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The Philadelphia Phillies' 2008 season was the 126th in the history of the franchise. The team finished with a regular season record of 92–70, first in the National League East. In the postseason, the Phillies won the World Series; this was the first major sports championship for Philadelphia since the 76ers swept the 1983 NBA Finals.
The 2008 Philadelphia Phillies, pictured here with former President Barack Obama, defeated the Tampa Bay Rays to win the franchise's second World Series championship; [1] 40 players represented the Phillies during that season. [2] The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season.The 104th edition of the World Series, [2] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays; the Phillies won the series, four games to one.
Hall of Famer and first baseman Hughie Jennings played two seasons for the Phillies. Davey Johnson managed the United States national baseball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. [25] Ken Johnson amassed a 9–9 record in his two Philadelphia seasons. Todd Jones struck out 22 batters for the Phillies in the ...
As of 2011, Juan Samuel, the Phillies' second baseman from 1983 to 1989, is the team's third-base coach. [36] Brian Sanches pitched for Philadelphia in 2006 and 2007. Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, who was a second baseman for most of his career, began as a shortstop with the Phillies.
Ethan Allen's .316 batting average in three seasons with the Phillies is the fifth-best mark among the members of this list. After playing five seasons with Philadelphia, Rubén Amaro, Jr. became the team's general manager in 2009. Ed Andrews stole 155 bases in his six Phillies seasons. Richie Ashburn's number 1 was retired by the team in his ...
The Phillies would later claim in the 2000s that the Blue Jays moniker was never official, [22] however news reports in 1944 note that Phillies management said that the Blue Jays name was as an official "additional nickname", meaning that the team had two official nicknames simultaneously, the Phillies and the Blue Jays.
The Hall of Fame lists the Phillies as Hamilton's primary team, [6] and he is a member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame, as is Whiz Kid shortstop and second baseman Granny Hamner. [ 7 ] Among the 73 batters in this list, Lou Hardie has the highest batting average , at .375; he notched three hits in eight at-bats during the 1884 season ...