodgers.

In a rematch against Steve Carlton‚ who hit a grand slam off him on May 16th‚ Fernando Valenzuela strikes out 15 Phillies while pitching the Dodgers to a 3-hit, 1 – 0 victory.

Jerry Mumphrey cracks two home runs and drives in six as the Astros maul the Phillies, 13-1. Denny Walling also homers. Jose Cruz has a four-hit night and scores four times. Craig Reynolds and Terry Puhl chime in with triples. Joe Niekro scatters six hits in an easy victory. 

1984 – Alan Ashby singles home Jose Cruz in the 16th inning to outlast the Phillies, 3-2. Houston leaves 20 runners on base and ties a league record by drawing seven intentional walks, all after the 11th frame. A two-run blast by Mark Bailey provided the other runs. 

Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos collects the 3,503rd single of his career,

The Giants trade veteran 1B Al Oliver

Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 batters for the second straight start to tie the major-league record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Greg Luzinski announces his retirement

Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Mike Schmidt sets the team record by playing in his 1,795th game

Von Hayes becomes the first player to hit two home runs in the first inning

The Phils use a barrage of six homers to overwhelm the Cubs at Chicago, 10 – 4. Darren Daulton and Rick Schu go back-to back in the 4th and Juan Samuel, Glenn Wilson and Mike Schmidt hit consecutive homers in the 7th. One out later, Daulton hits his second of the game.

Secretary of Defense Garry Maddox announces his retirement

The season ends for Philadelphia Phillies C Darren Daulton when he tears the ACL in his left knee in a home plate collision with the St. Louis Cardinals’ Mike Heath. St. Louis wins, 8 – 6.

Phillies release Lefty

Ken Griffey of the Atlanta Braves swats three solo home runs against the Philadelphia Phillies

Phillies’ Mike Schmidt Wins 1986 NL MVP Award

Atlanta Braves pitcher Rick Mahler ties a National League record by throwing his third Opening Day shutout. Mahler beats the Phillies, 6 – 0, on three hits.

Mike Schmidt hits 500th career homerun

Mike Schmidt hits three home runs in a game for the third time in his career

Mike Schmidt moves past Eddie Mathews

Andre Dawson hits three home runs, his 29th, 30th and 31st, and drives in all five Chicago runs as the Cubs beat the Phillies, 5 – 3.

Philadelphia Phillies release minor league catcher Dave Bresnahan, who one day earlier had substituted a potato for a baseball on a pickoff attempt

Wrigley Field’s First Night Game rained out

Phillies and Pirates have a Bench clearing brawl in spring training

Mike Schmidt tearful Retirement speech

Jim Rooker walks back to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia after the Phillies comeback from 10-0 deficient

Tom Browning just misses becoming the first hurler in big league history to throw two perfect games when Dickie Thon’s leadoff double in the ninth breaks up the Cincinnati southpaw’s bid for perfection

Paul O’Niell kicks a mishandled ball into the infield

Steve Carlton Night

Ryne Sandberg and Shawon Dunston drive in four each in Cubs loss

The Phillies overcome an eight-run deficit, scoring nine runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Dodgers, 12-11. John Kruk’s pinch-hit three-run homer ties the game, and two batters later, Carmelo Martinez’s double plates Rod Booker with the eventual winning run in the Chavez Ravine contest.

Tommy Greene of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches a 2 – 0 no-hitter over the Montreal Expos.

Brawl breaks out on Dale Murphy Night in Atlanta

Tom Glavine ejection after throwing at Dale Murphy

Ken Caminiti and Charlie Hayes trade five-RBI nights from the third base spot

David Cone ties a National League mark for strikeouts as he fans 19 Phillies en route to a 7-0 victory in the season’s finale. The Mets right-hander finishes the campaign with a league-leading 241 strikeouts, making it second straight season he has led the circuit.

Mickey Morandini complete an unassisted triple play, The triple killing is the first in the National League since 1927

At Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium, the latest game in major league history ends at 4:40 am as relief pitcher Mitch Williams, in his first at-bat of the season, singles home the winning run

Expos OF Curtis Pride – who is mostly deaf – gets his first major league hit in Montreal’s 8 – 7, 12-inning win over the Phillies. The Phillies score all seven in the 6th when they knock out Dennis Martinez. Darren Daulton homers and Lenny Dykstra hits a triple in the frame. Mitch Williams walks two and gives up a hit in the 12th in losing. Tim Scott is the winner, striking out the side in the 12th.

