# 1990 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1990 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 108th season in the history of the franchise, and the 20th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium.

## Offseason

* October 11, 1989: Steve Stanicek was released by the Phillies.
* December 4, 1989: Rule 5 draft
** Sil Campusano was drafted by the Phillies from the Toronto Blue Jays.
** Gordon Dillard was drafted from the Phillies by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* December 6, 1989: Steve Lake was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* March 31, 1990: Steve Jeltz was traded by the Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for José DeJesús.

## Regular season

* Mike Schmidt 3B Retired 1990
Terry Mulholland pitched the eighth no-hitter of the 1990 season on August 15 as the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants, 6–0. The season's eighth no-hitter surpassed the modern record of seven set in 1917 and 1908. Mulholland's no-hitter was the first in the 20th century by a Phillies' pitcher in Philadelphia, and was also the first nine-inning no-hitter pitched at Veterans Stadium. The game was played in two hours and nine minutes and attendance was 32,156.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 46‍–‍35 |
| New York Mets | 91 | 71 | .562 | 4 | 52‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Montreal Expos | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 47‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Chicago Cubs | 77 | 85 | .475 | 18 | 39‍–‍42 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 85 | .475 | 18 | 41‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 70 | 92 | .432 | 25 | 34‍–‍47 | 36‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1990 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–10 |
| Cincinnati | 10–8 | 8–4 | — | 11–7 | 9–9 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 9–3 |
| Houston | 13–5 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 9–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–14 | 10–8 | 6–6 |
| Los Angeles | 12–6 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 7–5 |
| Montreal | 6–6 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 |
| New York | 8–4 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 12–6 |
| Philadelphia | 7-5 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | — | 6–12 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 10–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–5 | 14–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 12–6 | — | 10–2 | 8–4 | 10–8 |
| San Diego | 10–8 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 2–10 | — | 7–11 | 3–9 |
| San Francisco | 13–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 11–7 | — | 9–3 |
| St. Louis | 5–7 | 10–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–3 | 3–9 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 6, 1990: Dickie Noles was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* June 4, 1990: 1990 Major League Baseball draft
** Mike Lieberthal was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round.
** Marvin Benard was drafted by the Phillies in the 20th round, but did not sign.
* July 23, 1990: Marvin Freeman was traded by the Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Joe Boever.
