# 1970 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1970 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 88th season for the franchise in Philadelphia. The Phillies finished in fifth place in the National League East with a record of 73–88, fifteen and a half games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates. The Phillies were playing their final season of home games at Connie Mack Stadium, before moving into their new facility, Veterans Stadium, at the start of the following season.

## Offseason

* October 7, 1969: Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson and Cookie Rojas were traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Curt Flood, Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner, and Tim McCarver. Curt Flood refused to report to his new team. The Cardinals sent Willie Montañez to the Phillies on April 8, 1970, and Bob Browning (minors) to the Phillies on August 30 as compensation.
* November 17, 1969: Johnny Callison and a player to be named later were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Oscar Gamble and Dick Selma. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Larry Colton to the Cubs in January 1970.
* January 1970: Rich Barry was purchased from the Phillies by the Hawaii Islanders.
* Prior to 1970 season: Doc Edwards was released by the Phillies.

## Regular season

Against the San Francisco Giants on May 2, 1970, Phillies starting catcher Tim McCarver broke his finger on a foul tip by Willie Mays. McCarver was replaced by Mike Ryan. Two batters later, Ryan broke his finger on a slide at home plate by Willie McCovey. Ryan finished the inning but left the game. In June 1970, the series of injuries left the Phillies short a catcher and they activated Doc Edwards, who at the time was their bullpen coach. Edwards responded with two hits in his first game back and then caught a Jim Bunning–Dick Selma two-hitter.
Beginning May 22, seven more players were injured including Johnny Briggs, Don Money, Ricardo Joseph, Mike Compton, Oscar Gamble, Tony Taylor, and Del Bates. Bill Giles, Phillies’ Vice President of Business Operations, retained hexologist Jacob Zook from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to paint Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs to keep away jinxes. Giles had Zook paint three 24-inch-diameter hex signs and had them attached to the outer roof of the Phillies’ dugout at Connie Mack Stadium.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 89 | 73 | .549 | — | 50‍–‍32 | 39‍–‍41 |
| Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 | 46‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍44 |
| New York Mets | 83 | 79 | .512 | 6 | 44‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍41 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 86 | .469 | 13 | 34‍–‍47 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 88 | .453 | 15½ | 40‍–‍40 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Montreal Expos | 73 | 89 | .451 | 16 | 39‍–‍41 | 34‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1970 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 8–4 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–11 |
| Cincinnati | 13–5 | 5–7 | — | 15–3 | 13–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 9–3 |
| Houston | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–15 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 6–6 |
| Los Angeles | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 10–8 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 7–5 |
| Montreal | 6–6 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 |
| New York | 6–6 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–10 | — | 13–5 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 12–6 |
| Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 7–11 | 5–13 | — | 4–14 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 14–4 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 12–6 |
| San Diego | 9–9 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 4–14 | 7–11 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–6 | — | 5–13 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 11–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 13–5 | — | 7–5 |
| St. Louis | 5–7 | 11–7 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 13, 1970: Rubén Amaro was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* June 4, 1970: Fred Andrews was drafted by the Phillies in the 8th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.
* June 6, 1970: Doc Edwards was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.

