# 1985 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1985 season was the Philadelphia Phillies 103rd season. The Phillies finished in fifth place in the National League East with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses. It was the first time the team finished below .500 since going 80–82 in 1974.

## Offseason

* November 9, 1984: Steve Fireovid was released by the Phillies.
* February 4, 1985: Al Oliver was traded by the Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Pat Zachry.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 47‍–‍34 |
| New York Mets | 98 | 64 | .605 | 3 | 51‍–‍30 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Montreal Expos | 84 | 77 | .522 | 16½ | 44‍–‍37 | 40‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Cubs | 77 | 84 | .478 | 23½ | 41‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 87 | .463 | 26 | 41‍–‍40 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 104 | .354 | 43½ | 35‍–‍45 | 22‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1985 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 3–9 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | — | 5–6 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–14 |
| Cincinnati | 11–7 | 6–5 | — | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 5–7 |
| Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 7–11 | — | 6–12 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 15–3 | 6–6 |
| Los Angeles | 13–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 12–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 7–5 |
| Montreal | 9–3 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 11–7 |
| New York | 10–2 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–9 | — | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 |
| Philadelphia | 2-10 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 7–11 | — | 11–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–9 | 8–10 | 7–11 | — | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–15 |
| San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | — | 12–6 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 8–10 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 3–15 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–12 | — | 2–10 |
| St. Louis | 9–3 | 14–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 15–3 | 8–4 | 10–2 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 3, 1985: Kiko Garcia was released by the Phillies.
* April 5, 1985: Kiko Garcia was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* April 20, 1985: Al Holland and Frankie Griffin (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kent Tekulve.
* May 17, 1985: Kiko Garcia was released by the Phillies.
* June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball Draft
** The Phillies drafted catcher Trey McCall with the 16th overall pick in the 1985 Draft.
** Bruce Ruffin was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round. Player signed June 12, 1985.
** Wally Ritchie was drafted by the Phillies in the 4th round.
* August 8, 1985: Bo Díaz and Greg Simpson (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for Alan Knicely, Tom Foley and a player to be named later. The Reds completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Phillies on August 27.
