The Phillies subsequently filed an injunction to force Lajoie's return, which was granted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

He filed for free agency on October 30, 2011 and later signed a 1-day contract in 2012 to finish his career with the Phillies.

The lawsuit, filed by former business partner Lindsay Jones, alleged that Dykstra used steroids and told Jones to place bets on Phillies games in 1993, when Dykstra was on the team.

The Braves capped their slide by losing in the 13th inning to the Philadelphia Phillies ( allowing the St. Louis Cardinals, who had won earlier in the evening, to win the National League wild card, who later went on to win the World Series ), and the Red Sox followed suit about 30 minutes later by blowing a 3-2, 9th inning lead against the last place Baltimore Orioles ( allowing the Tampa Bay Rays, who won their game about 5 minutes after the Red Sox ' loss in Game 162 became final ) to win the American League wild card ).

In a 1989 game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium, O ' Neill fielded a base hit, couldn't hold onto it, and kicked it, left-footed, back to the infield, to prevent baserunner Steve Jeltz from scoring.

Duggleby was one of the " jumpers " who left the Phillies in 1902 for other teams, including ( in Duggleby's case ) Connie Mack's new American League team, the Athletics.

Duggleby was the first of the " jumpers " to return to the Phillies, on May 8, 1902, after playing only two games with the A's.

In 1901, Napoleon " Nap " Lajoie, the Philadelphia Phillies ' star second baseman, jumped to the A's after his contract was capped at $ 2, 400 per year — one of the highest-profile players to jump to the upstart AL.

Once the modern World Series began in 1903, it took the Phillies 77 years from that point ( and 97 years from the club's establishment ) to win their first World Series — longer than any of the 16 teams that made up the major leagues for the first half of the 20th century.

* On July 4, 1908, Hooks Wiltse of the New York Giants hit Philadelphia Phillies pitcher George McQuillan with a pitch on a 2 – 2 count in a scoreless game — the only time a 0 – 0 perfect game has been broken up by the 27th batter.

On May 24, 1935, the network aired its inaugural live event — the first-ever night baseball game, between the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies.

* 28 December — the first indoor professional American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden between Philadelphia Phillies and Syracuse Athletic Club ; in all, four games take place in the World Series of Pro Football, an early attempt to establish a national professional championship.

* Paul Owens — player, scout, coach and general manager with the Philadelphia Phillies during the second half of the 20th century ; club manager in 1983 when the Phillies went to the World Series.

He started in center field against the Philadelphia Phillies ; in his fourth at-bat, Gwynn got his first major league hit — a double — against reliever Sid Monge.

Six current NL teams — the Braves, Dodgers, Giants, Phillies, Cubs and Reds — all pitched their first no-hitters before the advent of the American League in 1901.

Josh Beckett was the first Red Sox pitcher to hit a home run in 35 years — since the advent of the designated hitter rule — when he took Phillies ' pitcher Brett Myers deep during an interleague game on May 20, 2006.

* 8 – 13 October — Boston Red Sox ( AL ) defeats Philadelphia Phillies ( NL ) to win the 1915 World Series by 4 games to 1

Flood refused to report to the moribund Phillies, citing the team's poor record and dilapidated Connie Mack Stadium, and its belligerent — and, he felt, racist — fans.

As a major league manager with four teams — the Indians ( 1935 – 37 ), Tigers ( 1943 – 48 ), Red Sox ( 1950 – 51 ) and Philadelphia Phillies ( 1952 – 54 )— O ' Neill never had a losing record.

In the second game, the Phillies ' pitchers walked Ott five straight times — including once with the bases loaded.

Of the 16 major league teams in existence during his career, all but one — the St. Louis Browns, who would not win a pennant until 1944 — appeared in a World Series that he officiated ; the only other teams which did not win a championship with Klem on the field were the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies, neither of which won a title during Klem's lifetime, and the Detroit Tigers.

The Phillies, a particularly young team which came to be known as the " Whiz Kids ", had won the National League pennant in dramatic fashion on the final day of the season to garner their second pennant — their first in 35 years.

Phillies ace Robin Roberts didn't start Game 1 because he had had three starts in five days including the pennant winner on the final day of the regular season — played October 1, 1950 ( three days before Game 1 ).

Throughout the station's first three decades of service, WPHL had a tremendous professional sports presence — at various points holding the broadcast rights to the Phillies ( 1971 – 82 and 1993 – 98, and returning from 2009-11 with the games produced by Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia ), the Flyers ( 1991 – 98 ) and the 76ers ( 1982 – 95 ), as well as covering local college basketball and football, with games featuring teams from the Philadelphia Big 5 ( LaSalle University, University of Pennsylvania, Saint Joseph's University, Villanova University and Temple University ).

On subsequent nights, several other Phillies were seen wearing towels — possibly to keep Schilling from looking unique.

During the season, Utley maintained a 35-game hitting streak — the second-longest streak in Phillies history behind teammate Jimmy Rollins, who hit for 38 straight games between 2005 and 2006 ( 36 games in 2005 and two in 2006 ).

One of the most famous involved star second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, who in 1901 went across town in Philadelphia from the National League Phillies to the American League Athletics.

One of the most famous involved star second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, who in 1901 went across town in Philadelphia from the National League Phillies to the American League Athletics.

Lajoie was signed to the National Leagues's ( NL ) Phillies in 1896.

