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1989 Philadelphia Phillies
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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1989 Philadelphia Phillies season

Last updated March 05, 2026

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.

Offseason

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]

Regular season

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]

Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Notable transactions

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]

Game log

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]

Roster

1989 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers