# 1984 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1984 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 102nd season in the history of the franchise, and the 14th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium.

## Offseason

* October 19, 1983: Pete Rose was released by the Phillies.
* December 3, 1983: Ron Reed was traded by the Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jerry Koosman to the Phillies on February 15, 1984.
* December 6, 1983: Tony Pérez was purchased from the Phillies by the Cincinnati Reds.
* January 30, 1984: Butch Benton was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* March 24, 1984: Willie Hernández and Dave Bergman were traded by the Phillies to the Detroit Tigers for John Wockenfuss and Glenn Wilson.

### Spring training

The Phils went 13-16 in spring training exhibition play. The Phillies closed spring training with two games against the St. Louis Cardinals at the Louisiana Superdome on March 31, 1984, and April 1, 1984.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 96 | 65 | .596 | — | 51‍–‍29 | 45‍–‍36 |
| New York Mets | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6½ | 48‍–‍33 | 42‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 78 | .519 | 12½ | 44‍–‍37 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 81 | .500 | 15½ | 39‍–‍42 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Montreal Expos | 78 | 83 | .484 | 18 | 39‍–‍42 | 39‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 87 | .463 | 21½ | 41‍–‍40 | 34‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1984 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 3–9 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 9–3 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–7 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 13–5 |
| Cincinnati | 5–13 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 4–8 |
| Houston | 6–12 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 9–9 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 8–4 |
| Los Angeles | 12–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 6–6 |
| Montreal | 7–5 | 7–10 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–11 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–9 |
| New York | 8–4 | 6–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 11–7 | — | 10–8 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–11 |
| Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 8–10 | — | 7–11 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–8 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 11–7 | — | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–14 |
| San Diego | 11–7 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | — | 13–5 | 7–5 |
| San Francisco | 8–10 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–13 | — | 7–5 |
| St. Louis | 7–5 | 5–13 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 14–4 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 20, 1984: Butch Benton was released by the Phillies.
* June 2, 1984: Dave Wehrmeister was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* June 3, 1984: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* July 27, 1984: Jim Kern was released by the Phillies.
* August 20, 1984: Kelly Downs and George Riley were traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Al Oliver and a player to be named later. The Giants completed the deal by sending Renie Martin to the Phillies on August 30.

