Offseason November 19, 1956: Del Ennis was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rip Repulski and Bobby Morgan. Regular season The Phillies integrated during the 1957 season. John Kennedy, the team's first black player, made his debut with the Phillies on April 22, 1957, at Roosevelt Stadium against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions April 5, 1957: Tim Harkness, Ron Negray, Elmer Valo, Mel Geho (minors), and $75,000 were traded by the Phillies to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Chico Fernández. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Ben Flowers to the Dodgers on April 8. June 17, 1957: Frank Baumholtz was released by the Phillies. June 26, 1957: Warren Hacker was selected off waivers by the Phillies from the Cincinnati Redlegs. Game log |- style="background:#fbb" | 1 || April 16 || Dodgers || 6–7 (12) || Clem Labine (1–0) || Robin Roberts (0–1) || None || 37,667 || 0–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 2 || April 18 || @ Giants || 2–6 || Rubén Gómez (1–0) || Curt Simmons (0–1) || None || 8,585 || 0–2 |- style="background:#bfb" | 3 || April 20 || @ Giants || 6–5 || Harvey Haddix (1–0) || Al Worthington (0–1) || Bob Miller (1) || 8,875 || 1–2 |- style="background:#fbb" | 4 || April 21 (1) || @ Giants || 1–2 || Johnny Antonelli (1–1) || Robin Roberts (0–2) || None || see 2nd game || 1–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 5 || April 21 (2) || @ Giants || 8–5 || Jack Sanford (1–0) || Curt Barclay (0–1) || Don Cardwell (1) || 14,230 || 2–3 |- style="background:#fbb" | 6 || April 22 || @ Dodgers || 1–5 || Roger Craig (1–0) || Jim Hearn (0–1) || Clem Labine (2) || 11,629 || 2–4 |- style="background:#bfb" | 7 || April 24 || Pirates || 8–5 || Curt Simmons (1–1) || Bob Friend (1–2) || Bob Miller (2) || 15,849 || 3–4 |- style="background:#bfb" | 8 || April 26 || Giants || 5–0 || Don Cardwell (1–0) || Johnny Antonelli (1–2) || None || 14,118 || 4–4 |- style="background:#fbb" | 9 || April 27 || Giants || 2–10 || Rubén Gómez (3–0) || Robin Roberts (0–3) || None || 7,577 || 4–5 |- style="background:#bfb" | 10 || April 28 (1) || Giants || 11–2 || Jack Sanford (2–0) || Al Worthington (0–2) || Bob Miller (3) || see