# 1989 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1989 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 107th season in the history of the franchise, and the 19th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. The Phillies finished in sixth place in the National League East for the second consecutive season. It would also be Mike Schmidt's final season.

## Offseason

* October 24, 1988: Shane Rawley and cash were traded by the Phillies to the Minnesota Twins for Tom Nieto, Eric Bullock and Tom Herr.
* December 7, 1988: Kent Tekulve was released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
* December 7, 1988: Greg A. Harris was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
* December 8, 1988: Phil Bradley was traded by the Phillies to the Baltimore Orioles for Gordon Dillard and Ken Howell.
* December 16, 1988: Milt Thompson was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Lake and Curt Ford.
* January 11, 1989: Steve Stanicek was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.

## Regular season

Injuries to Mike Schmidt's knees and back caused him to miss much of the 1988 season. After a poor start to the 1989 season, Schmidt chose to suddenly announce his retirement in San Diego, on May 29. Known as "Captain Cool" by many in Philadelphia sports circles, Schmidt surprised many with an emotional, and occasionally tearful, retirement speech. In honor of his career, fans voted Schmidt to the NL All-Star team; Schmidt declined to play but was announced with the team. His last game was May 28, 1989, against the San Francisco Giants.
The Phillies played 163 regular season games due to a tie game on June 5 when they hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates. With the score tied 3–3, the game ended due to rain after only 8 innings had been played. Under the playing rules in place at the time, all player and team statistics generated during the tie game would stand (except since neither team had won, there could not be a winning or losing pitcher); a replacement game would be played at a later date. This game would mark the last regular-season tie game for the Phillies as playing rules changed in 2007 allowing tie games to continue from the point of interruption at a later date.
On June 8, 1989, Steve Jeltz hit two of his five career home runs in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, despite not starting the game. A switch-hitter, Jeltz hit one of these homers from the right side of the plate and one from the left side. This was the first time in the history of the Phillies that this feat had been accomplished. It was in this same game that, after the Pirates scored 10 runs in the top of the first, Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker said on-air, "If we lose this game, I'll walk home." The Phillies came back to win 15–11, and after the season Rooker conducted a 300-mile charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
* Steve Carlton LHP Retired 1989

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 45‍–‍36 |
| New York Mets | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 51‍–‍30 | 36‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 7 | 46‍–‍35 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Montreal Expos | 81 | 81 | .500 | 12 | 44‍–‍37 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 88 | .457 | 19 | 39‍–‍42 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 67 | 95 | .414 | 26 | 38‍–‍42 | 29‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1989 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–10 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 3–9 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 11–7 |
| Cincinnati | 10–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 |
| Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 |
| Los Angeles | 10–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 3–9 |
| Montreal | 6–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–13 |
| New York | 10–2 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 |
| Philadelphia | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 |
| Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 13–5 |
| San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 2–10 |
| San Francisco | 12–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 |
| St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 10–2 | 5–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 1, 1989: Shane Turner was traded by the Phillies to the Baltimore Orioles for John Posey (minors).
* June 2, 1989: Chris James was traded by the Phillies to the San Diego Padres for John Kruk and Randy Ready.
* June 18, 1989: Juan Samuel was traded by the Phillies to the New York Mets for Lenny Dykstra, Roger McDowell and a player to be named later. The Mets completed the trade by sending Tom Edens to the Phillies on July 27.
* June 18, 1989: Steve Bedrosian and a player to be named later were traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Charlie Hayes, Dennis Cook and Terry Mulholland. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Rick Parker to the Giants on August 7.
* August 7, 1989: Greg A. Harris was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.

