1989 Philadelphia Phillies season

1989 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Veterans Stadium
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Bill Giles
General managers	Lee Thomas
Managers	Nick Leyva
Television	WTAF (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser) PRISM (Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Garry Maddox)
Radio	WCAU (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
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The 1989 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 107th season in the history of the franchise, and the 19th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. The Phillies finished in sixth place in the National League East for the second consecutive season. It would also be Mike Schmidt's final season.

• October 24, 1988: Shane Rawley and cash were traded by the Phillies to the Minnesota Twins for Tom Nieto, Eric Bullock and Tom Herr.^[1]
• December 7, 1988: Kent Tekulve was released by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[2]
• December 7, 1988: Greg A. Harris was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.^[3]
• December 8, 1988: Phil Bradley was traded by the Phillies to the Baltimore Orioles for Gordon Dillard and Ken Howell.^[4]
• December 16, 1988: Milt Thompson was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Lake and Curt Ford.^[5]
• January 11, 1989: Steve Stanicek was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[6]

Injuries to Mike Schmidt's knees and back caused him to miss much of the 1988 season. After a poor start to the 1989 season, Schmidt chose to suddenly announce his retirement in San Diego, on May 29. Known as "Captain Cool" by many in Philadelphia sports circles, Schmidt surprised many with an emotional, and occasionally tearful, retirement speech. In honor of his career, fans voted Schmidt to the NL All-Star team; Schmidt declined to play but was announced with the team. His last game was May 28, 1989, against the San Francisco Giants.^[7]

The Phillies played 163 regular season games due to a tie game on June 5 when they hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates. With the score tied 3–3, the game ended due to rain after only 8 innings had been played.^[8] Under the playing rules in place at the time, all player and team statistics generated during the tie game would stand (except since neither team had won, there could not be a winning or losing pitcher); a replacement game would be played at a later date. This game would mark the last regular-season tie game for the Phillies as playing rules changed in 2007 allowing tie games to continue from the point of interruption at a later date.

On June 8, 1989, Steve Jeltz hit two of his five career home runs in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, despite not starting the game. A switch-hitter, Jeltz hit one of these homers from the right side of the plate and one from the left side. This was the first time in the history of the Phillies that this feat had been accomplished. It was in this same game that, after the Pirates scored 10 runs in the top of the first, Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker said on-air, "If we lose this game, I'll walk home." The Phillies came back to win 15–11, and after the season Rooker conducted a 300-mile charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.

Steve Carlton LHP Retired 1989[9]

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	93	69	.574	—	48‍–‍33	45‍–‍36
New York Mets	87	75	.537	6	51‍–‍30	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	7	46‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
Montreal Expos	81	81	.500	12	44‍–‍37	37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	.457	19	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	.414	26	38‍–‍42	29‍–‍53

1989 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	8–10	8–10	6–10	6–6	2–10	8–4	4–8	7–11	6–12	3–9
Chicago	7–5	—	7–5	5–7	7–5	10–8	10–8	10–8	12–6	8–4	6–6	11–7
Cincinnati	10–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10	4–8	4–8	4–8	7–5	9–9	8–10	8–4
Houston	10–8	7–5	10–8	—	10–8	4–8	6–6	9–3	7–5	8–10	8–10	7–5
Los Angeles	10–6	5–7	10–8	8–10	—	7–5	5–7	6–6	7–5	6–12	10–8	3–9
Montreal	6–6	8–10	8–4	8–4	5–7	—	9–9	9–9	11–7	5–7	7–5	5–13
New York	10–2	8–10	8–4	6–6	7–5	9–9	—	12–6	9–9	5–7	3–9	10–8
Philadelphia	4–8	8–10	8–4	3–9	6–6	9–9	6–12	—	10–8	2–10	4–8	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	6–12	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–11	9–9	8–10	—	3–9	5–7	13–5
San Diego	11–7	4–8	9–9	10–8	12–6	7–5	7–5	10–2	9–3	—	8–10	2–10
San Francisco	12–6	6–6	10–8	10–8	8–10	5–7	9–3	8–4	7–5	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	9–3	7–11	4–8	5–7	9–3	13–5	8–10	11–7	5–13	10–2	5–7	—

