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Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame

Established	1978
Location	1 Citizens Bank Way Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

The Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame is a special display at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It used to be called the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame. This exhibit features many plaques that honor important players and staff. These people made big contributions to baseball in Philadelphia. They played for either the Philadelphia Phillies or the old Philadelphia Athletics teams.

Each person added to the Wall of Fame gets a metal plaque. This plaque shows their face, their role with the team, and the years they played. It also includes a short summary of their amazing achievements. As of 2024, 73 people have been honored. Forty-eight of them were from the Phillies, and 25 were from the Athletics.

History of the Wall of Fame

The Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame started in 1978. It was first located inside Veterans Stadium. At first, the Phillies honored important people from their own team's past. They also honored members of the old Philadelphia Athletics team. The Athletics played in Philadelphia from 1901 until they moved in 1954.

The very first ceremony was on September 8, 1978. Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts and Athletics manager Connie Mack were the first two people inducted. For many years, the Phillies added one person from their team and one from the Athletics each year. The only exception was in 1983. That year, they only inducted the 13 members of their special Centennial Team.

When Veterans Stadium closed in 2003, the plaques were moved. The Phillies plaques went to the Ashburn Alley area of the new Citizens Bank Park. The Athletics plaques moved to a historical society building. In 2004, when Citizens Bank Park opened, a single plaque with all the Athletics inductees was placed near a statue of Connie Mack. Since then, the Phillies only induct members from their own team. They also changed the name to the "Phillies Wall of Fame."

In 2017, Pete Rose was announced as an inductee. However, just ten days before the ceremony, the Phillies announced Rose would not be inducted. The Phillies did not induct a new member that year. Instead, they honored past members.

Before the 2018 season, the Wall of Fame moved again. It is now behind the left-field scoreboard at Citizens Bank Park. This new area also shows other parts of Phillies history. You can see large copies of their World Series trophies from 1980 and 2008. There are also statues of players whose jersey numbers were retired.

In 2022, the Phillies changed their tradition. They inducted two members instead of one. These were outfielder Bake McBride and pitcher Ron Reed. Both were part of the 1980 championship team. In 2023, they inducted three members: owner Ruly Carpenter, general manager John Quinn, and third baseman Scott Rolen. In 2024, David Montgomery was inducted. In 2025, Jimmy Rollins and Ed Wade were inducted.

Who is Inducted?

Connie Mack, inducted 1978

Jim Bunning, inducted 1984

Mike Schmidt, inducted 1990

Juan Samuel, inducted 2008

Harry Kalas, inducted 2009

The Wall of Fame aims to honor the best players in Phillies and Athletics history. To be chosen, players usually need to be retired. They also must have played at least four years with either team. However, some non-players have also been inducted. These are people who made big contributions to the team.

For example, Connie Mack was the Athletics' first inductee. He played baseball for 11 years. But he is best known for being a manager. So, he was honored for his managing career. Some people are inducted for helping in many ways. Paul Owens, inducted in 1988, worked for the Phillies for 48 years. He was a scout, manager, general manager, and team executive.

The Phillies have inducted players from many positions. This includes first basemen, second basemen, third basemen, shortstops, and catchers. They have also honored outfielders and pitchers. Other inductees include managers, general managers, coaches, team executives, and sportscasters.

Twenty-five members of the Wall of Fame are also in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. All the inductees from the first four years (from both teams) are Hall of Famers. Del Ennis was the first person inducted who was not in the Hall of Fame.

The Phillies have retired jersey numbers for 12 players. All of these players have also been inducted into the Wall of Fame. These include Robin Roberts (1978), Richie Ashburn (1979), Chuck Klein (1980), Grover Cleveland Alexander (1981), Jim Bunning (1984), Steve Carlton (1989), Mike Schmidt (1990), Dick Allen (1994), Roy Halladay (2021), Ed Delahanty (2025), Billy Hamilton (2025), and Sam Thompson (2025).

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	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
Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame
Inducted	Player	Team	Position	Years	Ref
2004	Hamilton, BillyBilly Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	1890–1895
2005	Boone, BobBob Boone		C	1972–1982
2006	Green, DallasDallas Green		P MGR	1960–1967 1979–1981
2007	Vukovich, JohnJohn Vukovich		INF CO EXEC	1970–1971, 1976–1981 1988–2004 2004–2007
2008	Samuel, JuanJuan Samuel		2B CO	1983–1989 2011–2017
2009	Kalas, HarryHarry Kalas		TV	1971–2009
2010	Daulton, DarrenDarren Daulton		C	1983 1985–1997
2011	Kruk, JohnJohn Kruk		1B TV	1989–1994 2017–present
2012	Lieberthal, MikeMike Lieberthal		C	1994–2006
2013	Schilling, CurtCurt Schilling		P	1992–2000
2014	Manuel, CharlieCharlie Manuel		MGR CO	2005–2013, 2019
2015	Burrell, PatPat Burrell		OF	2000–2008
2016	Thome, JimJim Thome		1B	2003–2005, 2012
2017	No inductees
2018	Gillick, PatPat Gillick	Philadelphia Phillies	GM EXEC	2005–2008 2008–present
2018	Halladay, RoyRoy Halladay		P	2010–2013
2019	Abreu, BobbyBobby Abreu		OF	1998–2006
2021	Trillo, MannyManny Trillo		2B	1979–1982
2022	McBride, BakeBake McBride		RF/CF	1977–1981
	Reed, RonRon Reed		P	1976–1983
2023	Carpenter, RulyRuly Carpenter		EXEC	1963–1981
	Quinn, JohnJohn Quinn		GM	1959–1972
	Rolen, ScottScott Rolen		3B	1996–2002
2024	Montgomery, DavidDavid Montgomery		EXEC	1971–2019
2025	Rollins, JimmyJimmy Rollins		SS	2000–2014
	Wade, EdEd Wade		GM	1998–2005

The Centennial Team

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

In 1983, the Phillies chose their "Centennial Team" instead of inducting a new player. This team honored the best players from the first 100 years of the Phillies' history. The Centennial Team includes players from different times in the team's past.

A special plaque lists all the players chosen for this team. It is located at the left end of the Wall of Fame. Eleven members of the Centennial Team also have their own individual plaques on the Wall. Only Jim Konstanty and Pete Rose from this team do not have their own separate plaques.

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.

External Links

• Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society