### Game log

1989 Game Log (Overall Record: 67–95–1) :
April (11–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4@ Cubs4–5Rick Sutcliffe (1–0)Floyd Youmans (0–1)Mitch Williams (1)33,3610–1
2April 5@ Cubs12–4Ken Howell (1–0)Greg Maddux (0–1)Mike Maddux (1)18,6741–1
3April 6@ Cubs8–3Steve Ontiveros (1–0)Paul Kilgus (0–1)None6,3642–1
–April 7CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 20 as a traditional double-header
4April 8Cardinals5–4 (11)Jeff Parrett (1–0)John Costello (0–1)None23,7413–1
5April 9Cardinals3–15Joe Magrane (1–1)Bruce Ruffin (0–1)None31,6313–2
6April 10Expos7–6Steve Bedrosian (1–0)Gene Harris (1–1)None13,1944–2
7April 11Expos6–2Steve Ontiveros (2–0)Pascual Pérez (0–1)None14,4295–2
8April 12Expos6–3Don Carman (1–0)Kevin Gross (1–1)Steve Bedrosian (1)15,4616–2
9April 14Cubs4–6Scott Sanderson (1–0)Bruce Ruffin (0–2)Mitch Williams (5)20,8516–3
–April 15CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 31 as a traditional double-header
10April 16Cubs3–5Rick Sutcliffe (3–0)Floyd Youmans (0–2)Mitch Williams (6)32,2496–4
11April 17@ Mets2–5Sid Fernandez (1–0)Don Carman (1–1)Randy Myers (2)28,0876–5
12April 18@ Mets7–1Larry McWilliams (1–0)Ron Darling (0–3)None26,3007–5
13April 19@ Mets2–4Randy Myers (1–1)Steve Bedrosian (1–1)None25,6947–6
14April 20@ Pirates9–4Ken Howell (2–0)Mike Dunne (1–1)None6,9778–6
15April 21@ Pirates3–2Floyd Youmans (1–2)Doug Drabek (1–1)Steve Bedrosian (2)15,2219–6
16April 22@ Pirates3–4Jeff Robinson (2–2)Don Carman (1–2)None14,6699–7
17April 23@ Pirates4–6Logan Easley (1–0)Steve Bedrosian (1–2)None16,8169–8
18April 24@ Astros8–4Greg A. Harris (1–0)Bob Forsch (0–1)None9,08810–8
19April 25@ Astros1–4Mike Scott (3–1)Ken Howell (2–1)None12,58410–9
20April 26@ Astros5–6Danny Darwin (2–1)Jeff Parrett (1–1)Dave Smith (3)11,19510–10
21April 28Reds0–3José Rijo (1–0)Don Carman (1–3)John Franco (7)23,05210–11
22April 29Reds8–0 (5)Mike Maddux (1–0)Danny Jackson (0–1)None23,15611–11
23April 30Reds3–5Rob Dibble (3–0)Larry McWilliams (1–1)John Franco (8)43,60511–12 :
May (7–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–May 1AstrosPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 13 as a traditional double-header
24May 2Astros4–12Jim Deshaies (3–2)Floyd Youmans (1–3)None15,83211–13
25May 3@ Braves3–6John Smoltz (4–2)Don Carman (1–4)None4,14311–14
26May 4@ Braves0–3Tom Glavine (4–0)Mike Maddux (1–1)None2,04711–15
27May 5@ Reds7–0Ken Howell (3–1)Tom Browning (3–2)None17,90112–15
28May 6@ Reds4–7Rick Mahler (4–3)Larry McWilliams (1–2)John Franco (10)21,54112–16
29May 7@ Reds5–0Alex Madrid (1–0)Jack Armstrong (0–1)None24,83913–16
30May 9Braves2–7John Smoltz (5–2)Don Carman (1–5)None11,54413–17
–May 10BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 30 as a traditional double-header
31May 11Braves3–8Tom Glavine (5–0)Randy O'Neal (0–1)None14,84113–18
32May 12Dodgers3–0Ken Howell (4–1)Tim Leary (2–3)Steve Bedrosian (3)23,29214–18
33May 13Dodgers2–0Larry McWilliams (2–2)Tim Belcher (2–4)None30,29415–18
