# 1975 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1975 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 93rd in the history of the franchise. The Phillies finished in second place in the National League East with a record of 86–76, six and a half games behind the NL East champion Pittsburgh Pirates. As a result, the Phillies had their first winning season in eight years.

## Offseason

* December 3, 1974: Del Unser, Mac Scarce and John Stearns were traded by the Phillies to the New York Mets for Tug McGraw, Don Hahn, and Dave Schneck.
* January 30, 1975: José Moreno was as an amateur free agent signed by the Phillies.
* February 5, 1975: Orlando Isales was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.

## Regular season
### Return of Dick Allen

Early in the 1975 season, Phillies general manager Paul Owens wanted a righthanded power hitter and a first baseman with more power than Tommy Hutton, a left-handed contact hitter. Both Mike Schmidt and Dave Cash lobbied Owens to acquire Dick Allen. Allen had to be persuaded by several of his future teammates that both the organizational and racial climate in Philadelphia had changed for the better since his 1969 departure from the team.
On May 4, the Phillies traded their first baseman Willie Montañez to the Giants for Garry Maddox which provided a bat for the outfield and opened first base for Allen. The Phillies acquired Allen three days later on May 7, 1975.
Fans welcomed Allen's return. On May 14, 1975, 30,908 fans came to Veterans Stadium for Allen's return to Philadelphia and saw Steve Carlton shut out Cincinnati by the score of 4 to 0. Allen played first base, batted fifth between Greg Luzinski and Mike Schmidt and was given a standing ovation when he stepped into the batter's box in a Phillies uniform for the first time since the final game of the 1969 season. Allen lined a two-out single to center, prompting another standing ovation.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 92 | 69 | .571 | — | 52‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6½ | 51‍–‍30 | 35‍–‍46 |
| New York Mets | 82 | 80 | .506 | 10½ | 42‍–‍39 | 40‍–‍41 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 80 | .506 | 10½ | 45‍–‍36 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | .463 | 17½ | 42‍–‍39 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Montreal Expos | 75 | 87 | .463 | 17½ | 39‍–‍42 | 36‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1975 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 3–15 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 8–9 | 3–9 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | — | 1–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 11–7 |
| Cincinnati | 15–3 | 11–1 | — | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 8–4 |
| Houston | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–13 | — | 6–12 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 4–8–1 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 12–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 5–7 |
| Montreal | 4–8 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 10–8 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 |
| New York | 8–4 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–10 | — | 7–11 | 5–13 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–9 |
| Philadelphia | 7-5 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 11–7 | — | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–11 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–8 |
| San Diego | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 9–8 | 7–5 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 |
