Note: In its first two years, the award was given to a player on each MLB team; one awardee was then named the Overall Defensive Player of the Year for the American League and another for the National League. Starting in 2014, the award is now given to one player at each position for all of Major League Baseball; one of the nine awardees is then named the Overall Defensive Player of the Year for all of Major League Baseball.
Mike Schmidt — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value[24]
Note: Awarded by fellow major-league players to one player in Major League Baseball (not one for each league), including all positions. The Players Choice Awards do not have a Pitcher of the Year award.
Note: Awarded to one player in Major League Baseball (not one for each league), including all positions. Baseball America does not have a Pitcher of the Year award.
Note: Awarded to one player in Major League Baseball (not one for each league), including all positions. The ESPYs do not have a Pitcher of the Year award.
Roy Halladay (2011) – presented in June 2011, for his performance since June 2010
Note: Awarded to one position player in Major League Baseball (not one for each league) since 1994, when Baseball Digest started its Pitcher of the Year award.
Note: In 1961 and from 1963 through 2003, TSN split the rookie award into two separate categories: Rookie Pitcher of the Year and Rookie Player of the Year. Also, for the first three years (1946–1948) and in 1950, there was a single award, for all of MLB.
Note: Established in 1936, this award was given annually to one manager in Major League Baseball. In 1986 it was expanded to honor one manager from each league.
Note: Discontinued in 2001. From 1959 to 1983, the award was given annually to one manager in each league. From 1984 to 2000, the award was given to one manager in all of Major League Baseball.
In conjunction with Major League Baseball's celebration in 1969[54] of the 100th anniversary of professional baseball, the Phillies conducted a fan vote to determine their all-time team. The players were honored on August 5, 1969, at Connie Mack Stadium before the Phillies' game against the San Francisco Giants.[54] The players were as follows:
Roberts was also honored as the greatest Phillies player of all time.[54]
Centennial Team (1983)
In 1983, rather than inducting a player into the Wall of Fame, the Phillies selected their Centennial Team, commemorating the best players of the first 100 years in franchise history. See Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame#Centennial Team.
Phillies All-Vet Team (2003)
As part of the Final Innings festivities at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies announced the result of an online fan vote to determine their "All-Vet" team (1971–2003). The players were honored on September 27, 2003, prior to the penultimate game at the stadium, which the Phillies went on to win against the Atlanta Braves 7–6. The players were as follows:
Schilling was playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks and was unavailable for the ceremony. All the other honorees attended, including Tug McGraw, who was recovering from brain surgery.[55]
No. 7 – Pat Gillick, Seattle Mariners/Philadelphia Phillies (the list's only other MLB GMs were Boston's Theo Epstein, No. 3, and Oakland's Billy Beane, No. 10)
"Note: This ceremonial title is awarded by Minor League Baseball to one person each year in recognition of longtime dedication and service to professional baseball.
He was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs on June 15, 1964, and was purchased by the Phillies on August 15, 1964. Bobby Shantz (at "Transactions"). Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
The Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award was discontinued in 2013. Apparently it was dropped as an official MLB award after the 2006 season. Relief Man Award winners (1976–2006). (MLB.com/News/Awards/History/ ). MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2009-08-30. Established in 1976, it did not appear on the MLB.com awards page for the 2010 season. 2008 Awards (MLB.com/News/Awards/2008 Awards). MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2009-08-30. The MLB Delivery Man of the Year Award (sponsored by DHL) was first given in 2005 and does appear on the MLB.com awards page for the most recent completed season. Prior to both awards, in 1960, The Sporting News established its Fireman of the Year Award, to recognize the best closer from each league. In 2001, the award was broadened to include all relievers and was renamed The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award. In 2002, MLB began its This Year in Baseball Awards (TYIB Awards) (for all of MLB, not for each league), including Pitcher of the Year and Setup Man of the Year. In 2004, a Closer of the Year category was added and "Pitcher of the Year" was renamed "Starting Pitcher of the Year". In or about 2000, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum began its Hilton Smith Legacy Award for "Relievers of the Year".
2010 MLB Clutch Performer of the Year. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-01-03. The MLB Clutch Performer of the Year Award was first awarded in 2007. 2007 Awards. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
At Phillies History, go to "Awards and Honors" section (in center of page) and click on "All-Stars". Philadelphia Phillies official website. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
Happ finished second in voting for the MLB Rookie of the Year Award. Lauber, Scott (Nov 17, 2009). "Happ 2nd in 'rookie' voting". Courier-Post. Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Retrieved 2009-11-17. Happ, who had the eighth-best ERA in the NL, got 10 first-place votes and finished with 94 points. Two writers from each NL city voted for the award. .... Phillies pitcher J. A. Happ was the only player mentioned on all 32 ballots in the rookie of the year voting. .... Last month, Happ was crowned Sporting News' NL Rookie of the Year in a vote of 338 players. The 27-year-old left-hander also won the honor from his peers at the MLB Players Choice Awards.[dead link]
Salisbury, Jim (January 12, 2007). "MVP Howard takes well-deserved bows". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2011-11-02. Of all the awards, Howard said the Josh Gibson Award, named for the legendary Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer, will be the most special. Why? "Because he never got a shot to play in the big leagues", he said.
