And although Johnny Callison was emerging as a midseason favorite to win the NL Most Valuable Player award, it was rookie Dick Allen-on his way to setting a NL rookie record for most total bases-who had the most potent bat in the Phillies lineup. Jim Bunning, feeling unappreciated in Detroit, was traded to Philadelphia and showed the Tigers how much value they lost by producing the first of three straight years winning 19 games. Two major additions sprung the Phillies into first place in 1964. They further improved in 1963, finishing fourth. But the seeds were sown and flowered quickly a year later when the Phillies jumped to a game above. Mauch cleaned house, starting a youth movement that resulted, in his first full year piloting in 1961, with a horrendous 47-107 finish that included a major league-record 23-game losing skid. Succeeding him was 34-year-old Gene Mauch, a utility player who bounced in and out of the majors before bringing a fiery personality to his new calling as manager. “I’m 49,” Sawyer said after resigning a single game into the 1960 season, “and I’d like to see 50.” What he saw the second time ultimately led him to flee. Just ask Eddie Sawyer, the skipper of the 1950 team who was fired in 1952, then brought back in 1958. What was expected to be a celebration to the end of a three-year journey from the extreme depths of the NL basement to the World Series would, instead, become one of baseball’s most shocking plunges from assured triumph.Īfter last winning the NL pennant in 1950, the Phillies gradually deteriorated through the next decade, their off-field antics affecting their on-field play. The Phillies had their next seven games at home, were given permission to print World Series tickets, and team ace Jim Bunning was photographed for a Sports Illustrated cover previewing a World Series certain to include the Phillies. ![]() The trailing two teams were mathematically still in it, a nice way of saying their chances were all but nil. Their magic number was six, a number representing the combination of Phillies wins and losses by either the Cardinals or Reds needed to clinch first place. With 12 games left to their regular season, the Phillies held a 6.5-game lead over both the St. ![]() ![]() It's Cleveland's 27th win in its last at-bat, tying a franchise record set by the 1995 team, which won the American League pennant to reach the World Series.On September 20, 1964, a betting man would have gladly put his house on the Philadelphia Phillies winning the National League pennant. ![]() Kwan scored on Jose Ramirez's sacrifice fly, and a throwing error by Chicago catcher Seby Zavala allowed Amed Rosario to score with an insurance run. Straw got his game-winning hit off Jake Diekman (5-4), and Steven Kwan followed with his fourth hit - an RBI single - to score Straw. The Guardians lead the White Sox by five games and lowered their magic number to clinch the division to 10. The victory assured Cleveland, which improved to 10-7 against Chicago, of winning the season series and a tiebreaker in the event the teams finish the season tied for first place. The Guardians won for the 12th time in 16 extra-inning games this season and expanded their lead to five games over the White Sox with 14 games remaining. CHICAGO (AP) - Myles Straw had a tiebreaking two-run double in Cleveland's five-run 11th inning, and the Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 10-7 Tuesday night to move closer to the American League Central title.
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