Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres - Wrapping Up 1st Half

2025 Chachi 2005 Topps Missing Links #5

2005 Topps #392

Friday, July 11th - 9:40
Saturday, July 12th - 7:35
Sunday, July 13th - 4:10

Petco Park - San Diego, CA
There are theme tickets available for each of these three games, but otherwise no park-wide giveaways or promotions.

Philadelphia Phillies 54-39
1st Place in the N.L. East, 1 1/2 games ahead of the Mets

Phillies Probables
Ranger Suarez (7-2, 1.99)
Zack Wheeler (9-3, 2.17)
Cristopher Sanchez (7-2, 2.59)

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Trea Turner - .294
Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 65
Home Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 29
RBIs:  Kyle Schwarber - 68
Stolen Bases:  Trea Turner - 24

Wins:  Zack Wheeler - 9
ERA:  Zack Wheeler - 2.17
Strikeouts:  Zack Wheeler - 148
Saves:  Jordan Romano - 8

San Diego Padres 50-43
3rd Place in the N.L. West, 5 1/2 games behind the Dodgers

Padres Probables
Ryan Bergert (1-0, 2.67)
Yu Darvish (0-1, 4.91)
Nick Pivetta (9-2, 3.07)

Padres Leaders
Average:  Manny Machado - .291
Runs:  Fernando Tatis - 64
Home Runs:  Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis - 16
RBIs:  Manny Machado - 54
Stolen Bases:  Fernando Tatis - 19

Wins:  Nick Pivetta - 9
ERA:  Nick Pivetta - 3.07

Strikeouts:  Dylan Cease - 129
Saves:  Robert Suarez - 27

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Phillies at Astros: October 28th to October 29th

2022 Chachi Fan Favorites #32

2022 Chachi Fan Favorites #34

Friday and Saturday 8:03
Minute Maid Park - Houston, TX

At the Ballpark:  The Phillies are returning to the World Series for the first time since 2009, with the Astros coming to the Fall Classic for the fourth time since 2017.  Houston won it all in 2017 in seven games against the Dodgers, lost in seven games in 2019 to the Nationals and lost in six games in 2021 against the Braves.  Only the Dodgers with 111 had more regular season wins than the Astros who had 106.  Houston swept both the Mariners in the ALDS and the Yankees in the ALCS to advance to the World Series.

Phillies 87-75
Defeated Padres in NLCS, 4-1

Phillies Probables
Aaron Nola (2-1, 3.12)
Zack Wheeler (1-1, 1.78)

Phillies Postseason Leaders
Average:  Bryce Harper - .419
Runs:  Bryce Harper - 10
Home Runs:  Bryce Harper and Rhys Hoskins - 5
RBIs:  Bryce Harper and Rhys Hoskins - 11
Stolen Bases:  Kyle Schwarber - 2

Wins:  Brad Hand and Aaron Nola - 2
ERA:  Zack Wheeler - 1.78

Strikeouts:  Zack Wheeler - 25
Saves:  Four tied with - 1

Astros 106-56
Defeated Yankees in ALCS, 4-0

Astros Probables
Justin Verlander (1-0, 6.30)
Framber Valdez (1-0, 1.42)

Astros Postseason Leaders
Average:  Yuli Gurriel - .367
Runs:  Jeremy Pena - 7
Home Runs:  Jeremy Pena - 3
RBIs:  Yordan Alvarez - 8
Stolen Bases:  Yuli Gurriel and Kyle Tucker - 1

Wins:  Hector Neris - 2
ERA:  Framber Valdez - 1.42

Strikeouts:  Framber Valdez - 15
Saves:  Ryan Pressly - 4

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Game 3 - Bats Go Cold, A's Avoid Sweep

2004 Fleer Tradition #491

Athletics 4, Phillies 1
Game 3 - Sunday Afternoon, April 10th in Philadelphia
Record - 2-1, 2nd Place, 1/2 game behind the Mets

One Sentence Summary:  On a cold, overcast day at the ballpark, the Phillies bats went cold and the Athletics won, 4-1, avoiding the series sweep.

What It Means:  No rest for the chilly, as the Mets will come to town for a three-game set beginning on Monday night.  Ranger Suarez and Zack Wheeler will start the first two games of the series in their season debuts.

What Happened:  The Phillies managed three hits - a bunt single from Garrett Stubbs, a line drive to left from Johan Camargo and a solo home run in the ninth by Jean Segura.  Zach Eflin labored through four innings of work, but didn't allow a run.  Bailey Falter and Damon Jones each gave up a pair of runs in relief.

