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Philadelphia Phillies Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the Philadelphia Phillies best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Darren Daulton, 1992

    • Darren Daulton
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    156 .399 6.9 145 585 80 131 32 5 27 109 11 88 103 .270 .385 .524 .908

  • First Base – Dolph Camlli, 1937

    • Dolph Camilli
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    167 .463 6.2 131 570 101 161 23 7 27 80 6 90 82 .339 .446 .587 1.034

  • Second Base – Chase Utley, 2007

    • Chase Utley
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    150 .419 7.8 132 613 104 176 48 5 22 103 9 50 89 .332 .410 .566 .976

  • Third Base – Mike Schmidt, 1981

    • Mike Schmidt
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    198 .467 7.7 102 434 78 112 19 2 31 91 12 73 71 .316 .435 .644 1.080

  • Shortstop – Jimmy Rollins, 2007

    • Jimmy Rollins
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    119 .371 6.1 162 778 139 212 38 20 30 94 41 49 85 .296 .344 .531 .875

  • Outfield – Chuck Klein, 1933

    • Chuck Klein
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    178 .463 7.5 152 667 101 223 44 7 28 120 15 56 36 .368 .422 .602 1.025

  • Outfield – Lefty O’Doul, 1929

    • Lefty O’Doul
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    158 .483 7.4 154 732 152 254 35 6 32 122 2 76 19 .398 .465 .622 1.087

  • Outfield – Sherry Magee, 1910

    • Sherry Magee
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    168 .457 6.7 154 650 110 172 39 17 6 123 49 94 36 .331 .445 .507 .952

  • Starting Pitcher – Pete Alexander, 1915

    • Pete Alexander
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    43 10.9 49 42 31 10 1.22 376.1 36 12 3 86 51 64 241 5.8 0.842

  • Starting Pitcher – Steve Carlton, 1972

    • Steve Carlton
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    56 12.1 41 41 27 10 1.97 346.1 30 8 0 84 76 87 310 8.1 0.993

  • Starting Pitcher – George McQuillan, 1908

    • George McQuillan
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    66 9.4 48 42 23 17 1.53 359.2 32 7 2 88 61 91 114 2.9 0.984

  • Starting Pitcher – Roy Halladay, 2011

    • Roy Halladay
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    61 8.9 32 32 19 6 2.35 233.2 8 1 0 65 61 35 220 8.5 1.040

  • Starting Pitcher – Robin Roberts, 1953

    • Robin Roberts
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    65 9.8 44 41 23 16 2.75 346.2 33 5 2 119 106 61 198 5.1 1.111

  • Relief Pitcher – Pat Neshek, 2017

    • Pat Neshek
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    26 0.7 43 0 3 2 1.12 40.1 0 0 1 5 5 5 45 10.0 0.818

  • Relief Pitcher – Ken Giles, 2014

    • Ken Giles
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    33 2.0 44 0 3 1 1.18 45.2 0 0 1 7 6 11 64 12.6 0.788

  • Closer – Billy Wagner, 2005

    • Billy Wagner
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    35 2.7 75 0 4 3 1.51 77.2 0 0 38 17 13 20 87 10.1 0.837

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