# 1987 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1987 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 105th season for the Phillies. It was the third and final season with John Felske as manager, as he was fired on June 18 when the team won just 29 of their first 61 games. With Lee Elia at the helm, the team maneuvered itself to 51 wins in the next 101 games to finish fourth in the National League East.

## Offseason

* October 7, 1986: Tom Gorman was released by the Phillies.
* November 16, 1986: Rocky Childress was purchased from the Phillies by the Houston Astros.

## Regular season

After getting off to a dismal 1–8 start, the season began to turn when Mike Schmidt hit his 500th career home run in Pittsburgh on April 18. Schmidt cracked the milestone long ball on a 3–0 count off the Pirates' Don Robinson with two men on base in the ninth inning, which rallied the club from a one-run deficit to an eventual 8–6 victory.
Schmidt slammed three home runs in an 11–6 victory over the Expos on June 14 in Montreal, eventually finishing the season with 35 and 530 career homers.
Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross was pitching against the Chicago Cubs on August 10, 1987. Gross was caught with sandpaper in his glove and suspended for 10 games.
After going as high as six games over .500 in late August, the team crashed to a 13–21 finish and tied for fourth place in the NL East with the Pirates.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 46‍–‍35 |
| New York Mets | 92 | 70 | .568 | 3 | 49‍–‍32 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Montreal Expos | 91 | 71 | .562 | 4 | 48‍–‍33 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 43‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 47‍–‍34 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Chicago Cubs | 76 | 85 | .472 | 18½ | 40‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1987 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 6–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 3–9 |
| Chicago | 5–6 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 6–12 |
| Cincinnati | 10–8 | 6–6 | — | 13–5 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 4–8 |
| Houston | 10–8 | 4–8 | 5–13 | — | 12–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 10–8 | 5–7 |
| Los Angeles | 12–6 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | — | 3–9 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 3–9 |
| Montreal | 9–3 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 11–7 |
| New York | 5–7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 13–5 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 9–9 |
| Philadelphia | 5-7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 8–10 | 5–13 | — | 11–7 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 7–11 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 |
| San Diego | 12–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–13 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 10–8 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 13–5 | — | 7–5 |
| St. Louis | 9–3 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 2, 1987: Ronn Reynolds was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Houston Astros for Jeff Calhoun.
* June 2, 1987: Jim Vatcher was drafted by the Phillies in the 20th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft.
* June 10, 1987: Mike Easler was traded by the Phillies to the New York Yankees for Keith Hughes and Shane Turner.
* June 24, 1987: Dan Schatzeder and cash were traded by the Phillies to the Minnesota Twins for Danny Clay and Tom Schwarz (minors).

### 1987 Game Log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1987 Game Log Overall Record: 80–82 :
April (7–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 7@ Braves0–6Rick Mahler (1–0)Shane Rawley (0–1)None31,3430–1
2April 9@ Braves7–8 (10)Gene Garber (1–0)Dan Schatzeder (0–1)None8,9070–2
3April 10Cubs3–4Ed Lynch (1–0)Kevin Gross (0–1)Dickie Noles (1)43,2120–3
4April 11Cubs1–9Rick Sutcliffe (1–1)Joe Cowley (0–1)None21,5810–4
5April 12Cubs9–8 (10)Steve Bedrosian (1–0)Lee Smith (0–1)None23,7691–4
6April 13Cubs2–5Jamie Moyer (1–0)Don Carman (0–1)Lee Smith (1)15,3661–5
7April 14Mets5–7Ron Darling (1–0)Steve Bedrosian (1–1)Jesse Orosco (3)22,8361–6
8April 15Mets1–4Sid Fernandez (2–0)Kevin Gross (0–2)Doug Sisk (2)21,9951–7
9April 16Mets3–9Rick Aguilera (1–0)Joe Cowley (0–2)None16,3501–8
10April 17@ Pirates6–2 (10)Steve Bedrosian (2–1)Barry Jones (0–1)None10,1052–8
11April 18@ Pirates8–6Kent Tekulve (1–0)Don Robinson (2–1)None19,3613–8
12April 19@ Pirates2–5Doug Drabek (1–1)Bruce Ruffin (0–1)Don Robinson (2)7,9623–9
13April 20@ Expos4–3Dan Schatzeder (1–1)Jay Tibbs (1–2)Kent Tekulve (1)50,4824–9
14April 22@ Expos3–7Neal Heaton (2–1)Joe Cowley (0–3)None8,1144–10
15April 23@ Expos5–6Randy St. Claire (1–0)Mike Jackson (0–1)Andy McGaffigan (2)5,6324–11
–April 24PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 29 as a traditional double-header
16April 25Pirates3–2Don Carman (1–1)Doug Drabek (1–2)Kent Tekulve (2)18,5535–11
17April 26Pirates6–4Bruce Ruffin (1–1)Rick Reuschel (0–1)Steve Bedrosian (1)30,2346–11
18April 27Expos4–6Neal Heaton (3–1)Kevin Gross (0–3)Randy St. Claire (3)15,1496–12
19April 28Expos1–7Floyd Youmans (1–2)Joe Cowley (0–4)Andy McGaffigan (3)11,5986–13
20April 29Expos5–0Shane Rawley (1–1)Bob Sebra (1–3)None14,5887–13 :
May (15–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1Reds5–8Mario Soto (2–0)Don Carman (1–2)Ron Robinson (4)21,2497–14
22May 2Reds8–3Bruce Ruffin (2–1)Tom Browning (2–4)None32,1038–14
23May 3Reds6–9Bill Gullickson (4–1)Kevin Gross (0–4)John Franco (4)33,0628–15
24May 5Astros1–5Danny Darwin (2–1)Shane Rawley (1–2)None15,6118–16
25May 6Astros2–3Larry Andersen (3–1)Kent Tekulve (1–1)Dave Smith (6)15,8098–17
26May 8@ Reds3–4Tom Browning (3–4)Bruce Ruffin (2–2)John Franco (6)37,1768–18
27May 9@ Reds4–2Kevin Gross (1–4)Bill Gullickson (4–2)None36,9109–18
28May 10@ Reds4–3Shane Rawley (2–2)Ted Power (3–1)Steve Bedrosian (2)29,86710–18
29May 11@ Astros7–6Dan Schatzeder (2–1)Larry Andersen (3–2)Steve Bedrosian (3)11,36911–18
30May 12@ Astros2–5Bob Knepper (2–2)Mike Jackson (0–2)Aurelio López (1)8,95011–19
31May 13Braves5–10David Palmer (3–4)Bruce Ruffin (2–3)Jim Acker (3)16,14211–20
32May 14Braves5–4Kevin Gross (2–4)Rick Mahler (2–5)Steve Bedrosian (4)17,70512–20
33May 15Padres7–4Shane Rawley (3–2)Ed Whitson (4–5)Steve Bedrosian (5)22,90713–20
34May 16Padres9–0Don Carman (2–2)Jimmy Jones (0–1)None21,71314–20
35May 17Padres5–6Andy Hawkins (1–5)Mike Jackson (0–3)Lance McCullers (4)34,96414–21
36May 18Dodgers5–3Bruce Ruffin (3–3)Rick Honeycutt (2–2)Steve Bedrosian (6)17,31415–21
–May 19DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 21 as a traditional double-header
