The Walla Walla Islanders were a minor league baseball team in Walla Walla, Washington for a single season in 1972. The Islanders were members of the Class A short-season Northwest League and were an affiliate of the Triple-A Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League .
82-789: Since its inception in 1969 the Walla Walla franchise had been affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies . Following the 1972 season Philadelphia elected to move their short season affiliate closer to home, linking up with Auburn of the New York–Penn League . Triple-A Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League , whose parent club was the San Diego Padres, in a unique arrangement had their own minor league affiliate. The Islanders had operated
164-510: A trapshooting competition). Worst of all, Wagner, who had a sore thumb throughout the season, injured his right leg in September and was never 100 percent for the postseason. Some sources say Boston were heavy underdogs. Boston bookies actually gave even odds to the teams (and only because Dreyfuss and other "sports" were alleged to have bet on Pittsburgh to bring down the odds). The teams were generally thought to be evenly matched, with
246-697: A complete game this time but so did Dinneen, who outmatched him to earn his second complete-game victory of the series. After losing three of the first four games of the World Series, the underdog Americans had tied the series at three games apiece. The fourth and final game in Allegheny saw Phillippe start his fourth game of the Series for the Pirates. This time, however, he did not fare as well as he did in his first three starts. Cy Young, in his third start of
328-453: A division title, Walla Walla set a franchise record for attendance with more than thirty-seven thousand fans entering the gates at Borleske Stadium. General Manager Bobby Dyer was awarded Northwest League General Manager of the Year. The Hawaii Islanders struggled financially in operating a minor league team and were unable to adequately supply players. Furthermore, Hawaii sought to transition to
410-475: A group that was headed by longtime Phillies executive William Yale Giles . The Phillies returned to the playoffs in 1981, which were split in half due to a players' strike. In five games, they were defeated in the first-ever National League Division Series by the Montreal Expos . Mike Schmidt won his second consecutive NL Most Valuable Player award that year. In 1982, the team finished three games behind
492-524: A list of 46 National Leaguers he targeted for the American League; by 1902, all but one had made the jump. The constant raiding, however, nixed the idea of a championship between the two leagues. Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss , whose team ran away with the 1902 National League pennant, was open to a postseason contest and even said he would allow the American League champion to stock its roster with all-stars. However, Johnson had spoken of putting
574-485: A permanent basis as tenants of the A's. However, Baker Bowl's owner, Charles W. Murphy, at first refused to let the Phillies out of their lease. He finally relented in 1938, and only then because the city threatened to condemn the dilapidated park. Despite the move, attendance rarely topped 3,000 a game. The lowest point came in 1941, when the Phillies finished with a 43–111 record, setting a franchise record for losses in
656-534: A pinch? I would be ashamed to have my picture up now." Due to overflow crowds at the Exposition Park games in Allegheny City , if a batted ball rolled under a rope in the outfield that held spectators back, a "ground-rule triple" would be scored. 17 ground-rule triples were hit in the four games played at the stadium. In the series, Boston came back from a three games to one deficit, winning
738-490: A record of 52–100, making them the first team in franchise history to have lost 100 games. The Phillies won their first pennant in 1915 thanks to the pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the batting prowess of Gavvy Cravath , who set the 20th century single-season record for home runs with 24. They finished the season with a record of 90–62, seven games ahead of the Boston Braves . The Phillies went up against
820-484: A record of 91–62. Alexander won his second consecutive triple crown and posted 16 shutouts, tying the single-season major league record. In 1917 , Alexander had been traded to the Chicago Cubs for pitcher Mike Prendegrast and catcher Pickles Dillhoefer , when owner William Baker refused to increase his salary. Baker was known for running the Phillies very cheaply; for instance, during much of his tenure, there
902-556: A result, the fan base and attendance at home games increased. Eventually, Cox revealed that he had been betting on the Phillies, and he was banned from baseball by baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis on November 23, 1943. The new owner, Bob Carpenter Sr. , scion of the Delaware-based duPont family , bought the team with his son for an estimated $ 400,000 that same day – November 23, 1943. The Carpenters tried to polish
