There’s a very small group that has its small place in Phillies history, experiencing a “cup of coffee.”
Wondering where that phrase originated, Google came to the rescue: “A ‘cup of coffee’ is a North American sports idiom for a short time spent by a Minor League player at the Major League level.”
Well, some careers were SO short, their cup was more like an eye’s drop worth of coffee. Five Phillies pitchers never got out of one inning in their ONLY Major League appearance.
RH Tom Barry started the second game of the 1904 season, vs.