# 1997 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1997 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 115th season in the history of the franchise.

## Offseason

* November 21, 1996: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* November 27, 1996: Ricardo Jordan and Toby Borland were traded by the Phillies to the New York Mets for Rico Brogna.
* December 12, 1996: Mark Portugal was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* February 25, 1997: Danny Tartabull was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.

## Regular season

On June 28, 1997, the Phillies played the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking professional baseball's color line, the Braves hosted a Turn Back the Clock game. The Braves wore 1938 Atlanta Black Crackers home uniforms and the Phillies wore 1938 Philadelphia Stars road uniforms. In 1938, the Black Crackers had played in the Negro American League and the Stars in the Negro National League.
* Jackie Robinson 2B MLB–retired 1997

### J. D. Drew

Phillies' first round draft pick J. D. Drew and his agent Scott Boras elected not to sign with the Phillies, sticking to their guarantee that they would not sign for less than $10 million. The Phillies had no plan to pay an unproven player this amount of money, and despite Boras' warnings, drafted Drew nonetheless. Consequently, Drew ended up playing for the St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League.

### Season standings

The Phillies played extremely poorly in the first 100 games of the season, going 30–70, including a 4–22 stretch in the month of June. The team made a miraculous comeback in the last 62 games, going 38–24, the best of any team in the National League during that span. It was not enough, however, to get them out of last place.
vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 51‍–‍30 |
| Florida Marlins | 92 | 70 | .568 | 9 | 52‍–‍29 | 40‍–‍41 |
| New York Mets | 88 | 74 | .543 | 13 | 50‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Montreal Expos | 78 | 84 | .481 | 23 | 45‍–‍36 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 68 | 94 | .420 | 33 | 38‍–‍43 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1997 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Atlanta | — | 9–2 | 9–2 | 5–6 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 5–6 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 2–9 | — | 7–5 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 3–9 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–5 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 4–8 | 9–6 |
| Cincinnati | 2–9 | 5–7 | — | 5–6 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 9–6 |
| Colorado | 6–5 | 9–2 | 6–5 | — | 7–4 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 9–7 |
| Florida | 8–4 | 9–2 | 6–5 | 4–7 | — | 7–4 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 12–3 |
| Houston | 4–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–5 | 4–7 | — | 7–4 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 9–3 | 4–11 |
| Los Angeles | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | — | 7–4 | 6–5 | 10–1 | 9–2 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 9–7 |
| Montreal | 2–10 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 4–7 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 12–3 |
| New York | 7–5 | 5–6 | 9–2 | 5–6 | 8–4 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 9–2 | 7–8 |
| Philadelphia | 2-10 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 1–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 5–6 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 5–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 2–9 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 6–5 | — | 5–6 | 8–3 | 9–3 | 7–8 |
| San Diego | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 6–5 | — | 4–8 | 5–6 | 8–8 |
| San Francisco | 4–7 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 8–3 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 3–8 | 8–4 | — | 3–8 | 10–6 |
| St. Louis | 3–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 3-9 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 2–9 | 5–6 | 3–9 | 6–5 | 8–3 | — | 8–7 |

### Notable transactions

* June 3, 1997: J. D. Drew was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
* July 8, 1997: Midre Cummings was selected off waivers by the Phillies from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

