Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (T–V)

Sam Thompson, a Hall of Fame and Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame member, holds the Phillies' single-season record for triples (28 in 1894).

The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The team has played officially under two names since beginning play in 1883: the current moniker, as well as the "Quakers", which was used in conjunction with "Phillies" during the team's early history.^[1][2] The team was also known unofficially as the "Blue Jays" during the World War II era.^[3] Since the franchise's inception, 1,892 players have made an appearance in a competitive game for the team, whether as an offensive player (batting and baserunning) or a defensive player (fielding, pitching, or both).

Of those 1,892 Phillies, 58 have had surnames beginning with the letter T, 6 have had names beginning with U, and 24 have had surnames beginning with the letter V. One player, Sam Thompson, has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame; he played ten seasons (1889–1898) for Philadelphia^[4] and set the franchise's record for most triples in a single season in 1894.^[5] The Hall of Fame lists the Phillies as Thompson's primary team,^[6][7] and he is a member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame, as are second baseman Tony Taylor;^[8] Elmer Valo, who was inducted for his contributions as a member of the crosstown Philadelphia Athletics;^[8] and John Vukovich, who was primarily a third baseman during his playing days with the Phillies and was inducted for his years of service to the Phillies.^[8] In addition to three tenures as a player (1970–1971, 1976–1977, 1979–1981),^[9] Vukovich was a coach and team advisor from 1983 to 2004.^[10]

Among the 54 batters in this list, Tuck Turner has the best batting average; he batted .380 in four seasons with Philadelphia.^[11] Other players with an average above .300 include Thompson (.334 in ten seasons),^[4] Cotton Tierney (.317 in one season),^[12] and Andy Tracy (.357 in two seasons).^[13] Chase Utley leads all players on this list with 188 home runs,^[14] and Thompson's 963 runs batted in are best.^[4] In home runs, Jim Thome and Shane Victorino lead all players with surnames starting with T and V, with 96 and 79, respectively;^[15][16] in runs batted in, the U and V leaders are Utley (694) and Victorino (350).^[14][16]

Of this list's 34 pitchers, Bobby Thigpen has the best win–loss record, in terms of winning percentage; he won three games and lost one for a win ratio of .750 in his only season with Philadelphia.^[17] Jack Taylor leads this list with 96 victories and 77 defeats,^[18] and Wayne Twitchell has the most strikeouts, with 573.^[19] Erskine Thomason's 0.00 earned run average (ERA) is the lowest mark on this list;^[20] among pitchers who have allowed an earned run, Kent Tekulve, who holds the franchise's single-season record for appearances by a pitcher,^[21] has the best mark, with a 3.01 ERA.^[22] Among pitchers whose surnames begin with U, Tom Underwood has the best win–loss record, in terms of winning percentage; he won 28 games and lost 20 for a win ratio of .583 in his four seasons with Philadelphia.^[23] Underwood's 28 victories are the best among pitchers on this list whose names begin with U;^[23] Tom Vickery shares the mark among V-named pitchers.^[24] Dutch Ulrich has the most defeats among pitchers whose surnames start with U, with 27 in three seasons.^[25] Underwood has 245 strikeouts, best among the U-named pitchers;^[23] Vickery leads pitchers whose surnames begin with V in that category, with 177.^[24] Al Verdel has the best earned run average (ERA) among pitchers whose surnames start with V; he allowed no runs in his only career appearance for an ERA of 0.00.^[26] Ulrich's 3.48 ERA leads the pitchers whose surnames begin with U.^[25]

Key to symbols in player list(s)

or	Indicates a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; indicates that the Phillies are the player's primary team[H]
§	Indicates a member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
*	Indicates a team record[R]
(#)	A number following a player's name indicates that the number was retired by the Phillies in the player's honor.
Year	Italic text indicates that the player is a member of the Phillies' active (25-man) roster.[27]
Position(s)	Indicates the player's primary position(s)[P]
Notes	Statistics shown only for playing time with Phillies[S]
Ref	References

Jim Tabor hit 14 home runs in two seasons with the Phillies.

So Taguchi batted in nine runs in his only Philadelphia season.

Reggie Taylor was the Phillies' first-round draft pick in 1995.^[28]

Robinson Tejeda won four games and lost three during the 2005 season.

Roy Thomas had two Phillies tenures: from 1899 to 1908, and again from 1910 to 1911.

While with the Phillies, Jim Thome hit his 400th career home run.^[29]

After his baseball career, Jocko Thompson had a bridge in the Netherlands named after him relating to his service in World War II.^[30]

Milt Thompson was an outfielder for Philadelphia from 1986 to 1988, and returned from 1993 to 1994.

Second baseman Joe Thurston had a one-season tenure with the Phillies.

Cannonball Titcomb won no games and lost five with Philadelphia in 1886.

