Phillies pitcher Chris Short was born on this date September 19th in 1937 in Milford, Delaware. On October 2, 1965 Short struck out 18 Mets and pitched 15 shut out innings but got a no-decision as the game ended in a tie.
Chris Short went 20-10 for the Phils in 1966. He is the last homegrown Phillies pitcher to win 20 games in a season for the Phillies, a span of 52 years!
Short, who passed away in 1991 would have been 81 years old today.
Chris Short – Phillies/P (1959-72) Chris Short was a dominant pitcher for the Phillies in the mid-to-late 1960s. The two-time NL All Star had 83 wins over a five-year period including 20 wins in 1966. Short is 4th all-time on the Phillies leaders list in wins (135), shutouts (24), innings pitched (2,253), and strikeouts (1,585). Short was part of the 1964 Phillies team that blew a 6 1/2 game lead with 12 games to go. Though Short and Hall of Famer Jim Bunning started 8 of the last 12 games, the two stars couldn’t overcome poor hitting and awful fielding. Short, a native of Milford, DE, entered the Phillies Wall of Fame in 1992.