### 1997 Game Log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1997 Game Log Overall Record: 68–94 :
April (8–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Dodgers3–0Curt Schilling (1–0)Ramón Martínez (0–1)Ricky Bottalico (1)53,0791–0
2April 2@ Dodgers1–5Hideo Nomo (1–0)Calvin Maduro (0–1)Darren Dreifort (1)37,1951–1
3April 3@ Dodgers1–2Ismael Valdez (1–0)Mark Leiter (0–1)Todd Worrell (1)26,5791–2
4April 4@ Padres3–13Tim Worrell (1–0)Bobby Muñoz (0–1)None20,9031–3
5April 5@ Padres1–4Sterling Hitchcock (1–0)Mike Mimbs (0–1)Trevor Hoffman (1)44,8071–4
6April 6@ Padres3–2Curt Schilling (2–0)Joey Hamilton (1–1)Ricky Bottalico (2)37,0162–4
7April 7@ Giants3–4Shawn Estes (1–0)Calvin Maduro (0–2)Rod Beck (4)7,5252–5
8April 8@ Giants2–1Mark Leiter (1–1)Osvaldo Fernández (1–1)Ricky Bottalico (3)6,2603–5
9April 9@ Giants0–3Kirk Rueter (1–0)Bobby Muñoz (0–2)Rod Beck (5)7,6173–6
10April 11Padres3–8Sterling Hitchcock (2–0)Curt Schilling (2–1)None36,7743–7
–April 12PadresPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 25 as a traditional double-header
11April 13Padres1–3Tim Scott (1–0)Ricky Bottalico (0–1)Trevor Hoffman (2)16,6133–8
12April 15Giants4–8William Van Landingham (1–0)Bobby Muñoz (0–3)None12,0993–9
13April 16Giants5–6 (10)Jim Poole (1–0)Reggie Harris (0–1)Rod Beck (8)12,1093–10
–April 17ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 20 as a traditional double-header
14April 18Expos8–3Calvin Maduro (1–2)Jim Bullinger (0–3)None11,8834–10
15April 19Expos10–8Mark Leiter (2–1)Carlos Pérez (2–1)Ricky Bottalico (4)17,4265–10
16April 20 (1)Expos1–5Jeff Juden (2–0)Bobby Muñoz (0–4)Dave Veres (1)see 2nd game5–11
17April 20 (2)Expos0–3Pedro Martínez (2–0)Mark Portugal (0–1)Ugueth Urbina (1)20,2625–12
18April 21@ Pirates10–2Curt Schilling (3–1)Steve Cooke (1–3)None9,0156–12
19April 23@ Pirates2–3Ricardo Rincón (2–1)Jerry Spradlin (0–1)None8,8506–13
20April 25@ Reds10–7Mark Leiter (3–1)Dave Burba (3–2)Ricky Bottalico (5)22,8437–13
21April 26@ Reds2–10Pete Schourek (1–2)Curt Schilling (3–2)None27,3577–14
–April 27@ RedsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 26 as a traditional double-header
22April 28Pirates4–9 (12)Marc Wilkins (1–0)Mike Mimbs (0–2)None12,0177–15
23April 29Pirates8–2Calvin Maduro (2–2)Matt Ruebel (1–2)None12,4538–15
24April 30Dodgers5–7Hideo Nomo (3–2)Mark Leiter (3–2)Todd Worrell (7)15,8728–16 :
May (11–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Dodgers0–5Pedro Astacio (3–0)Curt Schilling (3–3)None16,5468–17
26May 2@ Rockies7–4Bobby Muñoz (1–4)Mark Thompson (3–2)Ricky Bottalico (6)48,0319–17
27May 3@ Rockies3–7Jamey Wright (4–1)Mark Portugal (0–2)None48,0509–18
28May 4@ Rockies0–9Roger Bailey (4–1)Calvin Maduro (2–3)None48,1079–19
29May 5@ Astros2–9Chris Holt (3–3)Mark Leiter (3–3)None11,2689–20
30May 6@ Astros5–1Curt Schilling (4–3)Ramón García (2–2)None12,17910–20