#### Draft picks

* June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball draft
** Marvin Freeman was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round. Player signed June 14, 1984.
** Todd Frohwirth was drafted by the Phillies in the 13th round. Player signed June 9, 1984.
** Keith Miller was drafted by the Phillies in the 16th round.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1984 Game Log Overall Record: 81–81 :
April (11–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Braves5–0Steve Carlton (1–0)Len Barker (0–1)None34,3311–0
2April 4@ Braves0–4Craig McMurtry (1–0)John Denny (0–1)Steve Bedrosian (1)11,1521–1
3April 6@ Reds8–4Charles Hudson (1–0)Joe Price (0–1)None12,2362–1
4April 7@ Reds9–1Jerry Koosman (1–0)Frank Pastore (0–1)None12,5163–1
5April 8@ Reds7–8 (11)Mike Smith (1–0)Larry Andersen (0–1)None16,4433–2
6April 10Astros3–1John Denny (1–1)Nolan Ryan (1–1)Al Holland (1)37,2364–2
7April 11Astros7–6Bill Campbell (1–0)Bill Dawley (0–1)None20,1085–2
8April 13@ Expos1–5Charlie Lea (2–1)Jerry Koosman (1–1)Gary Lucas (2)48,0605–3
9April 14@ Expos4–3Larry Andersen (1–1)Dan Schatzeder (0–1)Al Holland (2)17,0306–3
–April 15@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 7 as a traditional double-header
–April 16@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 22 as a traditional double-header
10April 17@ Pirates4–1Charles Hudson (2–0)John Tudor (1–1)Al Holland (3)34,1147–3
11April 18@ Pirates3–6John Candelaria (2–1)Jerry Koosman (1–2)Don Robinson (2)2,7527–4
12April 20Mets1–3 (10)Doug Sisk (1–0)Al Holland (0–1)Jesse Orosco (3)24,0967–5
13April 21Mets12–2John Denny (2–1)Mike Torrez (0–2)None27,1148–5
14April 22Mets12–5Charles Hudson (3–0)Ron Darling (1–2)None20,3489–5
–April 23PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 8 as a traditional double-header
15April 24Pirates2–3John Candelaria (3–1)Jerry Koosman (1–3)Kent Tekulve (1)14,0969–6
16April 25Pirates8–7Tug McGraw (1–0)Lee Tunnell (0–1)Al Holland (4)20,62210–6
17April 27@ Mets8–3Bill Campbell (2–0)Doug Sisk (1–1)None18,17111–6
18April 28@ Mets3–4Ed Lynch (2–0)Al Holland (0–2)None14,29211–7
19April 29@ Mets2–6Walt Terrell (3–1)Jerry Koosman (1–4)Jesse Orosco (4)28,56211–8
20April 30Expos2–5Andy McGaffigan (1–0)Steve Carlton (1–1)None20,27711–9 :
May (16–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1Expos7–4Kevin Gross (1–0)Bob James (0–2)Al Holland (5)20,11812–9
22May 2Expos2–3Bob James (1–2)John Denny (2–2)Gary Lucas (4)24,92212–10
23May 4Reds5–9Frank Pastore (1–2)Charles Hudson (3–1)None25,18012–11
24May 5Reds11–2Jerry Koosman (2–4)Bruce Berenyi (1–4)None30,07313–11
25May 6Reds3–5John Franco (2–0)Steve Carlton (1–2)Tom Hume (3)34,84213–12
26May 7Braves6–8Pascual Pérez (1–0)Marty Bystrom (0–1)Gene Garber (2)17,73913–13
27May 8Braves2–8Pete Falcone (2–3)John Denny (2–3)None13,44313–14
28May 9@ Astros1–7Bob Knepper (3–4)Charles Hudson (3–2)None9,82413–15
29May 10@ Astros2–4Mike Scott (2–1)Jerry Koosman (2–5)Frank DiPino (4)11,49213–16
30May 11@ Padres6–4Al Holland (1–2)Dave Dravecky (1–2)None18,00914–16
31May 12@ Padres3–2Bill Campbell (3–0)Andy Hawkins (3–1)Al Holland (6)36,91615–16
32May 13@ Padres8–3John Denny (3–3)Ed Whitson (2–3)None38,64516–16
33May 14@ Dodgers3–2Charles Hudson (4–2)Jerry Reuss (2–2)Al Holland (7)39,57717–16
34May 15@ Dodgers12–1Jerry Koosman (3–5)Bob Welch (3–4)None41,62018–16
35May 16@ Dodgers7–2Steve Carlton (2–2)Fernando Valenzuela (3–5)None48,93819–16
36May 18@ Giants1–0Marty Bystrom (1–1)Mike Krukow (2–5)Al Holland (8)12,64120–16