* August 3, 1990: Jeff Parrett and players to be named later were traded by the Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Dale Murphy and a player to be named later. The Braves completed their part of the deal by sending Tommy Greene to the Phillies on August 9. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Jim Vatcher to the Braves on August 9 and Víctor Rosario to the Braves on September 4.

### 1990 Game Log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1990 Game Log Overall Record: 77–85 :
April (10–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 10@ Cubs1–2Les Lancaster (1–0)Jeff Parrett (0–1)Mitch Williams (1)7,7910–1
–April 11@ CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 12 as a traditional double-header
2April 12 (1)@ Cubs5–4Terry Mulholland (1–0)Steve Wilson (0–1)Roger McDowell (1)see 2nd game1–1
3April 12 (2)@ Cubs3–6José Núñez (1–0)Pat Combs (0–1)Mitch Williams (2)7,7171–2
4April 13Cardinals0–11John Tudor (1–0)Ken Howell (0–1)Bob Tewksbury (1)32,1731–3
5April 14Cardinals6–2Bruce Ruffin (1–0)Joe Magrane (0–1)Jeff Parrett (1)15,6132–3
6April 15Cardinals4–0Dennis Cook (1–0)Bryn Smith (1–1)Roger McDowell (2)14,4353–3
7April 16@ Expos4–5Joe Hesketh (1–0)Jeff Parrett (0–2)Steve Frey (2)11,0633–4
8April 17@ Expos1–2Drew Hall (1–1)Todd Frohwirth (0–1)Steve Frey (3)8,4063–5
9April 18@ Expos4–3Ken Howell (1–1)Kevin Gross (0–1)Roger McDowell (3)10,0964–5
10April 19Expos0–5Dennis Martínez (2–0)Bruce Ruffin (1–1)None8,4174–6
11April 20@ Cardinals3–0Dennis Cook (2–0)Bryn Smith (1–2)None29,3435–6
12April 21@ Cardinals7–6 (10)Roger McDowell (1–0)Scott Terry (0–1)None39,7986–6
13April 22@ Cardinals5–3Pat Combs (1–1)Ricky Horton (0–1)Roger McDowell (4)36,8197–6
14April 24Reds6–3Ken Howell (2–1)José Rijo (0–1)Roger McDowell (5)19,1618–6
15April 25Reds7–12Rick Mahler (1–0)Bruce Ruffin (1–2)None18,4978–7
16April 27@ Braves7–1Dennis Cook (3–0)Mike Stanton (0–3)None12,5989–7
17April 28@ Braves2–1Jeff Parrett (1–2)Joe Boever (0–1)Roger McDowell (6)12,65910–7
18April 29@ Braves1–3Pete Smith (2–1)Pat Combs (1–2)None11,96610–8
19April 30@ Reds2–6José Rijo (1–1)Ken Howell (2–2)Rob Dibble (3)17,29410–9 :
May (14–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
20May 1@ Reds4–2Bruce Ruffin (2–2)Tim Birtsas (1–1)Roger McDowell (7)16,92611–9
21May 2Astros14–4Dennis Cook (4–0)Jim Clancy (1–1)None15,19612–9
22May 3Astros3–10Bill Gullickson (2–1)Terry Mulholland (1–1)Dave Smith (8)13,65312–10
23May 4Dodgers8–3Don Carman (1–0)Ramón Martínez (2–1)None8,92613–10
24May 5Dodgers0–3Mike Morgan (4–1)Ken Howell (2–3)None25,29013–11
25May 6Dodgers9–5Don Carman (2–0)Mike Munoz (0–1)None38,16714–11
26May 8@ Astros2–3 (10)Dave Smith (1–2)Dickie Noles (0–1)None12,90914–12
27May 9@ Astros10–1Pat Combs (2–2)Mike Scott (1–3)None11,25715–12
28May 11Giants10–6Ken Howell (3–3)John Burkett (2–1)None26,75016–12
29May 12Giants2–6Scott Garrelts (1–3)Bruce Ruffin (2–3)Jeff Brantley (3)24,27216–13
30May 13Giants4–1Dennis Cook (5–0)Rick Reuschel (2–4)None19,63117–13
31May 14@ Padres1–5Andy Benes (3–3)Pat Combs (2–3)None16,38917–14
32May 15@ Padres2–1Terry Mulholland (2–1)Dennis Rasmussen (3–2)Roger McDowell (8)22,59618–14
33May 16@ Padres6–5Ken Howell (4–3)Ed Whitson (3–2)Roger McDowell (9)17,71019–14
34May 18@ Dodgers2–4Tim Belcher (3–3)Bruce Ruffin (2–4)Jay Howell (1)34,27419–15
35May 19@ Dodgers15–12 (11)Roger McDowell (2–0)Jay Howell (1–2)None44,70320–15
36May 20@ Dodgers3–6Ramón Martínez (4–2)Pat Combs (2–4)Mike Hartley (1)45,77020–16
37May 21@ Giants5–2Terry Mulholland (3–1)Scott Garrelts (1–4)Roger McDowell (10)11,26321–16
38May 22@ Giants4–2Ken Howell (5–3)Rick Reuschel (2–5)Roger McDowell (11)8,79922–16
