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

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.

The Phillies have retired six numbers, and honored two additional players with the letter " P ." Grover Cleveland Alexander played with the team in the era before Major League Baseball used uniform numbers, and Chuck Klein wore a variety of numbers with the team during his career.

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.

Previously, because of a players ' strike in 1981, a split-season format forced a divisional playoff series, in which the Montreal Expos won the Eastern Division series over the Philadelphia Phillies three games to two while the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros three games to two in the Western Division.

The Orioles won the World Series in five games by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies.

Both players had a better fielding percentage, more total chances, better zone rating, more putouts, more double plays turned, better range factor and more assists than their counterparts who won the award instead ( Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins ).

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.

A bright spot came in 1915, when the Phillies won their first pennant, thanks to the pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the batting prowess of Gavvy Cravath, who set what was then the modern major-league single-season record for home runs with 24.

After a run of three straight division titles from 1976 to 1978, the Phillies won the NL East in 1980 behind pitcher Steve Carlton, outfielder Greg Luzinski, and infielders Mike Schmidt, Larry Bowa, and Pete Rose.

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.

Behind strong pitching from the rotation and stellar offensive production from virtually all members of the starting lineup, the Phillies won the 2008 National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers ; Hamels was named the series ' Most Valuable Player.

The 2010 Phillies won their fourth consecutive NL East Division championship despite a rash of significant injuries to key players, including Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, and Carlos Ruiz.

On September 17, 2011, the Phillies won their fifth consecutive East Division championship, and on September 28, during the final game of the season, the team set a franchise record for victories in a season with 102 by beating the Atlanta Braves in 13 innings, denying their division rivals a potential Wild Card berth.

Yet the Phillies lost in the NLDS to the St. Louis Cardinals – the team that won the National League Wild Card as a result of the Phillies beating the Braves.

The Mets won the division in 2006 and contended in 2007 and 2008, while the Phillies won five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011.

The Phillies ' 2007 Eastern Division Title was won on the last day of the season as the Mets lost a seven-game lead with seventeen games remaining.

During the period of two-division play ( 1969 to 1993 ), the two National League East division rivals won the two highest numbers of division championships, reigning exclusively as NL East champions in the 1970s and again in the early 1990s, the Pirates 9, the Phillies 6 ; together, the two teams ' 15 championships accounted for more than half of the 25 NL East championships during that span.

The Philadelphia Phillies had won the National League East three years running ( 1976 – 1978 ) two of which were won with 101 win seasons, but were unable to make it to the World Series.

This also marked the last championship in Philadelphia until the Phillies won the 2008 World Series.

The Phillies also won the second game of the doubleheader, 8 – 2, behind Rick Wise.

* Dennis Leonard, member of the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, started Game 5 of the 1976 and 1977 ALCS vs. the New York Yankees, won Game 4 of the 1980 World Series vs. the Philadelphia Phillies

On October 27, Oates sang the National Anthem before Game 5 of the 2008 World Series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia ( Hall had taken sick, and the game was called on account of rain about 2 / 3 through, but resumed on October 29, and the Phillies won, claiming their first World Series Championship in 28 years ).

However, the Philadelphia Phillies cut the lead to two by the All-star break, as the Cubs sat 19 games over. 500, but they swooned late in the season, going 20 – 40 after July 31.

In 1896, Young lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning when Ed Delahanty of the Philadelphia Phillies hit a single.

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.

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 and the Pirates had remained together after the National League split into two divisions in 1969.

In the ensuing NLCS, the Giants took a 3 – 1 advantage over the Philadelphia Phillies, winning two games at home after splitting the first two at Philadelphia.

Over the course of these two seasons, Anderson's Reds compiled an astounding 14 – 3 record in postseason play against the Pirates, Phillies, Red Sox and Yankees, winning their last eight in a row in the postseason after triumphing against the Red Sox in Game 7 of the 1975 World Series, and then winning seven straight games in the 1976 postseason.

* Darrin Winston ( 1966 – 2008 ), Major League Baseball player who played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies.

* Darrin Winston ( 1966 – 2008 ), Major League Baseball player who played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies.

* 1980 World Series – The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League end 97 years of frustration by defeating the American League champion Kansas City Royals four games to two, for the Phillies ' first-ever World Championship.

More than one online survey incorrectly lists the game pitched by the Los Angeles Dodgers ' Bill Singer against the Phillies on July 20, 1970, as perfect aside from two throwing errors by Singer ; in fact, he also hit batter Oscar Gamble in the first inning.

Grover Cleveland Alexander captured his first two in consecutive seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1915 – 1916 ), and won a third in 1920 with the Chicago Cubs.

By August the team had no money to meet its payroll, and Sunday was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for two players and $ 1, 000 in cash.

Schmidt spent two seasons in the Phillies ' farm system, where he batted. 263 with 34 home runs and 122 runs batted in.

Sandberg is one of two Hall of Famers who came up through the Phillies farm system and earned their Hall of Fame credentials primarily as Cubs, the other being Ferguson Jenkins.