Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies
2017 Philadelphia Phillies season
Established in 1883
Team logo Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
National League (1883–present) East Division (1969–present)
Current uniform
Retired numbers	1 14 20 32 36 42 P P
Colors
Red, blue, white
Name
Philadelphia Phillies (1883–present) Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889)
Other nicknames
The Phils The Fightin' Phils The Fightins' The Red Pinstripes
Ballpark
Citizens Bank Park (2004–present) Veterans Stadium (1971–2003) Connie Mack Stadium (1938–1970) a.k.a. Shibe Park (1938–1953) Baker Bowl (1887–1938) a.k.a. National League Park (1895–1913) a.k.a. Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds (1887–1895) Recreation Park (1883–1886)
Major league titles
World Series titles (2)	1980 2008
NL Pennants (7)	1915 1950 1980 1983 1993 2008 2009
East Division titles (11)	1976 1977 1978 1980 1983 1993 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
The Phillies also qualified for the postseason in the strike-split 1981 season, losing to the Montreal Expos in the NLDS.
Front office
Owner(s)	Phillies limited partnership (John S. Middleton (Principal Owner), Jim & Pete Buck, David Montgomery, Pat Gillick)
Manager	Pete Mackanin
General Manager	Matt Klentak
President of Baseball Operations	Andy MacPhail

External video

Struck Out: The Fall of the 1964 Phillies, 6:42, Philadelphia:The Great Experiment

The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball franchise based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating back to 1883. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. Since 2004, the team's home has been Citizens Bank Park, located in South Philadelphia.

The Phillies have won two World Series championships (against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008) and seven National League pennants, the first of which came in 1915. The franchise has also experienced long periods of struggle. Since the first modern World Series was played in 1903, the Phillies played 77 consecutive seasons (and 97 seasons from the club's establishment) before they won their first World Series—longer than any other of the 16 teams that made up the major leagues for the first half of the 20th century. The 77 season drought is the fourth longest World Series drought in Major League Baseball history. The longevity of the franchise and its history of adversity have earned it the dubious distinction of having lost the most games of any team in the history of American professional sports. Despite the team's lack of success historically, they are one of the more successful franchises since the start of the Divisional Era in Major League Baseball. The Phillies have won their division 11 times, which ranks 6th among all teams and 4th in the National League, including five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011.