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==History==
{{Main|History of the Philadelphia Phillies}}

===Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889)===
[[File:1888 Philadelphia Quakers.jpg|thumb|alt=Team photograph of the 1888 Philadelphia Quakers |The [[1888 Philadelphia Quakers season|1888 Philadelphia Quakers]] team]]
In [[1883 Philadelphia Quakers season|1883]], sporting goods manufacturer [[Al Reach]], a pioneering professional baseball player, and attorney [[John Rogers (baseball)|John Rogers]] won an expansion [[National League (baseball)|National League]] franchise for Philadelphia, one of what is now known as the "Classic Eight" of the National League. They were awarded a spot in the league to replace the [[Worcester Worcesters|Worcester baseball team]], a franchise that had folded in 1882. The new team was nicknamed the "Phillies" from the start, and immediately compiled a .173 [[winning percentage]], which stands as the worst in franchise history. Although many sources (including the Phillies themselves) claim that Reach and Rogers bought the Brown Stockings and moved them to Philadelphia, all available evidence suggests this is not the case. Significantly, no players from Worcester<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WOR/1882.shtml|title=1882 Worcester Ruby Legs|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=March 7, 2009}}</ref> ended up with the 1883 Quakers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1883.shtml|title=1883 Philadelphia Quakers|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=March 7, 2009}}</ref> 

In [[1884 Philadelphia Quakers season|1884]], [[Harry Wright]], the former manager of baseball's first openly professional team, the [[Cincinnati Red Stockings]], was recruited as a manager in hopes of reversing the team's fortunes.<ref name="TBT">{{cite book |title=The Team-by-Team Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball |last=Purdy |first=Dennis |year=2006 |publisher=[[Workman Publishing Company|Workman]] |location=New York City |isbn=0-7611-3943-5 }}</ref>

In [[1887 Philadelphia Quakers season|1887]], the team began to play at the newly constructed Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds, later renamed National League Park. The stadium would become known as the [[Baker Bowl]] in 1923. Despite a general improvement from their dismal beginnings, they never seriously contended for the title.

===Becoming the Phillies (1890–1917)===
{{See also|1915 World Series|City Series (Philadelphia)}}
[[File:GCAlexander.jpg|thumb|[[Grover Cleveland Alexander]], Phillies pitcher from 1911 to 1917 and again in the 1930 season|alt=Photograph of Phillies pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, resting a bat on his right shoulder, taken from his left side|207x207px]]
The nickname "Phillies" first appeared in ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' on April 3, 1883, in the paper's coverage of an exhibition game by the new National League club and was the team's accepted nickname from the start. This name is one of the longest continually used nicknames in professional sports by a team in the same city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline01.jsp |title=Timeline 1800s |website=philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com |access-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-date=October 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014020847/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline01.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The franchise's standout players in the era were [[Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)|Billy Hamilton]], [[Sam Thompson (outfielder)|Sam Thompson]], and [[Ed Delahanty]], who in [[1896 Philadelphia Phillies season|1896]] set the major-league record (since tied by [[List of Major League Baseball hitters with four home runs in one game|several others]]) with four [[home run]]s in a single game. Due to growing disagreements about the direction of the team, Reach sold his interest to Rogers in [[1899 Philadelphia Phillies season|1899]].<ref name="TBT"/>

With the birth of the more lucrative [[American League]] (AL) in [[1901 Philadelphia Phillies season|1901]], the Phillies saw many of their better players defect to the upstart, including a number of players who ended up playing for their crosstown rivals, the [[History of the Philadelphia Athletics|Athletics]], owned by former Phillies minority owner [[Benjamin Shibe]]. While their former teammates would thrive (the AL's first five batting champions were former Phillies), the remaining squad fared dismally, finishing 46 games out of first place in [[1902 Philadelphia Phillies season|1902]]—the first of three straight years finishing either seventh or eighth. 

To add tragedy to folly, a balcony collapsed during a game at the Baker Bowl in [[1903 Philadelphia Phillies season|1903]], killing 12 and injuring hundreds. Rogers was forced to sell the Phillies to avoid being ruined by an avalanche of lawsuits.<ref name="TBT"/> In [[1904 Philadelphia Phillies season|1904]], the team finished with a record of 52–100, making them the first team in franchise history to have lost 100 games.

The Phillies won their first pennant in [[1915 Philadelphia Phillies season|1915]] thanks to the pitching of [[Grover Cleveland Alexander]] and the batting prowess of [[Gavvy Cravath]], who set the 20th century single-season record for home runs with 24. They finished the season with a record of 90–62, seven games ahead of the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]]. The Phillies went up against the [[Boston Red Sox]] in the [[1915 World Series|World Series]], opening the series at home with a victory. The Phillies struggled against a strong Red Sox pitching lineup and surrendered the next four games, losing the series four games to one. 

The team continued to dominate the National League in [[1916 Philadelphia Phillies season|1916]] but fell short of capturing a second consecutive pennant. The team finished two and a half games out of first place with a record of 91–62. Alexander won his second consecutive triple crown and posted 16 shutouts, tying the single-season major league record.

In [[1917 Philadelphia Phillies season|1917]], Alexander had been traded to the [[Chicago Cubs]] for pitcher [[Mike Prendergast (baseball)|Mike Prendegrast]] and catcher [[Pickles Dillhoefer]], when owner [[William Baker (baseball)|William Baker]] refused to increase his salary. Baker was known for running the Phillies very cheaply; for instance, during much of his tenure, there was only one scout in the entire organization. The Phillies finished the 1917 season in second place with a record of 87–65, ten games behind the [[New York Giants (baseball team)|New York Giants]].

===Three decades of struggle (1918–1948)===
[[File:Grand Stand Entrance of Shibe Park.jpg|alt=Street view photograph of the entrance to Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium, home of the Phillies from 1938 to 1970|thumb|[[Shibe Park]], renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1953, was the Phillies' home field from 1938 to 1970.]]
The effect of the Alexander trade was immediate. In [[1918 Philadelphia Phillies season|1918]], only three years after winning the pennant, the Phillies finished sixth, 13 games under .500. It was the start of one of the longest streaks of futility in baseball history. From 1918 to 1948, the Phillies had only one winning record, which came in [[1932 Philadelphia Phillies season|1932]]. The team finished higher than sixth only twice, and were never a serious factor past June. During this stretch, they finished eighth (last place) a total of 17 times and seventh seven times, with 12 seasons in which they lost at least 100 games. This saddled the franchise with a reputation for failure that dogged it for many years. The team's primary stars during the 1920s and 1930s were outfielders [[Cy Williams]], [[Lefty O'Doul]], and [[Chuck Klein]], who won the Triple Crown in [[1933 Philadelphia Phillies season|1933]].

Baker died in 1930. He left half his estate to his wife and the other half to longtime team secretary Mae Mallen. Five years earlier, Mallen had married a leather goods and shoe dealer, [[Gerald Nugent]]. With the support of Baker's widow, Nugent became team president. Baker's widow died in 1932, leaving Nugent in complete control.<ref name="TBT"/> Unlike Baker, Nugent badly wanted to build a winning team, however, he did not have the financial means to do so. He was forced to trade what little talent the team had to make ends meet, and often had to use some creative financial methods to field a team at all.<ref name="Veeck">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/Bill_Veeck_and_the_1943_sale_of_the_Phillies.pdf |title=A Baseball Myth Exploded |website=sabr.org |access-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050329183858/http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/Bill_Veeck_and_the_1943_sale_of_the_Phillies.pdf |archive-date=March 29, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Philadelphia's Baker Bowl proved to be a fertile hitting ground for Phillies opponents as well, and in 1930, the team surrendered 1199 runs, a major-league record still standing today. Once considered one of the finest parks in baseball, it was not well maintained from the 1910s onward. For instance, until 1925, the Phillies used a flock of sheep to trim the grass. Fans were often showered with rust whenever one of Klein's home runs hit girders. The entire right field grandstand collapsed in 1926, forcing the Phillies to move to the A's [[Shibe Park]] (five blocks west on Lehigh Avenue from Baker Bowl) for 1927.
The Phillies tried to move to Shibe Park on a permanent basis as tenants of the A's. However, Baker Bowl's owner, Charles W. Murphy, at first refused to let the Phillies out of their lease. He finally relented in 1938, and only then because the city threatened to condemn the dilapidated park. Despite the move, attendance rarely topped 3,000 a game.

