Due to growing disagreements about the direction of the team, Reach sold his interest to Rogers in 1899. 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.
This name is one of the longest continually used nicknames in professional sports by a team in the same city. "Quakers" continued to be used interchangeably with "Phillies" until 1890, when the team officially became known as the "Phillies".
At some point in the 1880s, the team accepted the shorter nickname "Phillies" as an official nickname. The nickname "Phillies" first appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer for April 3, 1883, in the paper's coverage of an exhibition game by the new National League club. 3.3.1 City Series: Philadelphia Athletics.The Triple-A affiliate is the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, playing in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The Phillies' Double-A affiliate is the Reading Fightin Phils, which play in Reading, Pennsylvania. Their other Class-A affiliate is the Jersey Shore BlueClaws, who play in Lakewood, New Jersey. The team's spring training facilities are located in Clearwater, Florida, where its Class-A minor league affiliate Clearwater Threshers plays at Ba圜are Ballpark. The franchise holds the world record for most ever losses by a single franchise in any professional sport.
The team has only won two World Series titles, winning their first in 1980 (the last of the "Original Sixteen" Major League Baseball franchises to win a World Series), and their second in 2008. Despite their longevity and their rabid fan base, the Phillies are a team historically associated with futility, being the first American sports franchise to amass over 10,000 losses. The team has played at several stadiums in the city, beginning with Recreation Park and continuing at Baker Bowl Shibe Park, which was later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager Veterans Stadium, and now Citizens Bank Park.įrom 1883 to 2021, the Phillies' overall win–loss record is 9,935–11,112 (.472). The franchise was founded in Philadelphia in 1883, replacing the team from Worcester, Massachusetts, in the National League. Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt is widely considered the franchise's greatest player of all time. However, they are one of only two teams without a wild card berth. The Phillies have won 11 division titles, including five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011 these are ranked sixth among all teams and fourth in the National League. They are one of the more successful franchises since the start of the Divisional Era in Major League Baseball. Since the first modern World Series was played in 1903, the Phillies played 77 consecutive seasons (and 97 seasons from the club's establishment) before they won their first World Series-longer than any of the other 16 teams that made up the major leagues for the first half of the 20th century. The Phillies have won two World Series championships (against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008) and seven National League pennants, the first of which came in 1915. The Phillies are the oldest continuous same-name, same-city franchise in American professional sports. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park, located in South Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.Phillies limited partnership ( John S. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater.
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