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| 1920 | Phillies player-manager Gavvy Cravath calls upon himself to pinch-hit against the Giants. The Philadelphia slugger responds with a three-run homer, the last round-tripper of his career, to beat New York, 3-0. |
| 1948 | In the first big-league game he ever attends, Richie Ashburn makes his major league debut, going 1-for-5 in the Phillies' Opening Day victory over Boston at Shibe Park. The 21-year-old rookie left fielder replaces holdout Harry Walker, last year's National League batting champ, batting leadoff in the Phillies' lineup. |
| 1967 | Tom Seaver, a right-hander the Mets obtained in a lottery drawing that included the Braves, Phillies, and Indians, gets his first major-league win when the team beat the Cubs, 6-1. The 22-year-old rookie, who will become known as the 'Franchise,' goes 7.2 innings, giving up eight hits and one run in the Shea Stadium contest. |
| 2006 | As the Nationals beat the Phillies, 10-4, Frank Robinson becomes the 53rd manager to win 1000 big-league games. The first black skipper, who has also been the dugout leader for the Indians, Giants, Orioles, and Expos, has compiled a 1,000-1,095 record in 16 seasons. |
| 2007 | Alex Rodriguez becomes the second player to hit twelve home runs in the first fifteen games at the start of the season when he goes deep twice in the Yankees' 7-6 loss to Boston at Fenway Park. Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt also accomplished the feat, hitting a dozen for the Phillies in 1976. |
| 2007 |
In honor of their hard-playing center fielder, the first 10,000 adult fans attending the Great American Ball Park game receive a Ryan Freel Dirty T-shirt giveaway from the Reds. The Cincinnati leadoff hitter, known to finish games wearing a filthy uniform, doesn't disappoint when he raises lots of dust by getting on base twice, including a key single in the tenth inning of the Reds' 2-1 victory over the Phillies.
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