Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Philadelphia Phillies.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.

Last year, the Phillies won their division (NL East), but lost in their first round to the New York Mets.  The season saw a few elevations and one new entrant

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes.

1. Mike Schmidt

2. Robin Roberts

3. Steve Carlton

4. Ed Delahanty

5. Pete Alexander

You can find the entire list https://www.notinhalloffame.com/baseball/top-50-baseball-players-by-franchise/top-50-philapdelphia-phillies">here.

Starting Pitcher Aaron Nola moved up one spot to #22.

Another starter, Zack Wheeler went from #38 to #31.

Bryce Harper shot up to #35 from #45.

The new entrant is Catcher J.T. Realmuto, who debuts at #48.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2023 revision of our top 50 Philadelphia Phillies.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Phillies had another great year, advancing to the NLCS.  This good year by the team saw two new entrants in the Top 50.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Mike Schmidt

2. Robin Roberts

3. Steve Carlton

4. Ed Delahanty

5. Pete Alexander

You can find the entire list here.

Pitcher, Aaron Nola, was unable to move up from #23, and remains in that spot.

The new entrants were Pitcher, Zack Wheeler and former MVP, Bryce Harper, who enter at #39 and #45 respectively.

We thank you for your continued support for our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Bryce Harper was the face of the Washington Nationals from the moment he debuted as a teenager, but the man who won the 2015 National League MVP would depart via free agency to their division rival.  Washington promptly won their first World Series in franchise history without him, but Harper has done all that he could to win his first ring.

Arriving in Philly in 2019, Harper had a good year with 35 Home Runs, 114 RBIs and an .882 OPS, but it had to be frustrating for the slugger as the Nationals won the World Series.  He shook that off with another good year in the shortened 2020 season (13 HR, .962 OPS), but 2021 was what they paid him for.

That year, Harper won the MVP (his second), blasted 35 Home Runs, and led the NL in Slugging (.615), OPS (1.044) and OPS+ (179).  As good as Harper was, this did not come with a trip to the playoffs.  Harper dealt with a UCL tear in 2022 that cost him significant time, but he led them to the playoffs, where he won the NLCS MVP.  Harper finally made it to the World Series, but was not on the winning side, and was now hurt.

Harper underwent surgery to repair the UCL, and he was playing mostly at DH, and later at First.  He could still hit (.900), and was again instrumental in a playoff run for Philadelphia, but doubt in his long-term viability arrived. Moving forward, the concern with Harper is his health and ability to play in the field, and as such he was moved to First Base in 2024.  The move worked, and last season, Harper returned to the All-Star Game, was sixth in MVP voting, and had his first 30-Home Run Season since 2021.

Could Harper have another MVP year in him?

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top Washington Nationals.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Washington was one of the worst teams in baseball, and the only player they had they improved his rank, was traded during the season.

As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:

1. Gary Carter

2. Tim Raines

3. Max Scherzer

4. Andre Dawson

5. Steve Rogers

You can find the entire list here.

Outfielder, Juan Soto, who was traded to San Diego during the season, moved to #14 from #17.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

The process continues.

We here are Notinhalloffame.com have plans to create our own set of post-season awards, which we will look back and retroactively present from 1901 on.  That will take a while, but it has never stopped us before!

Our awards are not be league specific.

Now it is time for our 2021 positional awards.

We will be awarding a positional player of the year, but not only that, offer up the runner-up and second runner-up, meaning that we will have First, Second and Third All-MLB players.

Let’s work our way around the diamond and award the best of the best in Baseball!

*Please note that to qualify, a player must appear in that position at least 50% of the time.

Rightfielder of the Year (First Team All-MLB):  Juan Soto, Washington Nationals.  7.0 bWAR, 6.6 fWAR, 157 H, 29 HR, 111 R, 95 RBI, 9 SB, .313/.465/.534/.999.

An All-Star for the first time this year, Juan Soto led the National League in Walks, and for the second year in a row, he was first in OBP.  Soto was also second in the NL in OPS and OPS+ (175).

Second Team All-MLB: Rightfield:  Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies.  5.9 bWAR, 6.6 fWAR, 151 H, 35 HR, 101 R, 84 RBI, 13 SB, .309/.429/.613/1.044.

We could easily have gone with Harper over Soto, and it was a last-minute decision to go with Soto, as Harper had a bad defensive year.  Harper was the one to beat Soto in OPS and OPS+ (179), and he also led the NL in Doubles (42).

Third Team All-MLB: Rightfield:  Aaron Judge, New York Yankees.  5.9 bWAR, 5.5 fWAR, 158 H, 39 HR, 89 R, 98 RBI, 6 SB, .287/.373/.544/.916.

Despite Judge’s great season, he is only Third Team, based on the accomplishments of Soto and Harper.