Philadelphia Phillies

American Major League Baseball team

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Philadelphia Phillies

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Logo| Cap insignia

* Established in 1883

Major league affiliations

* National League (1883–present)
* East Division (1969–present)

Current uniform
Retired numbers|

* 1
* 14
* 15
* 20
* 32
* 34
* 36
* 42
* P
* P
* P
* P
* P

Colors

* Red, white, blue[1][2][3]

Name

* Philadelphia Phillies (1883–present)
* Philadelphia Blue Jays/Phillies (1944–1949)
* Philadelphia Phils (1942)
* Philadelphia Quakers/Phillies (1883–1889)

Other nicknames

* Phils
* The Fightin' Phils
* The Fightins[4][5]
* The Phillers
* Whiz Kids (1950)
* Wheeze Kids (1983)
* Macho Row (1993)

Ballpark

* Citizens Bank Park (2004–present)
* Veterans Stadium (1971–2003)
* Shibe Park (1938–1970)
* Baker Bowl (1887–1938)
* Recreation Park (1883–1886)

Major league titles
World Series titles (2)|

* 1980
* 2008

NL Pennants (8)|

* 1915
* 1950
* 1980
* 1983
* 1993
* 2008
* 2009
* 2022

NL East Division titles (12)|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1980
* 1983
* 1993
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2024

Wild card berths (2)|

* 2022
* 2023

Front office
Principal owner(s)| John Middleton[6]
President| John Middleton (CEO)
President of baseball operations| Dave Dombrowski
General manager| Preston Mattingly
Manager| Rob Thomson
Mascot(s)| Phillie Phanatic
Website| mlb.com/phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park, located in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.[7][8][9][10]

The National League approved a new franchise for Philadelphia to begin play in 1883, at its annual meeting in Providence on December 7, 1882.[11] The Phillies are the oldest, continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in American professional sports and one of the most storied teams in Major League Baseball.[12] Since their founding, the Phillies have won two World Series championships (against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008) and eight National League pennants (the first of which came in 1915). The team has played 122 consecutive seasons since the first modern World Series and 142 seasons since its inaugural 1883 campaign. As of the end of the 2024 season, the Phillies have played 21,648 games, with a regular season record of 10,207–11,326–115 (.474).[13]

With their first championship in 1980, the Phillies were the last of the 16 pre-expansion teams to win a World Series. Since the start of the Divisional Era in 1969, however, the Phillies have emerged as one of MLB's most successful teams, making 15 playoff appearances and winning 12 division titles (including five consecutive divisional titles between 2007 and 2011), six National League pennants, and two World Series championships.

The resignation of the Worcester and Troy franchises from the National League after the 1882 season[14] created openings in the eight-team circuit for two new franchises, which were granted to New York and Philadelphia. The team has played at several stadiums in the city, including Recreation Park (1883–1886), the Baker Bowl (1887–1938), Shibe Park (later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1953, in honor of longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack) (1938–1970), Veterans Stadium (1971–2003), and now at Citizens Bank Park (2004–present).

Partly because of the team's longevity, the Phillies were the first American sports franchise to amass over 10,000 losses.[15] A plurality of those losses came in a 31-year period from 1918 to 1948 in which they managed only one winning season.

Yet, also due in part to their longevity, the Phillies are one of only nine teams to also have won over 10,000 games in their history. Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt is widely considered the franchise's greatest player of all time.[16] Over the team's history since 1883, 33 Phillies players have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Philadelphia Phillies' Triple-A affiliate is the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, who play at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Double-A affiliate is the Reading Fightin Phils, who play in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Class-A affiliates are the Jersey Shore BlueClaws, who play in Lakewood Township, New Jersey; and the Clearwater Threshers, who play in Clearwater, Florida.

The team's spring training facilities are at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida.

## History

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Main article: History of the Philadelphia Phillies

### Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889)

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The 1888 Philadelphia Quakers team

In 1883, sporting goods manufacturer Al Reach, a pioneering professional baseball player, and attorney John Rogers won an expansion National League franchise for Philadelphia, one of what is now known as the "Classic Eight" of the National League. They were awarded a spot in the league to replace the Worcester baseball team, a franchise that had folded in 1882. The new team was nicknamed the "Phillies" from the start, and immediately compiled a .173 winning percentage, which stands as the worst in franchise history. Although many sources (including the Phillies themselves) claim that Reach and Rogers bought the Brown Stockings and moved them to Philadelphia, all available evidence suggests this is not the case. Significantly, no players from Worcester[17] ended up with the 1883 Quakers.[18]

In 1884, Harry Wright, the former manager of baseball's first openly professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, was recruited as a manager in hopes of reversing the team's fortunes.[19]

In 1887, the team began to play at the newly constructed Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds, later renamed National League Park. The stadium would become known as the Baker Bowl in 1923. Despite a general improvement from their dismal beginnings, they never seriously contended for the title.

### Becoming the Phillies (1890–1917)

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See also: 1915 World Series and City Series (Philadelphia)

Grover Cleveland Alexander, Phillies pitcher from 1911 to 1917 and again in the 1930 season

The nickname "Phillies" first appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer on April 3, 1883, in the paper's coverage of an exhibition game by the new National League club and was the team's accepted nickname from the start. This name is one of the longest continually used nicknames in professional sports by a team in the same city.[20]

The franchise's standout players in the era were Billy Hamilton, Sam Thompson, and Ed Delahanty, who in 1896 set the major-league record (since tied by several others) with four home runs in a single game. Due to growing disagreements about the direction of the team, Reach sold his interest to Rogers in 1899.[19]

With the birth of the more lucrative American League (AL) in 1901, the Phillies saw many of their better players defect to the upstart, including a number of players who ended up playing for their crosstown rivals, the Athletics, owned by former Phillies minority owner Benjamin Shibe. While their former teammates would thrive (the AL's first five batting champions were former Phillies), the remaining squad fared dismally, finishing 46 games out of first place in 1902—the first of three straight years finishing either seventh or eighth.

To add tragedy to folly, a balcony collapsed during a game at the Baker Bowl in 1903, killing 12 and injuring hundreds. Rogers was forced to sell the Phillies to avoid being ruined by an avalanche of lawsuits.[19] In 1904, the team finished with a record of 52–100, making them the first team in franchise history to have lost 100 games.

The Phillies won their first pennant in 1915 thanks to the pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the batting prowess of Gavvy Cravath, who set the 20th century single-season record for home runs with 24. They finished the season with a record of 90–62, seven games ahead of the Boston Braves. The Phillies went up against the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, opening the series at home with a victory. The Phillies struggled against a strong Red Sox pitching lineup and surrendered the next four games, losing the series four games to one.

The team continued to dominate the National League in 1916 but fell short of capturing a second consecutive pennant. The team finished two and a half games out of first place with a record of 91–62. Alexander won his second consecutive triple crown and posted 16 shutouts, tying the single-season major league record.

In 1917, Alexander had been traded to the Chicago Cubs for pitcher Mike Prendegrast and catcher Pickles Dillhoefer, when owner William Baker refused to increase his salary. Baker was known for running the Phillies very cheaply; for instance, during much of his tenure, there was only one scout in the entire organization. The Phillies finished the 1917 season in second place with a record of 87–65, ten games behind the New York Giants.

### Three decades of struggle (1918–1948)

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Shibe Park, renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1953, was the Phillies' home field from 1938 to 1970.

The effect of the Alexander trade was immediate. In 1918, only three years after winning the pennant, the Phillies finished sixth, 13 games under .500. It was the start of one of the longest streaks of futility in baseball history. From 1918 to 1948, the Phillies had only one winning record, which came in 1932. The team finished higher than sixth only twice, and were never a serious factor past June. During this stretch, they finished eighth (last place) a total of 17 times and seventh seven times, with 12 seasons in which they lost at least 100 games. This saddled the franchise with a reputation for failure that dogged it for many years. The team's primary stars during the 1920s and 1930s were outfielders Cy Williams, Lefty O'Doul, and Chuck Klein, who won the Triple Crown in 1933.

Baker died in 1930. He left half his estate to his wife and the other half to longtime team secretary Mae Mallen. Five years earlier, Mallen had married a leather goods and shoe dealer, Gerald Nugent. With the support of Baker's widow, Nugent became team president. Baker's widow died in 1932, leaving Nugent in complete control.[19] Unlike Baker, Nugent badly wanted to build a winning team, however, he did not have the financial means to do so. He was forced to trade what little talent the team had to make ends meet, and often had to use some creative financial methods to field a team at all.[21]

Philadelphia's Baker Bowl proved to be a fertile hitting ground for Phillies opponents as well, and in 1930, the team surrendered 1199 runs, a major-league record still standing today. Once considered one of the finest parks in baseball, it was not well maintained from the 1910s onward. For instance, until 1925, the Phillies used a flock of sheep to trim the grass. Fans were often showered with rust whenever one of Klein's home runs hit girders. The entire right field grandstand collapsed in 1926, forcing the Phillies to move to the A's Shibe Park (five blocks west on Lehigh Avenue from Baker Bowl) for 1927. The Phillies tried to move to Shibe Park on a permanent basis as tenants of the A's. However, Baker Bowl's owner, Charles W. Murphy, at first refused to let the Phillies out of their lease. He finally relented in 1938, and only then because the city threatened to condemn the dilapidated park. Despite the move, attendance rarely topped 3,000 a game.

The lowest point came in 1941, when the Phillies finished with a 43–111 record, setting a franchise record for losses in a season. A year later, they needed an advance from the league just to go to spring training. Nugent realized he did not have enough money to operate the team in 1943, and put it up for sale.

After lumber baron William D. Cox purchased the team with a group of investors for $190,000 and a $50,000 note on March 15, 1943,[22] the Phillies rose out of last place for the first time in five years. As a result, the fan base and attendance at home games increased. Eventually, Cox revealed that he had been betting on the Phillies, and he was banned from baseball by baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis on November 23, 1943. The new owner, Bob Carpenter Sr., scion of the Delaware-based duPont family, bought the team with his son for an estimated $400,000 that same day – November 23, 1943.[22] The Carpenters tried to polish the team's image and way of doing business. Carpenter Sr. named his son, Bob Carpenter, Jr., team president. They wanted to shed the image of failure by changing the team's nickname.

#### Philadelphia Blue Jays

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Before the 1944 season, the team held a fan contest soliciting a new team nickname. Management chose "Blue Jays", the fan submission of Elizabeth Crooks, who received a $100 war bond as compensation.[23] The Phillies would later claim in the 2000s that the Blue Jays moniker was never official,[24] however news reports in 1944 note that Phillies management said that the Blue Jays name was as an official "additional nickname", meaning that the team had two official nicknames simultaneously, the Phillies and the Blue Jays.[23][25][26]

The Phillies' official adoption of Blue Jays as a second official nickname led to a dispute with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, whose nickname is and was Blue Jays. Wilson Shaffer, the school's athletic director, criticized the Philadelphia team for adopting his university's moniker, and said that Philadelphia should use the blue jay's scientific name instead and be known as the Philadelphia Cyanocitta Cristata. Similarly, the university's student council, citing the Philadelphia team's long track record of failure, passed a resolution demanding "suitable satisfaction" for what they perceived as theft and sullying of the Blue Jays name. Carpenter, Jr., responded by criticizing Johns Hopkins' baseball record and promised to make the students proud of the Blue Jays name by having his Philadelphia baseball team win many games.[25]

The Philadelphia team added three minor league clubs before the start of the 1946 season and named them all Blue Jays: the Class C Salina Blue Jays, Class C Schenectady Blue Jays and Class D Green Bay Blue Jays.

However, the new Blue Jays moniker was ultimately unpopular, and although the team in the 2000s claimed that it was quietly dropped by 1949,[24] news reports at the time indicate that the nickname, which "never caught on anyway", was not officially dropped by the team until January 1950.[26]

The Blue Jays moniker would be used by Toronto's MLB club when it started play in 1977.[24] Coincidentally, those Blue Jays would go on to defeat the Phillies in six games in the 1993 World Series nearly 50 years later.

### Fightin' Phils (1949–1970)

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See also: 1950 World Series, Jim Bunning's perfect game, and Whiz Kids (baseball)

Robin Roberts, Phillies' pitcher from 1948 to 1961 Richie Ashburn, Phillies' center fielder from 1948 to 1959 The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies team

Like Cox, Bob Carpenter Jr. was not afraid to spend the money it took to build a contender. He immediately started signing young players and invested even more money in the farm system, and the Phillies quickly developed a solid core of young players that included future Hall of Famers Richie Ashburn and Robin Roberts. This coincided with the final collapse of the A's. Philadelphia had been an "A's town" for most of the first half of the 20th century. Even though the A's had fielded teams as bad or worse than the Phillies for most years since the 1930s, the A's continued to trounce the Phillies at the gate. However, a series of poor baseball and business decisions on the A's part allowed the Phillies to win the hearts of Philadelphia's long-suffering fans.