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#1732801236381984-401: A season. A year later , they needed an advance from the league just to go to spring training. Nugent realized he did not have enough money to operate the team in 1943, and put it up for sale. After lumber baron William D. Cox purchased the team with a group of investors for $ 190,000 and a $ 50,000 note on March 15, 1943, the Phillies rose out of last place for the first time in five years. As
1066-428: A strong pitching staff, led by Cy Young , who went 28–9 in 1903 and became the all-time wins leader that year. Bill Dinneen and Long Tom Hughes , right-handers like Young, had won 21 games and 20 games each. The Boston outfield, featuring Chick Stahl (.274), Buck Freeman (.287, 104 RBI ) and Patsy Dougherty (.331, 101 runs scored) was considered excellent. Although the Pirates had dominated their league for
1148-614: A team in Pittsburgh and even attempted to raid the Pirates' roster in August 1902, which soured Dreyfuss. At the end of the season, however, the Pirates played a group of American League All-Stars in a four-game exhibition series, winning two games to one, with one tie. The leagues finally called a truce in the winter of 1902–03 and formed the National Commission to preside over organized baseball. The following season,
1230-492: A television audience of 54.9 million viewers. Thus, the Phillies became the last of the 16 teams that made up the Major Leagues from 1903 to 1960 to win a World Series. Carlton captured his third NL Cy Young Award with a record of 24–9. After their series win, Ruly Carpenter, who had been given control of the team in 1972 when his father stepped down as team president, sold the team for $ 32.5 million in 1981 to
1312-606: A traditional AAA affiliate of the San Diego Padres , thus terminating their player development contract with Walla Walla. The San Diego elected to move their affiliation from Tri-City to Walla Walla. Adopting the moniker of their parent club, the Walla Walla Padres began play in 1973. Walla Walla teams played at Borleske Stadium , located at 409 West Rees Avenue in Walla Walla, Washington . The stadium
1394-432: A winning team, however, he did not have the financial means to do so. He was forced to trade what little talent the team had to make ends meet, and often had to use some creative financial methods to field a team at all. Philadelphia's Baker Bowl proved to be a fertile hitting ground for Phillies opponents as well, and in 1930, the team surrendered 1199 runs, a major-league record still standing today. Once considered one of
1476-636: Is and was Blue Jays . Wilson Shaffer, the school's athletic director, criticized the Philadelphia team for adopting his university's moniker, and said that Philadelphia should use the blue jay's scientific name instead and be known as the Philadelphia Cyanocitta Cristata . Similarly, the university's student council, citing the Philadelphia team's long track record of failure, passed a resolution demanding "suitable satisfaction" for what they perceived as theft and sullying of
1558-551: Is now known as the "Classic Eight" of the National League. They were awarded a spot in the league to replace the Worcester baseball team , a franchise that had folded in 1882. The new team was nicknamed the "Phillies" from the start, and immediately compiled a .173 winning percentage , which stands as the worst in franchise history. Although many sources (including the Phillies themselves) claim that Reach and Rogers bought
1640-703: Is still in use today. Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia . The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division . Since 2004, the team's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park , located in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex . Founded in 1883,
1722-730: Is widely considered the franchise's greatest player of all time. Over the team's history since 1883, 33 Phillies players have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame . The Philadelphia Phillies' Triple-A affiliate is the Lehigh Valley IronPigs , who play at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown . The Double-A affiliate is the Reading Fightin Phils , who play in Reading . The Class-A affiliates are
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#17328012363811804-724: The Bend Rainbows the past two seasons. With Walla Walla open the Islanders sought relocation to the golden hills of the Walla Walla Valley. Despite being hundreds of miles from the Pacific Ocean , the team would adopt their parent club's identity becoming the Walla Walla Islanders. Walla Walla had a great start to the season. After compiling their forth win in front of a record setting crowd,
1886-532: The Boston Red Sox in the World Series , opening the series at home with a victory. The Phillies struggled against a strong Red Sox pitching lineup and surrendered the next four games, losing the series four games to one. The team continued to dominate the National League in 1916 but fell short of capturing a second consecutive pennant. The team finished two and a half games out of first place with
1968-678: The Jersey Shore BlueClaws , who play in Lakewood Township, New Jersey , and the Clearwater Threshers , who play at BayCare Ballpark . The team's spring training facilities are in Clearwater, Florida . In 1883 , sporting goods manufacturer Al Reach , a pioneering professional baseball player, and attorney John Rogers won an expansion National League franchise for Philadelphia, one of what
