# 1986 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1986 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 104th season for the Phillies. Under second-year manager John Felske, the Phillies stayed just below the .500 mark for roughly two-thirds of the season, until a charge after the All-Star break pushed the club past the St. Louis Cardinals and Montreal Expos into second place in the National League East.

## Background

The eventual World Series champions rival New York Mets finished with a Major League best 108–54 record, and finished 211⁄2 games ahead of the Phillies. The Mets and the Phillies were the only teams in the National League East to post winning records. Mike Schmidt became the first third baseman in the history of the National League to win the MVP Award three times.

## Offseason

* December 6, 1985: Jerry Koosman was released by the Phillies.
* December 22, 1985: Tim Corcoran was released by the Phillies.
* January 16, 1986: Ronn Reynolds was traded by the New York Mets with Jeff Bittiger to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rodger Cole and Ronnie Gideon.
* March 17, 1986: Alan Knicely was released by the Phillies.

## Regular season

On August 20, 1986, pitcher Don Carman took a perfect game into the ninth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park. Giants catcher Bob Brenly hit a long drive into the gap in left-center field. Phillies center fielder Milt Thompson was positioned to make a running catch but the ball hit the base of his glove and was ruled a hit. Carman pitched nine innings, gave up one hit, and was the winner when the Phillies scored in the top of the tenth on a Juan Samuel solo homer to win the game 1 to 0.
The Phillies were the only team in the National League to post a winning record against the World Series champs, going 10–8 with a 7–2 mark at Veterans Stadium. The high point of the season for the Phillies was the three-game sweep of the Mets in mid-September.
On September 12, up by twenty-two games, the Mets needed to win one game to clinch the division and came to Philadelphia for a weekend series. The Phillies won all three games, finishing the weekend by beating the Mets 6–0 behind a six-hit shutout by Kevin Gross, who also tripled home two runs. The sweep still left the Phillies down nineteen games but was both especially satisfying given the significant number of Mets fans who had traveled to Veterans Stadium for the weekend hoping to see the Mets clinch, and necessary because they were swept in a three-game series in Chicago preceding this series and did not want to see a visiting team's division-title celebration at Veterans Stadium. Had the Mets won one of the three games, it would have been the first time that a division title was won at Veterans Stadium.
During the series, Mets fans at Veterans Stadium became unruly and damaged seats in the upper deck. One Mets fan was arrested after striking at two Philadelphia police officers.
The club scored a season-high nineteen runs in a 19–1 throttling of the Chicago Cubs at the Vet on June 23.
Hall-of-Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt won the NL MVP for the third and final time in his career with a league-high thirty-seven home runs with 119 RBI and a .290 average. The Phillies distant second-place finish made Schmidt the first major-league MVP to have played on a team that finished at least twenty games out of first place.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Mets | 108 | 54 | .667 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 53‍–‍28 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 86 | 75 | .534 | 21½ | 49‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 82 | .491 | 28½ | 42‍–‍39 | 37‍–‍43 |
| Montreal Expos | 78 | 83 | .484 | 29½ | 36‍–‍44 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Chicago Cubs | 70 | 90 | .438 | 37 | 42‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍52 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 64 | 98 | .395 | 44 | 31‍–‍50 | 33‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1986 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 9–3 | 6–12 | 5–13 | 10–8 | 4–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 3–9 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 9–8 | 7–11 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–7 |
| Cincinnati | 12–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–14 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 7–5 |
| Houston | 13–5 | 8–4 | 14–4 | — | 10–8 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 7–5 |
| Los Angeles | 8–10 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 8–10 | — | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 8–4 |
| Montreal | 7–4 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
| New York | 8–4 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 17–1 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 12–6 |
| Philadelphia | 8-4 | 8–9 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | — | 11–7 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–5 | 11–7 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 1–17 | 7–11 | — | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 |
| San Diego | 6–12 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 5–7 |
| San Francisco | 11–7 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 |
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 7–10 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 19, 1986: Tom Gorman was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* May 9, 1986: Dave Stewart was released by the Phillies.
* June 2, 1986: Chuck Knoblauch was drafted by the Phillies in the 18th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
* June 24, 1986: Steve Carlton was released by the Phillies.
* July 24, 1986: Tom Foley and Lary Sorensen were traded by the Phillies to the Montreal Expos for Dan Schatzeder and Skeeter Barnes.