37May 21Dodgers6–3Shane Rawley (4–2)Alejandro Peña (0–4)Steve Bedrosian (7)13,63916–21
38May 22Giants1–2Atlee Hammaker (2–1)Don Carman (2–3)Scott Garrelts (6)18,74416–22
39May 23Giants9–8Steve Bedrosian (3–1)Jeff Robinson (3–2)None21,84117–22
40May 24Giants3–6Mike LaCoss (5–1)Kent Tekulve (1–2)Jeff Robinson (7)28,54117–23
41May 25@ Padres6–4Dan Schatzeder (3–1)Dave Dravecky (1–5)Steve Bedrosian (8)11,50418–23
42May 26@ Padres3–1Shane Rawley (5–2)Jimmy Jones (0–2)Steve Bedrosian (9)9,34719–23
43May 27@ Padres6–4Don Carman (3–3)Andy Hawkins (2–6)Steve Bedrosian (10)8,16420–23
44May 29@ Dodgers0–6Bob Welch (6–2)Bruce Ruffin (3–4)None36,03620–24
45May 30@ Dodgers3–0Kevin Gross (3–4)Orel Hershiser (4–6)None30,21621–24
46May 31@ Dodgers3–1Shane Rawley (6–2)Rick Honeycutt (2–4)Steve Bedrosian (11)39,20422–24 :
June (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
47June 1@ Giants2–9Atlee Hammaker (3–1)Don Carman (3–4)None6,65522–25
48June 2@ Giants7–6Wally Ritchie (1–0)Mark Davis (3–4)Steve Bedrosian (12)10,82623–25
49June 3@ Giants1–4Mike LaCoss (6–2)Bruce Ruffin (3–5)Jeff Robinson (8)10,52223–26
50June 5Expos7–6Kevin Gross (4–4)Andy McGaffigan (0–1)Steve Bedrosian (13)26,50824–26
51June 6Expos4–3Shane Rawley (7–2)Bob Sebra (3–6)None30,17725–26
52June 7Expos3–1Mike Jackson (1–3)Bryn Smith (3–2)Steve Bedrosian (14)43,29826–26
53June 8Cardinals8–12Ricky Horton (3–0)Don Carman (3–5)None23,42226–27
54June 9Cardinals3–2Bruce Ruffin (4–5)Danny Cox (6–3)Steve Bedrosian (15)22,00927–27
55June 10Cardinals1–3Greg Mathews (4–4)Kevin Gross (4–5)Todd Worrell (14)27,97627–28
56June 12@ Expos6–13Bryn Smith (4–2)Shane Rawley (7–3)None20,03127–29
57June 13@ Expos5–7Neal Heaton (9–2)Mike Jackson (1–4)Tim Burke (7)24,22127–30
58June 14@ Expos11–6Don Carman (4–5)Lary Sorensen (3–3)None30,20928–30
59June 15@ Cubs3–2Kent Tekulve (2–2)Lee Smith (2–4)Steve Bedrosian (16)18,64329–30
60June 16@ Cubs2–7Steve Trout (3–1)Kevin Gross (4–6)Lee Smith (16)30,00729–31
61June 17@ Cubs3–5Jamie Moyer (7–4)Shane Rawley (7–4)Lee Smith (17)26,44729–32
62June 18@ Cubs7–9Rick Sutcliffe (9–3)Mike Jackson (1–5)Lee Smith (18)22,87029–33
63June 19@ Mets1–8John Mitchell (1–1)Don Carman (4–6)None46,82429–34
64June 20@ Mets2–3Dwight Gooden (3–1)Kent Tekulve (2–3)None49,04329–35
65June 21@ Mets3–8Sid Fernandez (9–3)Kevin Gross (4–7)Roger McDowell (8)44,83829–36
66June 23@ Cardinals4–1Shane Rawley (8–4)Lee Tunnell (3–2)Steve Bedrosian (17)30,45530–36
67June 24@ Cardinals3–5Todd Worrell (2–3)Mike Jackson (1–6)None29,32830–37
68June 25@ Cardinals0–3Greg Mathews (5–5)Bruce Ruffin (4–6)None38,35730–38
69June 26Mets5–2Kevin Gross (5–7)Sid Fernandez (9–4)Steve Bedrosian (18)36,26331–38
70June 27Mets4–5Terry Leach (6–0)Shane Rawley (8–5)Roger McDowell (9)40,12831–39
71June 28Mets5–4Doug Bair (1–0)Roger McDowell (4–3)None52,20632–39
72June 29 (1)Pirates6–5Mike Jackson (2–6)Barry Jones (2–2)Steve Bedrosian (19)see 2nd game33–39
73June 29 (2)Pirates11–3Doug Bair (2–0)Mike Dunne (3–3)Wally Ritchie (1)30,04634–39
74June 30Pirates6–4Kevin Gross (6–7)Doug Drabek (1–7)Steve Bedrosian (20)20,59835–39 :
July (18–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
75July 1Pirates11–4Shane Rawley (9–5)Dorn Taylor (2–3)None19,97736–39
76July 2Astros6–7Larry Andersen (6–4)Steve Bedrosian (3–2)Dave Smith (15)19,21336–40
77July 3Astros2–1Bruce Ruffin (5–6)Nolan Ryan (4–9)Steve Bedrosian (21)56,82537–40
78July 4Astros9–3Tom Hume (1–0)Jim Deshaies (8–3)Mike Jackson (1)20,17838–40