37May 19@ Giants6–2John Denny (4–3)Renie Martin (1–1)Al Holland (9)15,12421–16
38May 20@ Giants7–4Charles Hudson (5–2)Jeff Robinson (3–5)Larry Andersen (1)23,79722–16
39May 22Dodgers3–1Jerry Koosman (4–5)Bob Welch (3–5)Al Holland (10)30,19023–16
40May 23Dodgers0–1Fernando Valenzuela (4–5)Steve Carlton (2–3)None22,86423–17
41May 24Dodgers4–3Al Holland (2–2)Pat Zachry (2–1)None26,16324–17
42May 25Padres3–7Ed Whitson (4–3)Charles Hudson (5–3)None25,96424–18
43May 26Padres7–2Marty Bystrom (2–1)Mark Thurmond (3–3)None32,89825–18
44May 27Padres0–4Tim Lollar (3–4)Jerry Koosman (4–6)Craig Lefferts (2)34,35225–19
–May 29GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 30 as a traditional double-header
45May 30Giants3–2Al Holland (3–2)Greg Minton (1–4)None13,52426–19
46May 31Cubs10–2Charles Hudson (6–3)Chuck Rainey (3–4)None25,04427–19 :
June (15–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
47June 1Cubs3–12Rick Reuschel (3–1)Marty Bystrom (2–2)None30,07627–20
48June 2Cubs3–2Al Holland (4–2)Lee Smith (3–3)None40,10228–20
49June 3Cubs2–11Steve Trout (7–3)Kevin Gross (1–1)Warren Brusstar (2)30,27828–21
50June 4@ Cardinals3–4 (11)Bruce Sutter (2–3)Al Holland (4–3)None27,13128–22
51June 5@ Cardinals3–5Joaquín Andújar (10–4)Charles Hudson (6–4)Bruce Sutter (13)23,92128–23
52June 6@ Cardinals3–4Neil Allen (3–1)Bill Campbell (3–1)None24,02528–24
53June 8 (1)Pirates5–4Jerry Koosman (5–6)John Candelaria (5–5)Al Holland (11)see 2nd game29–24
54June 8 (2)Pirates2–1Kevin Gross (2–1)Larry McWilliams (2–4)Al Holland (12)31,13330–24
55June 9Pirates6–5Steve Carlton (3–3)John Tudor (4–3)Al Holland (13)31,98131–24
56June 10Pirates6–12 (12)Cecilio Guante (2–2)Jim Kern (0–1)None32,99631–25
57June 11Cardinals4–6Danny Cox (3–7)Marty Bystrom (2–3)Bruce Sutter (15)20,84431–26
58June 12Cardinals2–7Ricky Horton (2–0)Kevin Gross (2–2)Neil Allen (3)22,26531–27
59June 13Cardinals4–1Jerry Koosman (6–6)Dave LaPoint (6–7)None22,21232–27
60June 14@ Cubs11–2Steve Carlton (4–3)Rich Bordi (2–1)None23,37333–27
61June 15@ Cubs5–2Charles Hudson (7–4)Chuck Rainey (5–5)Al Holland (14)27,48934–27
62June 16@ Cubs8–2Marty Bystrom (3–3)Rick Reuschel (3–3)None40,72335–27
63June 17@ Cubs9–7Kevin Gross (3–2)Dennis Eckersley (5–7)Al Holland (15)36,88236–27
64June 19@ Mets6–4Jerry Koosman (7–6)Ed Lynch (7–2)None28,06137–27
65June 20@ Mets4–7Ron Darling (7–3)Steve Carlton (4–4)Doug Sisk (8)28,08237–28
66June 21@ Mets7–10Jesse Orosco (5–2)Bill Campbell (3–2)Doug Sisk (9)20,09437–29
67June 22 (1)@ Pirates3–10Larry McWilliams (4–5)Marty Bystrom (3–4)Nonesee 2nd game37–30
68June 22 (2)@ Pirates6–7 (13)Rod Scurry (1–3)Bill Campbell (3–3)None20,51637–31
69June 23@ Pirates7–5Jerry Koosman (8–6)John Candelaria (5–6)None19,01438–31
70June 24@ Pirates4–2Steve Carlton (5–4)John Tudor (4–5)Al Holland (16)17,74939–31
71June 25Mets5–10Ron Darling (8–3)Charles Hudson (7–5)None26,09039–32
72June 26Mets3–0Kevin Gross (4–2)Walt Terrell (5–7)Al Holland (17)28,34740–32
73June 27Mets5–1Marty Bystrom (4–4)Dwight Gooden (6–5)Larry Andersen (2)35,15141–32
74June 28Astros6–7Bill Dawley (5–4)Al Holland (4–4)None25,74241–33
75June 29Astros7–2Steve Carlton (6–4)Bob Knepper (7–8)None25,05642–33
76June 30Astros0–7Mike LaCoss (3–0)Charles Hudson (7–6)Dave Smith (3)23,48342–34 :
July (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Astros1–13Joe Niekro (8–7)Kevin Gross (4–3)None24,73742–35
78July 2Reds4–0Shane Rawley (3–3)Tom Hume (3–8)None21,38143–35
79July 3Reds5–6Charlie Puleo (1–1)Jerry Koosman (8–7)None63,81643–36
80July 4Reds4–5 (10)Ted Power (5–4)Al Holland (4–5)None20,78543–37