34May 14Dodgers0–9Orel Hershiser (5–3)Alex Madrid (1–1)None29,09215–19
35May 15Giants3–2 (12)Steve Bedrosian (2–2)Craig Lefferts (1–1)None15,70316–19
36May 16Giants5–13Atlee Hammaker (2–3)Mike Maddux (1–2)None14,07416–20
37May 17Giants0–6Rick Reuschel (7–2)Ken Howell (4–2)None18,94316–21
38May 19Padres2–8Ed Whitson (6–2)Larry McWilliams (2–3)None28,22416–22
39May 20Padres2–3Dennis Rasmussen (2–4)Don Carman (1–6)Greg W. Harris (3)28,86616–23
40May 21Padres3–1Bob Sebra (1–0)Walt Terrell (3–5)Steve Bedrosian (4)38,34617–23
41May 23@ Dodgers4–1Ken Howell (5–2)Fernando Valenzuela (0–4)Steve Bedrosian (5)32,19918–23
42May 24@ Dodgers2–4Tim Leary (3–3)Larry McWilliams (2–4)Jay Howell (7)37,08918–24
43May 25@ Dodgers6–7Tim Belcher (4–4)Don Carman (1–7)Jay Howell (8)27,78118–25
44May 26@ Giants1–6Scott Garrelts (3–1)Bob Sebra (1–1)None12,78718–26
45May 27@ Giants2–6Atlee Hammaker (4–3)Alex Madrid (1–2)Craig Lefferts (8)18,32518–27
46May 28@ Giants5–8Rick Reuschel (9–2)Ken Howell (5–3)Mike LaCoss (6)51,49818–28
47May 29@ Padres0–1Bruce Hurst (5–3)Larry McWilliams (2–5)Mark Davis (16)21,16118–29
48May 30@ Padres3–9Ed Whitson (8–2)Don Carman (1–8)None11,71018–30
49May 31@ Padres1–2Greg W. Harris (1–2)Jeff Parrett (1–2)Mark Davis (17)15,76818–31 :
June (9–17–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 2Expos1–2 (13)Steve Frey (1–0)Greg A. Harris (1–1)Joe Hesketh (2)20,56018–32
51June 3Expos5–7Kevin Gross (6–3)Larry McWilliams (2–6)Tim Burke (12)35,26918–33
52June 4Expos4–7Dennis Martínez (5–1)Don Carman (1–9)Andy McGaffigan (2)30,92618–34
53June 5Pirates3–3 (8)NoneNoneNone17,69618–34–1
54June 6Pirates9–4Bob Sebra (2–1)Brian Fisher (0–2)Jeff Parrett (1)16,78319–34–1
55June 7Pirates7–5Jeff Parrett (2–2)Bob Kipper (0–3)Steve Bedrosian (6)15,48020–34–1
56June 8Pirates15–11Don Carman (2–9)Jeff Robinson (2–6)None18,51121–34–1
57June 9@ Expos0–5Dennis Martínez (6–1)Floyd Youmans (1–4)None15,79121–35–1
58June 10@ Expos1–9Bryn Smith (6–2)Bruce Ruffin (0–3)None23,98121–36–1
59June 11@ Expos2–7Pascual Pérez (3–7)Bob Sebra (2–2)None34,36521–37–1
60June 13@ Pirates10–2Ken Howell (6–3)Morris Madden (1–1)None11,57022–37–1
61June 14@ Pirates4–6John Smiley (6–2)Don Carman (2–10)Bill Landrum (2)7,40722–38–1
62June 15@ Pirates3–5Doug Drabek (4–5)Bob Sebra (2–3)Bill Landrum (3)15,42822–39–1
63June 16Mets11–15Randy Myers (6–2)Steve Bedrosian (2–3)None33,13522–40–1
64June 17Mets0–1Bob Ojeda (4–6)Larry McWilliams (2–7)None46,57022–41–1
65June 18Mets6–5Jeff Parrett (3–2)Randy Myers (6–3)None43,68923–41–1
66June 20 (1)Cardinals4–6Ken Hill (4–4)Terry Mulholland (0–1)Ken Dayley (5)see 2nd game23–42–1
67June 20 (2)Cardinals3–5Frank DiPino (4–0)Steve Ontiveros (2–1)Todd Worrell (8)27,28523–43–1
–June 21CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 15 as a traditional double-header
68June 22Cardinals11–2Dennis Cook (2–0)José DeLeón (8–6)None26,00624–43–1
69June 23@ Mets3–9Bob Ojeda (5–6)Ken Howell (6–4)Randy Myers (10)44,82824–44–1
70June 24@ Mets2–4Ron Darling (5–5)Floyd Youmans (1–5)Randy Myers (11)48,32324–45–1
