Philadelphia Phillies
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Philadelphia Phillies founded in 1883 |
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| The Fightin '(or Phightin') Phils, The Fightin's (or Phightins) |
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| Red, white, blue
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| Website : http://www.phillies.com |
The Philadelphia Phillies are a baseball team from the Major League Baseball that in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania is located. The Phillies play in the East Division of the National League . Since 2004, the Phillies have played their home games at Citizens Bank Park in southern Philadelphia. They were last champions of the MLB in 2008, as champions of the National League they were again in the World Series in 2009 , but lost to the New York Yankees . They won their division in 2011 for the fifth time in a row and were thus again, and for the last time (as of August 12, 2015) in the postseason.
The franchise has won the World Series twice so far , in 1980 against the Kansas City Royals and in 2008 against the Tampa Bay Rays . So far, the team has won the National League seven times. However, the club also had long periods in which it played extremely unsuccessfully. The old age of the franchise and unsuccessful periods are the reason the Philadelphia Phillies have lost more games than any other baseball team. They also hold the record for the most loss of a team in American professional sport.
history
The early years
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Founded in 1883 as "Quakers", the club was soon renamed "Philadelphias" and a short time later, abbreviated to "Phillies". In 1887 the Phillies got their first permanent home stadium, the Baker Bowl. It took the Phillies 30 years to win their first title. In 1915 the team was able to win the National League, mainly because of their outstanding pitchers Pete Alexander and Gavvy Cravath , one of the best batter of his time. The departure of many good players in the still young American League and poor financial management made the Phillies sink into relative insignificance for 30 years after participating in the World Series in 1915. Until 1948, the Phillies only managed one season with a positive record.
1943-1963
In 1943, William B. Cox , a successful timber merchant, bought the Phillies and they quickly returned to the top of the league. As a result of the regained success, the interest of the fans increased again and the number of viewers increased. However, it was soon discovered that Cox was illegally betting on the Phillies' games, after which he was banned for life. The new owner Bob Carpenter, Jr. tried to improve the image of the team by unofficially renaming it to "Blue Jays". Since the new nickname did not catch on, it was abolished in 1949.
Carpenter began to focus on the minor league teams after the Phillies hadn't invested much in youth work to date. The team reached the World Series once again in 1950. The young players who joined the team from their own farm teams, known at the time as “Whiz Kids”, played a major role in this success. Among other things, the later members of the Baseball Hall of Fame Richie Ashburn and Robin Roberts belonged to the "Whiz Kids".
1964-1993
By the 1964 season, the Phillies were almost certain to be back in the World Series after having had a very strong season. Ultimately, however, the team failed to maintain the 6.5 game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals . The Phillies lost the last ten games of the season in a row and were one game behind the Cardinals in the end. This "Phold of '64" (from Ph iladelphia and F old (ger .: buckling)) is one of bemerkenswertesten performance degradation in sports history.
In 1971 the Phillies moved to Veterans Stadium . Although some of the players showed outstanding performances in the 1970s, the team regularly ended seasons at the bottom of the table for the first half of the decade. Success returned in 1976 with winning the division title, which the Phillies could repeat twice in 1977 and 1978.
1980 succeeded again the victory in the division, which was achieved mainly thanks to the strong performances of the pitcher Steve Carlton and the players Greg Luzinski , Mike Schmidt , Larry Bowa , and Pete Rose . In the subsequent National League Championship Series, the Phillies defeated the Houston Astros 3-2 in a very exciting and even series. Four of the five games in the series went over 9 innings , including the crucial Game 5 in Houston, which the Phillies won 8-7 after 10 innings. In the subsequent World Series in 1980 , the Phillies won their first and for a long time only championship by beating the Kansas City Royals 4-2 . Mike Schmidt was named MVP of the World Series after posting 8 hits (AVG .381) in 21 At-Bats. Among other things, he made the decisive hits in game 2 and in the decisive game 6.
In 1981 and 1983, the Phillies reached the play-offs again, in 1983 the path led to the World Series , which they lost to the Baltimore Orioles .
Subsequently, the Phillies fell again into mediocrity and even ended the 1992 season in last place in the division.
Since 1993
The 1993 season started very promising for the Phillies. From the first 23 games in April, the team emerged victorious 17 times and was able to lay the foundation for a successful season, at the end of which they moved into the play-offs with 97 wins. In the National League Championship series they beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 games and reached the 1993 World Series . There the Phillies had to admit defeat to the Canadian defending champions, the Toronto Blue Jays , 2: 4.
After the 1994 strike, the Phillies began a new phase of weakness, who could not end a season with a positive balance sheet until the 2001 season.
In 2004, the Phillies moved to Citizens Bank Park , the new stadium in southern Philadelphia.
