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Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

Location	1 Citizens Bank Way Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Founder	Philadelphia Phillies

The former location of the Phillies Wall of Fame in Ashburn Alley at Citizens Bank Park

The Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame is a collection of plaques, mounted on a brick wall next to the Left Field Gate at Citizens Bank Park, the ballpark of the Philadelphia Phillies. From 1978 to 2003, the Phillies inducted one figure from their franchise history and one notable person from the Philadelphia Athletics (A's) organization each year—with the exception of 1983, when the Phillies inducted their Centennial Team. Once Veterans Stadium closed in 2003, the wall plaques used to recognize the Phillies' members were moved to Citizens Bank Park; however, the Phillies no longer induct notable Athletics. Each person inducted into the Wall of Fame was honored with a metal plaque showing the person's face; their position with, and years of service to the team; and a summary of their most important contributions. In March 2004, the Athletics' plaques were relocated to the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, and a single plaque listing all of the A's inductees was attached to a statue of Connie Mack located across the street from Citizens Bank Park. After the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society closed its Hatboro location in 2013, the Athletics’ plaques were put on display at Spike’s Trophies in Philadelphia, among other memorabilia of the team..

History

Originally, the goal of the Wall of Fame was to induct the greatest players in Phillies and Athletics history; however, exceptions have been made for non-players who have made significant contributions to the organization. Mack, the Athletics' first inductee, had an 11-year playing career in the National League and the Players' League, but is most remembered for his managerial career, and was honored as such on the Wall. Members have been inducted for contributions in more than one area; Paul Owens, inducted in 1988, spent 48 years as a member of the Phillies organization, contributing as a scout, manager, general manager, and team executive. The Phillies have inducted four first basemen, four second basemen, five third basemen, three shortstops, one utility infielder, three catchers, 21 outfielders, 18 pitchers, seven managers, one general manager, one coach, two team executives, and two sportscasters. Twenty-one members of the Wall of Fame are also members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. All of the inductees in the first four seasons from both teams are members; Del Ennis was the first non-member to be inducted.

The first figures to be inducted into the Wall of Fame were Robin Roberts, who was inducted for the Phillies; and Mack, inducted for the A's. Roberts pitched in Philadelphia for 13 seasons as a member of the National League team, and Mack managed the American League club from 1901 to 1950. Although the Athletics have retired no numbers for players from their Philadelphia years, all seven players for whom the Phillies have retired a number or honored a "P" have been inducted into the Wall of Fame: Roberts (1978), Richie Ashburn (1979), Chuck Klein (1980), Grover Cleveland Alexander (1981), Jim Bunning (1984), Steve Carlton (1989), Mike Schmidt (1990), Dick Allen (1994) and Roy Halladay (2021).

On April 10, 2017, it was announced Pete Rose would be that year's inductee into the wall of fame. However, on August 12, 2017, just 10 days before the ceremony, the Phillies announced Rose would not be inducted. Instead of inducting someone new, they celebrated past inductees.

For the 2018 season Citizens Bank Park was renovated, resulting in the Phillies Wall of Fame being moved from Ashburn Alley. A new Wall of Fame area was created behind the Left Field scoreboard, next to the Left Field gate. This overhauled Left Field Plaza honors the team’s history and incorporates new concession offerings. Featuring large replicas of the team’s World Series trophies from 1980 and 2008, statues of its retired numbers along with the relocated Wall of Fame it is an area for fans to learn about and honor the team's past.

Inductees

Connie Mack, inducted 1978

Jim Bunning, inducted 1984

Mike Schmidt, inducted 1990

Juan Samuel, inducted 2008

Harry Kalas, inducted 2009

Key to symbols and abbreviations used in tables below

Inducted	Links to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball season.
Years	Link to the articles about the Major League Baseball seasons in which the player participated with their inducted team
P	Pitcher (RHP indicates right-handed; LHP indicates left-handed)
C	Catcher
1B	First baseman
2B	Second baseman
3B	Third baseman
SS	Shortstop
OF	Outfielder
MGR	Manager
GM	General manager
EXEC	Team executive
CO	Coach
TV	Team sportscaster (television and/or radio)
	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Bold	Recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award

Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
Inducted	Player	Team	Position	Years	Ref
1978	Roberts, RobinRobin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	P	1948–1961
	Mack, ConnieConnie Mack	Philadelphia Athletics	MGR	1901–1950
1979	Ashburn, RichieRichie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	OF TV	1948–1959 1963–1997
	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	1925–1935
1980	Klein, ChuckChuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1928–1933 1936–1939 1940–1944
	Grove, LeftyLefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1925–1933
1981	Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	P	1911–1917 1930
	Simmons, AlAl Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1924–1932 1940–1941 1944
1982	Ennis, DelDel Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1946–1956
	Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane	Philadelphia Athletics	C	1925–1933
1983	zzyzx no inductees—see Centennial Team
1984	Bunning, JimJim Bunning	Philadelphia Phillies	P	1964–1969 1970–1971
	Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes	Philadelphia Athletics	2B/3B MGR	1918–1932 1951–1953
1985	Delahanty, EdEd Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1888–1889 1891–1901
	Plank, EddieEddie Plank	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1901–1914
1986	Williams, CyCy Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1918–1930
	Waddell, RubeRube Waddell	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1902–1907
1987	Hamner, GrannyGranny Hamner	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	1944–1959
	Collins, EddieEddie Collins	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	1906–1914 1927–1930
1988	Owens, PaulPaul Owens	Philadelphia Phillies	MGR GM EXEC	1972, 1983–1984 1972–1983 1984–2003
	Moses, WallyWally Moses	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	1935–1941 1949–1951
1989	Carlton, SteveSteve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	P	1972–1986
	Johnson, BobBob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	1933–1942
1990	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	1972–1989
	Valo, ElmerElmer Valo	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	1940–1943 1946–1956
1991	Bowa, LarryLarry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies	SS MGR	1970–1981 2001–2004
	Bender, ChiefChief Bender	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1903–1914
1992	Short, ChrisChris Short	Philadelphia Phillies	P	1959–1972
	Coombs, JackJack Coombs	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1906–1914
1993	Simmons, CurtCurt Simmons	Philadelphia Phillies	P	1947–1960
	Baker, Frank "Home Run"Frank "Home Run" Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	1908–1914
1994	Allen, DickDick Allen	Philadelphia Phillies	1B/3B/OF	1963–1969 1975–1976
	Shantz, BobbyBobby Shantz	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1949–1956
1995	Jones, WillieWillie Jones	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	1947–1959
	Joost, EddieEddie Joost	Philadelphia Athletics	SS MGR	1947–1954 1954
1996	Thompson, SamSam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1889–1898
	Rommel, EddieEddie Rommel	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1920–1932
1997	Callison, JohnnyJohnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1960–1969
	Fain, FerrisFerris Fain	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	1947–1952
1998	Luzinski, GregGreg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1970–1980
	Miller, BingBing Miller	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	1922–1926 1928–1934
1999	McGraw, TugTug McGraw	Philadelphia Phillies	P	1975–1984
	Chapman, SamSam Chapman	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	1938–1951
2000	Cravath, GavvyGavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	OF MGR	1912–1920 1919–1920
	Earnshaw, GeorgeGeorge Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1928–1933
2001	Maddox, GarryGarry Maddox	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1975–1986
	Zernial, GusGus Zernial	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	1951–1957
2002	Taylor, TonyTony Taylor	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	1960–1971 1974–1976
	Walberg, RubeRube Walberg	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1923–1933
2003	Magee, SherrySherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1904–1914
	Oldring, RubeRube Oldring	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	1906–1916 1918
2004	Hamilton, BillyBilly Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1890–1895
2005	Boone, BobBob Boone	Philadelphia Phillies	C	1972–1982
2006	Green, DallasDallas Green	Philadelphia Phillies	P MGR	1960–1967 1979–1981
2007	Vukovich, JohnJohn Vukovich	Philadelphia Phillies	INF CO EXEC	1970–1971, 1976–1981 1988–2004 2004–2007
2008	Samuel, JuanJuan Samuel	Philadelphia Phillies	2B CO	1983–1989 2011–2017
2009	Kalas, HarryHarry Kalas	Philadelphia Phillies	TV	1971–2009
2010	Daulton, DarrenDarren Daulton	Philadelphia Phillies	C	1983 1985–1997
2011	Kruk, JohnJohn Kruk	Philadelphia Phillies	1B TV	1989–1994 2017–present
2012	Lieberthal, MikeMike Lieberthal	Philadelphia Phillies	C	1994–2006
2013	Schilling, CurtCurt Schilling	Philadelphia Phillies	P	1992–2000
2014	Manuel, CharlieCharlie Manuel	Philadelphia Phillies	MGR	2005–2013
2015	Burrell, PatPat Burrell	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	2000–2008
2016	Thome, JimJim Thome	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	2003–2005, 2012
2017	zzyzx no inductees–see Pete Rose
2018	Gillick, PatPat Gillick	Philadelphia Phillies	GM EXEC	2005–2008 2008–present
2018	Halladay, RoyRoy Halladay	Philadelphia Phillies	P	2010–2013
2019	Abreu, BobbyBobby Abreu	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1998–2006
2021	Trillo, MannyManny Trillo	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	1979–1982
2022	McBride, BakeBake McBride	Philadelphia Phillies	RF/CF	1977–1981
	Reed, RonRon Reed		P	1976–1983
2023	Carpenter, RulyRuly Carpenter	Philadelphia Phillies	EXEC	1963–1981
	Quinn, JohnJohn Quinn		GM	1959–1972
	Rolen, ScottScott Rolen		3B	1996–2002

Centennial Team

The Centennial Team plaque at the left end of the Wall of Fame

In 1983, rather than inducting a player into the Wall of Fame, the Phillies selected their Centennial Team, commemorating the best players of the first 100 years in franchise history. The Centennial Team includes players from several periods in Phillies history. The team is honored with a plaque listing the names of all players selected at the left end of the Wall of Fame. 11 members of the Centennial Team also have their own individual plaques on the Wall; those not otherwise included on the Wall are Jim Konstanty and Pete Rose.

List of players honored as Centennial Team members
Player	Position
Ashburn, RichieRichie Ashburn	CF
Boone, BobBob Boone	C
Bowa, LarryLarry Bowa	SS
Carlton, SteveSteve Carlton	LHP
Maddox, GarryGarry Maddox	CF
Green, DallasDallas Green	MGR
Konstanty, JimJim Konstanty	RHP
Ennis, DelDel Ennis	OF
McGraw, TugTug McGraw	LHP
Roberts, RobinRobin Roberts	RHP
Rose, PetePete Rose	1B
Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt	3B
Trillo, MannyManny Trillo	2B

The Phillies' Wall of Fame at Citizens Bank Park in 2008. The Centennial Team plaque is placed in the bottom row on the left-hand side of the image.