# 1968 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1968 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 86th season in the history of the franchise, and the 31st season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses, 21 games behind the NL pennant-winning Cardinals.

## Offseason

* November 28, 1967: Doc Edwards was drafted by the Phillies from the Houston Astros in the 1967 minor league draft.
* December 15, 1967: Jim Bunning was traded by the Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Woodie Fryman, Bill Laxton, Don Money and Harold Clem (minors).
* January 26, 1968: Manny Trillo was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent.

## Regular season

The Phillies were scheduled to open the 1968 season on April 9, 1968, in Los Angeles. However, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., on April 4, lead to days of national unrest. President Johnson declared Monday, April 8, a national day of mourning, and the funeral was scheduled for April 9. The Dodgers initially refused to postpone the game, leading Phillies GM John Quinn and President Bob Carpenter to announce that the Phillies would not play on April 9 even under threat of forfeit. On April 7, Quinn told reporters, "Under the rules, the game can be forfeited and we could be fined. But we have made our final decision. We will not play." In consultation with NL President Warren Giles, the Dodgers eventually agreed and postponed the game. The Phillies opened April 10, 1968, with a Chris Short 2 to 0 shutout of the Dodgers.
On July 28, 1968, George Culver of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a 6–1 no-hitter against the Phillies in the second game of a doubleheader at Connie Mack Stadium.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 47‍–‍34 | 50‍–‍31 |
| San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 42‍–‍39 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | .519 | 13 | 47‍–‍34 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 40‍–‍41 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Atlanta Braves | 81 | 81 | .500 | 16 | 41‍–‍40 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 | 40‍–‍41 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 41‍–‍40 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 38‍–‍43 | 38‍–‍43 |
| New York Mets | 73 | 89 | .451 | 24 | 32‍–‍49 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | .444 | 25 | 42‍–‍39 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1968 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 12–6–1 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 5–13 |
| Chicago | 10–8 | — | 7–11 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 9–9–1 | 9–9 |
| Cincinnati | 8–10 | 11–7 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 10–8–1 | 8–10 | 7–11 |
| Houston | 7–11 | 8–10 | 9–9 | — | 11–7 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 5–13 |
| Los Angeles | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 7–11 | — | 7–11 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 9–9 |
| New York | 6–12–1 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 11–7 | — | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 6–12 |
| Philadelphia | 7–11 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–6 | 8–10 | 8–10–1 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 9–9 | — | 7–11 | 6–12 |