• June 1, 1989: Shane Turner was traded by the Phillies to the Baltimore Orioles for John Posey (minors).^[10]
• June 2, 1989: Chris James was traded by the Phillies to the San Diego Padres for John Kruk and Randy Ready.^[11]
• June 18, 1989: Juan Samuel was traded by the Phillies to the New York Mets for Lenny Dykstra, Roger McDowell and a player to be named later. The Mets completed the trade by sending Tom Edens to the Phillies on July 27.^[12]
• June 18, 1989: Steve Bedrosian and a player to be named later were traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Charlie Hayes, Dennis Cook and Terry Mulholland. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Rick Parker to the Giants on August 7.^[13]
• August 7, 1989: Greg A. Harris was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[3]

1989 Game Log (Overall Record: 67–95–1)
April (11–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 @ Cubs 4–5 Rick Sutcliffe (1–0) Floyd Youmans (0–1) Mitch Williams (1) 33,361 0–1 2 April 5 @ Cubs 12–4 Ken Howell (1–0) Greg Maddux (0–1) Mike Maddux (1) 18,674 1–1 3 April 6 @ Cubs 8–3 Steve Ontiveros (1–0) Paul Kilgus (0–1) None 6,364 2–1 – April 7 Cardinals Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 20 as a traditional double-header 4 April 8 Cardinals 5–4 (11) Jeff Parrett (1–0) John Costello (0–1) None 23,741 3–1 5 April 9 Cardinals 3–15 Joe Magrane (1–1) Bruce Ruffin (0–1) None 31,631 3–2 6 April 10 Expos 7–6 Steve Bedrosian (1–0) Gene Harris (1–1) None 13,194 4–2 7 April 11 Expos 6–2 Steve Ontiveros (2–0) Pascual Pérez (0–1) None 14,429 5–2 8 April 12 Expos 6–3 Don Carman (1–0) Kevin Gross (1–1) Steve Bedrosian (1) 15,461 6–2 9 April 14 Cubs 4–6 Scott Sanderson (1–0) Bruce Ruffin (0–2) Mitch Williams (5) 20,851 6–3 – April 15 Cubs Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 31 as a traditional double-header 10 April 16 Cubs 3–5 Rick Sutcliffe (3–0) Floyd Youmans (0–2) Mitch Williams (6) 32,249 6–4 11 April 17 @ Mets 2��5 Sid Fernandez (1–0) Don Carman (1–1) Randy Myers (2) 28,087 6–5 12 April 18 @ Mets 7–1 Larry McWilliams (1–0) Ron Darling (0–3) None 26,300 7–5 13 April 19 @ Mets 2–4 Randy Myers (1–1) Steve Bedrosian (1–1) None 25,694 7–6 14 April 20 @ Pirates 9–4 Ken Howell (2–0) Mike Dunne (1–1) None 6,977 8–6 15 April 21 @ Pirates 3–2 Floyd Youmans (1–2) Doug Drabek (1–1) Steve Bedrosian (2) 15,221 9–6 16 April 22 @ Pirates 3–4 Jeff Robinson (2–2) Don Carman (1–2) None 14,669 9–7 17 April 23 @ Pirates 4–6 Logan Easley (1–0) Steve Bedrosian (1–2) None 16,816 9–8 18 April 24 @ Astros 8–4 Greg A. Harris (1–0) Bob Forsch (0–1) None 9,088 10–8 19 April 25 @ Astros 1–4 Mike Scott (3–1) Ken Howell (2–1) None 12,584 10–9 20 April 26 @ Astros 5–6 Danny Darwin (2–1) Jeff Parrett (1–1) Dave Smith (3) 11,195 10–10 21 April 28 Reds 0–3 José Rijo (1–0) Don Carman (1–3) John Franco (7) 23,052 10–11 22 April 29 Reds 8–0 (5) Mike Maddux (1–0) Danny Jackson (0–1) None 23,156 11–11 23 April 30 Reds 3–5 Rob Dibble (3–0) Larry McWilliams (1–1) John Franco (8) 43,605 11–12