71June 25@ Mets1–5Sid Fernandez (5–2)Terry Mulholland (0–2)None47,69224–46–1
72June 26@ Cardinals5–4Jeff Parrett (4–2)Todd Worrell (1–2)Roger McDowell (5)32,72325–46–1
73June 27@ Cardinals4–2Dennis Cook (3–0)José DeLeón (8–7)Roger McDowell (6)30,48226–46–1
74June 28@ Cardinals1–2Joe Magrane (7–6)Ken Howell (6–5)None37,01826–47–1
75June 30 (1)Braves4–2Terry Mulholland (1–2)Zane Smith (1–12)Jeff Parrett (2)see 2nd game27–47–1
76June 30 (2)Braves1–3Derek Lilliquist (5–4)Larry McWilliams (2–8)Joe Boever (13)25,58627–48–1 :
July (15–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Braves4–2Bruce Ruffin (1–3)Pete Smith (2–9)Roger McDowell (7)33,04528–48–1
78July 2Braves1–3John Smoltz (10–6)Dennis Cook (3–1)None28,52428–49–1
79July 3Reds2–1Ken Howell (7–5)José Rijo (7–6)Roger McDowell (8)56,49829–49–1
80July 4Reds1–2Tom Browning (7–6)Terry Mulholland (1–3)John Franco (22)14,63629–50–1
81July 5Reds3–2 (10)Roger McDowell (2–5)John Franco (2–2)None11,93530–50–1
82July 6@ Braves4–0Bruce Ruffin (2–3)Pete Smith (2–10)Jeff Parrett (3)6,54431–50–1
83July 7@ Braves3–5John Smoltz (11–6)Dennis Cook (3–2)Joe Boever (14)11,45031–51–1
84July 8@ Braves3–4Paul Assenmacher (1–2)Jeff Parrett (4–3)Joe Boever (15)21,33731–52–1
85July 9@ Braves4–3 (13)Jeff Parrett (5–3)Joe Boever (2–3)None9,29232–52–1
–July 111989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim
86July 13 (1)Astros11–4Bruce Ruffin (3–3)Bob Knepper (3–10)Greg A. Harris (1)see 2nd game33–52–1
87July 13 (2)Astros0–3Bob Forsch (2–2)Dennis Cook (3–3)Dave Smith (19)22,77133–53–1
88July 14Astros4–2Jeff Parrett (6–3)Larry Andersen (2–2)None32,30034–53–1
89July 15Astros6–9Mark Portugal (1–1)Larry McWilliams (2–9)None25,57434–54–1
–July 16AstrosPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 22 as a traditional double-header
90July 17@ Reds4–1Ken Howell (8–5)Ron Robinson (0–1)Roger McDowell (9)24,16735–54–1
91July 18@ Reds6–5Todd Frohwirth (1–0)Danny Jackson (6–10)Roger McDowell (10)19,97036–54–1
92July 19@ Reds9–4Dennis Cook (4–3)Tom Browning (7–9)None17,73937–54–1
93July 21@ Astros2–4Mike Scott (15–15)Terry Mulholland (1–4)Dave Smith (20)25,50137–55–1
94July 22 (1)@ Astros0–1Jim Deshaies (10–4)Ken Howell (8–6)Dave Smith (21)see 2nd game37–56–1
95July 22 (2)@ Astros3–4Danny Darwin (10–2)Larry McWilliams (2–10)None35,80337–57–1
96July 23@ Astros2–3Bob Forsch (3–3)Bruce Ruffin (3–4)Larry Andersen (2)20,22237–58–1
97July 24@ Expos3–4 (12)Andy McGaffigan (3–4)Greg A. Harris (1–2)None25,21837–59–1
98July 25@ Expos0–2Mark Langston (12–8)Don Carman (2–11)None30,10337–60–1
99July 26@ Expos4–3Jeff Parrett (7–3)Zane Smith (1–13)Roger McDowell (11)24,37738–60–1
100July 28 (1)Pirates5–10Neal Heaton (2–7)Ken Howell (8–7)Nonesee 2nd game38–61–1
101July 28 (2)Pirates6–1Greg A. Harris (2–2)Rick Reed (0–1)None35,56939–61–1
102July 29Pirates6–2Jeff Parrett (8–3)Bob Walk (8–7)Roger McDowell (12)47,27740–61–1
103July 30Pirates8–6Dennis Cook (5–3)Bob Kipper (3–4)Roger McDowell (13)31,34141–61–1
104July 31 (1)Cubs2–10Rick Sutcliffe (11–9)Terry Mulholland (1–5)Nonesee 2nd game41–62–1