* August 24, 1985: Scott Service was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.
* September 13, 1985: Rick Surhoff was traded by the Phillies to the Texas Rangers for Dave Stewart.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1985 Game Log Overall Record: 75–87 :
April (8–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9Braves0–6Rick Mahler (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)None35,3610–1
2April 11Braves3–6Zane Smith (1–0)John Denny (0–1)Bruce Sutter (1)17,9870–2
3April 12@ Astros3–8Dave Smith (1–0)Larry Andersen (0–1)Jeff Calhoun (1)11,8790–3
4April 13@ Astros4–2Shane Rawley (1–0)Ron Mathis (0–1)Al Holland (1)19,7721–3
5April 14@ Astros3–5Nolan Ryan (2–0)Steve Carlton (0–2)None15,2771–4
6April 15@ Cubs1–2Steve Trout (2–0)Kevin Gross (0–1)Lee Smith (2)8,3471–5
7April 16@ Cubs0–1 (10)Dennis Eckersley (1–1)Al Holland (0–1)None11,9371–6
8April 17@ Cubs4–5George Frazier (1–0)Kevin Gross (0–2)Lee Smith (3)15,7521–7
9April 19Mets0–1Dwight Gooden (2–0)Charles Hudson (0–1)Jesse Orosco (1)32,4201–8
10April 20Mets7–6John Denny (1–1)Ed Lynch (0–1)Larry Andersen (1)24,0132–8
11April 21Mets10–6Kevin Gross (1–2)Doug Sisk (1–1)None30,1863–8
12April 22@ Expos9–1Shane Rawley (2–0)Joe Hesketh (1–1)None6,2494–8
13April 23@ Expos4–5 (10)Jeff Reardon (1–0)Charles Hudson (0–2)None8,2234–9
14April 24@ Expos6–7Bryn Smith (3–0)John Denny (1–2)Tim Burke (1)10,4174–10
15April 26Cubs3–7Dennis Eckersley (3–1)Jerry Koosman (0–1)None27,1874–11
16April 27Cubs6–1Shane Rawley (3–0)Scott Sanderson (1–1)None25,2205–11
17April 28Cubs3–2Kevin Gross (2–2)Rick Sutcliffe (3–2)Larry Andersen (2)31,8906–11
18April 29Expos3–2 (10)Kent Tekulve (1–0)Bert Roberge (0–1)None19,1247–11
19April 30Expos11–0Jerry Koosman (1–1)Bill Gullickson (3–2)None18,1048–11 :
May (9–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
20May 1Expos2–3David Palmer (2–2)Shane Rawley (3–1)Jeff Reardon (6)17,4648–12
21May 3Astros3–2Kent Tekulve (2–0)Frank DiPino (1–3)None17,3309–12
22May 4Astros7–5 (13)Dave Rucker (1–0)Bill Dawley (0–2)None25,52110–12
23May 5Astros3–4Joe Niekro (2–3)Shane Rawley (3–2)Frank DiPino (4)27,50610–13
24May 7Reds0–2Mario Soto (5–2)Kevin Gross (2–3)Ted Power (4)21,90210–14
25May 8Reds2–8Jay Tibbs (2–4)John Denny (1–3)None22,41610–15
26May 10@ Mets0–5Dwight Gooden (5–1)Steve Carlton (0–3)None46,14310–16
27May 11@ Mets0–4Sid Fernandez (1–0)Shane Rawley (3–3)Roger McDowell (1)29,63510–17
28May 12@ Mets2–3Ron Darling (3–1)Kevin Gross (2–4)Jesse Orosco (4)32,59710–18
29May 13@ Reds3–7John Stuper (4–2)John Denny (1–4)None12,06810–19
30May 14@ Reds7–1Charles Hudson (1–2)Tom Browning (3–2)None10,07911–19
31May 15@ Braves2–3 (10)Bruce Sutter (2–0)Kent Tekulve (2–1)None10,29211–20
32May 16@ Braves3–6Jeff Dedmon (1–0)Larry Andersen (0–2)Bruce Sutter (6)10,11611–21
33May 17Dodgers10–5Kevin Gross (3–4)Jerry Reuss (2–4)None16,33412–21
34May 18Dodgers7–5Larry Andersen (1–2)Tom Niedenfuer (1–2)Don Carman (1)24,18913–21
35May 19Dodgers2–3Fernando Valenzuela (4–4)Charles Hudson (1–3)Ken Howell (5)35,27613–22
36May 20Giants2–1Steve Carlton (1–3)Vida Blue (2–1)Kent Tekulve (1)20,63414–22
37May 21Giants6–5Shane Rawley (4–3)Atlee Hammaker (0–4)Kent Tekulve (2)18,58315–22
38May 22Giants2–6Dave LaPoint (2–5)Kevin Gross (3–5)Scott Garrelts (4)18,80415–23
39May 24Padres0–1Dave Dravecky (4–2)John Denny (1–5)Rich Gossage (12)20,26215–24
