Horace Phillips
Manager
Horace B. Phillips
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Salem, OH, USA
Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Horace Phillips as a manager
Horace Phillips's clubs went 338-415 in the 765 games Phillips managed between 1879 and 1889. Clubs managed, in order: the Troy Trojans (1879), the Columbus Buckeyes (1883), and the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1884-1889). Phillips's strongest year in the dugout came in 1886, when the Pittsburg Alleghenys went 80-57. The weakest full season was 1883, at 32-65. With the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1884-1889), the finishes read 10th, 3rd, 2nd, 6th, 6th, and 5th.
The record opens at 12-34 in 1879 and closes at 28-43 in 1889. The highest finish was 2nd, in 1886. The Lg column places these seasons in the National League and American Association. In 1884, Phillips took over a club already in progress that season. Phillips's birth date on file is May 14, 1853, in Salem, OH, USA. The death date on file is February 26, 1896.