Phillies at Braves: August 2nd to August 3rd

2022 Chachi 2000 Topps Missing Links #26

2022 Chachi Fan Favorites #13

Tuesday 7:20 and Wednesday 12:20
Truist Park - Atlanta, GA

At the Ballpark:  The first 15,000 fans arriving at tonight's ballgame will receive an Eddie Rosario NLCS MVP bobblehead.

Phillies 55-47
3rd Place in the N.L. East, 10 games behind the Mets

Phillies Probables
Nick Nelson (3-1, 3.94)
Zack Wheeler (9-5, 2.77)

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Alec Bohm - .299
Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 66
Home Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 33
RBIs:  Kyle Schwarber - 66
Stolen Bases:  J.T. Realmuto - 13

Wins:  Zack Wheeler - 9
ERA:  Zack Wheeler - 2.77

Strikeouts:  Aaron Nola - 152
Saves:  Corey Knebel - 12

Braves 62-41
2nd Place in the N.L. East, 3 1/2 games behind the Mets

Braves Probables
Spencer Strider (5-3, 2.91)
Charlie Morton (5-5, 4.34)

Braves Leaders
Average:  Austin Riley - .301
Runs:  Dansby Swanson - 68
Home Runs:  Austin Riley - 29
RBIs:  Austin Riley - 68
Stolen Bases:  Ronald Acuna - 22

Wins:  Kyle Wright - 13
ERA:  Max Fried - 2.58

Strikeouts:  Charlie Morton - 126
Saves:  Kenley Jansen - 24

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1999 Phillies - The Missing Links

2000 MLB Showdown 1st Edition #337, 1999 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons Team Issue #21 and #6,
1999 Multi-Ad Reading Phillies #6

I'm enjoying researching these Missing Links posts almost as much as I'm enjoying researching and composing my Topps Phillies series of posts.  I plan on continuing these posts through the 2000s, but with the caveat that I may need help as I move through that decade.  My baseball card collection from the '90s is much more comprehensive than what I currently own from the '00s.

But before we get to Y2K, here's a look at those members of the 1999 Phillies team with sparse to non-existent Phillies cardboard representation.  There were 41 different players to suit up with the Phils in 1999.

1999 Phillies Team
Issue #12

3 Cards or More
31 Players

2 Cards
Steve Montgomery (53 games in 1999) - 1999 Phillies Team Issue #57 and 2000 MLB Showdown 1st Edition #337
Tom Prince (4 games in 1999 and 46 games in 2000) - 1999 Phillies Team Issue #12 and 2000 Phillies Team Issue #22

This will sound very strange to all but a few of my readers, but I was beyond thrilled when I tracked down Montgomery's Phillies card from the MLB Showdown set.  It drove me batty that this guy appeared in so many games for the Phillies in 1999, yet he didn't have a proper (regular sized) baseball card.


1 Card

Steve Schrenk (32 games in 1999 and 20 games in 2000) - 2000 Phillies Team Issue #52

Scott Aldred (29 games in 1999 and 23 games in 2000) - 2000 Phillies Team Issue #30

Jim Poole (51 games in 1999) - 1999 Phillies Team Issue #41
Paul Spoljaric (5 games in 1999) - 1999 Phillies Team Issue #50

If not for the Phillies team issued postcard set, this quartet of relievers would have no Phillies baseball cards to their names.

1999 Phillies Team Issue #50 and #41

2000 Phillies Team Issue #52 and #30

0 Cards
Domingo Cedeno (32 games in 1999)
Torey Lovullo (17 games in 1999)
Joe Grahe (13 games in 1999)
Joel Bennett (5 games in 1999)

Cedeno never had a chance for a Phillies card as he falls into that black hole category of players acquired and released by the team within the same year.  He was acquired by the Phillies in early July from the Mariners as an emergency back-up for shortstop Alex Arias, who was forced into starting duties when Desi Relaford tore ligaments in his wrist.  Upon Relaford's return in September, Cedeno was unceremoniously released after posting a .152 average in 32 games.

1994 Topps #776

Lovullo was a September call-up for the Phillies.  He played the last of his 17 games in the Majors with the Phils, after enjoying seven seasons with the Tigers, Yankees, Angels, Mariners, A's and Indians.

Like Lovullo, Grahe was a veteran who had previously played in parts of six seasons with the Angels and Rockies.  He spent the 1999 season, his last in the Majors, between the Phillies and their Triple-A affiliate in Scranton.

Bennett was briefly forced into the starting rotation in May when Spoljaric was traded away to the Blue Jays in exchange for Robert Person.

Past Missing Link Posts

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