105July 31 (2)Cubs7–4Don Carman (3–11)Paul Kilgus (6–10)Jeff Parrett (4)22,16042–62–1 :
August (12–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Cubs1–4Steve Wilson (4–0)Larry McWilliams (2–11)Mitch Williams (27)23,61442–63–1
107August 2Cubs6–0Ken Howell (9–7)Scott Sanderson (9–7)None21,68843–63–1
108August 3Cubs0–2Greg Maddux (12–8)Bruce Ruffin (3–5)Les Lancaster (3)21,98343–64–1
109August 4@ Cardinals3–6Joe Magrane (13–7)Dennis Cook (5–4)Todd Worrell (16)44,14943–65–1
110August 5@ Cardinals7–3Terry Mulholland (2–5)José DeLeón (11–10)Jeff Parrett (5)46,50444–65–1
111August 6@ Cardinals4–5 (10)Todd Worrell (2–3)Jeff Parrett (8–4)None38,73644–66–1
112August 7Mets2–1Roger McDowell (3–5)Jeff Musselman (1–3)None35,35045–66–1
113August 8Mets0–9David Cone (9–5)Bruce Ruffin (3–6)None35,19645–67–1
114August 9Mets0–6Bob Ojeda (8–9)Dennis Cook (5–5)None43,46245–68–1
115August 10@ Cubs16–13Jeff Parrett (9–4)Steve Wilson (5–1)None36,74546–68–1
116August 11@ Cubs2–9Greg Maddux (14–8)Don Carman (3–12)None36,44046–69–1
117August 12@ Cubs7–9Mike Bielecki (13–5)Ken Howell (9–8)Mitch Williams (30)37,75246–70–1
118August 13@ Cubs5–4Jeff Parrett (10–4)Steve Wilson (5–2)None37,05447–70–1
119August 15Dodgers7–6Jeff Parrett (11–4)Ray Searage (3–3)None25,16948–70–1
120August 16Dodgers6–2Don Carman (4–12)Tim Belcher (8–12)Roger McDowell (14)25,70349–70–1
121August 17Dodgers4–10Fernando Valenzuela (8–11)Ken Howell (9–9)Alejandro Peña (4)25,77949–71–1
122August 18Giants2–5Rick Reuschel (14–5)Bruce Ruffin (3–7)Steve Bedrosian (17)23,36849–72–1
123August 19Giants1–0Terry Mulholland (3–5)Kelly Downs (2–4)None30,36650–72–1
124August 20Giants2–5Jeff Brantley (7–1)Roger McDowell (3–6)None36,53050–73–1
125August 21Padres2–8Dennis Rasmussen (6–9)Don Carman (4–13)None17,46750–74–1
126August 22Padres4–2Ken Howell (10–9)Mark Grant (5–2)Roger McDowell (15)21,41951–74–1
127August 23Padres3–7Andy Benes (1–2)Bruce Ruffin (3–8)None20,45551–75–1
128August 25@ Dodgers3–2Terry Mulholland (4–5)Ramón Martínez (3–2)Jeff Parrett (6)33,54152–75–1
129August 26@ Dodgers0–4Tim Belcher (10–12)Dennis Cook (5–6)None42,00052–76–1
130August 27@ Dodgers1–8Fernando Valenzuela (9–12)Don Carman (4–14)None28,49652–77–1
131August 28@ Giants9–1Ken Howell (11–9)Rick Reuschel (15–6)None15,61453–77–1
132August 29@ Giants6–1Bruce Ruffin (4–8)Don Robinson (11–9)Roger McDowell (16)13,95254–77–1
133August 30@ Giants2–3Kelly Downs (3–5)Terry Mulholland (4–6)Steve Bedrosian (18)19,05354–78–1
134August 31@ Padres1–5Dennis Rasmussen (8–9)Don Carman (4–15)Mark Grant (2)15,54154–79–1 :
September (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 2@ Padres2–3Bruce Hurst (13–9)Ken Howell (11–10)Mark Davis (33)23,16154–80–1
136September 3@ Padres5–9Andy Benes (3–2)Dennis Cook (5–7)Mark Davis (34)24,95654–81–1
137September 4Pirates5–7Bob Patterson (1–1)Mike Maddux (1–3)Bill Landrum (22)13,31754–82–1
138September 5Pirates3–2Jeff Parrett (12–4)Bob Patterson (1–2)None12,48455–82–1