The lowest point came in 1941, when the Phillies finished with a 43–111 record, setting a franchise record for losses in a season. [[1942 in baseball|A year later]], they needed an advance from the league just to go to spring training. Nugent realized he did not have enough money to operate the team in 1943, and put it up for sale.

After lumber baron [[William D. Cox]] purchased the team with a group of investors for $190,000 and a $50,000 note on March 15, 1943,<ref name="1943sale">{{Cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/topic/philadelphia-phillies-team-ownership-history/ |title=Philadelphia Phillies team ownership history |website=sabr.org |access-date=September 15, 2020 |date=October 1, 2008|first=Rich| last=Westcott }}</ref> the Phillies rose out of last place for the first time in five years. As a result, the fan base and attendance at home games increased. Eventually, Cox revealed that he had been betting on the Phillies, and he was banned from baseball by [[baseball Commissioner]] [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]] on November 23, 1943. The new owner, [[R. R. M. Carpenter|Bob Carpenter Sr.]], scion of the Delaware-based [[du Pont family|duPont family]], bought the team with his son for an estimated $400,000 that same day – November 23, 1943.<ref name="1943sale"/> The Carpenters tried to polish the team's image and way of doing business. Carpenter Sr. named his son, [[Bob Carpenter, Jr.]], team president. They wanted to shed the image of failure by changing the team's nickname.

====Philadelphia Blue Jays====
Before the 1944 season, the team held a fan contest soliciting a new team nickname. Management chose "Blue Jays", the fan submission of Elizabeth Crooks, who received a $100 war bond as compensation.<ref name="SNjays44">{{cite web| title=Blue Jays Already Creating Squawks| date=March 16, 1944| newspaper=[[The Sporting News]]|url=https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5984890903596eaddbfc4532/1505425320834-LZU1EOGOW687A5F2TT5C/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kPdPq385LKpVQrYko4m1O-xZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWEtT5uBSRWt4vQZAgTJucoTqqXjS3CfNDSuuf31e0tVFdoHyhl2IHxpaPTyKwQ8uWw1vJOfSr29QOxuA6qSa1Q8pXv12KvMI5bnNhWi6YtKg/PHILLIES_JAYS.jpg?format=500w| access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref> The Phillies would later claim in the 2000s that the Blue Jays moniker was never official,<ref name="1940s">{{cite web |title=Phillies Timeline: 1940s |work=History Highlights |publisher=Philadelphia Phillies |url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline06.jsp |access-date=June 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613153930/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline06.jsp |archive-date=June 13, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> however news reports in 1944 note that Phillies management said that the Blue Jays name was as an official "additional nickname", meaning that the team had two official nicknames simultaneously, the Phillies and the Blue Jays.<ref name="SNjays44"/><ref name="InqJays44">{{cite news| title=Students Hint Phillies Stole Their Name| date=March 9, 1944| newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30362363/john-hopkins-says-phillies-stole-blue/| access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref><ref name="SpokaneJays50">{{cite web| title=Blue Jay Nickname Junked by Phillies| date=January 10, 1950| newspaper=[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]]|url=https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5984890903596eaddbfc4532/1505425317530-OCVUH8BLUV3OVZTMADIU/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kBsUZzeLQXwt0ybi9J957h5Zw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWEtT5uBSRWt4vQZAgTJucoTqqXjS3CfNDSuuf31e0tVGeoGe8Vp5GswKDoGU00LFNlsr5Jv4RkfdkobfiWVG2ihur-lC0WofN0YB1wFg-ZW0/BLUE-JAY-NICKNAME-JUNKED.png?format=300w| access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref> 

The Phillies' official adoption of Blue Jays as a second official nickname led to a dispute with [[Johns Hopkins University]] in [[Baltimore]], whose nickname is and was [[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays|Blue Jays]]. Wilson Shaffer, the school's athletic director, criticized the Philadelphia team for adopting his university's moniker, and said that Philadelphia should use the blue jay's [[binomial nomenclature|scientific name]] instead and be known as the Philadelphia [[blue jay|Cyanocitta Cristata]]. Similarly, the university's student council, citing the Philadelphia team's long track record of failure, passed a resolution demanding "suitable satisfaction" for what they perceived as theft and sullying of the Blue Jays name. Carpenter, Jr., responded by criticizing Johns Hopkins' baseball record and promised to make the students proud of the Blue Jays name by having his Philadelphia baseball team win many games.<ref name="InqJays44"/>

The Philadelphia team added three minor league clubs before the start of the 1946 season and named them all Blue Jays: the [[Class C (baseball)|Class C]] [[Salina Blue Jays]], [[Class C (baseball)|Class C]] [[Schenectady Blue Jays]] and [[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] [[Green Bay Bluejays|Green Bay Blue Jays]]. 

However, the new Blue Jays moniker was ultimately unpopular, and although the team in the 2000s claimed that it was quietly dropped by 1949,<ref name="1940s"/> news reports at the time indicate that the nickname, which "never caught on anyway", was not officially dropped by the team until January 1950.<ref name="SpokaneJays50"/>

The Blue Jays moniker would be used by [[Toronto Blue Jays|Toronto]]'s MLB club when it started play in 1977.<ref name="1940s"/> Coincidentally, those Blue Jays would go on to defeat the Phillies in six games in the [[1993 World Series]] nearly 50 years later.

===Fightin' Phils (1949–1970)===
{{See also|1950 World Series|Jim Bunning's perfect game|Whiz Kids (baseball)}}
[[File:RobinRoberts.jpg|thumb|alt=A sketch portrait of Robin Roberts the Phillies' pitcher from 1948 to 1961 |[[Robin Roberts (baseball)|Robin Roberts]], Phillies' pitcher from 1948 to 1961]]
[[File:Richie Ashburn 1953.jpg|thumb|[[Richie Ashburn]], Phillies' center fielder from 1948 to 1959]]
[[File:1964 Philadelphia Phillies team photo.jpg|thumb|The [[1964 Philadelphia Phillies season|1964 Philadelphia Phillies]] team|alt=Team photograph of the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies]]
Like Cox, Bob Carpenter Jr. was not afraid to spend the money it took to build a contender. He immediately started signing young players and invested even more money in the farm system, and the Phillies quickly developed a solid core of young players that included future Hall of Famers [[Richie Ashburn]] and [[Robin Roberts (baseball)|Robin Roberts]]. This coincided with the final collapse of the A's. Philadelphia had been an "A's town" for most of the first half of the 20th century. Even though the A's had fielded teams as bad or worse than the Phillies for most years since the 1930s, the A's continued to trounce the Phillies at the gate. However, a series of poor baseball and business decisions on the A's part allowed the Phillies to win the hearts of Philadelphia's long-suffering fans.

Things started coming together for the Phillies in [[1949 Philadelphia Phillies season|1949]], when they rocketed up the standings to third place with an 81–73 record. Although the season had essentially been a two-team race between Brooklyn and St. Louis, it was still the Phillies' first appearance in the [[First division (baseball)|first division]] in 31 years. It was also a fitting tribute to Bob Carpenter Sr., who had died in June and left Bob Jr. in full control of the team.

The [[1950 Philadelphia Phillies season|1950]] Phillies led the National League standings for most of the season and were dubbed the "[[Whiz Kids (baseball)|Whiz Kids]]". In the final months of the season, a tailspin (triggered by the loss of starting pitcher [[Curt Simmons]] to National Guard service) caused the team to lose the next eight of ten games. On the last day of the season, the Phillies hung on to a one-game lead when [[Dick Sisler]]'s dramatic tenth inning home run against the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] clinched the Phillies' first pennant in 35 years. In the [[1950 World Series|World Series]], exhausted from their late-season plunge and victims of poor luck, the Phillies were swept by the [[New York Yankees]] in four straight games. Nonetheless, this appearance cemented the Phillies' status as the city's favorite team.

