1989 Philadelphia Phillies season

MLB yearly infobox alt‎
name = Philadelphia Phillies
season = 1989
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1883
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Veterans Stadium
y4 = 1971
city = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
y5 = 1883
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)|

The 1989 season was the Phillies 107th season. The Phillies finished in 6th place in the National League East for the second consecutive season. It would also be Mike Schmidt's final season.

Offseason

*December 7, 1988: Kent Tekulve was released by the Philadelphia Phillies. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tekulke01.shtml Kent Tekulve page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 8, 1988: Phil Bradley was traded by the Phillies to the Baltimore Orioles for Gordon Dillard and Ken Howell. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dillago01.shtml Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 16, 1988: Milt Thompson was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Lake and Curt Ford. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lakest01.shtml Steve Lake page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Injuries to Mike Schmidt's knees and back caused him to miss much of the Baseball Year|1988 season. After a poor start to the Baseball Year|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. Despite his poor start and subsequent retirement, or because of it, fans again voted Schmidt to the NL All-Star team.

Other batters

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Relief pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1989.shtml 1989 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference]