2016 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (71-91) Fourth Place, National League East Division, -24.0 Games Manager: Pete Mackanin, 2nd season 2016 SEASON RECAP: Philadelphia went 71-91 (.438) in 2016, an eight-win improvement from the previous year (63 W, .388 win %) … It marked the Phillies fourth consecutive season under .500 (73- PHILLIES PHACTS 89 in both 2013 & 2014, 63-99 in 2015), which is their longest streak since they posted seven consecutive Record: 71-91 (.438) losing seasons from 1994 to 2000 ... The Phillies finished in 4th place in the NL East, 24.0 games behind Home: 37-44 the Washington Nationals, and posted 90 or more losses in a season for the 39th time in club history … Road: 34-47 Philadelphia had 99 losses in 2015, marking the first time they have had 90+ losses in back-to-back Current Streak: Won 1 Last 5 Games: 1-4 seasons since 1996-97 (95, 94) … Overall, the club batted .240 this year with a .301 OBP, .384 SLG, Last 10 Games: 2-8 .685 OPS, 427 extra-base hits (231 2B, 35 3B, 161 HR) and a ML-low 610 runs scored (3.77 RPG) … Series Record: 18-28-6 Phillies pitchers combined for a 4.63 ERA (739 ER, 1437.0 IP), which included a 4.41 ERA for the starters Sweeps/Swept: 6/9 and a 5.01 mark for the pen. PHILLIES AT HOME HOT START, COOL FINISH: Philadelphia began the season with a 24-17 record over their first 41 th Games Played: 81 games … Their .585 winning percentage over that period (4/4-5/18) was the 6 -best in MLB, trailing Record: 37-44 (.457) only the Chicago Cubs (.718, 28-11), Baltimore Orioles (.615, 24-15), Boston Red Sox (.610, 25-16), CBP (est. 2004): 569-487 (.539) th Chicago White Sox (.610, 25-16) and Washington Nationals (.610, 25-16) … From May 20 through the end of the season, the Phillies went 47-74 (.388), which was the worst winning percentage in the majors. Batting Average: .230 Runs/Runs Per Game: 279/3.44 YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Phillies finished the 2016 season with the second-lowest average player age Home Runs: 78 among all Major League clubs (26.9 years old) … Only the Arizona Diamondbacks were younger (26.5) Stolen Bases: 46 … Ryan Howard was the elder statesman on the final active roster at 36 years old, while right-hander ERA: 3.92 Jake Thompson was the youngest (22) … Of the 49 players who appeared in a game for the Phillies in Starters W-L: 24-32 2016, 36 were under the age of 30 (73%), and 18 were 25 years or younger (37%) … Additionally, nine Starters ERA: 3.69 players made their ML debuts with Philadelphia over the course of the 2016 season -- four position Relievers W-L: 13-12 players (C Jorge Alfaro, OF Tyler Goeddel, 1B Tommy Joseph, OF Roman Quinn) and five pitchers (RHP Relievers ERA: 4.33 Zach Eflin, RHP Edubray Ramos, LHP Joely Rodriguez, LHP Daniel Stumpf, RHP Jake Thompson) … In Saves/Opp: 21/30 all, 15 different rookies appeared in at least one game for Philadelphia in 2016 (10 pitchers, 5 position players), while 27 players made their Phillies debuts’, most in a single season since 1996 (also 27). PHILLIES ON THE ROAD Games Played: 81 FIRST CLASS: The 2016 Phillies were the first team in Major League history to have two Record: 34-47 (.420) first basemen hit 20 or more home runs in the same season … Philadelphia received 43 total home runs from their first base combination of Ryan Howard (23) and Tommy Joseph (20), most among Batting Average: .250 all Major League teams at that position (Howard also had 2 HR as DH, Joseph had 1 HR as PH) … The Runs/Runs Per Game: 331/4.09 Home Runs: 83 next closest team was Milwaukee with 41 HR from their first basemen … The last time Philadelphia Stolen Bases: 50 finished a season with 43 or more HR’s from the first base position was 2009 (45 HR; 33 in 2015, 25 in 2014, 19 in 2013, 27 in 2012, 35 in 2011, 34 in 2010). ERA: 5.39 Starters W-L: 24-31 THE RYAN KING: First baseman Ryan Howard slugged 25 home runs in 2016, giving him seven Starters ERA: 5.19 seasons in a Phillies uniform with 25 or more HR’s, tied for second-most in franchise history with Del Relievers W-L: 10-16 Ennis (most: Schmidt, 13) … In the second half of the season, Howard averaged one home run for every Relievers ERA: 5.74 Saves/Opp: 22/33 10.00 at-bats (130 AB/13 HR), which was the highest HR rate among all National League