| San Francisco | 9–9 | 9–9–1 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 11–7 | — | 10–8 |
| St. Louis | 13–5 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 7, 1968: Buddy Schultz was drafted by the Phillies in the 4th round of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1968 Game Log Overall Record: 76–86 :
April (8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–April 9@ DodgersPostponed (Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.); Makeup: April 16
1April 10@ Dodgers2–0Chris Short (1–0)Claude Osteen (0–1)None28,1381–0
2April 11@ Astros3–7Don Wilson (1–0)Larry Jackson (0–1)None11,9721–1
3April 12@ Astros2–5Denny Lemaster (1–0)Woodie Fryman (0–1)John Buzhardt (1)16,4151–2
4April 13@ Astros3–4Dave Giusti (1–0)Grant Jackson (0–1)None13,1641–3
5April 14 (1)@ Giants2–13Juan Marichal (1–0)Rick Wise (0–1)Nonesee 2nd game1–4
6April 14 (2)@ Giants1–3Ray Sadecki (1–0)Chris Short (1–1)None18,3141–5
7April 16@ Dodgers3–5Mike Kekich (1–0)Larry Jackson (0–2)Hank Aguirre (1)16,5711–6
8April 17Dodgers3–2Woodie Fryman (1–1)Don Drysdale (1–1)Turk Farrell (1)15,8172–6
9April 19Astros2–1Chris Short (2–1)Dave Giusti (1–1)None6,6713–6
10April 20Astros7–1Larry Jackson (1–2)Larry Dierker (1–2)None3,7384–6
11April 21Astros8–0Woodie Fryman (2–1)Don Wilson (1–1)None5,6345–6
12April 22Giants2–1 (10)Rick Wise (1–1)Frank Linzy (1–2)None4,2316–6
13April 23Giants1–7Juan Marichal (3–0)Chris Short (2–2)None8,6186–7
–April 24GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 18 as a traditional double-header
14April 26@ Braves1–3Pat Jarvis (1–2)Larry Jackson (1–3)None10,6146–8
15April 27@ Braves4–1Woodie Fryman (3–1)Dick Kelley (1–2)None14,2077–8
16April 28@ Braves4–3Rick Wise (2–1)Phil Niekro (2–2)Turk Farrell (2)13,4428–8
17April 30@ Mets0–1Don Cardwell (1–2)Chris Short (2–3)None3,7718–9 :
May (13–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
18May 1@ Mets7–2 (11)Larry Jackson (2–3)Ron Taylor (0–1)Grant Jackson (1)11,4509–9
19May 2@ Mets0–3Nolan Ryan (2–2)Woodie Fryman (3–2)Ron Taylor (2)9,7959–10
20May 3Pirates3–2Turk Farrell (1–0)Ron Kline (0–1)None9,43310–10
21May 4Pirates3–2Dick Hall (1–0)Roy Face (0–1)None15,83411–10
22May 5Pirates2–5Dave Wickersham (1–0)Larry Jackson (2–4)Bob Moose (3)9,40711–11
23May 6@ Reds1–10George Culver (1–1)Woodie Fryman (3–3)None3,99111–12
24May 7@ Reds5–2Rick Wise (3–1)Jim Maloney (2–2)Turk Farrell (3)4,95312–12
25May 8@ Reds6–2Dick Hall (2–0)Bob Lee (2–2)None3,53513–12
26May 9@ Reds7–3Larry Jackson (3–4)Milt Pappas (2–2)Turk Farrell (4)3,73514–12
27May 10@ Pirates1–2Bob Veale (1–3)Woodie Fryman (3–4)Roy Face (3)9,39714–13
–May 11@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 11 as a traditional double-header
28May 12@ Pirates1–2Al McBean (5–2)Jeff James (0–1)None12,20314–14
29May 13Braves2–4Phil Niekro (3–3)Chris Short (2–4)None3,12614–15
30May 14Braves1–3Ron Reed (4–0)Larry Jackson (3–5)None4,53114–16
–May 15BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 26 as a traditional double-header
–May 16BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 28 as a traditional double-header
31May 17Cardinals1–0 (10)Woodie Fryman (4–4)Bob Gibson (3–3)None17,03415–16
32May 18Cardinals3–2Larry Jackson (4–5)Nelson Briles (5–3)None12,94116–16
33May 19Cardinals4–3Turk Farrell (2–0)Joe Hoerner (2–1)None27,72517–16
34May 21@ Cubs5–6Rich Nye (3–4)Turk Farrell (2–1)None4,42217–17
