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Here then is the history of the Phillies’ Uniforms …
#1.
1895 The Philadelphia Phillies are highly
regarded as a team with a rich history. The Phillies are touted as the “oldest,
continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional sports”
according to their web site.
The team began in 1883 and played
at Recreation Park, where they stayed for the first four seasons. From there
they went to the Philadelphia Baseball Grounds in 1887, (also known as National
League Park, Huntingdon Street Grounds, Philadelphia Park and Philadelphia Base
Ball Park). The name was changed to the Baker Bowl in 1913 when William Baker
bought the team. From 1883 to 1885, the Phillies were a middle of the road
team, but in those first 13 seasons, they had a winning record nine times. In
1895 the National League consisted of twelve teams, Baltimore, Cleveland,
Chicago, Boston, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, New York, Washington, St.
Louis, Louisville and Philadelphia.
The 1895 Phillies played a total
of 133 games, winning 78 and losing 53.
The first uniform we see is a far cry from the last one we will see on this
poster. The jersey is long sleeved, and has laces down the front in place of
buttons. The “P” is in an old English style. If you notice, there is a center
belt loop, which was to secure the belt buckle off to one side. Players of this
era usually wore the belt buckle to one side to prevent injury when sliding
into a base.
#2.
1915 As we see on this home uniform, the
Phillies have gone with a fully buttoned front jersey and ľ length sleeves. The
“P” has been replaced with a more simple design than the 1895 “P”, and the full
collar has been replaced with an upright collar. The center belt loop still
remains, and would until 1924.
After finishing with a 90-62 record, it was the Phillies turn for a chance at a
World Series after watching the cross-town Philadelphia Athletics go to the
Fall Classic five times in ten years and winning it three times. The 1915
Phillies took the NL pennant easily and went on to face the Boston Red Sox in
the World Series. They won the first game 3-1, the only game that was won by
more than a single run, Boston won the next four straight by scores of 2-1,
2-1, 2-1 and 5-4. Despite the loss in the Series, the Phillies could look back
at a great season. Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander led the league in wins
with 31, ERA at 1.22 and strikeouts with 241, while right fielder Gavvy Cravath
hit a record 24 home runs and led the league in RBI with 115. This would be the
Phillies last appearance in a World Series until 1950.
#3.
In 1921 the Phillies went with a
new look for their uniforms. The home uniform shown here has pinstripes for the
first time and the “P” has a blue circle around it. They have gone back to the
pullover style with buttons ľ of the way down the jersey. The center belt loop
still remains, and would until 1924.
The Phillies finished in last place in 1921 going 51-103, as well as 1919 with
a 47-90 record, and also in 1920 with a 62-91record. Ironically, they led the
league in home runs each year. One good reason for this was the short right
field fence, which was only 272 feet away from home, in their home ballpark the
Baker Bowl.
#4A.
1925 By 1925 the Phillies have dropped
the pinstripes seen on the 1921 uniform and have gone back to an old English
style “P” for this home jersey. This is a fully buttoned front jersey with center
belt loop. The patch on the left sleeve celebrates the National League’s 50th
anniversary and features the words “Golden Jubilee”, which every NL team wore.
Sadly, the ’25 Phillies were still nothing to write home about as they finished
in 7th place with a 68-85 record. One of the bright spots on the
team was the hitting of center fielder George Harper, who led the team with a
.349 average, 18 home runs and 97 RBI.
#4B.
1931 The 1931 Phillies stuck with the old
English style “P”, but moved it to both sleeves on their road uniforms and
surrounded it with a diamond. The black armband on the left sleeve underneath
the diamond “P” is in memory of former owner William F. Baker who passed away.
The 30’s were tough times for the Phillies, as they finished below .500 nine
times out of ten. One exception was the play of left fielder Chuck Klein. In
1931 he led the league in home runs with 31 and RBI with 121, while his team
played to a 66-88 record. Klein was awarded the league MVP the following year,
and then won the Triple Crown in 1933.
#5A.