Things started coming together for the Phillies in 1949, when they rocketed up the standings to third place with an 81–73 record. Although the season had essentially been a two-team race between Brooklyn and St. Louis, it was still the Phillies' first appearance in the first division in 31 years. It was also a fitting tribute to Bob Carpenter Sr., who had died in June and left Bob Jr. in full control of the team.

The 1950 Phillies led the National League standings for most of the season and were dubbed the "Whiz Kids". In the final months of the season, a tailspin (triggered by the loss of starting pitcher Curt Simmons to National Guard service) caused the team to lose the next eight of ten games. On the last day of the season, the Phillies hung on to a one-game lead when Dick Sisler's dramatic tenth inning home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers clinched the Phillies' first pennant in 35 years. In the World Series, exhausted from their late-season plunge and victims of poor luck, the Phillies were swept by the New York Yankees in four straight games. Nonetheless, this appearance cemented the Phillies' status as the city's favorite team.

In contrast, the Philadelphia Athletics finished last in 1950, and longtime manager Connie Mack retired. The team struggled for four more years with only one winning season before abandoning Philadelphia under the Johnson brothers, who bought out Mack. They began to play in Kansas City in 1955.[27] As part of the deal selling that team to the Johnson brothers, the Phillies bought Shibe Park, where both teams had played since 1938.[28] Many thought that the "Whiz Kids", with a young core of talented players, would be a force in the league for years to come.[29][30] However, the team finished with a 73–81 record in 1951 and finished nine and a half games out of first place in 1952, with an 87–67 record. The Phillies managed to end up in third place in 1953 with an 83–71 record, however, they would fail to break .500 from 1954 to 1957.

It became apparent that the flash and determination of the Whiz Kids would not return when the team finished last place in the National League from 1958 to 1961. Manager Eddie Sawyer abruptly quit the team after the season opener in 1960, and was replaced by Gene Mauch.

The team's competitive futility was highlighted by a record that still stands: in 1961, the Phillies lost 23 games in a row, the worst losing streak in the majors since 1900. Things started to turn around for the team in 1962, when the team finished above .500 for the first time in five years. Gene Mauch was named National League Manager of the Year that season and won it again in 1964. The team improved in 1963, when the team finished the season with an 87–75 record. There was confidence that the team would soon become contenders for a return to the World Series. Though Ashburn and Roberts were gone, the 1964 Phillies still had younger pitchers Art Mahaffey, Chris Short, and rookie Ray Culp; veterans Jim Bunning and screwballer Jack Baldschun; and fan favorites Cookie Rojas, Johnny Callison, and NL Rookie of the Year Dick Allen. The team was 90–60 on September 20, good enough for a lead of 6.5 games in the pennant race with 12 games to play. However, the Phillies lost 10 games in a row and finished one game out of first, losing the pennant to the St. Louis Cardinals. The "Phold of '64" is frequently mentioned as the worst collapse in sports history.[31]

One highlight of the 1964 season occurred on Father's Day, when Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets, the first in Phillies' history.[32]

For the rest of the decade, the team finished no higher than fourth place in the NL standings which came during the 1966 season. In the 1969 season, the Phillies finished fifth in the newly created NL East Division, with a record of 63–99.

By the late 1950s, Carpenter decided the Phillies needed a new home. He never wanted to buy Connie Mack Stadium in the first place, and was now convinced there was no way he could make money playing there. He sold the park to Philadelphia Eagles' owner Jerry Wolman in 1964, taking a $1 million loss on his purchase of just 10 years earlier. The stadium was deteriorating and there was inadequate parking. Attendance began to drop by 1967 and the team started to plan for a new stadium.

The Phillies remained at Connie Mack Stadium until 1970. In the last game played there, the Phillies avoided last place by beating the Expos 2–1. When the game was finished several fans in attendance began to remove items from the ballpark, such as chairs, outfield panels and baseball equipment from the dugouts.

### Glory days (1971–1984)

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See also: 1980 World Series, 1983 World Series, and Hot Pants Patrol

Veterans Stadium, home of the Phillies and Philadelphia Eagles from 1971 to 2003 Mike Schmidt, Phillies' third baseman from 1972 to 1989 and a 1995 Hall of Fame inductee Steve Carlton, Phillies' pitcher from 1972 to 1986 and a 1994 Hall of Fame inductee

The Phillies opened the new Veterans Stadium in 1971. The team wore new maroon uniforms to accentuate the change. The stadium was built in South Philadelphia, making it the first time the team was not located in North Philadelphia. The new stadium, along with nearby John F. Kennedy Stadium and the Spectrum, established the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.

Pitcher Rick Wise hurled a no-hitter and in the same game hit two home runs against the Cincinnati Reds in 1971. That same season, Harry Kalas joined the Phillies broadcasting team.

In 1972, the Phillies were the worst team in baseball, but newly acquired Steve Carlton won nearly half their games (27 of 59 team wins) and was awarded his first NL Cy Young Award and won it again in 1977. Bob Carpenter Jr. retired in 1972 and passed the team ownership to his son Ruly.

The Phillies achieved some success in the mid-1970s. With players such as Carlton, third baseman Mike Schmidt, shortstop Larry Bowa, catcher Bob Boone, and outfielder Greg Luzinski, the Phillies won three straight division titles (1976–78). However, they fell short in the NLCS, against the Reds in 1976 and the Dodgers in 1977 and 1978. In 1979, the Phillies acquired Pete Rose, the spark that would put them over the top.

#### 1980 World Series champions

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Main article: 1980 World Series

The Phillies won the National League East in 1980, but to win the league championship, they had to defeat the Houston Astros. In a memorable NLCS, with four of the five games needing extra innings, they fell behind 2–1 but battled back to squeeze past the Astros on a 10th-inning game-winning hit by center fielder Garry Maddox, and the city celebrated its first NL pennant in 30 years.[33] The entire series saw only one home run hit, a game-winning two-run home run by Phillies slugger Greg Luzinski in the Phillies' opening 3–1 win in Game 1 at Philadelphia.

Facing the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies won their first World Series championship ever in six games thanks to the timely hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose. Schmidt, who won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1980, also won the World Series Most Valuable Player award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (.381 average), including game-winning hits in Game 2 and the clinching Game 6. This final game was also significant because it remains "the most-watched game in World Series history" with a television audience of 54.9 million viewers.[34] Thus, the Phillies became the last of the 16 teams that made up the Major Leagues from 1903 to 1960 to win a World Series.[35] Carlton captured his third NL Cy Young Award with a record of 24–9.

After their series win, Ruly Carpenter, who had been given control of the team in 1972 when his father stepped down as team president, sold the team for $32.5 million in 1981 to a group that was headed by longtime Phillies executive William Yale Giles.

The Phillies returned to the playoffs in 1981. In five games, they were defeated in the first-ever National League Division Series by the Montreal Expos. Mike Schmidt won his second consecutive NL Most Valuable Player award that year. In 1982, the team finished three games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the East Division, narrowly missing the playoffs. Carlton captured his fourth career NL Cy Young Award that year with 23 wins.

For the 1983 season, the Phillies returned to the playoffs and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers. They won this series in four games to capture their fourth NL pennant; however, they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series in five games. John Denny was named the 1983 NL Cy Young Award winner. Because of the numerous veterans on the 1983 team, Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Stan Hochman gave them the nickname, the "Wheeze Kids".[36]

In 1984, the team finished fourth in the NL East with a record of 81–81. Mike Schmidt still remained a dominant force on the team by leading the National League in both home runs and runs batted in.

### Years of struggle (1985–1991)

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The 1985 season was the first time the team finished below .500 since 1974. The team had some success in 1986 despite having released star pitcher Steve Carlton due to injuries. They went on to finish second in the division with a record of 86–75. Mike Schmidt led the National League in home runs and runs batted in that year and also won his third National League Most Valuable Player award, sixth Silver Slugger award and tenth Gold Glove.

In 1987, closer Steve Bedrosian was named the NL Cy Young Award winner.

Injuries caused Mike Schmidt to miss most of the 1988 season and he retired from baseball after playing in only 42 games in 1989, thus, the last member of the 1980 championship team was gone.

In 1990, Terry Mulholland lost a perfect game in the seventh inning when a San Francisco Giants' batter reached base on a throwing error. The next batter grounded into a double play. Thus, Mulholland faced the perfect-game maximum of 27 batters, but did not qualify for a perfect game. He was credited, however, with a no-hitter.[37]

During this time, the Phillies often struggled to attract more than 25,000 people to Veterans Stadium, the biggest in the National League at the time (at over 62,000 seats). Even crowds of 40,000 were swallowed up by the cavernous environment.

### Macho Row (1992–1995)

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See also: 1993 World Series

Darren Daulton, Phillies' catcher in the 1983 season and from 1985 to 1997

Before the 1992 season, the organization decided to shed the maroon uniform and logo and use colors similar to those used during the days of the "Whiz Kids". The season ended with the Phillies at the bottom of the standings—last place in the National League East. However, their fortunes were about to change.

The 1993 Phillies were led by stars such as Darren Daulton, John Kruk, Lenny Dykstra, and Curt Schilling. The team was dubbed "Macho Row" for their shaggy, unkempt, and dirty look. Their character endeared them to fans, and attendance reached a record high the following season.

The team powered their way to a 97–65 record and an NL East division title, all thanks to a big April in which the Phillies went 17–5. The Phillies' major contributors on offense were Dykstra, Kruk, Kevin Stocker (a rookie who led the team in batting average, hitting .324), and Jim Eisenreich, all of whom hit over .300 for the season. Their pitching staff was led by 16-game winners Curt Schilling and Tommy Greene. Each member of the rotation posted at least 10 wins, while the bullpen was led by elder statesman Larry Andersen and closer Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams, who notched 43 saves and a 3.34 ERA.

They beat the Atlanta Braves in the 1993 National League Championship Series, four games to two, to earn the fifth NL pennant in franchise history, only to be defeated by the defending World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays in the 1993 World Series.[38] Toronto's Joe Carter hit a walk-off home run in Game 6 to clinch another Phillies' loss.[39]

The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike was a blow to attendance and on-field success, as was the arrival of the Atlanta Braves in the division due to league realignment. Several players from the 1993 team were either traded or left the team soon after.

### Rebuilding years (1996–2005)

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Citizens Bank Park, home field of the Philadelphia Phillies since 2004

The team drafted third baseman Scott Rolen in the second round of the 1993 amateur draft. He had reached the majors by 1996 and was named National League Rookie of the Year in 1997. After becoming frustrated with management he demanded a trade and was dealt to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2002.

Former Phillie Larry Bowa was hired as manager for the 2001 season, and led the Phillies to an 86–76 record, their first winning season since the 1993 World Series year. They spent most of the first half of the season in first place, and traded first place with the Braves for most of the second half. In the end, they finished two games out of first. Bowa was named National League Manager of the Year.

The Phillies continued to contend for the next few years under Bowa, with the only blemish being an 80–81 season in 2002. On December 6, 2002, Jim Thome, a free agent, signed a six-year, $85 million contract with the team.[40]

Between 1996 and 2002, the team drafted players who would soon become the core of the team including Jimmy Rollins, Pat Burrell, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Cole Hamels. In 2004, the Phillies moved to their new home, Citizens Bank Park,[41] across the street from Veterans Stadium.

Charlie Manuel took over the club's reins from Bowa after the 2004 season, and general manager Ed Wade was replaced by Pat Gillick in November 2005. Gillick reshaped the club as his own, bringing in players such as Shane Victorino, Jayson Werth, and Jamie Moyer.

### The Golden era (2006–2012)

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See also: 2008 World Series, 2009 World Series, and Roy Halladay's perfect game

Jimmy Rollins, Phillies' shortstop from 2000 to 2014

Ryan Howard won the NL Most Valuable Player Award for the 2006 season and Jimmy Rollins won the award the following year. After the franchise lost its 10,000th game in 2007,[15] its core of young players responded by winning the National League East division title, but they were swept by the Colorado Rockies in the Division Series.[42] After the 2007 season, they acquired closer Brad Lidge through a trade with the Houston Astros.

#### 2008 World Series champions

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Main article: 2008 World Series

See also: Curse of Billy Penn

Cole Hamels, Phillies' pitcher from 2006 to 2015, was named MVP of the 2008 World Series Chase Utley, Phillies' second baseman from 2003 to 2015 Ryan Howard, Phillies' first baseman from 2004 to 2016 Roy Halladay, Phillies' pitcher from 2010 to 2013 and a 2019 Hall of Fame inductee

The Phillies were named by some media as favorites to repeat as division champions in 2008, but they did not get off to the blazing April start that many had hoped for. Still, they managed their first winning opening month since 2003, and only their fourth since their last World Series appearance.

