Phillies at Dodgers - August 5th to August 7th

1984 Topps #332

1984 Topps #747

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 10:10

Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles, CA

At the Ballpark:  Lucky fans attending Wednesday night's game will receive a Sandy Koufax bobblehead.

Philadelphia Phillies 66-45
1st Place in the N.L. East, 6 games ahead of the Braves

Phillies Probables
Aaron Nola (11-4, 3.43)
Cristopher Sanchez (7-7, 3.36)
Tyler Phillips (3-1, 4.39)

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Alec Bohm - .295
Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 74
Home Runs:  Bryce Harper - 25
RBIs:  Alec Bohm - 77
Stolen Bases:  Bryson Stott - 23

Wins:  Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler - 11
ERA:  Zack Wheeler - 2.77
Strikeouts:  Zack Wheeler - 148
Saves:  Jose Alvarado - 13

Los Angeles Dodgers 65-47
1st Place in the N.L. West, 4 1/2 games ahead of the Padres

Dodgers Probables
Tyler Glasnow (8-6, 3.50)
Clayton Kershaw (0-1, 5.87)
Gavin Stone (9-5, 3.63)

Dodgers Leaders
Average:  Shohei Ohtani - .306
Runs:  Shohei Ohtani - 85
Home Runs:  Shohei Ohtani - 33
RBIs:  Shohei Ohtani - 79
Stolen Bases:  Shohei Ohtani - 31

Wins:  Gavin Stone - 9
ERA:  Tyler Glasgow - 3.50
Strikeouts:  Tyler Glasnow - 155
Saves:  Evan Phillips - 15

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1985 Game 52 - 2020 Chachi 1985 Topps Missing Links #10 Pat Zachry

Expos 4, Phillies 3
Game 52 - Saturday Night, June 8th in Philadelphia
Record - 18-34, 5th Place, 14 1/2 games behind the Cubs

One Sentence Summary:  Shane Rawley departed with an injury and the offense couldn't capitalize on plenty of scoring opportunities, as the Phillies lost this one to the Expos, 4-3.

What It Means:  This was the low-point of the season for the Phillies, as they dropped to 16 games below .500 for the only time all year.  They wouldn't climb out of fifth place until early September, and that was only for a brief stay in fourth, but from this point on the club did in fact play better baseball.

It was also Kodak Camera Night at the Vet, with fans allowed down on the turf prior to the game to snap pictures of the players and coaches as they quickly walked by.

What Happened:  The offense went 4 for 16 with runners in scoring position, largely wasting their 10-hit output.  The Phillies mounted a brief rally in the seventh, started when Luis Aguayo hit a lead-off double and with two outs Greg Gross doubled him home.  Juan Samuel followed with a single to score Gross.

Shane Rawley exited the game with an apparent injury after walking Mike Fitzgerald to start the third.  He had allowed a solo home run to Andre Dawson in the first to give the Expos an early lead.  Jeff Reardon recorded another two-inning save, his 17th, and lowering his season ERA to 1.08.

Featured Card:  It was the end of the line for Pat Zachry (see below) and the veteran pitcher's only official Phillies baseball cards could be found within the 1985 Tastykake Phillies set.  I created this 1985 Topps-style card for him using his photo from the 1985 Phillies Yearbook.

Transaction:  Jerry Koosman was activated from the disabled list, and it seemed as the short-term plan was to use him in long relief.  Injuries to Rawley and Steve Carlton saw him inserted back into the starting pitching rotation until his own injuries cut short his season in August.  To make room for Koosman on the roster, reliever Zachry was designated for assignment.  He'd ultimately be released, ending his 10-year big league career.

1985 Virtual Phillies Wall / 1985 Season Summary Index

Series Preview - Mets at Phillies: September 17th to September 19th

1978 Topps #171

2018 Chachi 1978 Topps Missing Links #13

Monday and Tuesday 7:05, Wednesday 6:05
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA

Mets 69-80, 4th place in the N.L. East, 14 games behind the Braves
Phillies 76-72, 2nd place in the N.L. East, 6 1/2 games behind the Braves

Mets Probables:  Zack Wheeler (11-7, 3.23), Jason Vargas (6-9, 6.47), Steven Matz (5-11, 4.18)
Phillies Probables:  Jake Arrieta (10-9, 3.66), Aaron Nola (16-5, 2.42), Zach Eflin (10-7, 4.26)

At the Ballpark:  There are some themed tickets available for this series, but otherwise no special promotions or giveaways.