79July 5Astros2–8Mike Scott (10–4)Kevin Gross (6–8)Larry Andersen (2)30,17938–41
80July 6@ Reds9–6Mike Jackson (3–6)Ted Power (6–4)Steve Bedrosian (22)18,80239–41
81July 7@ Reds10–8 (10)Kent Tekulve (3–3)John Franco (5–3)Steve Bedrosian (23)22,55340–41
82July 8@ Reds7–2Bruce Ruffin (6–6)Guy Hoffman (7–3)None26,08241–41
83July 9@ Braves6–11Jeff Dedmon (3–3)Tom Hume (1–1)None10,67141–42
84July 10@ Braves5–2Shane Rawley (10–5)Doyle Alexander (4–5)Steve Bedrosian (24)12,06842–42
85July 11@ Braves4–5Rick Mahler (6–9)Don Carman (4–7)Jim Acker (7)30,50342–43
86July 12@ Braves3–9Randy O'Neal (4–1)Bruce Ruffin (6–7)Paul Assenmacher (1)16,57942–44
–July 141987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland
87July 16@ Astros1–2Danny Darwin (6–6)Mike Jackson (3–7)None19,61442–45
88July 17@ Astros2–1Shane Rawley (11–5)Mike Scott (10–6)Steve Bedrosian (25)32,60843–45
89July 18@ Astros4–2Don Carman (5–7)Bob Knepper (3–11)Steve Bedrosian (26)30,36844–45
90July 19@ Astros4–1Bruce Ruffin (7–7)Nolan Ryan (4–11)None25,14345–45
91July 20Reds6–10 (11)John Franco (6–3)Mike Jackson (3–8)None27,34745–46
92July 21Reds3–4Bill Gullickson (10–6)Kevin Gross (6–9)Rob Murphy (2)27,18445–47
93July 22Reds5–3Shane Rawley (12–5)Tom Browning (5–8)Steve Bedrosian (27)28,04646–47
94July 23Braves5–1Don Carman (6–7)Charlie Puleo (3–3)None29,16347–47
95July 24Braves11–5Bruce Ruffin (8–7)Rick Mahler (6–10)None26,30748–47
96July 25Braves1–2David Palmer (5–8)Tom Hume (1–2)Gene Garber (9)32,07748–48
97July 26Braves7–3Kent Tekulve (4–3)Doyle Alexander (5–7)None47,02249–48
98July 28@ Pirates5–2Shane Rawley (13–5)Rick Reuschel (8–5)None16,27050–48
99July 29@ Pirates4–3Don Carman (7–7)Doug Drabek (2–10)Steve Bedrosian (28)28,39251–48
100July 30@ Pirates1–0Bruce Ruffin (9–7)John Smiley (3–2)Steve Bedrosian (29)11,76952–48
101July 31@ Cubs8–5Kent Tekulve (5–3)Scott Sanderson (4–6)Steve Bedrosian (30)32,93053–48 :
August (15–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
102August 1@ Cubs3–5Les Lancaster (3–1)Tom Hume (1–3)Lee Smith (26)33,00253–49
103August 2@ Cubs2–3 (10)Lee Smith (3–6)Jeff Calhoun (0–1)None33,62953–50
104August 3@ Mets2–3 (11)Roger McDowell (6–3)Kent Tekulve (5–4)None50,29753–51
105August 4@ Mets3–5Dwight Gooden (9–3)Bruce Ruffin (9–8)None38,25253–52
106August 5@ Mets3–13John Mitchell (3–3)Kevin Gross (6–10)Randy Myers (2)28,17853–53
107August 6Cardinals2–5John Tudor (3–1)Tom Hume (1–4)Todd Worrell (23)31,63553–54
108August 7Cardinals15–5Shane Rawley (14–5)Joe Magrane (6–3)None31,24754–54
109August 8Cardinals5–9Todd Worrell (6–6)Don Carman (7–8)None46,73254–55
110August 9Cardinals8–7 (14)Wally Ritchie (2–0)Ricky Horton (6–2)None37,15855–55
111August 10Cubs4–2Todd Frohwirth (1–0)Jamie Moyer (9–9)Steve Bedrosian (31)26,79656–55
112August 11Cubs9–8 (13)Kevin Gross (7–10)Bob Tewksbury (1–8)None30,45957–55
113August 12Cubs13–7Jeff Calhoun (1–1)Ed Lynch (1–7)None36,19058–55
114August 13@ Cardinals4–2 (13)Steve Bedrosian (4–2)Ken Dayley (7–3)Wally Ritchie (2)37,08859–55
115August 14@ Cardinals4–8Greg Mathews (8–8)Bruce Ruffin (9–9)Todd Worrell (25)47,91359–56
116August 15@ Cardinals5–2Kevin Gross (8–10)Bob Forsch (10–4)Steve Bedrosian (32)48,30960–56
117August 16@ Cardinals4–3Shane Rawley (15–5)John Tudor (3–2)Steve Bedrosian (33)43,75961–56
118August 18Padres4–9 (11)Rich Gossage (4–3)Wally Ritchie (2–1)None27,86761–57
