It happened on this day in:
1903: During the second game of a double-header against Boston, fans flocked to the top of the left field bleachers to see a disturbance outside the Baker Bowl. A section of walkway behind the seats that hung over the street collapsed, killing 12 and injuring more than 200.1915: Gavvy Cravath hit 4 doubles & drove in 8 in the Phils' 14-6 win over the Reds.
1922: Pittsburgh records a total of 46 hits in a double-header sweep of the Phillies. The Bucs piled up 27 hits in their 19-8 win in the first game, then added 19 hits in the 7-3 nightcap win.
1954: Granny Hamner, Danny Schell, and Herm Wehmeier each triple in the eighth inning, tying a NL record, The Phils beat Chicago 8-3.
1956: Ted Kazanski hits an inside-the-park grand slam at the Polo Grounds, as the Phils beat New York 8-3.
1968: Rick Wise threw a 1-hit, 1-0 victory over Dodgers in LA. Bart Shirley's single in the 3rd was the only hit for L.A. Dick Allen homered in the 8th for the Phillies' run.
1976: In the top of the 9th in St. Louis, Greg Luzinski singled, then manager Danny Ozark replaced him with pinch-runner Jim Kaat, the previous day's starting pitcher. After Jay Johnstone followed with a double, Ozark replaced Kaat with Johnny Oates, who scored the winning run on a sac fly.
1987: Granny Hamner is inducted into the Philadelphia Baseball Hall of Fame (later Wall of Fame)
1988: The Phils & Cubs started the first night game in Wrigley Field history, but the game was rained out with the Phils trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth before it could become official. Phil Bradley would have had the first night homer in Wrigley if the game had counted.
1996: The Phils fire AAA-Scranton/Wilkes-Barre manager Butch Hobson after he admitted to drug use in a plea bargain to charges filed after his May 4 arrest on cocaine possession during a Red Barons road trip.
1997: Mark Leiter gives up a home run to the Cards' Mark McGwire, McGwire's first since coming to the National League and 364th overall.
2000: Pitching in the 8th inning of a game at the Vet, Ed Vosberg has a giant dragonfly land on his hat and stay there while he faces 3 batters (walk, single, strikeout). The Phillies win 10-4
2008: Juan Samuel is inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1985: Traded Bo Diaz and Greg Simpson to Cincinnati for Tom Foley, Alan Kniceley, and a player to be named1992: Released Barry Jones
1995: Lost Mariano Duncan on waivers to Cincinnati
1995: Traded Dave Gallagher to California for Kevin Flora and a player to be named
1996: Signed free agent Jeff Parrett
2013: Claimed Casper Wells off waivers from Cleveland