| St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 4, 1975: Willie Montañez was traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Garry Maddox.
* May 7, 1975: Jim Essian, Barry Bonnell, and $150,000 were traded by the Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Dick Allen and Johnny Oates.
* June 3, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball draft
** Dickie Noles was drafted by the Phillies in the 4th round. Player signed June 15, 1975.
** Rick Leach was drafted by the Phillies in the 11th round, but did not sign.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1975 Game Log Overall Record: 86–76 :
April (8–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 8@ Mets1–2Tom Seaver (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)None18,5270–1
2April 10@ Mets3–2 (11)Ron Schueler (1–0)Harry Parker (0–1)Cy Acosta (1)5,9641–1
3April 11Cardinals3–6Lynn McGlothen (1–0)Wayne Twitchell (0–1)Al Hrabosky (2)44,8341–2
4April 12Cardinals5–7Mike Garman (1–0)Gene Garber (0–1)None11,1011–3
5April 13Cardinals2–0Tom Underwood (1–0)Bob Forsch (1–1)None13,5392–3
6April 14Mets4–3Gene Garber (1–1)Jerry Cram (0–1)None10,6263–3
–April 15MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 26 as a traditional double-header
7April 16Cubs3–9Bill Bonham (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–2)None8,2943–4
8April 17Cubs9–10Ken Frailing (1–1)Wayne Twitchell (0–2)None6,2593–5
9April 18@ Expos6–3Tom Underwood (2–0)Steve Renko (0–1)Gene Garber (1)21,2744–5
10April 19@ Expos3–0Jim Lonborg (1–0)Dennis Blair (0–2)None8,1545–5
–April 20@ ExposPostponed (cold weather); Makeup: August 1 as a traditional double-header
11April 22@ Cubs7–5Wayne Twitchell (1–2)Bill Bonham (1–1)None6,5256–5
12April 23@ Cubs3–9Ray Burris (2–0)Tom Underwood (2–1)Oscar Zamora (1)3,2286–6
13April 24@ Cubs1–4Steve Stone (3–0)Jim Lonborg (1–1)None2,3236–7
14April 25@ Pirates2–3Bruce Kison (2–0)Steve Carlton (0–3)Dave Giusti (2)5,7266–8
15April 26@ Pirates3–7Jim Rooker (2–0)Wayne Twitchell (1–3)None13,1206–9
16April 27@ Pirates0–2Dock Ellis (1–2)Tom Underwood (2–2)None14,0746–10
17April 29Expos5–0Jim Lonborg (2–1)Dennis Blair (0–3)None5,4777–10
18April 30Expos2–1Steve Carlton (1–3)Steve Rogers (0–4)None8,7508–10 :
May (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
19May 2Pirates9–5Wayne Twitchell (2–3)Bruce Kison (2–1)Tug McGraw (1)20,2579–10
20May 3 (1)Pirates6–2Tom Underwood (3–2)Jim Rooker (2–1)Gene Garber (2)see 2nd game10–10
21May 3 (2)Pirates4–3 (11)Tug McGraw (1–0)Ramón Hernández (0–1)None44,50111–10
–May 4PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 24 as a traditional double-header
22May 5@ Cardinals3–11Bob Gibson (1–3)Steve Carlton (1–4)None9,19811–11
–May 6@ CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 25 as a traditional double-header
23May 7@ Cardinals4–1Wayne Twitchell (3–3)Bob Forsch (2–3)Tug McGraw (2)9,73512–11
24May 8@ Cardinals6–2Jim Lonborg (3–1)John Denny (2–2)None10,29313–11
25May 9@ Braves1–3Roric Harrison (2–1)Tom Underwood (3–3)None7,44413–12
26May 10@ Braves1–2 (11)Phil Niekro (2–3)Gene Garber (1–2)None6,51013–13
27May 11@ Braves3–7Buzz Capra (3–4)Wayne Twitchell (3–4)None6,45613–14
–May 12RedsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 15 as a traditional double-header
28May 13Reds4–0Tom Underwood (4–3)Gary Nolan (1–3)None11,63414–14
29May 14Reds4–0Steve Carlton (2–4)Pat Darcy (1–2)None30,90815–14
30May 15 (1)Reds6–3Tug McGraw (2–0)Don Gullett (4–2)Nonesee 2nd game16–14
31May 15 (2)Reds5–3Gene Garber (2–2)Clay Carroll (3–4)Tug McGraw (3)24,03817–14
