27-year-old Chuck Klein was named the National League MVP in 1932, his fifth season as the Phillies right fielder. The left-handed hitting slugger dominated by leading the league in games (154), batting average (.348), runs (152), hits (226), home runs (38), stolen bases (20), slugging percentage (.646), OPS (1.050) and total bases (420). Klein became the first player in the live-ball era (post-1920) to lead his league in both home runs and stolen bases in the same season.
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A peek at the past
Phillies Phlashback
A historical look at the dates of October 26-31.
October 26, 1963
Shortstop Bobby Wine becomes the first Phillie to win a NL Gold Glove Award.
October 26, 1982
After going 23-11 with a 3.10 ERA, Steve Carlton becomes the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award four times, having previously won in 1972, 1977 and 1980.
October 26, 2008
Ryan Howard has two home runs and five RBI and winning pitcher Joe Blanton also homers as the Phillies roll over the Rays, 10-2, to take a commanding 3-1 World Series lead.
October 27, 2008
Cole Hamels starts Game 5 on this date, but the game is suspended in the middle of the sixth inning by rain with the score tied 2-2, the first suspension in World Series history.
October 28, 2009
Chase Utley hits two home runs and Cliff Lee strikes out 10 batters in a complete-game, 6-1 win over New York in Game 1 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.
October 28, 2021
Bryce Harper is selected as the NL’s Outstanding Player by the MLB Players Association.
October 28, 2022
Trailing Houston, 5-0, after three innings, the Phillies mount the largest comeback in club postseason history, scoring five runs off eventual Cy Young winner Justin Verlander and a sixth on J.T. Realmuto’s home run in the 10th inning to win Game 1 of the World Series, 6-5.
October 29, 1981
Ruly Carpenter, whose family had owned the Phillies since 1943, sells the team to a group headed by Bill Giles, the club’s executive vice president. The roughly $28 million price tag is the largest price ever paid for a Major League Baseball team.
October 29, 2008
Following a 46-hour rain delay, Game 5 resumes with pinch-hitter Geoff Jenkins leading off the bottom of the sixth with a double and coming around to score the go-ahead run. After the Rays tied it up in the top of the seventh, Pedro Feliz’s single drives in pinch-runner Eric Bruntlett to put the Phils up, 4-3, in the bottom half. Brad Lidge strikes out Eric Hinske – his 48th save of the season in as many opportunities – to give the Phillies their second world championship, and Cole Hamels is named series MVP.
October 30, 1867
Hall of Fame outfielder Ed Delahanty is born in Cleveland, Ohio.
October 30, 1996
Terry Francona is hired as the 48th manager in Phillies history.
October 31, 2008
An estimated two million people turn out for the victory parade down Broad Street. Pat Burrell leads the procession on a Clydesdale-drawn carriage, followed by the rest of the team on flatbed trucks. After a stop for the thousands of fans at Lincoln Financial Field, the festivities culminate with a memorable championship celebration at Citizens Bank Park.