### Game log

1970 Game Log (Overall Record: 73–88) :
April (10–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 7Cubs2–0Chris Short (1–0)Ferguson Jenkins (0–1)None15,9181–0
2April 9Cubs5–3Bill Wilson (1–0)Ken Holtzman (0–1)Joe Hoerner (1)5,0752–0
3April 10Pirates2–0Woodie Fryman (1–0)Bob Veale (0–1)None3,6633–0
4April 11Pirates0–4Luke Walker (1–0)Grant Jackson (0–1)Chuck Hartenstein (1)7,6733–1
5April 12Pirates1–3 (10)Steve Blass (1–0)Jim Bunning (0–1)None22,3953–2
6April 14@ Cubs4–5Ken Holtzman (1–1)Chris Short (1–1)None36,3163–3
7April 15@ Cubs1–5Bill Hands (1–0)Rick Wise (0–1)None7,1203–4
8April 16@ Cubs5–6 (10)Hank Aguirre (2–0)Joe Hoerner (0–1)None5,3413–5
9April 17@ Mets0–6Tom Seaver (2–0)Grant Jackson (0–2)None5,9513–6
10April 18@ Mets0–7Nolan Ryan (1–0)Jim Bunning (0–2)None23,5003–7
11April 19 (1)@ Mets3–2 (10)Rick Wise (1–1)Jerry Koosman (0–2)Nonesee 2nd game4–7
12April 19 (2)@ Mets2–10Jim McAndrew (1–1)Chris Short (1–2)Ron Taylor (3)49,8984–8
–April 21GiantsPostponed (cold weather); Makeup: August 1 as a traditional double-header
13April 22Giants6–1Woodie Fryman (2–0)Rich Robertson (0–1)Dick Selma (1)6,0455–8
14April 24@ Padres5–4Grant Jackson (1–2)Pat Dobson (1–2)Dick Selma (2)7,3986–8
15April 25@ Padres1–0Jim Bunning (1–2)Al Santorini (1–3)Dick Selma (3)9,1447–8
16April 26@ Padres3–2Chris Short (2–2)Dave Roberts (1–2)Dick Selma (4)14,4808–8
17April 27@ Dodgers4–3Rick Wise (2–1)Don Sutton (3–2)Joe Hoerner (2)9,4479–8
18April 28@ Dodgers3–2 (10)Dick Selma (1–0)Alan Foster (2–2)Joe Hoerner (3)22,77210–8
19April 29@ Dodgers1–6Claude Osteen (2–3)Grant Jackson (1–3)None10,77710–9 :
May (10–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
20May 1@ Giants1–3Rich Robertson (1–2)Jim Bunning (1–3)None5,32810–10
21May 2@ Giants1–7Gaylord Perry (3–3)Chris Short (2–3)None7,42210–11
22May 3 (1)@ Giants8–6 (13)Joe Hoerner (1–1)Ron Bryant (2–4)Nonesee 2nd game11–11
23May 3 (2)@ Giants13–6Lowell Palmer (1–0)Frank Reberger (0–2)None17,15312–11
24May 5Padres8–11Dave Roberts (3–2)Dick Selma (1–1)None4,38212–12
25May 6Padres4–3Dick Selma (2–1)Clay Kirby (1–3)Joe Hoerner (4)2,26313–12
26May 7Padres2–8Pat Dobson (3–3)Chris Short (2–4)Ron Herbel (5)2,04513–13
27May 8Dodgers4–8 (12)José Peña (1–0)Joe Hoerner (1–2)None5,17013–14
28May 9Dodgers4–9 (14)Fred Norman (1–0)Dick Selma (2–2)José Peña (2)12,78013–15
29May 10Dodgers0–7Don Sutton (4–4)Grant Jackson (1–4)None8,84013–16
30May 11@ Cardinals0–3Steve Carlton (2–4)Jim Bunning (1–4)None11,31013–17
31May 12@ Cardinals5–9Chuck Taylor (1–2)Lowell Palmer (1–1)None10,45413–18
32May 13Expos6–7Claude Raymond (2–1)Rick Wise (2–2)None2,47013–19
–May 14ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 22 as a traditional double-header
33May 15Mets0–4Tom Seaver (7–1)Woodie Fryman (2–1)None6,37313–20
34May 16Mets0–6Jerry Koosman (2–2)Grant Jackson (1–5)None4,82613–21
–May 17MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 2 as a traditional double-header
35May 18@ Pirates1–2Bob Moose (3–3)Jim Bunning (1–5)None5,79613–22
36May 19@ Pirates2–0Chris Short (3–4)Dock Ellis (2–4)None6,25114–22
37May 20@ Pirates2–3 (14)Bruce Dal Canton (2–0)Dick Selma (2–3)None5,97714–23
38May 21Cardinals4–3Joe Hoerner (2–2)Frank Linzy (2–2)None11,76915–23
39May 22Cardinals3–6Frank Linzy (3–2)Mike Jackson (0–1)None12,00315–24
40May 23Cardinals1–3Bob Gibson (3–3)Jim Bunning (1–6)None12,33315–25