32May 16Braves12–8Gene Garber (3–2)Buzz Capra (3–5)None18,71018–14
33May 17Braves9–8Gene Garber (4–2)Phil Niekro (3–4)None30,36919–14
34May 18Braves5–1Tom Underwood (5–3)Ron Reed (4–4)None25,90520–14
35May 19@ Astros2–4Tom Griffin (2–5)Steve Carlton (2–5)Wayne Granger (4)7,04920–15
36May 20@ Astros2–4Ken Forsch (2–2)Tug McGraw (2–1)Joe Niekro (2)7,21120–16
37May 21@ Astros0–4Larry Dierker (5–4)Wayne Twitchell (3–5)None8,13520–17
38May 23@ Reds2–5Gary Nolan (3–3)Larry Christenson (0–1)Clay Carroll (3)36,19720–18
39May 24@ Reds2–3 (11)Clay Carroll (4–4)Tug McGraw (2–2)None36,16520–19
40May 25@ Reds3–4Clay Kirby (3–3)Jim Lonborg (3–2)Rawly Eastwick (1)25,72620–20
41May 26Giants1–0 (11)Tug McGraw (3–2)Ed Halicki (1–1)None15,69321–20
42May 27Giants0–1 (10)John Montefusco (3–2)Gene Garber (4–3)None18,73521–21
43May 28Giants8–6Steve Carlton (3–5)Pete Falcone (4–4)Tug McGraw (4)15,70622–21
44May 30Astros0–5Doug Konieczny (3–6)Jim Lonborg (3–3)None12,56622–22
45May 31Astros3–15J. R. Richard (4–3)Wayne Twitchell (3–6)None18,09422–23 :
June (20–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
46June 1Astros5–4Tom Underwood (6–3)Larry Dierker (5–5)Larry Christenson (1)22,27823–23
47June 2Padres5–1Steve Carlton (4–5)Dave Freisleben (3–6)None9,34824–23
48June 3Padres12–1Jim Lonborg (4–3)Dan Spillner (2–6)None10,04725–23
49June 4Padres7–2Wayne Twitchell (4–6)Randy Jones (7–3)Tug McGraw (5)12,44326–23
50June 6Dodgers2–3Burt Hooton (4–5)Tom Underwood (6–4)Mike Marshall (2)38,35726–24
51June 7Dodgers4–0Steve Carlton (5–5)Doug Rau (5–6)None41,09427–24
52June 8Dodgers4–2Jim Lonborg (5–3)Don Sutton (10–4)None41,33428–24
53June 9@ Padres3–8Randy Jones (8–3)Wayne Twitchell (4–7)None30,94828–25
54June 10@ Padres7–0Larry Christenson (1–1)Dan Spillner (2–7)None15,90929–25
55June 11@ Giants3–8Mike Caldwell (3–5)Tom Underwood (6–5)None3,47229–26
56June 12@ Giants4–1Steve Carlton (6–5)Ed Halicki (2–2)None3,86930–26
57June 13@ Dodgers5–1Jim Lonborg (6–3)Andy Messersmith (9–3)None33,97031–26
58June 14@ Dodgers3–4Burt Hooton (5–5)Tug McGraw (3–3)Mike Marshall (3)52,29931–27
59June 15@ Dodgers4–3Gene Garber (5–3)Mike Marshall (2–5)None40,95932–27
60June 16@ Cubs7–9Geoff Zahn (2–4)Gene Garber (5–4)Ken Frailing (1)9,35332–28
61June 17@ Cubs5–9Tom Dettore (1–0)Jim Lonborg (6–4)None6,83432–29
62June 18@ Cubs9–7Gene Garber (6–4)Bob Locker (0–1)None20,80733–29
63June 19@ Cubs6–3 (14)Tug McGraw (4–3)Darold Knowles (2–3)None15,17034–29
64June 20Expos7–4Tom Underwood (7–5)Steve Renko (2–6)Tug McGraw (6)33,32435–29
65June 21Expos1–5Dennis Blair (4–8)Jim Lonborg (6–5)None28,32335–30
66June 22 (1)Expos0–4Steve Rogers (5–4)Ron Schueler (1–1)Nonesee 2nd game35–31
67June 22 (2)Expos4–3Gene Garber (7–4)Chuck Taylor (1–2)None31,11936–31
68June 23Pirates6–5Tom Hilgendorf (1–0)Larry Demery (3–2)Gene Garber (3)34,75937–31
69June 24 (1)Pirates6–3Larry Christenson (2–1)Jerry Reuss (8–5)Tug McGraw (7)see 2nd game38–31
70June 24 (2)Pirates8–1Tom Underwood (8–5)Bruce Kison (7–3)None50,46339–31
71June 25Pirates7–6 (13)Ron Schueler (2–1)Dave Giusti (2–3)None34,17140–31
72June 27@ Mets2–4Jon Matlack (9–5)Wayne Twitchell (4–8)None27,93540–32
73June 28@ Mets2–5Randy Tate (3–6)Steve Carlton (6–6)None37,25040–33
74June 29 (1)@ Mets9–6Larry Christenson (3–1)Jerry Koosman (6–6)Tug McGraw (8)see 2nd game41–33
75June 29 (2)@ Mets4–3 (12)Tug McGraw (5–3)Tom Hall (1–2)None45,72342–33
76June 30Cardinals2–4Bob Forsch (8–6)Jim Lonborg (6–6)Al Hrabosky (11)28,26442–34 :
July (17–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Cardinals5–6Lynn McGlothen (10–5)Wayne Twitchell (4–9)Al Hrabosky (12)22,54442–35
78July 2Cardinals5–3Steve Carlton (7–6)Ron Reed (8–8)None21,84343–35