31May 7@ Cardinals7–14John Frascatore (2–1)Reggie Harris (0–2)None23,38810–21
32May 8@ Cardinals2–6Andy Benes (2–1)Mike Mimbs (0–3)None32,26410–22
33May 9Rockies3–1Calvin Maduro (3–3)Roger Bailey (4–2)Ricky Bottalico (7)13,56411–22
34May 10Rockies5–4 (10)Ricky Bottalico (1–1)Steve Reed (0–1)None17,62912–22
35May 11Rockies3–1Curt Schilling (5–3)John Thomson (0–1)None21,28213–22
36May 12Rockies2–9Mike DeJean (1–0)Bobby Muñoz (1–5)None12,60313–23
37May 13Cardinals3–2Jerry Spradlin (1–1)T. J. Mathews (1–2)Ricky Bottalico (8)14,41614–23
38May 14Cardinals3–12Todd Stottlemyre (2–2)Calvin Maduro (3–4)None14,79914–24
39May 16Astros7–12Chris Holt (5–3)Mark Leiter (3–4)None13,45614–25
40May 17Astros4–2Curt Schilling (6–3)Shane Reynolds (4–4)Ricky Bottalico (9)17,13815–25
41May 18Astros5–3Garrett Stephenson (1–0)Mike Hampton (2–4)Ricky Bottalico (10)17,36716–25
42May 19Astros5–9Darryl Kile (4–2)Calvin Maduro (3–5)None15,12216–26
43May 20@ Cubs3–2Mark Leiter (4–4)Frank Castillo (2–6)Ricky Bottalico (11)20,18617–26
44May 21@ Cubs0–7Kevin Foster (5–3)Edgar Ramos (0–1)None22,88117–27
45May 22Mets3–10Bobby J. Jones (8–2)Curt Schilling (6–4)None18,48617–28
46May 23Mets2–1Garrett Stephenson (2–0)Dave Mlicki (0–4)Ricky Bottalico (12)15,50118–28
47May 24Mets4–8Armando Reynoso (3–0)Calvin Maduro (3–6)John Franco (13)19,09018–29
–May 25MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 15 as a traditional double-header
48May 26 (1)@ Reds5–8John Smiley (5–6)Mark Leiter (4–5)Mike Remlinger (2)see 2nd game18–30
49May 26 (2)@ Reds4–8Mike Morgan (2–4)Matt Beech (0–1)None16,79818–31
50May 27@ Reds2–1Curt Schilling (7–4)Brett Tomko (0–1)None17,29719–31
51May 28@ Reds0–2Kent Mercker (2–5)Garrett Stephenson (2–1)Jeff Shaw (7)15,45119–32
52May 30@ Mets3–7Dave Mlicki (1–4)Edgar Ramos (0–2)None17,40119–33
53May 31@ Mets3–10Armando Reynoso (4–0)Mark Leiter (4–6)None28,52619–34 :
June (4–22)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Mets5–8Rick Reed (4–2)Matt Beech (0–2)Cory Lidle (1)42,05819–35
–June 2RedsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 12 as a traditional double-header
55June 3Reds2–3Kent Mercker (3–5)Curt Schilling (7–5)Jeff Shaw (8)14,34019–36
56June 4Cubs1–5Frank Castillo (3–7)Garrett Stephenson (2–2)None12,87219–37
57June 5Cubs9–8 (10)Ken Ryan (1–0)Terry Adams (0–2)None13,18920–37
58June 6@ Pirates4–5 (10)Marc Wilkins (5–0)Jerry Spradlin (1–2)None15,16520–38
59June 7@ Pirates2–9Jon Lieber (3–7)Ryan Nye (0–1)None25,66420–39
60June 8@ Pirates3–2Curt Schilling (8–5)Steve Cooke (5–7)Ricky Bottalico (13)30,66721–39
61June 10@ Expos5–8Dave Veres (2–1)Ricky Bottalico (1–2)Lee Smith (5)27,82321–40
62June 11@ Expos3–4Jim Bullinger (4–5)Jerry Spradlin (1–3)Ugueth Urbina (10)10,47521–41
63June 13Blue Jays4–3Wayne Gomes (1–0)Paul Spoljaric (0–3)Ricky Bottalico (14)26,79922–41
