2013 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Citizens Bank Park | |
City | Philadelphia | |
Record | 73–89 (.451) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Bill Giles David Montgomery | |
General managers | Rubén Amaro, Jr. | |
Managers | Charlie Manuel (through August 16) Ryne Sandberg (interim: August 16 – September 29) | |
Television | Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Comcast Network Philadelphia PHL17 (MyNetworkTV) (Tom McCarthy, Chris Wheeler, Gary Matthews) | |
Radio | Phillies Radio Network WPHT 1210 AM & WIP 94.1 FM (English) (Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, Jim Jackson) WTTM (Spanish) (Danny Martinez, Bill Kulik, Rickie Ricardo) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The Philadelphia Phillies 2013 season was the 131st season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies played their first game of the season against the Atlanta Braves on April 1.
On April 5, the Kansas City Royals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 13–4, spoiling their home opener with a sellout crowd of 45,307 at Citizens Bank Park. The interleague matchup was a rare one between teams who first met in the 1980 World Series, as the Royals previously only visited Philadelphia in 2004. Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and George Brett, rivals when the Phillies beat the Royals to win their first championship 33 years earlier, threw out the first pitches (along with SNL's Joe Piscopo). [1]
On August 16, 2013, the Phillies fired manager Charlie Manuel replacing him with third base coach Ryne Sandberg on an interim basis. [2] At the time, the Phillies were 53–67, and Manuel had exactly 1,000 wins with the Phillies, a milestone he achieved on August 12. [3] The league and fan base mostly expressed sadness and gratitude to Manuel for his tenure. [4] Several Phillies veterans, including Chase Utley and Cole Hamels, expressed regret and guilt feeling their lack of production led to Manuel's firing; they viewed Manuel as a fatherly figure. [5] Sandberg commented the next day, "It was a roller coaster of a day emotionally. It affected me and I think it affects the players." [6] Manuel received significant accolades within the media for his class in handling the situation, [2] while the Phillies organization, namely general manager Rubén Amaro, Jr., were criticized within the media for firing Manuel at that point in the season, [7] [8] as well as for not having better players. [9] [10] [11]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 56–25 | 40–41 |
Washington Nationals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 10 | 47–34 | 39–42 |
New York Mets | 74 | 88 | .457 | 22 | 33–48 | 41–40 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 89 | .451 | 23 | 43–38 | 30–51 |
Miami Marlins | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34 | 36–45 | 26–55 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 65 | .599 |
Atlanta Braves | 96 | 66 | .593 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 70 | .568 |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 94 | 68 | .580 | +4 |
Cincinnati Reds | 90 | 72 | .556 | — |
Washington Nationals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 4 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 81 | 81 | .500 | 9 |
San Francisco Giants | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 |
San Diego Padres | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 |
Colorado Rockies | 74 | 88 | .457 | 16 |
New York Mets | 74 | 88 | .457 | 16 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 16 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 89 | .451 | 17 |
Chicago Cubs | 66 | 96 | .407 | 24 |
Miami Marlins | 62 | 100 | .383 | 28 |
Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | LAD | MIA | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
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Arizona | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 11–9 |
Atlanta | 4–2 | — | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 11–9 |
Chicago | 3–4 | 1–5 | — | 5–14 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 13–7 |
Cincinnati | 4–3 | 3–4 | 14–5 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–9 |
Colorado | 7–12 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 4–2 | — | 10–9 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 5–15 |
Los Angeles | 9–10 | 2–5 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 9–10 | — | 5–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 12–8 |
Miami | 2–4 | 6–13 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 2–5 | — | 1–5 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 5–14 | 9–11 |
Milwaukee | 1–6 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–2 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–14 | 3–4 | 6–14 |
New York | 4–3 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | — | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 11–9 |
Philadelphia | 4–3 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 9–10 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 8–11 | 7–13 |
Pittsburgh | 3–3 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 4–3 | — | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 15–5 |
San Diego | 12–7 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | — | 8–11 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 8–12 |
San Francisco | 12–7 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 11–8 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–14 |
St. Louis | 3–4 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — | 6–0 | 10–10 |
Washington | 4–2 | 6–13 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 14–5 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 0–6 | — | 11–9 |
