Phillies Alumni

A historical look at the dates of August 10-23.

August 10, 1930

The Phillies tie a club mark for most runs in a shutout game with an 18-0 win at Cincinnati, the first game of a doubleheader sweep.

August 10, 1978

Danny Ozark joins Gene Mauch and Harry Wright as the only Phillies managers with 500 wins as RHP Dick Ruthven posts his fifth straight victory, 3-1, over visiting Pittsburgh.

August 10, 1981

After tying the mark in June in the last game played before a two-month baseball strike, Pete Rose finally becomes the all-time National League hit leader when he singles to the opposite field off Cardinal hurler Mark Littell for his 3,631st hit. The Phillies first baseman is congratulated on the field by Stan Musial, who previously held the mark, in front of 60,561 fans at Veterans Stadium.

August 10, 1989

LF John Kruk has four hits and ties a club mark with five runs scored in a 16-13 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

August 10, 2007

Longtime coach John Vukovich is inducted posthumously into the Phillies Wall of Fame.

August 10, 2012

C Mike Lieberthal is inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame.

August 10, 2022

With a 4-3 win over the Miami Marlins at Citizens Bank Park in his 59th game at the helm, Rob Thomson becomes the fastest manager to reach 40 wins in Phillies franchise history.

August 10, 2025

The Phillies set an MLB record by playing in their 21st consecutive interleague game, as they complete seven straight series against the American League with a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers.

August 11, 1970

In a 6-5 decision at Houston, RHP Jim Bunning joins Cy Young as the only pitchers to win 100 games in each league.

August 11, 1983

In fan balloting, Mike Schmidt is selected as the club’s all-time greatest player, and players are named to the Centennial Team to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the franchise. The team is comprised of four players from the 1950 Whiz Kids and eight from the 1980 World Series champions, along with manager Dallas Green.

August 11, 1994

The Phillies edge Dallas Green’s New York Mets in 15 innings, 2-1, in what turns out to be the final game of the season as the players go on strike the following day. The season never resumes.

August 11, 2004

LHP Randy Wolf becomes the seventh Phillies pitcher to hit two home runs in a game in a 15-4 win over the Rockies at Citizens Bank Park.

August 11, 2006

World Series-winning manager Dallas Green is inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame.

August 12, 1987

With his 10th triple, 2B Juan Samuel becomes the first major league player to reach double figures in doubles, triples, homers and stolen bases in his first four big league seasons as the Phillies top visiting Chicago, 13-7. An eighth-inning grand slam is Samuel’s 22nd homer, breaking Granny Hamner’s club record for a second baseman set in 1953.

August 12, 2006

SS Jimmy Rollins becomes the third Phillies switch-hitter to homer from each side of the plate in a game, joining Steve Jeltz (1989) and Tomas Perez (2001).

August 12, 2011

1B John Kruk is inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame.

August 12, 2013

LHP Cole Hamels strikes out nine in a complete-game, 5-1 victory at Atlanta to give Charlie Manuel his 1,000th career managerial win, making him the 59th skipper in major league history to reach that plateau.

August 12, 2016

After presenting Jim Thome with his Wall of Fame plaque before the game, 1B Ryan Howard pays homage with a 457-foot grand slam in the Phillies’ 10-6 win over Colorado. RHP Jake Thompson ties a ML record by striking out four batters in the second inning.

August 13, 1948

The Phillies set a major league record by scoring nine runs before making an out when they beat the New York Giants, 12-7, at Shibe Park. Philadelphia sends 14 batters to the plate in the first frame and scores a total of 10 runs to easily erase an early three-run deficit.

August 13, 1972

Between games of a Sunday afternoon doubleheader with Montreal, high-wire artist Karl Wallenda thrills the crowd of over 30,000 by walking across the stadium on a tightrope, the most dazzling promotion in Vet history. He repeats the nerve-wracking feat on May 31, 1976.

August 13, 1992

A game with St. Louis is postponed by rain, the first Veterans Stadium rainout since June 18, 1990, a streak of 189 dates.

August 13, 2020

Alec Bohm makes his major league debut at home against Baltimore. He starts at third base and doubles off Thomas Eshelman in his first plate appearance.

August 14, 1981

3B Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run in the third inning off New York’s Mike Scott in an 8-4 victory at Shea Stadium.

August 14, 1982

With his 12,365th trip to the plate, Phillies first baseman Pete Rose passes Hank Aaron to become the all-time leader in career at-bats. MLB’s all-time hit king ends his 24-year tenure in the majors with an amazing total of 14,053 at-bats.

August 14, 1984

2B Juan Samuel steals his 56th base, breaking Sherry Magee’s club record set in 1906, in a 3-2 loss at San Diego.

August 14, 2006

SS Jimmy Rollins’ 18th home run sets a club record for homers by a shortstop, breaking Granny Hamner’s mark set in 1952, as the Phillies crush the Mets, 13-0.

August 14, 2012

Jimmy Rollins celebrates moving past Larry Bowa for the most games played by a Phillies shortstop (1,731) with a leadoff home run off Josh Johnson in a 1-0 win at Miami.

August 15, 1958

Richie Ashburn gets his 2,000th career hit when he singles in the third inning off Milwaukee Braves starter Carlton Willey.

August 15, 1990

LHP Terry Mulholland pitches a 6-0 no-hitter against San Francisco, the first ever at the Vet. It is the eighth no-hitter of the 1990 season, a major league record, and the first no-no of the century by a Phillies pitcher at home.

August 15, 2019

The Phillies win a wild one, 7-5, as RF Bryce Harper hits a walk-off grand slam vs. the Chicago Cubs. It is only the 14th walk-off grand slam in Phillies history and the first since John Mayberry’s on June 4, 2013, vs. Miami.

August 15, 2024

In just his 24th major league game, Weston Wilson hits for the 10th cycle in franchise history, becoming the first rookie to accomplish the feat, in a 13-3 rout of the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park.

August 16, 1925

Wall of Fame third baseman Willie “Puddin’ Head” Jones is born in Dillon, S.C.

August 16, 1968

Dick Allen walks in each of his five plate appearances against San Francisco, setting a single-game club mark and tying a then-National League record.

August 16, 1969

RHP Rick Wise tosses the club’s fourth consecutive shutout, a 7-0 win over Houston, following RHP Jerry Johnson, LHP Woodie Fryman and LHP Grant Jackson.

August 16, 1977

The Phillies extend their longest winning streak of the century to 13 games with a 7-5 decision in Montreal. The club hadn’t won that many in a row since 1892.

August 16, 2011

A statue of Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Kalas is unveiled in a pregame ceremony at Citizens Bank Park.

August 16, 2016

In his first game as a visitor at Citizens Bank Park, Chase Utley leads the Dodgers to a 15-5 win with two long standing ovations, two home runs (including a grand slam) and two curtain calls.

August 16, 2022

With an 11-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, the Phillies become the ninth team in major league history to win 10,000 games, joining the Giants, Dodgers, Cubs, Cardinals, Braves, Reds, Pirates and Yankees.

August 17, 1894

Collecting a club-record 36 hits, the Phillies crush visiting Louisville, 29-4. Future Hall of Famer Sam Thompson hits for the cycle, with three singles, a double, triple and home run in seven at-bats.

August 17, 1957

CF Richie Ashburn, known for his ability to foul off pitches, hits spectator Alice Roth twice in the same at-bat. The first one breaks her nose; the second hits her on the knee while she is being removed on a stretcher. Ironically, she is the wife of Earl Roth, sports editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin.

August 17, 1972

LHP Steve Carlton wins his 20th game of the season and 15th straight, the longest streak in Phillies history, 9-4 over Cincinnati before a crowd of 53,377 at the Vet. He posted a 1.33 ERA during the streak, which began June 7 and ended August 21.

August 17, 2024

After longtime club executive David Montgomery is posthumously inducted into the Toyota Phillies Wall of Fame, Cristopher Sánchez follows with his second complete game of the season, needing just 99 pitches to complete the feat. It’s the club’s first complete game under 100 pitches since Roy Halladay’s division-clincher in 2010.

August 17, 2025

SS Trea Turner’s third hit of the day is the 1,500th of his career as the Phils outslug the Washington Nationals, 11-9, in the nation’s capital.

August 18, 1997

LF Billy McMillon and C Mike Lieberthal hit grand slams in a 12-3 win over San Francisco at the Vet, the second time in club history the Phillies have two slams in one game (SS Ralph Miller and P Lee Meadows, April 28, 1921).

August 18, 2006

Mike Lieberthal catches his 1,125th game to break Red Dooin’s club record for most games caught.

August 19, 1945

Better known for his home run prowess, future Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx starts and throws 6.2 innings for the Phillies, giving up just two earned runs on four hits to earn the win in Philadelphia’s 4-2 nightcap victory over Cincinnati at Shibe Park. The 37-year-old corner infielder, playing in his final season, would take the mound a total of nine times for the Phils in 1945, posting a remarkable 1.59 ERA in 22.2 innings of work (4 ER).

August 19, 1949

The Phillies host Eddie Waitkus Night at Shibe Park, showering their injured first baseman with gifts. It is the first time in uniform for the two-time National League All-Star since being shot in the chest two months earlier at Chicago’s Edgewater Beach Hotel by Ruth Ann Steinhagen, an obsessed 19-year-old fan.

August 19, 2015

It’s the end of an era as 2B Chase Utley is traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for INF/OF Darnell Sweeney and RHP John Richy. A member of five National League East division champions (2007-11), two NL pennant winners (2008-09) and the 2008 world championship team, Utley leaves the Phillies after 13 seasons with a .282 average, 346 doubles, 233 home runs and 916 RBI in 1,551 games, along with six NL All-Star selections and four Silver Slugger Awards.

August 19, 2018

The Phillies fall to the Mets, 8-2, in the Little League Classic before 2,429 fans at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pa. It is the club’s 62nd game at a neutral site in franchise history and the first since 1957.

August 19, 2023

Trailing Washington 3-0 after six innings, the Phillies rally for a 12-3 win at Nationals Park. Nick Castellanos and Bryson Stott each hit three-run home runs, and Trea Turner becomes just the third Phillies player to ever homer twice in the same inning and the first in MLB history to hit two home runs in an inning off the same relief pitcher.

August 20, 1961

Scoring four times in the top of the eighth inning, the Phillies end a modern ML-record 23-game losing streak behind RHP John Buzhardt, 7-4, at the Milwaukee Braves in the second game of a doubleheader. The streak, which included 17 losses on the road, had started with a 4-3 loss to San Francisco on July 29.

August 20, 1986

LHP Don Carman loses his bid for a perfect game when San Francisco’s Bob Brenly doubles to start the bottom of the ninth. The Phillies win 1-0 on 2B Juan Samuel’s homer in the 10th, the second time in club history they win a 1-0 extra-inning game on a home run (Ron Northey in 1944).

August 20, 2020

With the Toronto Blue Jays forced to relocate to the U.S. because of the pandemic, the Phillies play their first game in Buffalo since Sept. 19, 1885.

August 20, 2025

The Phillies complete their first three-game sweep over the Seattle Mariners in franchise history. In the series, Ranger Suárez (10), Cristopher Sánchez (12) and Jesús Luzardo (12) establish a franchise record (since 1900) for most strikeouts by starting pitchers in a three-game series with 34 and become the first trio of Phillies starters to each have at least 10 strikeouts in a three-game set.

August 21, 1949

Fans litter the Shibe Park field with debris after umpire George Barr rules a ninth-inning line drive to CF Richie Ashburn was trapped and not caught. Umpires forfeit the game – the second in a doubleheader – to the New York Giants.

August 21, 1990

In a game they once trailed, 11-1, the Phillies score nine runs in the top of the ninth for a 12‑11 win at Los Angeles. John Kruk’s pinch-hit, three-run homer ties the game and, two batters later, Carmelo Martinez doubles home the winning run.

August 21, 1991

After 2,681 plate appearances, 1B John Kruk is hit by a pitch for the first time in his career by Pittsburgh LHP Randy Tomlin as the Phillies beat the Pirates, 6-5, at Veterans Stadium.

August 21, 2021

RHP Aaron Nola faces his brother, Austin, three times (SO, pop-up, BB) at Petco Park, marking the first time in Phillies history a pitcher faced his own brother who was a position player on the opposing team, and the first time a Phillie faced his own brother at all since pitcher Mike Maddux faced his brother, pitcher Greg Maddux, on July 31, 1988.

August 22, 1937

Hall of Fame executive Pat Gillick is born in Chico, Calif.

August 22, 2003

1B Jim Thome hits his 35th and 36th homers in a 9-4 win at St. Louis to break the club record for homers by a first baseman (34, Deron Johnson, 1971).

August 23, 2009

The Phillies beat the Mets, 9-7, in New York as 2B Eric Bruntlett turns a line drive off the bat of Jeff Francoeur into an unassisted triple play in the bottom of the ninth inning. It is the 15th unassisted triple play in MLB history and just the second to end a game.