Philadelphia Phillies



The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They have played in the Eastern Division of the National League since the divisional realignment of 1969. The Club has earned several monikers like The Phils, The Fightin' Phils or simply, The Fightin's. At present, the Phillies are the only major league franchise operating in Philadelphia.

The Phils were once the record broken for the longest World Series championship drought in baseball history at 97 years (1883-1980). They still have the ignominious mark as the most losing franchise of any US major sports league (9,956). It will soon become the first professional franchise to reach 10,000 losses. The Chicago Cubs broke this unfortunate record in 2005 for making a century of being an unsuccessful franchise.

The franchise has had its fair share of talent despite all its weaknesses. Currently, the Phillies claim 31 Hall of Famers. The Phillies have the distinction of being the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in all of American professional sports. The Philadelphia Athletics, now known as the Oakland Athletics, were once the club's crosstown rivals in the first half of the 20th century (1901-1954).

The history of Philadelphia Phillies dates back to 1883 when Alfred Reach, united with Colonel John Rogers, to purchase the Worcester Brown Stockings of the National League. They relocated the franchise to Philadelphia. Alfred Reach was a former player and a sporting-goods manufacturer while Colonel John Rogers was a lawyer and politician.

By the 1890s, the newly renamed ‘Phillies' were posting consistently solid records of 70 or more wins. Unfortunately, none were enough to rise above mediocre standings. Not a single success extended mere brushes of opportunity for a pennant or championship title.

The Phillies finally won their first pennant in 1915 in their 33rd season. The win was mainly due to a bullpen boost led by star pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander. Alexander won an impressive 31 games while pitching four one-hit games. Offensively, Gavvy Cravath topped the league in RBI and runs scored.

During the bleak period for the franchise, Philadelphia Phillies saw the emergence of a few extraordinary players. In the 1920s, outfielder Cy Williams became the Phillies' new slugger, and earned the team three consecutive NL Home Run Crowns. In the 1930s, a young Chuck Klein impressed all, batting alongside Lefty O'Doul, winning the NL MVP in 1932 and the NL Triple Crown a year later.

The Phillies intend to move their AAA affiliate to nearby Allentown, Pennsylvania in April 2008 where the team, called the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, will play in a newly-constructed stadium, Lehigh County Ballpark. This is 7,000-capacity stadium. The planned move has been greeted enthusiastically because it will bring the Phillies' AAA affiliate closer to the team's Philadelphia fan base while also moving the team into a new stadium.

The home uniform of the Phillies is white with red pinstripes and the road uniform is grey. Both bear the script-lettered "Phillies" with stars dotting the "i"s across the chest, with the player name and number on the back. Hats are red with a single stylized "P". Team colors are red and white.

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