Featured Card:  Several years ago, I spent an enjoyable few months adding my entire Phillies baseball card collection to an Excel file so that I could easily sort and manage my collection.  I've updated the file each time a new Phillies card has been added to the actual Phillies Room over the years.  With no discernible highlight from this lifeless baseball game, I was curious to know the last time there was a baseball card with just members of the Phillies and Athletics on it.  According to my spreadsheet, that would be this card from the 2004 Fleer Tradition set, featuring a trio of pitching prospects.

While I'm bummed the Phillies lost this game, at least I get to soften the blow by posting a card of former Phillies reliever Geoff Geary.

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2007 Philadelphia Phillies Photo Cards

Number of Cards:  43
Card Size:  4" x 6"
Description:  Full color photos are surrounded by a blue border (for pitchers) or a red border (for everyone else) with the player's name featured prominently in blue or red at the top of each card.  The Citizens Bank Park logo can be found in one of the four corners on the fronts.  Ryan Howard's card, from the first version of this set, contains a gold badge commemorating his 2006 N.L. MVP win.  An updated set was issued after the All-Star break containing a second version of Howard's card omitting the gold badge.  The horizontal card backs feature biographical information and complete career statistics.

How Distributed:  The original 36-card set was available for sale at Citizens Bank Park throughout the first half of the season.  Early in the second half of the season, 7 new cards were added to the set with 6 cards removed.  I'll take a closer look at the additions and subtractions below.

Complete Standard Checklist (Unnumbered, presented here alphabetically with position on the front of cards, uniform number on backs): 

1. Antonio Alfonseca (#57 - RHP)           2. Rod Barajas (#2 - C) 3. Mick Billmeyer (#17 - CO) 4. Pat Burrell (#5 - LF) 5. Fabio Castro (#52 - LHP) 6. Chris Coste (#27 - C/INF) 7. Greg Dobbs (#19 - INF/OF) 8. Rich Dubee (#30 - CO) 9. Adam Eaton (#23 - RHP) 10. Freddy Garcia (#34 - RHP) 11. Karim Garcia (#10 - OF)   12. Geoff Geary (#56 - RHP)

13. Tom Gordon (#45 - RHP) 14. Cole Hamels (#35 - LHP) 15. Wes Helms (#18 - 3B) 16. Ramon Henderson (#31 - CO) 17. Ryan Howard (#6 - 1B, MVP Logo)           18. Jon Lieber (#21 - RHP) 19. Davey Lopes (#15 - CO) 20. Ryan Madson (#63 - RHP) 21. Charlie Manuel (#41 - MG) 22. Jamie Moyer (#50 - LHP) 23. Brett Myers (#39 - RHP) 24. Abraham Nunez (#3 - INF)

25. Jimmy Rollins (#11 - SS) 26. Aaron Rowand (#33 - CF) 27. Carlos Ruiz (#51 - C) 28. Matt Smith (#40 - LHP)           29. Steve Smith (#7 - CO) 30. Milt Thompson (#25 - CO) 31. Chase Utley (#26 - 2B) 32. Shane Victorino (#8 - RF) 33. Jayson Werth (#28 - OF) 34. Jimy Williams (#22 - CO) 35. Phillie Phanatic 36. Phillies Broadcasters

Complete Update Checklist, 2nd Version:  

1. Michael Bourn (#9 - OF) 2. Ryan Howard (#6 - 1B, No MVP Logo)           3. Kyle Kendrick (#38 - RHP)

4. Jose Mesa (#49 - RHP) 5. J.C. Romero (#16 - LHP)

6. Francisco Rosario (#54 - RHP)           7. Mike Zagurski (#59 - LHP)

One and Only Phillies Baseball Card (1):  K. Garcia

First Appearance in Phillies Team Issued Set (17):  Alfonseca, Barajas, Bourn, Castro, Coste, Dobbs, Eaton, F. Garcia, Helms, Kendrick, Moyer, Romero, Rosario, Ruiz, M. Smith, Werth, Zagurski
Returning Players in Phillies Team Issued Set (15):  Burrell, Geary, Gordon, Hamels, Howard (2), Lieber, Madson, Mesa, Myers, Nunez, Rollins, Rowand, Utley, Victorino

Manager (1):  Manuel
Coaches (7):  Billmeyer, Dubee, Henderson, Lopes, S. Smith, Thompson, Williams
Phillie Phanatic (1):  This is one of the strangest Phanatic cards from all the team issued sets.  The card is horizontal and someone played picture putty with the fans in the background of the photo to create a multi-colored psychedelic design.
Broadcasters (1):  Scott Graham got the boot and was replaced by Gary Matthews in the booth.  Sarge is joined on this card by Harry Kalas, Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen and Chris Wheeler.