35May 22Mets8–0Woodie Fryman (5–4)Don Cardwell (1–5)None5,71718–17
–May 23MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 20 as a traditional double-header
36May 24@ Cardinals1–5Steve Carlton (5–1)Chris Short (2–5)None34,51518–18
37May 25@ Cardinals1–0Larry Jackson (5–5)Larry Jaster (2–2)Turk Farrell (5)19,43219–18
38May 26@ Cardinals9–3Woodie Fryman (6–4)Hal Gilson (0–1)None42,44620–18
–May 28CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 17 as a traditional double-header
39May 29 (1)Cubs2–9Ken Holtzman (4–3)Chris Short (2–6)Nonesee 2nd game20–19
40May 29 (2)Cubs8–3Rick Wise (4–1)Rich Nye (3–5)None18,12821–19
–May 30CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 13 as a traditional double-header
41May 31Reds4–5Gary Nolan (1–0)Turk Farrell (2–2)George Culver (2)9,11221–20 :
June (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
42June 1Reds12–0Woodie Fryman (7–4)Milt Pappas (2–5)None10,56622–20
43June 2Reds3–5Jim Maloney (5–3)Rick Wise (4–2)None6,66222–21
44June 3@ Giants1–0Chris Short (3–6)Ray Sadecki (6–6)None3,60923–21
45June 4@ Giants5–1Larry Jackson (6–5)Mike McCormick (4–7)None4,87024–21
46June 5@ Giants2–1Woodie Fryman (8–4)Gaylord Perry (6–3)None3,01825–21
47June 6@ Giants2–7Juan Marichal (10–2)Rick Wise (4–3)None3,75825–22
48June 7@ Dodgers0–2Claude Osteen (5–7)Chris Short (3–7)None18,24925–23
49June 8@ Dodgers3–5Don Drysdale (8–3)Larry Jackson (6–6)Hank Aguirre (2)50,06025–24
50June 9@ Dodgers3–4Jim Brewer (3–1)Woodie Fryman (8–5)None18,78125–25
51June 11Astros1–5Larry Dierker (6–8)Rick Wise (4–4)None5,24325–26
–June 12AstrosPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 13 as a traditional double-header
52June 13Astros3–2Chris Short (4–7)Dave Giusti (4–7)Turk Farrell (6)4,54226–26
53June 14 (1)Dodgers0–6Bill Singer (6–5)Jeff James (0–2)Nonesee 2nd game26–27
54June 14 (2)Dodgers2–1Woodie Fryman (9–5)Jim Brewer (3–2)None19,71627–27
55June 15Dodgers6–5Turk Farrell (3–2)Hank Aguirre (0–1)None11,86828–27
56June 16Dodgers1–2Claude Osteen (6–8)Rick Wise (4–5)Jim Brewer (3)29,08428–28
–June 17DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 2 as a traditional double-header
57June 18 (1)Giants10–2Chris Short (5–7)Gaylord Perry (6–4)Nonesee 2nd game29–28
58June 18 (2)Giants9–1Woodie Fryman (10–5)Mike McCormick (5–9)None22,18430–28
59June 19Giants1–5Juan Marichal (13–2)Larry Jackson (6–7)None15,52030–29
60June 20Giants2–1Rick Wise (5–5)Ray Sadecki (7–9)None12,65631–29
61June 21@ Astros1–2Mike Cuellar (4–3)Jeff James (0–3)None19,27431–30
62June 22@ Astros7–6Gary Wagner (1–0)Wade Blasingame (1–2)Turk Farrell (7)21,01532–30
63June 23@ Astros4–7Denny Lemaster (7–6)Woodie Fryman (10–6)Fred Gladding (2)15,87632–31
64June 25@ Braves1–6Ron Reed (8–3)Larry Jackson (6–8)None11,87632–32
65June 26@ Braves3–2 (11)John Boozer (1–0)Jim Britton (3–2)Turk Farrell (8)10,12833–32
66June 27@ Braves3–4Pat Jarvis (8–5)Chris Short (5–8)Cecil Upshaw (4)12,34733–33
67June 28Pirates1–10Jim Bunning (4–9)Woodie Fryman (10–7)None18,99433–34
68June 29Pirates0–1Bob Moose (3–5)Larry Jackson (6–9)None17,05233–35
69June 30Pirates2–5Bob Veale (6–7)Turk Farrell (3–3)None8,88433–36 :
July (15–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
70July 1@ Cubs6–4Chris Short (6–8)Rich Nye (4–9)John Boozer (1)9,61434–36
71July 2@ Cubs3–5Ferguson Jenkins (7–9)Woodie Fryman (10–8)None10,93234–37
72July 3@ Cubs3–2Larry Jackson (7–9)Ken Holtzman (5–5)Chris Short (1)9,17935–37