41May 24Cardinals6–5 (10)Mike Jackson (1–1)Chuck Taylor (1–3)None11,93916–25
42May 26@ Expos3–2Rick Wise (3–2)Bill Stoneman (2–7)Dick Selma (5)14,01017–25
43May 27@ Expos3–0Woodie Fryman (3–1)Dan McGinn (3–4)None6,91318–25
44May 28@ Expos5–3 (11)Joe Hoerner (3–2)Bill Dillman (1–1)Dick Selma (6)14,32919–25
45May 29@ Braves2–5Pat Jarvis (5–3)Chris Short (3–5)None5,56519–26
46May 30@ Braves7–5Jim Bunning (2–6)Gary Neibauer (0–3)Joe Hoerner (5)11,06420–26
47May 31@ Braves1–9Jim Nash (7–1)Rick Wise (3–3)None18,48220–27 :
June (12–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
48June 2@ Reds2–7 (8)Wayne Simpson (7–1)Woodie Fryman (3–2)None10,54220–28
49June 3@ Reds11–4Jim Bunning (3–6)Pedro Borbón (0–2)Dick Selma (7)5,88721–28
50June 5@ Astros7–8 (11)Jim Ray (3–2)Dick Selma (2–4)None12,29221–29
51June 6@ Astros7–3Rick Wise (4–3)Don Wilson (1–2)Joe Hoerner (6)18,64422–29
52June 7@ Astros10–3Woodie Fryman (4–2)Larry Dierker (8–6)None16,35323–29
53June 9Braves2–1Jim Bunning (4–6)Pat Jarvis (6–4)Dick Selma (8)15,81024–29
54June 10Braves1–5George Stone (6–1)Chris Short (3–6)None9,21324–30
55June 11Braves4–6Jim Nash (8–2)Rick Wise (4–4)Bob Priddy (4)7,86224–31
56June 12Reds1–3Wayne Simpson (9–1)Woodie Fryman (4–3)None10,55324–32
57June 13Reds6–3Jim Bunning (5–6)Gary Nolan (7–3)None18,56825–32
58June 14Reds1–10Jim McGlothlin (9–3)Chris Short (3–7)None16,65825–33
–June 15AstrosPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 21 as a traditional double-header
59June 16Astros2–1 (13)Joe Hoerner (4–2)Jim Bouton (2–4)None3,70826–33
60June 17Astros4–2Woodie Fryman (5–3)Larry Dierker (8–7)Barry Lersch (1)6,76727–33
61June 19@ Mets3–13Tom Seaver (10–5)Jim Bunning (5–7)None43,86627–34
62June 20@ Mets2–1Chris Short (4–7)Jerry Koosman (2–4)None41,89728–34
–June 21@ MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 9 as a traditional double-header
63June 22 (1)Expos6–0Woodie Fryman (6–3)Bill Stoneman (4–9)Nonesee 2nd game29–34
64June 22 (2)Expos3–2Rick Wise (5–4)Steve Renko (2–4)None20,53530–34
65June 23Expos1–2Dan McGinn (4–5)Jim Bunning (5–8)Claude Raymond (11)8,22130–35
66June 24Expos0–8Carl Morton (7–5)Chris Short (4–8)None6,86930–36
67June 25Expos3–2 (11)Joe Hoerner (5–2)Claude Raymond (3–5)None5,06531–36
68June 26@ Cardinals0–7Bob Gibson (10–3)Rick Wise (5–5)None40,22131–37
69June 27@ Cardinals8–9Ted Abernathy (1–0)Joe Hoerner (5–3)Sal Campisi (2)20,54931–38
70June 28 (1)@ Cardinals4–5Mike Torrez (6–7)Dick Selma (2–5)Nonesee 2nd game31–39
71June 28 (2)@ Cardinals8–3 (10)Dick Selma (3–5)Billy McCool (0–3)None38,19432–39
–June 29@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 1 as a traditional double-header
72June 30@ Expos1–8Steve Renko (4–4)Rick Wise (5–6)None20,03832–40 :
July (14–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
73July 1 (1)@ Expos1–11Rich Nye (2–0)Woodie Fryman (6–4)Nonesee 2nd game32–41
74July 1 (2)@ Expos1–4Dan McGinn (5–6)Grant Jackson (1–6)Howie Reed (2)25,62332–42
75July 2 (1)Mets6–1Jim Bunning (6–8)Gary Gentry (7–5)Dick Selma (9)see 2nd game33–42
76July 2 (2)Mets3–2Chris Short (5–8)Don Cardwell (0–2)Dick Selma (10)24,47434–42
77July 3Mets3–4Ray Sadecki (6–2)Rick Wise (5–7)Rich Folkers (1)10,50834–43
78July 4Mets2–7Tom Seaver (13–5)Grant Jackson (1–7)None7,86634–44
79July 5Mets4–5Jerry Koosman (5–4)Woodie Fryman (6–5)Danny Frisella (1)12,60934–45
