Philadelphia Phillies Timeline

1915 Oct 8
to 1915 Oct 13
 1915 World Series
In the 1915 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies four games to one. In their only World Series before 1950, the Phillies won Game 1 before being swept the rest...
1950 Oct 4
to 1950 Oct 7
 1950 World Series
The 1950 World Series was the 47th World Series between the American and National Leagues for the championship of Major League Baseball. The Philadelphia Phillies as 1950 champions of the...
1964 Jun 21 Jim Bunning Pitches a Perfect Game
James Paul David "Jim" Bunning (born October 23, 1931) is an American politician and former pitcher in Major League Baseball. Bunning pitched in the Major Leagues for 17 seasons, most ...
1980 Oct 14
to 1980 Oct 21
 1980 World Series
The 1980 World Series matched the Philadelphia Phillies against the Kansas City Royals, with the Phillies winning in six games to capture the first of two World Series titles in franchise...
1983 Oct 11
to 1983 Oct 16
 1983 World Series
The 1983 World Series matched the American League champion Baltimore Orioles against the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, with the Orioles winning four games to one. "The I...
1983 Oct 16 Baltimore Orioles Beat Philadelphia Phillies in World Series
The 1983 World Series matched the American League champion Baltimore Orioles against the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, with the Orioles winning four games to one. "The I...
1993 Oct 16
to 1993 Oct 23
 1993 World Series
The 1993 World Series was the second Series in a row with games played in Canada as well as the second Series to be won by a Canadian team. It pitted the defending champion Toronto Blue ...
2004 Jun 25 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 12-1
Rampant unrest in the Nation. A 25-25 record since May Day. Three consecutive series losses. Sitting second in the American League East, nearer to Tampa Bay than New York. The prospect of...
2004 Jun 26 Philadelphia Phillies defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-2
For weeks Red Sox fans heard, "Wait until Nomar and Trot get back." OK, they're back. Bill Mueller and Ellis Burks are pretty close, and when they return, well, who knows how explosive th...
2004 Jun 27 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 12-3
The prize hitter, Carlos Beltran, has gone to Houston, and now the prize pitcher, Freddy Garcia, has gone to the Chicago White Sox. Garcia yesterday was dealt from Seattle, along with ...
2005 Jun 24 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 8-0
PHILADELPHIA -- The high school reunion analogy works perfectly. Terry Francona was the teen geek -- white socks, ear-to-ear zits, a pocket protector. He was bullied and wedgied and th...
2005 Jun 25 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-1
The long ball is dead. Long live the long ball. You may want to rethink all that stuff you heard about the incredibly shrinking slugger and the reemergence of ''small ball" in the wake...
2005 Jun 26 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 12-8
PHILADELPHIA -- He's one of the only remaining Sox players who can still provide ammo for the fellowship of the miserable. Oh, there's still some local grumbling about Keith Foulke, Alan ...
2006 May 19 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-3
PHILADELPHIA -- As David Ortiz tells it, two of the little guys in the Red Sox dugout, Alex Cora and Alex Gonzalez, were pondering the magnitude of Ortiz's home run last night into the se...
2006 May 20 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 8-4
PHILADELPHIA -- David Wells turned 43 yesterday, and while he said he feels 10 years older, his mouth hasn't slowed down a bit, as he demonstrated anew in a 30-minute group interview in w...
2006 May 21 Philadelphia Phillies defeat Boston Red Sox, 10-5
PHILADELPHIA -- Understudy to David Wells? The role calls for a lefthanded Bluto or Blutarski, a Chris Farley, or a Jack Black. But for the better part of seven weeks, that job has fal...
2006 Jun 23 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 10-2
2006 Jun 24 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-3
2006 Jun 26 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 8-7
When Mark Loretta arrived at first base in the bottom of the 12th inning, drawing a walk from Phillies righthander Clay Condrey with Kevin Youkilis already on second and the score tied, h...
2008 Jun 16 Philadelphia Phillies defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-2
PHILADELPHIA - Terry Francona, anticipating his return to where he was run out of town as a manager, cracked prior to his arrival, "They're probably going to have a parade for me." But...
2008 Jun 17 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0
PHILADELPHIA - David Wells, the corpulent and caustic lefthander who went through life with unbuttoned jersey and untethered tongue (right, Bud Selig?), took one look at this place when h...
2008 Jun 18 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-4
PHILADELPHIA --Eleven years later, J.D. Drew gets the same welcome whenever he visits the City of Brotherly Love: "Booooooo!" The jeers only got louder each time he got a hit. Drew ...
2008 Jul 4 Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets, 3-2
PHILADELPHIA - For $137.5 million, the Mets expect Johan Santana to hold a two-run lead, even on a night when he gets little support. But that's exactly what he couldn't do Friday nigh...
2008 Sep 7 New York Mets defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 6-3
The Phillies were threatening to sweep the Mets and make this feel eerily like September 2007, when Jerry Manuel was asked between games of Sunday's doubleheader what type of pressure Joh...
2008 Oct 22
to 2008 Oct 27
 2008 World Series
2008 World Series Worst to first easily describes the Tampa Bay Rays who finished in last place during the 2007 regular season, but made it to the Fall Classic in an exciting Cinderall...
2009 Apr 13 Harry Kalas, long-time Phillies announcer, dies at age 73
WASHINGTON - Legendary Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas has died. He was 73. "We lost our voice today," team president David Montgomery said. "He knows the game and made a tremendous c...
2009 Apr 21 Philadelphia Phillies defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 11-4
Philadelphia - As the Milwaukee Brewers sat in the visiting clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park during a prolonged rain delay in the seventh inning Tuesday night, they had time to ponder the ...
2009 Apr 22 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 3-1
Philadelphia - When Todd Coffey finally surrendered a run in a Milwaukee uniform in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday night, you had to wonder if the Brewers were being set up for ...
2009 Apr 23 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 6-1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) After spending a few days relaxing at his parents' suburban house, Dave Bush dominated at the Phillies' home. Bush held Philadelphia hitless for 7 1-3 innings before ...
2009 May 1 New York Mets defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-4
PHILADELPHIA - Omar Minaya went into damage-control mode an hour before the Mets opened their series against the Phillies, trying to massage remarks he made to Fox Sports.com that suggest...
2009 May 2 Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets, 6-5
PHILADELPHIA - The rainout of the Mets-Phillies series finale Sunday did little to wash away the stench of Oliver Perez's Saturday outing. Now the question becomes what to do with Perez, ...
2009 May 4 Philadelphia Phillies defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 6-1
Any concerns about what was happening in the game Monday vanished as soon as Rick Ankiel crashed into the center-field wall and his teammates raced to where he lay motionless. Outfield...
2009 May 5 Philadelphia Phillies defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 10-7
In a three-hour slog of sloppy play and sluggish pace, the Philadelphia Phillies showed the Cardinals that when neither team has pitching, the one with power wins. For the second conse...
2009 May 7 New York Mets defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-5
Who needs Manny Ramirez, anyway? Omar Minaya insisted all winter that the Mets had no plans to splurge for the now-suspended slugger, and they hammered that point home in multiple ways...
2009 May 22 Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Yankees, 7-3
When the Phillies rolled into the Bronx Friday night, there were three things on their To-Do List: Check out the new Yankee Stadium, use batting practice to learn more about the home run ...
2009 May 23 New York Yankees defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4
A.J. Burnett didn't play in Saturday's game, but he delivered the exclamation point, splattering whipped-cream pies in the faces of both Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano after the two comb...
2009 May 24 Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Yankees, 4-3
Brad Lidge began the year as the best closer in baseball, the closest thing you'd find to a guaranteed win following a perfect 2008 season in which he converted all of his 48 save opportu...
2009 Jun 9 New York Mets defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 6-5
Philly had to love its chances for victory Tuesday night. Only once in his career has Mets ace Johan Santana allowed four home runs in a game. That occurred on July 23, 2007, when Toro...
2009 Jun 10 Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets, 5-4
Mike Pelfrey was so frustrated with Chase Utley in the sixth inning that he barked at the Phillies' star, "Get back in the box!" By the end of the night, Utley had upset every other Met, ...
2009 Jun 11 Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets, 6-3
Outside the Mets' clubhouse late Thursday night, after the team had blown a second straight extra-inning game to the Phillies, 6-3, you got the feeling that maybe this was finally the tip...
2009 Jun 12 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2
PHILADELPHIA - It came down to "our bullpen is better than your bullpen." In fact, the Red Sox are going to win that battle most of the time during the 2009 season. For despite squande...
2009 Jun 12 Red Sox beat Phillies in interleague play, 5 - 2 in game 61 of season
The Interleague series opener at Citizens Bank Park was all about Jon Lester's dominance -- until the ninth, with the southpaw out and the 'pen up against Ryan Howard. The slugger sent it...
2009 Jun 13 Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 11-6
PHILADELPHIA - Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched last Sunday, and then the Red Sox had five pretty much perfect days. They embarrassed their rivals, vaulted to first in their division, beat the w...
2009 Jun 13 In game 62 of season, the Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 11 - 6
I didn't get to tune in to the game until after 9:00. So it worked out that there was a long rain delay. When I heard we scored five runs on three Philly errors in the first, it was a bit...
2009 Jun 14 Philadelphia Phillies defeat Boston Red Sox, 11-6
PHILADELPHIA - Josh Beckett's starts over the past month had turned into more exhibitions than contests. His dominance could be savored, but it squeezed any drama out of the game. Yesterd...
2009 Jun 14 Red Sox lose 11 - 6 to Phillies in game 63 of season
After giving up four runs in the fifth inning, Josh Beckett answered with a solo shot in the sixth -- his second career homer in Philly -- but couldn't keep the Phils at bay as the Sox we...
2009 Jun 19 Baltimore Orioles defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-2
PHILADELPHIA -- When Rich Hill was removed from his previous start after a rocky fourth inning, the normally docile pitcher made no attempt to hide his anger. Despite giving up four ru...
2009 Jun 20 Baltimore Orioles defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 6-5
PHILADELPHIA - -With the Orioles one strike away from a potentially demoralizing loss, Brian Roberts was just trying to put the ball in play in the ninth inning against Philadelphia Phill...
2009 Jun 21 Baltimore Orioles defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1
PHILADELPHIA - -Over three days at Citizens Bank Park, Orioles manager Dave Trembley listened to loud cheers and resounding boos directed at the Philadelphia Phillies, who just eight mont...
2009 Jul 3 Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets, 7-2
PHILADELPHIA - Face it: The Mets don't exactly deserve first place right now anyway. Livan Hernandez had his shortest outing this season and the Mets suffered a pair of mental fielding...