It happened on this day in:
1937: St. Louis Cardinal Joe Medwick leads his team's 20-hit attack with 2 doubles and 2 homers in a 15-3 victory over the Phillies.1945: Pittsburgh left fielder Jim Russell hits a ball out of Shibe Park. His blast cleared the right field fence, bouncing off of the roof of a house facing 20th street onto the roof of a another house facing Opal Street. The solo shot accounted for the Pirates' last run in a 5-3 win over the Phillies.
1995: No one pays to see the Phils beat the Astros 5-2 at the Astrodome -- because Houston gave away all 54,350 tickets.
2005: Bobby Abreu hits a home run in his 5th straight game, matching the team record held by Dick Allen and Mike Schmidt.
2009: Jayson Werth ties a team record with 4 stolen bases in a game. Three of the steals came in the same inning, in which he stole second, third, and home.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1951: Signed free agent Blix Donnelly1952: Traded Del Wilber to Boston (AL) for cash
1959: Traded Seth Morehead to Chicago (NL) for Taylor Phillips
1960: Traded Dave Philley to San Francisco for cash
1960: Traded Valmy Thomas to Baltimore for cash
1980: Received Stan Papi from Boston to complete the 3/30/1980 trade for Dave Rader
2012: Traded CF Scott Podsednik to Boston for cash.