73July 4 (1)@ Cubs2–6Joe Niekro (7–6)Grant Jackson (0–2)Phil Regan (13)see 2nd game35–38
74July 4 (2)@ Cubs7–4Jeff James (1–3)Darcy Fast (0–1)John Boozer (2)21,51636–38
75July 5Mets3–1Chris Short (7–8)Tom Seaver (7–6)None10,08437–38
76July 6Mets6–11Al Jackson (2–3)Woodie Fryman (10–9)Cal Koonce (6)4,03237–39
77July 7 (1)Mets4–3Dick Hall (3–0)Ron Taylor (1–2)Nonesee 2nd game38–39
78July 7 (2)Mets2–4Danny Frisella (2–3)Larry Jackson (7–10)Tom Seaver (1)14,47838–40
–July 91968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at the Houston Astrodome in Houston
79July 11 (1)@ Pirates5–0Larry Jackson (8–10)Bob Veale (7–9)Nonesee 2nd game39–40
80July 11 (2)@ Pirates4–1Chris Short (8–8)Bob Moose (3–6)John Boozer (3)15,37140–40
81July 12@ Pirates3–2Jeff James (2–3)Jim Bunning (4–11)John Boozer (4)9,20641–40
82July 13@ Pirates3–2 (16)Chris Short (9–8)Dock Ellis (1–1)None6,86942–40
83July 14 (1)@ Mets5–3Rick Wise (6–5)Al Jackson (2–4)Nonesee 2nd game43–40
84July 14 (2)@ Mets9–2Grant Jackson (1–2)Danny Frisella (2–4)None57,01144–40
85July 15@ Mets5–3Larry Jackson (9–10)Nolan Ryan (6–8)John Boozer (5)20,62845–40
86July 16Cubs3–4 (12)Phil Regan (8–2)Gary Wagner (1–1)Joe Niekro (1)11,98045–41
87July 17 (1)Cubs4–8Bill Hands (9–5)Woodie Fryman (10–10)Phil Regan (14)see 2nd game45–42
88July 17 (2)Cubs8–0Jeff James (3–3)Rich Nye (4–11)None17,92046–42
89July 19@ Reds2–9George Culver (7–9)Rick Wise (6–6)Clay Carroll (3)12,40046–43
90July 20@ Reds3–9Gerry Arrigo (5–5)Larry Jackson (9–11)Ted Abernathy (10)13,25646–44
91July 21@ Reds6–12Tony Cloninger (2–5)Chris Short (9–9)Ted Abernathy (11)10,88546–45
92July 22@ Cardinals4–5Wayne Granger (4–0)John Boozer (1–1)None17,61946–46
93July 23@ Cardinals5–11Larry Jaster (8–5)Rick Wise (6–7)Dick Hughes (3)26,19946–47
94July 24@ Cardinals1–3Ray Washburn (9–3)Larry Jackson (9–12)Joe Hoerner (11)23,82846–48
95July 25@ Cardinals0–5Bob Gibson (14–5)Chris Short (9–10)None28,14746–49
96July 26 (1)Braves4–5George Stone (1–1)Grant Jackson (1–3)Claude Raymond (7)see 2nd game46–50
97July 26 (2)Braves2–3Milt Pappas (6–7)Jeff James (3–4)Cecil Upshaw (7)16,33446–51
98July 27Braves1–0Woodie Fryman (11–10)Jim Britton (4–5)None12,02047–51
99July 28Braves3–0Larry Jackson (10–12)Pat Jarvis (10–8)None8,17348–51
100July 29 (1)Reds6–7Ted Abernathy (8–1)Turk Farrell (3–4)Nonesee 2nd game48–52
101July 29 (2)Reds1–6George Culver (9–9)Chris Short (9–11)None14,08348–53
102July 30Reds2–5Tony Cloninger (3–6)Rick Wise (6–8)Clay Carroll (6)7,21348–54
103July 31Cardinals2–3Nelson Briles (13–7)Woodie Fryman (11–11)None14,81148–55 :
August (14–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1Cardinals1–2 (8)Steve Carlton (11–5)Larry Jackson (10–13)None12,67448–56
105August 2@ Astros3–4Pat House (1–0)Grant Jackson (1–4)Steve Shea (3)12,95748–57
106August 3@ Astros2–1Chris Short (10–11)Mike Cuellar (6–6)None19,18549–57
107August 4@ Astros3–2Rick Wise (7–8)Steve Shea (1–2)None15,00350–57
108August 5@ Giants6–4 (10)Dick Hall (4–0)Mike McCormick (7–13)None5,42951–57
109August 6@ Giants1–4Gaylord Perry (10–10)Larry Jackson (10–14)None6,24651–58
110August 7@ Giants3–4Frank Linzy (5–7)Dick Hall (4–1)None5,10951–59
111August 8@ Dodgers1–0Rick Wise (8–8)Bill Singer (9–11)None14,19852–59
112August 9@ Dodgers3–2Chris Short (11–11)Claude Osteen (8–17)Gary Wagner (1)15,15053–59
113August 10@ Dodgers2–3 (14)Hank Aguirre (1–2)Grant Jackson (1–5)None15,55953–60
