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1955 Philadelphia Phillies (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956)
77-77, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 675 runs, Allowed 666 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76
Managed by Mayo Smith

Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 922,886 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats / Schedule (1954/1956) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   77-77 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   21.5
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           7 (last on September 2)
Most Games under .500:          12 (last on July 7)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       22.5 (last on September 20)

Longest Winning Streak:         11 (July 15 to July 22)
Longest Losing Streak:          13 (April 30 to May 15)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (June 26)
Most Runs Scored:               13 (April 29 and August 31)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:         11

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        77  77     675     666    .500

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           46  31     371     309    .597
Road           31  46     304     357    .403

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           9   7      68      66    .563
May            10  19     132     136    .345
June           13  14     110     131    .481
July           21  14     148     138    .600
August         17  10     145      98    .630
September       7  13      72      97    .350

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     37  47     357     385    .440
Second Half    40  30     318     281    .571
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        18  26     169     177    .409

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        16  20     184     205    .444

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             6  16      80     134    .273
CHC            12  10     105      87    .545
CIN            11  11     102     106    .500
MLN             8  14      78      89    .364
NYG            12  10      87      77    .545
PIT            15   7     111      68    .682
STL            13   9     112     105    .591

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Wed, Apr 13     PHI  NYG  W   4-2        1-0     2     0.5  2:38 R Roberts                  13,219 +
  2 Thu, Apr 14     PHI @PIT  W   4-3        2-0     2     0.5  2:31 H Wehmeier                 23,570 ++
  3 Sat, Apr 16     PHI @NYG  L   3-8        2-1     3     1.5  2:55 J Hearn                    11,163 -
  4 Sun, Apr 17     PHI @NYG  W   4-2        3-1     2     1.5  3:09 R Roberts                       0 +
  5                 PHI @NYG  W   4-2        4-1     2     1.5  2:20 M Dickson                  16,166 ++
  6 Mon, Apr 18     PHI  BRO  L   2-5        4-2     2     2.5  3:00 C Erskine                  30,896 -
  7 Tue, Apr 19     PHI  BRO  L   6-7        4-3     3     3.5  2:54 D Newcombe                 19,930 --
  8 Wed, Apr 20     PHI @BRO  L   2-3        4-4     4     4.5  2:39 B Loes                      9,942 ---
  9 Thu, Apr 21     PHI @BRO  L   4-14       4-5     4     5.5  2:25 J Black                     3,814 ----
 10 Fri, Apr 22     PHI  PIT  W   5-4        5-5     4     4.5  2:20 B Miller                    5,821 +
 11 Sat, Apr 23     PHI  PIT  W   8-0        6-5     4     4.5  2:15 M Dickson                   4,132 ++
 12 Sun, Apr 24     PHI  PIT  L   1-6        6-6     5     4.0  2:52 M Surkont                       0 -
 13                 PHI  PIT  W   3-0        7-6     5     4.0  2:04 J Meyer                     8,224 +
 14 Thu, Apr 28     PHI  MLN  W   3-2        8-6     3     4.5  2:39 R Roberts                  12,963 ++
 15 Fri, Apr 29     PHI  MLN  W  13-4        9-6     2     4.0  2:43 H Wehmeier                 12,146 +++
 16 Sat, Apr 30     PHI  MLN  L   2-4        9-7     3     5.0  2:40 C Nichols                   7,739 -
 17 Sun, May  1     PHI  CHC  L   7-8        9-8     5     6.5  3:09 H Jeffcoat                      0 --
 18                 PHI  CHC  L   2-4        9-9     5     6.5  2:26 H Jeffcoat                 13,917 ---
 19 Mon, May  2     PHI  CHC  L   1-2        9-10    5     7.5  2:10 W Hacker                    7,964 ----
 20 Tue, May  3     PHI  CIN  L   5-7        9-11    5     8.0  3:17 B Podbielan                 6,029 -----
 21 Wed, May  4     PHI  CIN  L   3-7        9-12    6     9.0  2:51 J Staley                    5,531 ------
 22 Fri, May  6     PHI  BRO  L   4-6        9-13    7    10.5  4:00 D Newcombe                 22,420 -------
 23 Sat, May  7     PHI  BRO  L   3-6        9-14    7    11.5  2:45 C Erskine                  27,922 --------
 24 Sun, May  8     PHI  BRO  L   8-9        9-15    8    12.5  3:10 J Podres                   13,738 ---------

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 10     PHI @STL  L   3-5        9-16    8    13.5  2:48 L Arroyo                    4,693 ----------
 26 Wed, May 11     PHI @STL  L   5-6        9-17    8    13.5  2:48 H Moford                    4,726 -----------
 27 Sat, May 14     PHI @MLN  L   4-5        9-18    8    14.5  2:37 E Johnson                  24,862 ------------
 28 Sun, May 15     PHI @MLN  L   5-6        9-19    8    14.5  3:08 D Jolly                         0 -------------
 29                 PHI @MLN  W   9-1       10-19    8    14.5  3:01 R Roberts                  42,351 +
 30 Wed, May 18     PHI @CHC  L   2-3       10-20    8    14.5  2:39 S Jones                           -
 31                 PHI @CHC  L   5-7       10-21    8    14.5  2:44 H Jeffcoat                 28,718 --
 32 Fri, May 20     PHI @BRO  W   5-3       11-21    7    13.5  2:20 R Roberts                  21,355 +
 33 Sat, May 21     PHI @BRO  L   4-6       11-22    7    14.5  2:52 D Newcombe                 13,401 -
 34 Sun, May 22     PHI @BRO  L   3-8       11-23    7    15.5  2:46 C Erskine                  15,459 --
 35 Tue, May 24     PHI  NYG  W   6-2       12-23    7    14.5  2:37 C Simmons                  15,008 +
 36 Wed, May 25     PHI  NYG  W   8-3       13-23    7    13.5  2:17 R Roberts                       0 ++
 37                 PHI  NYG  W   5-2       14-23    7    13.5  2:55 M Dickson                  27,420 +++
 38 Thu, May 26     PHI  NYG  W   3-2       15-23    7    13.5  3:08 B Miller                   11,743 ++++
 39 Fri, May 27     PHI @PIT  W   5-2       16-23    7    12.5  2:33 H Wehmeier                  6,956 +++++
 40 Sat, May 28     PHI @PIT  W   8-4       17-23    7    12.5  3:32 B Miller                    3,082 ++++++
 41 Sun, May 29     PHI @PIT  W   5-2       18-23    7    13.0  2:18 R Roberts                       0 +++++++
 42                 PHI @PIT  L   5-11      18-24    7    13.0  2:12 M Surkont                   5,918 -
 43 Mon, May 30     PHI @NYG  L   5-6       18-25    7    14.0  2:16 M Grissom                       0 --
 44                 PHI @NYG  W   3-1       19-25    7    14.0  2:35 B Kuzava                   20,044 +
 45 Tue, May 31     PHI @NYG  L   1-2       19-26    7    14.0  2:32 S Maglie                    6,746 -
 46 Wed, Jun  1     PHI  CHC  W   3-1       20-26    7    14.0  2:00 R Roberts                   1,997 +
 47 Thu, Jun  2     PHI  CHC  W   8-4       21-26    6    14.0  2:45 C Simmons                   6,084 ++
 48 Fri, Jun  3     PHI  MLN  L   3-4       21-27    6    15.0  2:46 L Burdette                 16,362 -
 49 Sat, Jun  4     PHI  MLN  L   3-11      21-28    7    16.0  2:52 W Spahn                     6,465 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun  5     PHI  MLN  L   4-5       21-29    7    16.0  2:41 E Johnson                         ---
 51                 PHI  MLN  W   4-2       22-29    7    16.0  2:39 H Wehmeier                 23,431 +
 52 Mon, Jun  6     PHI  MLN  L   2-5       22-30    7    17.0  2:20 B Buhl                     11,815 -
 53 Tue, Jun  7     PHI  STL  L   4-5       22-31    7    18.0  3:10 H Haddix                    9,782 --
 54 Thu, Jun  9     PHI  STL  W   2-0       23-31    7    18.0  1:43 R Roberts                   5,668 +
 55 Sun, Jun 12     PHI  CIN  W  12-8       24-31    5    18.5  3:02 C Simmons                  13,087 ++
 56 Tue, Jun 14     PHI @MLN  L   2-4       24-32    5    19.5  2:21 L Burdette                 29,252 -
