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The Philadelphia Phillies nickname is the oldest in continuous use by a professional baseball team from any league. There have been two unofficial nicknames used by the Phillies, including the Philadelphia Quakers (1883-1889) and the Philadelphia Blue Jays (1944-1945)

Richie Ashburn had an accidental mishap take place in 1957. One of his foul balls hit spectator Alice Roth, wife of the Philadelphia Bulletin sports editor Earl Roth, breaking her nose. Adding insult to injury, Ashburn hit Alice Roth again with a second foul ball as she was leaving the park on a stretcher. He spent 1948-1959 with the Phillies until being sold to the Chicago Cubs.

The name Phillies derived from the classic Philadelphia name of "Athletics" was already used by the American Association, the team was just called the Philadelphias until the name was shortened to Phillies.

Philadelphia Phillies fans have a notorious reputation of rowdiness. In the 1960's, visiting announcers from visiting teams would frequently comment on the numerous fighting that would break out in the stands. At the last game at Connie Mack Stadium, fans ran onto the field, dislodging parts of the stadium to bring home with them as souvenirs.

Interesting Facts

The Phillies have a long list of celebrity fans from Kevin Bacon, Tina Fey and Bill Cosby to Tim McGraw, Will Smith and Art Garfunkel. Other fans include Ryan Phillippe, Samuel Alito and Kevin Eubanks to name a few.

The Philadelphia Phillies were the first pro baseball team to join the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership Program. The program helps motivate organizations to purchase green power to help minimize their effects on the environment. The Phillies' green power purchase is the largest in professional sports, giving them the current record for green energy.

Championships

The Philadelphia Phillies won one World Series title in 1980, five National League Pennants (1915, 1950, 1980, 1983 and 1993) and seven East Division titles (1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1993 and 2007). They have yet to attain a Wild Card berth.

Team History

The Philadelphia Phillies are members of the East Division in the National League of professional baseball. They were established in 1883 and are one of the few teams to have remained in their home city. They are also the oldest team to have kept their name over the stretch of their professional baseball time. Al Reach and John Rodgers won an expansion franchise for Philadelphia to be placed in the National League, and took the Worcester Brown Stockings and made them into the Quakers. They did not do well at first having an opening record of 17-98, the worst record in franchise history. The following year, Harry Wright was recruited as manager of the team to help bring them out of the rut. It was during this time that the team was renamed the "Phillies" to reflect their home town.

The Philadelphia Phillies earned seven East Division Titles (1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1993 and 2007) and five National League Pennants (1915, 1950, 1980, 1983 and 1993). Their current ballpark is Citizens Bank Park where they have played their home games since 2004. Prior to that, they played at Veterans Stadium (1971-2003), Connie Mack Stadium (1938-1970), Baker Bowl (1887-1938) and Recreation Park (1883-1886). They have gone through six different logos, finally settling on their current logo of the Liberty Bell with the word Phillies across the top. They have had this logo since 1992. The Philadelphia Phillies have a laundry list of celebrity fans that pay top dollar for Phillies tickets just to get a glimpse of this historic team. The list includes Kevin Bacon, Bill Cosby, Tim McGraw, Ryan Phillippe, Rob Reiner, Will Smith, Jamie Kennedy and many others.

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