114August 11@ Dodgers0–1Don Drysdale (13–10)Larry Jackson (10–15)None13,36553–61
115August 13 (1)Astros0–5Don Wilson (9–12)Rick Wise (8–9)Nonesee 2nd game53–62
116August 13 (2)Astros4–2Jeff James (4–4)Mike Cuellar (6–8)Gary Wagner (2)7,02154–62
117August 14Astros4–3Chris Short (12–11)Denny Lemaster (9–12)Gary Wagner (3)4,04055–62
118August 15Astros2–3Dave Giusti (7–12)Turk Farrell (3–5)Danny Coombs (1)3,21755–63
119August 16Giants5–7Joe Gibbon (1–2)Gary Wagner (1–2)Bill Monbouquette (1)18,58655–64
120August 17Giants4–6Juan Marichal (22–5)Rick Wise (8–10)Frank Linzy (8)9,52655–65
121August 18Giants5–3Gary Wagner (2–2)Bill Monbouquette (5–8)None11,56256–65
122August 19Cardinals0–2Bob Gibson (18–5)Woodie Fryman (11–12)None12,27856–66
123August 20Cardinals8–2Larry Jackson (11–15)Nelson Briles (16–8)None9,37957–66
124August 21Cardinals3–8Dick Hughes (2–2)Jerry Johnson (0–1)Joe Hoerner (13)9,50057–67
125August 22Cardinals7–3Chris Short (13–11)Larry Jaster (8–10)None10,19358–67
126August 23@ Braves0–6Pat Jarvis (13–9)Rick Wise (8–11)None23,40858–68
127August 24@ Braves4–3Jerry Johnson (1–1)George Stone (3–3)Gary Wagner (4)9,05359–68
128August 25@ Braves4–1Larry Jackson (12–15)Phil Niekro (11–10)None8,04960–68
129August 26@ Reds5–6Clay Carroll (6–5)Gary Wagner (2–3)None6,22160–69
130August 27@ Reds0–10Tony Cloninger (5–6)Rick Wise (8–12)None6,62360–70
131August 28 (1)Braves2–9George Stone (4–3)Woodie Fryman (11–13)Nonesee 2nd game60–71
132August 28 (2)Braves1–2Pat Jarvis (14–9)Jerry Johnson (1–2)None6,71360–72
133August 29Braves0–6Phil Niekro (11–11)Larry Jackson (12–16)None4,39660–73
134August 30Reds7–4Chris Short (14–11)Jim Maloney (11–9)Turk Farrell (9)6,61461–73
135August 31Reds3–2Turk Farrell (4–5)Clay Carroll (6–6)None6,62962–73 :
September (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Reds4–3Jerry Johnson (2–2)Ted Abernathy (9–3)None4,38163–73
137September 2 (1)Dodgers5–4John Boozer (2–1)John Purdin (2–3)Gary Wagner (5)see 2nd game64–73
138September 2 (2)Dodgers7–5Woodie Fryman (12–13)Mike Kekich (2–9)Turk Farrell (10)5,24065–73
139September 3Dodgers9–10Jim Brewer (7–3)John Boozer (2–2)None2,81265–74
140September 4Dodgers0–3Don Sutton (7–14)Larry Jackson (12–17)None3,28265–75
141September 6@ Cubs5–2Rick Wise (9–12)Bill Hands (15–9)None2,62166–75
142September 7@ Cubs4–2Chris Short (15–11)Ferguson Jenkins (17–13)Gary Wagner (6)13,57867–75
143September 8@ Cubs3–10Ken Holtzman (10–11)Woodie Fryman (12–14)None15,78967–76
144September 9@ Pirates8–7 (15)Chris Short (16–11)Bruce Dal Canton (1–1)None2,66468–76
–September 10@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 11 as a traditional double-header
145September 11@ Pirates8–6 (12)Gary Wagner (3–3)Al McBean (9–12)Turk Farrell (11)see 2nd game69–76
146September 12@ Pirates4–6Steve Blass (15–5)Rick Wise (9–13)Luke Walker (3)2,78969–77
147September 13 (1)Cubs3–1Chris Short (17–11)Ken Holtzman (10–12)Nonesee 2nd game70–77
148September 13 (2)Cubs1–9Rich Nye (6–12)Jerry Johnson (2–3)None5,25370–78
149September 14Cubs4–1Larry Jackson (13–17)Bill Hands (16–10)None2,25171–78
150September 15Cubs0–4Ferguson Jenkins (18–14)Grant Jackson (1–6)None4,01571–79
151September 16Pirates1–6Dock Ellis (5–4)Rick Wise (9–14)None2,08771–80
152September 17Pirates2–4Bob Moose (7–10)Chris Short (17–12)Bruce Dal Canton (1)2,57671–81
153September 18Pirates2–1Jerry Johnson (3–3)Bob Veale (13–14)Gary Wagner (7)2,46372–81