As
we see on this road uniform, the Phillies have put the team name on the front
of the jersey, (this was first done in 1933). Please note: the “P” in Phillies
stands out from the rest of the letters because it is filled in with white
rather than red, like all the other letters; Also the inside of the “s” is
white, instead of the gray background of the uniform; and the “swoosh”
underlining the name has been filled in with white as well. This look would
last for this season only. The red piping is still on the jersey, around the
collar, down the buttons and on the sleeve.
The
30’s were tough times for the Phillies, as they finished below .500 nine times
out often. Playing 149 games this season, the Phillies would finish with a
56-93 record.
#5B.
1938 This 1938 uniform jumps right out of
the page! For this season only, the team’s colors were changed to blue and
gold. The red is gone on the home jersey’s “P”, and replaced with gold with
blue trim, as well as the piping. A patch on the left sleeve shows a man
pitching from the top of the Liberty Bell, while players in the background play
on a diamond. The words that encircle the image say “Philadelphia National
League Base Ball Club”.
The 30’s were tough times for the Phillies, as they finished below .500 nine
times out of ten. With a 45-105 record and years of problems with Baker Bowl,
this season would mark the team’s move out of its home and into shared
accommodations with their American League counterparts, the Athletics, in Shibe
Park, (the name would later be changed to Connie Mack Stadium in 1953). The
Phillies would play at Shibe from 1938 to 1970.
#6.
1944 Another interesting uniform for you! After the 1938 blue and gold
experiment the team went back to their traditional red until 1942 when they
went to all blue. As of 1943 the “PHILLIES” script stayed pretty much the same,
with the small addition of stars over the “I's" in 1944. A blue jay patch
on the left sleeve was adopted since the team was trying to change their name
to the Blue Jays, (which was odd since they still kept the name Phillies
predominantly on the front) but it would never stick.
During the Second World War, the question is raised, should able-bodied
athletes of baseball be fighting for their country rather than playing
baseball? Baseball Commissioner Landis asked President Franklin D. Roosevelt
what to do - here is part of Roosevelt’s reply:
“I honestly feel it would be best
for the country to keep baseball going. There will be fewer people unemployed
and everybody will work longer hours and harder than ever before… Here is
another way of looking at it - if 300 teams use 5,000 or 6,000 players, these
players are a definite recreational asset to at least 20,000,000 of their
fellow citizens - and that in my judgment is thoroughly worthwhile.”
Wartime sleeve patches were worn
by all levels of professional baseball teams between 1942 and 1945. A “Health”
patch was worn during the 1942 season, part of a wartime health and fitness
awareness campaign, and from 1943-1945 a “Stars and Stripes” was worn, which is
seen on this 1944 jersey.
On the field, the Phillies had an amazing streak of finishing in last or second
last place over the past 12 seasons. From 1933 to 1944 they finished last 7
times and 2nd last 5 times. This season wouldn’t be much better as
they finish with a 61-92 record. The 40’s were a terrible time for Phillies
fans, but once the 50’s began, things looked a whole lot better.
#7A.
1950 In 1946 the Phillies went to a red and blue look to their uniforms,
and then in to all red in 1950. This home uniform is more like the jerseys of
the team today than what we have seen previously. The addition of red
pinstripes were added in 1950 for the first time since 1923.
The Phillies finished atop the National League for the first time since 1915
with a 91-63 record, and with a much-deserved pennant in hand, they marched
onto the World Series. Their American League foes were the Yankees. Stacked
with players like Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford, the Phillies were
no match for the Yanks, who were in the midst of winning five straight
championships, and took the Series in four straight games. The 50’s would be
known as the time of the “Whiz Kids” for the Phillies, with the team made up of
young talent. Right fielder Del Ennis led the team in average with .311, home
runs with 31 and RBI with 126, (which was also tops in the National League). On
the mound, Robin Roberts led the pitching staff with a 20-11 record, with Curt
Simmons close behind with a 17-8 record.
During the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s
many teams used zippered jerseys instead of the more traditional button front
jerseys, while a handful of teams wore them well into the 70’s and even the
80’s. Only three pre-1977 major league teams never wore zippers: the Yankees,
the Reds and the A’s. The 1937 Cubs were the first team to wear a zippered
jersey, and as far we can tell the 1988 Phillies were the last to wear one.