With a 2:10 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on July 15, 2007, the Phillies set the record of 10,000. Defeat since its inception. Despite this negative record in the MLB, the team was able to celebrate the division title in the same year, in which the many young players in the squad, such as Chase Utley , Ryan Howard , Jimmy Rollins and Cole Hamels, played a major role. In the League Division Series, however, the Phillies lost 3-0 to the Colorado Rockies .
In the 2008 season , the Phillies won the second division title in a row, just ahead of the New York Mets , and moved back to the play-offs. In the League Division Series they beat the Brewers 3-1. With a clear 4-1 win against the LA Dodgers , the Phillies won the National League for the first time since 1993 and thus secured them participation in the 2008 World Series . Here they lost only the second game of the best-of-seven series against the Tampa Bay Rays and were with 4-1 wins for the second time in the history of the franchise "World Champion".
In the 2009 season , the team celebrated their third division title in a row. At the end of the regular season, the team was six games ahead of the Florida Marlins . After beating the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers , the Phillies moved into the 2009 World Series . But they could not repeat the success of the previous season, as the series was lost 2: 4 to the New York Yankees .
In the 2010 season they won six games ahead of the Atlanta Braves again the National League East and beat the Cincinnati Reds in the Division Series in just three games. In the Championship Series they met the San Francisco Giants . They lost the series 2: 4 and thereby missed the third consecutive entry into the World Series.
In the 2011 season , the Phillies dominated the NL East for the fifth time in a row, which also led to the eleventh division title.
Since 2012 things have been steadily downhill (2012: 3rd in NL East, 2013: 4th in NL East, 2014: 5th in NL East).
Individual player successes
Five Phillies players have won the Regular Season MLB MVP Award to date. Mike Schmidt tops the list with three awards. In 1980 and 1981 he was elected MVP twice in a row. Schmid received his third award in 1986. Chuck Klein (1932), Jim Konstanty (1950), Ryan Howard (2006) and Jimmy Rolins (2007) each received an MVP award.
The pitcher Steve Carlton won a total of four Cy Young Awards in the Phillies jersey in 1972, 1977, 1980 and 1982. The pitcher John Denny (1983) and Steve Bedrosian (1987) each received this award once.
With Jack Sanford (1957), Dick Allen (1964), Scott Rolen (1997) and Ryan Howard (2006), four Phillies players have so far been voted Rookie of the Year .
Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
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Players in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame boards with Phillies badges. |
Numbers that are no longer assigned
 Robin Roberts since 1962 |
 Richie Ashburn since 1979 |
 Steve Carlton since 1989 |
 Mike Schmidt since 1990 |
 Jim Bunning since 2001 |
 Pete Alexander since 2001 |
 Chuck Klein since 2001 |
 Jackie Robinson |
- Grover Cleveland Alexander played at a time when there were no shirt numbers. He has been honored with the 1915 "P" logo since 2001.
- Chuck Klein played with the Phillies with various shirt numbers, for example: B. 1, 3, 8, 26, 29, and 36. The Phillies wore an Old English P on their jerseys for the first six seasons that Klein was on the team , so it was decided to honor the player with it.
Current squad
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the number of players in the active squad at the beginning of the 2020 MLB season on 23/24. July increased to 30 players. Two weeks later there was a scheduled reduction to 28 players. Another two weeks later, the number of players is to be reduced to 26 and maintained for the entire 2020 season. In the case of double-headers , the teams may appoint a 27th player to the active squad.
Minor league teams
| Level | Team name | league |
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| AAA | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | International League |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League |
| High-A | Clearwater Threshers | Florida State League |
| Low-A | Lakewood BlueClaws | South Atlantic League |
| Short Season A | Williamsport Crosscutters | New York Penn League |
| Rookie | GCL Phillies | Gulf Coast League |
| VSL Phillies | Venezuelan Summer League | |
| DSL Phillies | Dominican Summer League |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bloomberg.com, July 16, 2007
- ↑ Article in Schweizer Blick from July 16, 2007
- ^ Dennis Purdy: The Team-by-Team Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball . Ed .: Workman . New York City 2006, ISBN 0-7611-3943-5 .
- ^ History: Phillies Timeline (1940s). Phillies, accessed June 4, 2008 .
- ↑ Richard Goldstein: Dick Sisler, 78, Whose Homer Won '50 Pennant for Phillies. In: New York times. November 23, 1998, accessed June 5, 2008 .
- ^ History: Phillies Timeline (1970s). Phillies, accessed June 5, 2008 .
- Jump up ↑ Baseball Reference Awards - MVP & CYA. Retrieved May 30, 2008 .
- ↑ Baseball Reference Awards - ROY. Retrieved May 30, 2008 .
- ↑ https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-roster-transaction-rules-for-2020-season accessed on: August 19, 2020
- ^ Minors: Minor League Affiliates. Phillies, accessed June 7, 2008 .
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