40May 25Padres1–4Andy Hawkins (9–0)Charles Hudson (1–4)None20,53915–25
41May 26Padres2–7LaMarr Hoyt (4–4)Steve Carlton (1–4)Rich Gossage (13)40,18215–26
42May 27Padres10–9Kent Tekulve (3–1)Craig Lefferts (1–1)None27,28316–26
43May 29@ Dodgers1–6Orel Hershiser (5–0)Kevin Gross (3–6)None36,42216–27
44May 30@ Dodgers6–1John Denny (2–5)Fernando Valenzuela (5–5)None29,59117–27
45May 31@ Giants3–4Mike Krukow (4–3)Charles Hudson (1–5)Mark Davis (1)7,75517–28 :
June (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
46June 1@ Giants1–2Atlee Hammaker (2–4)Steve Carlton (1–5)Greg Minton (1)21,31317–29
47June 2@ Giants1–3Vida Blue (3–1)Shane Rawley (4–4)Mark Davis (2)13,79917–30
48June 3@ Padres3–2Kevin Gross (4–6)Dave Dravecky (4–3)Kent Tekulve (3)17,74018–30
49June 4@ Padres5–6Craig Lefferts (2–2)Kent Tekulve (3–2)None25,14118–31
50June 5@ Padres1–3LaMarr Hoyt (6–4)Charles Hudson (1–6)None30,35218–32
51June 7Expos1–3David Palmer (4–5)Steve Carlton (1–6)Jeff Reardon (16)21,03918–33
52June 8Expos3–4Bryn Smith (6–2)Shane Rawley (4–5)Jeff Reardon (17)22,48618–34
53June 9Expos4–1Kevin Gross (5–6)Joe Hesketh (5–3)Kent Tekulve (4)22,62819–34
54June 10Mets6–4John Denny (3–5)Sid Fernandez (1–3)None22,18320–34
55June 11Mets26–7Charles Hudson (2–6)Tom Gorman (3–3)None22,59121–34
56June 12Mets3–7 (11)Rick Aguilera (1–0)Dave Rucker (1–1)None22,45521–35
57June 13Mets5–4Shane Rawley (5–5)Jesse Orosco (1–3)None23,38122–35
58June 14@ Pirates2–3José DeLeón (2–8)Don Carman (0–1)Don Robinson (1)10,21122–36
59June 15@ Pirates13–3John Denny (4–5)Rick Rhoden (4–7)None10,89723–36
60June 16@ Pirates3–2Charles Hudson (3–6)Rick Reuschel (3–1)Kent Tekulve (5)14,45124–36
61June 18@ Cardinals2–6John Tudor (5–7)Steve Carlton (1–7)None34,08924–37
62June 19@ Cardinals1–0Jerry Koosman (2–1)Joaquín Andújar (12–2)Don Carman (2)32,14625–37
63June 20@ Cardinals0–5Danny Cox (9–2)Kevin Gross (5–7)None32,39725–38
64June 21Pirates4–3 (16)Larry Andersen (2–2)Jim Winn (2–2)None22,49326–38
65June 22Pirates5–2Don Carman (1–1)Don Robinson (2–2)None23,62327–38
66June 23Pirates3–2Don Carman (2–1)Jim Winn (2–3)None29,08228–38
–June 24CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 10 as a traditional double-header
67June 25Cardinals3–1Jerry Koosman (3–1)Joaquín Andújar (12–3)None24,43229–38
68June 25Cardinals6–4John Denny (5–5)Danny Cox (9–3)Kent Tekulve (6)22,21330–38
69June 27Cardinals3–4Kurt Kepshire (5–5)Shane Rawley (5–6)Jeff Lahti (6)22,69130–39
70June 28@ Expos3–5Bryn Smith (9–3)Charles Hudson (3–7)Tim Burke (2)15,03130–40
71June 29@ Expos6–2Kevin Gross (6–7)Mickey Mahler (1–2)None22,81331–40
72June 30@ Expos3–2Kent Tekulve (4–2)Jeff Reardon (2–3)None35,08532–40 :
July (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
73July 1Cubs1–3Ray Fontenot (3–3)John Denny (5–6)Lee Smith (17)23,09132–41
74July 2Cubs11–2Shane Rawley (6–6)Rick Sutcliffe (7–7)None23,00533–41
75July 3Cubs3–4Lee Smith (4–2)Kent Tekulve (4–3)None56,09233–42
76July 4Reds3–1Kevin Gross (7–7)Mario Soto (8–8)None21,29134–42
77July 5Reds5–2Larry Andersen (3–2)Tom Browning (7–6)Don Carman (3)25,00135–42
78July 6Reds2–4Ron Robinson (4–0)John Denny (5–7)Ted Power (14)25,16135–43
79July 7Reds2–3 (10)John Franco (5–1)Kent Tekulve (4–4)Ted Power (15)32,01435–44
80July 8@ Astros7–4Charles Hudson (4–7)Mark Knudson (0–1)Kent Tekulve (7)8,48436–44
81July 9@ Astros5–3Kevin Gross (8–7)Bob Knepper (8–5)Kent Tekulve (8)9,60637–44