64June 14Blue Jays2–3Robert Person (2–4)Ryan Nye (0–2)Paul Quantrill (4)22,58222–42
65June 15Blue Jays1–11Pat Hentgen (7–3)Mark Leiter (4–7)None30,51622–43
66June 16@ Red Sox4–5 (10)John Wasdin (1–3)Ricky Bottalico (1–3)None26,92622–44
67June 17@ Red Sox6–12Aaron Sele (8–5)Scott Ruffcorn (0–1)Kerry Lacy (3)25,59122–45
68June 18@ Red Sox2–4Jeff Suppan (2–0)Curt Schilling (8–6)Chris Hammond (1)27,50222–46
69June 20Braves1–4Tom Glavine (7–4)Mark Leiter (4–8)None20,64822–47
70June 21Braves8–9Brad Clontz (3–1)Ron Blazier (0–1)Mark Wohlers (15)24,30922–48
71June 22Braves5–12Greg Maddux (9–3)Garrett Stephenson (2–3)None25,53422–49
72June 23Marlins9–3Curt Schilling (9–6)Rick Helling (2–5)None18,03323–49
73June 24Marlins1–4Al Leiter (6–5)Scott Ruffcorn (0–2)Robb Nen (20)16,30023–50
74June 25Marlins5–7Alex Fernandez (8–6)Reggie Harris (0–3)Robb Nen (21)20,32423–51
75June 26@ Braves4–5Denny Neagle (11–1)Matt Beech (0–3)Mark Wohlers (16)41,76223–52
76June 27@ Braves1–7Greg Maddux (10–3)Garrett Stephenson (2–4)None48,23423–53
77June 28@ Braves1–9John Smoltz (7–7)Curt Schilling (9–7)None48,55723–54
78June 29@ Braves5–6Mike Bielecki (3–3)Billy Brewer (0–1)Mark Wohlers (17)47,90223–55
79June 30@ Orioles1–8Mike Mussina (10–2)Calvin Maduro (3–7)None47,83723–56 :
July (10–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Orioles1–4Scott Erickson (11–3)Matt Beech (0–4)Randy Myers (26)47,61023–57
81July 2@ Orioles6–10Arthur Rhodes (5–2)Jerry Spradlin (1–4)None47,78523–58
82July 3Cubs4–5Geremi González (5–2)Curt Schilling (9–8)Mel Rojas (8)40,21323–59
83July 4Cubs3–9Terry Mulholland (6–9)Scott Ruffcorn (0–3)Kent Bottenfield (2)14,37823–60
84July 5Cubs9–7Reggie Harris (1–3)Bob Patterson (1–4)Ricky Bottalico (15)37,68024–60
85July 6Cubs4–8Frank Castillo (6–9)Mark Leiter (4–9)Mel Rojas (9)18,39224–61
–July 81997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Jacobs Field in Cleveland
86July 10@ Marlins7–8Robb Nen (6–2)Jerry Spradlin (1–5)None23,43824–62
87July 11@ Marlins13–3Curt Schilling (10–8)Kevin Brown (8–6)None22,22525–62
–July 12@ MarlinsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 17 as a traditional double-header
88July 13@ Marlins3–9Alex Fernandez (10–7)Mark Leiter (4–10)None26,86025–63
89July 14@ Braves6–10Kevin Millwood (1–0)Billy Brewer (0–2)Mark Wohlers (22)38,11825–64
90July 15@ Braves8–1Garrett Stephenson (3–4)John Smoltz (8–8)None39,49426–64
91July 16Expos6–0Curt Schilling (11–8)Jim Bullinger (6–9)None16,20227–64
92July 17Expos4–5Carlos Pérez (9–6)Matt Beech (0–5)Ugueth Urbina (17)17,12727–65
93July 18Pirates8–6Mark Leiter (5–10)Jon Lieber (6–9)Ricky Bottalico (16)19,67628–65
94July 19Pirates3–13Steve Cooke (8–9)Tyler Green (0–1)None17,47228–66
95July 20Pirates4–1Garrett Stephenson (4–4)Jason Schmidt (4–6)Ricky Bottalico (17)20,43129–66
96July 21Pirates2–3Esteban Loaiza (7–7)Curt Schilling (11–9)Rich Loiselle (14)19,30329–67