### 1986 Game Log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1986 Game Log Overall Record: 86–75 :
April (8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 7@ Reds4–7Mario Soto (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)Ron Robinson (1)54,9600–1
2April 9@ Reds5–3 (11)Steve Bedrosian (1–0)Ted Power (0–1)None11,4111–1
3April 11Mets7–9Bob Ojeda (1–0)Kevin Gross (0–1)Jesse Orosco (1)36,1901–2
4April 12Mets9–8 (14)Charles Hudson (1–0)Randy Niemann (0–1)None22,7372–2
5April 13Mets4–2Shane Rawley (1–0)Rick Aguilera (0–1)None27,6913–2
6April 14Pirates1–3 (10)Cecilio Guante (1–0)Steve Bedrosian (1–1)Jim Winn (1)16,2003–3
–April 15PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 15 as a traditional double-header
–April 16PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 16 as a traditional double-header
7April 18@ Mets2–5Ron Darling (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–2)Jesse Orosco (2)26,9063–4
8April 19@ Mets2–3Dwight Gooden (2–0)Shane Rawley (1–1)None38,3333–5
9April 20@ Mets0–8Sid Fernandez (1–0)Kevin Gross (0–2)None41,8483–6
10April 22@ Expos2–8Andy McGaffigan (1–0)Charles Hudson (1–1)Tim Burke (2)4,2763–7
11April 23@ Expos5–4Steve Carlton (1–2)Joe Hesketh (0–3)Steve Bedrosian (1)6,2934–7
12April 24@ Pirates4–2Shane Rawley (2–1)Rick Rhoden (2–1)None14,6225–7
13April 25@ Pirates6–3Kevin Gross (1–2)Rick Reuschel (2–2)Steve Bedrosian (2)11,8476–7
14April 26@ Pirates6–5Charles Hudson (2–1)Larry McWilliams (0–2)Steve Bedrosian (3)16,3737–7
15April 27@ Pirates5–13Mike Bielecki (1–0)Steve Carlton (1–3)Bob Walk (1)17,2187–8
16April 29Astros12–4Shane Rawley (3–1)Nolan Ryan (3–3)None16,3138–8
17April 30Astros0–1Mike Scott (3–2)Kevin Gross (1–3)Dave Smith (7)17,1348–9 :
May (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
18May 2Braves1–7David Palmer (2–1)Steve Carlton (1–4)None20,2378–10
19May 3Braves4–10Rick Mahler (2–4)Shane Rawley (3–2)None20,5118–11
20May 4Braves5–1Kevin Gross (2–3)Joe Johnson (3–2)None37,3529–11
21May 5Expos4–6Dan Schatzeder (1–0)Kent Tekulve (0–1)Jeff Reardon (3)15,4259–12
22May 6Expos0–8Andy McGaffigan (2–0)Steve Carlton (1–5)None16,5289–13
23May 7Expos2–8Floyd Youmans (1–3)Shane Rawley (3–3)Tim Burke (3)15,8409–14
24May 9@ Braves7–6Kevin Gross (3–3)Joe Johnson (3–3)Steve Bedrosian (4)11,81710–14
25May 10@ Braves1–3Zane Smith (3–2)Charles Hudson (2–2)Paul Assenmacher (2)25,95810–15
26May 11@ Braves2–1Steve Bedrosian (2–1)Craig McMurtry (1–2)None15,68911–15
27May 12@ Astros5–1Shane Rawley (4–3)Jim Deshaies (0–1)None8,35412–15
28May 13@ Astros2–3 (11)Julio Solano (2–0)Dave Rucker (0–1)None7,08712–16
29May 14Reds8–6Don Carman (1–0)John Franco (0–1)Steve Bedrosian (5)21,87713–16
30May 15Reds5–6Ron Robinson (3–0)Steve Bedrosian (2–2)None20,76713–17
31May 16@ Giants3–0Steve Carlton (2–5)Roger Mason (2–3)Kent Tekulve (1)16,56014–17
32May 17@ Giants7–12Mike Krukow (5–3)Shane Rawley (4–4)Greg Minton (4)14,26014–18
33May 18@ Giants1–4Scott Garrelts (4–3)Freddie Toliver (0–1)Jeff Robinson (4)31,18614–19
34May 20@ Padres3–4Eric Show (3–2)Kevin Gross (3–4)Rich Gossage (8)13,99714–20
35May 21@ Padres2–7Dave Dravecky (4–3)Charles Hudson (2–3)None12,67414–21
36May 22@ Padres2–6Andy Hawkins (3–3)Steve Carlton (2–6)Craig Lefferts (1)21,17314–22
37May 23@ Dodgers8–2Shane Rawley (5–4)Jerry Reuss (2–3)None39,35415–22
38May 24@ Dodgers0–6Fernando Valenzuela (7–2)Freddie Toliver (0–2)None47,72515–23
39May 25@ Dodgers2–5Orel Hershiser (5–3)Kevin Gross (3–5)None40,42415–24
40May 27Giants6–2Steve Carlton (3–6)Jeff Robinson (2–1)None16,02316–24
41May 28Giants4–0Shane Rawley (6–4)Scott Garrelts (4–5)None17,00317–24
42May 29Giants5–4Don Carman (2–0)Greg Minton (2–3)None17,78518–24
43May 30Padres2–0Kevin Gross (4–5)Eric Show (3–3)None10,60819–24
44May 31Padres1–0Charles Hudson (3–3)Dave Dravecky (5–4)Steve Bedrosian (6)21,21120–24 :
June (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
45June 1Padres16–5Steve Carlton (4–6)Andy Hawkins (3–4)None35,14421–24
46June 2Dodgers13–2Shane Rawley (7–4)Jerry Reuss (2–5)None21,47622–24
47June 3Dodgers4–11Fernando Valenzuela (8–3)Mike Maddux (0–1)None24,37322–25
48June 4Dodgers8–7Kevin Gross (5–5)Orel Hershiser (5–4)Steve Bedrosian (7)26,98323–25
49June 5@ Expos7–3Charles Hudson (4–3)Jay Tibbs (3–2)None10,84524–25
50June 6@ Expos9–10 (10)Tim Burke (3–1)Dave Rucker (0–2)None18,32524–26
51June 7@ Expos3–1Shane Rawley (8–4)Andy McGaffigan (3–2)None20,48625–26
52June 8@ Expos0–12Floyd Youmans (5–5)Mike Maddux (0–2)None20,74325–27
53June 9@ Mets3–2 (10)Don Carman (3–0)Doug Sisk (0–1)Steve Bedrosian (8)26,05026–27
54June 10@ Mets4–8 (11)Roger McDowell (6–0)Randy Lerch (0–1)None27,47226–28
55June 11@ Mets3–5Ron Darling (7–2)Steve Carlton (4–7)Jesse Orosco (11)27,83026–29
56June 13Expos2–1Shane Rawley (9–4)Tim Burke (4–2)None24,49127–29
57June 14Expos7–6Randy Lerch (1–1)Bert Roberge (0–2)Steve Bedrosian (9)25,76928–29
58June 15Expos0–2Andy McGaffigan (4–2)Charles Hudson (4–4)Jeff Reardon (15)30,24228–30
59June 16@ Cubs5–7Jamie Moyer (1–0)Steve Carlton (4–8)Lee Smith (9)20,61428–31
60June 17@ Cubs11–8Kent Tekulve (1–1)Ray Fontenot (2–2)None27,11429–31
61June 18@ Cubs4–5 (10)Lee Smith (4–4)Steve Bedrosian (2–3)None38,09329–32
62June 19Cardinals5–3Kevin Gross (6–5)Ray Burris (3–3)Don Carman (1)22,37630–32
63June 20Cardinals2–9Bob Forsch (6–4)Charles Hudson (4–5)None25,29230–33
64June 21Cardinals6–8Todd Worrell (4–7)Don Carman (3–1)Ken Dayley (3)38,60130–34
65June 22Cardinals4–7Greg Mathews (4–1)Mike Maddux (0–3)Todd Worrell (13)32,57030–35