79July 3Cardinals7–4Tom Underwood (9–5)Bob Gibson (2–7)None16,06844–35
80July 4Mets3–4Tom Seaver (12–4)Tug McGraw (5–4)Rick Baldwin (4)55,30144–36
81July 5 (1)Mets8–2Ron Schueler (3–1)Randy Tate (3–7)Nonesee 2nd game45–36
82July 5 (2)Mets10–7Jim Lonborg (7–6)Nino Espinosa (0–1)Gene Garber (4)50,13746–36
83July 6Mets8–6Wayne Twitchell (5–9)Jon Matlack (10–6)Gene Garber (5)27,03747–36
84July 7@ Reds3–7Pat Darcy (4–5)Steve Carlton (7–7)None25,09647–37
85July 8@ Reds1–2Gary Nolan (8–5)Tom Underwood (9–6)Rawly Eastwick (4)28,47947–38
86July 9@ Reds7–9Pedro Borbón (5–1)Gene Garber (7–5)None28,78947–39
87July 11@ Astros2–1Larry Christenson (4–1)Doug Konieczny (4–10)None16,39448–39
88July 12@ Astros14–2Steve Carlton (8–7)J. R. Richard (6–4)None14,52049–39
89July 13@ Astros5–9Ken Forsch (3–6)Tom Underwood (9–7)Dave Roberts (1)12,87049–40
–July 151975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee
90July 17Astros6–5 (11)Tug McGraw (6–4)Ken Forsch (3–7)None18,02650–40
91July 18Astros7–4Tom Hilgendorf (2–0)J. R. Richard (6–5)Gene Garber (6)24,07251–40
92July 19Astros1–0Larry Christenson (5–1)Larry Dierker (8–10)None30,98352–40
93July 20Reds11–4Tom Underwood (10–7)Clay Kirby (7–4)Gene Garber (7)44,13453–40
94July 21Reds4–10Pat Darcy (5–5)Ron Schueler (3–2)None43,69853–41
95July 22Braves1–0Steve Carlton (9–7)Carl Morton (12–10)None20,05254–41
96July 23Braves3–2Jim Lonborg (8–6)Bruce Dal Canton (0–4)None28,26855–41
97July 24Braves4–5Phil Niekro (10–7)Larry Christenson (5–2)None21,70655–42
98July 25 (1)@ Cardinals3–4Al Hrabosky (9–2)Gene Garber (7–6)Nonesee 2nd game55–43
99July 25 (2)@ Cardinals5–2Ron Schueler (4–2)John Curtis (6–8)Tug McGraw (9)36,12756–43
100July 26@ Cardinals9–4Steve Carlton (10–7)Eric Rasmussen (1–1)None36,35057–43
101July 27@ Cardinals6–9Bob Gibson (3–8)Tom Hilgendorf (2–1)Mike Garman (8)22,04657–44
102July 28@ Pirates5–2Larry Christenson (6–2)Bruce Kison (9–6)None30,22158–44
103July 29@ Pirates5–1Tom Underwood (11–7)Dock Ellis (7–7)None33,34059–44
104July 30@ Pirates1–8Jerry Reuss (12–6)Steve Carlton (10–8)None43,26059–45
105July 31@ Expos4–7Dan Warthen (5–4)Ron Schueler (4–3)Dale Murray (5)13,51059–46 :
August (13–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1 (1)@ Expos8–6 (10)Gene Garber (8–6)Dale Murray (4–5)Nonesee 2nd game60–46
107August 1 (2)@ Expos4–6Fred Scherman (2–4)Tom Hilgendorf (2–2)Dale Murray (6)17,82060–47
108August 2@ Expos3–4Dale Murray (5–5)Tom Underwood (11–8)None16,10160–48
109August 3@ Expos5–4 (10)Tug McGraw (7–4)Dale Murray (5–6)Gene Garber (8)15,12661–48
110August 4Cubs2–3Steve Stone (9–5)Tom Hilgendorf (2–3)Paul Reuschel (1)16,28561–49
111August 5Cubs13–5Dick Ruthven (1–0)Bill Bonham (10–8)None19,61162–49
–August 6CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 5 as a traditional double-header
112August 7Cubs3–5Rick Reuschel (8–12)Larry Christenson (6–3)None20,25962–50
113August 8Giants5–4Gene Garber (9–6)Randy Moffitt (4–4)None31,02663–50
114August 9Giants11–4Steve Carlton (11–8)John Montefusco (10–6)None43,50464–50
115August 10Giants1–8Jim Barr (10–9)Dick Ruthven (1–1)None35,40564–51
116August 11Dodgers1–7Andy Messersmith (14–11)Larry Christenson (6–4)None33,17564–52
117August 12Dodgers6–7 (10)Mike Marshall (8–11)Gene Garber (9–7)None36,51264–53
118August 13Dodgers4–5Burt Hooton (10–9)Steve Carlton (11–9)Mike Marshall (10)64–54
119August 15Padres4–3Tom Hilgendorf (3–3)Joe McIntosh (8–11)Tug McGraw (10)30,60165–54
120August 16Padres1–5Randy Jones (16–7)Tug McGraw (7–5)None40,12765–55
121August 17Padres10–4Tom Underwood (12–8)Dave Freisleben (5–13)Gene Garber (9)29,31766–55
