Philadelphia Phillies at Boston Braves win 3-0 on Opening Day (April 14, 1915)

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1915, April 14, Boston Braves, Opening Day, Philadelphia Phillies

It’s opening day the year after the Miracle Braves won the World Series. So, on April 14, 1915, the Phillies beat the Braves 3-0. Dick Rudolph was the losing pitcher for the Braves. George Stallings, coming off the glow of 1914 is managing. The game is played at Fenway Park with 12,000 in attendance. The game started at 1:43.

The Braves start the season 0-1. They had lost opening day in 1914 as well.

No big deal. The Braves would finish 2nd in the National League with a 83-69 record, 7 games behind Philadelphia. The Boston Red Sox would end up beating Philadelphia in the World Series 4-1.

 

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	PA	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	PO	A
Herbie Moran RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
Johnny Evers 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	2	2·SB
Joe Connolly LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
Sherry Magee CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	4	.333	.500	.333	.833	4	0
Butch Schmidt 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	7	0
Red Smith 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	SB,SH
Rabbit Maranville SS	3	0	2	0	0	1	3	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	3
Hank Gowdy C	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2
Dick Rudolph P	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
Team Totals	30	0	6	0	2	5	33	.200	.250	.200	.450	27	10

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 1/17/2016.

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Cameron Maybin has 3 hits, Braves beat struggling Phillies 9-5 (July 4, 2015)

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2015, Atlanta Braves, July 4, Kevin Correia, Kevin Maybin, Philadelphia Phillies

Cameron Maybin

Cameron Maybin says he has “new-found energy” with the Atlanta Braves. That energy has made Maybin perhaps the Braves’ biggest surprise in the season’s first half. Maybin had three hits, including a home run, and the Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-5 on Saturday night, July 4, 2015 in their best offensive showing in six weeks.

Kevin Correia (0-3) allowed nine runs, matching his career high, and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings.

I think my stuff was just a little off. I was a little up on a couple pitches and when I did hit my spots, they still hit it hard. For whatever reason I just didn’t have that little extra I needed. ~Kevin Correia

Walter’s trade pays off (1919)

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1919, 1920, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, Dick Rudolph, Jim Thorpe, May 1, May 30, Philadelphia Phillies, Rabbit Maranville, Walter Holke

Walter Holke

The Boston Braves played the Philadelphia Phillies on May 30, 1919. It was a great game for the Braves as they shut out the Phillies 6-0. It wasn’t necessarily a slug fest with 12 hits against the Phillies 4. The runs were evenly scattered with 2 each in the 2nd, 3rd and 7th innings.

The star of the game was first baseman Walter Holke, 26 that year. He had been traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Braves for Jimmy Smith and cash. He went 2 for 4 scoring 1 run and getting 2 RBI’s against the Phillies that day. He also had 11 putouts at first base. Always a great fielder.

Holke holds the record for the most putouts by an infielder in a game, with 46 during a 26-inning game between the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers on May 1, 1920.

Rabbit Maranville played short stop and went 1-3.  He had a sacrifice hit, 1 putout and 2 assists.

Jim Thorpe would not have a great day in that he would only get one at bat. He did get a hit in his only at bat. Red Smith would replace him in left field. Perhaps he was pulled because of an error he made.

Dick “Baldy” Rudolph was the winning pitcher. He was 31 that year. He pitched a complete game. With this win, his record came to 2-6. He struck out 4 while facing 31 batters and had a 1.77 ERA for the game. Over the three-year period 1914-16, Rudolph was one of baseball’s best and most durable pitchers, hurling over 300 innings each season. Dick developed arm trouble in 1918, when he pitched just 154 innings. Though he bounced back with one more workhorse season in 1919 with a 13-18 record. He pitched in only 25 games over the next eight years, when he was more of a coach than a pitcher.

The Babe at the Baker Bowl (1935)

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1935, Babe Ruth, Baker Bowl, Boston Braves, May 30, Philadelphia Phillies

Babe Ruth – Boston Brave

What an amazing player Babe Ruth was. And it would all end in Boston as a Brave.

On May 30, 1935, at the Baker Bowl, Babe Ruth of the Boston Braves plays his final major league game, going hitless in a first inning at-bat against the Phillies. On June 2, the former Yankees superstar will announce his retirement from baseball.

Jerry Koosman ties the National League rookie record held by Irving Young (September 13, 1968)

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1877, 1904, 1968, Billy Hamilton, Boston Beaneaters, Grover Cleveland, Irving Young, Jerry Koosman, July 21, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, September 13

Irving Young

Jerry Koosman ties the National League rookie record on September 13, 1968 when he hurls his seventh shutout of the season, blanking Pittsburgh on just three singles.

The left-hander’s 2-0 victory, the Mets’ 67th win of the season – a franchise high, equals the mark shared by Irving Young (Boston Beaneaters, 1905) and Grover Cleveland Alexander (Phillies, 1911).

Irving Young played six seasons from 1905 to 1911 for the Boston Beaneaters/Doves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago White Sox.