2050-713: The NLCS , against the Reds in 1976 and the Dodgers in 1977 and 1978 . In 1979, the Phillies acquired Pete Rose , the spark that would put them over the top. The Phillies won the National League East in 1980, but to win the league championship, they had to defeat the Houston Astros . In a memorable NLCS , with four of the five games needing extra innings, they fell behind 2–1 but battled back to squeeze past
2132-525: The Spectrum , established the South Philadelphia Sports Complex . Pitcher Rick Wise hurled a no-hitter and in the same game hit two home runs against the Cincinnati Reds in 1971. That same season, Harry Kalas joined the Phillies broadcasting team. In 1972 , the Phillies were the worst team in baseball, but newly acquired Steve Carlton won nearly half their games (27 of 59 team wins) and
2214-749: The first modern World Series and 142 seasons since its 1883 establishment. As of the end of the 2024 season, the Phillies have played 21,648 games, with a regular season record of 10,207–11,326–115 (.474). With their first championship in 1980, the Phillies were the last of the 16 pre-expansion teams to win a World Series. Since the start of the Divisional Era in 1969 , however, the Phillies have emerged as one of MLB's most successful teams, winning 12 division titles, including five consecutive divisional titles between 2007 and 2011, six National League pennants , and two World Series championships . The franchise's founding in Philadelphia in 1883 replaced
2296-483: The team from Worcester, Massachusetts , in the National League. The team has played at several stadiums in the city, including Recreation Park (1883–1886), the Baker Bowl (1887–1938), Shibe Park (later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1953 in honor of longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack ) (1938–1970), Veterans Stadium (1971–2003), and now at Citizens Bank Park (2004–present). Partly because of
2378-561: The 1920s and 1930s were outfielders Cy Williams , Lefty O'Doul , and Chuck Klein , who won the Triple Crown in 1933 . Baker died in 1930. He left half his estate to his wife and the other half to longtime team secretary Mae Mallen. Five years earlier, Mallen had married a leather goods and shoe dealer, Gerald Nugent . With the support of Baker's widow, Nugent became team president. Baker's widow died in 1932, leaving Nugent in complete control. Unlike Baker, Nugent badly wanted to build
2460-494: The 1993 World Series with the defending world champion Blue Jays winning in six games. (The Blue Jays moniker would be used by Toronto 's MLB club when it started play in 1977. Coincidentally, the Blue Jays would defeat the Phillies in the 1993 World Series .) Like Cox, Bob Carpenter Jr. was not afraid to spend the money it took to build a contender. He immediately started signing young players and invested even more money in
2542-501: The 2000s that the Blue Jays moniker was never official, however news reports in 1944 note that Phillies management said that the Blue Jays name was as an official "additional nickname", meaning that the team had two official nicknames simultaneously, the Phillies and the Blue Jays. The Phillies' official adoption of Blue Jays as a second official nickname led to a dispute with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , whose nickname
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2624-554: The Americans credited with stronger pitching and the Pirates with superior offense and fielding. The outcome, many believed, hinged on Wagner's health. "If Wagner does not play, bet your money at two to one on Boston", said the Sporting News , "but if he does play, place your money at two to one on Pittsburg." AL Boston Americans (5) vs. NL Pittsburgh Pirates (3) The Pirates started Game 1 strong, scoring six runs in
2706-623: The Astros on a 10th-inning game-winning hit by center fielder Garry Maddox , and the city celebrated its first NL pennant in 30 years. The entire series saw only one home run hit, a game-winning two-run home run by Phillies slugger Greg Luzinski in the Phillies' opening 3–1 win in Game 1 at Philadelphia. Facing the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies won their first World Series championship ever in six games thanks to
2788-500: The Blue Jays name. Carpenter, Jr., responded by criticizing Johns Hopkins' baseball record and promised to make the students proud of the Blue Jays name by having his Philadelphia baseball team win many games. The Philadelphia team added three minor league clubs before the start of the 1946 season and named them all Blue Jays: the Class C Salina Blue Jays , Class C Schenectady Blue Jays and Class D Green Bay Blue Jays . However,
2870-527: The Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates had secured their respective championship pennants by September. That August, Dreyfuss challenged the American League to an 11-game championship series. Encouraged by Johnson and National League President Harry Pulliam , Americans owner Henry J. Killilea met with Dreyfuss in Pittsburgh in September and instead agreed to a best-of-nine championship, with