66June 23Cubs19–1Shane Rawley (10–4)Jamie Moyer (1–1)None21,89931–35
67June 24Cubs7–6 (10)Steve Bedrosian (3–3)Lee Smith (4–5)None24,75732–35
68June 25Cubs7–10Guy Hoffman (3–2)Charles Hudson (4–6)Lee Smith (11)22,08532–36
69June 27@ Cardinals2–1 (17)Kent Tekulve (2–1)Rick Ownbey (1–2)Tom Hume (1)37,90333–36
70June 28@ Cardinals7–4 (10)Steve Bedrosian (4–3)Pat Perry (1–2)Tom Hume (2)43,51334–36
71June 29@ Cardinals8–7Steve Bedrosian (5–3)Todd Worrell (5–8)None42,95935–36
72June 30@ Pirates2–3Bob Walk (3–4)Charles Hudson (4–7)Cecilio Guante (4)5,88135–37 :
July (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
73July 1@ Pirates5–4 (12)Tom Hume (1–0)Larry McWilliams (1–5)None8,11836–37
74July 2@ Pirates3–4Rick Rhoden (9–4)Don Carman (3–2)None6,78236–38
75July 3Reds7–3Bruce Ruffin (1–0)John Denny (5–8)Tom Hume (3)61,47537–38
76July 4Reds1–4Tom Browning (6–7)Kevin Gross (6–6)Ron Robinson (6)20,49037–39
77July 5Reds2–7Chris Welsh (3–2)Charles Hudson (4–8)None23,62037–40
78July 6Reds12–5Tom Hume (2–0)Joe Price (1–2)Kent Tekulve (2)28,42038–40
79July 7Braves7–3Shane Rawley (11–4)David Palmer (5–7)Steve Bedrosian (10)18,76839–40
80July 8Braves8–2Bruce Ruffin (2–0)Rick Mahler (10–7)None22,20240–40
81July 9Braves3–7Doyle Alexander (6–4)Kevin Gross (6–7)Gene Garber (10)27,37140–41
82July 10@ Astros4–11Mark Knudson (1–3)Charles Hudson (4–9)None18,28940–42
83July 11@ Astros4–1Don Carman (4–2)Mike Scott (9–6)Steve Bedrosian (11)18,04741–42
84July 12@ Astros3–4Nolan Ryan (6–6)Shane Rawley (11–5)Dave Smith (17)17,49141–43
85July 13@ Astros5–4 (11)Steve Bedrosian (6–3)Dave Smith (1–6)None20,59742–43
–July 151986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at the Astrodome in Houston
86July 17@ Reds6–7 (11)Ted Power (4–5)Tom Gorman (0–1)None24,48842–44
87July 18@ Reds5–6Tom Browning (9–7)Bruce Ruffin (2–1)John Franco (15)24,07242–45
88July 19@ Reds2–5Bill Gullickson (7–6)Shane Rawley (11–6)Ron Robinson (8)20,99442–46
89July 20@ Reds9–3Charles Hudson (5–9)John Denny (6–9)None26,19043–46
90July 21@ Braves3–1Kent Tekulve (3–1)Jeff Dedmon (3–5)Steve Bedrosian (12)12,73144–46
91July 22@ Braves5–4 (11)Steve Bedrosian (7–3)Craig McMurtry (1–6)Tom Hume (4)14,24945–46
92July 23@ Braves4–2Bruce Ruffin (3–1)Doyle Alexander (6–6)None11,77046–46
93July 24Astros3–9Mike Scott (10–6)Shane Rawley (11–7)None31,09446–47
94July 25Astros4–2Charles Hudson (6–9)Jim Deshaies (5–3)Steve Bedrosian (13)23,38747–47
95July 26Astros3–2Don Carman (5–2)Mark Knudson (1–4)Dan Schatzeder (2)34,07548–47
96July 27Astros2–3Nolan Ryan (7–7)Kevin Gross (6–8)Aurelio López (4)33,19248–48
97July 28Cardinals1–3Danny Cox (5–8)Bruce Ruffin (3–2)None21,55348–49
98July 29Cardinals12–7Tom Hume (3–0)Tim Conroy (3–6)None21,97049–49
99July 30Cardinals3–6Bob Forsch (10–6)Charles Hudson (6–10)Todd Worrell (21)24,32449–50 :
August (19–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
100August 1Cubs4–3 (11)Kent Tekulve (4–1)Frank DiPino (1–6)None25,89250–50
101August 2Cubs12–2Kevin Gross (7–8)Scott Sanderson (5–8)None22,06251–50
102August 3Cubs6–2Steve Bedrosian (8–3)Frank DiPino (1–7)None27,33052–50
103August 4@ Cardinals2–3Todd Worrell (7–8)Dan Schatzeder (3–3)None27,05952–51
104August 5@ Cardinals4–7Bob Forsch (11–6)Mike Maddux (0–4)None24,87052–52
105August 6@ Cardinals1–2Greg Mathews (7–3)Don Carman (5–3)Todd Worrell (22)32,71452–53
106August 7@ Cardinals5–6John Tudor (11–5)Kevin Gross (7–9)Todd Worrell (23)23,17152–54
107August 8@ Cubs1–2Steve Trout (5–5)Bruce Ruffin (3–3)Lee Smith (21)27,81152–55
108August 9@ Cubs4–2Charles Hudson (7–10)Dennis Eckersley (6–7)Steve Bedrosian (14)33,00353–55
109August 10@ Cubs0–4Ed Lynch (3–1)Mike Maddux (0–5)None30,00953–56
110August 11Mets4–8Dwight Gooden (12–4)Don Carman (5–4)None43,13353–57
111August 12Mets3–1Kevin Gross (8–9)Rick Aguilera (6–4)None36,44254–57
112August 13Mets8–4Bruce Ruffin (4–3)Bob Ojeda (12–4)None39,04155–57
113August 14Pirates8–7Kent Tekulve (5–1)Barry Jones (1–2)None20,64356–57
114August 15 (1)Pirates5–6Cecilio Guante (5–2)Dan Schatzeder (3–4)Don Robinson (8)see 2nd game56–58
115August 15 (2)Pirates3–2Mike Maddux (1–5)Jim Winn (2–5)Steve Bedrosian (15)27,72457–58
116August 16 (1)Pirates1–6Rick Rhoden (13–7)Kevin Gross (8–10)Nonesee 2nd game57–59
117August 16 (2)Pirates6–0Tom Hume (4–0)Larry McWilliams (2–9)Kent Tekulve (3)31,34958–59
118August 17Pirates5–1 (5)Bruce Ruffin (5–3)Rick Reuschel (7–14)None34,29859–59
119August 19@ Giants6–5Kent Tekulve (6–1)Scott Garrelts (10–9)Steve Bedrosian (16)10,31660–59
120August 20@ Giants1–0 (10)Don Carman (6–4)Mike Krukow (12–7)Steve Bedrosian (17)10,72361–59
121August 21@ Giants6–7Mark Davis (4–4)Kent Tekulve (6–2)Scott Garrelts (5)7,95961–60
122August 22@ Padres4–1Bruce Ruffin (6–3)Ed Whitson (6–8)None16,29662–60
123August 23@ Padres3–4 (12)Lance McCullers (6–6)Kent Tekulve (6–3)None25,88462–61
124August 24@ Padres6–5Kent Tekulve (7–3)Rich Gossage (5–6)Steve Bedrosian (18)13,40963–61
125August 25@ Dodgers1–3Fernando Valenzuela (16–9)Don Carman (6–5)None35,55363–62
126August 26@ Dodgers6–4Kevin Gross (9–10)Ed Vande Berg (1–5)None30,97964–62
127August 27@ Dodgers2–1Bruce Ruffin (7–3)Bob Welch (6–10)Steve Bedrosian (19)23,54365–62
128August 29Giants6–4Mike Maddux (2–5)Mike Krukow (13–8)Steve Bedrosian (20)21,57266–62
129August 30Giants5–3Don Carman (7–5)Mike LaCoss (9–10)Steve Bedrosian (21)23,02267–62
130August 31Giants4–3Kent Tekulve (8–3)Vida Blue (9–9)Steve Bedrosian (22)24,08268–62 :
September (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1Padres5–4Kent Tekulve (9–3)Craig Lefferts (7–6)None25,38569–62
132September 2Padres2–6Dave LaPoint (4–7)Jeff Bittiger (0–1)None15,55369–63
133September 3Padres5–6Bob Stoddard (1–0)Steve Bedrosian (8–4)Lance McCullers (3)15,06669–64
134September 5Dodgers4–0Don Carman (8–5)Orel Hershiser (12–11)Steve Bedrosian (23)15,24570–64
135September 6Dodgers2–3Fernando Valenzuela (18–9)Kevin Gross (9–11)None22,39470–65
136September 7Dodgers2–1Kent Tekulve (10–3)Ken Howell (5–10)None25,70671–65
137September 8@ Cubs4–7Ed Lynch (5–4)Mike Maddux (2–6)Lee Smith (26)6,85771–66
138September 9@ Cubs6–8 (10)Lee Smith (9–9)Steve Bedrosian (8–5)None8,78571–67
139September 10@ Cubs7–8Guy Hoffman (5–2)Kent Tekulve (10–4)Lee Smith (27)9,02971–68
140September 12Mets6–3Bruce Ruffin (8–3)Dwight Gooden (14–6)Steve Bedrosian (24)43,07072–68
141September 13Mets6–5Dan Schatzeder (4–4)Roger McDowell (13–8)Steve Bedrosian (25)47,10873–68
142September 14Mets6–0Kevin Gross (10–11)Sid Fernandez (15–5)None38,65274–68
143September 15Pirates5–0Don Carman (9–5)Rick Rhoden (15–9)None14,08975–68
144September 16Pirates9–5Kent Tekulve (11–4)Mike Bielecki (6–11)None14,31576–68
145September 17Cardinals5–8Bob Forsch (14–8)Bruce Ruffin (8–4)Todd Worrell (34)15,73776–69
146September 18Cardinals4–3Mike Maddux (3–6)Greg Mathews (10–7)Steve Bedrosian (26)12,84777–69
147September 19@ Mets4–3Kevin Gross (11–11)Sid Fernandez (15–6)Steve Bedrosian (27)35,02378–69
148September 20@ Mets5–9Ron Darling (14–5)Tom Hume (4–1)None39,10478–70
149September 21@ Mets7–1Marvin Freeman (1–0)John Mitchell (0–1)None42,63179–70
150September 22@ Pirates8–4Jeff Bittiger (1–1)Bob Kipper (5–8)None3,93480–70
151September 23@ Pirates5–6Barry Jones (3–4)Steve Bedrosian (8–6)None3,63180–71
152September 24@ Cardinals1–7Danny Cox (11–12)Kevin Gross (11–12)None21,27280–72
153September 25@ Cardinals4–5Ray Soff (4–0)Dan Schatzeder (4–5)Todd Worrell (35)15,59580–73
154September 26@ Expos5–0Marvin Freeman (2–0)Sergio Valdez (0–4)Kent Tekulve (4)6,13381–73
155September 27@ Expos1–0Don Carman (10–5)Floyd Youmans (13–11)Steve Bedrosian (28)6,49382–73
156September 28@ Expos5–2Kevin Gross (12–12)Dennis Martínez (3–6)Steve Bedrosian (29)10,06483–73
157September 29Cubs3–8Greg Maddux (2–4)Mike Maddux (3–7)None14,35583–74
158September 30Cubs9–2Bruce Ruffin (9–4)Drew Hall (1–2)None13,37784–74 :
October (2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–October 1CubsCancelled (rain); Was not rescheduled
159October 3Expos5–6Andy McGaffigan (10–5)Kent Tekulve (11–5)Randy St. Claire (1)11,61484–75
160October 4Expos5–4 (14)Dan Schatzeder (5–5)Bert Roberge (0–4)None16,79685–75
161October 5Expos2–1 (10)Dan Schatzeder (6–5)Curt Brown (0–1)None25,29386–75 :

### 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 | John Russell | 93 | 315 | 76 | .241 | 13 | 60 |
| 1B | Von Hayes | 158 | 610 | 186 | .305 | 19 | 98 |
| 2B | Juan Samuel | 145 | 591 | 157 | .266 | 16 | 78 |
| SS | Steve Jeltz | 145 | 439 | 96 | .219 | 0 | 36 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 160 | 552 | 160 | .290 | 37 | 119 |
| LF | Gary Redus | 90 | 340 | 84 | .247 | 11 | 33 |
| CF | Milt Thompson | 96 | 299 | 75 | .251 | 6 | 23 |
| RF | Glenn Wilson | 155 | 584 | 158 | .271 | 15 | 84 |

#### 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 |
| Ron Roenicke | 102 | 275 | 68 | .247 | 5 | 42 |
| Jeff Stone | 82 | 249 | 69 | .277 | 6 | 19 |
| Rick Schu | 92 | 208 | 57 | .274 | 8 | 25 |
| Darren Daulton | 49 | 138 | 31 | .225 | 8 | 21 |
| Luis Aguayo | 62 | 133 | 28 | .211 | 4 | 13 |
| Ronn Reynolds | 43 | 126 | 27 | .214 | 3 | 10 |
| Greg Gross | 87 | 101 | 25 | .248 | 0 | 8 |
| Tom Foley | 39 | 61 | 18 | .295 | 0 | 5 |
| Chris James | 16 | 46 | 13 | .283 | 1 | 5 |
| Greg Legg | 11 | 20 | 9 | .450 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Lefebvre | 14 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Francisco Meléndez | 9 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Maddox | 6 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Kevin Gross | 37 | 241.2 | 12 | 12 | 4.02 | 154 |
| Shane Rawley | 23 | 157.2 | 11 | 7 | 3.54 | 73 |
| Bruce Ruffin | 21 | 146.1 | 9 | 4 | 2.46 | 70 |
| Charles Hudson | 33 | 144.0 | 7 | 10 | 4.94 | 82 |
| Steve Carlton | 16 | 83.0 | 4 | 8 | 6.18 | 62 |
| Mike Maddux | 16 | 78.0 | 3 | 7 | 5.42 | 44 |
| Freddie Toliver | 5 | 25.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.51 | 20 |
| Marvin Freeman | 3 | 16.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 | 8 |
| Jeff Bittiger | 3 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.52 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Don Carman | 50 | 134.1 | 10 | 5 | 3.22 | 98 |

#### 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 | 68 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 3.39 | 82 |
| Kent Tekulve | 73 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2.54 | 57 |
| Tom Hume | 48 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2.77 | 51 |
| Dan Schatzeder | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.38 | 14 |
| Dave Rucker | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.76 | 14 |
| Larry Andersen | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 9 |
| Mike Jackson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 |
| Dave Stewart | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.57 | 9 |
| Tom Gorman | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 8 |
| Randy Lerch | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.88 | 5 |
| Rocky Childress | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
| Greg Gross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |

## Awards and honors

* Garry Maddox, Roberto Clemente Award
* Mike Schmidt, National League MVP

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Bill Dancy |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | George Culver |
| A | Clearwater Phillies | Florida State League | Ron Clark |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | South Atlantic League | Roly de Armas |
| A-Short Season | Utica Blue Sox | New York–Penn League | Tony Taylor |
| A-Short Season | Bend Phillies | Northwest League | Ed Pebley |