80July 6Pirates5–7Jim Nelson (4–0)Jim Bunning (6–9)Dave Giusti (13)6,14534–46
81July 7Pirates2–4Bob Veale (6–10)Chris Short (5–9)Dave Giusti (14)6,93834–47
82July 8Pirates2–0Rick Wise (6–7)Steve Blass (6–10)None7,03835–47
83July 10@ Cubs0–2Ferguson Jenkins (10–10)Grant Jackson (1–8)None22,39935–48
84July 11@ Cubs10–4Joe Hoerner (6–3)Roberto Rodríguez (1–1)Barry Lersch (2)25,97236–48
85July 12@ Cubs2–10Ken Holtzman (9–7)Chris Short (5–10)None28,27036–49
–July 141970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati
86July 16@ Padres10–7Dick Selma (4–5)Ron Willis (1–1)Joe Hoerner (7)6,93837–49
87July 17@ Padres8–3Rick Wise (7–7)Clay Kirby (5–11)None5,75838–49
88July 18@ Padres7–4Jim Bunning (7–9)Earl Wilson (4–7)Dick Selma (11)4,31739–49
89July 19 (1)@ Dodgers9–4Fred Wenz (1–0)Jim Brewer (4–4)Dick Selma (12)see 2nd game40–49
90July 19 (2)@ Dodgers4–2Barry Lersch (1–0)Pete Mikkelsen (0–1)None28,39641–49
91July 20@ Dodgers0–5Bill Singer (7–3)Woodie Fryman (6–6)None12,45441–50
92July 21@ Giants9–6Rick Wise (8–7)Juan Marichal (3–9)Joe Hoerner (8)3,41842–50
93July 22@ Giants5–2Jim Bunning (8–9)Gaylord Perry (14–9)Dick Selma (13)4,56743–50
94July 24Padres4–3Grant Jackson (2–8)Ron Herbel (6–3)None5,07844–50
95July 25Padres9–2Barry Lersch (2–0)Dave Roberts (5–8)None20,29245–50
96July 26Padres2–16Pat Dobson (7–10)Rick Wise (8–8)None5,20845–51
97July 27Dodgers10–3Woodie Fryman (7–6)Claude Osteen (11–8)Dick Selma (14)6,01746–51
98July 28Dodgers2–6Joe Moeller (5–4)Jim Bunning (8–10)Jim Brewer (14)14,00046–52
–July 29DodgersCancelled (rain); Was not rescheduled
99July 31 (1)Giants3–8Juan Marichal (5–9)Grant Jackson (2–9)Nonesee 2nd game46–53
100July 31 (2)Giants2–7Frank Reberger (3–4)Chris Short (5–11)Don McMahon (11)15,71646–54 :
August (16–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
101August 1 (1)Giants6–5 (11)Dick Selma (5–5)Jerry Johnson (3–2)Nonesee 2nd game47–54
102August 1 (2)Giants6–1Rick Wise (9–8)Don Carrithers (0–1)Barry Lersch (3)18,01048–54
103August 2Giants7–6Fred Wenz (2–0)Mike Davison (2–4)None10,20149–54
104August 3Cardinals1–4Mike Torrez (8–9)Grant Jackson (2–10)None12,16349–55
105August 4Cardinals2–3Jerry Reuss (3–4)Chris Short (5–12)Chuck Taylor (6)14,25349–56
106August 5@ Pirates0–4Luke Walker (8–3)Rick Wise (9–9)None12,91549–57
107August 6 (1)@ Pirates0–4Dock Ellis (12–8)Jim Bunning (8–11)Nonesee 2nd game49–58
108August 6 (2)@ Pirates3–8Bruce Dal Canton (7–1)Bill Champion (0–1)None26,66449–59
109August 7Cubs4–1Grant Jackson (3–10)Ferguson Jenkins (13–13)Dick Selma (15)8,12350–59
110August 8Cubs6–3Chris Short (6–12)Bill Hands (13–9)None10,96451–59
111August 9 (1)Cubs1–4Milt Pappas (7–5)Rick Wise (9–10)Phil Regan (10)see 2nd game51–60
112August 9 (2)Cubs6–1Barry Lersch (3–0)Larry Gura (1–2)None19,90752–60
113August 11@ Astros6–5Jim Bunning (9–11)Jack Billingham (10–5)Dick Selma (16)18,18453–60
114August 12@ Astros0–4Larry Dierker (11–10)Grant Jackson (3–11)None16,67753–61
115August 13@ Astros3–4Jim Ray (5–3)Dick Selma (5–6)Fred Gladding (12)14,41353–62
116August 14@ Reds5–4Rick Wise (10–10)Mel Behney (0–1)Joe Hoerner (9)31,60454–62
117August 15@ Reds4–5 (14)Ray Washburn (2–4)Bill Champion (0–2)None42,60654–63
118August 16@ Reds2–4Tony Cloninger (6–4)Jim Bunning (9–12)Wayne Granger (27)45,05954–64
119August 17@ Reds3–9Jim Merritt (18–10)Grant Jackson (3–12)None23,25554–65