Chase Utley and Brad Lidge represented the team at the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game,[43] with Utley garnering the most votes of all National League players.[44] In a move to bolster their starting rotation in preparation for the pennant race, the Phillies traded three minor league players to the Athletics for starting pitcher Joe Blanton on July 17.[45]

On September 27, the Phillies clinched the National League East for the second year in a row. They won the NLDS three games to one against the Milwaukee Brewers, and they defeated the Dodgers in Los Angeles as well, 4–1. As the National League champions, the Phillies advanced to the 2008 World Series to play the Tampa Bay Rays, winning the series 4 games to 1. Game 5 began on Monday, October 27, and was suspended after the top of the 6th inning, with the score tied 2–2. The game resumed Wednesday, October 29, with the Phillies winning the game 4–3 and capturing their second world series in franchise history. Prior to this, there had never been a rain-shortened game in World Series history, and this was the first suspension. Cole Hamels won the Most Valuable Player Award for both the NLCS and the World Series.

Pat Gillick retired as general manager after the 2008 season and was succeeded by one of his assistants, Rubén Amaro Jr. After adding outfielder Raúl Ibañez to replace the departed Pat Burrell, the Phillies retained the majority of their core players for the 2009 season. In July, they signed three-time Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martínez and acquired 2008 American League Cy Young winner Cliff Lee before the trade deadline. On September 30, 2009, they clinched a third consecutive National League East Division title for the first time since the 1976–78 seasons.

The team beat the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS to become the first Phillies team to win back-to-back pennants and the first National League team since the 1996 Atlanta Braves to have an opportunity to defend their World Series title. However, the Phillies were unable to repeat the 2008 World Series victory; they were defeated in the 2009 series by the New York Yankees, four games to two. In recognition of the team's recent accomplishments, Baseball America named the Phillies its Organization of the Year.[46]

On December 16, 2009, the Phillies acquired starting pitcher Roy Halladay from the Toronto Blue Jays for three minor-league prospects,[47] and traded Cliff Lee to the Seattle Mariners for three prospects.[48]

On May 29, 2010, Halladay pitched a perfect game against the Florida Marlins.[d] In June 2010, the team's scheduled series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre was moved to Philadelphia, because of security concerns for the G-20 Summit. The Blue Jays wore their home white uniforms and batted last as the home team, and the designated hitter was used.[49] The game was the first occasion of the use of a designated hitter in a National League ballpark in a regular-season game; Ryan Howard was the first player to fill the role.[50]

The 2010 Phillies won their fourth consecutive NL East Division championship[51][52] despite a rash of significant injuries to key players.[53] After dropping seven games behind the Atlanta Braves on July 21, Philadelphia finished with an MLB-best record of 97–65.[54] The streak included a 20–5 record in September, the Phillies' best September since winning 22 games that month in 1983,[55] and an 11–0 run in the middle of the month.[56] The acquisition of pitcher Roy Oswalt in early August was a key step, as Oswalt won seven consecutive games in just over five weeks from August 11 through September 17.[56] The Phillies clinched the division on September 27, behind a two-hit shutout by Halladay.[57]

In Game 1 of the 2010 National League Division Series, Halladay threw the second no-hitter in Major League Baseball postseason history, leading the Phillies over the Cincinnati Reds, 4–0. (The first was New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.[58]) Halladay's no-hitter was the fifth time a pitcher has thrown two no-hitters in the same season, and was also the first time that one of the two occurred in the postseason. The Phillies went on to sweep the Reds in three straight games.

In the 2010 National League Championship Series, the Phillies fell to the eventual World Series champion San Francisco Giants in six games. Halladay was named the 2010 NL Cy Young Award winner.

Before the start of the 2011 season, the Phillies signed pitcher Cliff Lee to a five-year deal, bringing him back to the team and forming a formidable rotation of Halladay, Lee, Hamels, Oswalt, and Blanton. Including Vance Worley, who replaced Joe Blanton due to injury. The rotation combined for a win–loss record of 71–38, and an earned run average of 2.86, the best in the majors that year. Commentators called it one of the best rotations ever assembled.[59][60][61][62] Halladay, Oswalt, Lee, and Hamels were dubbed two nicknames by fans and media: the "Phantastic Phour" and "The Four Aces".[61] On September 17, 2011, the Phillies won their fifth consecutive East Division championship,[63] and on September 28, during the final game of the season, the team set a franchise record for victories in a season with 102 by beating the Atlanta Braves in 13 innings, denying their division rivals a potential wild card berth.[64] Yet the Phillies lost in the NLDS to the St. Louis Cardinals—the team that won the National League Wild Card as a result of the Phillies beating the Braves. The Cardinals subsequently beat the Brewers in the NLCS and won the 2011 World Series in seven games over the Texas Rangers.

The 2012 Phillies experienced an up and down season. They played .500 ball through the first two months, but then slumped through a 9–19 stretch in June where they ended up at the bottom of the NL East by mid-season. With any hope dimming, the Phillies traded key players Shane Victorino and Joe Blanton to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Hunter Pence to the San Francisco Giants before the trade deadline. A hot start in the second half of the season put the Phillies back on the postseason hunt, but any hope was eventually extinguished with a loss to the Washington Nationals on September 28, costing the Phillies the postseason for the first time since 2006.

The Phillies' win–loss record never went below .500 during this time; and the team won the NL East five years in a row from 2007 to 2011.[65]

### End of an era (2013–2018)

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During the 2013 season, the team struggled again and was unable to consistently play well for the majority of the season. On August 16, 2013, with the team's record at 53–68, the Phillies fired manager Charlie Manuel, who had managed the team since 2005,[66] and promoted third-base coach Ryne Sandberg to interim manager. Manuel had spent over nine years as manager, leading Philadelphia to its first World Series victory in nearly 30 years and amassing an overall record of 780–636 to become the manager with the most wins in the franchise's history. The 2013 Phillies ended up with a record of 73–89, their first losing season since 2002. In the off-season, pitcher Roy Halladay retired from baseball.

In the 2014 season, one of the few bright spots was the September 1 game against a division rival, the Atlanta Braves, when starter Cole Hamels and relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles, and Jonathan Papelbon combined for a no-hitter at Turner Field and a 7–0 victory over Atlanta. In the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft the Phillies selected pitcher Aaron Nola with the 7th overall pick. The team could not gain momentum during the season and finished last in the NL East, the first time they had done so since 2000. During the off-season, Jimmy Rollins waived his no-trade clause and was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, while Cliff Lee pitched his last game and was sidelined for the entire 2015 season due to injury.

In 2015, attendance began to drop as the team showed little improvement and it was clear that the remnants of the 2008 World Series team would soon be departing. Sandberg resigned as manager and bench coach Pete Mackanin was brought in as interim manager. Cole Hamels no-hit the Chicago Cubs 5–0 at Wrigley Field, on July 25, striking out 13 and giving up only two walks.[67] It was the first no-hitter against the Cubs since Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965, and first at Wrigley Field since the Cubs' Milt Pappas in 1972.[68] Hamels was dealt to the Texas Rangers, six days later.[69][70] The following month saw the departure of Chase Utley who was traded to the Dodgers. In September, general manager Rubén Amaro Jr. was fired and Andy MacPhail was brought in as the interim general manager.[71] The team once again finished last in the NL East with a record of 63–99. McPhail was officially named the organization's President of Baseball Operations during the off season.[72] The team then hired Matt Klentak as the new general manager.

In 2016, the team finished fourth in the NL East, only winning eight more games than they had the previous year, with a 71–91 record. The 2016 season was the last for both Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz in a Phillies' uniform. Ruiz was traded to the Dodgers in late August, reuniting him with Chase Utley. The team decided to not exercise their club option on Howard, thus making him a free agent.

On September 29, 2017, Pete Mackanin was fired as manager. The Phillies announced Gabe Kapler as their new manager on October 30, 2017.[73] Kapler had been the Director of Player Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers since November 2014. He led the Phillies in the right direction in the first half of the 2018 season, as they had a 59–48 record at the July 31 trade deadline and were leading the NL East division by 1.5 games over the Atlanta Braves.[74] However, a late-season collapse where they went 21–34 from August to the end of the season led to the Phillies finishing with an 80–82 record and third in the division. Aaron Nola amassed a record of 17–6 with a 2.37 earned run average and 0.975 WHIP.[75] He finished third in the National League Cy Young race, behind the Nationals' Max Scherzer and the winner, the Mets' Jacob DeGrom.[76]

### Building a winning team (2019–2022)

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See also: 2022 World Series

In 2019, the Phillies signed right fielder and designated hitter Bryce Harper to a 13-year, $330 million contract.

The Phillies intended to start targeting valuable free agents as soon as the 2018 season was over. Owner John Middleton said they were willing to "spend stupid money".[77] During the off-season, the Phillies signed Andrew McCutchen, David Robertson, and made the splash of the offseason by signing Bryce Harper to a 13-year, $330 million deal, taking him away from the division rival Washington Nationals. The team also made many trades, including trading for the Mariners' shortstop Jean Segura and the Marlins' catcher J.T. Realmuto.[78] The Phillies got off to a hot start the first two months, going 33–22 but collapsed from there. They were eliminated from the playoffs on September 24 in the first game of a day-night double-header against Harper's former team and the eventual World Series champions, the Nationals, on their way to finishing with a record of 81–81. Owner John Middleton fired Manager Gabe Kapler on October 10, 2019, after ten days of intense deliberations with insiders and outsiders alike.[79]

On October 24, 2019, the Philadelphia Phillies announced Joe Girardi as their 55th manager of the team, signing a three-year deal with the Phillies with an option for the 2023 season.[80]

In the COVID-shortened 2020 season, the Phillies had a record of 27-25 through their first 52 games and only needed to win 2 of their final 8 games to secure a spot in the expanded playoffs. The team collapsed, however, finishing 1-7 to end the season with a losing record of 28–32. On October 3, 2020, Matt Klentak was relieved as General Manager.[81] On December 11, 2020, the Phillies hired Dave Dombrowski as the President Of Baseball Operations.[82] On December 22, 2020, Dombrowski hired Sam Fuld as the General Manager.[83]

In 2021, the Phillies finished the season with an 82–80 record, their first winning season since 2011, but failed to make the playoffs. On the heels of a strong second half, Bryce Harper won the NL Most Valuable Player Award and a Silver Slugger Award. Other season highlights included Aaron Nola tying an MLB record for consecutive strikeouts by striking out 10 Mets in a row on June 25 and Zack Wheeler finishing second in NL Cy Young voting to Corbin Burnes of the Milwaukee Brewers. The team targeted high-profile free agents during the offseason and improved their lineup by signing outfielders Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos.

The Phillies got off to a sluggish 22–29 start to the 2022 season. On June 3, the Phillies fired manager Joe Girardi and replaced him with bench coach Rob Thomson, who was named the team's interim manager.[84] The Phillies ended the 2022 season 87–75, reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2011.

In the postseason, the Phillies traveled to St. Louis to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Wild Card Series for a best of three series, winning in two games.[85] They went on to eliminate the defending World Champion Atlanta Braves three games to one in the National League Division Series, advancing to the National League Championship Series where they would face the San Diego Padres. The Phillies won the series four games to one and would advance to the 2022 World Series.[86] Bryce Harper was named MVP of the NLCS. On October 10, the Phillies also removed the interim role of Thomson and named him the team's manager.

The Phillies faced the American League champion Houston Astros in a best of seven World Series that began October 28 at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The Astros entered the series as the top seeded team in the American League and with an undefeated record in the postseason of 7–0.[87] Game 1 ended with the Phillies winning the game in extra innings by a score of 6–5, with catcher J.T. Realmuto hitting the game-winning home run in the top of the 10th inning.[88] The Astros would even the series at 1–1 in Game 2, with the series going to Philadelphia for the first time since 2009. Game 3 at Citizens Bank Park was originally scheduled to take place on October 31, but was postponed until the following day due to rain, which also moved the rest of the series games back by a day. The Phillies would take Game 3 by a score of 7–0, which was a result of the team hitting five home runs in the first five innings of the game, the first time this had occurred in World Series history.[89] All five home runs were given up by Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr., which became a record for most home runs surrendered by a pitcher in a World Series game.[90] In Game 4, the Astros answered back by winning the game 5–0 and throwing a combined no-hitter, the first combined no-hitter in postseason history, and just the second no-hitter of any type in a World Series after Don Larsen's perfect game in 1956.[91] The Astros won the next two games, winning the series four games to two. The Phillies' game six loss, coming shortly after the Philadelphia Union fell in the championship game of the MLS Cup, made Philadelphia the first American city to lose two major professional sports championship title games in the same day. Later, the Philadelphia Eagles would also lose Super Bowl LVII when they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, thus making the first time three teams in the same city lost three consecutive finals in history.[92][93]

## Team uniforms

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See also: Major League Baseball uniforms

### Current uniforms

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The current team colors, uniform, and logo date back to 1992. The main team colors are red and white, with blue serving as a prominent accent. The team name is written in red with a blue star serving as the dot over the "i"s, and blue piping is often found in Phillies' branded apparel and materials. The team's home uniform is white with red pinstripes, lettering and numbering. The road uniform is traditional grey with red lettering/numbering. Both bear a script-lettered "Phillies" logo, with the aforementioned star dotting the "i"s across the chest, and the player name and number on the back. The uniform's front script has undergone minor changes over the years.[94] Hats are red with a single stylized "P".[95] The uniforms and logo are very similar to those used during the "Whiz Kids" era from 1950 to 1969.

