Catching up with Bobby Wine
Bobby ("Wine-o") Wine, an outstanding shortstop with a rifle-like arm, was a much sought-after athlete his senior year (1957) at Northport High School on Long Island, NY.
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A peek at the past
Randy Wolf not only threw the first pitch (1:32 p.m.) in the Citizens Bank Park inaugural game (April 12, 2004), but got the Phillies first single (3rd inning). He's also the only pitcher to hit two home runs in a CBP game (August 11, 2004).
Phillies Phlashback
A historical look at the dates of May 6-12.
May 6, 2006
C Carlos Ruiz makes his major league debut in a 4-1 win over the Giants at Citizens Bank Park.
May 6, 2011
LHP Cliff Lee matches the club record for a left-hander with 16 strikeouts, but the Phillies fall to the Braves, 5-0, at Citizens Bank Park.
May 7, 1975
Traded Jim Essian, Barry Bonnell and $150,000 to Atlanta for Dick Allen and Johnny Oates.
May 7, 1998
The Phillies record a 4-1 win at Veterans Stadium in their first ever game against the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks.
May 7, 2010
LHP Jamie Moyer becomes the oldest pitcher to toss a shutout (47 years, 170 days) with a 7-0 win over the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park. Moyer gives up two hits, walks none and strikes out five.
May 8, 1907
RHP George McQuillan makes his major league debut in relief, allowing no runs in a loss to St. Louis. He goes on to record 24.0 straight scoreless innings to start his career, a record that will stand for more than 100 years.
May 8, 2019
Longtime Phillies executive David Montgomery passes away following a courageous five-year battle against cancer.
May 9, 1981
LHP Steve Carlton establishes a club mark by striking out seven consecutive batters in a 9-6 win over the San Diego Padres at Veterans Stadium. The record will stand for 40 years.
May 9, 1992
RF Dale Murphy hits his 398th and final major league home run as the Phillies lose to San Diego, 5-1.
May 9, 1993
Mariano Duncan’s eighth-inning grand slam off future Hall of Famer Lee Smith gives the Phillies a 6-5 Mother’s Day win and a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals at the Vet.
May 10, 2022
With RHP Jeurys Familia’s punch-out of Mariners CF Julio Rodríguez in the seventh inning, the Phillies become the fourth franchise in MLB history to record 100,000 strikeouts, joining the Cubs, Dodgers and Giants.
May 11, 1947
A crowd of 40,952, the largest to see a baseball game in Philadelphia to that point, watches the Phillies sweep a pair from Brooklyn, 7-3 and 5-4, at Shibe Park.
May 11, 1980
1B Pete Rose becomes the second Phillie in franchise history to steal second, third and home in the same inning as the Phils top the Reds in Cincinnati, 7-3.
May 11, 2006
CF Aaron Rowand breaks his nose crashing into the center field fence at Citizens Bank Park to make a spectacular first-inning catch with the bases loaded and two out. The Phillies go on to beat the New York Mets, 2-0, in a game halted in the bottom of the fifth by rain.
May 12, 1987
3B Mike Schmidt scores his 1,366th run to break Ed Delahanty’s club record, but the Phillies drop a 5-2 decision at the Astrodome.
May 12, 2005
Bobby Abreu ties a club record by homering in his fifth straight game in a 7-5 loss to the Reds.
May 12, 2006
LHP Cole Hamels makes his major league debut, giving up just one hit while striking out seven over 5.0 scoreless innings in an 8-4 win at Cincinnati.
May 12, 2009
RF Jayson Werth ties the club record with four stolen bases, including steals of second, third and home in the seventh inning. The Phillies beat the Dodgers, 5-3, at Citizens Bank Park.
May 12, 2023
DH Bryce Harper records his 300th career double, driving in two in the eighth inning to put the Phillies ahead in an eventual 6-3 win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.