2952-463: The Boston's three runs. The Americans' Patsy Dougherty led off the Boston scoring with an inside-the-park home run , the first time a lead-off batter did just that until Alcides Escobar of the Kansas City Royals duplicated the feat in the 2015 World Series , 112 years later. Dougherty's second home run was the first in World Series history to actually sail over the fence, an incredibly rare feat at
3034-558: The Brown Stockings and moved them to Philadelphia, all available evidence suggests this is not the case. Significantly, no players from Worcester ended up with the 1883 Quakers. In 1884 , Harry Wright , the former manager of baseball's first openly professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings , was recruited as a manager in hopes of reversing the team's fortunes. In 1887 , the team began to play at
3116-677: The Expos 2–1. When the game was finished several fans in attendance began to remove items from the ballpark, such as chairs, outfield panels and baseball equipment from the dugouts. The Phillies opened the new Veterans Stadium in 1971 . The team wore new maroon uniforms to accentuate the change. The stadium was built in South Philadelphia , making it the first time the team was not located in North Philadelphia . The new stadium, along with nearby John F. Kennedy Stadium and
3198-566: The National League, thus strengthening the demand for future World Series competitions. In 1901, Ban Johnson , president of the Western League , a minor league organization, formed the American League to take advantage of the National League's 1900 contraction from twelve teams to eight. Johnson and fellow owners raided the National League and signed away many star players, including Cy Young and Jimmy Collins . Johnson had
3280-618: The Phillies are the oldest, continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional sports and one of the most storied teams in Major League Baseball. Since their founding, the Phillies have won two World Series championships (against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008 ), eight National League pennants (the first of which came in 1915 ), and made playoff appearances in 15 seasons. The team has played 122 consecutive seasons since
3362-403: The Phillies at the gate. However, a series of poor baseball and business decisions on the A's part allowed the Phillies to win the hearts of Philadelphia's long-suffering fans. Things started coming together for the Phillies in 1949 , when they rocketed up the standings to third place with an 81–73 record. Although the season had essentially been a two-team race between Brooklyn and St. Louis, it
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3444-504: The Phillies bought Shibe Park, where both teams had played since 1938. Many thought that the "Whiz Kids", with a young core of talented players, would be a force in the league for years to come. However, the team finished with a 73–81 record in 1951 and finished nine and a half games out of first place in 1952 , with an 87–67 record. The Phillies managed to end up in third place in 1953 with an 83–71 record, however, they would fail to break .500 from 1954 to 1957. It became apparent that
3526-429: The Phillies had only one winning record, which came in 1932 . The team finished higher than sixth only twice, and were never a serious factor past June. During this stretch, they finished eighth (last place) a total of 17 times and seventh seven times, with 12 seasons in which they lost at least 100 games. This saddled the franchise with a reputation for failure that dogged it for many years. The team's primary stars during
3608-511: The Phillies lost 10 games in a row and finished one game out of first, losing the pennant to the St. Louis Cardinals . The "Phold of '64" is frequently mentioned as the worst collapse in sports history. One highlight of the 1964 season occurred on Father's Day , when Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets , the first in Phillies' history. For the rest of the decade,
3690-604: The Phillies' status as the city's favorite team. In contrast, the Philadelphia Athletics finished last in 1950, and longtime manager Connie Mack retired. The team struggled for four more years with only one winning season before abandoning Philadelphia under the Johnson brothers, who bought out Mack. They began to play in Kansas City in 1955. As part of the deal selling that team to the Johnson brothers,
3772-407: The Pirates simply shut down offensively, eking out a mere three hits, all singles. Pittsburgh starter Sam Leever went 1 inning and gave up three hits and two runs, before his ailing arm forced him to leave in favor of Bucky Veil , who finished the game. Bill Dinneen struck out 11 and pitched a complete game for the Americans, while Patsy Dougherty hit home runs in the first and sixth innings for two of
3854-459: The Series and committed six errors. The shortstop was deeply distraught by his performance. The following spring, Wagner (who in 1903 led the National League in batting average) refused to send his portrait to a "Hall of Fame" for batting champions. "I was too bum last year", he wrote. "I was a joke in that Boston-Pittsburgh Series. What does it profit a man to hammer along and make a few hits when they are not needed only to fall down when it comes to