Prior to 2024, the Phillies were the one of two MLB teams to use chain stitching in their chest emblems, along with the St. Louis Cardinals. However, when Nike controversially changed the league's uniforms to the Vapor Premier uniform, the Phillies' wordmark crest was changed to a tackle twill patch style.

In 2008, the Phillies introduced an alternate, cream-colored uniform during home day games—a tribute to their 125th anniversary. The uniforms are similar to those worn from 1946 through 1949, featuring red lettering bordered with blue piping and lacking pinstripes.[96] The accompanying cap is blue with a red bill and a red stylized "P". The uniforms were announced on November 29, 2007, when shortstop Jimmy Rollins, pitcher Cole Hamels, and Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts modeled the new uniforms.[97]

In 2016, the Phillies added a red alternate uniform, similar to their spring training uniforms, to be used for mid-week afternoon games. It was unofficially retired following the 2017 season, after which the Phillies revived their powder blue throwbacks as an alternate uniform to be used on select Thursday home games. The red alternates were brought back for select road games in 2021, and became the team's preferred uniform during "getaway day" road games. After the 2023 season, the Phillies retired the red alternates in anticipation of a new City Connect uniform, unveiled in 2024. The primarily light blue/midnight blue gradient uniform with yellow trim was heavily inspired by the flag of Philadelphia's colors of light blue and yellow, with "Philly" emblazoned on the chest. The cap has Liberty Bell silhouette with a light blue sky and midnight blue skyline, centered alongside two yellow stars. For the 2024 season, the Phillies wore their City Connect uniforms for 12 Friday night home games.[98][99]

The Phillies are one of four teams in Major League Baseball that do not display the name of their city, state, or region on their road jerseys, joining the Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Tampa Bay Rays. Until 2022, the Phillies were the only team that also displayed the player's number on one sleeve, except on the alternate jersey, in addition to the usual placement on the back of the jersey. Since 2023, the sleeves on the Phillies' primary uniforms were left blank in anticipation of a future uniform advertisement. In 2024, the Phillies unveiled Independence Blue Cross (IBX) as the team's first uniform advertiser.[100]

Ryan Howard wearing the current Phillies' home uniform (with Harry Kalas patch in 2009)

Jim Thome wearing the Phillies' grey road uniform

Joe Blanton wearing the alternate Phillies' home uniform (with Kalas patch in 2009)

Darick Hall wearing the Phillies' alternate throwback uniform

Didi Gregorius wearing the Phillies' alternate red uniform

### Patches

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From Opening Day through July 26, 2009, the Phillies wore 2008 World Champions patches on the right sleeve of their home uniforms to celebrate their World Series victory the season prior.

The Phillies have worn the following memorial patches:

* For the 2009 season the Phillies wore black, circular "HK" patches over their hearts in memory of broadcaster Harry Kalas, who died April 13, 2009, just before he was to broadcast a Phillies game in Washington, D.C.
* After the death of Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts on May 6, 2010, the Phillies wore a black patch with a white "36" on the sleeves of their jerseys in memory of Roberts for the remainder of the 2010 season. Number 36 had been retired previously by the team in 1962 to honor Roberts.
* For the 2011 season, the Phillies wore a black circular patch with a "B" in honor of minority owners Alexander and John Buck, who died in late 2010.
* For the 2014 season, the Phillies wore a black circular patch with initials "CB" in honor of former owner Claire Betz, who died during the offseason.
* For the 2015 season, the Phillies wore a black circular patch with a white "SLB" in memory of minority owner Sara L. Buck, who died on August 23, 2014.
* For the 2017 season, the Phillies wore a black circular patch on their sleeves featuring the "baseball stitched" center swirl "P" used from 1970 to 1991 inside the white silhouette of a capital "D" in memory of former manager Dallas Green, who led the franchise to its first World Series championship and died on March 22, 2017.[101]
* Following the death of former chairman, minority-owner, and president David Montgomery on May 8, 2019, the Phillies added a black circular patch with white "DPM" letters in memory of Montgomery for the remainder of the 2019 season.[102]
* For the 2021 season, the Phillies wore a patch with the number "15" on it in honor of former player Dick Allen, who died the previous year.[103]

### Batting practice

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The Phillies were an early adopter of the batting practice jersey in 1977, wearing a maroon v-necked top with the "Phillies" script name across the chest, as well as the player name and number on the back and a player number on the left sleeve, all in white. Pete Rose wore this maroon batting jersey in place of the road jersey during the 1979 All-Star Game.[104] Currently, during spring training, the Phillies wear solid red practice jerseys with pinstriped pants for Grapefruit League home games. The red jerseys are worn with grey pants on the road.

### Former uniforms

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See also: List of Philadelphia Phillies turn back the clock games

From 1970 to 1991, the Phillies sported colors, uniforms, and a logo that were noticeably different from what had come before, or since, but that were widely embraced by even traditionally minded fans. A dark burgundy was adopted as the main team color, with a classic pinstripe style for home uniforms. Blue was almost entirely dropped as part of the team's official color scheme, except in one area; a pale blue (as opposed to traditional grey) was used as the base-color for away game uniforms from 1972 to 1988. Yet the most important aspect of the 1970 uniform change was the adoption of one of the more distinctive logos in sports; a Phillies "P" that, thanks to its unique shape and "baseball stitched" center swirl, remained instantly recognizable and admired, long after its regular use had ended. It was while wearing this uniform style and color motif that the club achieved its most enduring success, including a World Series title in 1980 and another World Series appearance in 1983.[94] Its continued popularity with fans is still evident. Even today, Phillies' home games can contain many fans sporting caps, shirts or jackets emblazoned with the iconic "P" and burgundy color scheme. The current team has worn the burgundy and powder blue throwbacks whenever their opponents are wearing throwback uniforms from that era. Additionally, this uniform also marked the first appearance of "racing stripes" on a baseball uniform (striping going down the jersey shoulders, the side of the pants and up to the sides of the jersey up to the armpit), which would be seen on several other MLB teams for the next quarter-century.

### Controversial uniform changes

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In 1979, the Phillies' front office modified the uniform into an all-burgundy version with white trimmings, to be worn for Saturday games.[105] They were called "Saturday Night Specials" and were worn for the first and last time on May 19, 1979,[106] a 10–5 loss to the Montreal Expos.[107] The immediate reaction of the media, fans, and players alike was negative, with many describing the despised uniforms as pajama-like. As such, the idea was hastily abandoned.[108] Mike Schmidt did wear the uniform during the MLB All-Star Tour of Japan following the 1979 season. During the closing ceremonies at Veterans Stadium on September 28, 2003, there was a procession of former players during the post-game ceremony, most in uniform. Larry Christenson, the starting pitcher in the original game, came out wearing this old burgundy uniform and was the only one to do so. The Phillies wore this jersey again for the 40th anniversary of the original game on July 27, 2019. Christenson threw out the ceremonial first pitch. They lost to the Atlanta Braves 15–7.[109]

Another uniform controversy arose in 1994, when the Phillies introduced all-blue caps on Opening Day that were to be worn for home day games only.[110] The caps were unpopular with the players, who considered them bad luck after two losses and wanted them discontinued. Management wanted to keep using the caps as planned, as they sold well to fans. A compromise was reached: the players agreed to wear them for weekday games while returning to the customary red caps for Sunday afternoon games.[111] In all, the Phillies wore the "unlucky" blue caps for seven games in 1994, losing six (the lone victory a 5–2 triumph over the Florida Marlins on June 29).[112] A slightly different blue cap (with a red bill) was introduced in 2008 as part of the alternate home uniform for day games, a throwback to the late 1940s.

## Rivalries

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The Phillies had several notable rivalries through history as they often clashed frequently against the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and the New York Mets during the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and the 2000s. The Phillies often faced heated matchups against all three teams. Against the Dodgers and the Braves, those matchups have happened in the postseason, the Dodgers five times in the NLCS, the Braves twice in the NLDS and once in the NLCS. The fierceness of their matchups against the Mets are due to the geographic New York-Philadelphia rivalry, which is also seen in other sports.[113]

### New York Mets

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Main article: Mets–Phillies rivalry

The Phillies play division rival New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park on September 29, 2017

The rivalry between the New York Mets and the Phillies has been said to be among the "hottest" rivalries in the National League.[114][115] The two National League East divisional rivals have met each other recently in playoff, division, and wild card races.

Aside from several brawls in the 1980s, the rivalry remained low-key before the 2006 season,[116] as the teams had seldom been equally good at the same time. Since 2006, the teams have battled for playoff position. The Mets won the division in 2006 and contended in 2007 and 2008, while the Phillies won five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011.[117] The Phillies' 2007 Eastern Division Title was won on the last day of the season as the Mets lost a seven-game lead with 17 games remaining. The two teams had their first playoff meeting in the 2024 National League Division Series, where the Mets won the series 3-1, while Nick Castellanos had a walk off base hit to win game two for the Phillies at home.[118]

There is a long-standing bitter rivalry between the sports fans from New York City and Philadelphia,[119] which are approximately two hours apart by car,[120] seen also between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League, and the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers in National Hockey League.[121] Games between the two teams at Citi Field and Citizens Bank Park are often very intense, hard-hitting affairs, as each home crowd does its best to create an unfriendly, sometimes volatile atmosphere for any visiting-team fans.[113]

### Pittsburgh Pirates

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Main article: Phillies–Pirates rivalry

The rivalry between the Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates was considered by some to be one of the best rivalries in the National League.[122][123][124] The rivalry started when the Pittsburgh Pirates entered National League play in their fifth season of 1887, four years after the Phillies.[125]

The Phillies and the Pirates had remained together after the National League split into two divisions in 1969. During the period of two-division play (1969–1993), the two National League East division rivals won the two highest numbers of division championships, reigning exclusively as NL East champions in the 1970s and again in the early 1990s,[125][126] the Pirates nine, the Phillies six; together, the teams' 15 championships accounted for more than half of the 25 NL East championships during that span.[127]

After the Pirates moved to the National League Central in 1994, the teams face each other in only two series each year and the rivalry has diminished.[124] However, many fans, especially older ones, retain their dislike for the other team and regional differences between Eastern and Western Pennsylvania still fuel the rivalry.[128] The rivalry between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League is also fiercely contested.[128][129]

### Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos

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Main article: Nationals–Phillies rivalry

The Phillies' rivalry with the Washington Nationals extends back during their original tenure as the Montreal Expos. The two teams repeatedly battled for control of the division in the early 1980s and mid 1990s. Following the franchise's relocation to Washington DC in 2005; the rivalry increased in geographic tension due to Washington's proximity to Philadelphia. The rivalry quickly spiked in intensity during the 2010s after Nationals team management introduced a campaign to block Phillies fans from overtaking home games. In 2019; star-outfielder Bryce Harper further fueled tensions after signing a 13-year $330 million contract with the Phillies as a free agent.[130][131] The Nationals later managed to win the 2019 World Series during the first year of Harper's absence.[132] The Phillies currently lead the series 482–445, but the Nationals lead the postseason series; when the Expos managed a 3–2 victory over the Phillies during the 1981 NLDS.

The rivalry is also mirrored in the Philadelphia-Washington rivalry, which is also seen in other sports, like between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders and the Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals. The two cities are approximately two and a half hours apart by car.

### Historical rivalries

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#### City Series: Philadelphia Athletics

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Main article: City Series (Philadelphia)

Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics, 1905 World Series

The City Series was the name of a series of baseball games played between the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League and the Phillies that ran from 1903 through 1955. After the A's move to Kansas City, Missouri in 1955, the City Series rivalry came to an end. The teams have since faced each other in Interleague play (since its introduction in 1997) but the rivalry has effectively died in the intervening years since the A's left Philadelphia. In 2014, when the A's faced the Phillies in inter-league play at Oakland Coliseum, the Athletics did not bother to mark the historical connection, going so far as to have a Connie Mack promotion the day before the series while the Texas Rangers were in Oakland.[133]

The first City Series was held in 1883 between the Phillies and the American Association's Athletics.[134] When the Athletics first joined the American League, the two teams played each other in a spring and fall series. No City Series was held in 1901 and 1902 due to legal warring between the National and American Leagues.

