PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (66-96) Fifth Place, National League East Division, -31.0 Games Manager: Pete Mackanin, 3Rd Season
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PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (66-96) Fifth Place, National League East Division, -31.0 Games Manager: Pete Mackanin, 3rd season 2017 SEASON RECAP: The Phillies went 66-96 (.407) in 2017 and improved their run differential by 94 runs from 2016, 780-692 (-92), after being outscored 796-610 (-186) in 2016… It marked Philadelphia’s fifth PHILLIES PHACTS consecutive season under .500 (73-89 in both 2013 & 2014, 63-99 in 2015 and 71-91 in 2016), which is their Record: 66-96 (.407) longest streak since they posted seven consecutive losing seasons from 1994-2000 … The Phillies finished 5th Home: 39-42 place in the NL East, 31.0 games behind the Washington Nationals and posted 90 or more losses in a season Road: 27-54 th for the 40 time in club history … Overall, the club batted .250 with a .315 OBP, .409 SLG % and a combined Current Streak: Won 1 .723 OPS … Phillies pitchers combined for a 4.55 ERA (729 ER, 1441.0 IP), which included a 4.80 ERA for the Last 5 Games: 4-1 starters and a 4.15 mark for the bullpen. Last 10 Games: 5-5 Series Record: 16-33-3 SECOND-HALF SURGE: The Phillies finished the second half with a 37-38 record (.493) and an even run Sweeps/Swept: 6/10 differential (358-358) after finishing the first half of the season with a 29-58 record (.333) and a -92 run differential (332-424) … Philadelphia won 13 of their final 21 games (.619 %, 9/9-10/1) and 19 of their last PHILLIES AT HOME nd 34 (.559 %, 8/27-10/1) … Philadelphia averaged 4.77 runs per game in the 2 half (358 R, 75 G), their Games Played: 81 highest total in any single half of a season since they averaged 4.83 runs per game in 2010 following the All- Record: 39-42 (.481) Star break. CBP (est. 2004): 608-529 (.535) EAST COAST BIAS: Philadelphia went 39-37 (.513) against the National League East this season, their first AVG/OBP/SLG: .252/.322/.433 year with a .500 or better record against their own division since 2011, the final year of a .500 or above Runs/Runs Per Game: 370/4.57 nd Home Runs: 104 streak that ran from 2003-11 … The Phillies .513 winning percentage against the East ranked 2 out of the Stolen Bases: 28 five teams in their own division, trailing only the Nationals’ .618 win percentage. ERA: 4.43 GRADUATION DAY: The Phillies had 15 different players make their major league debut this season, their Starters W-L: 25-28 most in a single year since 1996 (16 ML debuts) … 1B/OF Brock Stassi (4/3/17 at CIN), C Andrew Knapp Starters ERA: 4.67 (4/6/17 at CIN), RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (4/28/17 at LAD), RHP Nick Pivetta (4/30/17 at LAD), RHP Ricardo Relievers W-L: 14-14 Pinto (5/31/17 at MIA), RHP Ben Lively (6/3/17 vs SF), OF Cameron Perkins (6/20/17 vs STL), LHP Relievers ERA: 4.09 Saves/Opp: 15/27 Hoby Milner (6/24/17 at ARI), OF Nick Williams (6/30/17 at NYM), RHP Jesen Therrien (7/29/17 vs ATL), RHP Drew Anderson (8/1/17 at LAA), 1B/OF Rhys Hoskins (8/10/17 vs NYM), RHP Yacksel Rios (8/22/17 vs MIA), INF J.P. Crawford (9/5/17 at NYM) and RHP Victor Arano (9/12/17 vs MIA) … PHILLIES ON ROAD Philadelphia’s 15 debuts ranked second among all major league teams in 2017, trailing only the Reds’ 17 Games Played: 81 debuts. Record: 27-54 (.333) AVG/OBP/SLG: .247/.307/.385 SUMMER OF ’17 SLUGFEST: Offensively, the Phillies slugged 174 home runs in 2017, the club’s most since Runs/Runs Per Game: 320/3.95 2009, when Philadelphia hit a franchise-record 224 homers which led the National League and was tied for Home Runs: 70 second-most in the majors … Additionally, the Phillies cranked out 497 extra-base hits this season, their Stolen Bases: 31 highest mark since 2009 (571), while posting a .723 OPS, their best mark since 2010 (.745 OPS). ERA: 4.68 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE: Philadelphia set a known franchise-record as they averaged 3.93 Starters W-L: 18-34 pitches per plate appearance this season (24,104 pitches, 6,133 plate appearances), the highest season total Starters ERA: 4.94 Relievers W-L: 9-20 in franchise history since pitch data began being tracked in 1988 (previous high: 3.89 in 2003) … Individually, Relievers ERA: 4.22 st nd rd J.P. Crawford ranked 1 (4.68), Rhys Hoskins ranked 2 (4.64) and Brock Stassi placed 3 (4.51) among Saves/Opp: 18/30 all major league players with at least 80 plate appearances this season. PHILLIES AT A GLANCE NEW ORLEANS SAINT: Starter Aaron Nola had a breakout campaign in 2017, posting career highs in April: 11-12 Monday: 7-10 nearly every category … Among all National League starters, Nola finished 7th in fWAR (4.3), 8th in SO/9.0 IP May: 6-22 Tuesday: 9-14 th th (9.86), 9 in SO rate (26.6 %) & first pitch strike % (64.4 %) and 10 in SO/BB ratio (3.71) … Nola, who June: 9-18 Wednesday: 9-17 became the first Phillies pitcher since 2012 (Hamels) to lead in ERA (3.54), wins (12), starts (27) and innings July: 13-12 Thursday: 7-11 (168.0), tallied 184 strikeouts, the most ever by a Phillies pitcher who made less than 30 starts in a season Aug: 11-19 Friday: 8-17 … Nola made 12 ultra-quality starts this season (7.0+ IP & 2 ER or fewer), the most by a Phillies starter since Sept: 15-13 Saturday: 10-16 Cole Hamels also had 12 in 2015 … No other Phillies starter had more than three such starts this season Oct: 1-0 Sunday: 16-11 (Hellickson and Eflin) … Among all National League starting pitchers, Nola ranked T-3rd with ARI’s Zack Greinke & WSH’s Stephen Strasburg, trailing only LAD’s Clayton Kershaw (16 UQS) and WSH’s Max Scherzer (14 UQS). RHYS LIGHTNING: In August, the first month of rookie Rhys Hoskins’ career, he was second in the National League in slugging percentage (.747), tied for second in home runs (11) and tied for fourth in RBI (25) … He led all major league rookies in August in runs (19), home runs, RBI and slugging percentage, was second in extra-base hits (14), seventh in walks and eighth in OBP (.402) … Hoskins became just the third Phillie to ever win National League Rookie of the Month, joining Maikel Franco (June 2015) and Ryan Howard (Sept. 2005) … He was the first Phillies rookie ever to win it in his first career month … He became one of just five players in club history to homer in five straight games, joining Chase Utley (2x in 2008), Bobby Abreu (2005), Mike Schmidt (1979) and Dick Allen (1969) … Hoskins also tied the MLB rookie record for home runs in consecutive games, becoming the sixth player to do so (first set by Rudy York in 1937) … Hoskins set a Phillies rookie record for home runs in a month with 11, breaking Ryan Howard’s previous record of 10 set in Sept. 2005 … His 11 home runs in August were the most by any Phillie in a month since May of 2013 (Domonic Brown, 12) … Hoskins eclipsed Ted Williams’ previous record for home runs by a player who did not play in a season until Aug. 1 or later (Williams hit 13 after returning from Korean War on 8/6/53). YOUNG POWER SUPPLY: The Phillies belted 100 home runs this season by players aged 25 or younger, second among all National League clubs, trailing only the Chicago Cubs (149 HR) … Philadelphia had seven different players (Jorge Alfaro, Rhys Hoskins, Andrew Knapp, Ben Lively, Cam Perkins, Brock Stassi, Nick Williams) hit their first career home runs this season, the club’s most in a single year since eight Phillies players did so in 1996 … In total, Philadelphia’s 2,873 plate appearances by players 25 or younger this year ranked second to only the Cubs (3,333) among all ML clubs. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 35-30 Lead After 6: 48-12 Lead After 7: 49-6 Lead After 8: 54-3 Out-Hit Opp: 49-15 Last AB Decisions: 18-23 Opp. Score First: 31-66 Tied After 6: 8-11 Tied After 7: 8-15 Tied After 8: 6-14 Hits equal: 2-11 Walk-off Decisions: 8-9 Score 4 or more: 54-39 Trail After 6: 10-72 Trail After 7: 9-74 Trail After 8: 6-78 Out-Hit by Opp: 15-70 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 22-16 Score 3 or fewer: 12-57 Hit no HR: 15-46 Starter goes 6.0 IP 16-24 Hit at least 1 HR: 51-50 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 28-56 2017 POSTSEASON NOTES TEAM NOTES PAGE 2 CENTER OF ATTENTION: Center fielder Odubel Herrera had the longest hitting streak in the majors this year, a 21-game streak that ran from July 28 to September 8 (.380 AVG, 30-79) … Herrera rebounded after a tough stretch to start the year, and starting in June, hit .318 with a .361 on-base percentage and .526 slugging percentage over his final 88 games of the season … Herrera set a career-high in doubles (40) and was the first Phillie to eclipse the 40-double plateau since 2010 (Jayson Werth).