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Known as Style because of his meager wardrobe as a rookie, 6'4" Chris Short was slow to develop, but emerged in the mid-1960s as a mainstay of the Phillies' pitching staff. He won 17 or more games four times between 1964 and 1968; in 1966 he became the first Phillies southpaw to win 20 since Eppa Rixey won 22 in 1916. Facing the Mets on October 2, 1965, he tied what was then the post-1901 NL record for most strikeouts in a game, fanning 18 in 15 innings; the game was called after 18 frames without a run being scored. Back trouble curtailed Short's career. (AL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 29, 1961: With three round-trippers at Philadelphia—one a 10th-inning shot to win 8–7—Willie Mays becomes the 4th ML player with three or more home runs twice in one season. Manager Gene Mauch's efforts to conceal his starting pitcher and force Al Dark's hand has a Phillie lineup including hurlers Don Ferrarese (batting leadoff, playing CF), Jim Owens (3rd, RF), Chris Short (7th, C), and Ken Lehman (9th, P) against San Francisco. When Dark sends a lefty to the mound, Mauch replaces Ferrarese. Dark then replaces Billy O'Dell with Sam Jones. Mauch replaces Lehman with Dallas Green after two batters. All the maneuvering takes three hours and 20 minutes. The Giants then take the nitecap, 4–1, as Mays triples and doubles home two runs and completes a DP with a throw home. » August 15, 1962: Pinch-hit home runs by the Mets Choo Choo Coleman (6th inning) and Jim Hickman (8th) tie the major-league record for pinch home runs by one club in one game, but the Mets still lose to the Phils, 8–7, in 13 innings. Winning pitcher Chris Short singles and scores the winning run. The Phils cop the opener, 9–3 behind a Callison homer and two by Demeter. » September 8, 1962: At Milwaukee, pitcher Chris Short, a career .126 hitter, has four hits against Warren Spahn as the Phillies top the ace left hander, 4–2. » September 1, 1963: P Curt Simmons of the Cardinals drives in a run with a triple in the second and then steals home on an aborted squeeze play. He also knocks in another run and beats the Phils 7–3. Simmons, who in his 20-year career will steal just two bases, is on 3rd base when a squeeze play goes awry, and beats a wide throw to home from P Chris Short. It is the last steal of home by a pitcher until 1983, and just the 4th in the NL in the last 40 years. Harry Dorish in 1950 stole home, the last time an AL pitcher did pull off a theft. » September 13, 1963: The Dodgers split in Philadelphia and lead the Cards by two 1/2 games. Chris Short tops Sandy Koufax, 3–2, in the opener, before Ron Perranoski wins the nitecap, 2–1. » September 18, 1963: The last ML game at the Polo Grounds draws 1,752 fans to see Philadelphia beat New York 5–1. Jim Hickman hits the final New York home run in the historic park, and Chris Short beats Craig Anderson. » July 31, 1964: At Philadelphia, 24,197 see Chris Short, with help from Jack Baldschun, stop the Dodgers, 6–1. John Callison starts the Phils scoring with a 2-run homer in the 1st, off Ron Moeller. Tommy Davis hits an 8th inning double, that caroms off 2B Tony Taylor's mouth, kayoing both Taylor and Chris Short. Maury Wills has four singles and drives in the lone run. » September 10, 1964: The Phils split a 2-game series with the Cards and build a 6-game lead in the National League on Chris Short's 5–1 win. Short strikes out 12 throwing no curves to win his 16th. A pivotal play is 3B Dick Allen's stop and throw out of Javier's sharp grounder with two men on in the 2nd. » September 28, 1964: The Phils drop to 3rd place when they lose in St. Louis, 5–1. Bob Gibson is the winner over a tired Chris Short. » September 6, 1965: The Phils split with the Cards, taking the 2nd game 10-5 behind Chris Short. Curt Simmons, who had won 17 of 20 from the Phils since they released him, is the loser. Rookie Adolfo Phillips has three doubles and his first ML homer to pace the attack. In the opener, the Cards win, 10–3 behind the spark of Curt Flood, who singles home a run, steals his 56th base, and hits a 3-run homer. He adds a 2-run homer in the nitecap. » October 2, 1965: Another Mets' marathon twin bill features an 18-inning scoreless tie in which Philadelphia's Chris Short (18–11) fans 18 batters in the 15 innings he pitches. In ML history there has been one other 18-inning scoreless tie and a record 19-inning scoreless tie. New York loses the first game 6–0 to Jim Bunning (19–9), setting ML records with 27 scoreless innings and 31 strikeouts in an overtime twin bill. Bunning's win is his 7th shutout of the year, the most by a Phillie pitcher since Alexander in 1918. » April 21, 1966: The Braves trip the Phils, 5–4, as Chris Short's wild pitch past Bob Uecker allows the winning run to score. Eddie Mathews sets a major-league record by playing his 2009th game at 3B, topping Eddie Yost's mark. » September 4, 1966: Chris Short shuts out the Mets, 5–0, the 5th complete game win in a row for the Phillies' pitchers. » April 18, 1967: The Cubs Adolfo Phillips drops a fly ball to allow three runs to score but homers and triple to help beat the Phillies, 8–4. Bill Hands is the winner over Chris Short. » September 20, 1967: Steve Carlton of the Cardinals strikes out 16 batters, including seven in a row, in eight innings but still loses 3–1 to Chris Short and the Phillies. » July 2, 1970: At Connie Mack Stadium, the Phils break their scoreless streak of 53 innings and sweep two from the Mets, 6–1 and 3–2. With successive pinch hits by Tony Taylor, Ron Stone, and Byron Browne, the Phils score six in the 8th inning to win the opener for Jim Bunning, then again come from behind to win the nitecap for Chris Short. The opener is the 6,000th game played at the ancient stadium.