Top 10 Reasons the Phillies will will the World Series- Halladay, Hamels and Oswalt are the only pitching staff ever with 190+ strikeouts, era’s under 3.10 and whip’s under 1.2.
Eclipsing the 40 home run palteau three times in his career he would hit 50 home runs while striking out only 42 times in 1947
Joe Morgan remains the only player in history with 250 or more home runs, 675 stolen bases and a slugging percentage of .425 or higher.
In 1932, playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chuck Klein accomplished a feat that no man before him or since him as accomplished. Klein would record 30+ home runs, 20+ stolen bases, 50+ doubles, and 15+ triples. He would go on to lead the league in games played, runs scored, hits, home runs, stolen bases, slugging [...]
There are only three players in the history of the game that have reached the following milestones: 1500 runs scored, 1500 runs batted in, 575 home runs, and a .400 on base percentage. Those players are Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds and most recently Jim Thome
Damon, who ranks 37th all-time in career power-speed, is one of only 4 players who have reached 2,450 hits, 1,500 runs, 375 stolen bases, 200 home runs, 1,000 runs batted in, 450 doubles, and 375 stolen bases.
What can you say about Albert Pujols? The 8-time all-star and 3-time MVP has accumulated 6 silver slugger awards and has led the National League in virtually every major statistical category at least once through his first 10 seasons. If he were to retire today he would be a first ballot Hall of Famer, this [...]
It seems like every year the A.L. and N.L Gold Glove award winners are announced dozens of baseball analysts, commentators, and bloggers voice strong opposition regarding several selections. The inherent problem is that the only people that vote for the winners of this award are managers and coaches, and they cannot vote for players on [...]
When you think of the Phillies best players over the past two seasons, most people would point out Utley’s 63 home runs, 69 doubles, 225 runs and 37 stolen bases, or Howard’s 93 home runs and 287 runs batted in, or Victorino’s 204 runs, 69 doubles, 61 stolen bases and two .290+ batting averages, or [...]
I have been listening to WIP for a straight week and every other caller is complaining about who is going to fill in the DH spot. “I don’t think it’s fair for the NL team.” “The AL team has a large advantage.” “Who are the Phills gonna start in DH against lefties?” Before I retort, [...]