139September 6Cubs9–1Bruce Ruffin (5–8)Greg Maddux (16–11)None17,27256–82–1
140September 7Cubs2–6Mike Bielecki (15–6)Ken Howell (11–11)None13,05856–83–1
141September 8@ Expos4–3Jason Grimsley (1–0)Kevin Gross (11–10)Roger McDowell (17)18,15157–83–1
142September 9@ Expos5–6Tim Burke (8–3)Jeff Parrett (12–5)None22,98157–84–1
143September 10@ Expos4–2Pat Combs (1–0)Pascual Pérez (8–13)Roger McDowell (18)22,63058–84–1
144September 11Mets2–5Ron Darling (13–12)Bruce Ruffin (5–9)Randy Myers (23)18,69058–85–1
145September 12Mets2–1Roger McDowell (4–6)Don Aase (1–5)None22,95359–85–1
146September 13Mets4–10Bob Ojeda (12–10)Jason Grimsley (1–1)None20,06259–86–1
147September 15 (1)Cardinals2–0Pat Combs (2–0)Ken Hill (7–13)Nonesee 2nd game60–86–1
148September 15 (2)Cardinals6–7John Costello (4–3)Roger McDowell (4–7)None22,57960–87–1
–September 16CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 17 as a traditional double-header
149September 17 (1)Cardinals9–5 (12)Dennis Cook (6–7)Matt Kinzer (0–2)Nonesee 2nd game61–87–1
150September 17 (2)Cardinals0–2Cris Carpenter (4–4)Ken Howell (11–12)John Costello (2)23,04361–88–1
151September 18@ Pirates2–6Bob Patterson (3–2)Jason Grimsley (1–2)Randy Kramer (2)7,66561–89–1
152September 19@ Pirates2–4Jeff Robinson (7–11)Bruce Ruffin (5–10)Bill Landrum (24)8,15661–90–1
153September 20@ Cubs9–8Don Carman (5–15)Les Lancaster (3–2)Roger McDowell (19)21,62062–90–1
154September 21@ Cubs1–9Greg Maddux (18–12)Terry Mulholland (4–7)None22,88562–91–1
155September 22@ Cardinals1–2 (10)John Costello (5–3)Roger McDowell (4–8)None45,68562–92–1
156September 23@ Cardinals5–11Frank DiPino (9–0)Dennis Cook (6–8)None38,93662–93–1
157September 24@ Cardinals1–2Ted Power (7–7)Jeff Parrett (12–6)John Costello (3)38,79562–94–1
158September 25@ Mets2–1Pat Combs (3–0)Bob Ojeda (13–11)Roger McDowell (20)18,00163–94–1
159September 26@ Mets0–3Sid Fernandez (13–5)Jason Grimsley (1–3)None17,38563–95–1
160September 27@ Mets5–3Ken Howell (12–12)Ron Darling (14–14)Roger McDowell (21)18,66664–95–1
161September 29Expos2–0Dennis Cook (7–8)Mark Langston (16–14)None15,77165–95–1
162September 30Expos6–3Bruce Ruffin (6–10)Mark Gardner (0–3)Roger McDowell (22)20,44866–95–1 :
October (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
163October 1Expos5–3Pat Combs (4–0)Bryn Smith (10–11)Roger McDowell (23)25,21367–95–1 :
Phillies win  Phillies loss  Phillies tie   PostponementBold: Phillies team member Source: :

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Darren Daulton | 131 | 368 | 74 | .201 | 8 | 44 |
| 1B | Ricky Jordan | 144 | 523 | 149 | .285 | 12 | 75 |
| 2B | Tom Herr | 151 | 561 | 161 | .287 | 2 | 37 |
| 3B | Charlie Hayes | 84 | 299 | 77 | .258 | 8 | 43 |
| SS | Dickie Thon | 136 | 435 | 118 | .271 | 15 | 60 |
| LF | John Kruk | 81 | 281 | 93 | .331 | 5 | 38 |
| CF | Lenny Dykstra | 90 | 352 | 78 | .222 | 4 | 19 |
| RF | Von Hayes | 154 | 540 | 140 | .259 | 26 | 78 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Steve Jeltz | 116 | 263 | 64 | .243 | 4 | 25 |
| Juan Samuel | 51 | 199 | 49 | .246 | 8 | 20 |