In contrast, the Philadelphia Athletics finished last in 1950, and longtime manager [[Connie Mack]] retired. The team struggled for four more years with only one winning season before abandoning Philadelphia under the Johnson brothers, who bought out Mack. They began to play in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] in 1955.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Frank |title=Philadelphia Athletics |date=April 9, 2006 |url=http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/al/philadelphia/phillya_s.html |website=sportsecyclopedia.com|access-date=June 4, 2008}}</ref> As part of the deal selling that team to the Johnson brothers, the Phillies bought Shibe Park, where both teams had played since 1938.<ref name="Phillies1950">{{cite web |title=Phillies Timeline: 1950s |work=History Highlights |publisher=Philadelphia Phillies |url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline07.jsp |access-date=June 4, 2008 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910142851/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline07.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many thought that the "Whiz Kids", with a young core of talented players, would be a force in the league for years to come.<ref name="robertsbd">{{cite journal| last=Hochman| first=Stan| date=July 1972| title=Robin Roberts Remembers the 'Whiz Kids'| journal=[[Baseball Digest]]| publisher=Lakeside Publishing Company| volume=31| issue=7| pages=35–38| issn=0005-609X| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zIDAAAAMBAJ&q=whiz+kids+baseball&pg=PA35}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="whitey">{{cite book |last=Zimniuch| first=Fran| title=Richie Ashburn Remembered| publisher=[[Sports Publishing]] LLC| year=2005| page=23| chapter=Big Leagues, Here I Come| isbn=1-58261-897-6| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3d7TouZUHIwC&q=whiz+kids+baseball&pg=PA23| access-date=October 29, 2009}}</ref> However, the team finished with a 73–81 record in [[1951 Philadelphia Phillies season|1951]] and finished nine and a half games out of first place in [[1952 Philadelphia Phillies season|1952]], with an 87–67 record. The Phillies managed to end up in third place in [[1953 Philadelphia Phillies season|1953]] with an 83–71 record, however, they would fail to break .500 from 1954 to 1957.

It became apparent that the flash and determination of the Whiz Kids would not return when the team finished last place in the National League from 1958 to 1961. Manager [[Eddie Sawyer]] abruptly quit the team after the season opener in [[1960 Philadelphia Phillies season|1960]], and was replaced by [[Gene Mauch]].

The team's competitive futility was highlighted by a record that still stands: in [[1961 Philadelphia Phillies season|1961]], the Phillies lost 23 games in a row, the worst losing streak in the majors since 1900. Things started to turn around for the team in [[1962 Philadelphia Phillies season|1962]], when the team finished above .500 for the first time in five years. Gene Mauch was named National League Manager of the Year that season and won it again in 1964. The team improved in [[1963 Philadelphia Phillies season|1963]], when the team finished the season with an 87–75 record. There was confidence that the team would soon become contenders for a return to the World Series. Though Ashburn and Roberts were gone, the [[1964 Philadelphia Phillies season|1964]] Phillies still had younger pitchers [[Art Mahaffey]], [[Chris Short]], and rookie [[Ray Culp]]; veterans [[Jim Bunning]] and [[screwball]]er [[Jack Baldschun]]; and fan favorites [[Cookie Rojas]], [[Johnny Callison]], and [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|NL Rookie of the Year]] [[Dick Allen]]. The team was 90–60 on September 20, good enough for a lead of 6.5 games in the pennant race with 12 games to play. However, the Phillies lost 10 games in a row and finished one game out of first, losing the pennant to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]. The "Phold of '64" is frequently mentioned as the worst collapse in sports history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phillies Timeline: 1960s |work=History Highlights |publisher=Philadelphia Phillies |url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline08.jsp |access-date=June 5, 2008 |archive-date=May 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514064401/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline08.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

One highlight of the 1964 season occurred on [[Father's Day]], when Jim Bunning pitched a [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] against the [[New York Mets]], the first in Phillies' history.<ref>{{cite web| last1=McCoy| first1=Hal| title=Father's Day to remember: Bunning's perfect game of '64| url= http://www.foxsports.com/ohio/story/50th-anniversary-jim-bunning-father-s-day-perfect-game-philadelphia-phillies-new-york-mets-061314| website=[[Fox Sports]]| publisher=Fox News| access-date=September 4, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818123707/http://www.foxsports.com/ohio/story/50th-anniversary-jim-bunning-father-s-day-perfect-game-philadelphia-phillies-new-york-mets-061314| archive-date=August 18, 2015| date=June 13, 2014}}</ref>

For the rest of the decade, the team finished no higher than fourth place in the NL standings which came during the [[1966 Philadelphia Phillies season|1966 season]]. In the [[1969 Philadelphia Phillies season|1969 season]], the Phillies finished fifth in the newly created [[NL East Division]], with a record of 63–99.

By the late 1950s, Carpenter decided the Phillies needed a new home. He never wanted to buy Connie Mack Stadium in the first place, and was now convinced there was no way he could make money playing there. He sold the park to [[Philadelphia Eagles]]' owner [[Jerry Wolman]] in 1964, taking a $1&nbsp;million loss on his purchase of just 10 years earlier. The stadium was deteriorating and there was inadequate parking. Attendance began to drop by 1967 and the team started to plan for a new stadium. 

The Phillies remained at Connie Mack Stadium until 1970. In the last game played there, the Phillies avoided last place by beating the Expos 2–1. When the game was finished several fans in attendance began to remove items from the ballpark, such as chairs, outfield panels and baseball equipment from the dugouts.

===Glory days (1971–1984)===
{{See also|1980 World Series|1983 World Series|Hot Pants Patrol}}
[[File:Mike Schmidt HR vs. Cincinnati Reds at Veterans Stadium July 20, 1987.jpg|thumb|[[Veterans Stadium]], home of the Phillies and Philadelphia Eagles from 1971 to 2003|alt=Photograph of Veterans Stadium the Phillies' home from 1971 to 2003|210x210px]]
[[File:Mike Schmidt - Philadelphia Phillies - 1983.jpg|alt=Portrait of Phillies' third baseman Mike Schmidt looking at the camera and holding a bat across his chest|thumb|[[Mike Schmidt]], Phillies' third baseman from 1972 to 1989 and a [[1995 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1995]] [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame]] inductee|313x313px]]
[[File:Steve Carlton - Philadelphia Phillies - 1983.jpg|thumb|[[Steve Carlton]], Phillies' pitcher from 1972 to 1986 and a [[1994 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1994 Hall of Fame]] inductee|212x212px]]
The Phillies opened the new [[Veterans Stadium]] in [[1971 Philadelphia Phillies season|1971]]. The team wore new maroon uniforms to accentuate the change. The stadium was built in [[South Philadelphia]], making it the first time the team was not located in [[North Philadelphia]]. The new stadium, along with nearby [[John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia)|John F. Kennedy Stadium]] and the [[Spectrum (arena)|Spectrum]], established the [[South Philadelphia Sports Complex]]. 

Pitcher [[Rick Wise]] hurled a no-hitter and in the same game hit two home runs against the Cincinnati Reds in 1971. That same season, [[Harry Kalas]] joined the Phillies broadcasting team. 

In [[1972 Philadelphia Phillies season|1972]], the Phillies were the worst team in baseball, but newly acquired [[Steve Carlton]] won nearly half their games (27 of 59 team wins) and was awarded his first NL [[Cy Young Award]] and won it again in 1977. Bob Carpenter Jr. retired in 1972 and passed the team ownership to his son [[Ruly Carpenter|Ruly]]. 

The Phillies achieved some success in the mid-1970s. With players such as Carlton, third baseman [[Mike Schmidt]], shortstop [[Larry Bowa]], catcher Bob Boone, and outfielder [[Greg Luzinski]], the Phillies won three straight division titles (1976–78). However, they fell short in the [[National League Championship Series|NLCS]], against the Reds in [[1976 National League Championship Series|1976]] and the Dodgers in [[1977 National League Championship Series|1977]] and [[1978 National League Championship Series|1978]]. In 1979, the Phillies acquired [[Pete Rose]], the spark that would put them over the top.

====1980 World Series champions====
{{main|1980 World Series}}
The Phillies won the National League East in 1980, but to win the league championship, they had to defeat the [[Houston Astros]]. In a memorable [[1980 National League Championship Series|NLCS]], with four of the five games needing extra innings, they fell behind 2–1 but battled back to squeeze past the Astros on a 10th-inning game-winning hit by center fielder [[Garry Maddox]], and the city celebrated its first NL pennant in 30 years.<ref name="1980s">{{cite web|title = Phillies Timeline: 1980s|work = History Highlights|publisher = Philadelphia Phillies|url = http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline10.jsp|access-date = June 5, 2008|archive-date = September 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150910125059/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline10.jsp|url-status = dead}}</ref> The entire series saw only one home run hit, a game-winning two-run home run by Phillies slugger Greg Luzinski in the Phillies' opening 3–1 win in Game 1 at Philadelphia.

Facing the [[Kansas City Royals]] in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies won their first World Series championship ever in six games thanks to the timely hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose. Schmidt, who won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1980, also won the World Series Most Valuable Player award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (.381 average), including game-winning hits in Game 2 and the clinching Game 6. This final game was also significant because it remains "the most-watched game in World Series history" with a television audience of 54.9&nbsp;million viewers.<ref name="Sandomir">{{cite journal| last1=Sandomir| first1=Richard| title=Baseball World Series: Postseason Vanishing From Broadcast Networks| journal=[[The New York Times]]| date=October 18, 2014| volume=CLXIV| issue=56,657| pages=D4| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/18/sports/cables-ascent-tests-baseball-fans-and-their-fingers.html| access-date=October 25, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027112826/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/18/sports/cables-ascent-tests-baseball-fans-and-their-fingers.html| archive-date=October 27, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> Thus, the Phillies became the last of the 16 teams that made up the Major Leagues from 1903 to 1960 to win a World Series.<ref name="BRefPS">{{cite web | title = Postseason Index | website = [[Baseball-Reference.com]] | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ | access-date = June 5, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ | archive-date = January 9, 2010 | url-status = live }}</ref> Carlton captured his third NL Cy Young Award with a record of 24–9.

After their series win, Ruly Carpenter, who had been given control of the team in 1972 when his father stepped down as team president, sold the team for $32.5&nbsp;million in 1981 to a group that was headed by longtime Phillies executive [[William Yale Giles]].

The Phillies returned to the playoffs in 1981, which were split in half due to a players' strike. In five games, they were defeated in the first-ever National League Division Series by the [[Montreal Expos]]. Mike Schmidt won his second consecutive NL Most Valuable Player award that year. In 1982, the team finished three games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the East Division, narrowly missing the playoffs. Carlton captured his fourth career NL Cy Young Award that year with 23 wins. 

For the 1983 season, the Phillies returned to the playoffs and beat the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. They won this series in four games to capture their fourth NL pennant; however, they lost to the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in the World Series in five games. [[John Denny]] was named the 1983 NL Cy Young Award winner. Because of the numerous veterans on the 1983 team, ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' sportswriter Stan Hochman gave them the nickname, the "Wheeze Kids".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20101221_Stan_Hochman__One_nickname_for_Phillies__aces_rises_to_top.html|title=One nickname for Phillies' aces rises to top|author=Stan Hochman|date=December 21, 2010|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]]|access-date=December 21, 2010}}</ref>

In [[1984 Philadelphia Phillies season|1984]], the team finished fourth in the NL East with a record of 81–81. Mike Schmidt still remained a dominant force on the team by leading the National League in both home runs and runs batted in.

===Years of struggle (1985–1991)===
The [[1985 Philadelphia Phillies season|1985 season]] was the first time the team finished below .500 since 1974. The team had some success in [[1986 Philadelphia Phillies season|1986]] despite having released star pitcher Steve Carlton due to injuries. They went on to finish second in the division with a record of 86–75. Mike Schmidt led the National League in home runs and runs batted in that year and also won his third National League Most Valuable Player award, sixth Silver Slugger award and tenth Gold Glove.

In [[1987 Philadelphia Phillies season|1987]], closer [[Steve Bedrosian]] was named the NL Cy Young Award winner. 

Injuries caused Mike Schmidt to miss most of the [[1988 Philadelphia Phillies season|1988 season]] and he retired from baseball after playing in only 42 games in [[1989 Philadelphia Phillies season|1989]], thus, the last member of the 1980 championship team was gone.

In [[1990 Philadelphia Phillies season|1990]], [[Terry Mulholland]] lost a perfect game in the seventh inning when a San Francisco Giants' batter reached base on a throwing error. The next batter grounded into a double play. Thus, Mulholland faced the perfect-game maximum of 27 batters, but did not qualify for a perfect game. He was credited, however, with a no-hitter.<ref>See: [[Perfect game (baseball)|Perfect game]].</ref> 

During this time, the Phillies often struggled to attract more than 25,000 people to Veterans Stadium, the biggest in the National League at the time (at over 62,000 seats). Even crowds of 40,000 were swallowed up by the cavernous environment.

===Macho Row (1992–1995)===
{{See also|1993 World Series}}
[[File:2012 08 10 023 Phillies Darren Daulton.JPG|thumb|alt=Photograph of Phillies' catch Darren Daulton looking to his left|[[Darren Daulton]], Phillies' catcher in the 1983 season and from 1985 to 1997|288x288px]]
Before the [[1992 Philadelphia Phillies season|1992 season]], the organization decided to shed the maroon uniform and logo and use colors similar to those used during the days of the "Whiz Kids". The season ended with the Phillies at the bottom of the standings—last place in the National League East. However, their fortunes were about to change.

The [[1993 Philadelphia Phillies season|1993]] Phillies were led by stars such as [[Darren Daulton]], [[John Kruk]], [[Lenny Dykstra]], and [[Curt Schilling]]. The team was dubbed "Macho Row" for their shaggy, unkempt, and dirty look. Their character endeared them to fans, and attendance reached a record high the following season. 

The team powered their way to a 97–65 record and an NL East division title, all thanks to a big April in which the Phillies went 17–5. The Phillies' major contributors on offense were Dykstra, Kruk, [[Kevin Stocker]] (a rookie who led the team in batting average, hitting .324), and [[Jim Eisenreich]], all of whom hit over .300 for the season. Their pitching staff was led by 16-game winners Curt Schilling and [[Tommy Greene]]. Each member of the rotation posted at least 10 wins, while the bullpen was led by elder statesman [[Larry Andersen]] and closer [[Mitch Williams|Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams]], who notched 43 saves and a 3.34 [[earned run average|ERA]].

They beat the [[Atlanta Braves]] in the [[1993 National League Championship Series]], four games to two, to earn the fifth NL pennant in franchise history, only to be defeated by the defending World Series champion [[Toronto Blue Jays]] in the [[1993 World Series]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Phillies Timeline: 1990s |publisher=Philadelphia Phillies |work=History Highlights |url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline11.jsp |access-date=June 5, 2008 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910143056/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline11.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> Toronto's [[Joe Carter]] hit a walk-off home run in Game 6 to clinch another Phillies' loss.<ref name="93WS">{{cite web | title = 1993 World Series (1990s) | publisher = [[Baseball Almanac]] | url = http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1993ws.shtml| access-date =June 5, 2008 }}</ref>

The [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike]] was a blow to attendance and on-field success, as was the arrival of the Atlanta Braves in the division due to league realignment. Several players from the 1993 team were either traded or left the team soon after.

===Rebuilding years (1996–2005)===
[[File:Phillies 2014 Opening Day Citizens Bank Park Panorama.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of the interior of Citizens Bank Park showing the field and seatring |[[Citizens Bank Park]], home field of the Philadelphia Phillies since 2004]]
The team drafted third baseman [[Scott Rolen]] in the second round of the 1993 amateur draft. He had reached the majors by 1996 and was named National League Rookie of the Year in 1997. After becoming frustrated with management he demanded a trade and was dealt to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2002.

Former Phillie Larry Bowa was hired as manager for the [[2001 Philadelphia Phillies season|2001 season]], and led the Phillies to an 86–76 record, their first winning season since the 1993 World Series year. They spent most of the first half of the season in first place, and traded first place with the Braves for most of the second half. In the end, they finished two games out of first. Bowa was named National League Manager of the Year.

The Phillies continued to contend for the next few years under Bowa, with the only blemish being an 80–81 season in [[2002 Philadelphia Phillies season|2002]]. On December 6, 2002, [[Jim Thome]], a free agent, signed a six-year, $85&nbsp;million contract with the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/top50.html|title=Top 50 free agents|work=ESPN.com|access-date=September 4, 2008}}</ref>

Between 1996 and 2002, the team drafted players who would soon become the core of the team including [[Jimmy Rollins]], [[Pat Burrell]], [[Chase Utley]], [[Ryan Howard]], and [[Cole Hamels]]. In 2004, the Phillies moved to their new home, [[Citizens Bank Park]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Citizens Bank Park|url=http://www.citizensbank.com/ballpark/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516135237/http://www.citizensbank.com/ballpark|archive-date=May 16, 2008|access-date=June 5, 2008|publisher=Citizens Bank}}</ref> across the street from Veterans Stadium.

[[Charlie Manuel]] took over the club's reins from Bowa after the [[2004 Philadelphia Phillies season|2004 season]], and general manager [[Ed Wade]] was replaced by [[Pat Gillick]] in November 2005. Gillick reshaped the club as his own, bringing in players such as [[Shane Victorino]], [[Jayson Werth]], and [[Jamie Moyer]].

===The Golden era (2006–2012)===
{{See also|2008 World Series|2009 World Series|Roy Halladay's perfect game}}
[[File:Jimmy Rollins (7177971315).jpg|thumb|[[Jimmy Rollins]], Phillies' shortstop from 2000 to 2014]]
Ryan Howard won the NL Most Valuable Player Award for the [[2006 Philadelphia Phillies season|2006 season]] and Jimmy Rollins won the award the following year. After the franchise lost its 10,000th game in [[2007 Philadelphia Phillies season|2007]],<ref name="mlb2007">{{cite news|last=Fastenau|first=Stephen|title=Phils handed 10,000th loss|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/2089066/|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=July 15, 2007|access-date=August 20, 2024|quote=Philadelphia became the first American professional sports franchise to 10,000 'L's|archive-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909214808/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/2089066/|url-status=dead}}</ref> its core of young players responded by winning the [[National League East]] division title, but they were swept by the [[Colorado Rockies]] in the [[2007 National League Division Series|Division Series]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Shpigel | first = Ben | title = Rockies Sweep Phillies to Keep Up Memorable Run | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = October 7, 2007 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/sports/baseball/07phillies.html | access-date =June 5, 2008}}</ref> After the 2007 season, they acquired closer [[Brad Lidge]] through a trade with the Houston Astros.

====2008 World Series champions====
{{Main|2008 World Series}}
{{See also|Curse of Billy Penn}}
[[File:Cole Hamels pitching 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Cole Hamels]], Phillies' pitcher from 2006 to 2015, was named MVP of the [[2008 World Series]]]]
[[File:Chase Utley (18851643656).jpg|alt=Photograph of Chase Utley, Phillies' second baseman from 2003 to 2015 running|thumb|[[Chase Utley]], Phillies' second baseman from 2003 to 2015]]
[[File:Ryan Howard (18691494119).jpg|alt=Photograph of Ryan Howard, Phillies' first baseman from 2004 to 2016|thumb|[[Ryan Howard]], Phillies' first baseman from 2004 to 2016]]
[[File:D7K 4966 Roy Halladay.jpg|thumb|[[Roy Halladay]], Phillies' pitcher from 2010 to 2013 and a [[2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2019 Hall of Fame]] inductee]]
The Phillies were named by some media as favorites to repeat as division champions in [[2008 Philadelphia Phillies season|2008]], but they did not get off to the blazing April start that many had hoped for. Still, they managed their first winning opening month since 2003, and only their fourth since their last World Series appearance.

Chase Utley and Brad Lidge represented the team at the [[2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/roster_league.jsp|title=2008 All-Star Game: Rosters by League|publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]|access-date=July 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715045701/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/roster_league.jsp|archive-date=July 15, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> with Utley garnering the most votes of all National League players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/allstar/voting|title=MLB Baseball – CBSSports.com (All-Star Game)|publisher=[[CBS]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716201813/http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/allstar/voting|archive-date=July 16, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=July 15, 2008}}</ref> In a move to bolster their starting rotation in preparation for the pennant race, the Phillies traded three minor league players to the Athletics for starting pitcher [[Joe Blanton]] on July 17.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080717&content_id=3145193&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi |title=Phillies land workhorse Blanton|publisher=Philadelphia Phillies|access-date=July 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721021235/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080717&content_id=3145193&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|archive-date=July 21, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On September 27, the Phillies clinched the National League East for the second year in a row. They won the NLDS three games to one against the [[Milwaukee Brewers]], and they defeated the Dodgers in Los Angeles as well, 4–1. As the National League champions, the Phillies advanced to the [[2008 World Series]] to play the [[Tampa Bay Rays]], winning the series 4 games to 1. Game 5 began on Monday, October 27, and was suspended after the top of the 6th inning, with the score tied 2–2. The game resumed Wednesday, October 29, with the Phillies winning the game 4–3 and capturing their second world series in franchise history. Prior to this, there had never been a rain-shortened game in World Series history, and this was the first suspension. [[Cole Hamels]] won the Most Valuable Player Award for both the NLCS and the World Series. 

Pat Gillick retired as general manager after the 2008 season and was succeeded by one of his assistants, [[Rubén Amaro Jr.]] After adding outfielder [[Raúl Ibañez]] to replace the departed Pat Burrell, the Phillies retained the majority of their core players for the [[2009 Philadelphia Phillies season|2009 season]]. In July, they signed three-time [[Cy Young Award]] winner [[Pedro Martínez]] and acquired 2008 American League Cy Young winner [[Cliff Lee]] before the trade deadline. On September 30, 2009, they clinched a third consecutive National League East Division title for the first time since the 1976–78 seasons.

The team beat the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS to become the first Phillies team to win back-to-back pennants and the first National League team since the 1996 Atlanta Braves to have an opportunity to defend their World Series title. However, the Phillies were unable to repeat the 2008 World Series victory; they were defeated in the 2009 series by the New York Yankees, four games to two. In recognition of the team's recent accomplishments, ''[[Baseball America]]'' named the Phillies its Organization of the Year.<ref>{{cite web| first=Jim| last=Salisbury| title=Organization of the Year: Philadelphia Phillies / Philadelphia completes an amazing turnaround| date=December 7, 2009 |publisher=[[Baseball America]], Inc.| url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/awards/organization-of-the-year/2009/269250.html| access-date=September 21, 2010}}</ref>

On December 16, 2009, the Phillies acquired starting pitcher [[Roy Halladay]] from the Toronto Blue Jays for three minor-league prospects,<ref name="MLB3">{{cite web |url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20091216&content_id=7818010&vkey=pr_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi |title=Phillies acquire Halladay |date=December 16, 2009 |work=[[MLB.com]] |access-date=December 17, 2009 |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108034856/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20091216&content_id=7818010&vkey=pr_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi |url-status=dead }}</ref> and traded Cliff Lee to the [[Seattle Mariners]] for three prospects.<ref name="MLB2">{{cite web |url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091215&content_id=7814772&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi |title=Seven prospects involved in blockbuster |date=December 16, 2009 |author1=Mayo, Jonathan |author2=Winston, Lisa |name-list-style=amp |work=[[MLB.com]] |access-date=December 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220115157/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091215&content_id=7814772&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi |archive-date=December 20, 2009 }}</ref>

On May 29, 2010, Halladay pitched a perfect game against the [[Florida Marlins]].{{Ref label|NL2perfect|d|b}} In June 2010, the team's scheduled series against the Toronto Blue Jays at [[Rogers Centre]] was moved to Philadelphia, because of security concerns for the [[2010 G-20 Toronto summit|G-20 Summit]]. The Blue Jays wore their home white uniforms and batted last as the home team, and the [[designated hitter]] was used.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100511&content_id=9963194&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| title=Jays' set vs. Phillies moved to Philadelphia| last=Bastian| first=Jordan| date=May 11, 2010| publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]| access-date=May 12, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514160644/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100511&content_id=9963194&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=May 14, 2010| url-status=live}}</ref> The game was the first occasion of the use of a designated hitter in a National League ballpark in a regular-season game; Ryan Howard was the first player to fill the role.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100625&content_id=11570842&notebook_id=11570848&vkey=notebook_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi| title=Howard is first DH at Citizens Bank Park| last1=Zolecki| first1=Todd| last2=Schonbrun| first2=Zach| date=June 25, 2010| website=Philadelphia Phillies| publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]| access-date=June 26, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628084001/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100625&content_id=11570842&notebook_id=11570848&vkey=notebook_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi| archive-date=June 28, 2010| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 2010 Phillies won their fourth consecutive NL East Division championship<ref name="GoldenEra">{{cite web| first=Frank| last=Fitzpatrick| title=Golden era for Phila. baseball?: Yes, it is. But the city also had three others| date=June 26, 2011| publisher=Philadelphia Media Network| work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/124552568.html| access-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| first=Rich| last=Westcott| title=The best Phillies of all time| date=October 1, 2010| website=Philadelphia Phillies| publisher=[[MLB]]| url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20101001_The_best_Phillies_of_all_time.html|access-date=October 1, 2010}}</ref> despite a rash of significant injuries to key players.<ref>{{cite web|author=Apr 18 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/28447/carlos-ruiz |title=Carlos Ruiz Stats, News, Pictures, Bio, Videos – Philadelphia Phillies |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> After dropping seven games behind the Atlanta Braves on July 21, Philadelphia finished with an MLB-best record of 97–65.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/ |title=Regular Season Standings |publisher=[[MLB]] |access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> The streak included a 20–5 record in September, the Phillies' best September since winning 22 games that month in 1983,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/09/27/phillies-clinch-fourth-consecutive-division-title/ |title=Phillies Clinch Fourth Consecutive Division Title |publisher=Mlb.fanhouse.com |date=September 27, 2010 |access-date=April 19, 2012 |archive-date=December 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203102936/http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/09/27/phillies-clinch-fourth-consecutive-division-title |url-status=dead }}</ref> and an 11–0 run in the middle of the month.<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/schedule/_/name/phi/philadelphia-phillies |title=Philadelphia Phillies 2011 Schedule – Phillies Home and Away |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=January 2, 2011 |access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> The acquisition of pitcher [[Roy Oswalt]] in early August was a key step, as Oswalt won seven consecutive games in just over five weeks from August 11 through September 17.<ref name="ESPN" /> The Phillies clinched the division on September 27, behind a two-hit shutout by Halladay.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100927&content_id=15141884&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi| title=Phour! Phils' NL East dominance continues| last=Zolecki| first=Todd| date=September 27, 2010| website=Philadelphia Phillies| publisher=[[MLB]]| access-date=September 28, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930000043/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100927&content_id=15141884&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi| archive-date=September 30, 2010| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In Game 1 of the 2010 National League Division Series, Halladay threw the second no-hitter in Major League Baseball postseason history, leading the Phillies over the Cincinnati Reds, 4–0. (The first was New York Yankees pitcher [[Don Larsen]]'s perfect game in the [[1956 World Series]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=301006122 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120715154544/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=301006122 |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 15, 2012 | title=Cincinnati Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Recap|date= October 6, 2010| work= [[ESPN]] | access-date=October 7, 2010 }}</ref>) Halladay's no-hitter was the fifth time a pitcher has thrown two no-hitters in the same season, and was also the first time that one of the two occurred in the postseason. The Phillies went on to sweep the Reds in three straight games. 

In the [[2010 National League Championship Series]], the Phillies fell to the eventual [[2010 World Series|World Series]] champion [[San Francisco Giants]] in six games. Halladay was named the 2010 NL Cy Young Award winner.

Before the start of the [[2011 Philadelphia Phillies season|2011 season]], the Phillies signed pitcher Cliff Lee to a five-year deal, bringing him back to the team and forming a formidable rotation of Halladay, Lee, Hamels, Oswalt, and Blanton. Including Vance Worley, who replaced Joe Blanton due to injury. The rotation combined for a win–loss record of 71–38, and an earned run average of 2.86, the best in the majors that year. Commentators called it one of the best rotations ever assembled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mariners/2011/03/28/2011-season-predictions-from-the-tnt-staff-who-ya-got/cole-hamels-roy-oswalt-roy-halladay-joe-blanton-cliff-lee/|title=Cole Hamels, Roy Oswalt, Roy Halladay, Joe Blanton, Cliff Lee|author=Divish, Ryan|date=March 28, 2011|publisher=[[The News Tribune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221235702/http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mariners/2011/03/28/2011-season-predictions-from-the-tnt-staff-who-ya-got/cole-hamels-roy-oswalt-roy-halladay-joe-blanton-cliff-lee/|archive-date=February 21, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/cliff_corcoran/09/21/phillies.rotation/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925011030/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/cliff_corcoran/09/21/phillies.rotation/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2011|title=Phillies' much-hyped rotation even better than expected|author=Corcoran, Cliff|date=September 21, 2011|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="wtsp phantastic phour">{{cite web|url=http://clearwater.wtsp.com/news/news/phillies-phantastic-phour-rotation-arrives/47584|title=Phillies' "Phantastic Phour" rotation arrives|date=February 14, 2011|publisher=[[WTSP]]|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140209210437/http://clearwater.wtsp.com/news/news/phillies-phantastic-phour-rotation-arrives/47584|archive-date=February 9, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/hotstove10/columns/story?id=5920160|title=Measuring Phillies' rotation historically|author=Stark, Jayson|date=December 14, 2010|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref> Halladay, Oswalt, Lee, and Hamels were dubbed two nicknames by fans and media: the "Phantastic Phour" and "The Four Aces".<ref name="wtsp phantastic phour" /> On September 17, 2011, the Phillies won their fifth consecutive East Division championship,<ref>{{cite web|title=Phillies clinch 5th straight NL East title after Roy Oswalt handles Cards |url= http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310917122 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120715063551/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310917122 |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 15, 2012 | publisher=[[ESPN]]| access-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> and on September 28, during the final game of the season, the team set a franchise record for victories in a season with 102 by beating the Atlanta Braves in 13 innings, denying their division rivals a potential [[Major League Baseball wild card|wild card]] berth.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20110929_Inside_the_Phillies__Manuel__Phillies_start_second_leg_of_a_magical_season.html?viewAll=y| title=Marathon Milestones: Manuel, Phillies Break Team Records| date=September 29, 2011| first=Bob| last=Brookover| newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]| page=A1| access-date=October 2, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002024340/http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20110929_Inside_the_Phillies__Manuel__Phillies_start_second_leg_of_a_magical_season.html?viewAll=y| archive-date=October 2, 2011| url-status=live}}</ref> Yet the Phillies lost in the [[NLDS]] to the St. Louis Cardinals—the team that won the National League Wild Card as a result of the Phillies beating the Braves. The Cardinals subsequently beat the Brewers in the [[2011 NLCS|NLCS]] and won the [[2011 World Series]] in seven games over the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]. 

The [[2012 Philadelphia Phillies season|2012]] Phillies experienced an up and down season. They played .500 ball through the first two months, but then slumped through a 9–19 stretch in June where they ended up at the bottom of the NL East by mid-season. With any hope dimming, the Phillies traded key players Shane Victorino and Joe Blanton to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], and [[Hunter Pence]] to the San Francisco Giants before the trade deadline. A hot start in the second half of the season put the Phillies back on the postseason hunt, but any hope was eventually extinguished with a loss to the [[Washington Nationals]] on September 28, costing the Phillies the postseason for the first time since 2006.

The Phillies' win–loss record never went below .500 during this time; and the team won the NL East five years in a row from 2007 to 2011.<ref name="YearbyYear">{{cite web|date=June 23, 2019|title=Philadelphia Phillies Team History & Encyclopedia|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/index.shtml|access-date=June 23, 2008|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

=== End of an era (2013–2018) ===
During the [[2013 Philadelphia Phillies season|2013 season]], the team struggled again and was unable to consistently play well for the majority of the season. On August 16, 2013, with the team's record at 53–68, the Phillies fired manager Charlie Manuel, who had managed the team since 2005,<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 Philadelphia Phillies |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2013.shtml |access-date=July 26, 2014 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> and promoted third-base coach [[Ryne Sandberg]] to interim manager. Manuel had spent over nine years as manager, leading Philadelphia to its first World Series victory in nearly 30 years and amassing an overall record of 780–636 to become the manager with the most wins in the franchise's history. The 2013 Phillies ended up with a record of 73–89, their first losing season since 2002. In the off-season, pitcher Roy Halladay retired from baseball.

In the [[2014 Philadelphia Phillies season|2014 season]], one of the few bright spots was the September 1 game against a division rival, the Atlanta Braves, when starter Cole Hamels and relievers [[Jake Diekman]], [[Ken Giles]], and [[Jonathan Papelbon]] combined for a [[no-hitter]] at [[Turner Field]] and a 7–0 victory over Atlanta. In the first round of the [[2014 Major League Baseball draft|2014 MLB Draft]] the Phillies selected pitcher [[Aaron Nola]] with the 7th overall pick. The team could not gain momentum during the season and finished last in the NL East, the first time they had done so since 2000. During the off-season, Jimmy Rollins waived his no-trade clause and was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, while Cliff Lee pitched his last game and was sidelined for the entire 2015 season due to injury. 

In [[2015 Philadelphia Phillies season|2015]], attendance began to drop as the team showed little improvement and it was clear that the remnants of the 2008 World Series team would soon be departing. Sandberg resigned as manager and bench coach [[Pete Mackanin]] was brought in as interim manager. Cole Hamels no-hit the Chicago Cubs 5–0 at [[Wrigley Field]], on July 25, striking out 13 and giving up only two walks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350725116 | title= Philadelphia Phillies vs. Chicago Cubs – Box Score – July 25, 2015 – ESPN|website=[[ESPN]]| access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> It was the first no-hitter against the Cubs since [[Sandy Koufax's perfect game]] in 1965, and first at Wrigley Field since the Cubs' [[Milt Pappas]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/7/25/9040067/cole-hamels-no-hitter-phillies-cubs| title=Cole Hamels pitches no-hitter at Wrigley Field amid trade rumors| author=Eric Stephen| publisher=Vox Media| work=[[SB Nation|SBNation.com]] | date=July 25, 2015| access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> Hamels was dealt to the Texas Rangers, six days later.<ref>{{cite web| first=Jean-Jacques| last=Taylor| title=Cole Hamels quickly going to work for Texas after 8-player trade finalized|url= https://www.espn.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/13353524/texas-rangers-complete-cole-hamels-trade-8-player-deal-philadelphia-phillies| publisher=[[ESPN]]| date=August 1, 2015| access-date=October 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| first=Cliff| last=Corcoran| title=Rangers land Cole Hamels from Phillies in move for 2016 and beyond| url= https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/07/30/cole-hamels-trade-rangers-rotation-prospects-phillies| magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]| date=August 1, 2015| access-date=October 2, 2015}}</ref> The following month saw the departure of Chase Utley who was traded to the Dodgers. In September, general manager Rubén Amaro Jr. was fired and [[Andy MacPhail]] was brought in as the interim general manager.<ref>{{cite web|title=MacPhail to be Phillies president after season|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/andy-macphail-to-be-phillies-president-c133563016|website=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=March 2, 2017|archive-date=March 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303122625/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/133563016/andy-macphail-to-be-phillies-president/|url-status=live}}</ref> The team once again finished last in the NL East with a record of 63–99. McPhail was officially named the organization's President of Baseball Operations during the off season.<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://philadelphialocalbuzz.com/sports/phillies/who-is-andy-macphail/|title =Who is Andy MacPhail?|website =philadelphialocalbuzz.com|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100149/http://philadelphialocalbuzz.com/sports/phillies/who-is-andy-macphail/|archive-date =December 22, 2015|access-date =December 16, 2015}}</ref> The team then hired [[Matt Klentak]] as the new general manager. 

In [[2016 Philadelphia Phillies season|2016]], the team finished fourth in the NL East, only winning eight more games than they had the previous year, with a 71–91 record. The 2016 season was the last for both Ryan Howard and [[Carlos Ruiz (baseball)|Carlos Ruiz]] in a Phillies' uniform. Ruiz was traded to the Dodgers in late August, reuniting him with Chase Utley. The team decided to not exercise their club option on Howard, thus making him a free agent. 

On September 29, 2017, Pete Mackanin was fired as manager. The Phillies announced [[Gabe Kapler]] as their new manager on October 30, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phillies Hire Gabe Kapler as Manager |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/phillies-hire-gabe-kapler-as-manager-260171488 |website=[[mlb.com]] |access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref> Kapler had been the Director of Player Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers since November 2014. He led the Phillies in the right direction in the first half of the [[2018 Philadelphia Phillies season|2018 season]], as they had a 59–48 record at the July 31 trade deadline and were leading the NL East division by 1.5 games over the Atlanta Braves.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/phillies/phillies-red-sox-recap-score-jake-arrieta-trade-deadline-nl-east-race-20180731.html |title=Jake Arrieta dazzles for seven innings to lift Phillies past Red Sox |last=Lauber |first=Scott |date=July 31, 2018 |website=inquirer.com |access-date=September 13, 2019}}</ref> However, a late-season collapse where they went 21–34 from August to the end of the season led to the Phillies finishing with an 80–82 record and third in the division. Aaron Nola amassed a record of 17–6 with a 2.37 earned run average and 0.975 WHIP.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baseball Reference: Aaron Nola |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nolaaa01.shtml |website=[[baseball-reference.com]] |access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref> He finished third in the National League Cy Young race, behind the Nationals' [[Max Scherzer]] and the winner, the Mets' [[Jacob DeGrom]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nola finishes third in NL Cy Young Award voting |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-nola-third-in-nl-cy-young-award-voting-c300728400 |website=[[mlb.com]] |publisher=Todd Zolecki |access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref>

===Building a winning team (2019–2022)===
{{See also|2022 World Series}}
[[File:Bryce Harper Stare Down Pregame from Nationals vs. Phillies at Nationals Park, May 13th, 2021 (All-Pro Reels Photography) (51188354283) (cropped).jpg|thumb|In 2019, the Phillies signed right fielder and designated hitter [[Bryce Harper]] to a 13-year, $330 million contract.]]
The Phillies intended to start targeting valuable free agents as soon as the 2018 season was over. Owner John Middleton said they were willing to "spend stupid money".<ref>{{cite web |title=John Middleton: Phillies May Be 'Little Bit Stupid' with Free-Agency Money |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2806444-john-middleton-phillies-may-be-little-bit-stupid-with-free-agency-money |website=[[Bleacherreport.com]] |publisher=Tim Daniels |access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref> During the off-season, the Phillies signed [[Andrew McCutchen]], [[David Robertson (baseball)|David Robertson]], and made the splash of the offseason by signing [[Bryce Harper]] to a 13-year, $330&nbsp;million deal, taking him away from the division rival Washington Nationals. The team also made many trades, including trading for the Mariners' shortstop [[Jean Segura]] and the Marlins' catcher [[J. T. Realmuto|J.T. Realmuto]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Phillies' offseason haul: 5 former All-Stars, led by Bryce Harper |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/02/phillies-offseason-additions-bryce-harper |website=usatoday.com |date=February 28, 2019 |publisher=Nick Schwartz |access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref> The Phillies got off to a hot start the first two months, going 33–22 but collapsed from there. They were eliminated from the playoffs on September 24 in the first game of a day-night double-header against Harper's former team and the eventual [[2019 World Series|World Series]] champions, the Nationals, on their way to finishing with a record of 81–81. Owner John Middleton fired Manager Gabe Kapler on October 10, 2019, after ten days of intense deliberations with insiders and outsiders alike.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phillies relieve Kapler of managerial duties |url=https://www.mlb.com/phillies/press-release/press-release-phillies-relieve-kapler-of-managerial-duties |website=phillies.mlb.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=April 15, 2020 |date=October 10, 2019}}</ref>

