Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame

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A succession of black metal plaques mounted on a brick wall. In the foreground is one plaque larger than the other entitled "Phillies Centennial Team". The smaller plaques each have a face and inscribed text.
The former location of the Phillies Wall of Fame in Ashburn Alley at Citizens Bank Park

The Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame, officially known as the Toyota Phillies Wall of Fame for sponsorship reasons, is an exhibit located at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The exhibit is a collection of plaques that honor players and personnel who made significant contributions to the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Each person inducted into the Wall of Fame is honored with a metal plaque showing the person's face, their position with and years of service to the team, along with a summary of the person's notable accolades and contributions during their career. As of 2023, the Phillies have inducted 47 people (49 including the 1983 Centennial Team) into the Wall of Fame.

History

The Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame was created in 1978 as an exhibit display located in the 200 Level of Veterans Stadium. Originally, the Phillies honored notable figures from their franchise history, along with notable members of the former Philadelphia Athletics, which played in Philadelphia from 1901 to the time of their relocation in 1954. The first induction ceremony took place on September 8, 1978, where Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts and Athletics manager Connie Mack were inducted as the first two members of the Wall of Fame.[1]

The Phillies continued to annually induct one notable member of their franchise and one notable member of the Athletics into the Wall of Fame (with the exception of 1983, when the Phillies only inducted the 13 members of their Centennial Team).[2] However, once Veterans Stadium closed in 2003, the plaques of Phillies members were moved to the Ashburn Alley section of the new Citizens Bank Park, while the plaques of Athletics members were relocated to the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society building in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. When Citizens Bank Park was completed in 2004, a single plaque listing all of the Athletics inductees was attached to a statue of Connie Mack located outside the west side of the stadium.[3][4] Since the move to Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies no longer induct members of the Philadelphia Athletics to the Wall of Fame, and have renamed the exhibit to the "Phillies Wall of Fame".

After the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society closed its Hatboro location in 2013, the Athletics’ plaques were put on display at Spike's Trophies in Philadelphia, among other memorabilia of the team.[5]

On April 10, 2017, it was announced Pete Rose would be that year's inductee into the Wall of Fame (Rose is already a member of the 1983 Centennial Team, but was planned to be honored with his own individual plaque).[6] However, on August 12, 2017, just ten days before the ceremony, the Phillies announced Rose would not be inducted amid recent statutory rape allegations.[7] The Phillies would ultimately not induct a new member of the Wall of Fame for 2017, and instead honored past members.

Prior to the 2018 season, Ashburn Alley was renovated, and the Phillies Wall of Fame was moved to a new location behind the left-field scoreboard, across from the left-field entrance of the stadium.[8] Along with the plaques, the new plaza features other aspects of Phillies history, including large replicas of the team's World Series trophies from 1980 and 2008, statues of its retired numbers, and banners commemorating the team's World Series titles, league pennants, division titles, and wild card berths.[9]

In 2022, the Phillies broke from their tradition of only inducting one member per year when they honored outfielder Bake McBride and pitcher Ron Reed, both members of the 1980 championship team.[10] The next year, this followed with the induction of three members: owner and president Ruly Carpenter, general manager John Quinn, and third baseman Scott Rolen.[11]

Inductees

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Connie Mack, inducted 1978

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Script error: No such module "Multiple image". Script error: No such module "Multiple image". Script error: No such module "Multiple image".Originally, the goal of the Wall of Fame was to induct the greatest players in Phillies and Athletics history, with the criteria requiring eligible players to be retired and have played at least four years with either the Phillies or the Athletics. However, exceptions have been made for non-players who have made significant contributions to the organization. Connie Mack, the Athletics' first inductee, had an 11-year playing career in the National League and the Players' League,[12] but is most remembered for his managerial career,[13] and was honored as such on the Wall. Members have been inducted for contributions in more than one area; Paul Owens, inducted in 1988, spent 48 years as a member of the Phillies organization, contributing as a scout, manager, general manager, and team executive.[14] The Phillies have inducted four first basemen, four second basemen, five third basemen, three shortstops, one utility infielder, three catchers, 21 outfielders, 18 pitchers, seven managers, one general manager, one coach, two team executives, and two sportscasters. 25 members of the Wall of Fame are also members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and all of the inductees in the first four seasons from both teams are hall of famers. Del Ennis was the first non-hall-of-famer to be inducted.