May (7–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record – May 1 Astros Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 13 as a traditional double-header 24 May 2 Astros 4–12 Jim Deshaies (3–2) Floyd Youmans (1–3) None 15,832 11–13 25 May 3 @ Braves 3–6 John Smoltz (4–2) Don Carman (1–4) None 4,143 11–14 26 May 4 @ Braves 0–3 Tom Glavine (4–0) Mike Maddux (1–1) None 2,047 11–15 27 May 5 @ Reds 7–0 Ken Howell (3–1) Tom Browning (3–2) None 17,901 12–15 28 May 6 @ Reds 4–7 Rick Mahler (4–3) Larry McWilliams (1–2) John Franco (10) 21,541 12–16 29 May 7 @ Reds 5–0 Alex Madrid (1–0) Jack Armstrong (0–1) None 24,839 13–16 30 May 9 Braves 2–7 John Smoltz (5–2) Don Carman (1–5) None 11,544 13–17 – May 10 Braves Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 30 as a traditional double-header 31 May 11 Braves 3–8 Tom Glavine (5–0) Randy O'Neal (0–1) None 14,841 13–18 32 May 12 Dodgers 3–0 Ken Howell (4–1) Tim Leary (2–3) Steve Bedrosian (3) 23,292 14–18 33 May 13 Dodgers 2–0 Larry McWilliams (2–2) Tim Belcher (2–4) None 30,294 15–18 34 May 14 Dodgers 0–9 Orel Hershiser (5–3) Alex Madrid (1–1) None 29,092 15–19 35 May 15 Giants 3–2 (12) Steve Bedrosian (2–2) Craig Lefferts (1–1) None 15,703 16–19 36 May 16 Giants 5–13 Atlee Hammaker (2–3) Mike Maddux (1–2) None 14,074 16–20 37 May 17 Giants 0–6 Rick Reuschel (7–2) Ken Howell (4–2) None 18,943 16–21 38 May 19 Padres 2–8 Ed Whitson (6–2) Larry McWilliams (2–3) None 28,224 16–22 39 May 20 Padres 2–3 Dennis Rasmussen (2–4) Don Carman (1–6) Greg W. Harris (3) 28,866 16–23 40 May 21 Padres 3–1 Bob Sebra (1–0) Walt Terrell (3–5) Steve Bedrosian (4) 38,346 17–23 41 May 23 @ Dodgers 4–1 Ken Howell (5–2) Fernando Valenzuela (0–4) Steve Bedrosian (5) 32,199 18–23 42 May 24 @ Dodgers 2–4 Tim Leary (3–3) Larry McWilliams (2–4) Jay Howell (7) 37,089 18–24 43 May 25 @ Dodgers 6–7 Tim Belcher (4–4) Don Carman (1–7) Jay Howell (8) 27,781 18–25 44 May 26 @ Giants 1–6 Scott Garrelts (3–1) Bob Sebra (1–1) None 12,787 18–26 45 May 27 @ Giants 2–6 Atlee Hammaker (4–3) Alex Madrid (1–2) Craig Lefferts (8) 18,325 18–27 46 May 28 @ Giants 5–8 Rick Reuschel (9–2) Ken Howell (5–3) Mike LaCoss (6) 51,498 18–28 47 May 29 @ Padres 0–1 Bruce Hurst (5–3) Larry McWilliams (2–5) Mark Davis (16) 21,161 18–29 48 May 30 @ Padres 3–9 Ed Whitson (8–2) Don Carman (1–8) None 11,710 18–30 49 May 31 @ Padres 1–2 Greg W. Harris (1–2) Jeff Parrett (1–2) Mark Davis (17) 15,768 18–31
June (9–17–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 2 Expos 1–2 (13) Steve Frey (1–0) Greg A. Harris (1–1) Joe Hesketh (2) 20,560 18–32 51 June 3 Expos 5–7 Kevin Gross (6–3) Larry McWilliams (2–6) Tim Burke (12) 35,269 18–33 52 June 4 Expos 4–7 Dennis Martínez (5–1) Don Carman (1–9) Andy McGaffigan (2) 30,926 18–34 53 June 5 Pirates 3–3 (8) None None None 17,696 18–34–1 54 June 6 Pirates 9–4 Bob Sebra (2–1) Brian Fisher (0–2) Jeff Parrett (1) 16,783 19–34–1 55 June 7 Pirates 7–5 Jeff Parrett (2–2) Bob Kipper (0–3) Steve Bedrosian (6) 15,480 20–34–1 56 June 8 Pirates 15–11 Don Carman (2–9) Jeff Robinson (2–6) None 18,511 21–34–1 57 June 9 @ Expos 0–5 Dennis Martínez (6–1) Floyd Youmans (1–4) None 15,791 21–35–1 58 June 10 @ Expos 1–9 Bryn Smith (6–2) Bruce Ruffin (0–3) None 23,981 21–36–1 59 June 11 @ Expos 2–7 Pascual Pérez (3–7) Bob Sebra (2–2) None 34,365 21–37–1 60 June 13 @ Pirates 10–2 Ken Howell (6–3) Morris Madden (1–1) None 11,570 22–37–1 61 June 14 @ Pirates 4–6 John Smiley (6–2) Don Carman (2–10) Bill Landrum (2) 7,407 22–38–1 62 June 15 @ Pirates 3–5 Doug Drabek (4–5) Bob Sebra (2–3) Bill Landrum (3) 15,428 22–39–1 63 June 16 Mets 11–15 Randy