 57 Wed, Jun 15     PHI @MLN  W   4-0       25-32    5    18.5  2:24 H Wehmeier                 27,759 +
 58 Thu, Jun 16     PHI @MLN  W   3-0       26-32    5    17.5  1:58 M Dickson                  17,978 ++
 59 Fri, Jun 17     PHI @CHC  W   3-2       27-32    5    17.5  2:25 C Simmons                   6,575 +++
 60 Sat, Jun 18     PHI @CHC  L   0-4       27-33    5    17.5  2:04 S Jones                    16,543 -
 61 Sun, Jun 19     PHI @CHC  W   1-0       28-33    5    18.0  3:54 J Meyer                         0 +
 62                 PHI @CHC  L   7-8       28-34    5    18.0  2:00 H Pollet                   34,529 -
 63 Mon, Jun 20     PHI @STL  L   1-4       28-35    6    18.5  2:32 L Arroyo                    7,284 --
 64 Tue, Jun 21     PHI @STL  W  10-8       29-35    6    18.5  3:11 M Dickson                   7,717 +
 65 Wed, Jun 22     PHI @STL  W   9-6       30-35    5    18.5  2:44 R Roberts                   7,445 ++
 66 Thu, Jun 23     PHI @STL  L   1-7       30-36    6    19.5  2:25 F Wooldridge                6,430 -
 67 Fri, Jun 24     PHI @CIN  W   8-6       31-36    6    19.0  2:56 R Negray                        0 +
 68                 PHI @CIN  L   0-6       31-37    6    19.0  2:01 J Nuxhall                  18,326 -
 69 Sun, Jun 26     PHI @CIN  L   5-16      31-38    7    20.0  2:39 J Collum                   16,897 --
 70                 PHI @CIN  L   0-5       31-39    7    20.0  2:08 A Fowler                   16,897 ---
 71 Tue, Jun 28     PHI  PIT  L   5-7       31-40    7    21.0  3:10 B Friend                    8,635 ----
 72 Wed, Jun 29     PHI  PIT  W   6-3       32-40    7    20.0  2:02 R Negray                    4,919 +
 73 Fri, Jul  1     PHI  NYG  W   9-3       33-40    6    19.5  2:49 R Roberts                  14,135 ++
 74 Sat, Jul  2     PHI  NYG  L   1-6       33-41    6    19.5  2:24 S Maglie                    6,542 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  3     PHI  NYG  L   3-4       33-42    7    20.0  2:42 R Gomez                     8,259 --
 76 Mon, Jul  4     PHI  BRO  L   2-11      33-43    7    22.0  2:51 D Newcombe                      0 ---
 77                 PHI  BRO  L   3-6       33-44    7    22.0  2:18 C Labine                   33,707 ----
 78 Tue, Jul  5     PHI  BRO  W   5-4       34-44    7    21.0  3:00 R Roberts                  21,041 +
 79 Wed, Jul  6     PHI @NYG  L   2-4       34-45    7    21.5  2:04 R Monzant                   8,845 -
 80 Thu, Jul  7     PHI @NYG  L   5-8       34-46    7    22.5  2:46 W McCall                    5,130 --
 81 Fri, Jul  8     PHI @PIT  W   5-1       35-46    7    22.5  2:45 H Wehmeier                  7,304 +
 82 Sat, Jul  9     PHI @PIT  W   7-1       36-46    7    21.5  2:03 R Roberts                   2,637 ++
 83 Sun, Jul 10     PHI @PIT  W   4-1       37-46    7    21.0  2:00 C Simmons                         +++
 84                 PHI @PIT  L   1-3       37-47    7    21.0  2:02 V Law                       6,454 -
 85 Thu, Jul 14     PHI  MLN  L   1-7       37-48    7    21.0  2:28 B Buhl                     16,728 --
 86 Fri, Jul 15     PHI  MLN  W   1-0       38-48    7    21.0  2:19 M Dickson                  11,794 +
 87 Sat, Jul 16     PHI  CHC  W   5-4       39-48    7    21.0  2:19 R Roberts                   5,241 ++
 88 Sun, Jul 17     PHI  CHC  W  12-11      40-48    6    21.0  3:44 J Meyer                         0 +++
 89                 PHI  CHC  W   8-6       41-48    6    21.0  2:47 R Negray                    8,518 ++++
 90 Mon, Jul 18     PHI  CHC  W   2-1       42-48    6    20.0  1:59 H Wehmeier                  8,192 +++++
 91 Tue, Jul 19     PHI  CIN  W   7-3       43-48    6    19.0  2:26 R Roberts                       0 ++++++
 92                 PHI  CIN  W   6-2       44-48    6    19.0  2:08 M Dickson                  16,960 +++++++
 93 Wed, Jul 20     PHI  CIN  W   6-0       45-48    5    18.0  2:08 S Rogovin                         ++++++++
 94                 PHI  CIN  W   4-2       46-48    5    18.0  2:20 C Simmons                  15,607 +++++++++
 95 Thu, Jul 21     PHI  CIN  W   5-3       47-48    4    18.0  2:48 J Meyer                     8,036 ++++++++++
 96 Fri, Jul 22     PHI  STL  W   6-3       48-48    4    18.5  2:31 M Dickson                         +++++++++++
 97                 PHI  STL  L   1-8       48-49    4    18.5  2:53 H Haddix                   27,611 -
 98 Sat, Jul 23     PHI  STL  W   7-2       49-49    4    17.5  2:16 R Roberts                   5,596 +
 99 Sun, Jul 24     PHI  STL  W   6-5       50-49    4    16.5  2:28 C Simmons                  13,524 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100                 PHI  STL  W   3-0       51-49    4    16.5  1:35 S Rogovin                  13,524 +++
101 Tue, Jul 26     PHI @MLN  L   3-6       51-50    4    17.5  2:15 W Spahn                    29,534 -
102 Wed, Jul 27     PHI @MLN  L   1-2       51-51    4    17.5  2:06 L Burdette                 25,936 --
103 Thu, Jul 28     PHI @MLN  L   2-4       51-52    4    18.5  2:59 B Buhl                     22,335 ---
104 Fri, Jul 29     PHI @CHC  W   6-4       52-52    4    18.5  2:48 J Meyer                     4,271 +
105 Sat, Jul 30     PHI @CHC  W   3-0       53-52    4    18.5  2:26 B Miller                    8,405 ++
106 Sun, Jul 31     PHI @CHC  L   1-7       53-53    4    20.0  1:59 W Hacker                   14,469 -
107                 PHI @CHC  L   5-6       53-54    4    20.0  2:43 H Jeffcoat                 14,469 --
108 Mon, Aug  1     PHI @CIN  L   3-4       53-55    4    21.0  2:29 A Fowler                    3,481 ---
109 Tue, Aug  2     PHI @CIN  L   0-2       53-56    4    21.5  2:23 J Klippstein                      ----
110                 PHI @CIN  L   0-4       53-57    4    21.5  2:09 J Nuxhall                  10,611 -----
111 Wed, Aug  3     PHI @CIN  W   8-4       54-57    4    21.5  2:35 R Roberts                   7,718 +
112 Thu, Aug  4     PHI @CIN  L   3-4       54-58    4    22.5  2:19 R Minarcin                  2,793 -
113 Fri, Aug  5     PHI @STL  W   7-4       55-58    4    21.5  2:49 B Miller                    8,455 +
114 Sat, Aug  6     PHI @STL  W   5-3       56-58    4    21.0  2:34 M Dickson                   9,414 ++
115 Sun, Aug  7     PHI @STL  W   9-6       57-58    4    20.0  2:49 R Roberts                   7,917 +++
116 Tue, Aug  9     PHI  PIT  W   9-1       58-58    4    19.5  2:24 H Wehmeier                  9,347 ++++
117 Wed, Aug 10     PHI  PIT  L   2-3       58-59    4    20.5  2:45 B Friend                    3,922 -
118 Sun, Aug 14     PHI @BRO  W   3-2       59-59    4    20.5  2:28 R Roberts                       0 +
119                 PHI @BRO  L   4-5       59-60    4    20.5  3:32 K Spooner                  21,344 -
120 Tue, Aug 16     PHI @PIT  W  12-3       60-60    4    19.5  2:46 H Wehmeier                  6,290 +
121 Wed, Aug 17     PHI @PIT  L   4-6       60-61    4    19.5  2:18 R Face                      3,721 -
122 Fri, Aug 19     PHI  BRO  W   3-2       61-61    4    19.0  2:58 R Roberts                  35,444 +
