Day 14: Phillies/Rockies

Phillies/Rockies

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Phillies

Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Larry Bowa, Robin Roberts,

Mike Schmidt

Career highlights and awards

    World Series champion (1980)

    World Series MVP (1980)

    12× All-Star (1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989)

    8× NL home run champion (1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986)

    4× NL RBI champion (1980, 1981, 1984, 1986)

    10× Gold Glove Award (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986)

    6× Silver Slugger Award (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986)

    3× NL MVP (1980, 1981, 1986)

    5× NL Player of the Month (April 1976, July 1979, May 1980, August 1981, July 1982)

    Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1983)

    4 home runs in one game (April 17, 1976)

    Philadelphia Phillies No. 20 retired

    Major League Baseball All-Century Team

    Major League Baseball All-Time Team

Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Induction 1995

Vote     96.5% (first ballot)

Steve Carlton

Career highlights and awards

    10× All-Star (1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)

    2× World Series champion (1967, 1980)

    Gold Glove Award winner (1981)

    4× NL Cy Young Award winner (1972, 1977, 1980, 1982)

    Philadelphia Phillies #32 retired

Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Induction 1994

Vote     95.8% (first ballot)

Larry Bowa

Career highlights and awards

    5× All-Star selection (1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979)

    World Series champion (1980)

    2× Gold Glove Award winner (1972, 1978)

    2001 NL Manager of the Year

Robin Roberts

Career highlights and awards

    7× All Star (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)

    1962 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

    Philadelphia Phillies #36 retired

Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Induction 1976

Vote     86.86%

(http://en.wikipedia.org/ for Phillies stats)

Honorable Mention:

Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, Tug McGraw, Darren Daulton, John Kruk

Rockies

Todd Helton, Larry Walker, Dante Bichette, Vinny Castillo

Todd Helton- The greatest Colorado Rockies player to date, Helton has put together an impressive career since getting into the lineup in 1997. He leads club categories in games played (1661), RBIs (1,116), hits (1957), homeruns (310) and doubles (471). Helton has played for 12 seasons with the Rockies and has been selected to five All-Star games 2000-2004. He has won three Gold Gloves at first base, 2001, 2002 and 2004. He won the 2000 N.L. Hank Aaron Award and been a Silver Slugger four times 2000-2003. 2000 saw him finish the year with an amazing .372 batting average. He currently has an amazing career fielding percentage of .996 and .328 batting average.

Larry Walker- The only Colorado Rocky to win the National League MVP Award (1997), Walker is second in every category to Todd Helton in games played, hits, homeruns and RBIs. Part of the prolific offense at Coors, Walker played in 1,170 games and had a career .334 batting average with the club. He won six Gold Gloves in the outfield in 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002. He represented the Rockies in four All-Star games 1997-2001. Walker also picked up Silver Slugger awards in 1997 and 1999. The pickup of Walker in 1995 is credited with putting the Rockies in position to get into the playoffs where they would lose to the eventual World Series Champions Atlanta Braves in the first round 3-1.

Dante Bichette - Part of the inaugural team that took the field in 1993, Bichette would play for seven years with the Rockies from 1993-1999. He finished second in the voting for N.L. MVP in 1995, his best year with the Rockies batting .340 and helping the team to its first post-season berth. He is third all-time in hits and RBIs for the Rockies with 1,278 and 826. Bichette also played in 1,018 games as a Rocky, third most for the club. Bichette represented the Rockies in four All-Star games, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1998 and won a Silver Slugger Award in 1995.

Vinny Castilla - Castilla played mostly third base with the Rockies for 8 seasons (1993-1999, 2004) and 15 games in 2006 to retire as a Colorado Rocky. Also part of the “Blake Street” crew, he is third in franchise homeruns, 226, and fourth in hits with 1, 073. He was an All-Star twice in 1995 and 1998. Castilla won N.L. Silver Slugger Awards in 1995, 1997 and 1998. He finished with a .297 average for his career with the franchise.

http://www.mlbcenter.com/articles/mlb-bst/best-rockies-all-time_010909.html

Honorable Mention:

Troy Tulowitzki, Walt Weiss, Andres Galarraga, Eric Young