120August 18@ Braves2–3Hoyt Wilhelm (5–3)Chris Short (6–13)None9,56054–66
121August 19@ Braves2–3Pat Jarvis (14–10)Rick Wise (10–11)Bob Priddy (7)8,12954–67
122August 20@ Braves2–6Ron Reed (6–5)Barry Lersch (3–1)None9,86854–68
123August 21 (1)Astros9–3Jim Bunning (10–12)Jack Billingham (10–6)Nonesee 2nd game55–68
124August 21 (2)Astros1–9Don Wilson (6–5)Grant Jackson (3–13)None8,11355–69
125August 22Astros2–1Joe Hoerner (7–3)Fred Gladding (4–2)None15,27656–69
126August 23Astros4–0Rick Wise (11–11)Wade Blasingame (1–1)Dick Selma (17)3,48557–69
127August 25Reds3–2 (12)Dick Selma (6–6)Wayne Granger (6–4)None14,50858–69
128August 26Reds5–6Jim Merritt (20–10)Jim Bunning (10–13)Wayne Granger (29)13,32258–70
129August 27Reds6–3Grant Jackson (4–13)Jim McGlothlin (11–8)None11,99259–70
130August 28Braves5–2Chris Short (7–13)Jim Nash (12–7)Dick Selma (18)7,90860–70
131August 29Braves10–9Joe Hoerner (8–3)Ron Reed (6–6)Dick Selma (19)9,74761–70
132August 30Braves4–2Barry Lersch (4–1)Pat Jarvis (15–11)Dick Selma (20)9,10462–70 :
September (10–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Cubs3–2 (13)Woodie Fryman (8–6)Phil Regan (4–8)Chris Short (1)23,99263–70
134September 2@ Cubs2–17Milt Pappas (11–6)Grant Jackson (4–14)Bob Miller (2)16,23463–71
135September 3@ Cubs2–7Ferguson Jenkins (18–14)Chris Short (7–14)None10,67563–72
136September 4@ Pirates3–4Steve Blass (9–10)Rick Wise (11–12)John Lamb (1)22,54763–73
137September 5@ Pirates4–6Fred Cambria (1–1)Barry Lersch (4–2)Dave Giusti (22)22,92563–74
138September 6@ Pirates3–4 (10)Luke Walker (11–6)Dick Selma (6–7)None19,04963–75
139September 7 (1)Cardinals5–1Chris Short (8–14)Jerry Reuss (5–7)Nonesee 2nd game64–75
140September 7 (2)Cardinals3–2 (13)Joe Hoerner (9–3)Bob Chlupsa (0–2)None14,16665–75
141September 8Cardinals3–5Steve Carlton (9–18)Rick Wise (11–13)None3,99565–76
142September 9 (1)@ Mets3–2Barry Lersch (5–2)Danny Frisella (6–3)Nonesee 2nd game66–76
143September 9 (2)@ Mets1–3Ray Sadecki (8–4)Grant Jackson (4–15)None26,00566–77
144September 10@ Mets2–3 (14)Ron Herbel (9–5)Joe Hoerner (9–4)None14,30766–78
145September 11@ Expos0–1Carl Morton (16–10)Chris Short (8–15)None14,63766–79
146September 12@ Expos3–4Steve Renko (11–10)Lowell Palmer (1–2)Howie Reed (5)25,22166–80
147September 13@ Expos2–4John O'Donoghue (3–2)Joe Hoerner (9–5)None11,38766–81
148September 15Pirates3–8Luke Walker (13–6)Barry Lersch (5–3)Dave Giusti (24)4,80266–82
149September 16Pirates3–5Bob Moose (11–9)Jim Bunning (10–14)John Lamb (2)4,41866–83
150September 17Pirates3–2Chris Short (9–15)John Lamb (0–1)Dick Selma (21)4,19967–83
151September 18@ Cardinals9–7Grant Jackson (5–15)Nelson Briles (5–7)Dick Selma (22)12,38568–83
152September 19@ Cardinals10–6Rick Wise (12–13)Frank Bertaina (1–2)Fred Wenz (1)11,14369–83
153September 20@ Cardinals7–4 (10)Dick Selma (7–7)Harry Parker (1–1)None14,68170–83
154September 22Mets6–7Nolan Ryan (7–10)Dick Selma (7–8)Dean Chance (5)5,06470–84
155September 23Mets4–5Tug McGraw (4–6)Dick Selma (7–9)None5,68370–85
156September 25Cubs5–3Rick Wise (13–13)Milt Pappas (12–9)None6,10871–85
157September 26Cubs7–1Barry Lersch (6–3)Bill Hands (17–15)None4,61672–85
158September 27Cubs3–5Ferguson Jenkins (21–16)Jim Bunning (10–15)None4,37772–86
159September 29Expos3–10Steve Renko (13–11)Chris Short (9–16)Mike Marshall (2)1,05572–87