## Roster

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Philadelphia Phillies roster

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Active roster  | Inactive roster  | Coaches / other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

* 44 Jesús Luzardo
* 61 Cristopher Sánchez
* 55 Ranger Suárez
* 99 Taijuan Walker
* 45 Zack Wheeler

Bullpen

* 58 Tanner Banks
* 50 Orion Kerkering
* 60 Max Lazar
* 30 David Robertson
* 68 Jordan Romano
* 41 Joe Ross
* 25 Matt Strahm

Closer(s)

* 59 Jhoan Durán

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Catchers

* 13 Rafael Marchán
* 10 J. T. Realmuto

Infielders

* 3 Bryce Harper
* 4 Otto Kemp
* 33 Edmundo Sosa
* 5 Bryson Stott
* 7 Trea Turner

Outfielders

* 2 Harrison Bader
* 8 Nick Castellanos
* 17 Max Kepler
* 16 Brandon Marsh
* 37 Weston Wilson

Designated hitters

* 12 Kyle Schwarber

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Pitchers

* 79 Jean Cabrera
* 75 Moisés Chace
* \-- Nolan Hoffman
* 51 Seth Johnson
* \-- Matt Manning
* 63 Michael Mercado
* 56 Alan Rangel
* 48 Daniel Robert
* \-- Josh Walker

Catchers

* 21 Garrett Stubbs

Infielders

* 28 Alec Bohm

Outfielders

* \-- Brewer Hicklen
* 23 Johan Rojas
* 47 Cal Stevenson

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Manager

* 49 Rob Thomson

Coaches

* 95 Mike Calitri (bench)
* 65 Caleb Cotham (pitching)
* 96 Bobby Dickerson (infield)
* 38 Paco Figueroa (first base)
* 97 Brad Flanders (bullpen catcher)
* 92 Dustin Lind (assistant hitting)
* 53 Kevin Long (hitting)
* 93 Mark Lowy (assistant pitching)
* 94 Rafael Pena (assistant hitting)
* 98 Hector Rabago (bullpen catcher)
* 91 Cesar Ramos (bullpen)
* 62 Dusty Wathan (third base)

60-day injured list

* 27 Aaron Nola

Restricted list

* 46 José Alvarado

* 26 active, 14 inactive
* 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
* # Personal leave
* Roster and coaches updated August 10, 2025
* Transactions • Depth chart
* → All MLB rosters

## Team records

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Main article: List of Philadelphia Phillies team records

## Team managers

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Main article: List of Philadelphia Phillies managers

Gene Mauch, Phillies' manager from 1960 to 1968 Charlie Manuel, Phillies' manager from 2005 to 2013 and the most winning Phillies' manager in franchise history

Over 126 seasons, the Phillies' franchise has employed 55 managers.[135] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[136] Seven managers have taken the Phillies to the postseason, with Danny Ozark, Charlie Manuel and Rob Thomson each leading the team to at least three playoff appearances. Manuel and Dallas Green are the only Phillies' managers to win a World Series: Green in 1980 against the Kansas City Royals; and Manuel in 2008 against the Tampa Bay Rays.[137] Charlie Manuel is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 1,416 games of service in parts of nine seasons (2005–2013).[138]

## Achievements

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### Awards

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See also: List of Philadelphia Phillies award winners and league leaders

Six Phillies have won Most Valuable Player Awards during their career with the team. Mike Schmidt leads with three wins, with back-to-back MVPs in 1980 and 1981, and in 1986 as well. Chuck Klein (1932), Jim Konstanty (1950), Ryan Howard (2006), Jimmy Rollins (2007), and Bryce Harper (2021) all have one.[139] Pitcher Steve Carlton leads the team in Cy Young Award wins with four (1972, 1977, 1980, and 1982), while John Denny (1983), Steve Bedrosian (1987), and Roy Halladay (2010) each have one.[139] Four Phillies have won Rookie of the Year honors as well. Jack Sanford won in 1957, Dick Allen in 1964. Third baseman Scott Rolen brought home the honors in 1997, while Howard was the most recent Phillies' winner in 2005.[140] In doing so, Howard became only the second player in MLB history to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in consecutive years, Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles being the first.[141]

Of the 18 players who have hit four home runs in one game, three were Phillies at the time (more than any other team).[142] Ed Delahanty was the first, hitting his four in Chicago's West Side Park on July 13, 1896. Chuck Klein repeated the feat nearly 40 years later to the day, on July 10, 1936, at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field. Forty years later, on April 17, 1976, Mike Schmidt became the third, with his hits in Chicago at Wrigley Field.

### Hall of Famers

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Main article: List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame

See footnote[143]
Philadelphia Phillies Hall of Famers

Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Philadelphia Phillies |

Grover Cleveland Alexander *
Dick Allen *
Sparky Anderson
Richie Ashburn *
Dave Bancroft *
Chief Bender
Dan Brouthers
Jim Bunning

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Steve Carlton *[144]
Roger Connor
Ed Delahanty *
Hugh Duffy
Johnny Evers
Elmer Flick
Jimmie Foxx
Pat Gillick
Roy Halladay[145]

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Billy Hamilton *
Bucky Harris
Ferguson Jenkins
Hughie Jennings
Jim Kaat
Tim Keefe
Chuck Klein *
Nap Lajoie

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Tommy McCarthy
Joe Morgan
Kid Nichols
Tony Pérez
Eppa Rixey
Robin Roberts *
Scott Rolen *
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Casey Stengel
Jim Thome
Sam Thompson *
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### Ford C. Frick Award recipients

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Philadelphia Phillies Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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### Retired numbers and other honors

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See also: List of Major League Baseball retired numbers

The Phillies have retired eight numbers, and honored five additional players with the letter "P" which stands for the team's name.[148] Grover Cleveland Alexander, Ed Delahanty, Billy Hamilton, and Sam Thompson played with the team in the era before Major League Baseball used uniform numbers, and Chuck Klein wore a variety of numbers with the team during his career. Of the eight players with retired numbers, seven were retired for their play with the Phillies and one, 42, was universally retired by Major League Baseball when they honored the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier.

Richie
Ashburn
CF, TV
Retired
1979[149]

Jim
Bunning
RHP
Retired
2001[150]

Dick
Allen
1B, 3B
Retired
2020

Mike
Schmidt

Retired
1990[151]

Steve
Carlton
LHP
Retired
1989[152]

Roy
Halladay
RHP
Retired
2021

Robin
Roberts
RHP
Retired
1962[153]

Jackie
Robinson

Retired
by MLB 1997[154]

Grover C.
Alexander
RHP
Honored
2001[a][155]

Chuck
Klein

Honored
2001[b][156]

Delahanty

Honored
2025

Billy
Hamilton

Honored
2025

Sam
Thompson

Honored
2025

### Wall of Fame

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Main article: Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame

The Wall of Fame was located in Ashburn Alley at Citizens Bank Park from the stadium's opening in 2004 to 2017. In 2018, the exhibit was moved to a new plaza between the left-field scoreboard and the left-field entrance of the stadium.

The Phillies Wall of Fame was started in 1978 as the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame. Until 2004, the Phillies inducted one former Phillie and one former member of the Philadelphia Athletics per year. Since 2004, they have only inducted one Phillie annually (with the exception of 2022 and 2023, when they inducted two and three Phillies, respectively). Eligible players must be retired and must have played at least four years with the Phillies. The Phillies' inductees to the Wall of Fame are listed below (note that there was no inductee for the 2017 season, as Pete Rose was planned to be inducted, but was not due to controversial allegations):

Chuck Klein, 1980 Wall of Fame inductee Phillies Centennial Team, 1983 Wall of Fame inductees Mike Schmidt, 1990 Wall of Fame inductee Dick Allen, 1993 Wall of Fame inductee Tug McGraw, 1998 Wall of Fame inductee Garry Maddox, 2001 Wall of Fame inductee Pat Burrell, 2015 Wall of Fame inductee Jim Thome, 2016 Wall of Fame inductee Bobby Abreu, 2019 Wall of Fame inductee †  | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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Bold | Recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award
Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame

Inducted  | Player  | Position  | Years  | Ref
1978 | Robin Roberts†[b] | P | 1948–1961 | [157]
1978 | Richie Ashburn†[b] | OF
TV | 1948–1959
1963–1997 | [158]
1979 | Chuck Klein†[b] | OF | 1928–1933
1936–1939
1940–1944 | [159]
1980 | Grover Cleveland Alexander†[b] | P | 1911–1917
1930 | [160]
1981 | Del Ennis | OF | 1946–1956 | [161]
1982 | Jim Bunning†[b] | P | 1964–1969
1970–1971 | [162]
1984 | Ed Delahanty† | OF | 1888–1889
1891–1901 | [163]
1985 | Cy Williams | OF | 1918–1930 | [164]
1986 | Granny Hamner | SS | 1944–1959 | [165]
1987 | Paul Owens | MGR

EXEC | 1972, 1983–1984
1972–1983
1984–2003 | [166]
1988 | Steve Carlton†[b] | P | 1972–1986 | [167]
1989 | Mike Schmidt†[b] | 3B | 1972–1989 | [168]
1990 | Larry Bowa | SS
MGR | 1970–1981
2001–2004 | [169]
1991 | Chris Short | P | 1959–1972 | [170]
1992 | Curt Simmons | P | 1947–1960 | [171]
1993 | Dick Allen†[b] | 1B/3B/OF | 1963–1969
1975–1976 | [172]
1994 | Willie Jones | 3B | 1947–1959 | [173]
1995 | Sam Thompson† | OF | 1889–1898 | [174]
1996 | Johnny Callison | OF | 1960–1969 | [175]
1997 | Greg Luzinski | OF | 1970–1980 | [176]
1998 | Tug McGraw | P | 1975–1984 | [177]
1999 | Gavvy Cravath | OF
MGR | 1912–1920
1919–1920 | [178]
2000 | Garry Maddox | OF | 1975–1986 | [179]
2001 | Tony Taylor | 2B | 1960–1971
1974–1976 | [180]
2002 | Sherry Magee | OF | 1904–1914 | [181]
2003 | Billy Hamilton† | OF | 1890–1895 | [182]
2005 | Bob Boone | C | 1972–1982 | [183]
2006 | Dallas Green | P
MGR | 1960–1967
1979–1981 | [184][185]
2007 | John Vukovich | INF

EXEC | 1970–1971, 1976–1981
1988–2004
2004–2007 | [186]
2008 | Juan Samuel | 2B
CO | 1983–1989
2011–2017 | [187]
2009 | Harry Kalas† | TV | 1971–2009 | [188]
2010 | Darren Daulton | C | 1983
1985–1997 | [189]
2011 | John Kruk | 1B
TV | 1989–1994
2017–present  | [190]
2012 | Mike Lieberthal | C | 1994–2006 | [191]
2013 | Curt Schilling | P | 1992–2000 | [192]
2014 | Charlie Manuel | MGR
CO | 2005–2013
2019 | [193]
2015 | Pat Burrell | OF | 2000–2008 |
2016 | Jim Thome† | 1B | 2003–2005, 2012 |
2017 | No inductees[a]
2018 | Pat Gillick† | GM
EXEC | 2005–2008
2008–present  | [196][197]
Roy Halladay†[b] | P | 2010–2013
2019 | Bobby Abreu | OF | 1998–2006 | [198]
2020 | Manny Trillo | 2B | 1979–1982 | [199]
2022 | Bake McBride | RF/CF | 1977–1981 | [200]
Ron Reed | P | 1976–1983
2023 | Ruly Carpenter | EXEC | 1963–1981 | [201]
John Quinn | GM | 1959–1972
Scott Rolen† | 3B | 1996–2002
2024 | David Montgomery | EXEC | 1971–2019 | [202]
2025 | Jimmy Rollins | SS | 2000–2014 | [203]
Ed Wade | GM | 1998–2005

#### Centennial Team

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In 1983, rather than inducting a player into the Wall of Fame, the Phillies selected their Centennial Team, commemorating the best players of the first 100 years in franchise history.

