Today in Phillies History 5/17

all4phillysportsfan · May 17th, 2007, 04:51 AM

Today in Phillies History by Broad and Pattison

Today in Phillies History for May 17thPhillies' All-time Record for Today:
45 wins, 42 losses, and 0 ties (for a winning percentage of 51 percent)

It Happened Today in:
1963: The Phillies were no-hit by Don Nottebart of the Houston Colt .45s. but managed to score a run in the 4-1 loss on a sac fly
1979: The Phillies & Cubs combined for 11 homers and 50 hits in a 23-22, 10 inning Phillies victory at Wrigley Field. Mike Schmidt homered twice. Starting pitcher Randy Lerch also homered, but lasted only 1/3 of an inning on the mound
1991: The Phils and Cubs play 15 innings without either team scoring a run. In the 16th, Dickie Thon singles to drive in Dale Murphy for a 1-0 win.

Phillies Transactions on This Day:
1960: Released Curt Simmons
1983: Released Dave Roberts
1985: Released Kiko Garcia

Happy Birthday:
1892: Hal Carlson
1894: Frank Woodward
1908: Leo Norris
1910: Lou Chiozza
1952: Porfi Altamirano
1962: Greg Mathews
1963: Tom Newell

Today's Debuts:
1898 Newt Fisher
1929 Jim Holloway
1957 Chuck Harmon*
1985 Rocky Childress
1992 Brad Brink

fire_bettman · May 17th, 2007, 08:23 PM

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1960: Released Curt Simmons

1 of my dads favorite old timers

all4phillysportsfan · May 18th, 2007, 05:00 AM

Brad Brink was another coulda shoulda woulda.

May 17th, 2007, 04:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
all4phillysportsfan Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,630	Today in Phillies History 5/17 Today in Phillies History by Broad and Pattison Today in Phillies History for May 17thPhillies' All-time Record for Today: 45 wins, 42 losses, and 0 ties (for a winning percentage of 51 percent) It Happened Today in: 1963: The Phillies were no-hit by Don Nottebart of the Houston Colt .45s. but managed to score a run in the 4-1 loss on a sac fly 1979: The Phillies & Cubs combined for 11 homers and 50 hits in a 23-22, 10 inning Phillies victory at Wrigley Field. Mike Schmidt homered twice. Starting pitcher Randy Lerch also homered, but lasted only 1/3 of an inning on the mound 1991: The Phils and Cubs play 15 innings without either team scoring a run. In the 16th, Dickie Thon singles to drive in Dale Murphy for a 1-0 win. Phillies Transactions on This Day: 1960: Released Curt Simmons 1983: Released Dave Roberts 1985: Released Kiko Garcia Happy Birthday: 1892: Hal Carlson 1894: Frank Woodward 1908: Leo Norris 1910: Lou Chiozza 1952: Porfi Altamirano 1962: Greg Mathews 1963: Tom Newell Today's Debuts: 1898 Newt Fisher 1929 Jim Holloway 1957 Chuck Harmon* 1985 Rocky Childress 1992 Brad Brink __________________ Philly Sports: The worst drought in America.

May 18th, 2007, 05:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
all4phillysportsfan Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,630	Brad Brink was another coulda shoulda woulda. __________________ Philly Sports: The worst drought in America.