Join our linker program. Here I was, ready for the start of the 1972 baseball season and what happened? 21-year old left fielder Greg Luzinski, “The Bull”, would blast 18 home runs to lead the club. Is he the greatest third baseman in baseball history? Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Aug 20, PHI (43-71) lost to HOU, 1-3, 115. Pete was a key player for the Phillies. The last game. By the time the 1972 season had rolled around, I was seriously into sports and couldn’t wait for baseball to begin. It was on April 10th, 1971, that first game ever played at Veterans Stadium.

From Quiz: The 1980 Phillies (click to play it). and Carlton went on to win four Cy Young Awards with the Phillies, and Wise continued a solid career. Data Provided By Aug 15, PHI (41-68) lost to CIN, 0-3, 110. Or write about sports?

The Phillies lost six games off the schedule to the strike, with some teams losing as many as nine games. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. The biggest story of that 1972 season wasn’t how bad the Phils were, and at an NL worst 59-97, they were very bad. As I was pulling in the long driveway, a car was going the other way. Do you have a blog? The Pope wanted to find out first-hand which players could be part of the future. I believe he hated losing more than he loved winning. The Phillies held their promotional Old-Timers Game on August 19, 1972. That first strike would not last as long as the 1981 strike a decade later that would cause a first-ever MLB split regular season, or as devastating as the 1994 strike that wiped out the 2nd half of the season and the World Series, but it was my first taste of a strike in pro sports. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Danny Ozark took over in 1973 and he led the Phillies until 1979, when he was replaced by Dallas Green. Absolutely. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

To make his performance even more incredible by today’s standards, most of Carlton’s outings came on three days rest. Frank Lucchesi (26-50) I couldn’t believe it. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos.

I only saw one game at Veteran’s Stadium that year. The anticipation grew as Carlton approached the Major League record of 19 consecutive wins, but it wasn’t meant to be.

In 346.1 innings pitched the big left-hander went 27-10, struck out 310 batters, and finished with a miniscule 1.97 ERA. Find out more.

For the stadium opener the year before, catcher Mike Ryan caught a ball dropped from a helicopter. He gamely tried to toss the ball to the field, but it didn’t make it. We present them here for purely educational purposes.

Sep 1, PHI (45-80) lost to ATL, 5-11, 126. I wasn’t hooked on baseball yet, but I do clearly remember 3rd baseman Don Money hitting the first home run at the Vet, and Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning as the starting and winning pitcher in that historic first game on home Astroturf. In a true heavyweight bout between future Hall of Famers, Carlton and the Phils came away with the ‘W’, the first of only 59 wins that the club would enjoy during that season. No pitcher in the twentieth century has won as high a proportion of his team's victories (45.8%).

Carlton also led the N.L. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020.



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