Philly Front Office

There’s a lot of negativity surrounding the Phillies at the moment (especially from me), so I figured I would take everyone on a drive through some of the team’s better and more fun memories. As you can imagine, over the last 140+ years, this team has done some pretty cool things. Here’s a look at what makes this team special…

Awards – Perfect Games – No Hitters – All Time Records – Single Season Leaders – Only a Few Times Ever… – Hall of Famers

Awards

MVPs (8x):

• Chuck Klein (1932)
• Jim Konstanty (1950)
• Mike Schmidt (1980, 1981, 1986)
• Ryan Howard (2006)
• Jimmy Rollins (2007)
• Bryce Harper (2021)

Cy Youngs (7x):

• Steve Carlton (1972, 1977, 1980, 1982)
• John Denny (1983)
• Steve Bedrosian (1987)
• Roy Halladay (2010)

Rookie of the Year (4x):

• Jack Sanford (1957)
• Dick Allen (1964)
• Scott Rolen (1997)
• Ryan Howard (2005)

Silver Slugger: 24x

Gold Glove: 49x

Perfect Games

There have only been 24 Perfect Games in MLB history and the Phillies have two of them:

• Jim Bunning – June 21, 1964 (7th ever)
• Roy Halladay – May 29, 2010 (20th ever)

No-Hitters

There have been 327 No-Hitters in MLB history and the Phillies have 13 of them including 1 of only 3 ever in the Playoffs

• Red Donahue – July 8, 1898
• Chick Fraser – September 18, 1903
• Johnny Lush – May 1, 1906
• Jim Bunning – June 21, 1964 (Perfecto)
• Rick Wise – June 23, 1971 (also hit 2 HRs)
• Terry Mulholland – August 15, 1990
• Tommy Greene – May 23, 1991
• Kevin Milwood – April 27, 2003
• Roy Halladay – May 29, 2010 (Perfecto)
• Roy Halladay – October 6, 2010 (Playoffs)
• Cole Hamels, Jake Diekman, Ken Giles, and Jonathan Papelbon – September 1, 2014
• Cole Hamels – July 25, 2015 (Last start with the Phillies)
• Michael Lorenzen – August 9, 2023

Carlos Ruiz is tied with Jason Varitek for catching the most no-hitters with 4

All-Time Records

Hitting

• WAR: Mike Schmidt – 106.9 (19th)
• HRs: Mike Schmidt – 548 (16th); Jim Thome – 612 (8th)¹
• Hits: Pete Rose – 4256 (1)²
• 2Bs: Bobby Abreu – 574 (26th)
• 3Bs: Ed Delahanty – 186 (13th)
• BBs: Mike Schmidt – 1507 (18th); Bobby Abreu – 1476 (20th)³
• OPS+: Dick Allen – 156 (26th)
• HBP (favorite stat on here): Chase Utley – 204 (6th)

Pitching

• WAR: Grover Alexander – 116.9 (3rd); Steve Carlton – 84.1 (15th); Robin Roberts – 83 (17th); Curt Schilling – 80.5 (22nd)
• Wins: Grover Cleveland Alexander – 373 (3rd); Steve Carlton – 329 (11th); Robin Roberts – 286 (28th)
• Starts: Steve Carlton – 709 (5th); Jamie Moyer – 638 (14th); Robin Roberts – 609 (18th); Grover Cleveland Alexander – 600 (20th); Eppa Rixey – 554 (25th)
• SOs: Steve Carlton – 4136 (4th); Curt Schilling – 3116 (17th); Jim Bunning – 2855 (22nd); Cole Hamels – 2560 (34th)
• ERA+: Cristopher Sanchez – 138 (21st)

Single Season Leaders

Phillies have led the league in various categories a lot including overall WAR 17 times.

Hitting:

• WAR: 11x
• AVG: 9x
• HR: 31x
• RBI: 26x
• OPS: 20x
• Runs: 15x
• Walks: 24x
• Stolen Bases: 11x

Pitching

• WAR: 24x
• ERA: 4x
• Wins: 18x
• WHIP: 8x
• SOs: 20x
• Saves: 12x
• Innings: 22x
• ERA+: 7x

Only a Few Players Ever…

4 HRs in a Game – Only 21 players have ever hit 4 HRs in a single game and yet somehow the Phillies have 4 of them:

• Ed Delahanty (1896)
• Chuck Klein (1936)
• Mike Schmidt (1976)
• Kyle Schwarber (2025)⁴

6 Hits in a Game – Only a few hundred players have ever had 6 hits in a game and 3 were Phillies

• Ed Delahanty – June 16, 1894 (one of 5 players ever to accomplish the feat twice, though the first time was not with the Phillies)
• Sam Thompson – August 17, 1894
• Connie Ryan – April 16, 1953

Unassisted Triple Play – There have only been 16 in MLB history, but the Phillies have 2 of them:

• Mickey Morandini – September 20, 1992
• Eric Bruntlett – August 23, 2009

20-20-20-20 Club – In 2007, Jimmy Rollins hit 30 HRs, 38 2Bs, 20 3Bs, and nabbed 41 SBs. There have only been 4 players to ever do this. In fact, there are only 7 players to ever do it without the stolen bases.

30-30 Club – In 2007, Rollins also joined former teammate Bobby Abreu in the 30-30 club for HRs and SBs. Abreu did it twice for the Phillies, in 2001 and 2004.

Scoreless Innings Streak – Cristopher Sanchez – 50 2/3 innings (5th all-time)

Hitting Streak

• Jimmy Rollins: 36 games (8th all-time)
• Chase Utley: 35 games (11th all-time)
• Ed Delahanty: 31 (26th all-time)

Hall of Famers

There are currently 43 players who have played for the Phillies in the Hall of Fame, but 7 of them went in with a Phillies cap on. In a year or two, Chase Utley will make it 8 and Cole Hamels has a good shot of making it 9. 4 more could be considered Phillies as well, but here’s the list:

• Robin Roberts (1976)
• Chuck Klein (1980)
• Steve Carlton (1994)
• Richie Ashburn (1995)
• Mike Schmidt (1995)
• Jim Bunning (1996)
• Dick Allen (2025)

Ed Delahanty (1945) and Sam Thompson (1974) should be in the Hall with Phillies caps considering they spent damn near their whole careers in Philadelphia, but their caps are blank. There are arguments to be made for blank cap pitchers Grover Cleveland Alexander (1938) and Roy Halladay (2019) as well

If anyone can think of anything else, please let me know and I will add it to the list.

Photo: Ena.our-dogs.info. Crop your image here. Version 2025. (edited with AI)

Stats: Baseball Reference

1. 101 with the Phillies including #400 ↩︎
2. 826 with the Phillies ↩︎
3. Joe Morgan, Jim Thome, and Pete Rose are also in the top 15 ↩︎
4. Schwarber had a final at bat that night off a position player but couldn’t get the batting practice dinger. He also filmed a previously planned episode of Abbott Elementary that same night ↩︎