3936-507: The Series as a compulsory event started in 1905 . The Pirates won their third straight pennant in 1903 thanks to a powerful lineup that included legendary shortstop Honus Wagner , who hit .355 and drove in 101 runs, player-manager Fred Clarke , who hit .351, and Ginger Beaumont , who hit .341 and led the league in hits and runs. The Pirates' pitching was weaker than it had been in previous years but boasted 24-game winner Deacon Phillippe and 25-game winner Sam Leever . The Americans had
4018-413: The Series, held the Pirates to three runs and put the Americans ahead for the first time as the Series moved back to Boston. The final game of this inaugural World Series started out as an intense pitcher's duel, scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when Hobe Ferris hit a two-run single. Phillippe started his fifth and final game of the series and Dinneen his fourth. As he did in Game 2, Dinneen threw
4100-663: The St. Louis Cardinals in the East Division, narrowly missing the playoffs. Carlton captured his fourth career NL Cy Young Award that year with 23 wins. For the 1983 season, the Phillies returned to the playoffs and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers . They won this series in four games to capture their fourth NL pennant; however, they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series in five games. John Denny
4182-499: The World Series. Though Ashburn and Roberts were gone, the 1964 Phillies still had younger pitchers Art Mahaffey , Chris Short , and rookie Ray Culp ; veterans Jim Bunning and screwballer Jack Baldschun ; and fan favorites Cookie Rojas , Johnny Callison , and NL Rookie of the Year Dick Allen . The team was 90–60 on September 20, good enough for a lead of 6.5 games in the pennant race with 12 games to play. However,
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#17328012363814264-628: The direction of the team, Reach sold his interest to Rogers in 1899 . With the birth of the more lucrative American League (AL) in 1901 , the Phillies saw many of their better players defect to the upstart, including a number of players who ended up playing for their crosstown rivals, the Athletics , owned by former Phillies minority owner Benjamin Shibe . While their former teammates would thrive (the AL's first five batting champions were former Phillies),
4346-562: The eighth (last) game in Boston. Pittsburgh pitcher Sam Leever injured his shoulder while trap shooting , so his teammate Deacon Phillippe pitched five complete games. Phillippe won three of his games, but it was not enough to overcome the club from the new American League. Boston pitchers Bill Dinneen and Cy Young led Boston to victory. In Game 1, Phillippe struck out ten Boston batters. The next day, Dinneen bettered that mark, striking out 11 Pittsburgh batters in Game 2. Honus Wagner , bothered by injuries, batted only 6-for-27 (.222) in
4428-478: The farm system, and the Phillies quickly developed a solid core of young players that included future Hall of Famers Richie Ashburn and Robin Roberts . This coincided with the final collapse of the A's. Philadelphia had been an "A's town" for most of the first half of the 20th century. Even though the A's had fielded teams as bad or worse than the Phillies for most years since the 1930s, the A's continued to trounce
4510-576: The final eight games to finish with a record of 41-39. Despite the end of season skid, the Islanders won the south division title. In addition to their connection with Hawaii, the team had ties to Hollywood. Actor Kurt Russell played second base for the Islanders. Russell appeared in twenty-nine games and posted a batting average of .325. Adding to the club's eclectic corps were two Japanese imports Jyoji Sekiguchi and Yuki Suzuki. Future Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs manager Tom Treblehorn played catcher along with Mike Rupcich. In addition to claiming
4592-531: The final four games to capture the title. Such a large comeback would not happen again until the Pirates came back to defeat the Washington Senators in the 1925 World Series , and has happened only 11 times in baseball history. (The Pirates themselves repeated this feat in 1979 against the Baltimore Orioles .) Much was made of the influence of Boston's " Royal Rooters ", who traveled to Exposition Park and sang their theme song " Tessie " to distract
4674-454: The finest parks in baseball, it was not well maintained from the 1910s onward. For instance, until 1925, the Phillies used a flock of sheep to trim the grass. Fans were often showered with rust whenever one of Klein's home runs hit girders. The entire right field grandstand collapsed in 1926, forcing the Phillies to move to the A's Shibe Park (five blocks west on Lehigh Avenue from Baker Bowl) for 1927. The Phillies tried to move to Shibe Park on
4756-627: The first four innings, and held on to win the first World Series game in modern baseball history. They extended their lead to 7–0 on an inside-the-park home run by Jimmy Sebring in the seventh, the first home run in World Series history. Boston scored a few runs in the last three innings, but it was too little, too late; they ended up losing 7–3 in the first ever World Series game. Both Phillippe and Young threw complete games , with Phillippe striking out ten and Young fanning five, but Young also gave up twice as many hits and allowed three earned runs to Phillippe's two. After starting out strong in Game 1,
4838-470: The first three games played in Boston, the next four in Allegheny City, and the remaining two (if necessary) in Boston. One significant point about this agreement was that it was an arrangement primarily between the two clubs rather than a formal arrangement between the leagues. In short, it was a voluntary event, a fact which would result in no Series at all for 1904 . The formal establishment of
4920-465: The flash and determination of the Whiz Kids would not return when the team finished last place in the National League from 1958 to 1961. Manager Eddie Sawyer abruptly quit the team after the season opener in 1960 , and was replaced by Gene Mauch . The team's competitive futility was highlighted by a record that still stands: in 1961 , the Phillies lost 23 games in a row, the worst losing streak in
5002-404: The majors since 1900. Things started to turn around for the team in 1962 , when the team finished above .500 for the first time in five years. Gene Mauch was named National League Manager of the Year that season and won it again in 1964. The team improved in 1963 , when the team finished the season with an 87–75 record. There was confidence that the team would soon become contenders for a return to
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#17328012363815084-455: The new Blue Jays moniker was ultimately unpopular, and although the team in the 2000s claimed that it was quietly dropped by 1949, news reports at the time indicate that the nickname, which "never caught on anyway", was not officially dropped by the team until January 1950. Coincidentally, the Phillies would play a team called the Blue Jays (who wasn't based in Philadelphia but in Toronto) in
5166-506: The newly constructed Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds, later renamed National League Park. The stadium would become known as the Baker Bowl in 1923. Despite a general improvement from their dismal beginnings, they never seriously contended for the title. The nickname "Phillies" first appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer on April 3, 1883, in the paper's coverage of an exhibition game by the new National League club and
5248-402: The opposing players (especially Wagner). Boston wound up winning three out of four games in Allegheny City. Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss added his share of the gate receipts to the players' share, so the losing team's players actually finished with a larger individual share than the winning team's. The Series brought the new American League prestige and proved its best could beat the best of
5330-415: The park to Philadelphia Eagles ' owner Jerry Wolman in 1964, taking a $ 1 million loss on his purchase of just 10 years earlier. The stadium was deteriorating and there was inadequate parking. Attendance began to drop by 1967 and the team started to plan for a new stadium. The Phillies remained at Connie Mack Stadium until 1970. In the last game played there, the Phillies avoided last place by beating
5412-465: The previous three years, they went into the series riddled with injuries and plagued by bizarre misfortunes. Otto Krueger , the team's only utility player , was beaned on September 19 and never fully played in the series. 16-game winner Ed Doheny left the team three days later, exhibiting signs of paranoia ; he was committed to an insane asylum the following month. Leever had been battling an injury to his pitching arm (which he made worse by entering
5494-403: The remaining squad fared dismally, finishing 46 games out of first place in 1902 —the first of three straight years finishing either seventh or eighth. To add tragedy to folly, a balcony collapsed during a game at the Baker Bowl in 1903 , killing 12 and injuring hundreds. Rogers was forced to sell the Phillies to avoid being ruined by an avalanche of lawsuits. In 1904 , the team finished with
5576-437: The series. But Phillippe's second straight win was almost not to be, as the Americans, down 5–1 in the top of the ninth, rallied to narrow the deficit to one run. The comeback attempt failed, as Phillippe managed to put an end to it and give the Pirates a commanding 3–1 series lead. Game 5 was a pitcher's duel for the first five innings, with Boston's Cy Young and Pittsburgh's Brickyard Kennedy giving up no runs. That changed in
5658-433: The team finished no higher than fourth place in the NL standings which came during the 1966 season . In the 1969 season , the Phillies finished fifth in the newly created NL East Division , with a record of 63–99. By the late 1950s, Carpenter decided the Phillies needed a new home. He never wanted to buy Connie Mack Stadium in the first place, and was now convinced there was no way he could make money playing there. He sold
5740-450: The team to lose the next eight of ten games. On the last day of the season, the Phillies hung on to a one-game lead when Dick Sisler ’s dramatic tenth inning home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers clinched the Phillies' first pennant in 35 years. In the World Series , exhausted from their late-season plunge and victims of poor luck, the Phillies were swept by the New York Yankees in four straight games. Nonetheless, this appearance cemented