81July 5Braves1–0 (7)Charles Hudson (8–6)Rick Mahler (6–4)None21,39344–37
82July 6Braves0–5Pascual Pérez (9–3)Kevin Gross (4–4)None22,39344–38
83July 7Braves2–5Rick Camp (4–1)Shane Rawley (3–4)Donnie Moore (9)27,14144–39
84July 8Braves7–0Jerry Koosman (9–7)Craig McMurtry (7–9)None38,07045–39
–July 101984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
85July 12@ Astros5–3Steve Carlton (7–4)Joe Niekro (9–8)Al Holland (18)17,03646–39
86July 13@ Astros7–3Shane Rawley (4–4)Nolan Ryan (7–5)Larry Andersen (3)23,75847–39
87July 14@ Astros4–3Jerry Koosman (10–7)Vern Ruhle (1–7)Al Holland (19)29,21148–39
88July 15@ Astros2–3 (16)Frank DiPino (3–5)Don Carman (0–1)None15,27648–40
89July 16@ Reds7–2Kevin Gross (5–4)Tom Hume (3–9)None15,46049–40
90July 17@ Reds4–3Steve Carlton (8–4)Joe Price (3–7)Al Holland (20)14,08350–40
91July 18@ Reds7–5Shane Rawley (5–4)Jeff Russell (4–11)Al Holland (21)13,53951–40
92July 19@ Braves9–1Jerry Koosman (11–7)Craig McMurtry (7–11)None20,22752–40
93July 20@ Braves1–13Len Barker (7–7)Charles Hudson (8–7)None29,16252–41
94July 21@ Braves3–5Rick Camp (5–2)Kevin Gross (5–5)Donnie Moore (10)34,89052–42
95July 22@ Braves6–2Steve Carlton (9–4)Rick Mahler (6–6)None26,33453–42
96July 23Cubs2–3Rick Sutcliffe (11–6)Shane Rawley (5–5)Lee Smith (21)32,24353–43
97July 24Cubs3–2Jerry Koosman (12–7)Tim Stoddard (7–2)Al Holland (22)37,06354–43
98July 25Cubs4–9Dennis Eckersley (8–10)Charles Hudson (8–8)None45,18354–44
99July 27Expos1–6David Palmer (5–3)Steve Carlton (9–5)Bob James (7)30,22254–45
100July 28Expos1–4Bryn Smith (9–8)Shane Rawley (5–6)None34,30354–46
101July 29Expos6–4Kevin Gross (6–5)Jeff Reardon (3–4)None40,96555–46
102July 30@ Cubs2–3Dennis Eckersley (9–10)Charles Hudson (8–9)Lee Smith (22)29,42555–47
103July 31@ Cubs2–1 (10)Al Holland (5–5)Tim Stoddard (7–3)Bill Campbell (1)30,17556–47 :
August (16–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Cubs4–5Lee Smith (6–4)Al Holland (5–6)None32,90056–48
105August 2@ Cardinals3–2Shane Rawley (6–6)Danny Cox (5–9)Al Holland (23)23,96157–48
106August 3@ Cardinals3–4Ricky Horton (6–1)Jerry Koosman (12–8)Bruce Sutter (28)26,77157–49
107August 4@ Cardinals2–3Dave LaPoint (8–9)Larry Andersen (1–2)Bruce Sutter (29)38,25657–50
108August 5@ Cardinals6–3Bill Campbell (4–3)Jeff Lahti (3–2)Al Holland (24)42,11458–50
109August 6@ Expos4–1Steve Carlton (10–5)Charlie Lea (14–7)None32,34959–50
110August 7 (1)@ Expos6–2Shane Rawley (7–6)Bryn Smith (9–10)Al Holland (25)see 2nd game60–50
111August 7 (2)@ Expos2–3Jeff Reardon (5–4)Bill Campbell (4–4)None39,27160–51
112August 8@ Expos1–3Bill Gullickson (7–7)Jerry Koosman (12–9)Jeff Reardon (15)25,24460–52
113August 9Cardinals2–1 (13)Bill Campbell (5–4)Dave Rucker (1–2)None27,67661–52
114August 10Cardinals0–3 (10)Bruce Sutter (4–3)Larry Andersen (1–3)None25,82461–53
115August 11Cardinals6–1Steve Carlton (11–5)Joaquín Andújar (15–11)None30,41362–53
–August 12CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 12 as a traditional double-header
116August 14@ Padres2–3Eric Show (12–7)Jerry Koosman (12–10)Craig Lefferts (8)23,79962–54
117August 15@ Padres3–4Rich Gossage (7–4)Al Holland (5–7)None21,07862–55
118August 16@ Padres8–3John Denny (5–3)Andy Hawkins (7–5)None23,12563–55
119August 17@ Dodgers1–2Rick Honeycutt (10–7)Steve Carlton (11–6)Ken Howell (3)43,17563–56
120August 18@ Dodgers6–5Jerry Koosman (13–10)Ken Howell (2–3)Al Holland (26)45,61964–56
121August 19@ Dodgers6–3Shane Rawley (8–6)Bob Welch (10–12)None33,01565–56