Mets Leaders
Average:  Brandon Nimmo - .266
Runs:  Brandon Nimmo - 74
Home Runs:  Michael Conforto - 25
RBIs:  Michael Conforto - 69
Stolen Bases:  Amed Rosario - 18

Wins:  Noah Syndergaard - 12
ERA:  Jacob deGrom - 1.78
Strikeouts:  Jacbo deGrom - 251
Saves:  Jeurys Familia - 17

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Cesar Hernandez - .257
Runs:  Cesar Hernandez - 86
Home Runs:  Rhys Hoskins - 31
RBIs:  Rhys Hoskins - 91
Stolen Bases:  Cesar Hernandez - 18

Wins:  Aaron Nola - 16
ERA:  Aaron Nola - 2.42
Strikeouts:  Aaron Nola - 201
Saves:  Seranthony Dominguez - 14

2017 Chachi #29 Bob McClure CO

#22

Robert Craig McClure

Pitching Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Left  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  205
Born:  April 29, 1952, Oakland, CA
Home:  Stuart, FL

Teams - As Player:  Kansas City Royals 1975-1976; Milwaukee Brewers 1977-1986; Montreal Expos 1987-1988; New York Mets 1988; California Angels 1989-1991; St. Louis Cardinals 1991-1992; Florida Marlins 1993

Teams - As Coach:  Florida Marlins 1994; Kansas City Royals 2006-2011; Boston Red Sox 2012; Phillies 2014-

1976 Topps #599

2014 Chachi #29

2014 Phillies Team Issue #22

7 McClure Baseball Cards in My Collection per The Phillies Room Checklist
First Card:  2014 Phillies Team Issue #22
First Phillies Card:  2014 Phillies Team Issue #22
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2014 Phillies Team Issue #22
Latest Card:  2017 Phillies Team Issue #22

First Topps Flagship Base Card:  1976 Topps #599 (with Rob Dressler, Ron Guidry and Pat Zachry)

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Complete Chachi Checklist
2014 Chachi #29
2015 Chachi #29
2016 Chachi #29
2016 Chachi Photo Day #6

2017 Chachi #29

Card statistics through 6/9/17.

2016 Chachi #29 Bob McClure CO

#22

Robert Craig McClure

Pitching Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Left  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  205
Born:  April 29, 1952, Oakland, CA
Home:  Stuart, FL

Teams - As Player:  Kansas City Royals 1975-1976; Milwaukee Brewers 1977-1986; Montreal Expos 1987-1988; New York Mets 1988; California Angels 1989-1991; St. Louis Cardinals 1991-1992; Florida Marlins 1993

Teams - As Coach:  Florida Marlins 1994; Kansas City Royals 2006-2011; Boston Red Sox 2012; Phillies 2014-

1976 Topps #599

2014 Chachi #29

2014 Phillies Team Issue #22

6 McClure Baseball Cards in My Collection per Zistle

First Card:  2014 Phillies Team Issue #22
First Phillies Card:  2014 Phillies Team Issue #22
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2014 Phillies Team Issue #22
Latest Card:  2016 Phillies Team Issue 2 #22

First Topps Flagship Base Card:  1976 Topps #599 (with Rob Dressler, Ron Guidry and Pat Zachry)

Complete Chachi Checklist
2014 Chachi #29
2015 Chachi #29
2016 Chachi #29

Card statistics through 5/23/16.

Phillies at Dodgers: July 6th to July 9th

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10:10
Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles, CA

Phillies 28-56, 5th Place in the N.L. East
Dodgers 46-37, 1st Place in the N.L. West

Phillies Probables:  Sean O'Sullivan (1-6, 5.76), Chad Billingsley (0-2, 7.71), Adam Morgan (1-1, 2.13), Kevin Correia (0-3, 6.56)
Dodgers Probables:  Juan Nicasio (1-2, 2.18), Brett Anderson (5-4, 3.00), Clayton Kershaw (5-6, 3.08), Zack Greinke (7-2, 1.48)

At the Ballpark:  All fans attending tonight's ballgame will receive a Maury Wills bobblehead.  On Wednesday night, fans will receive a Dodgers Hello Kitty plush toy.