Although the present-day Athletics franchise has not retired any jersey numbers for players from their Philadelphia years, all nine players for whom the Phillies have retired a number or honored a "P" have been inducted into the Wall of Fame: Robin Roberts (1978), Richie Ashburn (1979), Chuck Klein (1980), Grover Cleveland Alexander (1981), Jim Bunning (1984), Steve Carlton (1989), Mike Schmidt (1990), Dick Allen (1994) and Roy Halladay (2021).[2][15]

Key to symbols and abbreviations used in tables below
Inducted Links to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball season.
Years Link to the articles about the Major League Baseball seasons in which the player participated with their inducted team
P Pitcher (RHP indicates right-handed; LHP indicates left-handed)
C Catcher
1B First baseman
2B Second baseman
3B Third baseman
SS Shortstop
OF Outfielder
MGR Manager
GM General manager
EXEC Team executive
CO Coach
TV Team sportscaster (television and/or radio)
Template:† Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Bold Recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award


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1936–1939
1940–1944 		[20]
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1981 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:†<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] Philadelphia Phillies P 1911–1917
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1940–1941
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1982 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies OF 1946–1956 [24]
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1970–1971 		[26]
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MGR 		1918–1932
1951–1953 		[27]
1985 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:† Philadelphia Phillies OF 1888–1889
1891–1901 		[28]
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1986 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies OF 1918–1930 [30]
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1987 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies SS 1944–1959 [32]
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1927–1930 		[33]
1988 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies MGR
GM
EXEC 		1972, 1983–1984
1972–1983
1984–2003 		[14][34]
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1949–1951 		[35]
1989 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:†<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] Philadelphia Phillies P 1972–1986 [36]
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1990 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:†<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] Philadelphia Phillies 3B 1972–1989 [38]
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1946–1956 		[39]
1991 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies SS
MGR 		1970–1981
2001–2004 		[40]
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1992 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies P 1959–1972 [42]
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1993 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies P 1947–1960 [44]
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1994 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:† Philadelphia Phillies 1B/3B/OF 1963–1969
1975–1976 		[46]
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1995 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies 3B 1947–1959 [48]
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MGR 		1947–1954
1954 		[49]
1996 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:† Philadelphia Phillies OF 1889–1898 [50]
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1997 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies OF 1960–1969 [52]
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1998 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies OF 1970–1980 [54]
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1928–1934 		[55]
1999 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies P 1975–1984 [56]
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2000 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies OF
MGR 		1912–1920
1919–1920 		[58]
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2001 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies OF 1975–1986 [60]
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1974–1976 		[62]
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1918 		[65]
2004 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:† Philadelphia Phillies OF 1890–1895 [66]
2005 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies C 1972–1982 [67]
2006 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies P
MGR 		1960–1967
1979–1981 		[68][69]
2007 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies INF
CO
EXEC 		1970–1971, 1976–1981
1988–2004
2004–2007 		[70]
2008 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies 2B
CO 		1983–1989
2011–2017 		[71]
2009 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:† Philadelphia Phillies TV 1971–2009 [72]
2010 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies C 1983
1985–1997 		[73]
2011 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies 1B
TV 		1989–1994
2017–present 		[74]
2012 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies C 1994–2006 [75]
2013 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies P 1992–2000 [76]
2014 Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia Phillies MGR

CO

2005–2013, 2019 [77][78]
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2016 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:† Philadelphia Phillies 1B 2003–2005, 2012
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EXEC 		2005–2008
2008–present 		[79]
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Centennial Team

A dark bronze plaque listing the names and positions of members of the Centennial team in gold lettering
The Centennial Team plaque at the left end of the Wall of Fame

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Forty black metal plaques are mounted on a brick wall. They are inscribed with gold images of human faces and text.
The Phillies' Wall of Fame at Citizens Bank Park in 2008. The Centennial Team plaque is placed in the bottom row on the left-hand side of the image.

Footnotes

  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>a The induction committee judges entrants based on "longevity, ability, contributions to the [team] and baseball, character and special achievements".[88] The committee has consisted of a variety of personnel, including team executives and members of the media.[89]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b This denotes that the player's number has been retired by his respective team.[15] The Athletics have not retired any numbers from those who played their careers in Philadelphia.[90]

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