It happened on this day in:
1922: The Phillies named shortstop Art Fletcher manager after former Pittsburgh skipper Hugo Bezdek turns down an offer, opting to keep his current job as Athletic Director at Penn State. He replaced "Kaiser" Wilhelm, who managed an 83-137-1 record.2014: A panel of judges reviewing potential Hall of Fame inductees from baseball's "Golden Era" reviews the qualifications of 10 candidates but none receive enough support to be selected. Dick Allen and Tony Oliva came closest to being picked, netting 11 of the 12 minimum required votes.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1977: Traded Tom Hutton to Toronto for cash1980: Lost George Bell to Toronto, Orlando Sanchez to St. Louis, and Jim Wright to Kansas City in the Rule 5 draft
1981: Traded Keith Moreland, Dan Larson and Dickie Noles to Chicago (NL) for Mike Krukow and cash
1986: Released Jeff Bittiger
1987: Signed free agent Bob Dernier
1988: Traded Phil Bradley to Baltimore Ken Howell and Gordon Dillard
1991: Traded Von Hayes to California for Kyle Abbott and Ruben Amaro, Jr.
1992: Signed free agent Pete Incaviglia
1992: Traded Graeme Lloyd to Milwaukee for John Trisler
2004: Signed free agent Jon Lieber
2005: Received Gio Gonzalez from Chicago (AL) to complete the 11/25/2005 trade for Jim Thome & traded cash to Detroit for Chris Booker (a Rule 5 draft selection)
2011: Signed free agent Laynce Nix
2016: Lost Hoby Milner on waivers to Cleveland
2022: Signed Trea Turner to an 11-year contract