122August 18@ Braves6–3Tom Hilgendorf (4–3)Phil Niekro (12–11)None4,32067–55
123August 19@ Braves4–6Max León (2–1)Gene Garber (9–8)None4,47067–56
124August 20@ Braves4–1Larry Christenson (7–4)Carl Morton (15–13)Tug McGraw (11)4,70468–56
125August 22@ Padres6–5Tom Hilgendorf (5–3)Bill Greif (3–5)Gene Garber (10)13,42669–56
126August 23@ Padres3–8Dan Spillner (5–10)Steve Carlton (11–10)Danny Frisella (8)9,57869–57
127August 24 (1)@ Padres2–7Randy Jones (17–7)Dick Ruthven (1–2)Nonesee 2nd game69–58
128August 24 (2)@ Padres6–7 (12)Bill Greif (4–5)Ron Schueler (4–4)None17,87069–59
129August 25@ Dodgers4–2Larry Christenson (8–4)Andy Messersmith (14–13)Gene Garber (11)20,04870–59
130August 26@ Dodgers1–8Doug Rau (11–9)Tom Underwood (12–9)None20,27370–60
131August 27@ Dodgers0–10Burt Hooton (13–9)Steve Carlton (11–11)None20,75370–61
132August 28@ Giants8–5Tom Hilgendorf (6–3)Jim Barr (11–12)None4,19071–61
133August 29@ Giants3–1Larry Christenson (9–4)Ed Halicki (8–11)Tug McGraw (12)5,00772–61
134August 30@ Giants1–4Pete Falcone (10–9)Tom Underwood (12–10)None5,66372–62
135August 31@ Giants4–5John Montefusco (12–7)Steve Carlton (11–12)Charlie Williams (3)8,88472–63 :
September (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Expos5–6Dale Murray (10–7)Gene Garber (9–9)None12,92572–64
137September 2Expos3–4Dennis Blair (8–14)Larry Christenson (9–5)Dale Murray (9)15,23272–65
138September 3Expos6–3Tom Underwood (13–10)Don Carrithers (2–2)Gene Garber (12)15,59773–65
139September 5 (1)Cubs3–4Bill Bonham (12–13)Steve Carlton (11–13)Paul Reuschel (4)see 2nd game73–66
140September 5 (2)Cubs6–3Tug McGraw (8–5)Paul Reuschel (1–2)None32,04174–66
141September 6Cubs6–7Steve Stone (12–7)Gene Garber (9–10)Darold Knowles (12)26,55474–67
142September 7Cubs4–6Ray Burris (13–10)Wayne Twitchell (5–10)Rick Reuschel (1)30,07174–68
143September 8Cardinals6–3Tom Underwood (14–10)Ron Reed (12–10)Tug McGraw (13)22,76875–68
144September 9Cardinals6–2Steve Carlton (12–13)John Denny (9–5)None13,76476–68
145September 10@ Expos5–1Wayne Simpson (1–0)Steve Renko (5–12)Gene Garber (13)9,21677–68
146September 11@ Expos5–0 (7)Larry Christenson (10–5)Steve Rogers (10–11)None7,45778–68
147September 13@ Cubs1–4Ray Burris (14–10)Tom Underwood (14–11)None13,28378–69
148September 14@ Cubs13–7Steve Carlton (13–13)Steve Stone (12–8)None16,29479–69
149September 15@ Cardinals6–7Al Hrabosky (12–3)Gene Garber (9–11)Harry Parker (3)9,95579–70
150September 16@ Cardinals4–3 (13)Tom Hilgendorf (7–3)Mike Garman (3–7)Gene Garber (14)11,23980–70
151September 17Pirates1–9Bruce Kison (11–11)Tom Underwood (14–12)None38,08580–71
152September 18Pirates4–1Steve Carlton (14–13)Dock Ellis (8–9)None27,09381–71
153September 19@ Mets4–3Tug McGraw (9–5)Skip Lockwood (1–2)None16,67682–71
154September 20@ Mets7–9 (11)Bob Apodaca (2–3)Gene Garber (9–12)None18,86382–72
155September 21@ Mets4–2Dick Ruthven (2–2)Jon Matlack (16–12)Tug McGraw (14)52,14483–72
156September 22@ Pirates3–11Bruce Kison (12–11)Tom Underwood (14–13)Kent Tekulve (4)13,17683–73
157September 23@ Pirates1–3Bob Moose (2–2)Steve Carlton (14–14)None6,44583–74
158September 24@ Pirates8–1Larry Christenson (11–5)Larry Demery (7–5)None6,25384–74
159September 26 (1)Mets4–3 (12)Gene Garber (10–12)Bob Apodaca (3–4)Nonesee 2nd game85–74
160September 26 (2)Mets2–3 (12)Jerry Koosman (14–13)Tug McGraw (9–6)Ken Sanders (5)20,18985–75
161September 27Mets8–1Steve Carlton (15–14)Randy Tate (5–13)None27,61586–75
162September 28Mets4–5Tom Seaver (22–9)Larry Christenson (11–6)Skip Lockwood (2)21,10586–76 :
The August 4, 1975, game was protested by the Cubs in the top of the seventh inning. The protest was later denied.