The Philadelphia Phillies of the MLB's National League ( NL ) purchased Lajoie and teammate Phil Geier from Fall River for $ 1, 500 on August 9.

Phillies ' manager Billy Nash originally went to Fall River intending to sign Geier only but obtained Lajoie when the team agreed to include him in their asking price.

:" A legend later grew up that Geier was the main target of Nash's pursuit and that Marston ' threw in ' Lajoie in order to get the Phillies to pay the $ 1, 500 asking price.

John Rogers, described as a " penny-pinching " majority owner of the Phillies, assured Lajoie that he would make the same salary as Delahanty .< Ref > However, Lajoie discovered that while he was earning $ 2, 600, Delahanty earned $ 3, 000 ( contracts for NL players were not allowed to surpass $ 2, 400 ).

Rogers declined Lajoie ’ s request for an increase in salary and as a result, Lajoie jumped to the crosstown Philadelphia Athletics, owned by former Phillies ' part-owner Benjamin Shibe and managed by Connie Mack.

" The Phillies ' Rogers obtained an injunction barring Lajoie from playing baseball for any team other than his team.

For the remainder of 1902 and most of 1903, Lajoie and Flick traveled separately from the rest of the team, needing to avoid entering Pennsylvania so as to avoid a subpoena ( the only team they could legally play with inside state limits was the Phillies ).

Four players have hit a grand slam on their first major-league at-bat: Bill Duggleby in 1898, Jeremy Hermida of the Florida Marlins, Kevin Kouzmanoff, then playing for the Cleveland Indians, off Edinson Volquez of the Texas Rangers on September 2, 2006, and Daniel Nava, then playing for the Boston Red Sox, off Joe Blanton of the Philadelphia Phillies on June 12, 2010.

He first worked with long-time Phillies announcers Bill Campbell and Byrum Saam.

* Plaquemine was the birthplace of Major League Baseball Pitcher Bill Lee, who pitched from 1934 – 1947 for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Braves.

* May 16, 1953, Curt Simmons / Philadelphia Phillies ( single by Milwaukee Braves ' Bill Bruton )

More than one online survey incorrectly lists the game pitched by the Los Angeles Dodgers ' Bill Singer against the Phillies on July 20, 1970, as perfect aside from two throwing errors by Singer ; in fact, he also hit batter Oscar Gamble in the first inning.

On a 2 – 2 count, Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run off Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams ( against whom he was 0 – 4 career ) to win the World Series, only the second time a Series has ended with a home run ( the other being in 1960, when Bill Mazeroski did it for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the New York Yankees ), and the only time the home run has been hit by a player whose team was trailing in the bottom of the 9th inning in a potential championship clinching game.

" Bill Veeck claimed Landis prevented him from purchasing the Phillies when Landis learned of Veeck's plan to integrate the team.

He would be joined on the Phillies that year by catcher Bill Killefer, who went on to become Alexander's favorite receiver, catching 250 of his games.

Bancroft played for the Phillies until June 7, 1920, when they traded him to the New York Giants for Art Fletcher, Bill Hubbell and $ 100, 000 ($ in current dollar terms ).

Gibson's closest friend on the Cardinals was first baseman Bill White, who was later traded to the Philadelphia Phillies.

William De Kova " Bill " White ( born January 28, 1934 in Lakewood, Florida ) is a former professional baseball first baseman who played for the New York and San Francisco Giants (, ), St. Louis Cardinals (- 65, ) and Philadelphia Phillies (- 68 ).

He was hired by the Phillies in 1971 to succeed Bill Campbell, and was the master of ceremonies at the 1971 opening of Veterans Stadium.

Another memorable call by Kalas was his description of Mitch Williams's strikeout of Bill Pecota for the final out of Game 6 of the 1993 National League Championship Series between the Phillies and Atlanta Braves:

Subsequently, the article was strongly challenged by the late historian Jules Tygiel, who refuted it point-by-point in an article in the 2006 issue of SABR's The Baseball Research Journal, and in an appendix, entitled “ Did Bill Veeck Lie About His Plan to Purchase the ’ 43 Phillies ?,” published in Paul Dickson ’ s biography, Bill Veeck: Baseball ’ s Greatest Maverick.

Joseph Thomas Moore wrote in his biography of Larry Doby " Bill Veeck planned to buy the Philadelphia Phillies with the as yet unannounced intention of breaking that color line.

According to current owner and former team vice president Bill Giles, the Phanatic was created to attract more families to the Phillies home, Veterans Stadium.

During the season, the Phillies traded McCarver to the Montreal Expos where, on October 2, he caught the second of Bill Stoneman's two career no-hitters.

* Bill Giles ( baseball ) ( William Yale Giles, born 1934 ), Philadelphia Phillies

Bill White, first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Francisco Giants as well as sports broadcaster and executive, resides in UBE.

Giles ' son, Bill Giles, served as an executive with the Reds, Houston Colt. 45s / Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies, and has been a part-owner and top executive with the Phillies since 1981.

His final game on June 11, 1983, occurred 19 days after Bill Robinson's final game on May 23, 1983 ( for Phillies ).

While still in the minors, the Pirates traded him in 1967 to the Philadelphia Phillies ( with Harold Clem, Woodie Fryman and Bill Laxton ) for Jim Bunning.

William James Duggleby ( March 16, 1874 – August 30, 1944 ), nicknamed " Frosty Bill ," was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies.