Phillies Phacks n Stats 9/2/24

ON THIS DAY IN PHILLIES HISTORY September 2...

Happy Happy Birthday to...

George Bechtel born 1848  Phila. A's P/OF 1871, '75
    Born in Philadelphia  .277 avg across 6 seasons
    In 1876 Bechtel became the first player in Major League history to be suspended for life for taking money to throw games

Rex Hudler  born 1960   Phillies OF 1997-98
    .196/.247/.319  32 Hits in 75 games

Ronald Torreyes  born 1992   Phillies INF 2020-21
    .242/.283/.345  .985 Fielding Percentage
    2.2IP  13.50 ERA  1 Strikeout

In 1981...
Ryne Sandberg debuts for the Phillies, pinch-running and scoring a run for Bob Boone in the top of the ninth vs. Atlanta. Sandberg would appear in 13 games in Sept/Oct, recording 1 hit in 6 at bats before being traded in the offseason with Larry Bowa to the Cubs for Ivan de Jesus. With the Cubs, Sandberg won an MVP, 9 Gold Gloves, 7 Silver Sluggers, and made 10 All-Star Games across a Hall of Fame career.

In 1992...
Terry Mulholland picks Pete Incaviglia off of first base in the 6th inning, his 14th pickoff of the season which set a single-season record at the time (pickoff became an official stat in 1989). Mulholland ended the season with 16 pickoffs which is still tied for the record

ON THIS DAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY...

In 1880...
The first night baseball game takes place in Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts. A year after Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, the Northern Electric Light Company out of Boston wanted to display their own bulb's luminescence and thus organized a baseball game between two department stores, Jordan Marsh and R.H. White, in the backyard of Nantasket's Sea Foam House. The teams played to a 16-16 tie before the players and their 300 observers had to catch the evening's last scheduled ferry back to Boston.

In 1986...
Transcendent athlete Bo Jackson makes his MLB debut for Kansas City, singling off Steve Carlton in his first career at bat. In 1989, Jackson hit 32 homers, drove in 105 runs, rushed for 950 yards, scored 4 touchdowns, rescued 15 kittens from trees, volunteered as a crossing guard during the school year, presented Jodie Foster with the Academy Award for Best Actress, and took a few swings at the Berlin Wall as it crumbled.

Yesterday's Game - 3-2 Win vs. Atlanta Braves (11 innings)

- Since 2020 the Phillies are now 38-26 (.594) in games that go to extra innings, most wins and best winning percentage in the National League.

- Nick Castellanos took the MLB lead with 4 walk off at bats this season and is one of three Phillies players in the last 50 years to walk off a game four times in a single season
    Nick Castellanos 2024
    Jean Segura 2021
    Juan Samuel 1985

Phillies Phacks n Stats

- Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, and Kyle Schwarber have recorded a hit in the same game 24 times this year and the Phillies have a 18-6 (.750) record in those games

- Matt Strahm's 0.835 WHIP in 2024 is currently the lowest in a season for a Phillies pitcher all-time (min. 50 IP). Strahm and Jeff Hoffman both have a 0.948 WHIP across their two seasons as Phillies, tied for the second-best marks in franchise history (min. 100 IP in PHI)

    1. Billy Wagner 0.809 WHIP
    2. Matt Strahm 0.948 WHIP
        Jeff Hoffman 0.948 WHIP
    4. George McQuillan 1.02 WHIP

NL EAST STANDINGS
                    W     L         GB
Phillies        81    56          --        Magic Number: 19
Braves        74    63         7.0
Mets           73    64         8.0
Nationals    61    76        20.0
Marlins       51    86        30.0