119August 19Padres6–5Bruce Ruffin (10–9)Mark Grant (3–7)Jeff Calhoun (1)30,59562–57
120August 20Padres10–2Freddie Toliver (1–0)Eric Show (6–15)Wally Ritchie (3)23,44663–57
121August 21 (1)Dodgers2–1 (11)Kent Tekulve (6–4)Matt Young (5–7)Nonesee 2nd game64–57
122August 21 (2)Dodgers7–3Shane Rawley (16–5)Tim Leary (3–9)None48,65665–57
123August 22Dodgers2–0Mike Maddux (1–0)Rick Honeycutt (2–12)Kent Tekulve (3)27,16066–57
124August 23Dodgers1–5Orel Hershiser (13–12)Don Carman (7–9)None36,40766–58
125August 24Giants1–6Rick Reuschel (9–6)Bruce Ruffin (10–10)None30,23766–59
126August 25Giants2–3Scott Garrelts (11–7)Kevin Gross (8–11)None28,84166–60
127August 26Giants0–2Don Robinson (8–6)Shane Rawley (16–6)None23,77666–61
128August 28@ Padres8–1Don Carman (8–9)Ed Whitson (10–9)None12,71167–61
129August 29@ Padres1–3Eric Nolte (2–2)Bruce Ruffin (10–11)None12,49267–62
130August 30@ Padres1–6Mark Grant (5–7)Kevin Gross (8–12)None12,07267–63
131August 31@ Dodgers4–2Shane Rawley (17–6)Bob Welch (11–9)Steve Bedrosian (34)38,10468–63 :
September (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Dodgers7–5Wally Ritchie (3–1)Tim Leary (3–11)Steve Bedrosian (35)23,07469–63
133September 2@ Dodgers6–2Don Carman (9–9)Orel Hershiser (13–13)None19,95870–63
134September 4@ Giants2–3 (10)Don Robinson (9–6)Wally Ritchie (3–2)None16,64470–64
135September 5@ Giants3–6Dave Dravecky (9–9)Shane Rawley (17–7)Kelly Downs (1)22,69470–65
136September 6@ Giants1–4Rick Reuschel (11–7)Freddie Toliver (1–1)None40,76870–66
137September 7@ Mets5–3Don Carman (10–9)Dwight Gooden (13–5)Steve Bedrosian (36)45,69971–66
138September 8@ Mets2–5Terry Leach (11–1)Bruce Ruffin (10–12)Doug Sisk (3)17,51871–67
139September 9@ Mets5–11Rick Aguilera (8–2)Shane Rawley (17–8)None30,36271–68
140September 11Pirates2–4Doug Drabek (8–11)Kevin Gross (8–13)Jim Gott (10)20,08571–69
141September 12Pirates4–12Mike Dunne (11–5)Don Carman (10–10)None15,44071–70
142September 13Pirates1–6Brian Fisher (9–9)Bruce Ruffin (10–13)None12,61071–71
143September 14Cardinals3–2 (11)Jeff Calhoun (2–1)Ken Dayley (9–5)None20,74972–71
144September 15Cardinals3–4Ricky Horton (7–3)Kevin Gross (8–14)Todd Worrell (29)20,69772–72
145September 16Cubs8–5Mike Maddux (2–0)Lee Smith (4–10)Steve Bedrosian (37)17,59873–72
146September 17Cubs4–3Don Carman (11–10)Jamie Moyer (11–14)Steve Bedrosian (38)10,33874–72
147September 18@ Expos3–6Bryn Smith (10–7)Bruce Ruffin (10–14)None23,46674–73
148September 19@ Expos4–12Dennis Martínez (10–3)Shane Rawley (17–9)Jeff Parrett (6)33,07274–74
149September 20@ Expos4–1Kevin Gross (9–14)Neal Heaton (12–9)Steve Bedrosian (39)35,08275–74
150September 21@ Cardinals1–3John Tudor (8–2)Don Carman (11–11)Todd Worrell (31)38,39675–75
151September 22@ Cardinals2–3Danny Cox (10–8)Shane Rawley (17–10)Todd Worrell (32)42,72575–76
152September 23@ Cubs5–0Bruce Ruffin (11–14)Jamie Moyer (11–15)None7,16076–76
153September 24@ Cubs3–2 (11)Steve Bedrosian (5–2)Jay Baller (0–1)None6,90477–76
154September 25Expos4–2Don Carman (12–11)Neal Heaton (12–10)Steve Bedrosian (40)16,64178–76
155September 26Expos4–7Pascual Pérez (6–0)Shane Rawley (17–11)Andy McGaffigan (11)27,45378–77
156September 27Expos3–5Jeff Parrett (6–5)Mike Jackson (3–9)Tim Burke (16)33,66278–78
157September 28Mets0–1John Candelaria (10–6)Kevin Gross (9–15)Randy Myers (6)26,44078–79
158September 29Mets3–0Don Carman (13–11)David Cone (5–6)None30,79979–79
159September 30Mets4–3 (10)Jeff Calhoun (3–1)Jesse Orosco (3–9)None27,67280–79 :