154September 20 (1)Mets2–3Tom Seaver (15–11)Gary Wagner (3–4)Nonesee 2nd game72–82
155September 20 (2)Mets4–5Cal Koonce (6–4)Turk Farrell (4–6)None4,44372–83
156September 21Mets4–3Chris Short (18–12)Dick Selma (9–10)Gary Wagner (8)1,85473–83
157September 22Mets2–5Jim McAndrew (4–7)Rick Wise (9–15)Don Cardwell (1)3,25973–84
158September 24@ Cardinals2–1Jerry Johnson (4–3)Ray Washburn (13–8)None10,53074–84
159September 25@ Cardinals4–5Nelson Briles (19–11)Chris Short (18–13)Joe Hoerner (16)10,99274–85
160September 27@ Mets3–2 (11)Gary Wagner (4–4)Ron Taylor (1–5)Turk Farrell (12)11,16975–85
161September 28@ Mets1–3Jerry Koosman (19–12)Jerry Johnson (4–4)None9,14075–86
162September 29@ Mets10–3Chris Short (19–13)Tom Seaver (16–12)None29,30276–86 :

### 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 | Mike Ryan | 96 | 296 | 53 | .179 | 1 | 15 |
| 1B | Bill White | 127 | 385 | 92 | .239 | 9 | 40 |
| 2B | Cookie Rojas | 152 | 621 | 144 | .232 | 9 | 48 |
| SS | Roberto Peña | 138 | 500 | 130 | .260 | 1 | 38 |
| 3B | Tony Taylor | 145 | 547 | 137 | .250 | 3 | 38 |
| LF | Dick Allen | 152 | 521 | 137 | .263 | 33 | 90 |
| CF | Tony González | 121 | 416 | 110 | .264 | 3 | 38 |
| RF | Johnny Callison | 121 | 398 | 97 | .244 | 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 |
| Johnny Briggs | 110 | 338 | 86 | .254 | 7 | 31 |
| Don Lock | 99 | 248 | 52 | .210 | 8 | 34 |
| Clay Dalrymple | 85 | 241 | 50 | .207 | 3 | 26 |
| Rick Joseph | 66 | 155 | 34 | .219 | 3 | 12 |
| Gary Sutherland | 67 | 138 | 38 | .275 | 0 | 15 |
| Bobby Wine | 27 | 71 | 12 | .169 | 2 | 7 |
| Doug Clemens | 29 | 57 | 12 | .211 | 2 | 8 |
| John Sullivan | 12 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Money | 4 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Hisle | 7 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 1 |
| Howie Bedell | 9 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Chris Short | 42 | 269.2 | 19 | 13 | 2.94 | 202 |
| Larry Jackson | 34 | 243.2 | 13 | 17 | 2.77 | 127 |
| Woodie Fryman | 34 | 213.2 | 12 | 14 | 2.78 | 151 |
| Rick Wise | 30 | 182.1 | 9 | 15 | 4.54 | 97 |
| Jerry Johnson | 16 | 80.2 | 4 | 4 | 3.24 | 40 |

#### 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 |
| Jeff James | 29 | 115.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.28 | 83 |
| Grant Jackson | 33 | 61.0 | 1 | 6 | 2.95 | 49 |

#### 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 |
| Turk Farrell | 54 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3.48 | 57 |
| Gary Wagner | 44 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3.00 | 43 |
| John Boozer | 38 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3.67 | 49 |
| Dick Hall | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.89 | 31 |
| Paul Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |
| Larry Colton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | San Diego Padres | Pacific Coast League | Bob Skinner and Bobby Klaus |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Frank Lucchesi |
| A | Tidewater Tides | Carolina League | Bob Wellman |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | Western Carolinas League | Bobby Malkmus |
| A-Short Season | Huron Phillies | Northern League | Dallas Green |
| A-Short Season | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Nolan Campbell |
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