82July 10@ Astros0–10Mike Scott (8–4)Jerry Koosman (3–2)None9,22237–45
83July 11@ Braves2–3Bruce Sutter (5–4)Larry Andersen (3–3)None10,31637–46
84July 12@ Braves4–7Terry Forster (1–2)Don Carman (2–2)None23,34537–47
85July 13@ Braves5–13Rick Mahler (13–7)Charles Hudson (4–8)None31,25737–48
86July 14@ Braves3–12Pascual Pérez (1–7)Kevin Gross (8–8)Rick Camp (1)17,31337–49
–July 161985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis
87July 18@ Reds6–3Jerry Koosman (4–2)Mario Soto (8–11)Kent Tekulve (9)25,44738–49
88July 19@ Reds2–3John Franco (7–1)Kent Tekulve (4–5)None28,92938–50
89July 20@ Reds10–6Shane Rawley (7–6)Ron Robinson (5–1)Kent Tekulve (10)33,62439–50
90July 21@ Reds6–7John Franco (8–1)Don Carman (2–3)Ted Power (17)30,32739–51
91July 22Astros7–6Don Carman (3–3)Jeff Heathcock (0–1)None20,45040–51
92July 23Astros12–6Jerry Koosman (5–2)Bob Knepper (8–8)None21,07441–51
93July 24Astros3–1Kevin Gross (9–8)Nolan Ryan (8–8)Kent Tekulve (11)23,16042–51
94July 25Braves2–3Bruce Sutter (6–4)Kent Tekulve (4–6)None18,31842–52
95July 26Braves4–6Rick Mahler (15–8)John Denny (5–8)Bruce Sutter (17)22,21242–53
96July 27Braves5–4Charles Hudson (5–8)Zane Smith (6–7)None23,02743–53
97July 28Braves7–3Jerry Koosman (6–2)Steve Bedrosian (5–10)None30,16044–53
98July 30@ Pirates2–0Kevin Gross (10–8)Rick Rhoden (5–12)Kent Tekulve (12)7,49645–53
99July 31@ Pirates3–4 (10)Cecilio Guante (3–3)Kent Tekulve (4–7)None6,79745–54 :
August (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
100August 1@ Pirates3–0John Denny (6–8)Don Robinson (2–6)None6,19946–54
101August 2@ Cardinals2–3John Tudor (13–8)Charles Hudson (5–9)None47,80546–55
102August 3@ Cardinals6–4 (10)Don Carman (4–3)Jeff Lahti (1–1)Larry Andersen (3)47,05147–55
103August 4@ Cardinals6–0Kevin Gross (11–8)Joaquín Andújar (17–6)None46,67448–55
104August 5@ Cardinals9–1Shane Rawley (8–6)Danny Cox (12–7)None36,68949–55
–August 6PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: October 5 as a traditional double-header
–August 7PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: October 4 as a traditional double-header
105August 8Pirates7–3John Denny (7–8)Don Robinson (2–7)Don Carman (4)18,14250–55
106August 9Cardinals4–5Joaquín Andújar (18–6)Charles Hudson (5–10)Jeff Lahti (13)25,19450–56
107August 10 (1)Cardinals4–5Danny Cox (13–7)Jerry Koosman (6–3)Jeff Lahti (14)see 2nd game50–57
108August 10 (2)Cardinals4–13Ricky Horton (1–2)Kevin Gross (11–9)None37,32150–58
109August 11Cardinals4–1Shane Rawley (9–6)Bob Forsch (4–5)None31,60251–58
110August 12@ Mets3–4Sid Fernandez (4–6)John Denny (7–9)Jesse Orosco (12)26,57751–59
111August 13@ Mets2–4Rick Aguilera (6–3)Charles Hudson (5–11)Jesse Orosco (13)31,18651–60
112August 14@ Mets2–1Kevin Gross (12–9)Ron Darling (10–5)Don Carman (5)31,54952–60
113August 15@ Mets7–10Jesse Orosco (4–4)Don Carman (4–4)None36,66352–61
114August 16@ Cubs5–6Lee Smith (6–4)Kent Tekulve (4–8)None31,55752–62
115August 17@ Cubs10–4John Denny (8–9)Lary Sorensen (3–4)None31,42153–62
116August 18@ Cubs9–5Charles Hudson (6–11)Jay Baller (0–1)Kent Tekulve (13)31,26954–62
117August 20Dodgers4–5 (11)Tom Niedenfuer (6–4)Kent Tekulve (4–9)Rick Honeycutt (1)24,22754–63
118August 21Dodgers6–15Fernando Valenzuela (15–8)Jerry Koosman (6–4)None23,65054–64
119August 22Dodgers2–0Shane Rawley (10–6)Jerry Reuss (11–8)None22,59855–64