October (0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 2@ Pirates4–6Bob Walk (8–2)Mike Jackson (3–10)Jim Gott (13)8,24580–80
161October 3@ Pirates5–10Vicente Palacios (2–1)Kevin Gross (9–16)None12,79080–81
162October 4@ Pirates2–4Mike Dunne (13–6)Steve Bedrosian (5–3)Jeff Robinson (14)26,73480–82 :

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader
* = Indicates league leader

### 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 | Lance Parrish | 130 | 466 | 114 | .245 | 17 | 67 |
| 1B | Von Hayes | 158 | 556 | 154 | .277 | 21 | 84 |
| 2B | Juan Samuel | 160 | 655 | 178 | .272 | 28 | 100 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 147 | 522 | 153 | .293 | 35 | 113 |
| SS | Steve Jeltz | 114 | 293 | 68 | .232 | 0 | 12 |
| LF | Chris James | 115 | 358 | 105 | .293 | 17 | 54 |
| CF | Milt Thompson | 150 | 527 | 159 | .302 | 7 | 43 |
| RF | Glenn Wilson | 154 | 569 | 150 | .264 | 14 | 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 |
| Luis Aguayo | 94 | 209 | 43 | .206 | 12 | 21 |
| Rick Schu | 92 | 196 | 46 | .235 | 7 | 23 |
| Greg Gross | 114 | 133 | 38 | .286 | 1 | 12 |
| Darren Daulton | 53 | 129 | 25 | .194 | 3 | 13 |
| Jeff Stone | 66 | 125 | 32 | .256 | 1 | 16 |
| Mike Easler | 33 | 110 | 31 | .282 | 1 | 10 |
| Ron Roenicke | 63 | 78 | 13 | .167 | 1 | 4 |
| Keith Hughes | 37 | 76 | 20 | .263 | 0 | 10 |
| John Russell | 24 | 62 | 9 | .145 | 3 | 8 |
| Ken Dowell | 15 | 39 | 5 | .128 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Jackson | 8 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Jelks | 10 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Legg | 3 | 2 | 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 |
| Shane Rawley | 36 | 229.2 | 17 | 11 | 4.39 | 123 |
| Don Carman | 35 | 211.0 | 13 | 11 | 4.22 | 125 |
| Bruce Ruffin | 35 | 204.2 | 11 | 14 | 2.35 | 93 |
| Kevin Gross | 34 | 200.2 | 9 | 16 | 4.35 | 110 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Hume | 38 | 70.2 | 1 | 4 | 5.60 | 29 |
| Freddie Toliver | 10 | 30.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.64 | 25 |
| Mike Maddux | 7 | 17.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.65 | 15 |
| Joe Cowley | 5 | 11.2 | 0 | 4 | 15.43 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Steve Bedrosian | 65 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 2.83 | 74 |
| Kent Tekulve | 90 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3.09 | 60 |
| Mike Jackson | 55 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4.20 | 93 |
| Wally Ritchie | 49 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3.75 | 45 |
| Jeff Calhoun | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.48 | 31 |
| Dan Schatzeder | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.06 | 28 |
| Doug Bair | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 10 |
| Todd Frohwirth | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 |
| Tom Newell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 |
| Glenn Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Maine Guides | International League | Bill Dancy |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | George Culver |
| A | Clearwater Phillies | Florida State League | Roly de Armas |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | South Atlantic League | Ramón Avilés |
| A-Short Season | Utica Blue Sox | New York–Penn League | Tony Taylor |