160September 30Expos4–5Bill Stoneman (7–15)Rick Wise (13–14)Mike Marshall (3)1,18672–88 :
October (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1Expos2–1 (10)Dick Selma (8–9)Howie Reed (6–5)None31,82273–88 :
The September 4 game was suspended in the top of the seventh inning with the score 1–4 and was completed September 5, 1970. :
Phillies win  Phillies loss  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 | Tim McCarver | 44 | 164 | 47 | .287 | 4 | 14 |
| 1B | Deron Johnson | 159 | 574 | 147 | .256 | 27 | 93 |
| 2B | Denny Doyle | 112 | 413 | 86 | .208 | 2 | 16 |
| SS | Larry Bowa | 145 | 547 | 137 | .250 | 0 | 34 |
| 3B | Don Money | 120 | 447 | 132 | .295 | 14 | 66 |
| LF | Johnny Briggs | 110 | 341 | 92 | .270 | 9 | 47 |
| CF | Larry Hisle | 126 | 405 | 83 | .205 | 10 | 44 |
| RF | Byron Browne | 104 | 270 | 67 | .248 | 10 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Tony Taylor | 124 | 439 | 132 | .301 | 9 | 55 |
| Ron Stone | 123 | 321 | 84 | .262 | 3 | 39 |
| Oscar Gamble | 88 | 275 | 72 | .262 | 1 | 19 |
| Mike Ryan | 46 | 134 | 24 | .179 | 2 | 11 |
| Terry Harmon | 71 | 129 | 32 | .248 | 0 | 7 |
| Rick Joseph | 71 | 119 | 27 | .227 | 3 | 10 |
| Mike Compton | 47 | 110 | 18 | .164 | 1 | 7 |
| Jim Hutto | 57 | 92 | 17 | .185 | 3 | 12 |
| Doc Edwards | 35 | 78 | 21 | .269 | 0 | 6 |
| Del Bates | 70 | 60 | 8 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Reid | 25 | 49 | 6 | .122 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Lis | 13 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 1 | 4 |
| Willie Montañez | 18 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 3 |
| Sam Parrilla | 11 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Luzinski | 8 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| John Vukovich | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 |
| Rick Wise | 35 | 220.1 | 13 | 14 | 4.17 | 113 |
| Jim Bunning | 34 | 219.0 | 10 | 15 | 4.11 | 147 |
| Chris Short | 36 | 199.0 | 9 | 16 | 4.30 | 133 |
| Grant Jackson | 32 | 149.2 | 5 | 15 | 5.29 | 104 |
| Woodie Fryman | 27 | 127.2 | 8 | 6 | 4.09 | 97 |

#### 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 |
| Barry Lersch | 42 | 138.0 | 6 | 3 | 3.26 | 92 |
| Lowell Palmer | 38 | 102.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.47 | 85 |
| Bill Champion | 7 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Dick Selma | 73 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 2.75 | 153 |
| Joe Hoerner | 44 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2.65 | 39 |
| Bill Wilson | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.78 | 41 |
| Fred Wenz | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.45 | 24 |
| Mike Jackson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.42 | 4 |
| Ken Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Bill Laxton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Eugene Emeralds | Pacific Coast League | Bob Wellman and Lou Kahn |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Andy Seminick |
| A | Peninsula Phillies | Carolina League | Nolan Campbell |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | Western Carolinas League | Howie Bedell |
| A-Short Season | Walla Walla Phillies | Northwest League | Garry Powel |
| Rookie | Pulaski Phillies | Appalachian League | Brandy Davis |