120August 23Giants1–4Atlee Hammaker (4–10)John Denny (8–10)Scott Garrelts (11)26,19455–65
121August 24Giants9–2Charles Hudson (7–11)Mike Krukow (8–9)None27,01156–65
122August 25Giants14–5Dave Rucker (2–1)Jim Gott (4–10)None25,65357–65
123August 26Padres4–3Don Carman (5–4)Lance McCullers (0–1)None25,73658–65
124August 27Padres1–4Mark Thurmond (6–7)John Denny (8–11)Roy Lee Jackson (2)23,60458–66
125August 29@ Dodgers3–2 (10)Don Carman (6–4)Rick Honeycutt (7–12)None39,48759–66
126August 30@ Dodgers5–2Kevin Gross (13–9)Bob Welch (9–3)Dave Shipanoff (1)49,06860–66
127August 31@ Dodgers5–0Shane Rawley (11–6)Fernando Valenzuela (16–9)None46,94261–66 :
September (10–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
128September 1@ Dodgers4–1John Denny (9–11)Jerry Reuss (12–9)Dave Shipanoff (2)29,02962–66
129September 2@ Giants4–3 (10)Don Carman (7–4)Mike Jeffcoat (0–2)Dave Shipanoff (3)6,52263–66
130September 3@ Giants4–3 (13)Dave Shipanoff (1–0)Greg Minton (3–4)Freddie Toliver (1)1,63264–66
131September 4@ Giants3–4Mark Davis (5–8)Freddie Toliver (0–1)None2,06764–67
132September 6@ Padres2–3 (11)Rich Gossage (3–2)Dave Shipanoff (1–1)None14,88964–68
133September 7@ Padres2–0John Denny (10–11)Andy Hawkins (17–5)None11,14165–68
134September 8@ Padres9–7Rich Surhoff (1–0)Ed Wojna (1–3)Dave Rucker (1)15,76566–68
135September 10Expos5–2 (11)Don Carman (8–4)Tim Burke (8–3)None15,92067–68
136September 11Expos4–1Kevin Gross (14–9)Bill Gullickson (13–11)None15,19368–68
137September 12Expos3–6Floyd Youmans (3–2)Shane Rawley (11–7)Jeff Reardon (34)15,33568–69
138September 13@ Pirates6–3John Denny (11–11)Bob Walk (1–3)Kent Tekulve (14)4,42969–69
139September 14@ Pirates3–6Lee Tunnell (4–9)Steve Carlton (1–8)Cecilio Guante (4)5,54969–70
140September 15@ Pirates4–5Rick Reuschel (13–7)Dave Shipanoff (1–2)None5,96169–71
141September 16@ Mets0–9Dwight Gooden (21–4)Kevin Gross (14–10)None30,60669–72
142September 17@ Mets5–1Shane Rawley (12–7)Ed Lynch (10–8)None22,44070–72
143September 18Cardinals0–7Bob Forsch (8–6)John Denny (11–12)None17,35470–73
144September 19Cardinals6–3Dave Rucker (3–1)Matt Keough (0–1)Don Carman (6)17,12071–73
145September 20Cubs1–3Reggie Patterson (1–0)Charles Hudson (7–12)Lee Smith (30)20,20771–74
146September 21Cubs2–9Johnny Abrego (1–0)Kevin Gross (14–11)None17,77971–75
147September 22Cubs2–9Dennis Eckersley (10–6)Shane Rawley (12–8)None21,76871–76
148September 23Mets1–4Rick Aguilera (9–6)Freddie Toliver (0–2)Roger McDowell (16)15,29571–77
149September 24Mets1–7Sid Fernandez (8–9)Dave Rucker (3–2)None14,39871–78
150September 25@ Cardinals3–6Danny Cox (17–9)Charles Hudson (7–13)Jeff Lahti (18)17,73371–79
151September 26@ Cardinals0–5John Tudor (20–8)Kevin Gross (14–12)None23,59871–80
152September 27@ Cubs7–9Jay Baller (2–3)Kent Tekulve (4–10)Lee Smith (31)9,25871–81
153September 28@ Cubs10–11Dennis Eckersley (11–6)John Denny (11–13)Lee Smith (32)27,87571–82
154September 29@ Cubs2–6Steve Trout (9–6)Freddie Toliver (0–3)None26,64171–83 :
October (4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–October 1@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: October 2 as a traditional double-header
155October 2 (1)@ Expos1–3Bryn Smith (18–5)Kevin Gross (14–13)Jeff Reardon (39)see 2nd game71–84
156October 2 (2)@ Expos3–2Charles Hudson (8–13)David Palmer (7–10)None10,17872–84