List of players honored as Centennial Team members

Player  | Position
Richie Ashburn†[b] | CF
Bob Boone | C
Larry Bowa | SS
Steve Carlton†[b] | LHP
Garry Maddox | CF
Dallas Green | MGR
Jim Konstanty | RHP
Del Ennis | OF
Tug McGraw | LHP
Robin Roberts†[b] | RHP
Pete Rose | 1B
Mike Schmidt†[b] | 3B
Manny Trillo | 2B

### Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

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Main article: Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

Phillies in the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

Name  | Position  | Tenure  | Inducted
Richie Ashburn | CF
Broadcaster | 1948–1959
1963–1997 | 2004
Steve Carlton | P | 1972–1986 | 2004
Harry Kalas | Broadcaster | 1971–2009 | 2004
Robin Roberts | P | 1948–1961 | 2004
Mike Schmidt | 3B | 1972–1989 | 2004
Grover Cleveland Alexander | P | 1911–1917, 1930 | 2005
Bill Campbell | Broadcaster | 1963–1970 | 2005
Del Ennis | OF | 1946–1956 | 2006
Chuck Klein | RF | 1928–1933
1936–1939
1940–1944 | 2007
Ed Delahanty | LF | 1891–1901 | 2008
Larry Bowa | SS
Coach
Manager | 1970–1981
2001–2004
1989–1996
2014–present | 2009
Dick Allen | 1B / 3B | 1963–1969
1975–1976 | 2010
Tug McGraw | P | 1975–1984 | 2010
Curt Simmons | P | 1947–1960 | 2011
Dan Baker | P.A. Announcer | 1972–present | 2012
Johnny Callison | RF | 1960–1969 | 2012
Greg Luzinski | LF | 1970–1980 | 2013
Bucky Walters | P / 3B | 1934–1938 | 2013
Chief Bender | P | 1916–1917 | 2014
By Saam | Broadcaster | 1939–1950
1955–1975 | 2014
Curt Schilling | P | 1992–2000 | 2014
Garry Maddox | CF | 1975–1986 | 2015
Sam Thompson | RF | 1889–1898 | 2015
Charlie Manuel | Manager | 2005–2013 | 2016
Chris Short | P | 1959–1972 | 2016
Bob Boone | C | 1972–1981 | 2017
Danny Murtaugh | 2B | 1941–1943, 1946 | 2018
Gavvy Cravath | RF
Manager | 1912–1920
1919–1920 | 2018
Jamie Moyer | P | 2006–2010 | 2018
Paul Owens | GM
Manager | 1972–1984
1972, 1983–1984 | 2019
Cy Williams | OF | 1918–1930 | 2020
David Montgomery | Executive | 1971–2019 | 2020

### Team captains

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See also: Captain (baseball)

* Jimmie Wilson 1927–1928
* Fresco Thompson 1928–1930
* Granny Hamner 1952–1959
* Mike Schmidt 1978–1979

## Minor league affiliations

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Main article: List of Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliates

Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate

The Philadelphia Phillies farm system consists of seven minor league affiliates.[204]

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Double-A | Reading Fightin Phils | Eastern League | Reading, Pennsylvania | FirstEnergy Stadium | 1967
High-A | Jersey Shore BlueClaws | South Atlantic League | Lakewood, New Jersey | ShoreTown Ballpark | 2001
Single-A | Clearwater Threshers | Florida State League | Clearwater, Florida | BayCare Ballpark | 1985
Rookie | FCL Phillies | Florida Complex League | Carpenter Complex | 2021
DSL Phillies Red | Dominican Summer League | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional | Philadelphia Phillies Complex  | 2017
DSL Phillies White

## Radio and television

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See also: Philadelphia Phillies Radio Network and List of current Major League Baseball broadcasters

Harry Kalas, Phillies broadcaster from 1971 to 2009 and 2009 Wall of Fame inductee

As of 2024, the Phillies' flagship radio stations is WIP-FM (94.1 FM), formerly owned by CBS Radio, but since November 2017, is owned by Philadelphia-area company Audacy. The broadcasts were discontinued on the former AM flagship station WPHT 1210 in 2016.[205] Scott Franzke provides play-by-play on the radio, with Larry Andersen and Kevin Stocker as color commentators. Meanwhile, NBCUniversal (a unit of Philadelphia-based Comcast) handles local television/streaming broadcasts through its properties NBC Sports Philadelphia/Peacock and WCAU (NBC Channel 10). WCAU broadcasts are syndicated to WHP-DT2 in Harrisburg and WQMY-TV in Wilkes-Barre. Tom McCarthy calls play-by-play for the television broadcasts, with John Kruk, Rubén Amaro Jr.,[206] Ben Davis, Cole Hamels,[207] and Mike Schmidt[208] providing color commentary.

Spanish language broadcasts are on WTTM (1680 AM)[209] with Oscar Budejen or Angel Castillo on play-by-play, and Bill Kulik on color commentary.[210]

Other popular Phillies broadcasters through the years include By Saam (1939–1975), Bill Campbell (1962–1970), Richie Ashburn (1963–1997), and Harry Kalas (1971–2009).[211] Kalas, a 2002 recipient of the Ford Frick Award and an icon in the Philadelphia area, called play-by-play in the first three and last three innings on television and the fourth inning on the radio until his death on April 13, 2009.

At Citizens Bank Park, the restaurant built into the base of the main scoreboard is named "Harry the K's" in Kalas' honor. After his death, the Phillies' TV broadcast booth was renamed "The Harry Kalas Broadcast Booth". It is directly next to the radio-broadcast booth, which is named "The Richie 'Whitey' Ashburn Broadcast Booth." When the Phillies win at home, Kalas' rendition of the song "High Hopes," which he would sing when the Phillies had clinched a playoff berth or advanced in the playoffs, is played as fans file out of the stadium. In addition, when a Phillies player hits a home run, a recording of Kalas' famous "That ball is outta here!" home run call is played. The sole exception is Chase Utley, once the subject of another famous Kalas call, "Chase Utley, you are The Man!", which was played when Utley hit a homer.

In 2011, the Phillies unveiled a statue of Harry Kalas at Citizens Bank Park. It was funded by Phillies' fans and designed and constructed by a Phillies' fan.

The Phillies' public-address (PA) announcer is Dan Baker, who started in the 1972 season. He is the longest tenured PA announcer in Major League Baseball[212][213][214]

In 2011, the Phillies spent $10 million to upgrade the video system at Citizens Bank Park, including a new display screen in left field, making it the largest in the National League at 76 feet high and 97 feet wide.[215][216] In 2023, the Phillies once again upgraded their left field display screen by installing a 4K HDR screen that is 77% larger than the previous one, measuring at 86 feet high and 152 feet wide.[217]

## Community

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### Charitable contributions

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Since 1984, the Phillies have supported research related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) with the "Phillies Phestival".[218] The team raised over US$750,000 for ALS research at their 2008 festival, compared with approximately $4,500 at the inaugural event in 1984;[218] the event has raised over $10 million in its history.[219] The ALS Association of Philadelphia is the Phillies' primary charity,[220] and the hospitals they support include Pennsylvania Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and Hahnemann University Hospital.[218] Former Phillies' pitchers Geoff Geary, who lost a friend to the disease,[221] and Curt Schilling, who retired with the Boston Red Sox,[222] are still involved with the Phillies' cause.

### Education and anti-drug programs

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The Phillies have a reading incentive program called Phanatic About Reading, which is designed to encourage students from kindergarten to eighth grade to read for a minimum of 15 minutes a night. This reading program is designed to help students with their literacy skills and comprehension. Phillies Phundamentals is another educational program, offered through after-school and summer camps, that is designed to make learning fun and support academic skills by using baseball.

The Phillies celebrate teachers during their annual Teacher Appreciation Night.[223]

The "Cut Out Overdoses" anti-drug campaign, sponsored by Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse (MAPDA) and Emergent Biosolutions, manufacturer of the overdose antagonist Narcan, highlights the drug overdose problem through special communications programs at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Phillies. (There are identical programs supported by both the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds.) In 2020, the stadium, fan-empty due to the coronavirus pandemic, featured "cut-out" cardboard figures of fans filling the stands. Clicking on one of the silhouettes leads to the anguished story of the overdose death of an individual, written by family members. The story also encourages readers to take a stand by learning more about opioid-reversal medication and making a donation to MAPDA. The site reports that an American dies from an accidental opioid overdose every 15 minutes, over 35,000 people annually.[224]

### Fan support and reputation

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Phillies fans, who have a reputation for occasional unruly behavior, brawl with New York Mets fans at Shea Stadium in September 2007

Phillies' fans have earned a reputation over the years for their occasional unruly behavior. In the 1960s, radio announcers for visiting teams would frequently report on the numerous fights breaking out in Connie Mack Stadium.[225] Immediately after the final game at the old park, many fans ran onto the field or dislodged parts of the ballpark to take home with them.[226] Later, at Veterans Stadium, the 700 Level gained a reputation for its "hostile taunting, fighting, public urination and general strangeness".[227] Phillies fans are famously known for their reputation for being the "Meanest Fans in America".[228]

Phillies' fans are known for harsh criticism of their own stars such the 1964 Rookie of the Year Dick Allen and Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt. The fans, however, are just as well known for heckling the visiting team. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Burt Hooton's poor performance during game three of the 1977 NLCS[229] has often been attributed to the crowd's taunting.[230] J. D. Drew, the Phillies' first overall draft pick in the amateur draft of 1997, never signed with the Phillies following a contract dispute with the team, instead re-entering the draft the next year to be drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals.[231] Phillies fans were angered over this disrespect and hurled debris, including two D batteries, at Drew during an August 1999 game.[232]

Many sportswriters have noted the passionate presence of Phillies fans. Allen Barra wrote that the biggest roar he ever heard from Philadelphia fans was in 1980 when Tug McGraw, in the victory parade after the World Series, told New York fans they could "take this championship and shove it."[233]

When the Phillies moved to Veterans Stadium, they hired a group of young ladies to serve as ushers. These women wore maroon-colored outfits featuring hot pants and were called the Hot Pants Patrol.[234] The team also introduced a pair of mascots attired in colonial garb, named Philadelphia Phil and Phyllis. In addition to costumed characters, animated Phil and Phyllis figures mounted on the center-field facade would "hit" the Liberty Bell after a Phillies home run. This pair of mascots never achieved any significant level of popularity with fans and were eventually discontinued.[234] In 1978, the team introduced a new mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, who has been called "baseball's best mascot", which has been much more successful and has become closely associated with the marketing of the team.[235]

At a game in the 1970s, the Phillies had an Easter Day promotion known as the "highest-jumping Easter Bunny."[236] The plan was for the Easter Bunny, who was given $1,000 and placed in a hot air balloon, to be flown out of Veterans Stadium before the Phillies game.[236] The first fan to find the balloon would get the cash prize.[236] However, the balloon only went three feet in the air before crashing to the ground. As he left the field, the Phillies' fans booed the Easter Bunny.[236]

In Phillies' fan culture, it is also not unusual to replace an "f" with a "ph" in words, such as the Phillie Phanatic.[237]

The club surpassed 100 consecutive sellouts on August 19, 2010, selling out over 50% of their home games and averaging an annual attendance of over 3.1 million fans since moving to Citizens Bank Park;[238] on April 3, 2011, the team broke the three-game series attendance record at the ballpark, having 136,254 fans attend the opening weekend against the Houston Astros.[239]

In 2011 and 2012, the Phillies led the league in attendance with 3,680,718 and 3,565,718 fans, respectively, coming out to watch Phillies baseball.[240][241][242][243][244]

The Phillies now boast active international support groups on social media, with a Philadelphia Phillies' UK Facebook group starting in August 2015 and UK Phillies' Twitter account created in May 2017.[245][246] In March 2018 a Phillies' France account launched in French.[247]

## See also

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* Baseball portal
* Philadelphia portal
* Pennsylvania portal

* List of Philadelphia Phillies broadcasters
* List of Philadelphia Phillies first-round draft picks
* List of Philadelphia Phillies Opening Day starting pitchers
* List of Philadelphia Phillies seasons
* Sports in Philadelphia

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### Explanatory notes

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1. ^ On April 10, 2017, it was announced Pete Rose would be that year's inductee into the Wall of Fame (Rose is already a member of the 1983 Centennial Team, but was planned to be honored with his own individual plaque).[194] However, on August 12, 2017, just ten days before the ceremony, the Phillies announced Rose would not be inducted amid recent statutory rape allegations.[195] The Phillies would ultimately not induct a new member of the Wall of Fame for 2017, and instead honored past members.

## Further reading

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* Giles, Bill with Doug Myers. Pouring Six Beers at a Time and Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball (Triumph Books, 2007).
* Fitzpatrick, Frank. You Can't Lose 'Em All: The Year the Phillies Finally Won the World Series (Taylor Trade Publishing, 2001).
* Goodman, Mark (2002). Philadelphia Phillies (1st pbk. ed.). Creative Paperbacks. ISBN 0898123534.
* Kashatus, William C. September Swoon: Richie Allen, the '64 Phillies and Racial Integration (Penn State University Press, 2004).
* Kashatus, William C. Almost A Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008).
* Kashatus, William C. Macho Row: The 1993 Phillies and Baseball's Unwritten Code (University of Nebraska Press, 2017).
* Kulick, Bruce. To Every Thing A Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909–1976 (Princeton University Press, 1991).
* Matthews, Gary with Phil Pepe. Few and Chosen: Defining Phillies Greatness Across the Eras (Triumph Books, 2012).
* Roberts, Robin with C. Paul Rogers III. THe Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant (Temple University Press, 1996).
* Westcott, Rich and Frank Bilovsky. The Phillies Encyclopedia (Temple University Press, 2004. 3rd edition).

