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Phillies Opening Day Stat Leaders: Hitters
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Today is the 139th Opening Day in Phillies franchise history. Recently a question from a commenter prompted some searches into baseball-reference.com for the biggest performers in Phils’ Opening Day games.
Yesterday we covered pitchers, and here we’ll look at career leaders in Opening Day hitting, as well as some of the biggest single game performances.
Stats are since 1901, when baseball-reference begins tracking game-level details. It’s worth keeping in mind that these are stats when facing the opposing team’s best pitcher (and in many cases in cold, late March/early April weather).
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PHILADELPHIA MLB’s annual Rule 5 Draft was Thursday, with the Phillies selecting Yankees shortstop Kyle Holder 11th overall. The organization has made its share of Rule 5 picks over the years.
Philadelphia selected Hall of Fame right-hander Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1910 (though the rules behind the Rule 5 Draft back then were different than today s incarnation).
He worked out pretty well, huh?
Other Rule 5 picks included Pinky Whitney (1927), Clay Dalrymple ( 59) and Jack Baldschun (1960). It is an interesting list of players. Here is a look at the Phillies’ Rule 5 Draft picks since 70 (in reverse order):
The Phillies immediately traded Machin to the A’s for cash considerations.
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