Philadelphia Phillies

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The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team was founded in 1883 as the Philadelphia Quakers in the National League. [1] [2]

Championships

The team has had a total of 2 championship-winning seasons in the modern era (1901 and later) of major-league baseball, winning the World Series in 1980 and 2008. They were also National League champions, but lost in the World Series, 5 times, in 1915, 1950, 1983, 1993, and 2009. [3]

Prior to the start of the modern World Series in 1903, the team did not win any National League titles.

Retired Numbers

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. [4] [5]

  • 1 Richie Ashburn
  • 14 Jim Bunning
  • 15 Dick Allen
  • 20 Mike Schmidt
  • 32 Steve Carlton
  • 34 Roy Halladay
  • 36 Robin Roberts
  • 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)
  • (No number) Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander
  • (No number) Chuck Klein

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/phillies/history/timeline-1800s
  2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/
  3. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml
  4. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/phillies/history/records-stats-awards/retired-numbers
  5. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/#all_teams_retired_unis_PHI
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