It happened on this day in:
1890: Manager Harry Wright returns to the dugout after missing more than two months due to blindness.1894: The stands at the Phillies' wooden home park burn down the morning before an afternoon game. They are partially rebuilt in time for a game on August 18, and eventually fully rebuilt with brick and steel
1960: Robin Roberts records a complete game, 3-1 victory over Los Angeles. He allows 13 hits, all of which were singles.
1971: In the 8th inning of a game against Pittsburgh, skipper Frank Lucchesi moved right-handed pitcher Bill Wilson to third base and sent lefty Joe Hoerner to the mound to face lefty Willie Stargell. The Phillies were ahead 3-2 at the time, with the bases were empty and one out. Hoerner struck out Stargell and Wilson pitched the rest of the game
1974: The Phils beat the Cubs 8-3, and record only a single assist in the process. It was the sixth time the Phils completed a game with only one assist
1988: Goose Gossage picked up his 300th save in the Cubs' 7-4 victory over the Phils.
2012: More than 41,000 fans attend the night's game against Atlanta, but it's not enough to qualify as a sell-out. They had sold out the previous 257 games, dating back to July 2009. At the time, only Cleveland had run up a longer sell-out streak.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1978: Traded Davey Johnson to Chicago (NL) for Larry Anderson1997: Released Derrick May
2008: Released John Ennis
2016: Released Andrew Bailey
2022: Released Odubel Herrera