2012 Philadelphia Phillies season
| 2012 Philadelphia Phillies | |
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| Record | 81–81 (.500) |
| Divisional place | 3rd |
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| Owner(s) |
Bill Giles David Montgomery |
| General manager(s) | Rubén Amaro, Jr. |
| Manager(s) | Charlie Manuel |
| Local television |
Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Comcast Network Philadelphia PHL17 (MyNetworkTV) (Tom McCarthy, Chris Wheeler, Gary Matthews) |
| Local radio |
Phillies Radio Network WPHT 1210 AM & WIP 94.1 FM (English) (Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, Jim Jackson) WDAS 1480 AM (Spanish) (Danny Martinez, Bill Kulik, Rickie Ricardo) |
| Stats |
ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The Philadelphia Phillies 2012 season was the 130th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies are attempting to win the division title for the 6th year in a row which fell short in 3rd place with the record of 81-81.
The offseason for the Phillies began on October 7, following their devastating loss in the NLDS to the St. Louis Cardinals. On November 5, the Phillies signed long-time veteran slugger Jim Thome to a 1-year deal, worth $1.25 million. Addiditionally, after numerous rumors, on November 14 the Phillies signed RHP Jonathan Papelbon to a 4-year deal, worth $50 million. The Phillies also added pitcher Dontrelle Willis from the Cincinnati Reds, on a 1-year deal, worth 1 million dollars, but released him toward the end of spring training.Laynce Nix was signed as a free agent and Ty Wigginton was acquired through a trade with the Colorado Rockies to shore up the bench. Several other veteran players including Dave Bush, Joel Piñeiro, Scott Elarton, Lou Montanez, and Scott Podsednik were signed to minor league deals with invitations to spring training.
The Phillies opened the season in Pittsburgh in a 3-game series with the Pirates. Opening Day went as the Phillies drew it up, Roy Halladay threw 8 scoreless innings, and offseason acquisition Jonathan Papelbon retired all 3 batters he faced for a 1–0 Phillies victory. These were the starters on Opening Day for the Phillies:
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