Myers (6–2) Steve Bedrosian (2–3) None 33,135 22–40–1 64 June 17 Mets 0–1 Bob Ojeda (4–6) Larry McWilliams (2–7) None 46,570 22–41–1 65 June 18 Mets 6–5 Jeff Parrett (3–2) Randy Myers (6–3) None 43,689 23–41–1 66 June 20 (1) Cardinals 4–6 Ken Hill (4–4) Terry Mulholland (0–1) Ken Dayley (5) see 2nd game 23–42–1 67 June 20 (2) Cardinals 3–5 Frank DiPino (4–0) Steve Ontiveros (2–1) Todd Worrell (8) 27,285 23–43–1 – June 21 Cardinals Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 15 as a traditional double-header 68 June 22 Cardinals 11–2 Dennis Cook (2–0) José DeLeón (8–6) None 26,006 24–43–1 69 June 23 @ Mets 3–9 Bob Ojeda (5–6) Ken Howell (6–4) Randy Myers (10) 44,828 24–44–1 70 June 24 @ Mets 2–4 Ron Darling (5–5) Floyd Youmans (1–5) Randy Myers (11) 48,323 24–45–1 71 June 25 @ Mets 1–5 Sid Fernandez (5–2) Terry Mulholland (0–2) None 47,692 24–46–1 72 June 26 @ Cardinals 5–4 Jeff Parrett (4–2) Todd Worrell (1–2) Roger McDowell (5) 32,723 25–46–1 73 June 27 @ Cardinals 4–2 Dennis Cook (3–0) José DeLeón (8–7) Roger McDowell (6) 30,482 26–46–1 74 June 28 @ Cardinals 1–2 Joe Magrane (7–6) Ken Howell (6–5) None 37,018 26–47–1 75 June 30 (1) Braves 4–2 Terry Mulholland (1–2) Zane Smith (1–12) Jeff Parrett (2) see 2nd game 27–47–1 76 June 30 (2) Braves 1–3 Derek Lilliquist (5–4) Larry McWilliams (2–8) Joe Boever (13) 25,586 27–48–1
July (15–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 Braves 4–2 Bruce Ruffin (1–3) Pete Smith (2–9) Roger McDowell (7) 33,045 28–48–1 78 July 2 Braves 1–3 John Smoltz (10–6) Dennis Cook (3–1) None 28,524 28–49–1 79 July 3 Reds 2–1 Ken Howell (7–5) José Rijo (7–6) Roger McDowell (8) 56,498 29–49–1 80 July 4 Reds 1–2 Tom Browning (7–6) Terry Mulholland (1–3) John Franco (22) 14,636 29–50–1 81 July 5 Reds 3–2 (10) Roger McDowell (2–5) John Franco (2–2) None 11,935 30–50–1 82 July 6 @ Braves 4–0 Bruce Ruffin (2–3) Pete Smith (2–10) Jeff Parrett (3) 6,544 31–50–1 83 July 7 @ Braves 3–5 John Smoltz (11–6) Dennis Cook (3–2) Joe Boever (14) 11,450 31–51–1 84 July 8 @ Braves 3–4 Paul Assenmacher (1–2) Jeff Parrett (4–3) Joe Boever (15) 21,337 31–52–1 85 July 9 @ Braves 4–3 (13) Jeff Parrett (5–3) Joe Boever (2–3) None 9,292 32–52–1 – July 11 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim 86 July 13 (1) Astros 11–4 Bruce Ruffin (3–3) Bob Knepper (3–10) Greg A. Harris (1) see 2nd game 33–52–1 87 July 13 (2) Astros 0–3 Bob Forsch (2–2) Dennis Cook (3–3) Dave Smith (19) 22,771 33–53–1 88 July 14 Astros 4–2 Jeff Parrett (6–3) Larry Andersen (2–2) None 32,300 34–53–1 89 July 15 Astros 6–9 Mark Portugal (1–1) Larry McWilliams (2–9) None 25,574 34–54–1 – July 16 Astros Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 22 as a traditional double-header 90 July 17 @ Reds 4–1 Ken Howell (8–5) Ron Robinson (0–1) Roger McDowell (9) 24,167 35–54–1 91 July 18 @ Reds 6–5 Todd Frohwirth (1–0) Danny Jackson (6–10) Roger McDowell (10) 19,970 36–54–1 92 July 19 @ Reds 9–4 Dennis Cook (4–3) Tom Browning (7–9) None 17,739 37–54–1 93 July 21 @ Astros 2–4 Mike Scott (15–15) Terry Mulholland (1–4) Dave Smith (20) 25,501 37–55–1 94 July 22 (1) @ Astros 0–1 Jim Deshaies (10–4) Ken Howell (8–6) Dave Smith (21) see 2nd game 37–56–1 95 July 22 (2) @ Astros 3–4 Danny Darwin (10–2) Larry McWilliams (2–10) None 35,803 37–57–1 96 July 23 @ Astros 2–3 Bob Forsch (3–3) Bruce Ruffin (3–4) Larry Andersen (2) 20,222 37–58–1 97 July 24 @ Expos 3–4 (12) Andy McGaffigan (3–4) Greg A. Harris (1–2) None 25,218 37–59–1 98 July 25 @ Expos 0–2 Mark Langston (12–8) Don Carman (2–11) None 30,103 37–60–1 99 July 26 @ Expos 4–3 Jeff Parrett (7–3) Zane Smith (1–13) Roger McDowell (11) 24,377 38–60–1 100 July 28 (1) Pirates 5–10 Neal Heaton (2–7) Ken Howell (8–7) None see 2nd game 38–61–1 101 July 28 (2) Pirates 6–1 Greg A. Harris (2–2) Rick Reed (0–1) None 35,569 39–61–1 102 July 29 Pirates 6–2 Jeff Parrett (8–3) Bob Walk (8–7) Roger McDowell (12) 47,277 40–61–1 103 July 30 Pirates 8–6 Dennis Cook (5–3) Bob Kipper (3–4) Roger McDowell (13) 31,341 41–61–1 104 July 31 (1) Cubs 2–10 Rick Sutcliffe (11–9) Terry Mulholland (1–5) None see 2nd game 41–62–1 105 July 31 (2) Cubs 7–4 Don Carman (3–11) Paul Kilgus (6–10) Jeff Parrett (4) 22,160 42–62–1
August (12–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 Cubs 1–4 Steve Wilson (4–0) Larry McWilliams (2–11) Mitch Williams (27) 23,614 42–63–1 107 August 2 Cubs 6–0 Ken Howell (9–7) Scott Sanderson (9–7) None 21,688 43–63–1 108 August 3 Cubs 0–2 Greg Maddux (12–8) Bruce Ruffin (3–5) Les Lancaster (3) 21,983 43–64–1 109 August 4 @ Cardinals 3–6 Joe Magrane (13–7) Dennis Cook (5–4) Todd Worrell (16) 44,149 43–65–1 110 August 5 @ Cardinals 7–3 Terry Mulholland (2–5) José DeLeón (11–10) Jeff Parrett (5) 46,504 44–65–1 111 August 6 @ Cardinals 4–5 (10) Todd Worrell (2–3) Jeff Parrett (8–4) None 38,736 44–66–1 112 August 7 Mets 2–1 Roger McDowell (3–5) Jeff Musselman (1–3) None 35,350 45–66–1 113 August 8 Mets 0–9 David Cone (9–5) Bruce Ruffin (3–6) None 35,196 45–67–1 114 August 9 Mets 0–6 Bob Ojeda (8–9) Dennis Cook (5–5) None 43,462 45–68–1 115 August 10 @ Cubs 16–13 Jeff Parrett (9–4) Steve Wilson (5–1) None 36,745 46–68–1 116 August 11 @ Cubs 2–9 Greg Maddux (14–8) Don Carman (3–12) None 36,440 46–69–1 117 August 12 @ Cubs 7–9 Mike Bielecki (13–5) Ken Howell (9–8) Mitch Williams (30) 37,752 46–70–1 118 August 13 @ Cubs 5–4 Jeff Parrett (10–4) Steve Wilson (5–2) None 37,054 47–70–1 119 August 15 Dodgers 7–6 Jeff Parrett (11–4) Ray Searage (3–3) None 25,169 48–70–1 120 August 16 Dodgers 6–2 Don Carman (4–12) Tim Belcher (8–12) Roger McDowell (14) 25,703 49–70–1 121 August 17 Dodgers 4–10 Fernando Valenzuela (8–11) Ken Howell (9–9) Alejandro Peña (4) 25,779 49–71–1 122 August 18 Giants 2–5 Rick Reuschel (14–5) Bruce Ruffin (3–7) Steve Bedrosian (17) 23,368 49–72–1 123 August 19 Giants 1–0 Terry Mulholland (3–5) Kelly Downs (2–4) None 30,366 50–72–1 124 August 20 Giants 2–5 Jeff Brantley (7–1) Roger McDowell (3–6) None 36,530 50–73–1 125 August 21 Padres 2–8 Dennis Rasmussen (6–9) Don Carman (4–13) None 17,467 50–74–1 126 August 22 Padres 4–2 Ken Howell (10–9) Mark Grant (5–2) Roger McDowell (15) 21,419 51–74–1 127 August 23 Padres 3–7 Andy Benes (1–2) Bruce Ruffin (3–8) None 20,455 51–75–1 128 August 25 @ Dodgers 3–2 Terry Mulholland (4–5) Ramón Martínez (3–2) Jeff Parrett (6) 33,541 52–75–1 129 August 26 @ Dodgers 0–4 Tim Belcher (10–12) Dennis Cook (5–6) None 42,000 52–76–1 130 August 27 @ Dodgers 1–8 Fernando Valenzuela (9–12) Don Carman (4–14) None 28,496 52–77–1 131 August 28 @ Giants 9–1 Ken Howell (11–9) Rick Reuschel (15–6) None 15,614 53–77–1 132 August 29 @ Giants 6–1 Bruce Ruffin (4–8) Don Robinson (11–9) Roger McDowell (16) 13,952 54–77–1 133 August 30 @ Giants 2–3 Kelly Downs (3–5) Terry Mulholland (4–6) Steve Bedrosian (18) 19,053 54–78–1 134 August 31 @ Padres 1–5 Dennis Rasmussen (8–9) Don Carman (4–15) Mark Grant (2) 15,541 54–79–1
