One of the most famous involved star second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, who in 1901 went across town in Philadelphia from the National League Phillies to the American League Athletics.

With the win, the Rockies made the playoffs for the first time since 1995, and went on to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS.

Game four went into extra innings, with the Phillies taking the lead and the win in the tenth inning.

One of the most famous involved star second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, who in 1901 went across town in Philadelphia from the National League Phillies to the American League Athletics.

In the 1980 NLCS versus the Philadelphia Phillies, Ryan pitched well in Game 2, leaving the game tied 2 – 2 in the seventh ( having contributed to both Astros runs with a run scored following a walk, and a sacrifice bunt leading to a run ) but again got a no decision in a game that went extra innings.

He then went to the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1964 – 67 ), the Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1968 to mid-1969 ), and finished the 1969 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Ryan Howard, 1st baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, grew up in Wildwood and went to Lafayette High School.

During the Phillies ' pennant run in, Schilling went 16 – 7 with a 4. 02 ERA and 186 strikeouts.

The Phillies went on to face the defending world champion Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series.

* Paul Owens — player, scout, coach and general manager with the Philadelphia Phillies during the second half of the 20th century ; club manager in 1983 when the Phillies went to the World Series.

On October 3,, the Phillies went into Montreal tied with the Expos for first place in the NL East.

The Phillies were held to a. 195 team batting average ; Schmidt went just 1-for-20 with a single.

In 1977, however, he suddenly quit the Phillies ' Carolina League affiliate after fighting with management, and went home to Belvidere to play softball.

* On September 14, 2005, Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves hit his 300th career home run which went off Phils reliever Geoff Geary in a 12 – 4 Phillies win.

He would be joined on the Phillies that year by catcher Bill Killefer, who went on to become Alexander's favorite receiver, catching 250 of his games.

By the time the Phillies went to Montreal for the final series of the season, the two teams were tied for first place.

He went 14-12 with his new team, including throwing a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants on April 27 coming in the Phillies final season at the stadium.

He then went to the Phillies, where he rejoined ex-teammates Pete Rose and Tony Pérez.

The Phillies went on to win Game 6 and claimed the first world championship in the team's history.

He went 1 – 0 with a 1. 65 ERA with the Twins in the 2002 and 2003 playoffs, and was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Carlos Silva and infielder Nick Punto following the 2003 season.

Phillies ' manager Billy Nash originally went to Fall River intending to sign Geier only but obtained Lajoie when the team agreed to include him in their asking price.

The streak ended during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies when Bautista went hitless in two at-bats.

In the game, Rollins went 3-for-5 with a 2-run home run and an RBI double in the 7 – 4 Phillies win.

Ed Delahanty and Chuck Klein of the Phillies, the Braves' Joe Adcock, Lou Gehrig of the Yankees, Pat Seerey of the White Sox and Rocky Colavito, then with Cleveland, made their history on the road.

The Phillies added an insurance run on the way to a 3 – 1 win.

The Phillies got an insurance run on the way to tying the series.

The Brewers lost the first game of the NLDS 3 – 1 on a dominant performance by Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels.

The gold jersey was also worn on September 10 against the Philadelphia Phillies, except that the script features " Brewers " in front.

Smith made an " eye-popping " play later that season on August 5, during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Busch Stadium.

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

Eventually, it was revealed by Cox that he had been betting on the Phillies and he was banned from baseball.

One highlight of the season occurred on Father's Day, when Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets, the first in Phillies history.

The Phillies would then go on to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in 5 games for their second World Series title in their 126-year history.

The Phillies clinched the division on September 27, behind a two-hit shutout by Halladay.

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.

However, a hot start in the second half of the season put the Phillies back on the postseason hunt, though any hope was eventually extinguished with a loss to the Washington Nationals on September 28, thus the Phillies missed the postseason for the first time since 2006.

Both bear a script-lettered " Phillies " logo, with the aforementioned star dotting the " i " s across the chest, and the player name and number on the back.

The accompanying cap is blue with a red bill and a red stylized " P ." The uniforms were announced on November 29, 2007, when Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, pitcher Cole Hamels, and Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts modeled the new uniforms.

From Opening Day through July 26, 2009, the Phillies wore 2008 World Champions patches on the right sleeve of their home uniforms.

In 2010, the Phillies added a black patch with a white " 36 " on the sleeves of their jerseys to honor Roberts, who died on May 6.

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 Phillies are the only team that also displays the player's number on one sleeve, in addition to the usual placement on the back of the jersey.