122August 20@ Giants6–4John Denny (6–3)Mark Calvert (2–4)Al Holland (27)7,97066–56
123August 21@ Giants12–5Kevin Gross (7–5)Frank Williams (6–2)None5,56067–56
124August 22@ Giants5–7Mark Davis (4–15)Al Holland (5–8)Gary Lavelle (9)8,05367–57
125August 24Dodgers6–5 (10)Kevin Gross (8–5)Jerry Reuss (2–6)None35,54168–57
126August 25Dodgers4–7Bob Welch (11–12)John Denny (6–4)Ken Howell (4)30,25368–58
127August 26Dodgers10–8Bill Campbell (6–4)Burt Hooton (1–4)Larry Andersen (4)33,25569–58
128August 27Padres9–1Jerry Koosman (14–10)Tim Lollar (10–11)None26,30270–58
129August 28Padres11–8Shane Rawley (9–6)Andy Hawkins (7–7)Al Holland (28)25,67971–58
130August 29Padres0–2Mark Thurmond (11–7)John Denny (6–5)None25,13171–59
131August 30 (1)Giants5–6Bob Lacey (1–2)Al Holland (5–9)Greg Minton (16)see 2nd game71–60
132August 30 (2)Giants6–5Larry Andersen (2–3)Mark Davis (4–16)None36,35472–60
133August 31Giants5–6Bill Laskey (7–11)Jerry Koosman (14–11)Mike Krukow (1)21,53072–61 :
September (9–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Giants2–7Atlee Hammaker (2–0)Charles Hudson (8–10)Mark Grant (1)20,52872–62
135September 2Giants8–3Shane Rawley (10–6)Jeff Robinson (7–14)None20,52973–62
136September 3Cubs3–4 (12)George Frazier (7–4)Renie Martin (1–2)Lee Smith (29)28,16273–63
137September 4Cubs2–7Scott Sanderson (7–4)Steve Carlton (11–7)None25,05473–64
138September 5@ Cardinals5–6Dave Rucker (2–3)Al Holland (5–10)None13,17173–65
139September 6@ Cardinals5–6Bob Forsch (2–4)Bill Campbell (6–5)Bruce Sutter (39)14,52473–66
140September 7@ Expos1–7Bryn Smith (11–11)Shane Rawley (10–7)None15,18273–67
141September 8@ Expos0–4Steve Rogers (6–13)John Denny (6–6)None18,14073–68
142September 9@ Expos6–5 (11)Larry Andersen (3–3)Joe Hesketh (1–1)Kevin Gross (1)31,34874–68
143September 10@ Cubs2–3Tim Stoddard (9–5)Jerry Koosman (14–12)Lee Smith (31)26,08374–69
144September 11@ Cubs6–3Charles Hudson (9–10)Lee Smith (9–6)Al Holland (29)28,96475–69
145September 12 (1)Cardinals3–1Shane Rawley (11–7)Kurt Kepshire (4–5)Nonesee 2nd game76–69
146September 12 (2)Cardinals6–5Tug McGraw (2–0)Bruce Sutter (5–5)None18,81177–69
147September 13Cardinals10–2John Denny (7–6)Joaquín Andújar (19–12)None16,78778–69
148September 14Expos9–5Steve Carlton (12–7)Steve Rogers (6–14)None18,19479–69
149September 15Expos3–4Bill Gullickson (11–7)Jerry Koosman (14–13)Bob James (9)20,83179–70
150September 16Expos4–8Jeff Reardon (6–7)Renie Martin (1–3)Bob James (10)26,27379–71
151September 17Mets2–1Shane Rawley (12–7)Dwight Gooden (16–9)None20,48380–71
152September 18Mets5–8Tom Gorman (5–0)Larry Andersen (3–4)Jesse Orosco (30)18,76580–72
153September 19Mets13–5Steve Carlton (13–7)Ron Darling (12–8)None19,14281–72
154September 21@ Pirates1–5Rod Scurry (5–6)Jerry Koosman (14–14)None4,94081–73
155September 22@ Pirates1–2 (12)Don Robinson (5–6)Larry Andersen (3–5)None6,92781–74
156September 23@ Pirates2–4John Tudor (11–11)Shane Rawley (12–8)John Candelaria (2)11,24981–75
157September 24@ Mets5–7Jesse Orosco (10–6)Larry Andersen (3–6)Brent Gaff (1)11,07181–76
158September 25@ Mets4–6Ed Lynch (9–8)Larry Andersen (3–7)None13,81281–77
159September 26@ Mets1–7Sid Fernandez (6–6)Jerry Koosman (14–15)None5,25181–78
–September 28PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 30 as a traditional double-header
160September 29Pirates0–4Rick Rhoden (14–9)Charles Hudson (9–11)None27,49381–79
161September 30 (1)Pirates0–2John Tudor (12–11)John Denny (7–7)Don Robinson (10)see 2nd game81–80
162September 30 (2)Pirates2–7Larry McWilliams (12–11)Shane Rawley (12–9)None17,29281–81 :