97July 22@ Giants5–8Mark Gardner (11–4)Jerry Spradlin (1–6)Rod Beck (31)12,63029–68
98July 23@ Giants4–16Shawn Estes (13–4)Mark Leiter (5–11)None14,59129–69
99July 24@ Giants7–4Wayne Gomes (2–0)Joe Roa (2–5)Ricky Bottalico (18)13,52030–69
100July 25@ Dodgers1–8Chan Ho Park (9–5)Garrett Stephenson (4–5)None42,19830–70
101July 26@ Dodgers1–4Darren Dreifort (4–1)Curt Schilling (11–10)Todd Worrell (24)43,60330–71
102July 27@ Dodgers1–7Tom Candiotti (7–3)Matt Beech (0–6)None36,48130–72
103July 28@ Padres8–4Mark Leiter (6–11)Sean Bergman (2–4)None17,38231–72
104July 29@ Padres6–5Tyler Green (1–1)Andy Ashby (6–7)Ricky Bottalico (19)21,71032–72
105July 31Cardinals2–1 (10)Ricky Bottalico (2–3)Tony Fossas (1–3)None18,40933–72 :
August (17–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Cardinals4–1Garrett Stephenson (5–5)Andy Benes (7–6)Ricky Bottalico (20)17,17134–72
107August 2Cardinals1–2Todd Stottlemyre (11–7)Matt Beech (0–7)Dennis Eckersley (27)16,19034–73
108August 3Cardinals10–1Mark Leiter (7–11)Donovan Osborne (1–4)None20,09435–73
109August 4Rockies7–3Tyler Green (2–1)Frank Castillo (8–10)None15,23036–73
110August 5Rockies2–4Darren Holmes (4–2)Ricky Bottalico (2–4)Jerry Dipoto (4)16,42836–74
111August 6Astros6–4Garrett Stephenson (6–5)Ramón García (4–8)Ricky Bottalico (21)15,55737–74
112August 7Astros6–5 (11)Billy Brewer (1–2)Tom Martin (4–3)None18,04638–74
113August 8@ Cardinals1–6Donovan Osborne (2–4)Mark Leiter (7–12)None38,30038–75
114August 9@ Cardinals3–2Tyler Green (3–1)Manny Aybar (0–2)Ricky Bottalico (22)42,92639–75
115August 10@ Cardinals8–0Curt Schilling (12–10)Matt Morris (8–7)None31,81640–75
116August 12@ Rockies5–0Matt Beech (1–7)John Thomson (4–7)None48,22841–75
117August 13@ Rockies12–8Mark Leiter (8–12)Jamey Wright (6–8)None48,49142–75
118August 15@ Astros5–1Curt Schilling (13–10)Chris Holt (7–9)None31,83743–75
119August 16@ Astros5–3Jerry Spradlin (2–6)Billy Wagner (7–5)Ricky Bottalico (23)28,26044–75
120August 17@ Astros6–11Tom Martin (5–3)Wayne Gomes (2–1)Russ Springer (2)23,16144–76
121August 18Giants12–3Matt Beech (2–7)Mark Gardner (12–7)None15,47845–76
122August 19Giants5–9Shawn Estes (16–4)Mark Leiter (8–13)None17,37945–77
–August 20GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 11
123August 22Dodgers3–5Antonio Osuna (2–3)Ricky Bottalico (2–5)Todd Worrell (32)21,06045–78
124August 23Dodgers3–4Hideo Nomo (12–10)Tyler Green (3–2)Todd Worrell (33)31,15945–79
125August 24Dodgers1–5Ismael Valdez (9–10)Matt Beech (2–8)None23,36345–80
126August 25 (1)Padres10–1Mark Leiter (9–13)Will Cunnane (6–3)Nonesee 2nd game46–80
127August 25 (2)Padres6–4Ron Blazier (1–1)Andy Ashby (6–10)Ricky Bottalico (24)16,02547–80
128August 26Padres4–2Mike Grace (1–0)Sterling Hitchcock (9–8)Ricky Bottalico (25)14,49148–80
129August 27Padres7–6 (12)Wayne Gomes (3–1)Jim Bruske (3–1)None16,15649–80