John Titus played ten seasons with the Phillies, batting in 475 runs.

Manny Trillo was the Phillies' starting second baseman during their 1980 World Series-winning season.^[31]

List of players whose surnames begin with T, showing season(s) and position(s) played and selected statistics

Name	Season(s)	Position(s)	Notes	Ref
Taber, LeftyLefty Taber	1926–1927	Pitcher	0–1 record 10.80 earned run average 10 walks	[32]
Tabor, JimJim Tabor	1946–1947	Third baseman	.256 batting average 14 home runs 81 runs batted in	[33]
Taguchi, SoSo Taguchi	2008	Left fielder	.220 batting average 6 extra-base hits 9 runs batted in	[34]
Taitt, DougDoug Taitt	1931–1932	Left fielder	.222 batting average 7 extra-base hits 16 runs batted in	[35]
Tamulis, VitoVito Tamulis	1941	Pitcher	0–1 record 9.00 earned run average 5 strikeouts	[36]
Tartabull, DannyDanny Tartabull	1997	Right fielder	.000 batting average 2 runs scored 11 plate appearances	[37]
Taschner, JackJack Taschner	2009	Pitcher	1–1 record 4.91 earned run average 19 strikeouts	[38]
Tauby, FredFred Tauby	1937	Left fielder Center fielder	.000 batting average 3 runs batted in 2 runs scored	[39]
Taylor, JackJack Taylor	1892–1897	Pitcher	96–77 record 4.34 earned run average 402 strikeouts	[18]
Taylor, ReggieReggie Taylor	2000–2001	Center fielder	.056 batting average 1 hit 2 runs scored	[40]
Taylor, TonyTony Taylor§	1960–1971 1974–1976	Second baseman	.261 batting average 51 home runs 461 runs batted in	[41]
Tejeda, RobinsonRobinson Tejeda	2005	Pitcher	4–3 record 3.57 earned run average 72 strikeouts	[42]
Tekulve, KentKent Tekulve	1985–1988	Pitcher	24–26 record 3.01 earned run average 196 strikeouts	[22]
Telemaco, AmauryAmaury Telemaco	1999–2001 2003–2005	Pitcher	10–15 record 5.08 earned run average 191 strikeouts	[43]
Terlecki, BobBob Terlecki	1972	Pitcher	4.73 earned run average 5 strikeouts 10 walks	[44]
Thevenow, TommyTommy Thevenow	1929–1930	Shortstop	.265 batting average 33 extra-base hits 113 runs batted in	[45]
Thigpen, BobbyBobby Thigpen	1993	Pitcher	3–1 record 6.05 earned run average 10 strikeouts	[17]
Thoenen, DickDick Thoenen	1967	Pitcher	9.00 earned run average 1 run allowed 1 inning pitched	[46]
Thomas, BillBill Thomas	1902	Left fielder	.118 batting average 2 hits 1 run scored	[47]
Thomas, DerrelDerrel Thomas	1985	Shortstop	.207 batting average 4 home runs 12 runs batted in	[48]
Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	1964–1965	First baseman	.282 batting average 8 home runs 33 runs batted in	[49]
Thomas, RoyRoy Thomas	1899–1908 1910–1911	Center fielder	.295 batting average 264 runs batted in 923 runs scored	[50]
Thomas, TommyTommy Thomas	1935	Pitcher	0–1 record 5.25 earned run average 3 strikeouts	[51]
Thomas, ValmyValmy Thomas	1959	Catcher	.200 batting average 1 home run 7 runs batted in	[52]
Thomason, ErskineErskine Thomason	1974	Pitcher	0.00 earned run average 1 inning pitched 1 strikeout	[20]
Thome, JimJim Thome	2003–2005	First baseman	.260 batting average 96 home runs 266 runs batted in	[15]
Thompson, FrescoFresco Thompson	1927–1930	Second baseman	.300 batting average 12 home runs 219 runs batted in	[53]
Thompson, JockoJocko Thompson	1948–1951	Pitcher	6–11 record 4.24 earned run average 81 strikeouts	[54]
Thompson, MiltMilt Thompson	1986–1988 1993–1994	Center fielder Left fielder	.279 batting average 22 home runs 173 runs batted in	[55]
Thompson, SamSam Thompson§	1889–1898	Right fielder	.334 batting average 95 home runs 963 runs batted in	[4]
Thon, DickieDickie Thon	1989–1991	Shortstop	.259 batting average 32 home runs 152 runs batted in	[56]
Thornton, JohnJohn Thornton	1891–1892	Pitcher	15–18 record 4.07 earned run average 54 strikeouts	[57]
Thurston, JoeJoe Thurston	2006	Second baseman	.222 batting average 1 double 3 runs scored	[58]
Tierney, CottonCotton Tierney	1923	Second baseman	.317 batting average 11 home runs 65 runs batted in	[12]
Timlin, MikeMike Timlin	2002	Pitcher	3–3 record 3.79 earned run average 15 strikeouts	[59]
Tincup, BenBen Tincup	1914–1916 1918	Pitcher	8–11 record 2.93 earned run average 124 strikeouts	[60]
Tinsley, LeeLee Tinsley	1996	Left fielder	.135 batting average 7 hits 2 runs batted in	[61]
Titcomb, CannonballCannonball Titcomb	1886	Pitcher	0–5 record 3.73 earned run average 24 strikeouts	[62]
Titus, JohnJohn Titus	1903–1912	Right fielder	.278 batting average 31 home runs 475 runs batted in	[63]
Todd, AlAl Todd	1932–1935	Catcher	.281 batting average 7 home runs 102 runs batted in	[64]
Tolan, BobbyBobby Tolan	1976–1977	First baseman	.253 batting average 5 home runs 36 runs batted in	[65]
Toliver, FreddieFreddie Toliver	1985–1987	Pitcher	1–7 record 4.67 earned run average 68 strikeouts	[66]
Torgeson, EarlEarl Torgeson	1953–1955	First baseman	.272 batting average 17 home runs 135 runs batted in	[67]
Torre, FrankFrank Torre	1962–1963	First baseman	.286 batting average 1 home run 30 runs batted in	[68]
Tovar, CesarCésar Tovar	1973	Third baseman	.268 batting average 1 home run 21 runs batted in	[69]
Townsend, HappyHappy Townsend	1901	Pitcher	9–6 record 3.45 earned run average 72 strikeouts	[70]
Tracy, AndyAndy Tracy	2008–2009	First baseman	.357 batting average 1 triple 2 runs batted in	[13]
Tragesser, WaltWalt Tragesser	1919–1920	Catcher	.221 batting average 6 home runs 34 runs batted in	[71]
Triandos, GusGus Triandos	1964–1965	Catcher	.226 batting average 8 home runs 37 runs batted in	[72]
Trillo, MannyManny Trillo	1979–1982	Second baseman	.277 batting average 19 home runs 160 runs batted in	[73]
Trinkle, KenKen Trinkle	1949	Pitcher	1–1 record 4.00 earned run average 14 strikeouts	[74]
Triplett, CoakerCoaker Triplett	1943–1945	Left fielder	.251 batting average 22 home runs 123 runs batted in	[75]
Tucker, MichaelMichael Tucker	2005	Center fielder	.222 batting average 3 runs batted in 3 runs scored	[76]
Turner, ShaneShane Turner	1988	Third baseman Shortstop	.171 batting average 1 run batted in 1 run scored	[77]
Turner, TuckTuck Turner	1893–1896	Left fielder Right fielder	.380 batting average 140 runs batted in 190 runs scored	[11]
Twitchell, WayneWayne Twitchell	1971–1977	Pitcher	33–43 record 3.57 earned run average 573 strikeouts	[19]
Tyng, JimJim Tyng	1888	Pitcher	4.50 earned run average 2 strikeouts 2 walks	[78]
Tyson, TurkeyTurkey Tyson	1944	Pinch hitter[a]	.000 batting average 1 plate appearance	[79]

Chase Utley leads all batters in this list with 188 home runs as of the end of the 2011 season.

Infielder Wilson Valdez has hit more home runs with Philadelphia than he did with any of the other teams for whom he has played.^[83]

Ben Van Dyke struck out five batters and walked four in the 1909 season.

Andy Van Slyke batted .243 for the Phillies in 1995.

Shane Victorino has stolen 155 bases for the Phillies through the end of 2011.^[16]

Footnotes

Key

• ^H The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum determines which cap a player wears on their plaque, signifying "the team with which he made his most indelible mark". The Hall of Fame considers the player's wishes in making their decision, but the Hall makes the final decision as "it is important that the logo be emblematic of the historical accomplishments of that player’s career".^[103]
• ^P Players are listed at a position if they appeared in 30% of their games or more during their Phillies career, as defined by Baseball-Reference. Additional positions may be shown on the Baseball-Reference website by following each player's citation.
• ^R Franchise batting and pitching leaders are drawn from Baseball-Reference. A total of 1,500 plate appearances are needed to qualify for batting records,^[5] and 500 innings pitched or 50 decisions are required to qualify for pitching records.^[21]
• ^S Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2010 Major League Baseball season.

Table

• ^a Turkey Tyson is listed by Baseball-Reference without a position; he never appeared in a game in the field in his major league career.
• ^b Fred Van Dusen is listed by Baseball-Reference without a position; he never appeared in a game in the field in his major league career.

References

General

• "Philadelphia Phillies Player Career Batting Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2010. 
• "Philadelphia Phillies Player Career Pitching Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2010. 

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