players (min. 100 AB) … Only the Yankees’ Gary Sanchez had a higher rate after the All-Star break (9.70 AB/HR, 197 AB, 20 HR) … Howard also hit two grand slams in 2016 (8/12 vs COL, Gray; 9/27 at ATL, Teheran), PHILLIES AT A GLANCE pushing his franchise-leading total to 15 … Howard finished the year with 382 career home runs, tied April: 14-10 Monday: 6-12 for 67th place on MLB’s all-time list with Hall of Famer Jim Rice and Frank Howard … He ranks 1st in May: 12-16 Tuesday: 11-13 Phillies franchise history in games played at 1st base (1,478), 2nd in HR’s (382) and RBI (1,194), 3rd in June: 9-19 Wednesday: 13-12 th th July: 13-14 Thursday: 7-10 extra-base hits (680), 5 in total bases (2,940) and 10 in doubles (277). Aug: 12-14 Friday: 10-16 Sept: 10-17 Saturday: 12-14 GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM: First baseman Tommy Joseph, who didn’t make his Major Oct: 1-1 Sunday: 12-14 th League debut until May 13 , became just the third Phillies rookie over the last 45 seasons (1972-2016) to hit 20 or more HR (21 HR), joining Ryan Howard (22 HR in 2005) and Scott Rolen (21 HR in 1997) … vs East: 30-46 Day: 22-32 Joseph finished 3rd among all National League rookies in home runs, 6th in RBI (47), SLG % (.505), extra- vs Cent: 12-21 Night: 49-59 st base hits (36) & total bases (159), T-7th in doubles (15) and 8th in OPS (.813) … From September 12th vs West: 18-15 1 Half: 42-48 vs AL: 11-9 2nd Half: 29-43 through the end of the season, Joseph ranked 5th in the NL in OPS (1.085), trailing only Jean Segura (1.206), Freddie Freeman (1.201), Joey Votto (1.143) and Charlie Blackmon (1.100). FIRE STARTERS: Philadelphia’s starting pitchers shaved almost a full run off their collective ERA from last year (5.23 in 2015, 4.41 in 2016) and posted the 11th-best WAR (12.7) among all starting staffs in the majors (source: FanGraphs) … Right-handers Jerad Eickhoff (3.65) and Jerermy Hellickson (3.71) ranked 15th and 16th, respectively, in ERA among all qualifying National League starters … In the month of April, Phillies starters posted a 3.55 ERA (54 ER, 137.0 IP), 4th-best in the NL and 8th in MLB … Then, from September 3-22, Philadelphia’s starters allowed three earned runs or fewer in 19 consecutive games, their longest streak since September 12-30, 1986 (also 19 G) … During the streak, they combined to post a 2.50 ERA (32 ER, 115.1 IP), best among all Major League clubs. GLOVE, ACTUALLY: Philadelphia posted the 6th-best fielding percentage in the National League in 2016 (.984), committing just 97 errors in 5,911 total chances … Freddy Galvis led all NL shortstops with a .987 fielding percentage (8 E, 625 TC), marking the first time he has done so in his career and the 5th time the Phillies have led the NL at that position over the last nine years (Jimmy Rollins; 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014) … Starter Jeremy Hellickson posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 36 total chances, while OF Peter Bourjos finished with the 6th-best mark among all qualifying NL outfielders (.995, 1 E, 188 TC). PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 47-31 Lead After 6: 49-11 Lead After 7: 58-9 Lead After 8: 62-6 Out-Hit Opp: 50-10 Last AB Decisions: 11-18 Opp. Score First: 24-60 Tied After 6: 14-15 Tied After 7: 8-9 Tied After 8: 8-7 Hits equal: 7-9 Walk-off Decisions: 5-6 Score 4 or more: 57-26 Trail After 6: 8-65 Trail After 7: 5-73 Trail After 8: 1-78 Out-Hit by Opp: 14-72 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 21-17 Score 3 or less: 14-65 Hit no HR: 12-42 Starter goes 6.0 IP 29-25 Hit at least 1 HR: 59-49 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 21-49 2016 POSTSEASON NOTES TEAM NOTES PAGE 2 I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU: On August 7 at SD, the Phillies turned the 32nd triple play in franchise history and first since August 23, 2009 at NYM (Eric Bruntlett unassisted TP) … In the bottom of the 7th inning, Maikel Franco fielded a ground ball to third by Jabari Blash, stepped on the bag, tossed over to second baseman Cesar Hernandez, who touched his base and threw a laser to first baseman Tommy Joseph to complete the feat … It was the first 5-4-3 triple play for Philadelphia since April 21, 2007 at CIN (3B Abraham Nunez to 2B Chase Utley to 1B Wes Helms).