39May 24Braves8–4Bruce Ruffin (3–4)Marty Clary (1–3)Marvin Freeman (1)21,16023–16
40May 25Braves5–4Jeff Parrett (2–2)Joe Hesketh (1–1)Roger McDowell (12)22,16224–16
41May 26Braves3–12Pete Smith (4–3)Pat Combs (2–5)None56,78924–17
42May 27Braves1–6John Smoltz (3–4)Terry Mulholland (3–2)None27,13924–18
43May 28Padres5–9Mark Grant (1–0)Jeff Parrett (2–3)None18,39024–19
–May 29PadresPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 1 as a traditional double-header
44May 30Padres3–8Andy Benes (5–4)Bruce Ruffin (3–5)Greg W. Harris (2)21,37524–20 :
June (11–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
45June 1Mets0–4Frank Viola (8–2)Dennis Cook (5–1)None34,45724–21
46June 2Mets5–4Ken Howell (6–3)Dwight Gooden (3–5)Roger McDowell (13)41,95025–21
47June 3Mets8–3Pat Combs (3–5)Sid Fernandez (3–5)None43,64326–21
48June 4@ Cardinals2–3 (11)Frank DiPino (2–0)Marvin Freeman (0–1)None29,93726–22
49June 5@ Cardinals9–6Don Carman (3–0)Scott Terry (0–4)None26,52227–22
50June 6@ Cardinals11–12 (10)Frank DiPino (3–0)Roger McDowell (2–1)None28,31927–23
51June 7@ Cubs3–1Ken Howell (7–3)Mike Bielecki (3–4)None29,27128–23
52June 8@ Cubs2–15Jeff Pico (2–0)Terry Mulholland (3–3)None32,21928–24
53June 9@ Cubs3–4 (11)Les Lancaster (5–2)Jeff Parrett (2–4)None33,26628–25
54June 10@ Cubs3–7Steve Wilson (1–4)Bruce Ruffin (3–6)Les Lancaster (2)32,18728–26
55June 11 (1)Expos0–5Kevin Gross (8–4)Dennis Cook (5–2)Nonesee 2nd game28–27
56June 11 (2)Expos2–3Drew Hall (4–6)Jeff Parrett (2–5)Dave Schmidt (5)22,70028–28
57June 12Expos7–2Ken Howell (8–3)Zane Smith (3–4)None19,16929–28
58June 13Expos3–4 (10)Dave Schmidt (2–0)Roger McDowell (2–2)Drew Hall (3)18,65529–29
–June 14CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 15 as a traditional double-header
59June 15 (1)Cubs6–5 (10)Darrel Akerfelds (1–0)José Núñez (1–5)Nonesee 2nd game30–29
60June 15 (2)Cubs7–0Bruce Ruffin (4–6)Mike Bielecki (3–6)None26,09831–29
61June 16Cubs2–1Darrel Akerfelds (2–0)Greg Maddux (4–7)None32,02332–29
62June 17Cubs3–5Jeff Pico (3–0)Jeff Parrett (2–6)Les Lancaster (3)30,33832–30
–June 18PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 6 as a traditional double-header
63June 19Pirates2–1 (10)Don Carman (4–0)Bill Landrum (2–1)None29,78133–30
64June 20Pirates7–2Bruce Ruffin (5–6)Bob Patterson (4–3)None40,25634–30
65June 22@ Mets1–5Frank Viola (10–3)Ken Howell (8–4)None43,58734–31
66June 23@ Mets0–3Dwight Gooden (6–5)Pat Combs (3–6)None45,66134–32
67June 24@ Mets5–6Jeff Innis (1–1)Roger McDowell (2–3)None47,83634–33
68June 25@ Pirates0–5Rick Reed (1–0)José DeJesús (0–1)None29,36934–34
69June 26@ Pirates0–1Scott Ruskin (2–1)Bruce Ruffin (5–7)Stan Belinda (2)25,80734–35
70June 27@ Pirates3–5Bob Kipper (2–1)Ken Howell (8–5)Bill Landrum (11)40,20734–36
71June 29Astros2–0Pat Combs (4–6)Bill Gullickson (5–6)None26,33935–36
72June 30Astros3–8Mike Scott (6–7)Marvin Freeman (0–2)Juan Agosto (1)27,11135–37 :
July (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
73July 1Astros8–4Roger McDowell (3–3)Larry Andersen (4–2)None27,01436–37
74July 2Astros5–1Bruce Ruffin (6–7)Jim Deshaies (4–6)Darrel Akerfelds (1)32,34937–37
75July 3Braves5–1Jeff Parrett (3–6)Marty Clary (1–4)Dennis Cook (1)55,14738–37
76July 4Braves1–4Tom Glavine (5–5)Pat Combs (4–7)Joe Boever (8)18,28638–38
77July 5Reds2–9Jack Armstrong (11–3)Ken Howell (8–6)None19,96138–39
78July 6Reds1–4Danny Jackson (3–2)José DeJesús (0–2)Randy Myers (17)28,50138–40
79July 7Reds0–5Rick Mahler (3–3)Bruce Ruffin (6–8)None29,51538–41