Interestingly, it wasn’t until 1973 that the Phillies first wore a zippered
jersey, long after most teams had abandoned the style.
#7B.
The uniform didn’t change through
the 50’s and 60’s, and this road uniform is almost identical to what they wore
from 1950 to 1969. While at home the Phillies wore a pinstriped uniform.
The “Whiz Kids” (a group of young talent from the 50’s) were gone, (as was
their American League counterparts the Athletics, who moved to Kansas City) but
the great play wasn’t. With the Phillies leading the National League for most
of the season, they were up by 6˝ games with only 12 games left. They proceeded
to lose 10 straight games to finish tied for second with a 92-70 record, only
one game behind the Cardinals. The disintegration of the team is said to have a
devastating effect on Phillies fans. Rookie of the year third baseman Richie
Allen led the team in batting with a .318 average, while right fielder Johnny
Callison hit 31 homers and drove in 104 RBI for the team. The Phillies had a
great righty, lefty pitching combination with Jim Bunning winning 19 games and
Chris Short winning 17.
#8.
1976 In 1970 the Phillies introduced a new logo to their uniforms; the
“P” was modernized and replaced the team name that appeared on the jersey for
so many years. Also for the first time in Phillies history, the player’s
numbers were on the front of the jerseys. Uniform numbers first made their
appearance on the front of a uniform in 1952 - the Brooklyn Dodgers were the
first team to wear uniform numbers on the front of their jersey. The Braves
followed suit in 1953, and the Reds joined in beginning in 1956. The 1916
Cleveland Indians actually wore a uniform number on their sleeve, but it wasn’t
until the ’52 Dodgers that the number made it to the front.
In 1973 the jersey had its buttons
taken away and a zipper replaced it. Also this year the road uniforms became
blue-ish in color, which is how we see this road uniform on the poster. The
patch on the left sleeve is for the bicentennial.
The new home for the Phillies, Veterans Stadium, was opened in 1971, and this
1976 season it would see its first All Star game and post season play.
Philadelphia captured the NL East title going 101-61, (their first trip back to
the post season since 1950) and played the Cincinnati Reds for the National
League pennant. Sparky Anderson’s “Big Red Machine” took the series in three
straight games. The Phillies would win the NL East three years in a row, twice
with over 100 wins. Mike Schmidt led the team and the NL with 38 homers while
also leading the Phillies in RBI with 107. On the mound, Steve Carlton led the
pitching staff with a 20-7 record.
#9.
1980 The look of the Phillies in the 80’s
wasn’t much different from the 70’s. Even the zipper was on the jersey until
1990. Most of the ‘80’s saw pinstripes on the home uniform and blue on the
road.
The look of the 1980 uniform might have been the same as the ‘70’s but the play
on the field was not! They finished the regular season atop the NL East going
91-71, with Philly third baseman Mike Schmidt leading the team to the post
season, while winning the NL MVP award. He led the league with 48 home runs and
121 RBI, while Pete Rose hit 42 doubles to also lead the league. The Houston
Astros were the only thing in the way of the Phillies and a shot at a second
title, (their first was 1950). The Astros went up 2 games to 1 and needed only
one more win to move on to the World Series. Game four would go ten innings
with the Phillies coming out on top 5-3, opening the door for a fifth and
deciding game in Houston. The Philly batters would have to take on Nolan Ryan who
struck out 200 batters during the regular season, (second to the Phillies Steve
Carlton who led the league with 286). By the 7th inning Philadelphia
was down 5-2, but stormed back in the 8th to go ahead 7-5. Houston
came back in the bottom of the inning to tie it up at 7. For the fifth game in
a row, they would head to extra innings. The Phillies didn’t waste any time and
scored a run in the top of the 10th to win the pennant 8-7 and go on
to face the Kansas City Royals for the World Series. After winning games one
and two at home, the Phillies dropped the next two in Kansas City to even the
series at 2-2. The Phillies regrouped under the leadership and hitting of Mike
Schmidt, winning the next two games and taking the championship for their first
World Series title. Steve Carlton won both games he started, while Schmidt won
the Series MVP award.
