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The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 68th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies won the National League pennant by two games over the Brooklyn Dodgers . Nicknamed the " Whiz Kids " because of the youth of their roster, they went on to lose the World Series to the New York Yankees in four straight games.
In conjunction with Major League Baseball's celebration in 1969 [54] of the 100th anniversary of professional baseball, the Phillies conducted a fan vote to determine their all-time team. The players were honored on August 5, 1969, at Connie Mack Stadium before the Phillies' game against the San Francisco Giants. [54] The players were as follows:
The National League pennant winner of a given Major League Baseball season is the team that wins the championship—the pennant—of MLB's National League (NL). This team receives the Warren C. Giles Trophy and the right to play in the World Series against the champion of the American League (AL).
The ‘93 Phillies proved to be one-hit wonders, as 1993 was the only year the Phillies even posted a winning record in the 1990s. Meanwhile, the Braves continued their dominance of the National League in the remaining years of the 1990s, winning pennants in 1995 (and the 1995 World Series), 1996, and 1999.
On the last day of the season, the Phillies hung on to a one-game lead when Dick Sisler's dramatic tenth inning home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers clinched the Phillies' first pennant in 35 years. In the World Series , exhausted from their late-season plunge and victims of poor luck, the Phillies were swept by the New York Yankees in four ...
Andy Seminick was the catcher in the Phillies pennant-clinching final game of the 1950 season. No one in the Phillies clubhouse knew who would pitch the final game of the season against the Brooklyn Dodgers , except Sawyer, until an hour before the game, when the manager handed Roberts the ball. [ 16 ]
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The 1950 World Series was the 47th World Series between the American and National Leagues for the championship of Major League Baseball.The Philadelphia Phillies as 1950 champions of the National League and the New York Yankees, as 1950 American League champions, competed to win a best-of-seven game series.