130August 29@ Tigers2–7Willie Blair (14–6)Tyler Green (3–3)None22,92549–81
131August 30@ Tigers2–0Matt Beech (3–8)Scott Sanders (4–12)Ricky Bottalico (26)22,53750–81
132August 31@ Tigers1–2Justin Thompson (12–10)Mark Leiter (9–14)Todd Jones (25)19,15250–82 :
September (18–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1Yankees5–1Curt Schilling (14–10)Hideki Irabu (4–3)None50,86951–82
134September 2Yankees5–0Mike Grace (2–0)Kenny Rogers (5–6)None37,25852–82
135September 3Yankees5–4Jerry Spradlin (3–6)Mike Stanton (6–1)None38,35253–82
136September 4@ Expos6–4Matt Beech (4–8)Pedro Martínez (16–7)Ricky Bottalico (27)9,44754–82
137September 5@ Expos1–7Mike Johnson (2–3)Mark Leiter (9–15)None11,19354–83
138September 6@ Expos5–3Curt Schilling (15–10)Marc Valdes (4–4)None16,62355–83
139September 7@ Expos2–1Ryan Karp (1–0)Anthony Telford (4–5)Ricky Bottalico (28)18,05856–83
140September 8@ Mets13–4Mike Grace (3–0)Jason Isringhausen (2–1)None13,32157–83
141September 9@ Mets1–0Tyler Green (4–3)Dave Mlicki (7–11)Ricky Bottalico (29)13,87158–83
142September 10@ Mets2–10Brian Bohanon (5–4)Matt Beech (4–9)None13,25758–84
143September 11Giants3–5Roberto Hernández (8–2)Jerry Spradlin (3–7)Rod Beck (36)18,16558–85
144September 12 (1)Reds2–4Mike Remlinger (7–8)Garrett Stephenson (6–6)Jeff Shaw (35)see 2nd game58–86
145September 12 (2)Reds9–1Mark Leiter (10–15)Pete Schourek (5–8)None17,54659–86
146September 13Reds0–3Dave Burba (9–10)Mike Grace (3–1)Jeff Shaw (36)15,52459–87
147September 14Reds4–6Brett Tomko (11–6)Tyler Green (4–4)Jeff Shaw (37)20,51859–88
148September 15 (1)Mets5–10Cory Lidle (7–1)Ryan Karp (1–1)Nonesee 2nd game59–89
149September 15 (2)Mets2–1Darrin Winston (1–0)Joe Crawford (2–3)Ricky Bottalico (30)14,41660–89
150September 16Mets3–2Curt Schilling (16–10)Rick Reed (12–9)None16,58561–89
151September 17 (1)@ Marlins5–2Garrett Stephenson (7–6)Liván Hernández (9–2)Ricky Bottalico (31)see 2nd game62–89
152September 17 (2)@ Marlins2–5Tony Saunders (4–6)Mark Leiter (10–16)Robb Nen (34)26,30562–90
153September 18@ Marlins2–8Kevin Brown (15–8)Mike Grace (3–2)None16,67762–91
154September 19@ Cubs10–5Darrin Winston (2–0)Mark Clark (13–8)Jerry Spradlin (1)18,17463–91
155September 20@ Cubs3–2Wayne Gomes (4–1)Terry Adams (2–9)Ricky Bottalico (32)38,31364–91
156September 21@ Cubs3–11Kevin Tapani (8–3)Curt Schilling (16–11)None29,92264–92
157September 23Braves0–6Kevin Millwood (5–3)Mark Leiter (10–17)None14,26464–93
158September 24Braves5–1Garrett Stephenson (8–6)Paul Byrd (4–4)None16,77265–93
159September 25Braves2–3 (10)Mike Cather (2–4)Jerry Spradlin (3–8)Brad Clontz (1)15,03065–94
160September 26Marlins5–3Curt Schilling (17–11)Antonio Alfonseca (1–3)Ricky Bottalico (33)18,00766–94
161September 27Marlins8–7Jerry Spradlin (4–8)Rob Stanifer (1–2)None17,66467–94
162September 28Marlins8–7Wayne Gomes (5–1)Félix Heredia (5–3)Ricky Bottalico (34)26,50968–94 :