#10A.
1983 The home uniform we see is
ultimately the same as their World Series year in 1980, with the addition of
the patch on the left sleeve commemorating the teams 100 years in baseball. The
patch is of a diamond with four different Phillies “P” logos on each corner. In
the middle are the number 100 and the years 1883 and 1983. The Philadelphia
Phillies are highly regarded as a team with a rich history. The Phillies are
touted as the “oldest, continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of
professional sports” according to their web site.
After winning it all in 1980, the Phillies made another run for the 1983
championship with their 90-72 record.. They faced the L.A. Dodgers for the
pennant, and beat them 3 games to 1 to advance to the World Series against
Baltimore. Mike Schmidt once again led the team with a .467 average in the N.L.
Championship Series. After winning the first game of the series, Philadelphia
ran into a Baltimore Orioles team on a mission. The “Birds” won four straight
to take the championship, while shutting down Mike Schmidt who would only get 1
hit in the five games. The entire Phillies team hit an anemic .195 for the
Series.
#10B.
1993 The Phillies dropped the blue road
uniform in 1989 and after two season of white uniforms they would become gray
in color for 1991 onwards, as wee see in this 1993 jersey. The Phillies also
brought back the written team name on the front of the jersey in ’92 for the
first time since 1970, with a subtle addition of blue stars over the “i’s”
instead of red. They have also moved the player’s numbers to the left sleeve,
and banished the zipper, (thank goodness) for buttons down the front and red
trim around the sleeves. The Phillies would be the last team to get rid of the
zipper, wearing it one last season in 1989.
In 1993 the Phillies finished atop the NL East Division with a record of 97-65
and cast of blue-collar workers. Several
players had beards, chewed tobacco and seemed to always have a dirty uniform,
even if the game had just started. The 1993 team led the league in several
hitting categories as well as pitching. They would face the highly favored
Atlanta Braves for the pennant and beat them four games to two.
Once again they were the underdog against the defending champion Toronto Blue
Jays in the World Series, (note: remember in 1944 & 1945 the Phillies were
actually called the Blue Jays). The Jays went up 2 games to 1 in a high scoring
Series so far with scores like 8-5 in game one for the Jays, 6-4 for the
Phillies in game two and 10-3 for Toronto in game three. Game 4 would be no
different. Going into the 8th, Philly was up 14-9. Closer Mitch
Williams came into the game looking to shut down any attempts at a Jay
comeback. As the inning ended and Williams walked back to the dugout, the Jays
had scored 6 runs and were now up 15-14 and 3 games to 1 in the Series. The
next game saw the Phillies Curt Schilling pitch a complete game 5 hit shutout.
Just what the Phillies needed. Onto game six in Toronto. The Jays went up 5-1
early on, until the Phillies score 5 of their own in the 7th to take
the lead 6-5. Mitch Williams comes on once again to close things out in the
bottom of the 9th. Rickey Henderson and Paul Molitor both get on
base, as Joe Carter steps up to the plate for one of the most memorable moments
in World Series history. He drives a Williams pitch to left for a dramatic
three run homer, giving the Jays their second straight championship. Carter’s
home run is only the second Series ending homer in history, (the first was in
the 1960 World Series when Bill Mazeroski of the Pirates hit a solo home run to
beat the Yankees in game seven 10-9).
#11.
2001 A classic look – note how this 2001
Phillies home uniform resembles the 1950 uniform. Note also that just like the
1993 uniform, the numbers are still on the sleeve and the stars above the “i’s”
are blue.
The Phillies finished the 2001
season with an 86-76 record, only 2 games back of the Atlanta Braves in the NL
East. Speedster Jimmy Rollins led the league in stolen bases with 46, (he tied
with Colorado’s Juan Pierre) as well as triples with 12. The entire Philly team
used their speed leading the NL with 153 stolen bases. Heavy hitting outfielder
Bobby Abreu led the team in homers with 31 and RBI with 110, while third
baseman Scott Rollin followed close behind with 25 homers and 107 RBI. And in 2008 the Phillies finished the season
with champagne. CONGRATULATIONS WORLD
CHAMPS!!
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