It happened on this day in:
1894: Billy Hamilton steals seven bases in an eight-inning victory against Washington. He stole second base four times and third three times.1920: After learning of suspicious gambling activity related to the day's game against the Phillies, Cubs president Bill Veech scratches scheduled starter Claude Hendrix in favor of Pete Alexander. Thanks in part to a timely error, the Phillies won 3-0. Veech later reports that he had received numerous telegrams suggesting the game had been fixed in favor of the Phillies. A resulting grand jury investigation uncovered the plot the fix the 1919 World Series.
1950: The Phillies first charter flight took place on a TWA Constellation that flew from St. Louis to Boston. The flight hit turbulence in a thunderstorm, throwing a scare into the team, many of whom had never flown before. Press reports of the incident prompted a call to the team hotel by TWA head Howard Hughes.
1956: When announced starting pitcher Harvey Haddix has to withdraw with back spasms, infielder Granny Hamner steps in as the emergency starter. He goes 4 1/3 innings, giving up 4 runs on 9 hits and taking the loss. He also had two relief appearances that year, taking the loss each time.
1979: The Phils fired manager Danny Ozark, and replaced him with Dallas Green. Ozark steered the club to a 594-510-1 record and three division titles. Green was in charge of the club's minor leagues and scouting and formerly pitched for the team.
1981: The Phillies' single-A team from Spartansburg defeats Macon 28 to 4 in the last game of the Southern Atlantic League season.
2006: In the 4th inning of a game at Washington's RFK stadium, Ryan Howard takes Pedro Astacio deep for his 49th home run of the year, breaking the team record set by Mike Schmidt.
2007: Kane Davis entered the game for the Phillies in the eighth inning. He was the 28th pitcher used by the Phils that season, setting a new team record.
2011: Cliff Lee earns the win in a 3-0 shutout of Cincinnati. He finished the month a 5-0 record and 0.45 ERA. In June he also went 5-0 with a 0.21 ERA. Only two other pitchers had seasons with two months of 5 or more wins, no losses, and and ERA under 0.50: Walter Johnson in 1913 and Bob Gibson in 1968.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1953: Purchased Johnny Lindell from Pittsburgh1981: Released Nino Espinosa
1982: Purchased Bob Molinaro from Chicago (NL)
1983: Traded four players to be named to San Diego for Sexto Lezcano and a player to be named
2003: Traded Eric Valent to Cincinnati for Kelly Stinnett.
2007: Traded Russell Branyan to St. Louis for a player to be named.
2013: Traded John McDonald to Boston for Nefi Ogando and Michael Young and cash to Los Angeles for Rob Rasmussen
2014: Traded John Mayberry, Jr. to Toronto for Gustavo Pierre
2017: Claimed Juan Nicasio off waivers from Pittsburgh
2022: Traded minor leaguer Karl Ellison to Toronto for Vinny Nittoli