Irving Melrose “Cy the Second”/“Young Cy” Young was born on July 21, 1877, and raised in Colum­bia Falls, Maine, 16 miles west of Machias. At age 17, Irv and his family moved to Concord, New Hampshire, so that he could find employment as a fireman on the Boston & Maine Railroad. Although working 60 hours a week on the railroad, Irv managed to find time to pitch for the YMCA and other local amateur clubs on weekends. In 1904, at the rather advanced age of 27, he turned pro, joining Concord in the New England League. There he won 18 games and caught the eye of scout Billy Hamilton. Hamilton strongly recommended him to the Boston Beaneaters (later the Braves)… who bought his contract for $500. Source: SABR Biography Project

 

Can you hit this? (1944)

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1944, April 27, Boston Braves, Home Run, Jim Tobin, June 22, Knucleball, New York Giants, No Hitter, Philadelphia Phillies

Jim Tobin

The Braves have had some great knuckleballers over the years. The story of the 1944 season was the 31 year-old knuckleball expert Jim Tobin. His nick name was Abba Dabba. He was also a pretty good hitter. But clearly he became one of the most un-hittable pitchers of his time. If you have ever faced a decent knuckleballer, you know how a great one could lock you out.

So let’s take nine days in April of 1944. Tobin on gave up 4 hits. So how many games did he win? How about 2 of 3. Here is how it worked out. It started with a 3 hitter he lost against the Giants. So, back to mound on his next start. He beat Philadelphia this time. It was a one-hitter. So, four days rest and back at it on April 27, 1944, when he beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0. So oh my goodness, the sixth no-hitter in the Braves history. It hadn’t happened since 1916. He allowed 2 walks.  Here is the kicker. In the eight inning he hit a home run. He was the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter and hit a home run. Not a bad day.

His second, semi-official no-hitter was a five-inning game on June 22, 1944, in which the Philadelphia Phillies fell 7-0 (officially, this game is no longer considered a true no-hitter, as it lasted fewer than nine innings).

Not a club to belong to (1924)

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1907, 1924, Bill Cunningham, Billy Southworth, Brooklyn Robins, Casey Stengel, Dave Bancroft, Fred Tenney, Joe Oescher, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies

Dave Bancroft – Boston Braves

Is there a club for managers who loose 100 games? Probably not and if there is, you don’t hear a lot about it.

Loosing 100 games as a manager is devastating. Doing it twice in row is inviting disaster. Somehow Fred Tenney did it as the Boston manager in 1907. Fred Mitchell, however, couldn’t do it after 1922 – 23.

So, in came Dave Bancroft in 1924. How did he do? Lost 100!! Yep, he was 53-100 finishing eight and 40 games behind. Go figure.

Dave was known for being a pretty bright guy. He came to us from the Giants. Who did he bring with him? Well, a pretty eccentric outfielder. Casey Stengel was the man. Bill Cunningham came with Casey. Out went Billy Southworth and Joe Oeschger.

Nicknamed “Beauty” for his penchant for calling good pitches “beauties”, he played from 1915 to 1930, for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins.

Dave Bancroft breaks a leg (May 4, 1919)

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1919, Dave Bancroft, May 4, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies

The Giants play their first legal Sunday game at home on May 4, 1919‚ before 35‚000 fans‚ losing to the Phils 4-3.

More than 25‚000 turn out in Brooklyn the same day. By early June‚ the Giants will outdraw their 1918 attendance.

The Phillies’ Dave Bancroft (a Brave during the 1924-27 seasons)‚ 28‚ is carried off the field after breaking his right ankle while sliding into a base. He will be out of action until July 1‚ and next year he’ll be traded to the Giants‚ with whom he will have his best seasons en route to the Hall of Fame.

Dave Bancroft scores a go ahead run in the 13th (1920)

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Casey Stengel, Dave Bancroft, Philadelphia Phillies, Zack Wheat

In Brooklyn‚ the Phillies win in 13 innings on May 2, 1920‚ 4-3. Zack Wheat’s homer in the 9th ties the match‚ and Dave Bancroft (a Brave from 1924-27) scores the go ahead run in the 13th.

Casey Stengel’s sensational catch of Mitchell’s long fly prevents another tie.

Crazy Stats From Braves-Phillies Game 18-13 (May 2, 2012)

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1985, 2012, Alfonso Soriano, Andy Sheets, Atlanta Braves, Brian McCann, Chipper Jones, Evan Logoria, Jason Giambi, July 3, May 2, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay, Walk Off Homer

The May 2, 2012 Atlanta  Braves / Philadelphia Phillie game was crazy.  We won in extra innings. Here are some of the stats.

