Search Results

Philadelphia Phillies manager Eddie Sawyer faced a dilemma. Who would pitch the first game of the World Series? His ace, Robin Roberts, had started three games in five days, including a 10-inning pennant-clinching effort on the last day of the season. He needed rest. Curt Simmons, whose 17 wins in the league were second only […]

In one of the most thrilling games of a thrilling season, the Philadelphia Phillies rallied from a 5-0 deficit after five innings and a 7-5 deficit going into the bottom of the 18th to outlast the Cincinnati Reds 8-7 on a walk-off hit by Del Ennis that came just before curfew would have halted the […]

With an 8-4 record and a sparkling 2.22 ERA, 25-year-old Emory Nicholas “Bubba” Church had enjoyed an outstanding rookie season for the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies as he took the mound in the first game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds on September 15 in Shibe Park.  While not earning a decision this day, Church […]

On an unusually warm October day in Philadelphia in front of more than 20,000 fortunate fans, the Boston Braves moved halfway toward winning the World Series for the first time with a dramatic 1-0 whitewashing of the Philadelphia Americans behind the brilliant two-hit pitching of Bill James, the unlikely ninth-inning offensive outburst of substitute third […]

The upstart Boston Braves surprised the defending World Series champion Philadelphia Athletics in Game One as postseason novice Dick Rudolph easily outpitched the seasoned veteran Chief Bender, 7-1. It was the first time in a Series game that Philadelphia manager Connie Mack – with four prior World Series under his belt – had to remove […]

Approximately 8,000 fans paid to enter Shibe Park on Sunday, May 24, 1936, to see the seventh-place Philadelphia Athletics take on the first-place New York Yankees. George Turbeville took the mound for Philadelphia against the Yankees’ Monte Pearson. The Athletics scored the first two runs of the game, in the bottom half of the first […]

The Chicago Cubs’ Hack Wilson jogged out to his position in center field to start the home half of the seventh inning. Turning toward the diamond, he again took note of the late afternoon sun, which had descended to a point almost directly above Shibe Park’s double-decked grandstand behind home plate. The dazzling orb’s slanting […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers (21-25, and in eighth place) came to Philadelphia to play the league-leading Philadelphia Phillies (27-15). It was a great pitching matchup: Sandy Koufax (5-4) and Chris Short (3-2, 0.64 ERA). Both pitchers set the side down in order in the first inning. In the second inning Tommy Davis singled but was […]

It seems that the Expos wanted to give their fans a lifetime of memories as quickly as possible. As if the inaugural game at Shea Stadium or the first home win at Jarry Park weren’t memorable enough, the Expos quickly adopted a flair for the dramatic in just the franchise’s ninth game, on April 17, […]

Here are the final SABR Defensive Index™ rankings for the 2024 season among positional qualifiers for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. The SDI is used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™, presented by SABR. The SABR Defensive Index accounts for approximately 25 percent of the […]