### 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 | Ozzie Virgil Jr. | 141 | 456 | 119 | .261 | 18 | 68 |
| 1B | Len Matuszek | 101 | 262 | 65 | .248 | 12 | 43 |
| 2B | Juan Samuel | 160 | 701 | 191 | .272 | 15 | 69 |
| SS | Iván DeJesús | 144 | 435 | 112 | .257 | 0 | 35 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 151 | 528 | 146 | .277 | 36 | 106 |
| LF | Glenn Wilson | 132 | 341 | 82 | .240 | 6 | 31 |
| CF | Von Hayes | 152 | 561 | 164 | .292 | 16 | 67 |
| RF | Sixto Lezcano | 109 | 256 | 71 | .277 | 14 | 40 |

#### 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 |
| Garry Maddox | 77 | 241 | 68 | .282 | 5 | 19 |
| Tim Corcoran | 102 | 208 | 71 | .341 | 5 | 36 |
| Greg Gross | 112 | 202 | 65 | .322 | 0 | 16 |
| Jeff Stone | 51 | 185 | 67 | .362 | 1 | 15 |
| John Wockenfuss | 86 | 180 | 52 | .289 | 6 | 24 |
| Joe Lefebvre | 52 | 160 | 40 | .250 | 3 | 18 |
| John Russell | 39 | 99 | 28 | .283 | 2 | 11 |
| Al Oliver | 28 | 93 | 29 | .312 | 0 | 14 |
| Bo Díaz | 27 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 1 | 9 |
| Luis Aguayo | 58 | 72 | 20 | .278 | 3 | 11 |
| Steve Jeltz | 28 | 68 | 14 | .206 | 1 | 7 |
| Kiko Garcia | 57 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 0 | 5 |
| Rick Schu | 17 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 2 | 5 |
| Francisco Meléndez | 21 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike LaValliere | 6 | 7 | 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 |
| Steve Carlton | 33 | 229.0 | 13 | 7 | 3.58 | 163 |
| Jerry Koosman | 36 | 224.0 | 14 | 15 | 3.25 | 137 |
| Charles Hudson | 30 | 173.2 | 9 | 11 | 4.04 | 94 |
| John Denny | 22 | 154.1 | 7 | 7 | 2.45 | 94 |
| Shane Rawley | 18 | 120.1 | 10 | 6 | 3.81 | 58 |
| Marty Bystrom | 11 | 56.2 | 4 | 4 | 5.08 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Kevin Gross | 44 | 129.0 | 8 | 5 | 4.12 | 84 |

#### 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 |
| Al Holland | 68 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 3.39 | 61 |
| Larry Andersen | 64 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2.38 | 54 |
| Bill Campbell | 57 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3.43 | 52 |
| Tug McGraw | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 26 |
| Don Carman | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 16 |
| Renie Martin | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.60 | 5 |
| Jim Kern | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.13 | 8 |
| Dave Wehrmeister | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 13 |
| Steve Fireovid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 3 |

## Awards and honors

* Juan Samuel, National League record (since broken), Most Stolen Bases by a rookie

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Lee Elia |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Bill Dancy |
| A | Peninsula Pilots | Carolina League | Ron Clark |
| A | Spartanburg Suns | South Atlantic League | Jay Ward |
| A-Short Season | Bend Phillies | Northwest League | Ramón Avilés |
| Rookie | GCL Phillies | Gulf Coast League | Roly de Armas |