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Ben Revere - .291
Runs:  Ben Revere - 43
Home Runs:  Ryan Howard - 13
RBIs:  Ryan Howard - 38
Stolen Bases:  Ben Revere - 19

Wins:  Cole Hamels - 5
ERA:  Cole Hamels - 3.02
Strikeouts:  Cole Hamels - 119
Saves:  Jonathan Papelbon - 14

Dodgers Leaders
Average:  Howie Kendrick - .292
Runs:  Joc Pederson - 45
Home Runs:  Joc Pederson - 20
RBIs:  Adrian Gonzalez - 50
Stolen Bases:  Jimmy Rollins - 6

Wins:  Zack Greinke - 7
ERA:  Zack Greinke - 1.48
Strikeouts:  Clayton Kershaw - 147
Saves:  Kenley Jansen - 13

1985 Topps #57

1985 Topps Traded #58T

1985 Topps Traded #32T

1985 Topps #440

1985 Topps Appreciation:  I'm featuring a quartet of Dodgers from the 1985 Topps set with Phillies connections for this installment of 1985 Topps Appreciation.  Of the four players featured, Mariano Duncan had the most memorable tenure with the Phillies, as he was a member of the 1993 N.L. Championship squad.

It's easy to forget Pat Zachry's time with the club as the former N.L. Rookie of the Year wrapped up his 10-year career with 10 mostly forgettable games with the 1985 Phillies.  Ken Howell was supposed to lead the Phillies pitching staff in 1989 (and beyond) but arm injuries curtailed his career and he made only 51 starts for the Phillies in '89 and '90.

And Fernando-Mania briefly (and quietly) invaded Philadelphia in the strike-shortened 1994 season, when Fernando Valenzuela went 1-2 in eight games for the Phillies before moving on to the Padres for the 1995 season.

2015 Chachi #29 Bob McClure CO

#22

Robert Craig McClure

Pitching Coach

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  205

Born:  April 29, 1952, Oakland, CA

Home:  Stuart, FL

Teams - As Player:  Kansas City Royals 1975-1976, Milwaukee Brewers 1977-1986, Montreal Expos 1987-1988, New York Mets 1988, California Angels 1989-1991, St. Louis Cardinals 1991-1992, Florida Marlins 1993

Teams - As Coach:  Florida Marlins 1994, Kansas City Royals 2006-2011, Boston Red Sox 2012, Phillies 2014-

1976 Topps #599

2014 Chachi #29

2014 Phillies Team Issue #22

3 McClure Baseball Cards in My Collection per Zistle
First Card:  2014 Phillies Team Issue #22
First Phillies Card:  2014 Phillies Team Issue #22
First Phillies Topps Base Card:  N/A
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2014 Phillies Team Issue #22
Latest Card:  2015 Phillies Team Issue #22

First Topps Base Card:  1976 Topps #599 (with Rob Dressler, Ron Guidry and Pat Zachry)
First Chachi Base Card:  2014 Chachi #29

McClure Games I've Attended per Hardball Passport

Cards and game statistics through 5/12/15.

1985 Phillies - No Missing Links

1985 Topps Traded #121T, 1986 Donruss #34 and 1986 Topps #418

For just the second time since I started this series, I came across a year in which every single player spending time with the Phillies actually has a Phillies baseball card.  (The only other year to this point is 1993.)  I don't think there's any real reason for this to have happened in 1985, as it wasn't a terrific year for the Phils.  But with a little luck, and the existence of the team-issued Tastykake sets, every member of the 1985 squad graces at least a little Phillies cardboard.

In fact, there are just 10 players who appeared with the Phillies in 1985 who didn't appear in either the regular Topps base or traded set.  I created cards for these 10 players, and posted them here.

3 Cards or More
32 Players

Right-handed reliever Dave Shipanoff just makes the cut with three total cards from the 1986 Donruss, Fleer and Tastykake sets.  He appeared in 26 games with the Phils in late 1985, before injuries cut his career short.

2 Cards

Derrel Thomas (63 games in 1985) - 1985 Topps Traded #121T and 1986 Topps #158
Rocky Childress (16 games in 1985 and 2 games in 1986) - 1985 Tastykake Phillies and 1986 Tastykake Phillies

Thomas finished up his 15-year career with the Phillies.  He has the distinction of appearing with three different teams on 1985 baseball cards.  His 1985 Topps card features him as a member of the Expos.  The Expos sold Thomas to the Angels in September 1984, and he played in just 14 games with California.  Fleer hustled a little more than Topps and has him with the Angels on his 1985 card.  Finally, Topps issued a Phillies card for Thomas within its traded series.

Childress never received a standard-sized Phillies card.

1 Card

Pat Zachry (10 games in 1985) - 1985 Tastykake Phillies

Alan Knicely (7 games in 1985) - 1986 Topps #418
Rich Surhoff (2 games in 1985) - 1985 Tastykake Phillies

The inclusion of Knicely's card within the 1986 Topps set always puzzled me, and it would never happen in today's Topps sets.  Knicely came to the Phillies in August 1985 as part of the Bo Diaz deal with the Reds.  Injuries limited his time with the club, and his final Phillies line reads - 0 for 7 with 4 strikeouts.

Technically, Zachry has two cards as he's featured with the rest of the Phillies pitching staff on a multi-player card included within the 1985 Tastykake set.  The 1976 National League Rookie of the Year appeared in just 10 games for the Phillies before getting released in June 1985.

Surhoff, B.J.'s older brother, pitched just one full inning for the Phillies, earning a win on September 8th.  On September 13th, he was traded to the Rangers for Dave Stewart.

Past Missing Link Posts

1980 Phillies - Orlando Isales and Don McCormack

1981 Phillies - Jerry Reed

1982 Phillies - Stan Bahnsen and Alejandro Sanchez

1983 Phillies - Steve Comer
1984 Phillies - Renie Martin, Jim Kern and Mike LaValliere

1990 Phillies - Louie Meadows

1991 Phillies - Dave LaPoint

1992 Phillies - Darrin Chapin and Mickey Weston

1993 Phillies - None

1994 Phillies - Tom Edens and Bob Wells

1995 Phillies - Jim Deshaies, Kevin Elster, Omar Olivares, Chuck Ricci and Dennis Springer

1996 Phillies - Glenn Dishman, Bronson Heflin, Manny Martinez and Rafael Quirico

1997 Phillies - Rob Butler and Mike Robertson

1998 Phillies - Robert Dodd and Matt Whiteside

1999 Phillies - Joel Bennett, Domingo Cedeno, Joe Grahe and Torey Lovullo

2000 Phillies - Clemente Alvarez, Kirk Bullinger, Mark Holzemer and Bryan Ward

Phillies at Mets: July 3rd to July 5th

Citi Field - Flushing, NY
Tuesday 7:10, Wednesday 1:10, Thursday 7:10

Phillies 36-45, 5th Place in the N.L. East, 11 games behind the Nationals
Mets 43-37, 2nd Place in the N.L. East, 3 1/2 games behind the Nationals

Phillies Probables:  Vance Worley (4-4, 2.92), Cliff Lee (0-5, 4.13), Cole Hamels (10-4, 3.08)
Mets Probables:  Jonathon Niese (6-3, 3.55), Chris Young (2-1, 3.30), R.A. Dickey (12-1, 2.15)

At the Ballpark:  It's fireworks night tonight at Citi Field!  Happy Independence Day!

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Carlos Ruiz - .356

Runs:  Hunter Pence - 56

Home Runs:  Hunter Pence - 16

RBIs:  Hunter Pence - 48

Stolen Bases:  Juan Pierre and Shane Victorino - 19

Wins:  Cole Hamels - 10

ERA:  Cole Hamels - 3.08

Strikeouts:  Cole Hamels - 111

Saves:  Jonathan Papelbon - 18

1979 Burger King Phillies #12 and
1979 Topps #621

1979 Topps Flashback:  This season is starting to make me a little wacky.  Today's featured players have nothing in common except they are both sporting fantastic examples of late-'70s-style, free-flowing, stone cold groovy beards on their 1979 cards.

Doug Bird appeared in 32 games (all but one in relief) for the 1979 Phillies after being acquired from the Royals for Todd Cruz.  He had been part of a steady Kansas City bullpen that advanced to the A.L.C.S. three years in a row (1976-1978) only to be defeated by the Yankees each time.  The Phils released him at the outset of the 1980 season, and he spent the next four seasons with the Yankees, Cubs and Red Sox before calling it a career.

Pat Zachry wrapped up his 10-year career by appearing in 10 games with the 1985 Phillies.  Acquired in spring training 1985 from the Dodgers for Al Oliver, Zachry put up a respectable 4.26 ERA with the Phils before getting released in June.  Zachry won the N.L. Rookie of the Year Award in 1976 after going 14-7 with a 2.74 ERA for the Big Red Machine.

1985 Topps Phillies - Missing Links

My post on the 1985 Topps Phillies cards is not quite ready yet, but I wanted to share these "cards that never were" for players who should have had Phillies cards in the 1985 Topps set.  There are only ten players who appeared with the Phils in 1985 who didn't have Topps Phillies cards in either Topps' regular or traded sets.  Here are those missing ten cards:

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