For the other members of the 2011 team, see Baseball awards. MLB Insiders Club Magazine selected its first All-Postseason Team in 2008. Boye, Paul. All-Postseason Team. MLB Insiders Club Magazine (ISSN1941-5060), Vol. 5, Issue 1 (December 2011), pp. 30-31. North American Media Group, Inc.
The list of the Sporting News Top 50 Players (in 2009) was based on the polling of a panel of 100 baseball people, many of them members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and winners of major baseball awards. For the complete list, scroll to the middle of the following webpage. Wolfley, Bob (May 20, 2009). "Braun makes greatest list". Milwaukee, Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
When Roberts received the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award in 1962, he was playing for the Baltimore Orioles. Presumably, however, he was given the award for his years with the Phillies (1948–1961), because the award is given to players who best exemplify Gehrig's character and integrity both on and off the field.
The World Series Trophy was first awarded in 1967. In 1985, it was renamed the Commissioner's Trophy. From 1970 to 1984, the "Commissioner's Trophy" was the name of the award given to the All-Star Game MVP.
The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 2002, with the initial induction in 2004. Starting in 2005, each year's group of inductees has included one local championship team. For individual Phillies inducted into the P/S HOF, see "Other achievements" (at #Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame) (above).
The Phillies are the only team that has faced every team in a current division (AL East) in World Series play: Baltimore (1983), Boston (1915), New York (1950, 2009), Tampa Bay (2008), and Toronto (1993). See List of World Series champions.
For the complete article, scroll down, below the advertisements. "Halladay wins Wanamaker Award". Philly.com. May 17, 2011. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
Of the 33 teams on the list of Top Franchises of the Decade, the Phillies were fifth among MLB teams (after the Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals, and Angels). Hunt, Ryan (December 22, 2009). "2000s: Top 25 Franchises". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-12. Just Missed The Cut: Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Boise State football, Connecticut men's basketball, Dallas Mavericks, Anaheim Ducks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Phillies.
Although the Phillies were founded in 1883, MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn presented to each all-time team player a framed picture of the "Greatest Phillies Team / 1869--1969". To see a photo of Kuhn, Roberts, and the framed picture, go to the following archived webpage and use the left click on the mouse to move the page upwards. Paul Lukas (1969-08-06). "A Night to Remember". Reading Eagle. p.48. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
"Harper selected as 2012 Dallas Green Award winner". Philadelphia Phillies official website. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. August 30, 2012. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-13. Each year the club will present this award to an amateur or professional scout who best exemplifies the Phillies' standard for scouting while demonstrating the same loyalty, work ethic, dedication and passion as the award's namesake.
In 2016, the Phillies were the top organization in MiLB—based on the combined win–loss percentage (412-280; .595) of its domestic affiliates in MiLB. They also had the highest win–loss percentage of any organization in 2009 through 2016. They were 4th in 2015; 30th in 2014. Eddy, Matt (September 9, 2016). "2016 Organization Standings & League Champs". BaseballAmerica.com. Baseball America Enterprises. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
For a description of the Paul Owens Award and a list of awardees from 1986 to 2007, go to Press Release: Berry, Zagurski win 2007 Paul Owens Award and scroll down to the bottom of the page. September 21, 2007. Phillies.com. Retrieved 2011-09-23. "The award is named in honor of the late Paul Owens, who spent 48 years in the Phillies organization as a scout, farm director, general manager, manager and senior advisor."
For a list of awardees from 1986 to 2011, go to "Phillies' Paul Owens Award winners". ReadingEagle.com. Reading Eagle Company. September 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
Tripodi, Chris (September 20, 2016). "Cozens, Hoskins, Lively nab Phillies' kudos: Trio of Philadelphia prospects receive club's top Minor League awards". MLB.com. Retrieved 2016-11-05. Philadelphia's No. 7 prospect Dylan Cozens, No. 13 Rhys Hoskins and No. 24 Ben Lively received the Phillies' Paul Owens Awards .... The trio received their honors Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park. .... Cozens ... [led] all of the Minors with 40 home runs ... and 125 RBIs .... Hoskins finished second in the Minors with 38 long balls .... Meanwhile, ... Lively ... topped the Triple-A International League with a 0.94 WHIP and .192 batting average against ....
Beck, Jason (January 5, 2012). "Fans select Ruiz, Luzinski for Center City mural: Pair joins group of past and present Phillies for immortalization". MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2012-01-06. [Carlos] Ruiz joins a list of current or recent Phillies on the mural that includes manager Charlie Manuel, Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard, Roy Halladay, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Brad Lidge. [Greg Luzinski joins a list of] Phils greats to be immortalized on the mural includ[ing] Mitch Williams, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Larry Bowa, Darren Daulton, Dallas Green, Tug McGraw, Ed Delahanty, Mike Schmidt, Chuck Klein, Tony Taylor, Dick Allen, Jim Bunning, Robin Roberts, Richie Ashburn and Steve Carlton.
Bruce Brown and T. Scott Brandon (May 19, 2008), The All–Phillies/A's Team (8 players and 9 pitchers, among the 44 players who played for both the Philadelphia A's and Phillies). Blog: The Phillies Zone. Philly.com. Retrieved 2010-09-26.