The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team.

The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League.

Along with its National League compadres, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Phillies are one of two teams in Major League baseball which utilize chain stitching in its chest emblem.

The Phillies are one of four teams in Major League Baseball that do not display the name of their city, state, or region on their road jerseys, joining the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Tampa Bay Rays.

The current Phillies team has worn the burgundy and powder blue throwbacks whenever their opponents are wearing throwback uniforms from that era.

Fans are generally encouraged to sing along, and at some ballparks, the words " home team " are replaced with the team name, as is the case with the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, and several other Major League Baseball teams.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay is nicknamed " Doc " in honor of Doc Holliday, although their last names are not pronounced the same.

The most popular baseball teams are the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies.

The others are Davey Johnson of the Philadelphia Phillies, Mike Ivie of the San Francisco Giants, Ben Broussard of the Cleveland Indians, and Brooks Conrad of the Atlanta Braves.

However, his 162 strikeouts were the third-highest total in Phillies ' history at the time, and they currently are the ninth-highest total.

Jake Westbrook of the St. Louis Cardinals, Fausto Carmona, Justin Masterson, and Derek Lowe of the Cleveland Indians, Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves, Aaron Cook of the Colorado Rockies, Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox, Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies, Chris Volstad of the Chicago Cubs, Trevor Cahill of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Bronson Arroyo of the Cincinnati Reds are well known for their sinkers, consistently ranking high in the league in ground ball-to-fly ball ratio.

There are claims that Mel Ott was also intentionally walked four times in a game against the Phillies in 1929.

They are a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate in the short-season New York-Penn League, playing their home games at Bowman Field, the second oldest minor league ballpark in the United States.

The official colors of the Williamsport Crosscutters are Phillies red, navy blue, grey, dark tan, and ivory.

The Reading Phillies ( also called the R-Phils or Reading Phils ) are a minor league baseball team based in Reading, Pennsylvania, playing in the Eastern Division of the Eastern League.

The Reading Phillies were founded in 1967 and they are the Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Reading Phillies are the oldest / longest team in the Eastern League to play in its original / current city and also under its original / current name.

The team colors of the Reading Phillies are red, navy blue, light blue, and " bubble gum.

In 2010, an assortment of tall, fiberglass statues were painted by artists and are being displayed throughout Philadelphia from April through August with all monies raised going to Phillies ' Charities.

Even Allen's name was a source of controversy: he had been known since his youth as " Dick " to family and friends, but for reasons which are still somewhat obscure, the media referred to him upon his arrival in Philadelphia as " Richie ", possibly a conflation with the longtime Phillies star Richie Ashburn.

Among the best-known players to play in Helena are Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, who started his career with the Phillies in Helena, Gary Sheffield, who started his career with the Helena Gold Sox in 1986, Jeff Cirillo, who began his career with the 1991 Helena Brewers, and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun.

Their hot dogs are sold at Philadelphia Phillies baseball home games.

This National League pennant was notable because it was the only NL East title between 1970 and 1980 that wasn't won by either the Philadelphia Phillies or the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Poor fiscal management after their appearance in the 1915 World Series, however, doomed the Phillies to sink back into relative obscurity ; from 1918 to 1948 they only had one winning season.

The Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves in the 1993 National League Championship Series, four games to two, to earn the fifth pennant in franchise history, only to be defeated by the defending league champion Toronto Blue Jays in the 1993 World Series.

Another uniform controversy arose in 1994 when the Phillies introduced blue caps on Opening Day which were to be worn for home day games only.

At the beginning of the 2010 Major League Baseball season only one ( Jim Caple of ESPN. com, although he later recanted his pick before the NLCS, saying the Philadelphia Phillies would beat the Giants and advance to the World Series ) out of literally dozens of baseball writers and pundits picked the Giants to even reach the World Series, with most not expecting the Giants to even make the playoffs.

On April 13, 1984, the 21st anniversary of his first career hit, Rose doubled off of the Phillies ’ Jerry Koosman for his 4, 000th career hit, becoming only the second player in the 4000 hit club ( joining Ty Cobb ).

The players ( and the seasons in which they had their only at-bat ) were: Eric Cammack ( 2000 Mets ); Scott Munninghoff ( 1980 Phillies ); Eduardo Rodriguez ( 1973 Brewers ); and Charlie Lindstrom ( 1958 White Sox ).

The Houston bullpen allowed the Phillies to take a 7 – 5 lead, and only a game-tying Astro rally permitted Ryan to escape the loss.

The center-field entertainment area at the Phillies current stadium, Citizens Bank Park, is named Ashburn Alley in his honor in response to the demand of numerous fans requesting that the Phillies name the stadium in Ashburn's honor ( due to Ashburn's 47 seasons of service to the Phillies organization, which was second in length in Philadelphia baseball history only to Connie Mack, who was so honored with the renaming of Shibe Park in 1953 ).

Following the Red's sweep of the Phillies in the League Championship Series and New York Yankees in the 1976 World Series ( the only time a team has ever swept the postseason since the League Championship Series was introduced in 1969 ), Pérez was traded to the Montreal Expos with Will McEnaney for Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray.

* On July 4, 1908, Hooks Wiltse of the New York Giants hit Philadelphia Phillies pitcher George McQuillan with a pitch on a 2 – 2 count in a scoreless game — the only time a 0 – 0 perfect game has been broken up by the 27th batter.

It was the only no-hitter thrown in any postseason game until October 6, 2010, in his first postseason appearance, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay pitched a no-hitter against Cincinnati Reds in the NLDS.

Some highlights of Carlton's 1972 season included starting the season with 5 wins and 1 loss, then losing 5 games in a row, during which the Phillies scored only 10 runs.

On a 2 – 2 count, Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run off Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams ( against whom he was 0 – 4 career ) to win the World Series, only the second time a Series has ended with a home run ( the other being in 1960, when Bill Mazeroski did it for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the New York Yankees ), and the only time the home run has been hit by a player whose team was trailing in the bottom of the 9th inning in a potential championship clinching game.

At the same time, it is considered one of the worst trades in Phillies history ; DeJesus would only last three years in Philadelphia, and was out of baseball by 1988.

Following the 1969 season in which Rojas hit only. 228 and hot prospect Denny Doyle tore through AAA with a. 310 average, the Phillies decided to include him in the blockbuster trade that sent slugging first baseman ( and known malcontent ) Dick Allen and right-handed pitcher Jerry Johnson to the St. Louis Cardinals for centerfielder Curt Flood, catcher Tim McCarver, outfielder Byron Browne, and left-handed pitcher Joe Hoerner, the trade that led ultimately to Major League baseball free agency.

By the time the Phillies traded Rojas to the Cardinals in 1970, it appeared his career might be over, as he was hitting only. 106 going into the June trading deadline.

As his team only won 51 games that year, his ratio of winning 31. 3 % of his team's games was the highest for any starting pitcher since Steve Carlton in 1972 ( who won 27 of the Phillies ' 59 wins for an all-time record ratio of 45. 8 %).

The hit was the only one Drabek would allow in defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 11-0.

Larry Andersen was the only member of the 1993 Phillies to also play for them in the 1983 World Series although Darren Daulton was a late season call-up in 1983, but only served as the bullpen catcher in the World Series.