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* Philadelphia Phillies official website

Awards and achievements

Preceded by

Pittsburgh Pirates
1979

|  World Series champions
1980 | Succeeded by

Los Angeles Dodgers
1981

Preceded by

Boston Red Sox
2007

|  World Series champions
2008 | Succeeded by

New York Yankees
2009

Preceded by

Boston Braves
1914

|  National League champions
1915  | Succeeded by

Brooklyn Dodgers
1916

Preceded by

Brooklyn Dodgers
1949

|  National League champions
1950  | Succeeded by

New York Giants
1951

Preceded by

Pittsburgh Pirates
1979

|  National League champions
1980 | Succeeded by

Los Angeles Dodgers
1981

Preceded by

St. Louis Cardinals
1982

|  National League champions
1983 | Succeeded by

San Diego Padres
1984

Preceded by

Atlanta Braves
1991–1992

|  National League champions
1993 | Succeeded by

Atlanta Braves
1995

Preceded by

Colorado Rockies
2007

|  National League champions
2008–2009 | Succeeded by

San Francisco Giants
2010

Preceded by

Atlanta Braves
2021

|  National League champions
2022 | Succeeded by

Arizona Diamondbacks
2023

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Philadelphia Phillies

* Established in 1883
* Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers and the Philadelphia Blue Jays
* Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* Players
* Owners and executives
* Managers
* Broadcasters
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* First-round picks
* No-hitters
* Award winners and league leaders

Ballparks|

* Recreation Park
* Baker Bowl
* Shibe Park
* Veterans Stadium
* Citizens Bank Park

Spring training

Cape May Athletic Park
The Ballpark (Gainesville)
Latta Park Baseball Field
Broad Street Park
Bolton Street Park
Southern Pines Country Club
Rickwood Field
Fogel Field
Sunset Ball Park
Coffee Pot Park
Wearn Field
Fleming Field
Cooke Field
Ninth Street Park
Denison Field
Biloxi Stadium
Landa Park
Flamingo Field
Wilmington Park
Clearwater Athletic Field
Jack Russell Stadium
Carpenter Complex/BayCare Ballpark

Culture|

* Ashburn Alley
* Baseball Wall of Fame
* By Saam
* Curse of Billy Penn
* Dan Baker
* Franchise awards
* Harry Kalas
* "High Hopes"
* Hot Pants Patrol
* "Kashmir"
* Maje McDonnell
* Paul Richardson
* Philadelphia Phillies (NFL)
* Phillie Phanatic (David Raymond)
* Phillies Turn Back the Clock
* Sports Hall of Fame
* The Winning Team
* Summer Catch
* "The Sound of Philadelphia"
* "Dancing on My Own"
* "A-O-K"
* South Philadelphia Sports Complex
* Tony Lucadello

Lore|

* 1993 World Series Game 6
* 2018 MLB Little League Classic
* Bedlam at the Bank
* Black Friday
* Black Saturday
* The Cardiac Kids
* Chase Utley's throw home
* Dick Sisler's home run
* The Four Aces
* Macho Row
* Perfect games
* Jim Bunning
* Roy Halladay
* Pete Rose catch
* The Phold
* Rhys Hoskins Bat Spike
* Roy Halladay's postseason no-hitter
* Whiz Kids
* Wheeze Kids

Rivalries|

* New York Mets
* Philadelphia Athletics (City Series)
* Pittsburgh Pirates
* Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos (former)

Retired numbers|

* 1
* 14
* 15
* 20
* 32
* 34
* 36
* 42
* P
* P
* P
* P
* P

Key personnel|

* Owner: Limited partnership (John S. Middleton, Jim & Pete Buck, Stanley Middleman, Estate of David Montgomery, & Pat Gillick)
* President: David Dombrowski
* General Manager: Preston Mattingly
* Manager: Rob Thomson

World Series
championships (2)|

* 1980
* 2008

NL pennants (8)|

* 1915
* 1950
* 1980
* 1983
* 1993
* 2008
* 2009
* 2022

Division
championships (12)|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1980
* 1983
* 1993
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2024

Wild Card titles (2)|

* 2022
* 2023

Minor league
affiliates|

Triple-A

Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Double-A

Reading Fightin Phils
High-A

Jersey Shore BlueClaws
Single-A

Clearwater Threshers
Rookie

FCL Phillies
DSL Phillies Red
DSL Phillies White
Rosters

Minor league rosters

Broadcasting|

| Television|

* NBC Sports Philadelphia
* WCAU

|

Streaming|

* Peacock

Radio|

* 94 WIP (English flagship station)
* El Pasaporte (Spanish flagship station)
* Phillies radio network affiliates

Broadcasters|

* Tom McCarthy
* John Kruk
* Ben Davis
* Mike Schmidt
* Rubén Amaro Jr.
* Cole Hamels
* Scott Franzke
* Larry Andersen
* Kevin Stocker

Seasons (143)

1880s|

* 1880 · 1881 · 1882 ·  1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889

1890s|

* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899

1900s|

* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909

1910s|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919

1920s|

* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929

1930s|

* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939

1940s|

* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

1950s|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

1960s|

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

1970s|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s|

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Category

Links to related articles

* v
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* e

Philadelphia Phillies managers

* Bob Ferguson (1883)
* Blondie Purcell (1883)
* Harry Wright (1884–1890)
* Jack Clements (1890)
* Al Reach (1890)
* Bob Allen (1890)
* Harry Wright (1891–1893)
* Arthur Irwin (1894–1895)
* Billy Nash (1896)
* George Stallings (1897–1898)
* Bill Shettsline (1898–1902)
* Chief Zimmer (1903)
* Hugh Duffy (1904–1906)
* Billy Murray (1907–1909)
* Red Dooin (1910–1914)
* Pat Moran (1915–1918)
* Jack Coombs (1919)
* Gavvy Cravath (1919–1920)
* Bill Donovan (1921)
* Kaiser Wilhelm (1921–1922)
* Art Fletcher (1923–1926)
* Stuffy McInnis (1927)
* Burt Shotton (1928–1933)
* Jimmie Wilson (1934–1938)
* Hans Lobert (1938)
* Doc Prothro (1939–1941)
* Hans Lobert (1942)
* Bucky Harris (1943)
* Freddie Fitzsimmons (1943–1945)
* Ben Chapman (1945–1948)
* Dusty Cooke (1948)
* Eddie Sawyer (1948–1952)
* Steve O'Neill (1952–1954)
* Terry Moore (1954)
* Mayo Smith (1955–1958)
* Eddie Sawyer (1958–1960)
* Andy Cohen (1960)
* Gene Mauch (1960–1968)
* Bob Skinner (1968–1969)
* George Myatt (1969)
* Frank Lucchesi (1970–1972)
* Paul Owens (1972)
* Danny Ozark (1973–1979)
* Dallas Green (1979–1981)
* Pat Corrales (1982–1983)
* Paul Owens (1983–1984)
* John Felske (1985–1987)
* Lee Elia (1987–1988)
* John Vukovich (1988)
* Nick Leyva (1989–1991)
* Jim Fregosi (1991–1996)
* Terry Francona (1997–2000)
* Larry Bowa (2001–2004)
* Gary Varsho (2004)
* Charlie Manuel (2005–2013)
* Ryne Sandberg (2013–2015)
* Pete Mackanin (2015–2017)
* Gabe Kapler (2018–2019)
* Joe Girardi (2020–2022)
* Rob Thomson (2022–present)

* v
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* e

Philadelphia Phillies general managers

* Herb Pennock (1944–1948)
* R. R. M. Carpenter Jr. (1950–1953)
* Roy Hamey (1954–1958)
* John Quinn (1959–1972)
* Paul Owens (1972–1983)
* Bill Giles (1984–1987)
* Woody Woodward (1987–1988)
* Lee Thomas (1988–1997)
* Ed Wade (1998–2005)
* Pat Gillick (2006–2008)
* Rubén Amaro Jr. (2008–2015)
* Matt Klentak (2015–2020)
* Sam Fuld (2020–2024)
* Preston Mattingly (2024–present)

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Principal owners of the Philadelphia Phillies franchise

* Al Reach & John Rogers
* James Potter
* Israel Wilson Durham
* Charles Phelps Taft and Horace Fogel
* William H. Locke
* William Baker
* Charlie Ruch
* Gerald Nugent
* William D. Cox
* Robert R. M. Carpenter
* Bob Carpenter
* Ruly Carpenter
* Bill Giles and David Montgomery
* John S. Middleton

* v
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Philadelphia Phillies retired numbers

* P Grover Cleveland Alexander
* P Chuck Klein
* P Ed Delahanty
* P Billy Hamilton
* P Sam Thompson
* 1 Richie Ashburn
* 14 Jim Bunning
* 15 Dick Allen
* 20 Mike Schmidt
* 32 Steve Carlton
* 34 Roy Halladay
* 36 Robin Roberts

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Philadelphia Phillies in the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Inducted as a member
of the Phillies|

* Grover Cleveland Alexander
* Dick Allen
* Richie Ashburn
* Dave Bancroft
* Jim Bunning
* Steve Carlton
* Ed Delahanty
* Billy Hamilton
* Chuck Klein
* Robin Roberts
* Mike Schmidt
* Sam Thompson

Inductees who played
for the Phillies|

* Sparky Anderson
* Chief Bender
* Dan Brouthers
* Roger Connor
* Hugh Duffy
* Johnny Evers
* Elmer Flick
* Jimmie Foxx
* Roy Halladay
* Billy Hamilton
* Ferguson Jenkins
* Hughie Jennings
* Jim Kaat
* Tim Keefe
* Nap Lajoie
* Pedro Martínez
* Tommy McCarthy
* Joe Morgan
* Kid Nichols
* Tony Pérez
* Eppa Rixey
* Scott Rolen
* Ryne Sandberg
* Casey Stengel
* Jim Thome
* Billy Wagner
* Lloyd Waner
* Hack Wilson

Phillies' managers|

* Bucky Harris
* Harry Wright

Others|

* Herb Pennock
* Pat Gillick

Ford C. Frick Award|

* By Saam
* Harry Kalas

Championship navigation boxes

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Philadelphia Phillies 1980 World Series champions

6 Keith Moreland
8 Bob Boone
9 Manny Trillo (NLCS MVP)
10 Larry Bowa
14 Pete Rose
15 Ramón Avilés
18 John Vukovich
19 Greg Luzinski
20 Mike Schmidt (NL MVP & World Series MVP)
21 Bake McBride
23 Greg Gross
25 Del Unser
27 Lonnie Smith
29 George Vukovich
31 Garry Maddox
32 Steve Carlton (NL CYA)
33 Kevin Saucier
38 Larry Christenson
40 Warren Brusstar
41 Bob Walk
42 Ron Reed
44 Dick Ruthven
45 Tug McGraw
48 Dickie Noles
50 Marty Bystrom

Manager
46 Dallas Green

Coaches
2 Billy DeMars
3 Lee Elia
4 Herm Starrette
5 Mike Ryan
7 Bobby Wine
12 Rubén Amaro Sr.

Regular season
National League Championship Series

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Philadelphia Phillies 2008 World Series champions

4 Eric Bruntlett
5 Pat Burrell
6 Ryan Howard
7 Pedro Feliz
8 Shane Victorino
10 Geoff Jenkins
11 Jimmy Rollins
12 Matt Stairs
16 J. C. Romero
19 Greg Dobbs
26 Chase Utley
27 Chris Coste
28 Jayson Werth
35 Cole Hamels (NLCS and World Series MVP)
37 Chad Durbin
39 Brett Myers
43 J. A. Happ
47 Scott Eyre
50 Jamie Moyer
51 Carlos Ruiz
54 Brad Lidge
55 Clay Condrey
56 Joe Blanton
63 Ryan Madson
99 So Taguchi

Manager 41 Charlie Manuel

Third Base Coach 2 Steve Smith
First Base Coach 15 Davey Lopes
Catching Instructor 17 Mick Billmeyer
Bench Coach 22 Jimy Williams
Hitting Coach 25 Milt Thompson
Interim Bullpen Coach 29 Roly de Armas
Pitching Coach 30 Rich Dubee
Bullpen Coach 31 Ramon Henderson
General Manager Pat Gillick

Regular season
National League Division Series
National League Championship Series

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Major League Baseball

2025 season

American League|

| East|

* Baltimore Orioles
* Boston Red Sox
* New York Yankees
* Tampa Bay Rays
* Toronto Blue Jays

|

Central|

* Chicago White Sox
* Cleveland Guardians
* Detroit Tigers
* Kansas City Royals
* Minnesota Twins

West|

* Athletics
* Houston Astros
* Los Angeles Angels
* Seattle Mariners
* Texas Rangers

National League|

| East|

* Atlanta Braves
* Miami Marlins
* New York Mets
* Philadelphia Phillies
* Washington Nationals

|

Central|

* Chicago Cubs
* Cincinnati Reds
* Milwaukee Brewers
* Pittsburgh Pirates
* St. Louis Cardinals

West|

* Arizona Diamondbacks
* Colorado Rockies
* Los Angeles Dodgers
* San Diego Padres
* San Francisco Giants

| Schedule|

* Spring training
* Opening Day
* Jackie Robinson Day
* Civil Rights Game
* All-Star Game
* Interleague play
* International games
* London
* Mexico City
* Seoul
* Little League Classic
* Field of Dreams Game
* Rickwood Field Game
* Speedway Classic
* Players Weekend
* World Baseball Classic

|

Postseason|

* World Series
* Champions
* AL
* AL champions
* ALCS
* ALDS
* NL
* NL champions
* NLCS
* NLDS
* Wild Card Game/Series
* Appearances
* Streaks
* Droughts
* Series
* Sweeps
* Records
* Game 7s

