Philadelphia Phillies in History (Part 2)

Events 101 - 200 of 320

• 1938-05-05 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Harold Kelleher pitcher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning
• 1938-07-04 Phillies complete move to Shribe Park in Philadelphia, lose 10-5 to Boston Bees
• 1939-06-01 First night MLB game takes place at Philadelphia's Shribe Park; Phillies lose 5-2 to Pittsburgh Pirates

• 1939-07-04 Red Sox 3rd baseman Jim Tabor hits record-tying 2 grand slams in one MLB game, 18-12 win v Phillies
• 1939-09-23 Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4
• 1941-03-08 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
• 1941-08-18 Phillies commit 8 errors in a baseball game
• 1941-09-28 Phillies lose club record 111th game
• 1942-02-09 Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
• 1943-02-09 National League of Baseball seeks a buyer for the Philadelphia Phillies as owner Gerry Nugent falls in arrears
• 1943-02-18 A syndicate headed by New York lumberman William D Cox buys MLB's Philadelphia Phillies for $850,000; 33 year-old Cox is youngest owner in baseball
• 1943-07-18 Giants and Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6
• 1943-11-23 Philadelphia Phillies owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team
• 1943-12-30 Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps & cash
• 1944-06-22 Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn

• 1945-09-01 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Vince DiMaggio smashes his 4th grand slam of season, tying NL record, in an 8-3 win v Boston Braves

• 1946-07-12 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
• 1948-01-29 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players

• 1948-06-18 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts debuts for the Philadelphia Phillies, taking a 2-0 loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Shibe Park, Philadelphia

• 1948-08-17 Phillies commit 8 errors in a baseball game for the 2nd time
• 1949-10-02 For first time in 41 years pennant races in both MLB leagues are decided on the final day of the season; (AL) Yankees upend rival Boston Red Sox, 5-3; (NL) Dodgers beat the Phillies, 9-7 for 97-57 record; Cardinals 96-58
• 1950-07-04 Boston Braves slugger Sid Gordon ties MLB season grand slam record (4) with a bases loaded hit vs Phillies
• 1950-10-01 Philadelphia Phillies clinch NL pennant on Dick Sisler's 3-run home run in a season ending 4-1 win v Brooklyn Dodgers; Phillies first pennant since 1913
• 1950-10-03 Philadelphia Phillies choose not to request MLB rule on eligibility of star left-hander Curt Simmons to play in World Series despite being on furlough from Army; Phillies swept, 4-0 by NY Yankees
• 1950-10-07 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to sweep series, 4-0 for 13th WS title in team history; MVP: NY 2B Jerry Coleman
• 1950-11-09 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
• 1951-06-04 Pirate's' Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4
• 1951-08-11 NY Giants lose 4-0 to Philadelphia Phillies at the Polo Grounds, NYC to go 13½ games behind Brooklyn Dodgers; go on to win NL pennant with 98-59-0 record
• 1953-04-16 Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Connie Ryan bats 6 from 6 in a 14-12 defeat against the Pirates at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
• 1953-05-16 Philadelphia Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a lead-off single, then retires next 27 in a row in 3-0 win over Braves at County Stadium in Milwaukee
• 1953-07-05 Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts hurls his 28th consecutive MLB complete game in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh
• 1953-07-09 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
• 1954-06-12 Milwaukee Braves spot starting pitcher Jim Wilson throws first no-hitter in history of County Stadium when he blanks Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0
• 1954-07-18 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
• 1954-08-31 Cincinnati 1st baseman Ted Kluszewski hits 2 HRs in a 9-3 loss v Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia; 1st Redleg to ever hit 40 MLB HRs, en route to season total 49
• 1954-09-08 With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks
• 1954-12-10 Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
• 1954-12-11 Philadelphia Phillies owners reluctantly purchase Connie Mack Stadium (Shibe Park) from the A's
• 1955-06-19 Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs, 1-0 in 15 innings; ties longest shutout in club history
• 1955-07-22 Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3 to complete a team record 11-game winning streak; longest win-streak since 1892
• 1956-04-19 1st MLB baseball game in New Jersey - Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City
• 1956-09-25 Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0
• 1956-09-30 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR
• 1957-04-22 All NL baseball teams integrate, John Irwin Kennedy becomes the 1st Black player for the Philadelphia Phillies
• 1957-08-17 Baseball player Richie Ashburn fouls and hits fan Alice Roth twice in the same game at bat playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1st hit breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher
• 1957-09-03 Brooklyn Dodgers play their final game in Jersey City, a 3-2 loss v Philadelphia Phillies; 11-4 record in New Jersey
• 1957-11-07 Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1958-01-21 Phillies agree to televise 78 games into NYC (doesn't happen)
• 1959-04-16 MLB Philadelphia Phillies' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit, having ended the previous season with a streak of 8

• 1959-06-28 Philadelphia Phillies' Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice, in a 6-0 loss to Giants at Seals Stadium, San Francisco, California

• 1960-05-13 Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game

• 1960-08-18 Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 at County Stadium, Milwaukee

• 1960-09-25 Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses
• 1961-06-23 Philadelphia Phillies overcome 9 run deficit; trailing 11-2 after 7 innings, score 4 in 8th and 6 in 9th to beat Pirates, 12-11 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