On October 24, 2019, the Philadelphia Phillies announced [[Joe Girardi]] as their 55th manager of the team, signing a three-year deal with the Phillies with an option for the 2023 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Girardi named Phils manager on 3-year deal |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/joe-girardi-hired-to-be-phillies-manager |website=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |first1=Todd |last1=Zolecki |access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref> 

In the COVID-shortened [[2020 Philadelphia Phillies season|2020 season]], the Phillies had a record of 27-25 through their first 52 games and only needed to win 2 of their final 8 games to secure a spot in the expanded playoffs. The team collapsed, however, finishing 1-7 to end the season with a losing record of 28–32. On October 3, 2020, Matt Klentak was relieved as General Manager.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Klentak steps down as general manager|url=https://www.mlb.com/phillies/press-release/press-release-klentak-steps-down-as-general-manager|access-date=December 22, 2020|website=MLB.com|language=en}}</ref> On December 11, 2020, the Phillies hired [[Dave Dombrowski]] as the President Of Baseball Operations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Phillies hire Dombrowski as President of Baseball Operations|url=https://www.mlb.com/phillies/press-release/press-release-phillies-hire-dombrowski-as-president-of-baseball-operations|access-date=December 22, 2020|website=MLB.com|language=en}}</ref> On December 22, 2020, Dombrowski hired [[Sam Fuld]] as the General Manager.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sam Fuld to be named Phils GM (source)|url=https://www.mlb.com/phillies/news/sam-fuld-phillies-general-manager|access-date=December 22, 2020|website=MLB.com|language=en}}</ref>

In [[2021 Philadelphia Phillies season|2021]], the Phillies finished the season with an 82–80 record, their first winning season since 2011, but failed to make the playoffs. On the heels of a strong second half, Bryce Harper won the NL Most Valuable Player Award and a Silver Slugger Award. Other season highlights included Aaron Nola tying an MLB record for consecutive strikeouts by striking out 10 Mets in a row on June 25 and [[Zack Wheeler]] finishing second in NL Cy Young voting to [[Corbin Burnes]] of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. The team targeted high-profile free agents during the offseason and improved their lineup by signing outfielders [[Kyle Schwarber]] and [[Nick Castellanos]].

The Phillies got off to a sluggish 22–29 start to the [[2022 Philadelphia Phillies season|2022 season]]. On June 3, the Phillies fired manager Joe Girardi and replaced him with bench coach [[Rob Thomson]], who was named the team's interim manager.<ref name="SI">{{Cite web|title=Thomson's Path to Phillies Interim Manager|date=June 3, 2022 |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/phillies/opinions/rob-thomson-coaching-history-philadelphia-phillies-manager-joe-girardi-fired}}</ref> The Phillies ended the 2022 season 87–75, reaching the [[Major League Baseball postseason|playoffs]] for the first time since 2011. 

In the postseason, the Phillies traveled to St. Louis to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the [[2022 National League Wild Card Series|National League Wild Card Series]] for a best of three series, winning in two games.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/phillies-clinch-first-postseason-berth-since-2011-as-national-league-playoff-field-is-set/ | title=Phillies clinch first playoff berth since 2011 as National League postseason field is set| date=October 4, 2022}}</ref> They went on to eliminate the defending World Champion Atlanta Braves three games to one in the [[2022 National League Division Series|National League Division Series]], advancing to the [[2022 National League Championship Series|National League Championship Series]] where they would face the San Diego Padres. The Phillies won the series four games to one and would advance to the [[2022 World Series]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Phillies, Flashing Style and Power, Clinch N.L.C.S. Berth and End Atlanta's Season |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/15/sports/baseball/phillies-braves-score.html |website=New York Times|date=October 15, 2022 |last1=Blinder |first1=Alan }}</ref> Bryce Harper was named MVP of the NLCS. On October 10, the Phillies also removed the interim role of Thomson and named him the team's manager.

The Phillies faced the American League champion Houston Astros in a best of seven World Series that began October 28 at [[Minute Maid Park]] in [[Houston]]. The Astros entered the series as the top seeded team in the American League and with an undefeated record in the postseason of 7–0.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Astros chasing 46-year postseason record |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/2022-astros-chasing-1976-reds-undefeated-postseason-record |access-date=November 7, 2022 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> Game 1 ended with the Phillies winning the game in extra innings by a score of 6–5, with catcher J.T. Realmuto hitting the game-winning home run in the top of the 10th inning.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Realmuto real clutch! Late HR caps Phils' historic G1 feat |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/phillies-win-world-series-game-1-2022 |access-date=November 7, 2022 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> The Astros would even the series at 1–1 in Game 2, with the series going to Philadelphia for the first time since 2009. Game 3 at Citizens Bank Park was originally scheduled to take place on October 31, but was postponed until the following day due to rain, which also moved the rest of the series games back by a day. The Phillies would take Game 3 by a score of 7–0, which was a result of the team hitting five home runs in the first five innings of the game, the first time this had occurred in World Series history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lacques |first=Gabe |title=Bryce Harper leads record five-homer barrage as Phillies beat Astros in Game 3, take 2–1 World Series lead |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/11/01/phillies-bryce-harper-home-run-barrage-world-series-game-3/8243842001/ |access-date=November 7, 2022 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> All five home runs were given up by Astros pitcher [[Lance McCullers Jr.|Lance McCullers Jr]]., which became a record for most home runs surrendered by a pitcher in a World Series game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2, 2022 |title=Phils blast record-tying 5 HRs, take 2–1 WS lead |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34929384/phillies-tie-world-series-record-5-homers-win-game-3 |access-date=November 7, 2022 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> In Game 4, the Astros answered back by winning the game 5–0 and throwing a combined no-hitter, the first combined no-hitter in postseason history, and just the second no-hitter of any type in a World Series after [[Don Larsen's perfect game]] in [[1956 World Series|1956]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Scott |date=November 3, 2022 |title=Astros Combine for Second No-Hitter in World Series History |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/sports/baseball/astros-world-series-no-hitter-game-4.html |access-date=November 7, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Astros won the next two games, winning the series four games to two. The Phillies' game six loss, coming shortly after the [[Philadelphia Union]] fell in the championship game of the [[MLS Cup]], made Philadelphia the first American city to lose two major professional sports championship title games in the same day. Later, the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] would also lose [[Super Bowl LVII]] when they lost to the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], thus making the first time three teams in the same city lost three consecutive finals in history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia becomes the first city to lose two major sports championships on the same day |url=https://usasports.news/philadelphia-becomes-the-first-city-to-lose-two-major-sports-championships-on-the-same-day/ |website=USA Sports |date=November 6, 2022 |access-date=November 7, 2022 |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106143123/https://usasports.news/philadelphia-becomes-the-first-city-to-lose-two-major-sports-championships-on-the-same-day/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Agency |date=2023-02-13 |title=Super Bowl: Philadelphia record three back-to-back championships loss |url=https://punchng.com/super-bowl-philadelphia-record-three-back-to-back-championships-loss/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref>