Phillies Phacks n Stats 9/1/24

 ON THIS DAY IN PHILLIES HISTORY - September 1...

Happy Happy Birthday to...

Ham Schulte  born 1912     Phillies 1940
    .236/.288/.294   103 Hits   1 HR
    US Army 1943-45

Garry Maddox  born 1949     Phillies 1975-86
    .284/.320/.409  1333 Hits (19th in Phillies history)
    7x Gold Gloves   1x World Champion

Sean O'Sullivan  born 1987    Phillies 2014-15
    1-7 in 15 Starts   6.13 ERA   1.566 WHIP

In 1963...
Cardinals' starting pitcher Curt Simmons throws a complete game in a 7-3 win over the Phillies and rips an RBI triple in the second inning. Simmons would then steal home on the next pitch, marking the last time that a pitcher has stolen home in a major league game.

In 1990...
Mickey Morandini makes his major league debut pinch hitting for Sil Campusano in the 7th inning. He'd then record his first career hit to lead off the bottom of the 10th, setting the table for John Kruk to bring him around to score four batters later with a two-out walk-off single.

 

Yesterday's Game - 3-0 Win vs. Atlanta Braves

- Only conceding 4 hits across 7 scoreless innings, Zack Wheeler has lowered his home ERA and batting average allowed to 2.27 and .187, respectively. Wheeler's currently one of four Phillies pitchers in the Live Ball Era to maintain a sub-2.50 ERA and sub-.200 BAA at home across a season.
    2024 Zack Wheeler 2.27 ERA .187 BAA
    1992 Curt Schilling 2.21 ERA .187 BAA
    1977 Steve Carlton 2.14 ERA .188 BAA
    1967 Jim Bunning 2.09 ERA .197 BAA

- Trea Turner hits a home run in his 250th game in a Philadelphia Phillies uniform and is one of six players to debut for the team post-WWII and record 250+ hits with at least 100 going for extra bases in his first 250 games. He's the only Phillies player to post 50+ doubles, 40+ homers, and 40+ steals in as many games
    Trea Turner 289 hits 101 XBH
    Aaron Rowand 273 hits 102 XBH
    Ryan Howard 267 hits 126 XBH
    Jim Thome 251 hits 135 XBH
    Juan Samuel 290 hits 102 XBH
    Dicky Allen 305 hits 119 XBH

Tonight's Game -  Braves 7:10 Nola vs. Schwellenbach

- Aaron Nola has made four career home starts vs. Atlanta in September, sporting a 3-1 record and 1.00 ERA with 30 K's in 26.0 innings. Nola's held the Braves totally scoreless in three of those four starts and the Phillies have outscored them 24-3 in the four games.

- Spencer Schwellenbach crossed the century mark for career strikeouts in his last start, the 15th of his rookie season. He eclipsed Ian Anderson's Braves record for fewest games needed to reach 100 career strikeouts (16 in 2020-21).

Phillies Phacks n Stats

- This is the 7th time since divisional realignment in 1969 that the Phillies have taken an NL East lead into September (1975, '76, '77, '93, 2009, '11). They've won the divisional race in all six previous seasons.

- The Phillies' starting rotation is combining to spin a 3.52 ERA on the season, good for second in baseball behind the Mariners (3.36) and the fourth-best for a Phillies starting staff since 1980

    2011 2.86 ERA
    1983 3.35 ERA
    1982 3.49 ERA
    2024 3.52 ERA
    1980 3.53 ERA

Braves Bits

- According to the Braves' official website, their mascot, Blooper, was "born" on January 27, 2018 which was the same day that the Taliban used an ambulance to bomb a hospital in Kabul, killing over 100 citizens. Real "happy" birthday you've got, pal.

NL EAST STANDINGS
                    W     L         GB
Phillies        80    56          --        Magic Number: 21
Braves        74    62         6.0
Mets           72    64         8.0
Nationals    61    75        19.0
Marlins       50    86        30.0