September (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 2 @ Padres 2–3 Bruce Hurst (13–9) Ken Howell (11–10) Mark Davis (33) 23,161 54–80–1 136 September 3 @ Padres 5–9 Andy Benes (3–2) Dennis Cook (5–7) Mark Davis (34) 24,956 54–81–1 137 September 4 Pirates 5–7 Bob Patterson (1–1) Mike Maddux (1–3) Bill Landrum (22) 13,317 54–82–1 138 September 5 Pirates 3–2 Jeff Parrett (12–4) Bob Patterson (1–2) None 12,484 55–82–1 139 September 6 Cubs 9–1 Bruce Ruffin (5–8) Greg Maddux (16–11) None 17,272 56–82–1 140 September 7 Cubs 2–6 Mike Bielecki (15–6) Ken Howell (11–11) None 13,058 56–83–1 141 September 8 @ Expos 4–3 Jason Grimsley (1–0) Kevin Gross (11–10) Roger McDowell (17) 18,151 57–83–1 142 September 9 @ Expos 5–6 Tim Burke (8–3) Jeff Parrett (12–5) None 22,981 57–84–1 143 September 10 @ Expos 4–2 Pat Combs (1–0) Pascual Pérez (8–13) Roger McDowell (18) 22,630 58–84–1 144 September 11 Mets 2–5 Ron Darling (13–12) Bruce Ruffin (5–9) Randy Myers (23) 18,690 58–85–1 145 September 12 Mets 2–1 Roger McDowell (4–6) Don Aase (1–5) None 22,953 59–85–1 146 September 13 Mets 4–10 Bob Ojeda (12–10) Jason Grimsley (1–1) None 20,062 59–86–1 147 September 15 (1) Cardinals 2–0 Pat Combs (2–0) Ken Hill (7–13) None see 2nd game 60–86–1 148 September 15 (2) Cardinals 6–7 John Costello (4–3) Roger McDowell (4–7) None 22,579 60–87–1 – September 16 Cardinals Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 17 as a traditional double-header 149 September 17 (1) Cardinals 9–5 (12) Dennis Cook (6–7) Matt Kinzer (0–2) None see 2nd game 61–87–1 150 September 17 (2) Cardinals 0–2 Cris Carpenter (4–4) Ken Howell (11–12) John Costello (2) 23,043 61–88–1 151 September 18 @ Pirates 2–6 Bob Patterson (3–2) Jason Grimsley (1–2) Randy Kramer (2) 7,665 61–89–1 152 September 19 @ Pirates 2–4 Jeff Robinson (7–11) Bruce Ruffin (5–10) Bill Landrum (24) 8,156 61–90–1 153 September 20 @ Cubs 9–8 Don Carman (5–15) Les Lancaster (3–2) Roger McDowell (19) 21,620 62–90–1 154 September 21 @ Cubs 1–9 Greg Maddux (18–12) Terry Mulholland (4–7) None 22,885 62–91–1 155 September 22 @ Cardinals 1–2 (10) John Costello (5–3) Roger McDowell (4–8) None 45,685 62–92–1 156 September 23 @ Cardinals 5–11 Frank DiPino (9–0) Dennis Cook (6–8) None 38,936 62–93–1 157 September 24 @ Cardinals 1–2 Ted Power (7–7) Jeff Parrett (12–6) John Costello (3) 38,795 62–94–1 158 September 25 @ Mets 2–1 Pat Combs (3–0) Bob Ojeda (13–11) Roger McDowell (20) 18,001 63–94–1 159 September 26 @ Mets 0–3 Sid Fernandez (13–5) Jason Grimsley (1–3) None 17,385 63–95–1 160 September 27 @ Mets 5–3 Ken Howell (12–12) Ron Darling (14–14) Roger McDowell (21) 18,666 64–95–1 161 September 29 Expos 2–0 Dennis Cook (7–8) Mark Langston (16–14) None 15,771 65–95–1 162 September 30 Expos 6–3 Bruce Ruffin (6–10) Mark Gardner (0–3) Roger McDowell (22) 20,448 66–95–1
October (1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 163 October 1 Expos 5–3 Pat Combs (4–0) Bryn Smith (10–11) Roger McDowell (23) 25,213 67–95–1
Phillies win   Phillies loss   Phillies tie   Postponement Bold: Phillies team member Source:[8]