• 1961-07-29 Philadelphia Phillies lose, 4-3 to SF Giants at Connie Mack Stadium; 1st of MLB record 23 straight defeats
• 1961-08-14 Philadelphia Phillies crash, 9-2 to Chicago Cubs for 17th straight defeat; 11th straight time opposing pitcher throws complete game against Phillies
• 1961-08-20 Philadelphia Phillies beat Milwaukee Braves, 7-4 at County Stadium; end losing streak with dubious MLB record of 23 straight loses
• 1962-03-10 Due to its no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida
• 1962-03-21 Philadelphia Phillies retire pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36
• 1962-06-15 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win
• 1963-05-17 Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1
• 1963-06-27 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but teammate centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games
• 1963-09-10 Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0
• 1963-09-18 Final MLB game at Polo Grounds, New York City; 1,752 see Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets 5-1
• 1964-05-17 Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s
• 1964-06-04 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax tosses his 3rd career no-hitter; beats Phillies, 3-0 in Philadelphia

• 1964-08-15 MLB Philadelphia Phillies turn triple-play in 8-1 over Mets at Shea Stadium, NYC
• 1964-09-26 Braves (25) & Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn
• 1964-09-27 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place

• 1965-04-12 1st regular season MLB game at Houston Astrodome; visiting Philadelphia Phillies beat Astros 2-0
• 1965-05-29 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium
• 1965-07-29 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10)
• 1965-09-10 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards
• 1965-09-29 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game & 6 times in one season
• 1966-10-02 Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax wins his 27th game of the season, 6-3 v Philadelphia Phillies; clinches Dodgers 3rd National League pennant in 4 years
• 1967-06-20 Phillies Larry Jackson beats NY Mets for 18th straight time
• 1967-06-30 Philadelphia Phillies utility man Cookie Rojas pitches a scoreless 9th inning in 12-3 loss to SF Giants; Rojas had now played all 9 positions since arriving in MLB in 1963
• 1967-09-22 Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
• 1967-09-27 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
• 1968-07-29 Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1
• 1969-04-09 Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
• 1969-04-17 Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0
• 1969-08-03 Cincinnati Reds with 25 hits & 10 runs in 5th edge Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 at Connie Mack Stadium
• 1970-07-20 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks

• 1970-08-28 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
• 1970-10-01 Phillies beat Montreal Expos, 2-1 in final game played at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia; fans swarm onto field and destroy it after the game
• 1971-04-10 Philadelphia Phillies open their new home, Veterans Stadium, with a 4-1 win over the Montreal Expos; 55,352, largest ever crowd to watch a MLB game in Pennsylvania
• 1971-06-23 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Reds, and hits 2 HR's and 3 RBI in 4-0 win at Cincinnati

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Birthdays 101 - 123 of 123

• 1970-02-13 Kevin Stocker, American baseball infielder (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Spokane, Washington
• 1970-02-18 Tyler Green, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Springfield, Ohio
• 1970-10-08 David Doster, American baseball infielder (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• 1970-12-03 Paul Byrd, American baseball pitcher and broadcaster (MLB All Star 1999; Philadelphia Phillies; Fox Sports Southeast), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• 1971-01-19 Jeff Juden, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, SF Giants), born in Salem, Massachusetts
• 1971-02-10 Kevin Sefcik, American infielder (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Oaklawn, Illinois
• 1971-07-30 Ron Blazier, American MLB pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania
• 1972-01-18 Mike Lieberthal, American MLB catcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Glendale, California
• 1972-03-25 Howard Battle, American MBA player (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Biloxi, Mississippi
• 1972-04-15 Ricky Otero, Vega Baja Puerto Rico, outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
• 1972-09-14 David Bell, American baseball infielder (St Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies) and manager (Cincinnati Reds), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1974-03-11 Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan MLB baseball outfielder, 1996-2014, 2X All-Star (Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and four other teams), born in Turmero, Aragua, Venezuela
• 1974-07-21 Geoff Jenkins, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 2003; World Series 2008; Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Olympia, Washington
• 1977-05-14 Roy Halladay, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star, Cy Young Award 2003, 10; perfect game 2010; postseason no-hitter 2010; Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Denver Colorado (d. 2017)
• 1977-11-08 Nick Punto, American MLB baseball player, 2001-14 (Philadelphia Phillies; Minnesota Twins, and 4 other teams), born in San Diego, California
• 1978-12-17 Chase Utley, American MLB second baseman, 2003-18, 6X All-Star (Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers), and baseball ambassador, born in Pasadena, California
• 1979-11-19 Ryan Howard, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Florissant, Missouri
• 1980-09-04 Pat Neshek, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 2014 St. Louis Cardinals, 2017 Philadelphia Phillies), born in Madison, Wisconsin
• 1983-12-27 Cole Hamels, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2007, 11, 12, 16; World Series MVP & NLCS MVP 2008 Philadelphia Phillies; pitched no-hitter 2015 Texas Rangers), born in San Diego, California
• 1991-03-18 J.T. Realmuto, American MLB baseball catcher, 2014-present, 3X All-Star (Florida Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Del City, Oklahoma
• 1992-03-04 Nick Castellanos, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 2021, 23; Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds; AL triples leader 2017 Detroit Tigers), born in Davie, Florida

• 1993-03-05 Kyle Schwarber, MLB baseball outfielder, 2015- (Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and 2 other teams), born in Middletown, Ohio

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