| Randy Ready | 72 | 187 | 50 | .267 | 8 | 21 |
| Bob Dernier | 107 | 187 | 32 | .171 | 1 | 13 |
| Chris James | 45 | 179 | 37 | .207 | 2 | 19 |
| Dwayne Murphy | 98 | 156 | 34 | .218 | 9 | 27 |
| Steve Lake | 58 | 155 | 39 | .252 | 2 | 14 |
| Mike Schmidt | 42 | 148 | 30 | .203 | 6 | 28 |
| Curt Ford | 108 | 142 | 31 | .218 | 1 | 13 |
| Mark Ryal | 29 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 0 | 5 |
| Ron Jones | 12 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 2 | 4 |
| Tom Barrett | 14 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Nieto | 11 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Adduci | 13 | 19 | 7 | .368 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 8 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Stanicek | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Bullock | 6 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Pardo | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Ken Howell | 33 | 204.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.44 | 164 |
| Bruce Ruffin | 24 | 125.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.44 | 70 |
| Dennis Cook | 21 | 106.0 | 6 | 8 | 3.99 | 58 |
| Terry Mulholland | 20 | 104.1 | 4 | 7 | 5.00 | 60 |
| Pat Combs | 6 | 38.2 | 4 | 0 | 2.09 | 30 |
| Bob Sebra | 6 | 34.1 | 2 | 3 | 4.46 | 21 |
| Steve Ontiveros | 6 | 30.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.82 | 12 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Don Carman | 49 | 149.1 | 5 | 15 | 5.24 | 81 |
| Larry McWilliams | 40 | 120.2 | 2 | 11 | 4.10 | 54 |
| Mike Maddux | 16 | 43.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.18 | 26 |
| Floyd Youmans | 10 | 42.2 | 1 | 5 | 5.70 | 20 |
| Alex Madrid | 6 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.47 | 13 |
| Jason Grimsley | 4 | 18.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.89 | 7 |
| Marvin Freeman | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Roger McDowell | 44 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1.11 | 32 |
| Jeff Parrett | 72 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2.98 | 98 |
| Todd Frohwirth | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.59 | 39 |
| Greg A. Harris | 44 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.58 | 51 |
| Steve Bedrosian | 28 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3.21 | 24 |
| Randy O'Neal | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 29 |
| Chuck McElroy | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.74 | 8 |
| Gordon Dillard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | International League | Bill Dancy |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Mike Hart |
| A | Clearwater Phillies | Florida State League | Glenn Gulliver |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | South Atlantic League | Mel Roberts |
| A-Short Season | Batavia Clippers | New York–Penn League | Don McCormack |
| Rookie | Martinsville Phillies | Appalachian League | Roly de Armas |