157October 3@ Expos8–7Shane Rawley (13–8)Bill Laskey (5–16)Don Carman (7)7,77273–84
158October 4 (1)Pirates2–7Bob Walk (2–3)John Denny (11–14)José DeLeón (3)see 2nd game73–85
159October 4 (2)Pirates8–5Don Carman (9–4)José DeLeón (2–19)None12,41074–85
160October 5 (1)Pirates2–4Larry McWilliams (7–9)Freddie Toliver (0–4)Rick Reuschel (1)see 2nd game74–86
161October 5 (2)Pirates0–5Mike Bielecki (2–3)Rocky Childress (0–1)None21,82074–87
162October 6Pirates5–0Kevin Gross (15–13)Rick Rhoden (10–15)None13,74975–87 :

### 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 | 131 | 426 | 105 | .246 | 19 | 55 |
| 1B | Mike Schmidt | 158 | 549 | 152 | .277 | 33 | 93 |
| 2B | Juan Samuel | 161 | 663 | 175 | .264 | 19 | 74 |
| SS | Steve Jeltz | 89 | 196 | 37 | .189 | 0 | 12 |
| 3B | Rick Schu | 112 | 416 | 105 | .252 | 7 | 24 |
| LF | Jeff Stone | 88 | 264 | 70 | .265 | 3 | 11 |
| CF | Von Hayes | 152 | 570 | 150 | .263 | 13 | 70 |
| RF | Glenn Wilson | 161 | 608 | 167 | .275 | 14 | 102 |

#### 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 | 105 | 218 | 52 | .239 | 4 | 23 |
| John Russell | 81 | 216 | 47 | .218 | 9 | 23 |
| Tim Corcoran | 103 | 182 | 39 | .214 | 0 | 22 |
| Greg Gross | 93 | 169 | 44 | .260 | 0 | 14 |
| Luis Aguayo | 91 | 165 | 46 | .279 | 6 | 21 |
| Tom Foley | 46 | 158 | 42 | .266 | 3 | 17 |
| Darren Daulton | 36 | 103 | 21 | .204 | 4 | 11 |
| Derrel Thomas | 63 | 92 | 19 | .207 | 4 | 12 |
| Bo Díaz | 26 | 76 | 16 | .211 | 2 | 16 |
| John Wockenfuss | 32 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 2 |
| Alan Knicely | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiko Garcia | 4 | 3 | 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 |
| John Denny | 33 | 230.2 | 11 | 14 | 3.82 | 123 |
| Kevin Gross | 38 | 205.2 | 15 | 13 | 3.41 | 151 |
| Shane Rawley | 36 | 198.2 | 13 | 8 | 3.31 | 106 |
| Charles Hudson | 38 | 193.0 | 8 | 13 | 3.78 | 122 |
| Jerry Koosman | 19 | 99.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.62 | 60 |
| Steve Carlton | 16 | 92.0 | 1 | 8 | 3.33 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| Freddie Toliver | 11 | 25.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.68 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Kent Tekulve | 58 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2.99 | 36 |
| Don Carman | 71 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2.08 | 87 |
| Larry Andersen | 57 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.32 | 50 |
| Dave Rucker | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4.31 | 41 |
| Dave Shipanoff | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.22 | 26 |
| Rocky Childress | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.21 | 14 |
| Pat Zachry | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 8 |
| Dave Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 2 |
| Al Holland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Rick Surhoff | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Bill Dancy |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Tony Taylor |
| A | Peninsula Pilots | Carolina League | Ron Clark |
| A | Clearwater Phillies | Florida State League | Ramón Avilés |
| A | Spartanburg Suns | South Atlantic League | Roly de Armas |
| A-Short Season | Bend Phillies | Northwest League | P. J. Carey |