80July 8Reds4–3Darrel Akerfelds (3–0)Norm Charlton (6–3)None31,60239–41
–July 101990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Wrigley Field in Chicago
81July 12@ Astros4–7Bill Gullickson (6–6)Bruce Ruffin (6–9)Dave Smith (17)16,98339–42
82July 13@ Astros4–2José DeJesús (1–2)Mike Scott (6–9)Darrel Akerfelds (2)15,24840–42
83July 14@ Astros12–8Pat Combs (5–7)Jim Deshaies (4–8)None28,30841–42
84July 15@ Astros1–6Danny Darwin (3–1)Jeff Parrett (3–7)None19,61641–43
85July 16@ Braves7–2Terry Mulholland (4–3)Marty Clary (1–6)None8,21142–43
86July 17@ Braves10–14Tom Glavine (6–6)Bruce Ruffin (6–10)Kent Mercker (1)8,55842–44
87July 18@ Braves4–3Dennis Cook (6–2)John Smoltz (6–7)Darrel Akerfelds (3)8,70643–44
88July 19@ Reds5–2Pat Combs (6–7)Jack Armstrong (11–5)Roger McDowell (14)37,16344–44
89July 20@ Reds1–5Norm Charlton (8–4)Jeff Parrett (3–8)Rob Dibble (8)39,39444–45
90July 21@ Reds1–6José Rijo (6–3)Terry Mulholland (4–4)Rick Mahler (2)34,50644–46
91July 22@ Reds6–2José DeJesús (2–2)Scott Scudder (2–3)None33,65845–46
92July 23Mets7–4Darrel Akerfelds (4–0)Frank Viola (13–5)Roger McDowell (15)39,26046–46
93July 24Mets4–7Julio Machado (3–1)Roger McDowell (3–4)John Franco (22)43,23546–47
94July 25Mets9–10Sid Fernandez (7–6)Jeff Parrett (3–9)John Franco (23)40,07946–48
95July 26@ Pirates12–4Terry Mulholland (5–4)Neal Heaton (10–7)None24,08847–48
96July 27@ Pirates5–3Dennis Cook (7–2)Rick Reed (2–2)Joe Boever (9)29,11748–48
97July 28@ Pirates4–3Jeff Parrett (4–9)Bill Landrum (3–2)Joe Boever (10)37,02249–48
98July 29@ Pirates1–2Doug Drabek (13–4)Pat Combs (6–8)None33,01849–49
99July 31Cardinals2–4John Tudor (10–3)Ken Howell (8–7)Lee Smith (21)25,46349–50 :
August (11–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
100August 1Cardinals11–10Terry Mulholland (6–4)Ken Hill (1–1)Roger McDowell (16)23,14250–50
101August 2Cardinals3–4Bob Tewksbury (6–3)José DeJesús (2–3)Lee Smith (22)21,89850–51
102August 3Pirates0–11Doug Drabek (14–4)Bruce Ruffin (6–11)None36,05750–52
103August 4Pirates1–3 (10)Bob Patterson (8–3)Roger McDowell (3–5)Ted Power (6)45,30550–53
104August 5Pirates8–6Don Carman (5–0)Scott Ruskin (2–2)Joe Boever (11)40,14251–53
105August 6 (1)Pirates1–10Randy Tomlin (1–0)Terry Mulholland (6–5)Nonesee 2nd game51–54
106August 6 (2)Pirates3–4 (10)Bill Landrum (4–2)Roger McDowell (3–6)None30,82751–55
107August 7@ Mets9–0José DeJesús (3–3)Frank Viola (15–6)None33,12052–55
108August 8@ Mets4–8David Cone (8–5)Don Carman (5–1)None41,20452–56
109August 9@ Mets4–5Bob Ojeda (6–5)Darrel Akerfelds (4–1)John Franco (25)39,24052–57
110August 10@ Expos3–4Oil Can Boyd (7–4)Terry Mulholland (6–6)Steve Frey (5)17,90452–58
111August 11@ Expos4–5 (12)Bill Sampen (9–4)Don Carman (5–2)None23,70852–59
112August 12@ Expos3–6Chris Nabholz (1–0)José DeJesús (3–4)Tim Burke (14)29,18652–60
113August 14Giants4–3 (13)Dennis Cook (8–2)Steve Bedrosian (5–7)None29,53853–60
114August 15Giants6–0Terry Mulholland (7–6)Don Robinson (8–4)None32,15654–60
115August 16Giants6–4Roger McDowell (4–6)Mark Thurmond (2–3)None37,34055–60
116August 17@ Padres2–1José DeJesús (4–4)Calvin Schiraldi (3–5)None18,48856–60
117August 18@ Padres2–4Andy Benes (9–8)Tommy Greene (1–1)Craig Lefferts (19)35,14556–61
118August 19@ Padres3–2Joe Boever (2–3)Dennis Rasmussen (8–12)Roger McDowell (17)22,62757–61
119August 20@ Dodgers1–2Jim Gott (1–2)Terry Mulholland (7–7)None28,11257–62
120August 21@ Dodgers12–11Roger McDowell (5–6)Tim Crews (1–4)Don Carman (1)39,68258–62
