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The Philadelphia Phillies have participated in 140 seasons in Major League Baseball since their inception in 1883. They are the oldest continuous same-name, same-city franchise in all of American professional sports. Through October 1, 2022, they have played 21,203 games, winning 10,019 games and losing 11,184.
The Phillies have thrice surpassed the century mark for wins in a season: in 1976 with 101 wins, [11] when they made their first playoff appearance in twenty-six seasons; again the next season when they matched that mark; [12] and in 2011, when they set the franchise single-season record for wins with 102 victories and clinched a playoff ...
As part of the Final Innings festivities at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies announced the result of an online fan vote to determine their "All-Vet" team (1971–2003). The players were honored on September 27, 2003, prior to the penultimate game at the stadium, which the Phillies went on to win against the Atlanta Braves 7–6.
The entire series saw only one home run, a game-winning two-run blast by Phillies slugger Greg Luzinski in the Phillies' opening 3–1 win in Game 1 at Philadelphia. Facing Kansas City in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies won their first world championship in 6 games, thanks to the timely hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose. Schmidt, who ...
The San Francisco Giants have the most overall wins (11,541), while the Arizona Diamondbacks have the fewest (2,087). The Philadelphia Phillies have the most losses, with 11,326, while the Tampa Bay Rays have the fewest, with 2,179. With 22,255 games played, the Chicago Cubs have played more games than any other MLB club. Conversely, Tampa Bay ...
The most recent tie in the American League was in 2012, when Jered Weaver and David Price tied for the lead with 20 wins each, and the most recent tie in the National League was in 2011, when Ian Kennedy and Clayton Kershaw tied with 21 wins each. The most pitchers to share the title in a single season is six, accomplished in 2006 when Aaron ...
Minimum of 200 decisions (wins + losses). Vic Rasci's record of 132–66 (0.667) does not meet the minimum number of decisions to qualify for this list; however, when he is credited with two additional losses, his percentage drops to 0.660, which still qualifies him for this listing.
The best record by a pennant winner in the Championship Series era is 108–54, which was achieved by the Cincinnati Reds in 1975 [17] and the New York Mets in 1986; [18] both of these teams went on to win the World Series. [2] NL champions have gone on to win the World Series 51 times, most recently in 2021. [2]