At Veterans Stadium, the Phillies win the National League pennant by beating the Braves in Game 6 of the NLCS, 6-3. With Tommy Greene out-dueling Greg Maddux and the timely hitting of Darren Daulton, Dave Hollins, and Mickey Morandini, Philadelphia wins its third consecutive game to dethrone the defending champs.

Phillies push across five-run in 3rd to beat Toronto in Game 2

1993 – Devon White’s two-run triple caps a six-run 8th inning as Toronto rallies for a 15 – 14 victory over the Phillies and a 3-1 World Series lead. The 29 runs shatter the Series record of 22 set in Game 2 of the 1936 Series, when the Yankees beat the 1936 Giants, 18 – 4. It is also the longest nine-inning game in series history at 4 hours, 14 minutes.

Curt Schilling outduels Juan Guzman, 2 – 0, in Game 5 to send the World Series back to Toronto

Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a dramatic three-run homer against Mitch Williams of the Philadelphia Phillies to end the World Series

The Cleveland Indians trade pitcher Heathcliff Slocumb to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for outfielder Ruben Amaro, Jr.

Major League Season Recap 1993

Philadelphia Phillies standout Mike Schmidt is elected to the Hall of Fame. Schmidt

Darren Daulton tears the ACL in his right knee and will be out for the remainder of the season

The Philadelphia Phillies sign free agent catcher Lance Parrish.

The Braves defeat the Phillies, 11 – 3‚ behind Greg Maddux. Maddux hits a homer and two-run single in Atlanta’s 8-run 4th inning‚ becoming the first pitcher since Todd Stottlemyre in 1996 to get 2 hits in the same inning.

Paul Byrd of the Phillies plunks Braves catcher Eddie Perez on the back, precipitating a bench-clearing brawl between the two already unfriendly ball clubs. As the battle rages on, the two instigators are discovered praying together when the pitcher’s prayer for forgiveness is overheard by the angry batter.

Philadelphia Phillies purchase second baseman Mickey Morandini 

The Phillies defeat the Reds, 5 – 4, despite a grand slam by Cincinnati OF Alex Ochoa. Ochoa’s blast is the 142nd slam of the season, setting a new major league record. The Oakland A’s have hit 11, one shy of the record shared by the Braves (1997) and Indians (1999).

The Phillies hire Larry Bowa to manage the team, replacing the recently released Terry Francona

Rickey Henderson sets MLB walk record

Garry Maddox and Gavvy Cravath are inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame.

Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Scott Rolen avoids arbitration, signing the largest contract in team history, a $8.6 million, one-year deal.

The Red Sox acquire Jeremy Giambi from the Phillies for P Josh Hancock, 24

Due to a conflict with the major league schedule, the annual Hall of Fame Game will take place on a different weekend for the first time in the Hall’s history

Needing only 108 pitches, Kevin Millwood becomes the ninth pitcher in Phillies’ history to throw a no-hitter

Tug McGraw dies at the age of 59

Veterans Stadium is imploded early on a Sunday morning in Philadelphia Pennsylvania

The Phillies play their first game in Citizens Bank Park

A ten-foot bronze statue of Richie Ashburn is unveiled at Citizens Bank Park, the new home of the Phillies. Zenos Frudakis’s work of the five-time All-Star, located behind centerfield in Ashburn Alley, which features the team’s Walk of Fame.

2005 – The Washington Nationals franchise, formerly the Montreal Expos, lose their inaugural season opener bowing to the Philadelphia Phillies, 8 – 4. The franchise, which played its initial 36 years in Canada, becomes the first team to represent the nation’s capital since the Washington Senators left to become the Texas Rangers after the 1971 season.

David Wright’s seventh-inning grand slam at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park establishes a New York Mets club record for home runs hit in a game. 

Craig Biggio blasts a dramatic three-run homer off ex-Astro Billy Wagner with two outs in the ninth to stun the Phillies, 8-6

Pat Gillick signs with the Philadelphia Phillies

Oakland Athletics reliever Huston Street and Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard are named the American League and National League rookies of the year

Jimmy Rollins hits a double on opening day to extend his hitting streak to 37

Jimmy Rollins hitting streak halted at 38 games

Frank Robinson becomes the 53rd manager to win 1000 big league games

Chase Utley extends his hitting streak to 35 games

Ryan Howard belts three homers in the first game of a doubleheader, giving him 50 for the season

The Philadelphia Phillies clinch the National League East Division title with a 6 – 1 win over the Washington Nationals. The Phils’ Jimmy Rollins hits his 20th triple of the season, giving him 20 or more doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases. The only other players to do that in MLB history are Wildfire Schulte, Willie Mays and Curtis Granderson, who reached the marks earlier this season with the Detroit Tigers.

in 5 player deal Brad Lidge is dealt to the Phillies

Mark Kelly throws a one-hit shutout of the New South Wales Patriots 

Ryan Howard equals a new record for a first-time eligible player by winning a salary of $10 million through arbitration

Philadelphia Phillies edge the host Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the World Series, 3 – 2 behind a gem from Cole Hamels

The Phillies complete the first-ever suspended game in World Series history, playing three innings at Citizens Bank Park, beating the Rays, 4-3, in Game 5 to win the Fall Classic. The World Championship is only the team’s second in franchise history, and its first since 1980.