121August 22@ Dodgers2–3Jim Gott (2–2)Joe Boever (2–4)None27,93458–63
122August 23@ Giants3–6Francisco Oliveras (1–2)Dennis Cook (8–3)Steve Bedrosian (9)13,91858–64
123August 24@ Giants2–13Mike LaCoss (4–2)Pat Combs (6–9)None15,96158–65
124August 25@ Giants2–4Don Robinson (10–4)Terry Mulholland (7–8)Jeff Brantley (18)28,20858–66
125August 26@ Giants5–1Jason Grimsley (1–0)John Burkett (11–5)None30,20859–66
126August 28Dodgers1–5Jim Neidlinger (3–1)José DeJesús (4–5)None24,29659–67
127August 29Dodgers2–12Fernando Valenzuela (12–10)Tommy Greene (1–2)Tim Crews (5)18,54559–68
128August 30Dodgers2–3Ramón Martínez (16–6)Joe Boever (2–5)Dave Walsh (1)24,16059–69
129August 31Padres4–2Roger McDowell (6–6)Atlee Hammaker (4–6)None23,28660–69 :
September (16–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
130September 1 (1)Padres3–2 (10)Joe Boever (3–5)Greg W. Harris (7–7)Nonesee 2nd game61–69
131September 1 (2)Padres2–1Darrel Akerfelds (5–1)Rich Rodriguez (1–1)Roger McDowell (18)25,00862–69
132September 2Padres1–9Ed Whitson (12–7)José DeJesús (4–6)None33,49862–70
133September 3@ Pirates1–4Doug Drabek (18–5)Bruce Ruffin (6–12)None23,85462–71
134September 4@ Pirates7–11Bill Landrum (5–3)Darrel Akerfelds (5–2)Bob Patterson (4)16,85862–72
135September 5Cubs4–1Terry Mulholland (8–8)Steve Wilson (4–8)Roger McDowell (19)16,17763–72
136September 6Cubs2–5José Núñez (2–6)Jason Grimsley (1–1)Mitch Williams (14)13,84963–73
137September 7Mets4–1José DeJesús (5–6)David Cone (11–8)None29,74464–73
138September 8Mets2–12Dwight Gooden (16–6)Bruce Ruffin (6–13)None37,48964–74
139September 9Mets6–2Pat Combs (7–9)Sid Fernandez (9–12)Joe Boever (12)36,50265–74
140September 10Pirates2–3Stan Belinda (3–4)Joe Boever (3–6)None18,97065–75
141September 11Pirates1–5Randy Tomlin (3–2)Jason Grimsley (1–2)None20,28965–76
142September 12@ Cubs3–9Greg Maddux (13–13)José DeJesús (5–7)None16,25865–77
143September 13@ Cubs5–6Paul Assenmacher (5–2)Roger McDowell (6–7)Les Lancaster (6)15,49565–78
144September 14@ Mets4–1Pat Combs (8–9)Sid Fernandez (9–13)None36,33966–78
145September 15@ Mets2–4Frank Viola (19–9)Terry Mulholland (8–9)John Franco (33)45,20266–79
146September 16@ Mets8–3José DeJesús (6–7)David Cone (12–9)None44,81367–79
147September 18@ Cardinals6–3Jason Grimsley (2–2)Bob Tewksbury (10–7)Joe Boever (13)15,58868–79
148September 19@ Cardinals8–4Pat Combs (9–9)Joe Magrane (9–16)None15,82869–79
149September 20@ Cardinals4–5Mike Pérez (1–0)Roger McDowell (6–8)None14,74469–80
150September 21Expos5–4 (12)Chuck Malone (1–0)Bill Sampen (11–7)None23,27470–80
151September 22Expos3–2Tommy Greene (2–2)Scott Anderson (0–1)Roger McDowell (20)17,21571–80
152September 23Expos2–1 (16)Don Carman (6–2)Howard Farmer (0–3)None25,71572–80
153September 24Expos3–0Pat Combs (10–9)Brian Barnes (0–1)None11,52773–80
154September 25Cardinals0–1Joe Magrane (10–16)Terry Mulholland (8–10)Ken Dayley (2)13,61573–81
155September 26Cardinals1–8Bryn Smith (9–8)José DeJesús (6–8)None12,44373–82
156September 27Cardinals4–3Tommy Greene (3–2)José DeLeón (7–19)Joe Boever (14)9,11974–82
157September 28@ Expos5–4Jason Grimsley (3–2)Oil Can Boyd (10–6)Roger McDowell (21)8,23075–82
158September 29@ Expos1–5Brian Barnes (1–1)Pat Combs (10–10)None8,98575–83
159September 30@ Expos2–1Terry Mulholland (9–10)Chris Nabholz (6–2)None17,46476–83 :
October (1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1Cubs7–6José DeJesús (7–8)Kevin Coffman (0–2)Roger McDowell (22)9,04177–83
161October 2Cubs1–3Mike Bielecki (8–11)Tommy Greene (3–3)Mitch Williams (16)9,94077–84