123 Sat, Aug 20     PHI  BRO  W   3-2       62-61    4    18.0  2:58 B Miller                   35,444 ++
124 Sun, Aug 21     PHI  BRO  W   6-4       63-61    4    17.0  2:36 H Wehmeier                 17,492 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Tue, Aug 23     PHI  MLN  W   4-3       64-61    4    17.0  2:33 J Meyer                    23,991 ++++
126 Thu, Aug 25     PHI  STL  W  11-9       65-61    4    15.5  2:40 R Roberts                         +++++
127                 PHI  STL  W   8-3       66-61    4    15.5  2:23 S Rogovin                  38,545 ++++++
128 Fri, Aug 26     PHI  STL  L   1-4       66-62    4    15.5  2:29 W Schmidt                  11,387 -
129 Sat, Aug 27     PHI  STL  W   8-2       67-62    3    15.5  2:37 M Dickson                   6,822 +
130 Sun, Aug 28     PHI  CIN  W   7-6       68-62    3    15.0  2:32 B Miller                          ++
131                 PHI  CIN  W   8-3       69-62    3    15.0  2:33 R Negray                   19,067 +++
132 Mon, Aug 29     PHI  CIN  L   3-4       69-63    3    16.0  2:08 H Freeman                  17,134 -
133 Tue, Aug 30     PHI  CHC  L   1-3       69-64    3    17.0  2:40 S Jones                     9,790 --
134 Wed, Aug 31     PHI  CHC  W  13-2       70-64    3    16.0  2:32 M Dickson                   8,018 +
135 Fri, Sep  2     PHI  NYG  W   5-3       71-64    3    16.5  2:40 R Roberts                  19,997 ++
136 Sat, Sep  3     PHI  NYG  L   2-3       71-65    3    17.5  2:41 R Monzant                  23,179 -
137 Sun, Sep  4     PHI  NYG  L   4-7       71-66    3    18.5  2:49 H Wilhelm                  16,197 --
138 Mon, Sep  5     PHI @BRO  L   4-11      71-67    4    20.5  2:32 D Newcombe                      0 ---
139                 PHI @BRO  L   2-8       71-68    4    20.5  1:56 C Erskine                  33,451 ----
140 Wed, Sep  7     PHI @CIN  L   3-6       71-69    4    21.5  2:27 J Klippstein                6,888 -----
141 Thu, Sep  8     PHI @CIN  W   6-4       72-69    4    21.5  2:34 B Miller                    1,531 +
142 Fri, Sep  9     PHI @STL  L   2-11      72-70    4    22.0  2:21 W Schmidt                   5,932 -
143 Sat, Sep 10     PHI @STL  L   3-4       72-71    4    22.5  1:07 T Poholsky                  4,471 --
144 Sun, Sep 11     PHI @MLN  L   4-5       72-72    4    22.5  2:30 E Johnson                       0 ---
145                 PHI @MLN  L   1-9       72-73    4    22.5  2:47 H Robinson                 26,426 ----
146 Tue, Sep 13     PHI @CHC  W  10-0       73-73    4    21.5  2:30 M Dickson                   1,785 +
147 Fri, Sep 16     PHI  PIT  W   8-1       74-73    4    20.5  2:49 R Roberts                  10,023 ++
148 Sun, Sep 18     PHI  PIT  L   2-5       74-74    4    20.5  2:12 B Friend                          -
149                 PHI  PIT  W   2-1       75-74    4    20.5  2:12 S Rogovin                  12,683 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 20     PHI @BRO  L   3-6       75-75    4    22.5  2:18 C Labine                          -
151                 PHI @BRO  L   1-6       75-76    4    22.5  2:58 R Craig                     8,763 --
152 Fri, Sep 23     PHI @NYG  W   5-1       76-76    4    22.0  2:01 S Rogovin                   1,154 +
153 Sun, Sep 25     PHI @NYG  L   2-5       76-77    4    21.5  1:55 P Burnside                      0 -
154                 PHI @NYG  W   3-1       77-77    4    21.5  2:04 C Simmons                   6,848 +

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