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Team #12: Philadelphia Phillies
General Managers(since 1994)
Lee Thomas (1994-1997): 258-325
Ed Wade (1998-2005): 643-652
Pat Gillick (2006-2008): 266-220
Ruben Amaro Jr (2009-Current): 93-69
Team Performance
| Playoffs | Division Finish | ||||||
| WC | League | Playoff App | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Last |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
All information is drawn from Baseball Reference.
| Position | Name | Acquired | Years with Org. |
Stats with Organization |
Left? |
| C | Carlos Ruiz | Int’l FA – 1998 | 12 | 440 gm, .256/.347/.390, 27 HR, 165 RBI, 10 SB | Currently with Org. |
| 1B | Ryan Howard | 2001 – 5th Rd | 9 | 2005 NL ROY, 2006 NL MVP, 3 All-Star Appearances, 1 Silver Slugger 836 gm, .281/.373/.578, 245 HR, 721 RBI |
Currently with Org. |
| 2B |
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2000 – 1st Rd (15) | 10 | 5 All Star Appearances, 4 Silver Sluggers 963 gm, .294/.380/.518, 172 HR, 622 RBI, 88 SB |
Currently with Org. |
| 3B | Scott Rolen | 1993 – 2nd Rd | 9 | 1997 NL ROY, 1 All Star Appearance, 3 Gold Gloves 844 gm, .282/.373/.504, 150 HR, 559 RBI, 71 SB |
Traded to STL – 7/29/02 |
| SS | Jimmy Rollins | 1996 – 2nd Rd | 14 | 2007 NL MVP, 3 All Star Appearances, 3 Gold Gloves, 1 Silver Slugger 1456 gm, .273/.329/.437, 150 HR, 646 RBI, 335 SB |
Currently with Org. |
| LF | Pat Burrell | 1998 – 1st Rd (1) | 10 | 1306 gm, .257/.367/.485, 251 HR, 827 RBI | Left via Free Agency – 11/6/08 |
| CF | Michael Bourn | 2003 – 4th Rd | 4 | 122 gm, .268/.340/.362, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 19 SB | Traded to HOU – 11/7/07 |
| RF | Marlon Byrd |
1999 – 10th Rd | 6 | 256 gm, .271/.332/.377, 13 HR, 79 RBI, 13 SB | Traded to WAS – 5/14/05 |
| DH | Domonic Brown | 2006 – 20th Rd | 4 | 7 gm, .259/.241/.296, 6 RBI, 1 SB | Currently with Org. |
| SP | Cole Hamels | 2002 – 1st Rd (17) | 8 | 1 All Star Appearance 55-41, 3.65 ERA, 824 K, 233 BB, 875.2 IP |
Currently with Org. |
| SP | Randy Wolf |
1997 – 2nd Rd | 9 | 1 All Star Appearance 69-60, 4.21 ERA, 971 K, 437 BB, 1175 IP |
Left via Free Agency – 11/1/06 |
| SP | J.A. Happ | 2004 – 3rd Rd | 6 | 14-5, 3.11 ERA, 159 K, 84 BB, 217 IP | Traded to HOU – 7/29/10 |
| SP | Brett Myers |
1999 – 1st Rd (12) | 10 | 73-63, 4.40 ERA, 21 SV, 986 K, 413 BB, 1183.2 IP | Left via Free Agency – 11/6/09 |
| SP | Gavin Floyd | 2001 – 1st Rd (4) | 5 | 7-5, 6.96 ERA, 75 K, 64 BB, 108.2 IP | Traded to CHW – 12/6/06 |
| RP | Robinson Tejeda | Int’l FA – 1998 | 7 | 4-3, 3.57 ERA, 72 K, 51 BB, 85.2 IP | Traded to TEX – 4/1/06 |
| RP | Alfredo Simon | Int’l FA – 1999 | 5 | No Major League Appearances with Org. | Traded to SF – 7/30/04 |
| RP | Kyle Kendrick | 2003 – 7th Rd | 7 | 31-18, 4.58 ERA, 196 K, 125 BB, 430.2 IP | Currently with Org. |
| RP | Ryan Madson | 1998 – 9th Rd | 12 | 41-27, 3.86 ERA, 19 SV, 449 K, 167 BB, 539 IP | Currently with Org. |
| RP | Taylor Buchholz | 2000 – 6th Rd | 3 | No Major League Appearances with Org. | Traded to HOU – 11/3/03 |
| CL | Brad Ziegler | 2003 – 20th Rd | 1 | No Major League Appearances with Org. | Released – 3/28/04 |
| BN | Carlos Silva |
Int’l FA – 1996 | 7 | 8-1, 3.83 ERA, 89 K, 59 BB, 171.1 IP | Traded to MIN- 12/3/03 |
| BN | Jason Donald | 2006 – 3rd Rd | 3 | No Major League Appearances with Org. | Traded to CLE – 7/29/09 |
| BN | Lou Marson | 2004 – 4th Rd | 5 | 8 gm, .286/.375/.476, 1 HR, 2 RBI | Traded to CLE – 7/29/09 |
| BN | Nick Punto | 1998 – 21st Rd | 5 | 77 gm, .223/.273/.272, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 SB | Traded to Min – 12/3/03 |
| BN | Jason Michaels | 1998 – 4th Rd | 7 | 383 gm, .291/.380/.442, 21 HR, 100 RBI, 6 SB | Traded to CLE – 1/27/06 |
June Amateur Draft
Well, they’ve done very well in the first few rounds of the draft. Clearly, adding players like Pat Burrell, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, and Brett Myers in the first round is going to help. But the team has done well in the next 3 rounds as well, getting Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Scott Rolen, and Randy Wolf. This is one of the first teams that I can remember where I was able to put a solid major league regular into nearly every spot in the lineup and into the starting rotation, and it’s almost entirely from the draft. But they’ve also done well in later rounds, with Domonic Brown being the highest potential of anyone they’ve drafted after the 10th round so far. Even the players that they drafted that have not done a whole lot (Jason Donald, Lou Marson) were both used to acquire Cliff Lee in 2009.
International Free Agency
They have not been as active in international free agency as some teams, but with the success they’ve had in the draft, it’s not as glaring as a problem. The team has only had two success stories from the IFA markets in Carlos Silva and Carlos Ruiz. While it’s not a lot, there’s a lot of hope for Ruiz yet.
Overall Grade
B+. With 2 home grown MVPs, and quite a few players who would be welcome on any team in Chase Utley, Scott Rolen, and Cole Hamels, the team has done extremely well at not only scouting these players, but developing them and getting production for their own team out of them as well. The only weakness is the bullpen, but I’ve kind of come to the conclusion that the bullpen is something that any team can fill in with a little diligence. The fact that they have solid regulars at every lineup position, and 5 excellent starting pitchers leads me to give them this good grade.
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