Philadelphia Phillies

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Franchise Season Summaries 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Previously known as the Quakers and the Blue Jays Franchise Record: 8764-9956 World Series Titles: 2 (1980, 2008) National League Pennants: 7 (1915, 1950, 1980, 1983, 1993, 2008, 2009) National League East Pennants: 8 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1993, 2007, 2008) Playoffs: 11 (1915, 1950, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1993, 2007, 2008) Franchise Players: Grover Cleveland Alexander, Richie Ashburn, Jim Bunning, Steve Carlton, Chuck Klein, Robin Roberts, Mike Schmidt

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The Phillies have two World Series championships, in 1980 and 2008.

The Phillies are owned by a large ownership group led by Bill Giles and team president David Montgomery. The team has played in Citizens Bank Park since 2004 and is managed by Charlie Manuel.

On July 15, 2007, the Phillies lost their 10,000th game. They were the first professional sports team to have dropped so many and were 319 ahead of the next club, the Braves. Philadelphia had won 8,810 games.

[edit] Further Reading

• Frederick G. Lieb and Stan Baumgartner: The Philadelphia Phillies, Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, 2009 (originally published in 1953).
• Rich Westcott and Frank Bilovsky: The Phillies Encyclopeadia, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.