Philadelphia Phillies seasons

The Philadelphia Phillies have completed 125 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) since their inception in mlby|1883. Through mlby|2008, they have played 19,035 regular season games, winning 8,942 and losing 10,093, for a winning percentage of .470. The Phillies are also a combined total of 25–39 (.391) in post-season play.cite web |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/|title=Philadelphia Phillies History & Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-04-15 |author= |date= |work=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=] This list documents the season-by-season records of the Phillies' franchise including their year as the "Quakers" and the years where they shared the names "Quakers" and "Phillies." The team was formed in the National League after the dissolution of the Worcester baseball franchise at the end of mlby|1882, though there is no additional connection between the teams. [cite web |url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline01.jsp|title=Philadelphia Phillies History: A timeline|accessdate=2008-04-15 |author= |date= |work=Phillies.com |publisher=]

At times, the Phillies' search for success has been seen as an exercise in futility, [cite web |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/12/sports/PHILADELPHIA.php|title=Baseball: Phillies near 10,000th loss|accessdate=2008-04-25 |author=Longman, Jere |date=June 12, 2007 |work=International Herald Tribune |publisher=] [cite web |url=http://www.postgazette.com/pg/07170/795230-192.stm|title=Baseball futility: The Pirates, the Phillies and how to define failure|accessdate=2008-04-25 |author= |date=June 19, 2007 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |publisher=] due to their long stretches of losing seasons,cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/phillies.shtml|title=Philadelphia Phillies|accessdate=2008-04-15 |author= |date= |work=Baseball-Almanac.com |publisher=] including an MLB-record sixteen straight from mlby|1933 to mlby|1948. [cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08090/869175-63.stm |title=Losing has lost its luster |accessdate=2008-04-15 |author=Dvorchak, Robert |date=March 30, 2008 |work= |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] However, the Phillies do own five National League pennants, won in mlby|1915, mlby|1950, mlby|1980, mlby|1983, and mlby|1993, as well as a World Series championship in 1980 over the Kansas City Royals. The Phillies also enjoyed an extended period of success in their history from mlby|1975 to 1983, when they won five East Division championships as well as the first-half championship in the strike-shortened 1981 season. The team is currently having a period of extended success as well. They have finished with a winning percentage over .500 in all but one year since mlby|2000; however, this winning has not translated to playoff success, as the team had been consistently left out until their division championship in mlby|2007.

The Phillies posted their franchise record for losses in a season during their record-setting streak of sixteen consecutive losing seasons in mlby|1941 with 111,cite web |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1941.shtml |title=1941 Philadelphia Phillies |accessdate=2008-04-15 |author= |date= |work=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=] just shy of the modern (post-dead-ball era) Major League record of 120 losses in a season. [cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/notebooks/20030921basnot7.asp|title=Baseball Notebook: Losses and Tigers and Mets ... oh my!|accessdate=2008-04-15 |author=Ziants, Steve|date=September 21, 2003 |work= |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] [cite web |url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/history/year_by_year_results.jsp|title=History: Mets year-by-year results|accessdate=2008-05-02 |author= |date= |work=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball] During the 2007 season, the franchise also became the first professional sports team in American history to reach 10,000 losses. [cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/phillies/2007-07-02-Loser-Phillies_N.htm |title=Phillies are No. 1 in loss column |accessdate=2008-04-15 |author=Antonen, Mel |date=July 2, 2007 |work= |publisher=USA Today] The Phillies have twice eclipsed the century mark for wins in a season: in mlby|1976 with 101 wins, when they made their first playoff appearance in 26 seasons, and again the next season when they matched that mark.

Year by year

These statistics are current as of October 5, 2008. Bold denotes a playoff season, pennant or championship; "italics" denote an active season.

ee also

*History of the Philadelphia Phillies

Footnotes

*note label|Finish|a|aThe Finish column lists regular season results and excludes postseason play.
*note label|WinLoss|b|bThe Wins and Losses columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.
*note label|GamesBack|c|cThe GB column lists "Games Back" from the team that finished in first place that season. It is determined by finding the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two.
*note label|NLDS|d|dNLDS stands for National League Division Series.
*note label|NLCS|e|eNLCS stands for National League Championship Series.
*note label|CYA|f|fCYA stands for Cy Young Award.
*note label|MOY|g|gMOY stands for Manager of the Year.
*note label|MVP|h|hMVP stands for Most Valuable Player.
*note label|ROY|i|iROY stands for National League Rookie of the Year.
*note label|72Strike|j|jThe 1972 Major League Baseball strike forced the cancellation of the first seven games (thirteen game-days) of the season. [cite web | title = Strike is no longer necessary | work = ESPN | url = http://espn.go.com/mlb/columns/morgan_joe/1421081.html | author=Morgan, Joe |date=August 21, 2002 |accessdate = 2008-05-02 ]
*note label|81Strike|k|kThe 1981 Major League Baseball strike caused the season to split into two halves. This caused Major League Baseball to hold the Divisional Series so that the first- and second-half champions could play each other to determine playoff spots for the NLCS and World Series. [cite web | title = Year in Review - 1981| work = Baseball Almanac| url = http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1981a.shtml | accessdate = 2008-05-02 ]
*note label|94Strike|l|lThe 1994 Major League Baseball strike ended the season on August 11, as well as cancelling the entire postseason. [cite web | title = The MLB Strike - 25 Years in the Making | work = Buzzle editorials. |author=Zirin, David |date=August 18, 2004 | url = http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/8-18-2004-58021.asp | accessdate = 2008-05-02 ]
*note label|StartBaker|m|mThis was the Phillies' first season in Baker Bowl.
*note label|EndBaker|n|nThis was the Phillies' last season in Baker Bowl.
*note label|StartShibe|o|oThis was the Phillies' first season in Shibe Park.
*note label|EndShibe|p|pThis was the Phillies' last season in Shibe Park.
*note label|StartVet|q|qThis was the Phillies' first season in Veterans Stadium.
*note label|EndVet|r|rThis was the Phillies' last season in Veterans Stadium.
*note label|CitBankPark|s|sThis was the Phillies' first season in Citizens Bank Park.
*note label|CPOY|t|tCPOY stands for Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year.

References

;General referencescite web | title = Philadelphia Phillies Year-by-Year History | work = Phillies Official Website | url = http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/year_by_year_results.jsp | accessdate = April 27 | accessyear = 2008 cite web | title = Philadelphia Phillies | work = Baseball-Almanac.com | url = http://baseball-almanac.com/teams/phillies.shtml | accessdate = April 27 | accessyear = 2008

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