Business|

* Authentication Program
* Business rules
* Draft
* Rule 5
* Highest-paid players
* Hot stove league
* Luxury tax
* Lockouts/strikes
* Media
* Logo
* Radio
* Television
* MLB.com
* MLB Advanced Media
* MLB Network
* MLB Local Media
* Minor League Baseball
* MLB Draft League
* Players Association
* World Baseball Classic Inc.
* Transactions
* Free agency
* Valuations
* Winter Meetings

Miscellaneous|

* Instant replay
* Team uniforms (2024 controversy)
* Stadiums
* Mascots
* Rivalries
* Comparison with Nippon Professional Baseball
* Pride Night

History|

* History
* AL
* Seasons
* Tie-breakers
* Tie-breaking procedures
* All-time win–loss records
* Records
* Awards
* Retired numbers
* Hall of Fame
* members
* National Baseball Commission
* Continental League
* Organized baseball
* Baseball color line
* First black players in MLB
* Negro leaguers who played in MLB
* Women MLB owners

| Predecessors|

* National Association
* American Association
* Union Association
* Players' League
* Federal League
* Major Negro leagues
* Negro National League (I)
* Eastern Colored League
* American Negro League
* East–West League
* Negro Southern League
* Negro National League (II)
* Negro American League

|

Steroid usage|

* Drug policy
* suspensions
* Mitchell Report
* Biogenesis scandal
* BALCO scandal
* Barry Bonds perjury case

Antitrust cases|

* Federal Baseball Club v. National League (1922)
* Toolson v. New York Yankees, Inc. (1953)
* Flood v. Kuhn (1972)

Timeline|

* Timeline of Major League Baseball
* History of team nicknames
* Dead-ball era
* Live-ball era
* Golden age of baseball
* Defunct and relocated teams
* Relocations of the 1950s–1960s
* Expansion
* 1961
* 1962
* 1969
* 1977
* 1993
* 1998
* Potential
* Contraction attempt

* Commissioner: Rob Manfred
* League Presidents
* AL
* NL

* v
* t
* e

National League

Organization|

* Parent league: Major League Baseball
* Partner league: American League
* Honorary president: Bill Giles

Current teams|

| East|

* Atlanta Braves
* Miami Marlins
* New York Mets
* Philadelphia Phillies
* Washington Nationals

|

Central|

* Chicago Cubs
* Cincinnati Reds
* Milwaukee Brewers
* Pittsburgh Pirates
* St. Louis Cardinals

West|

* Arizona Diamondbacks
* Colorado Rockies
* Los Angeles Dodgers
* San Diego Padres
* San Francisco Giants

Former, relocated,
and disestablished teams|

* 19th-century National League teams
* Boston Beaneaters/Braves (1883–1952)
* Milwaukee Braves (1953–1965)
* Brooklyn Dodgers (1883–1957)
* New York Giants (1883–1957)
* Houston Colt .45s/Astros (1962–2012)
* Montreal Expos (1969–2004)

Championship play|

* Champions
* Championship Series
* Division Series
* Wild Card Game
* Wild Card winners

Related articles|

* Professional baseball

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* e

Members of the Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame

Inducted as
Phillies|

* Roberts
* Ashburn
* Klein
* Alexander
* Ennis
* Bunning
* Delahanty
* Williams
* Hamner
* Owens
* Carlton
* Schmidt
* Bowa
* Short
* Simmons
* Allen
* Jones
* Thompson
* Callison
* Luzinski
* McGraw
* Cravath
* Maddox
* Taylor
* Magee
* Hamilton
* Boone
* Green
* Vukovich
* Samuel
* Kalas
* Daulton
* Kruk
* Lieberthal
* Schilling
* Manuel
* Burrell
* Thome
* Gillick
* Halladay
* Abreu
* Trillo
* McBride
* Reed
* Carpenter
* Quinn
* Rolen
* Montgomery
* Rollins
* Wade

Inducted as
Athletics|

* Mack
* Foxx
* Grove
* Simmons
* Cochrane
* Dykes
* Plank
* Waddell
* Collins
* Moses
* Johnson
* Valo
* Bender
* Coombs
* Baker
* Shantz
* Joost
* Rommel
* Fain
* Miller
* Chapman
* Earnshaw
* Zernial
* Walberg
* Oldring

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Sports teams based in Pennsylvania

Australian rules football|

USAFL
Philadelphia Hawks

Baseball|

MLB
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates

Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

Altoona Curve
Erie SeaWolves
Harrisburg Senators
Reading Fightin Phils
ALPB
Lancaster Stormers
York Revolution
MLBDL
State College Spikes
Williamsport Crosscutters

Washington Wild Things

Johnstown Mill Rats

Basketball|

NBA
Philadelphia 76ers
WNBA
Philadelphia WNBA team (2030)
TBL
Reading Rebels
ABA
Central Pennsylvania Kings
Delco Desperados
Erie Elite
Philly Thunder
Steel City Yellow Jackets
Wyoming Valley Clutch
ECBL
Philly Raiders

Cricket|

MiLC
The Philadelphians

Football|

NFL
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
PAFL
Erie Express
WFA
Harrisburg Havoc
Philadelphia Phantomz
Pittsburgh Passion

Ice hockey|

NHL
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
AHL
Hershey Bears
Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
ECHL
Reading Royals
OHL
Erie Otters
NAHL
Johnstown Tomahawks
EHL
Philadelphia Little Flyers
Pennsylvania Huntsmen
USPHL
Hershey Cubs
West Chester Wolves
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights

Inline hockey|

PIHA
Harrisburg Lunatics
Hatfield Scorchers
Hershey Typhoon
Marple Gladiators
Pittsburgh Inferno
Pottstown Team Blue

Lacrosse|

NLL
Philadelphia Wings
PLL
Philadelphia Waterdogs

Roller derby|

WFTDA
Black Rose Rollers
Brandywine Roller Derby
Dutchland Derby Rollers
Erie Roller Derby
Harrisburg Area Roller Derby
Lehigh Valley Roller Derby
MRDA
Philadelphia Hooligans
Pittsburgh Roller Derby

Soccer|

MLS
Philadelphia Union
USLC
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
MLS Next Pro
Philadelphia Union II
USL2
Lehigh Valley United
Philadelphia Lone Star FC
Reading United AC
West Chester United SC
USLW
Pittsburgh Riveters SC
NPSL
Electric City Shock SC
Erie Commodores FC
Hershey FC
Pennsylvania Classics
Philadelphia Union DS
Steel City FC
WPSL
Beadling SC
Erie FC
Fever SC
Hershey FC
Hex FC Tempest
LVU Rush
Keystone FC
Penn Fusion SA
Pennsylvania Classics
Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals
Reading United AC
West-Mont United
UWS
Black Mountain Torrent
Erie Commodores FC
Lancaster Inferno FC
Steel City FC
Steel United

Indoor soccer|

MASL
Harrisburg Heat

Ultimate|

UFA
Philadelphia Phoenix
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

College athletics
(NCAA Division I)|

Bucknell Bison
Drexel Dragons
Duquesne Dukes
La Salle Explorers
Lafayette Leopards
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Mercyhurst Lakers
Penn Quakers
Penn State Nittany Lions
Pittsburgh Panthers
Robert Morris Colonials
Saint Francis Red Flash
Saint Joseph's Hawks
Temple Owls
Villanova Wildcats

* Sports in Pennsylvania

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Sports teams based in and around Philadelphia

Baseball|

MLB
Philadelphia Phillies

Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Reading Fightin Phils
SAL
Wilmington Blue Rocks
MLBDL
Trenton Thunder

Basketball|

NBA
Philadelphia 76ers
WNBA
Philadelphia WNBA team (2030)
G League
Delaware Blue Coats

Esports|

Overwatch League
Philadelphia Fusion (defunct)

Football|

NFL
Philadelphia Eagles
WFA
Philadelphia Phantomz

Hockey|

NHL
Philadelphia Flyers
AHL
Lehigh Valley Phantoms
ECHL
Reading Royals
EHL
Philadelphia Little Flyers
Philadelphia Junior Flyers
Philadelphia Revolution

Rugby league|

USARL
Bucks County Sharks
Delaware Black Foxes
Philadelphia Fight

Roller derby|

WFTDA
Diamond State Roller Girls
Lehigh Valley Roller Derby
Philly Roller Derby

Soccer|

MLS
Philadelphia Union
MLS Next Pro
Philadelphia Union II
NISA
Philadelphia Fury (hiatus)
USL2
Lehigh Valley United
Ocean City Nor'easters
Philadelphia Lone Star FC
Reading United AC
West Chester United SC
NPSL
Atlantic City FC
Torch FC
Women's Premier Soccer League
Reading United AC

Tennis|

WTT
Philadelphia Freedoms (defunct)

Lacrosse|

NLL
Philadelphia Wings
PLL
Philadelphia Waterdogs

Ultimate|

AUDL
Philadelphia Phoenix

College athletics
(NCAA Div. I)|

* Delaware Blue Hens
* Drexel Dragons
* Lafayette Leopards
* La Salle Explorers
* Lehigh Mountain Hawks
* Penn Quakers
* Princeton Tigers
* Rider Broncs
* Saint Joseph's Hawks
* Temple Owls
* Villanova Wildcats

See also: Philadelphia Big 5 and City 6

College athletics
(NCAA Div. II)|

* Jefferson Rams
* West Chester Golden Rams
* Wilmington Wildcats

Currently defunct teams|

Further information: Template:Defunct Philadelphia sports teams

Main article: Sports in Philadelphia

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City of Philadelphia

Topics|

* History
* Timeline
* Architecture
* Bibliography
* Companies
* Cuisine
* Culture
* Demographics
* Dialect
* Economy
* Education
* Media
* Music
* Notable people
* Riots
* Sites of interest
* Historic Landmarks
* Skyscrapers
* Transportation

Government|

* City Hall
* Mayor
* City Council
* District Attorney
* Airports
* Philadelphia International Airport
* Northeast Philadelphia Airport
* Fire Department
* Free Library
* Police Department
* School district

Neighborhoods|

* Center City
* North Philadelphia
* Lower North
* Upper North
* Olney-Oak Lane
* Northeast Philadelphia
* River Wards
* Northwest Philadelphia
* South Philadelphia
* Southwest Philadelphia
* West Philadelphia

Museums|

* Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
* African American Museum in Philadelphia
* American Philosophical Society
* American Swedish Historical Museum
* Athenaeum of Philadelphia
* Barnes Foundation
* Bartram's Garden
* Belmont Mansion
* Betsy Ross House
* Civil War Museum
* Cliveden
* Eastern State Penitentiary
* Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
* Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
* Elfreth's Alley
* Fabric Workshop and Museum
* Fairmount Water Works
* Fort Mifflin
* Franklin Institute
* Germantown White House
* Glen Foerd on the Delaware
* Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library
* Grumblethorpe
* Hill–Physick–Keith House
* Historic Strawberry Mansion
* Historical Society of Frankford
* Historical Society of Pennsylvania
* Independence National Historical Park
* Independence Hall
* Independence Seaport Museum
* Insectarium
* Institute of Contemporary Art
* John Johnson House
* John Ruan House
* La Salle University Art Museum
* Lemon Hill
* Marian Anderson Residence Museum
* Masonic Temple, Library, and Museum
* Museum of the American Revolution
* Mütter Museum
* National Constitution Center
* National Liberty Museum
* National Museum of American Jewish History
* Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
* Philadelphia History Museum
* Philadelphia Museum of Art
* Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
* Please Touch Museum
* Powel House
* RittenhouseTown
* Rodin Museum
* Rosenbach Museum and Library
* Ryerss Museum and Library
* Science History Institute
* Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
* Stenton
* Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
* Penn Museum
* Wagner Free Institute of Science
* Woodmere Art Museum
* Wyck House

Sports|

* 76ers
* Eagles
* Flyers
* Freedoms
* Phillies
* Union
* WNBA team

Squares|

* Centre
* Franklin
* Logan
* Rittenhouse
* Washington

Related|

* Delaware Valley
* Carpenters' Hall
* Independence Hall
* Congress Hall
* Liberty Bell
* Syng inkstand
* SS United States
* 2016 Democratic National Convention
* Philadelphia Mint
* United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

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National Football League (1902)

Teams|

* Philadelphia Athletics
* Philadelphia Phillies
* Pittsburgh Stars

Team seasons|

* 1902 Philadelphia Athletics season
* 1902 Philadelphia Phillies season
* 1902 Pittsburgh Stars season

Stadia|

* National League Park
* Columbia Park
* Pittsburgh Coliseum

Owners|

* Barney Dreyfuss
* William Chase Temple
* John Rogers
* Ben Shibe

Managers|

* Dave Berry
* Connie Mack
* Bill Shettsline

Coaches|

* Willis Richardson
* Ben Roller
* Blondy Wallace

Sponsors|

* Philadelphia Athletics
* Philadelphia Phillies
* Pittsburgh Pirates

Related topics|

* World Series of Football (1902–1903)

Authority control databases

International|

* FAST

National|

* United States
* Japan

Other|

* Yale LUX

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