• It was the highest-scoring extra-inning game in the Major Leagues since 2006.
• It was the highest-scoring extra-inning game in the National League since July 4, 1985, when the Mets outlasted the Braves, 16-13, in 19 innings.
• The only other major-league team in the past 30 years that won a game after rallying from a deficit of at least six runs and overcoming a separate disadvantage of four or more runs was the 1997 Mariners, in a 12-11 victory against the Rockies.
• The last team to lose an 11+ inning game while scoring 13+ was the 116-win 2001 Mariners.
• The last team to win in 11+ innings while scoring 13+ was managed by… Charlie Manuel, tonight’s losing manager.
• This was the Braves’ 4th win since 1918 when allowing 13+ runs, and the 2nd in the last 60 years.
• This was the first game in MLB history to end 15-13 in 11 or more innings (since 1918, anyway).
• Roy Halladay gave up eight runs, the most he had allowed since surrendering nine on May 5, 2007 against the Rangers.
• This is the first time in Halladay’s career that he’s given up more than 6 runs to an NL team.
• Halladay was working with a 6-0 lead when he gave up six runs in the fifth inning and then two more in the sixth. He was 107-0 in his career in starts in which he was given a four-run lead. The Phillies, though, let him off the hook by rallying in the seventh.
• The Braves had 3 bases-loaded hits all year coming into last night. They had 3 bases-loaded hits in the 5th inning of last night’s game… off Roy Halladay.
• Brian McCann hit just the fourth grand slam ever given up by Halladay (Evan Longoria hit the last in 2008).
• The “I Hit A Slam Off Roy Halladay Club”: Evan Longoria, Alfonso Soriano, Andy Sheets, and now Brian McCann.
• That was the first homer allowed by Halladay in six starts this season.
• Chipper Jones and Jason Giambi each hit game-ending home runs on Wednesday. It was the first day in major-league history on which two players age 40 or older hit walk-off homers.
• Never before had two men, each with at least 400 career home runs to their credit, hit walk-off round-trippers on the same day.
• Jones’s walkoff was his first since May 17, 2006 against the Marlins. It was the eighth of his career.

Chipper hits the walk off!

Dave Bancroft argues with his manager (May 20, 1920)

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1920, 1924, Chicago Cubs, Dave Bancroft, May 22, Philadelphia Phillies

English: 1921 Exhibits Baseball Card of Dave Bancroft of the New York Giants (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

When Dave Bancroft was at Philadelphia‚ on May 22, 1920, the Cubs outslug the Phils‚ 15-8. Renie Martin pitches the entire game for the Cubs‚ with both teams collecting 16 hits.

Phils manager Gavvy Cravath lifts shortstop Dave Bancroft because of poor playing and the ensuing argument between the two almost comes to blows. Cy Williams has three hits‚ including a double a triple‚ and 4 runs scored.

He would come to the Braves in 1924. We could only hope he wouldn’t repeat this type of play.

Joe Adcock and Al Sprangler help Phillie lose 20 in a row (August 17, 1961)

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1961, Al Sprangler, Art Mahaffey, August 17, Joe Adcock, Milwaukee Braves, Milwaukee County Stadium, Philadelphia Phillies

Joe Adcock – Milwaukee Braves

This is not the kind of record you want. On August 17, 1961, Philadelphia lost 20 in a row, a Major League record. It took 11 innings at County Stadium but they lost to the Milwaukee Braves 7-6. Al Sprangler singled home the winner.

This had to be discouraging since they had a 6-4 lead in the 8th when Joe Adcock slams a 2-run homer off Art Mahaffey to tie.

Dale Murphy traded to the Phillies (August 4, 1990)

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1990, August 4, Dale Murphy, David Justice, Jeff Parrett, Jim Vatcher, Philadelphia Phillies, Victor Rosario

Dale Murphy – Atlanta Braves

August 4, 1990 was a sad day. The Atlanta Braves trade Dale Murphy to the Phillies for Jeff Parrett, Jim Vatcher and Victor Rosario.

The move did make way for the youngster David Justice to return to right field and win the Rookie-of-the-Year Award.

Playing baseball in a football stadium (2011)

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2011, Atlanta Braves, Chipper Jones, Craig Kimbrel, Emillio Bonifacio, Florida Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay, St. Louis Cardinals

Chipper Jones in the Dugout

Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves were looking forward to playing in the Florida Marlins’ new ballpark in 2012, especially after this difficult loss on September 18, 2011.

Jones lost Emilio Bonifacio’s two-out chopper in the lights before Omar a game-ending homer off rookie closer Craig Kimbrel, giving the Marlins a 6-5 victory.

“You play baseball in a football stadium, I guess that happens from time to time, but it’s just extremely bad timing,” Jones said. “It’s a pretty helpless feeling when the game should be over and I had no clue where the ball was when it bounced.”

Atlanta had dropped three of four, and its NL wild-card lead was down to 2½ games over surging St. Louis, which beat Roy Halladay and the Phillies 4-3 in Philadelphia on the same day. The Braves had eight games remaining, compared to nine for the Cardinals.

Entering the final month of the regular season with a record of 80–55 and an 8 ¹⁄₂-game lead in the Wild Card standings, the Braves went 9–18 in September to finish the season with a record of 89–73. This September collapse caused the team to fall one game behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the Wild Card race after the final scheduled game of the season, which consequently eliminated them from postseason contention.