5822-457: The team was the last undefeated in the league. The Islanders winning streak ended at ten games in a narrow 8-7 loss to Coos Bay-North Bend . Powered by the bats of third baseman Dean Joost and shortstop Jim Van Wyek, both name league all-stars, the team entered the finial week of the season on top of the division standings. With eight games left to play, Walla Walla trailed north division leading Lewiston by seven games. The Islanders dropped seven of
5904-421: The team's image and way of doing business. Carpenter Sr. named his son, Bob Carpenter, Jr. , team president. They wanted to shed the image of failure by changing the team's nickname. Before the 1944 season, the team held a fan contest soliciting a new team nickname. Management chose "Blue Jays", the fan submission of Elizabeth Crooks, who received a $ 100 war bond as compensation. The Phillies would later claim in
5986-401: The team's longevity, the Phillies were the first American sports franchise to amass over 10,000 losses. A plurality of those losses came in a 31-year period from 1918 to 1948 in which they managed only one winning season. Yet, also due in part to their longevity, the Phillies are one of only nine teams to also have won over 10,000 games in their history. Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt
6068-406: The time. Phillippe, pitching after only a single day of rest, started Game 3 for the Pirates and didn't let them down, hurling his second complete-game victory of the Series to put Pittsburgh up two games to one. After two days of rest, Phillippe was ready to pitch a second straight game. He threw his third complete-game victory of the series against Bill Dinneen, who was making his second start of
6150-594: The timely hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose. Schmidt, who won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1980, also won the World Series Most Valuable Player award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (.381 average), including game-winning hits in Game 2 and the clinching Game 6. This final game was also significant because it remains "the most-watched game in World Series history" with
6232-417: The top of the sixth, however, when the Americans scored a then-record six runs before being retired. Young, on the other hand, managed to keep his shutout intact before finally giving up a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth. He went the distance and struck out four for his first World Series win. Game 6 was a rematch between the starters of Game 2, Boston's Dinneen and Pittsburgh's Leever. Leever pitched
6314-428: Was awarded his first NL Cy Young Award and won it again in 1977. Bob Carpenter Jr. retired in 1972 and passed the team ownership to his son Ruly . The Phillies achieved some success in the mid-1970s. With players such as Carlton, third baseman Mike Schmidt , shortstop Larry Bowa , catcher Bob Boone, and outfielder Greg Luzinski , the Phillies won three straight division titles (1976–78). However, they fell short in
6396-506: Was named the 1983 NL Cy Young Award winner. Because of the numerous veterans on the 1983 team, Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Stan Hochman gave them the nickname, the "Wheeze Kids". In 1984 , the team finished fourth in the NL East with a record of 81–81. Mike Schmidt still remained a dominant force on the team by leading the National League in both home runs and runs batted in. 1903 World Series The 1903 World Series
6478-540: Was only one scout in the entire organization. The Phillies finished the 1917 season in second place with a record of 87–65, ten games behind the New York Giants . The effect of the Alexander trade was immediate. In 1918 , only three years after winning the pennant, the Phillies finished sixth, 13 games under .500. It was the start of one of the longest streaks of futility in baseball history. From 1918 to 1948,
6560-499: Was still the Phillies' first appearance in the first division in 31 years. It was also a fitting tribute to Bob Carpenter Sr., who had died in June and left Bob Jr. in full control of the team. The 1950 Phillies led the National League standings for most of the season and were dubbed the " Whiz Kids ". In the final months of the season, a tailspin (triggered by the loss of starting pitcher Curt Simmons to National Guard service) caused
6642-514: Was the first modern World Series to be played in major-league baseball . It matched the American League (AL) champion Boston Americans against the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four. The first three games were played in Boston, the next four in Allegheny (home of the Pirates), and
6724-414: Was the team's accepted nickname from the start. This name is one of the longest continually used nicknames in professional sports by a team in the same city. The franchise's standout players in the era were Billy Hamilton , Sam Thompson , and Ed Delahanty , who in 1896 set the major-league record (since tied by several others ) with four home runs in a single game. Due to growing disagreements about
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