162October 3Cubs3–4Greg Maddux (15–15)Chuck McElroy (0–1)Paul Assenmacher (10)11,88977–85 :

### 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 | 143 | 459 | 123 | .268 | 12 | 57 |
| 1B | Ricky Jordan | 92 | 324 | 78 | .241 | 5 | 44 |
| 2B | Tom Herr | 119 | 447 | 118 | .264 | 4 | 50 |
| SS | Dickie Thon | 149 | 552 | 141 | .255 | 8 | 48 |
| 3B | Charlie Hayes | 152 | 561 | 145 | .258 | 10 | 57 |
| LF | John Kruk | 142 | 443 | 129 | .291 | 7 | 67 |
| CF | Lenny Dykstra | 149 | 590 | 192 | .325 | 9 | 60 |
| RF | Von Hayes | 129 | 467 | 122 | .261 | 17 | 73 |

#### 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 |
| Randy Ready | 101 | 217 | 53 | .244 | 1 | 26 |
| Dale Murphy | 57 | 214 | 57 | .266 | 7 | 28 |
| Carmelo Martínez | 71 | 198 | 48 | .242 | 8 | 31 |
| Rod Booker | 73 | 131 | 29 | .221 | 0 | 10 |
| Dave Hollins | 72 | 114 | 21 | .184 | 5 | 15 |
| Sil Campusano | 66 | 85 | 18 | .212 | 2 | 9 |
| Steve Lake | 29 | 80 | 20 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
| Mickey Morandini | 25 | 79 | 19 | .241 | 1 | 3 |
| Ron Jones | 24 | 58 | 16 | .276 | 3 | 7 |
| Jim Vatcher | 36 | 46 | 12 | .261 | 1 | 4 |
| Wes Chamberlain | 18 | 46 | 13 | .283 | 2 | 4 |
| Tom Nieto | 17 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
| Darrin Fletcher | 9 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 1 |
| Curt Ford | 22 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Louie Meadows | 15 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 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 |
| Pat Combs | 32 | 183.1 | 10 | 10 | 4.07 | 108 |
| Terry Mulholland | 33 | 180.2 | 9 | 10 | 3.34 | 75 |
| Bruce Ruffin | 32 | 149.0 | 6 | 13 | 5.38 | 79 |
| José DeJesús | 22 | 130.0 | 7 | 8 | 3.74 | 87 |
| Ken Howell | 18 | 106.2 | 8 | 7 | 4.64 | 70 |
| Jason Grimsley | 11 | 57.1 | 3 | 2 | 3.30 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| Dennis Cook | 42 | 141.2 | 8 | 3 | 3.56 | 58 |
| Tommy Greene | 10 | 39.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.15 | 17 |
| Marvin Freeman | 16 | 32.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.57 | 26 |

#### 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 | 72 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 3.86 | 39 |
| Darrel Akerfelds | 71 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3.77 | 42 |
| Don Carman | 59 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4.15 | 58 |
| Jeff Parrett | 47 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5.18 | 69 |
| Joe Boever | 34 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2.15 | 40 |
| Chuck McElroy | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 16 |
| Chuck Malone | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 7 |
| Steve Ontiveros | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 6 |
| Todd Frohwirth | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Brad Moore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 |
| Dickie Noles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | International League | Bill Dancy |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Don McCormack |
| A | Clearwater Phillies | Florida State League | Lee Elia |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | South Atlantic League | Mel Roberts |
| A-Short Season | Batavia Clippers | New York–Penn League | Dave Cash, Tony Scott and Ramón Avilés |
| Rookie | Martinsville Phillies | Appalachian League | Roly de Armas |