1989 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 40 Steve Bedrosian 42 Don Carman 38 Pat Combs 39 Dennis Cook 50 Gordon Dillard 48 Marvin Freeman 52 Todd Frohwirth 54 Jason Grimsley 33 Greg A. Harris 43 Ken Howell 44 Mike Maddux 34 Alex Madrid 13 Roger McDowell 51 Chuck McElroy 46 Larry McWilliams 45 Terry Mulholland 27 Randy O'Neal 41 Steve Ontiveros 49 Jeff Parrett 47 Bruce Ruffin 37 Bob Sebra 15 Floyd Youmans		Catchers 10 Darren Daulton 25 Steve Lake 19 Tom Nieto 31 Al Pardo Infielders 18 Jim Adduci 29 Tom Barrett  8 Charlie Hayes 28 Tom Herr 30 Steve Jeltz 17 Ricky Jordan 31 Mark Ryal 20 Mike Schmidt 21 Dickie Thon		Outfielders 23 Eric Bullock 22 Bob Dernier  4 Lenny Dykstra 24 Curt Ford  9 Von Hayes 18 Chris James 26 Ron Jones 11 John Kruk 37 Keith Miller  6 Dwayne Murphy 23 Randy Ready  8 Juan Samuel Other batters 33 Steve Stanicek		Manager 16 Nick Leyva Coaches  2 Larry Bowa (Third Base)  3 Darold Knowles (Pitching)  4 Denis Menke (Hitting)  5 Mike Ryan (Bullpen) 12 Tony Taylor (First Base)  7 John Vukovich (Bench)

