2018 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Citizens Bank Park | |
City | Philadelphia | |
Record | 80–82 (.494) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | John S. Middleton, Bill Giles, David Montgomery | |
General managers | Matt Klentak | |
Managers | Gabe Kapler | |
Television | NBC Sports Philadelphia NBC Sports Philadelphia + NBC Philadelphia (Tom McCarthy, John Kruk, Ben Davis, Mike Schmidt, Gregg Murphy) | |
Radio | Phillies Radio Network WIP SportsRadio 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 2018 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 136th season in the history of the franchise, its 15th season at Citizens Bank Park, and the first season with manager Gabe Kapler. They improved from their 66–96 season in 2017 by posting an 80–82 record, but missed the postseason for the seventh consecutive season. Kapler had the second-most wins among Phillies managers historically after 100 games (56), and under Kapler, the 2018 team improved its end-of-season won-lost record by 14 games. [1] [2]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 43–38 | 47–34 |
Washington Nationals | 82 | 80 | .506 | 8 | 41–40 | 41–40 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 80 | 82 | .494 | 10 | 49–32 | 31–50 |
New York Mets | 77 | 85 | .475 | 13 | 37–44 | 40–41 |
Miami Marlins | 63 | 98 | .391 | 26½ | 38–43 | 25–55 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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Milwaukee Brewers | 96 | 67 | .589 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 71 | .564 |
Atlanta Braves | 90 | 72 | .556 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Chicago Cubs | 95 | 68 | .583 | +4 |
Colorado Rockies | 91 | 72 | .558 | — |
St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | .543 | 2½ |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 79 | .509 | 8 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 82 | 80 | .506 | 8½ |
Washington Nationals | 82 | 80 | .506 | 8½ |
Philadelphia Phillies | 80 | 82 | .494 | 10½ |
New York Mets | 77 | 85 | .475 | 13½ |
San Francisco Giants | 73 | 89 | .451 | 17½ |
Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 95 | .414 | 23½ |
San Diego Padres | 66 | 96 | .407 | 24½ |
Miami Marlins | 63 | 98 | .391 | 27 |
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | LAD | MIA | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
Arizona | — | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 10–10 |
Atlanta | 4–3 | — | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 8–12 |
Chicago | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 11–8 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 11–9 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
Cincinnati | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | — | 2–4 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–14 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 1–6 | 10–10 |
Colorado | 11–8 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | — | 7–13 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 13–7 |
Los Angeles | 8–11 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 13–7 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 14–5 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 12–8 |
Miami | 1–6 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 7–12 | 8–11 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 9–11 |
Milwaukee | 5–1 | 4–3 | 9–11 | 13–6 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 13–7 |
New York | 5–2 | 6–13 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 12–7 | 3–4 | — | 11–8 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 8–12 |
Philadelphia | 2–4 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 8–11 | — | 6–1 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
Pittsburgh | 1–6 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 14–5 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 12–7 | 4–3 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 15–5 |
San Diego | 7–12 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 5–14 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | — | 8–11 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 7–13 |
San Francisco | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | — | 2–5 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
St. Louis | 3–3 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 5–2 | — | 5–2 | 11–9 |
Washington | 5–2 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | — | 9–11 |
The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.
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All players who made an appearance for the Phillies during 2018 are included. [13]
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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César Hernández | 161 | 605 | 91 | 153 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 60 | 19 | 95 | .253 | .362 |
Carlos Santana | 161 | 560 | 82 | 128 | 28 | 2 | 24 | 86 | 2 | 110 | .229 | .414 |
Rhys Hoskins | 153 | 558 | 89 | 137 | 38 | 0 | 34 | 96 | 5 | 87 | .246 | .496 |
Odúbel Herrera | 148 | 550 | 64 | 140 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 71 | 5 | 38 | .255 | .420 |
Scott Kingery | 147 | 452 | 55 | 102 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 10 | 24 | .226 | .338 |
Maikel Franco | 131 | 433 | 48 | 117 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 68 | 1 | 29 | .270 | .467 |
Nick Williams | 140 | 407 | 53 | 104 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 50 | 3 | 32 | .256 | .425 |
Jorge Alfaro | 108 | 344 | 35 | 90 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 18 | .262 | .407 |
Aaron Altherr | 105 | 243 | 28 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 36 | .181 | .333 |
Andrew Knapp | 84 | 187 | 19 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 24 | .198 | .316 |
Asdrúbal Cabrera | 49 | 171 | 20 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 12 | .228 | .392 |
Roman Quinn | 50 | 131 | 13 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | .260 | .412 |
J. P. Crawford | 49 | 117 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 13 | .214 | .393 |
Wilson Ramos | 33 | 89 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 10 | .337 | .483 |
Jesmuel Valentín | 46 | 79 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .177 | .304 |
Pedro Florimón | 50 | 71 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .225 | .423 |
Justin Bour | 29 | 49 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .224 | .347 |
José Bautista | 27 | 45 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | .244 | .467 |
Dylan Cozens | 26 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .158 | .289 |
Mitch Walding | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .059 | .235 |
Trevor Plouffe | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 266 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | .105 | .147 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5424 | 677 | 1270 | 241 | 30 | 186 | 653 | 69 | 582 | .234 | .393 |
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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Aaron Nola | 17 | 6 | 2.37 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 212.1 | 149 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 224 |
Jake Arrieta | 10 | 11 | 3.96 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 172.2 | 165 | 93 | 76 | 57 | 138 |
Nick Pivetta | 7 | 14 | 4.77 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 164.0 | 163 | 91 | 87 | 51 | 188 |
Vince Velasquez | 9 | 12 | 4.85 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 146.2 | 138 | 83 | 79 | 59 | 161 |
Zach Eflin | 11 | 8 | 4.36 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 128.0 | 130 | 69 | 62 | 37 | 123 |
Tommy Hunter | 5 | 4 | 3.80 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 64.0 | 65 | 28 | 27 | 15 | 51 |
Victor Arano | 1 | 2 | 2.73 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 59.1 | 54 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 60 |
Seranthony Dominguez | 2 | 5 | 2.95 | 53 | 0 | 16 | 58.0 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 74 |
Adam Morgan | 0 | 2 | 3.83 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 49.1 | 49 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 50 |
Héctor Neris | 1 | 3 | 5.10 | 53 | 0 | 11 | 47.2 | 46 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 76 |
Luis García | 3 | 1 | 6.07 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 49 | 31 | 31 | 18 | 51 |
Edubray Ramos | 3 | 1 | 2.32 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 42.2 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 42 |
Yacksel Ríos | 3 | 2 | 6.75 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 43 | 28 | 27 | 15 | 36 |
Austin Davis | 1 | 2 | 4.15 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 34.2 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 38 |
Pat Neshek | 3 | 2 | 2.59 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 24.1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
Ben Lively | 0 | 2 | 6.85 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23.2 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 22 |
Drew Hutchison | 1 | 1 | 4.64 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 19 |
Enyel De Los Santos | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19.0 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 15 |
Mark Leiter Jr. | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
Jake Thompson | 1 | 0 | 4.96 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 16.1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
Ranger Suárez | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
Drew Anderson | 0 | 1 | 4.97 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12.2 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
Zac Curtis | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
Luis Avilán | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Jerad Eickhoff | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
Hoby Milner | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Aaron Loup | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Pedro Florimón | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Roman Quinn | 0 | 0 | 37.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Scott Kingery | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jesmuel Valentin | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Team Totals | 80 | 82 | 4.14 | 162 | 162 | 44 | 1445.2 | 1366 | 728 | 665 | 500 | 1465 |
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