It happened on this day in:
1927: Burt Shotten is named manager, replacing Stuffy McInnis, who put up a 51-103-1 record in his only season as manager. Shotten previously managed in Syracuse.1932: The Phillies announced the resignation of team President Louis Ruch due to ill health. He was succeeded by the club's business manager, Gerald Nugent.
1957: Jack Sanford wins the NL Rookie of the Year Award, beating out another Phillie, Ed Bouchee. Sanford won 19 games and led the league in strikeouts.
2000: Scott Rolen wins his second gold glove
2002: The Phillies spend the day wooing free agent Jim Thome with a tour of Veterans' Stadium by Tug McGraw and a standing ovation at a Flyers game. The most effective sales pitch, however, may have been an imprompto meeting with union electricians working on Citizens Bank Park wearing white hard hats that said "Philadelphia Wants Jim Thome."
2005: Ryan Howard is chosen National League Rookie of the Year, Howard batted .288 with 22 home runs and 63 RBI, and received 19 of 32 first-place votes and 109 points.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1955: Signed free agent Wally Westlake1973: Traded Bill Wilson to Milwaukee for Frank Linzy
1979: Released Tim McCarver
2007: Traded Michael Bourn, Geoff Geary, and Mike Costanzo to Houston for Brad Lidge and Eric Bruntlett