The September 8, 1975, game was protested by the Phillies in the bottom of the third inning. The protest was later denied. :

### 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 | Bob Boone | 97 | 289 | 71 | .246 | 2 | 20 |
| 1B | Dick Allen | 119 | 416 | 97 | .233 | 12 | 62 |
| 2B | Dave Cash | 162 | 699 | 213 | .305 | 4 | 57 |
| SS | Larry Bowa | 136 | 583 | 178 | .305 | 2 | 38 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 158 | 562 | 140 | .249 | 38 | 95 |
| LF | Greg Luzinski | 161 | 596 | 179 | .300 | 34 | 120 |
| CF | Garry Maddox | 99 | 374 | 109 | .291 | 4 | 46 |
| RF | Jay Johnstone | 122 | 350 | 115 | .329 | 7 | 54 |

#### 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 Oates | 90 | 269 | 77 | .286 | 1 | 25 |
| Mike Anderson | 115 | 247 | 64 | .259 | 4 | 28 |
| Tommy Hutton | 113 | 165 | 41 | .248 | 3 | 24 |
| Ollie Brown | 84 | 145 | 44 | .303 | 6 | 26 |
| Jerry Martin | 57 | 113 | 24 | .212 | 2 | 11 |
| Tony Taylor | 79 | 103 | 25 | .243 | 1 | 17 |
| Willie Montañez | 21 | 84 | 24 | .286 | 2 | 16 |
| Terry Harmon | 48 | 72 | 13 | .181 | 0 | 5 |
| Alan Bannister | 24 | 61 | 16 | .262 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim McCarver | 47 | 59 | 15 | .254 | 1 | 7 |
| Mike Rogodzinski | 16 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 4 |
| Larry Cox | 11 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Hahn | 9 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Essian | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |
| Larry Fritz | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Clark | 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 |
| Steve Carlton | 37 | 255.1 | 15 | 14 | 3.56 | 192 |
| Tom Underwood | 35 | 219.1 | 14 | 13 | 4.14 | 123 |
| Larry Christenson | 29 | 171.2 | 11 | 6 | 3.67 | 88 |
| Jim Lonborg | 27 | 159.1 | 8 | 6 | 4.12 | 72 |

#### 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 |
| Wayne Twitchell | 36 | 134.1 | 5 | 10 | 4.42 | 101 |
| Dick Ruthven | 11 | 40.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.20 | 26 |
| Wayne Simpson | 7 | 30.2 | 1 | 0 | 3.23 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Gene Garber | 71 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 3.60 | 69 |
| Tug McGraw | 56 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 2.98 | 55 |
| Tom Hilgendorf | 53 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2.14 | 52 |
| Ron Schueler | 46 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5.24 | 69 |
| Joe Hoerner | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 20 |
| Cy Acosta | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 2 |
| Randy Lerch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 8 |
| John Montague | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Toledo Mud Hens | International League | Jim Bunning |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Bob Wellman |
| A | Rocky Mount Phillies | Carolina League | Cal Emery |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | Western Carolinas League | Lee Elia |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Phillies | New York–Penn League | June Raines |
| Rookie | Pulaski Phillies | Appalachian League | Bob Wren |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rocky Mount, Spartanburg