Eagles fans have numerous dedicated web communities, ranking the Eagles just behind the Phillies as the dominant Philadelphia sports presence on the web.

The Phillies have won two World Series championships ( against Kansas City in and Tampa Bay in ) and seven National League pennants, the first of which came in 1915.

Notwithstanding the collectively poor performance over the years, the Phillies have performed much better in recent seasons, winning five consecutive division titles from 2007 through 2011.

The team continued this run of success with wins over the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS ( 3 games to 1 ) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS ( 4 games to 1 ), to become the first Phillies team to win back-to-back pennants and the first National League team since the 1996 Atlanta Braves to have an opportunity to defend their World Series title.

Five Phillies have won an MVP award during their career with the team.

Four Phillies have won Rookie of the Year honors as well.

Of the fifteen players who have hit four home runs in one game, three were Phillies at the time ( more than any other team ).

Players must be retired and must have played at least four years with the Phillies or Athletics.

Although the Tigers have been the predominant MLB parent of the IL Mud Hens ( 1967 – 73 and since 1987 ), the team has also been affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1974 – 75 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1976 – 77 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1978 – 86 ) and the Yankees ( 1965 – 66 ).

Four players have hit a grand slam on their first major-league at-bat: Bill Duggleby in 1898, Jeremy Hermida of the Florida Marlins, Kevin Kouzmanoff, then playing for the Cleveland Indians, off Edinson Volquez of the Texas Rangers on September 2, 2006, and Daniel Nava, then playing for the Boston Red Sox, off Joe Blanton of the Philadelphia Phillies on June 12, 2010.

Long after the Athletics left Philadelphia for Kansas City in 1954 without retiring his uniform number 2, the Philadelphia Phillies honored him by electing him to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame at Veterans Stadium, although the Athletics ' plaques from that display have been moved to the Philadelphia Athletics Museum in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

The Phillies ' then-home, Connie Mack Stadium, was starting to show its age ( it had been built in 1909 ) and did not have sufficient parking.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

However, the Phillies didn't have much room in the lineup for him at the time.

The Phillies didn't think he could play shortstop, though he would have probably had trouble dislodging Larry Bowa from that spot in any event.

Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies also throws a cut fastball, but claims that overusing it has given him forearm trouble which may have prematurely ended Halladay's 2006 season due to forearm stiffness, since the grip causes more stress than a standard four-seamer.

" He then states that the Phillies have offered him a contract, but " I believe I have the right to consider offers from other clubs before making any decisions.

Other celebrities who have appeared include retired heavyweight boxer Randall " Tex " Cobb, former 76ers President Pat Croce, former Phillies manager Larry Bowa, U. S. Senator Arlen Specter, and others.

In 1980, after the Phillies won the World Series, Kalas and the rest of the Phillies ' radio crew re-created the call that Kalas probably would have made when Tug McGraw struck out Willie Wilson to win Game 6 and the World Series between the Phillies and the Kansas City Royals.

Six years later, in 1932, the team became affiliated with the National League's Philadelphia Phillies, the first of ten teams that the Bulls have been affiliated with.

According to Rochester sports historian Douglas Brei, only six franchises in the history of North American professional sports have been playing in the same city and same league continuously and uninterrupted since the 19th century: the Rochester Red Wings, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals.

Gillick retired as general manager after the 2008 season and was succeeded by one of his assistants, Ruben Amaro, Jr. After adding outfielder Raúl Ibañez to replace the departed Pat Burrell, the Phillies retained the majority of their core players for the 2009 season.

Grover Cleveland Alexander, one of eight players with a number retired or honored by the Phillies

Of the six players with retired numbers, five were retired for their play with the Phillies and one, 42, was universally retired by Major League Baseball when they honored the fiftieth anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier.

Bunning then returned to the Phillies in 1970 and retired in 1971.

The Phillies retired his number 14 jersey in 2001 after his election to the Hall of Fame in 1996.

The Phillies retired Richie Ashburn's number in 1979.

* Gary Varsho, retired professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies

Wise retired the next batter and the Phillies scored in the bottom of the inning, making him the winner, 4 – 3.

The Phillies retired his number 32, and honored him with a statue outside Veterans Stadium that was later moved to Citizens Bank Park ( along with a similar statue of fellow Phillies Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt ).

After a brief, disappointing 2006 run with the Philadelphia Phillies, Gonzalez retired from baseball.

The Phillies honored him on the outfield wall of Veterans Stadium with his name and an Old English-style " P " where a retired uniform number would go.

He was then traded to the Chicago Cubs, and when he returned to the Phillies in 1936, he wore 32 ( later retired by the Phillies for Steve Carlton ), and soon switched to 36 ( later retired by the Phillies for Robin Roberts ) for that season and 1937.

In 1938 he wore number 1 ( later retired by the Phillies for Richie Ashburn ), wore 26 and then 14 ( later retired by the Phillies for Jim Bunning ) in 1939, wore 29 in 1940 and 1941, 3 again in 1942, 8 in 1943 and 26 again in 1944, his last major league season.

After reaching their first World Series, the Royals fell to the Philadelphia Phillies in six games.

Facing the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies won their first World Series championship ever in six games thanks to the timely hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose.

In the 2010 National League Championship Series, the Phillies fell to the eventual World Series champion San Francisco Giants in six games.

He pitched from 1965 to 1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards.

On August 23, the Cardinals were 11 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies, and remained six and half games behind on September 21.

He won a fourth in 1993, as the Blue Jays repeated as World Champions with a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in six games.

McGraw entered game six of the World Series in the eighth inning with no outs, and runners on first and second, and the Phillies up, 4 – 0.

At the end of August, the Phillies faced the Mets, whom they trailed in the NL East by six games, for a four game series.

During his Phillies career, he called six no-hit games, six National League Championship Series, and three World Series ( 1983, 1993, and 2008 ).

In his first post season, Carter batted. 421, hit two home runs and drove in six in the Expos ' three games to two victory over the Phillies in the division series.

On July 25, 1990 in Philadelphia, the Mets took a 10-3 lead into the ninth inning, but rival Phillies opened the inning with seven consecutive singles, followed by a walk, and scored six runs to narrow the Mets lead to one run before the Mets were able to turn a double-play and get a line drive out.

After finishing 26 games out of first place in, the 1993 Phillies ( featuring a cast of colorful characters including Darren Daulton, Lenny Dykstra, Dave Hollins, John Kruk, Danny Jackson, Curt Schilling, and Mitch Williams ) charged to 97 wins and then further shocked the baseball world by pulling off a major upset against the two-time defending NL Champion Atlanta Braves in six games in the League Championship Series.

Despite putting up a good fight against the defending World Champion Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series, Fregosi's Phillies wound up losing to Toronto in six games, with Joe Carter's Series-winning home run in Game 6 being the final blow.

However, they lost the National League Championship Series in six games to the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Phillies ultimately lost the series in six games.

He played for the 1906 Philadelphia Phillies, where he played in six games as catcher, but went 0-for-11 in his only stint in the majors.

The Philadelphia Phillies won the National League East division by six games over the Pittsburgh Pirates then defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, three games to one, in the National League Championship Series.

The Phillies lost the 1993 World Series in six games to the Toronto Blue Jays, with the Series ending on Joe Carter's walkoff 3-run home run.

The 1980 World Series matched the Philadelphia Phillies against the Kansas City Royals, with the Phillies winning in six games to capture the first of two World Series titles in franchise history to date.

Cravath led the National League in home runs six times, with a high total of 24 for the pennant-winning Phillies in and seasons of 19 home runs each in 1913 and 1914.