Here's the rationale for the six cards removed from the second version of the set available for sale at some point early in the second half of the season:

Karim Garcia - Released by the Phillies on March 28th, prior to opening day.

Matt Smith - Sent down to Ottawa on April 26th and had Tommy John surgery on July 3rd.

Fabio Castro - Spent most of the summer in Triple-A Ottawa, spending three weeks with the club between late April and mid-May.

Freddy Garcia - Went on the disabled list on June 9th, not to return.

Ryan Howard (MVP Logo) - For reasons we'll never know, the Phillies replaced the Howard card with an MVP logo with a logo-less version for the second edition of the set.

Jon Lieber - Went on the disabled list on June 23rd, not to return.

And the seven cards added to the second version of the set:

Michael Bourn - Made the club's opening day roster.

Francisco Rosario - Recalled on April 9th, but was on the disabled list from mid-June through the end of August.

Mike Zagurski - Had two different stints with the club, first getting recalled on May 25th.

Jose Mesa - Rejoined the Phillies on June 9th after being released by the Tigers.

Kyle Kendrick - Called up on June 13th from Ottawa and never went back down.

J.C. Romero - Joined the team on June 29th after being claimed off waivers from the Red Sox.

Ryan Howard (No MVP Logo) - See above.

Surprises/Omissions:  The inclusion of a Karim Garcia is somewhat of a surprise, and the checklist's creator swung and missed on predicting the team's opening day roster.  Bourn, and three relievers who made the club out of spring training were completely overlooked - Clay Condrey, Zack Segovia and Joe Bisenius.

The annual ALS Phestival was held on May 21st this season.  Looking at the Phillies' active roster at the time of the Phestival, only Condrey and reliever Yoel Hernandez were without photo cards.

The second version of the set couldn't have been released prior to early July, as Romero was added to the roster on June 29th.  Looking at the team's roster for their first home game following the All-Star Break on July 13th, pitchers Brian Sanches, J.D. Durbin and Anderson Garcia were all active and in the bullpen but not included in the updated second version of the set.

Variations/Rarities:  As I learned after publishing my original post on this set back in December 2014, Steve let me know there were cards made in the style of this set for Geoff Jenkins and Brad Lidge, both added in the 2007-2008 offseason.  The Lidge card I have in my collection has a completely blank back.  Rick added there are cards with facsimile autographs for four of the team's stars:

Facsimile Autographs        1. Pat Burrell (#5 - LF) 2. Ryan Howard (#6 - 1B) 3. Jimmy Rollins (#11 - SS)           4. Chase Utley (#26 - 2B) Offseason Additions 1. Geoff Jenkins (OF) 2. Brad Lidge (RHP) Also See:  The Phillies and Upper Deck gave away a pack of baseball cards on Alumni Night featuring 25 regular cards and 10 "Vintage" cards featuring Phillies alumni.  The alumni cards only came one per pack, making them much harder to track down.

Resources:  Phillies collectors Steve and Rick (@rickphils).

This set was originally featured in a post back in December 2014, and I'm going to slowly go through some of these team issued set posts and update them with new information gleaned (if any) over the past nearly six years.

2006 Philadelphia Phillies Photo Cards / 2008 Philadelphia Phillies Photo Cards

2000-Present Phillies Team-Issued Photo Cards Want List / Phillies Team Issued Sets Index Page

2000-25 Philadelphia Phillies Photocards Want List

2006 Phillies Team Issue Update

2001 Update (5 Needed) - Dave Coggin, Felipe Crespo, Brandon Duckworth, Todd Pratt, Jose Santiago

2004 (1 Needed) - Lou Collier

2005 (1 Needed) - Chris Roberson

2007 (1 Needed) - Geoff Jenkins

2007 Phillies Alumni (12 Needed) - Rico Brogna, Marty Bystrom, Larry Christenson, Darren Daulton, Terry Harmon, Von Hayes, Ricky Jordan, Dickie Noles (5 x 7), Mike Rogodzinski, Kent Tekulve, Bob Walk, Mitch Williams

