Today in Phillies History for June 15th

It happened on this day in:

1926: The Phillies earn an 8-1 victory over Chicago, but could have had more -- they stranded 17 runners during the game. They worked 10 walks and 14 hits, only 2 of which went to extra bases.
1952: In the second game of a double-header in Pittsburgh, Granny Hamner was on third with one out when Smoky Burgess hit a pop foul in front of the Phillies dugout. The ball was fielded by Pittsburgh's catcher, but no one covered home, so Hamner scored, giving Burgess an RBI. The Phils won 6-3.
1965: Even though the Phillies finished tied for second in 1964, skipper Gene Mauch was chosen to lead the 1965 National League All-star team. Johnny Keane, manager of the 1964 champion Cardinals, moved over to the American League Yankees in 1965. NL president Warren Giles decided it was best to keep his stars in the hands of an NL manager and picked Mauch.
1968: After guiding the team through more than 1300 games, manager Gene Mauch is fired over escalating disagreements with Dick Allen. Bob Skinner is named as his replacement. Mauch's career record was 64465-684-2. Skinner had been managing AAA San Diego.
1991: Pitching the fourth inning against Cincinnati, Andy Ashby struck out the side on just nine pitches. It was only the 12th time in National League history that it had been accomplished, and the first time by a Phillies pitcher.
2001: Gary Maddox and Gavvy Cravath were inducted into the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

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Phillies Transactions on this Day

1933: Traded Hal Lee and Pinky Whitney to Boston (NL) for Fritz Knothe, Wes Schulmerich and cash
1940: Traded Morrie Arnovich to Cincinnati for Johnny Rizzo
1945: Traded Johnny Peacock to Brooklyn for Ben Chapman
1946: Purchased Charlie Gilbert from Chicago (NL)
1952: Traded Tommy Brown to Chicago (NL) for cash
1954: Traded Karl Drews to Cincinnati for cash
1955: Traded Earl Torgeson to Detroit for cash
1960: Traded Wally Post, Harry Anderson and Fred Hopke to Cincinnati for Lee Walls and Tony Gonzalez
1962: Signed minor-league free agent Ferguson Jenkins
1972: Traded Joe Hoerner and Andre Thornton to Atlanta for Jim Nash and Gary Neibauer
1977: Traded Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg and Rick Bosetti to St. Louis for Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury
1977: Traded Wayne Twitchell and Tim Blackwell to Montreal for Barry Foote and Dan Warthen
1978: Traded Gene Garber to Atlanta for Dick Ruthven
1982: Traded Dick Davis to Toronto for Wayne Nordhagen, then swapped Nordhagen to Pittsburgh for Bill Robinson
2021: Purchased the contract of Brock Stassi from Long Island (Atlantic League.)