Major League Season RecapMajor League Baseball Season Recap 2008

Pat Burrell takes out ads in two of Philadelphia’s largest newspapers to thank Phillies fans for their support during his nine years with the team. The 32 year-old slugging outfielder signed a free-agent deal in the off-season with the Rays, the club the Phils beat in last season’s World Series.

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez, who last pitched in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, signs a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. The right-hander, who has been slowed by injuries the past three seasons, will first head to the disabled list and is not expected to play for another three weeks.

Matt Holliday collects four hits, drives in a run, and steals a base in his debut with St. Louis on the same day as the trade

The Phillies rally for three runs in the top of the ninth, beating the Rockies 5-4 in Game 4 of NLDS

The Phillies walkoff Dodgers to take 3 game to 1 stranglehold on the NLCS 

Phillies becomes the first National League team to repeat since the Braves won consecutive flags in 1995-96

Chase Utley homers twice and Cliff Lee beats CC Sabathia in game 1

The Yankees take a 3 games to 1 lead in the World Series with a 7 – 4 win over Philadelphia

Phillies send the World Series back to New York with an 8 – 6 win over the Yankees

In Game 6 of the Fall Classic, the Yankees captured their 27th World Championship and their first since 2000, with a 7-3 decision over the Phillies, the defending champs. Hideki Matsui, New York’s designated hitter, collects six RBIs, tying a World Series mark, and Andy Pettitte became the second pitcher to get the victory in all three postseason-clinching games, joining Derek Lowe, who accomplished the feat with Boston in 2004.

Major League Baseball 2009 Recap

Roy Halladay throws seven strong innings to lead the defending National League champions to an easy 11 – 1 win over Washington

Braves walkoff with late HR barrage

The Phillies sign their star first baseman Ryan Howard to a five-year contract extension worth between $125-138 million. The deal should help set the price-tag for three other first basemen who may become free agents at the end of the season, Adrian Gonzalez, Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols. However, Howard will go into rapid decline and his huge contract will prove to be an albatross for the Phils.

Jamie Moyer becomes the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a shutout

Roy Halladay pitches the 20th perfect game in Major League history

Daniel Nava hits a grandslam on first pitch he sees in MLB

Jamie Moyer serves up the 505th home run of his major league career

Braves reach post season for first time since 2005

Everyone gets booed in Philly – even robots

The Phillies defeat the Nationals, 9 – 3, as Hunter Pence hits a pair of two-run homers in support of Cole Hamels’ pitching. Washington’s sole highlight comes in the the 1st, when rookie Bryce Harper pulls off a steal of home on a pick-off throw to first; Harper had reached base on a hit-by-pitch which Hamels later admits was a deliberate gesture aimed at the phenom’s cocky attitude after barely a week in the bigs; he will be suspended for five games as a result. In the 6th inning, RF Jayson Werth breaks his wrist in attempting a sliding catch in the outfield and will be out until August, a tough break for the Nats who have managed to stay in first place in spite of the absence of two other key players, Ryan Zimmerman and Michael Morse, who are both injured.

Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announces Ryne Sandberg has been named as the interim manager of the team, replacing Charlie Manuel, who won more games than any other skipper in franchise history. During his nine seasons in the Philadelphia dugout, the 69 year-old, who had never been selected as the NL Manager of the Year, led the club to five consecutive division titles and a world championship in 2008.

Ryne Sandberg earns his first win as a manager when the Phillies stop the Dodgers’ ten-game winning streak, 3 – 2, as Michael Young drives in the winning run when SS Hanley Ramirez bobbles a potential inning-ending double play grounder with the bases loaded. Prior to the loss, the Dodgers had been just the third team since 1900 to win 42 of 50 games.

he Philadelphia Phillies become the eleventh team in baseball history to throw a combined no-hitter

Dustin Pedroia becomes just the 2nd – secondbaseman in history to hit 2 homeruns on opening day

2015 – Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg resigns in his third season with his team in last place.

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Dick Allen passes away at age 78