It happened on this day in:
1913: Club president William Locke dies of a heart attack in Ventnor, N.J. He had been at the shore recuperating from a series of illnesses.1942: A Danny Litwhiler HR in the second inning puts the Phillies on the board in game that resulted in a 5-2 loss to New York. The good news was that it broke a streak of three games in which the Phils were shut out.
1952: Willie "Puddinhead" Jones is charged with an error, ending his streak of 62 errorless games, a record for National League third-basemen. The Phils won the game 5-3 over the Braves.
1981: Mike Schmidt connects for career home run #300 off of New York's Mike Scott. The second-inning blast nearly cleared the visitors' bullpen in Shea Stadium and paced the Phillies to an 8-4 win.
1982: Pete Rose flied out to left to lead off a game in Montreal, but the at-bat moved him ahead of Hank Aaron on the all-time at-bat list with 12,365.
1984: Juan Samuel steals his 56th base of the year, breaking the team record set by Sherry Magee in the deadball era.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1961: Traded Darrell Johnson to Cincinnati for cash1973: Traded a player to be named to California for Billy Grabarkewitz and two players to be named
1998: Claimed Paul Byrd on waivers from Atlanta
2013: Released Delmon Young
2018: Lost Jake Thompson off waivers to Milwaukee