### 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 Lieberthal | 134 | 455 | 112 | .246 | 20 | 77 |
| 1B | Rico Brogna | 148 | 543 | 137 | .252 | 20 | 81 |
| 2B | Mickey Morandini | 150 | 553 | 163 | .295 | 1 | 39 |
| SS | Kevin Stocker | 149 | 504 | 134 | .266 | 4 | 40 |
| 3B | Scott Rolen | 156 | 561 | 159 | .283 | 21 | 92 |
| LF | Gregg Jeffries | 130 | 476 | 122 | .256 | 11 | 48 |
| CF | Midre Cummings | 63 | 208 | 63 | .303 | 1 | 23 |
| RF | Darren Daulton | 84 | 269 | 71 | .264 | 11 | 42 |

#### 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 Barron | 57 | 189 | 54 | .286 | 4 | 24 |
| Kevin Jordan | 84 | 177 | 47 | .266 | 6 | 30 |
| Rubén Amaro Jr. | 117 | 175 | 41 | .234 | 2 | 21 |
| Ricky Otero | 50 | 151 | 38 | .252 | 0 | 3 |
| Derrick May | 83 | 149 | 34 | .228 | 1 | 13 |
| Rex Hudler | 50 | 122 | 27 | .221 | 5 | 10 |
| Kevin Sefcik | 61 | 119 | 32 | .269 | 2 | 6 |
| Wendell Magee | 38 | 115 | 23 | .200 | 1 | 9 |
| Mark Parent | 39 | 113 | 17 | .150 | 0 | 8 |
| Rob Butler | 43 | 89 | 26 | .292 | 0 | 13 |
| Billy McMillon | 24 | 72 | 21 | .292 | 2 | 13 |
| Desi Relaford | 15 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 0 | 6 |
| Mike Robertson | 22 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Estalella | 13 | 29 | 10 | .345 | 4 | 9 |
| Danny Tartabull | 3 | 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 |
| Curt Schilling | 35 | 254.1 | 17 | 11 | 2.97 | 319 |
| Mark Leiter | 31 | 182.2 | 10 | 17 | 5.67 | 148 |
| Matt Beech | 24 | 136.2 | 4 | 9 | 5.07 | 120 |
| Garrett Stephenson | 20 | 117.0 | 8 | 6 | 3.15 | 81 |
| Tyler Green | 14 | 76.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.93 | 58 |
| Calvin Maduro | 15 | 71.0 | 3 | 7 | 7.23 | 31 |
| Mike Grace | 6 | 39.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.46 | 26 |
| Bobby Muñoz | 8 | 33.1 | 1 | 5 | 8.91 | 20 |
| Mark Portugal | 3 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.61 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Scott Ruffcorn | 18 | 39.2 | 0 | 3 | 7.71 | 33 |
| Edgar Ramos | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.14 | 4 |
| Ryan Nye | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.25 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Ricky Bottalico | 69 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 3.65 | 89 |
| Jerry Spradlin | 76 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4.74 | 67 |
| Reggie Harris | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.30 | 45 |
| Wayne Gomes | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.27 | 24 |
| Ron Blazier | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.03 | 42 |
| Erik Plantenberg | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 12 |
| Billy Brewer | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.27 | 16 |
| Ken Ryan | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.58 | 10 |
| Mike Mimbs | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.53 | 29 |
| Ryan Karp | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 18 |
| Darrin Winston | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 8 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | International League | Marc Bombard |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Al LeBoeuf |
| A | Clearwater Phillies | Florida State League | Roy Majtyka |
| A | Piedmont Boll Weevils | South Atlantic League | Ken Oberkfell |
| A-Short Season | Batavia Clippers | New York–Penn League | Greg Legg |
| Rookie | Martinsville Phillies | Appalachian League | Kelly Heath |