The Phillies, LP history

Of the fifteen players who have hit four home runs in one game, three were Phillies at the time (more than any other team). Ed Delahanty was the first, hitting his four in Chicago‘s West Side Park on July 13, 1896.

After lumber baron William B. Cox purchased the team in 1943, the Phillies began a rapid rise to prominence in the National League, as the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years.

The A’s would struggle on for four more years with only one winning team, and then abandon Philadelphia under the Johnson brothers who bought out Mack and started play in Kansas City in 1955.

Phillies fans are known for harsh criticism of their own stars such the 1964 Rookie of the Year Richie Allen and Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt.

The Phillies and the Pirates had remained together after the National League split into two divisions in 1969.

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.

The Phillies’ public-address (PA) announcer is Dan Baker, who started in the 1972 season.[134][135]

Forty years later, on April 17, 1976, Mike Schmidt became the third, also hitting his in Chicago, these coming at Wrigley Field.

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.[100]

Schmidt, who was the National League MVP that 1980 season, also won the World Series MVP award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (.381 average), including game-winning hits in Game 2 and the clinching Game 6.

The streak included a 20–5 record in September, the Phillies’ best September since winning 22 games that month in 1983, and a 11–0 run in the middle of the month.

The 1993 Phillies started the season by going 17–5 in April and finishing with a 97–65 season.

b #49: Larry Bowa won the Manager of the Year Award in 2001.[138]

The final appearance on field (to date) of this uniform was during the closing ceremonies at Veterans Stadium on Sep 28, 2003.

^ a b c Von Benko, George (July 7, 2005). “Notes: Phils–Pirates rivalry fading”. Phillies.MLB.com.

After the 2007 season, they acquired closer Brad Lidge.

^ Bondy, Filip (April 11, 2008). “Mets-Phillies rivalry looking like what Mets-Braves used to be”. New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2008/04/11/2008-04-11_metsphillies_rivalry_looking_like_what_m-2.html.

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