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All players who made an appearance for the Phillies during 2013 are included. [17]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Jimmy Rollins | 160 | 600 | 65 | 151 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 59 | .252 | .348 |
Domonic Brown | 139 | 496 | 65 | 135 | 21 | 4 | 27 | 83 | 8 | 39 | .272 | .494 |
Chase Utley | 131 | 476 | 73 | 135 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 69 | 8 | 45 | .284 | .475 |
Michael Young | 126 | 408 | 49 | 129 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 42 | .276 | .395 |
John Mayberry Jr. | 134 | 353 | 47 | 80 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 5 | 27 | .227 | .391 |
Ben Revere | 88 | 315 | 37 | 96 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 16 | .305 | .352 |
Carlos Ruiz | 92 | 310 | 30 | 83 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 18 | .268 | .368 |
Ryan Howard | 80 | 286 | 34 | 76 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 23 | .266 | .465 |
Delmon Young | 80 | 272 | 22 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 14 | .261 | .397 |
Kevin Frandsen | 119 | 252 | 27 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 12 | .234 | .341 |
Darin Ruf | 73 | 251 | 36 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 33 | .247 | .458 |
Freddy Galvis | 70 | 205 | 13 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 13 | .234 | .385 |
Erik Kratz | 68 | 197 | 21 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 18 | .213 | .386 |
Cody Asche | 50 | 162 | 18 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 15 | .235 | .389 |
Laynce Nix | 81 | 128 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .180 | .258 |
César Hernández | 34 | 121 | 17 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | .289 | .331 |
Roger Bernadina | 27 | 75 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .187 | .347 |
Humberto Quintero | 24 | 64 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .406 |
Michael Martínez | 29 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .175 | .175 |
Casper Wells | 12 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .042 | .083 |
John McDonald | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .174 | .304 |
Pete Orr | 15 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 |
Ezequiel Carrera | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .077 | .077 |
Cameron Rupp | 4 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .385 |
Steve Susdorf | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .286 |
Steven Lerud | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 280 | 17 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 12 | .143 | .189 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5456 | 610 | 1355 | 255 | 32 | 140 | 578 | 73 | 417 | .248 | .384 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Cliff Lee | 14 | 8 | 2.87 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 222.2 | 193 | 77 | 71 | 32 | 222 |
Cole Hamels | 8 | 14 | 3.60 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 220.0 | 205 | 94 | 88 | 50 | 202 |
Kyle Kendrick | 10 | 13 | 4.70 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 182.0 | 207 | 104 | 95 | 47 | 110 |
Jonathan Pettibone | 5 | 4 | 4.04 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 100.1 | 109 | 50 | 45 | 38 | 66 |
John Lannan | 3 | 6 | 5.33 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 74.1 | 86 | 48 | 44 | 27 | 38 |
Roy Halladay | 4 | 5 | 6.82 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 62.0 | 55 | 48 | 47 | 36 | 51 |
Jonathan Papelbon | 5 | 1 | 2.92 | 61 | 0 | 29 | 61.2 | 59 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 57 |
Tyler Cloyd | 2 | 7 | 6.56 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 60.1 | 83 | 45 | 44 | 25 | 41 |
Justin De Fratus | 3 | 3 | 3.86 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | 45 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 42 |
Antonio Bastardo | 3 | 2 | 2.32 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 42.2 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 47 |
Ethan Martin | 2 | 5 | 6.08 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 40.0 | 42 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 47 |
Jake Diekman | 1 | 4 | 2.58 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
Raúl Valdés | 1 | 1 | 7.46 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 42 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 37 |
Luis García | 1 | 1 | 3.73 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 23 |
Zach Miner | 0 | 2 | 4.40 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 28.2 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 20 |
Jeremy Horst | 0 | 2 | 6.23 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 21 |
Mike Adams | 1 | 4 | 3.96 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 23 |
J. C. Ramírez | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 16 |
Joe Savery | 2 | 0 | 3.15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
B.J. Rosenberg | 2 | 0 | 4.58 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 19.2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
Phillippe Aumont | 1 | 3 | 4.19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 19 |
Michael Stutes | 3 | 1 | 4.58 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
César Jiménez | 1 | 1 | 3.71 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
Chad Durbin | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 16 |
Mauricio Robles | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Casper Wells | 0 | 1 | 67.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
John McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team Totals | 73 | 89 | 4.32 | 162 | 162 | 32 | 1436.1 | 1465 | 749 | 689 | 506 | 1199 |
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