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	Darren Daulton	131	368	74	.201	8	44
1B	Ricky Jordan	144	523	149	.285	12	75
2B	Tom Herr	151	561	161	.287	2	37
3B	Charlie Hayes	84	299	77	.258	8	43
SS	Dickie Thon	136	435	118	.271	15	60
LF	John Kruk	81	281	93	.331	5	38
CF	Lenny Dykstra	90	352	78	.222	4	19
RF	Von Hayes	154	540	140	.259	26	78

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
Steve Jeltz	116	263	64	.243	4	25
Juan Samuel	51	199	49	.246	8	20
Randy Ready	72	187	50	.267	8	21
Bob Dernier	107	187	32	.171	1	13
Chris James	45	179	37	.207	2	19
Dwayne Murphy	98	156	34	.218	9	27
Steve Lake	58	155	39	.252	2	14
Mike Schmidt	42	148	30	.203	6	28
Curt Ford	108	142	31	.218	1	13
Mark Ryal	29	33	8	.242	0	5
Ron Jones	12	31	9	.290	2	4
Tom Barrett	14	27	6	.222	0	1
Tom Nieto	11	20	3	.150	0	0
Jim Adduci	13	19	7	.368	0	0
Keith Miller	8	10	3	.300	0	0
Steve Stanicek	9	9	1	.111	0	1
Eric Bullock	6	4	0	.000	0	0
Al Pardo	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ken Howell	33	204.0	12	12	3.44	164
Bruce Ruffin	24	125.2	6	10	4.44	70
Dennis Cook	21	106.0	6	8	3.99	58
Terry Mulholland	20	104.1	4	7	5.00	60
Pat Combs	6	38.2	4	0	2.09	30
Bob Sebra	6	34.1	2	3	4.46	21
Steve Ontiveros	6	30.2	2	1	3.82	12

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	49	149.1	5	15	5.24	81
Larry McWilliams	40	120.2	2	11	4.10	54
Mike Maddux	16	43.2	1	3	5.18	26
Floyd Youmans	10	42.2	1	5	5.70	20
Alex Madrid	6	24.2	1	2	5.47	13
Jason Grimsley	4	18.1	1	3	5.89	7
Marvin Freeman	1	3.0	0	0	6.00	0

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Roger McDowell	44	3	3	19	1.11	32
Jeff Parrett	72	12	6	6	2.98	98
Todd Frohwirth	45	1	0	0	3.59	39
Greg A. Harris	44	2	2	1	3.58	51
Steve Bedrosian	28	2	3	6	3.21	24
Randy O'Neal	20	0	1	0	6.23	29
Chuck McElroy	11	0	0	0	1.74	8
Gordon Dillard	5	0	0	0	6.75	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	International League	Bill Dancy
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Mike Hart
A	Clearwater Phillies	Florida State League	Glenn Gulliver
A	Spartanburg Phillies	South Atlantic League	Mel Roberts
A-Short Season	Batavia Clippers	New York–Penn League	Don McCormack
Rookie	Martinsville Phillies	Appalachian League	Roly de Armas

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• 1989 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference