Philadelphia Phillies in History (Part 3)

Events 201 - 300 of 320

• 1971-07-11 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row

• 1971-09-05 NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet

• 1972-04-16 Chicago Cubs rookie pitcher Burt Hooton hurls a 4-0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field, Chicago
• 1972-04-17 Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats
• 1972-08-17 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game

• 1972-10-03 Future Baseball Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher Steve Carlton wins 27th game as Philadelphia beats Cubs, 11-1 at Wrigley Field; almost half Phillies 59 season wins
• 1972-11-02 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton is unanimously selected National League Cy Young Award winner; wins 27 games for Phillies, who as a team win only 59 games
• 1973-05-04 Longest baseball game in Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 innings

• 1973-07-21 Braves Hank Aaron hits Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR, in Atlanta
• 1973-12-07 Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Phillies

• 1974-09-13 Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17
• 1975-04-26 MLB Philadelphia Phillies slugger Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs in 7-3 win over Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh ties NL record of 11 HRs in April
• 1975-08-05 Philadelphia Phillies create MLB record when first 8 batters get hits off Bill Bonham, beat Cubs 13-5
• 1975-09-26 Phillies & NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM
• 1976-04-17 NL greatest comeback: trailing 12-1, Philadelphia Phillies beat Chicago Cubs, 18-16 in 10 innings at Wrigley Field; Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
• 1976-09-26 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title
• 1976-10-12 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 0
• 1977-08-10 Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM
• 1977-09-27 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
• 1977-10-08 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
• 1977-10-08 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1
• 1977-11-02 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton wins his second Cy Young Award, outpointing Tommy John of the LA Dodgers; Carlton leads National League with 23 wins and posts 2.64 ERA

• 1978-04-25 Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
• 1978-06-03 Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year
• 1978-07-23 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th MLB pitcher to win 200
• 1978-09-30 Cleveland, Houston, NY, Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title
• 1978-09-30 Phillies clinch NL East title
• 1978-10-07 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1

• 1979-05-17 Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs
• 1979-06-09 MLB Phillies wear all-burgundy alternate uniforms for 1st and (almost) last time in 10-5 loss to Montreal Expos at Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia; revived 40 years later as part of a "retro night" promotion [1]
• 1979-08-02 MLB New York Mets purchase contract of outfielder José Cardenal from Philadelphia Phillies between games of a double-header between the two teams
• 1979-08-05 Philadelphia Phillies 3rd baseman Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single in a 5-2 home loss vs Pirates
• 1979-08-11 Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year
• 1979-09-22 Montreal Expo Larry Parrish HRs off Phillies Rawly Eastwick in DH
• 1980-04-26 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter, in 7-0 win over St. Louis Cardinals, at Veterans Stadium; 1st National League to record 6 1-hitters
• 1980-05-04 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
• 1980-05-11 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
• 1980-06-09 Phillies and SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
• 1980-07-06 MLB Philadelphia Phillies starter Steve Carlton fans 7 Cardinals to reach 2,836 strikeouts, the most by a left-handed pitcher in MLB history
• 1980-09-30 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• 1980-10-04 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt's 2-run homer off Stan Bahnsen in 11th inning gives Philadelphia, 6-4 win v Montreal and NL East title; Schmidt's 48th of the season; breaks Eddie Mathews' single-season MLB record for 3rd basemen
• 1980-10-12 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Astros, 3 games to 2
• 1980-10-21 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia Phillies beat KC Royals, 4-1 at Veterans Stadium to secure series, 4-2; first championship in franchise history; MVP: Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt
• 1980-10-21 Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history
• 1980-11-04 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Award
• 1981-04-29 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters
• 1981-08-29 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))

• 1981-11-18 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP

• 1982-04-24 Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies
• 1982-06-22 MLB Philadelphia Phillies infielder Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd career hit, moves past Hank Aaron into 2nd place
• 1982-08-14 Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)
• 1982-10-26 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards
• 1983-05-20 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs

• 1983-07-18 Despite being in 1st place tie in NL East, Philadelphia Phillies (43-42) fire manager Pat Corrales, replacing him with GM Paul Owens, eventually getting to World Series (losing to Baltimore)
• 1983-09-23 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game, beating Cardinals 6-2 in St. Louis
• 1983-10-08 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 3 games to 1
• 1983-10-16 Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0 for 4 games to 1 series victory; MVP: Baltimore catcher Rick Dempsey
• 1984-05-16 MLB Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer off Fernando Valenzuela, in 7-2 win against Dodgers, in Los Angeles
• 1984-09-26 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• 1986-05-07 Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires
• 1986-06-25 MLB Philadelphia Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release
• 1986-08-14 Phillies & Pirates play a 6 game series in 4 days

• 1986-11-19 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP
• 1987-07-12 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief

• 1988-05-20 Philadelphia Phillies Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place
• 1988-07-26 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM
• 1988-08-06 Rich Gossage becomes the second player in MLB history to record 300 career saves as Cubs beat Phillies, 7-4
• 1988-08-08 Cubs & Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1
• 1989-05-29 Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt retires from MLB at 39
• 1989-06-08 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season
• 1989-07-06 Ex-Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt becomes the first retired MLB player to be named to start the All Star game; he elects not to play
• 1989-07-29 MLB Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's # 32
• 1990-05-26 Philadelphia Phillies retire future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
• 1991-05-06 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
• 1991-05-23 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tommy Greene no-hits Montreal Expos, 2-0

• 1993-07-07 Lenny Dykstra hits bases loaded 2-run double to end Phillies 7, LA Dodgers 6 in 20 innings in Philadelphia
• 1993-10-13 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
• 1993-10-20 Highest scoring, longest lasting World Series game - Toronto Blue Jays score 6 runs in 8th inning to defeat Philadelphia Phillies 15-14, in 4 hr-14 min slugfest at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia

• 1994-01-12 Lefthanded pitcher Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1994-07-31 New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
• 1995-01-08 Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star third baseman Mike Schmidt is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1999-09-04 MLB's Cincinnati Reds set a National League record with 9 home runs as they rout the Philadelphia Phillies, 22-3
• 2000-04-07 1st regular season MLB game at Enron Field (now Minute Maid Park) in Houston, Texas; visiting Philadelphia Phillies beat Astros 4-1, Phillies third baseman Scott Rolen hits first homer at new park
• 2005-04-05 The Washington Nationals lose their inaugural season opener, 8-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies; first team to represent the nation's capital since the Washington Senators left after the 1971 season
• 2007-07-15 MLB Philadelphia Phillies lose to visiting St. Louis Cardinals, 10-2 to become the first franchise in major American sport with 10,000 all-time losses
• 2008-10-15 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1

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