2008 (3 Needed) - J.A. Happ (Lehigh Valley), Lou Marion (Reading) Matt Stairs

2008 Phillies Alumni (10 Needed) - Larry Andersen, Jeff Brantley, Larry Christenson, Gene Garber, Dallas Green, Ricky Jordan, Gary Matthews, Mike Rogodzinski, Juan Samuel, Del Unser

2009 (4 Needed) - Kyle Drabek (Reading), Placido Polanco, Michael Taylor (Reading), Jayson Werth (Home Run Derby)

2009 Phillies Alumni (5 Needed) - Ricky Bottalico, John Kruk, Dickie Noles, Juan Samuel, Tony Taylor

2010 2nd Edition (1 Needed) - Jesus Tiamo

2010-22 Phillies Alumni (1 Needed) - Rick Wise (Posed pitching photo - 2010 copyright)

2012 1st Edition (1 Needed) - Broadcasters (Look for a 39-card set)

2013 2nd Edition (1 Needed) - John Mizerock

2015 2nd Edition (1 Needed) - Jerad Eickhoff

2016 2nd Edition (1 Needed) - Tommy Joseph (alternate cream uniform)

2019 2nd Edition (2 Needed) - Jay Bruce, Joe Girardi

2024 (1 Known Needed) - Seranthony Dominguez

2025 (1 Known Needed) - Zack Wheeler

1980 to 1999 Phillies Team-Issued Want List

2007 Phillies Team Issue

I updated this post here in October 2020 and this original post is now outdated.

 
Number of Cards:  42
Card Size:  4" x 6"
Description:  Full color photos are surrounded by a blue border (for pitchers) or a red border (for everyone else) with the player's name featured prominently in blue or red at the top of each card.  The Citizens Bank Park logo can be found in one of the four corners on the fronts.  Ryan Howard's card contains a gold badge commemorating his 2006 N.L. MVP win.  The horizontal card backs feature biographical information and complete career statistics.

How Distributed:  The original 36-card set was available for sale at Citizens Bank Park throughout the first half of the season.  As pointed out in comments to this post from Steve and Rick (and completely unbeknownst to me) there were six more cards issued as either part of an update set or (perhaps in the case of the cards for Michael Bourn and Francisco Rosario) an extension of the originally issued set.

Complete Standard Checklist (36):  The cards are unnumbered, but I've presented them below ordered by uniform number.

2 - Rod Barajas 3 - Abraham Nunez 5 - Pat Burrell 6 - Ryan Howard (with MVP logo) 7 - Steve Smith CO 8 - Shane Victorino 10 - Karim Garcia 11 - Jimmy Rollins 15 - Davey Lopes CO 17 - Mick Billmeyer CO 18 - Wes Helms 19 - Greg Dobbs 21 - Jon Lieber 22 - Jimy Williams CO 23 - Adam Eaton 25 - Milt Thompson CO 26 - Chase Utley 27 - Chris Coste

28 - Jayson Werth 30 - Rich Dubee CO 31 - Ramon Henderson CO 33 - Aaron Rowand 34 - Freddy Garcia 35 - Cole Hamels 39 - Brett Myers 40 - Matt Smith 41 - Charlie Manuel MG 45 - Tom Gordon 50 - Jamie Moyer 51 - Carlos Ruiz 52 - Fabio Castro 56 - Geoff Geary 57 - Antonio Alfonseca 63 - Ryan Madson Phillie Phanatic Phillies Broadcasters

Complete Update Checklist (6):

6 - Ryan Howard (no MVP logo) 9 - Michael Bourn 16 - J.C. Romero 38 - Kyle Kendrick

49 - Jose Mesa 54 - Francisco Rosario 59 - Mike Zagurski

Steve points out in his comment that the update set pulled the cards for Castro, F. Garcia, K. Garcia, the Howard MVP card, Lieber and M. Smith.

One and Done (1):  K. Garcia
First Appearances (17):  Alfonseca, Barajas, Bourn, Castro, Coste, Dobbs, Eaton, F. Garcia, Helms, Kendrick, Moyer, Romero, Rosario, Ruiz, M. Smith, Werth, Zagurski
Returning Players (14):  Burrell, Geary, Gordon, Hamels, Howard, Lieber, Madson, Mesa, Myers, Nunez, Rollins, Rowand, Utley, Victorino

Karim Garcia was released prior to the start of the season and never suited up with the Phillies.  The First Appearance designation is for players who have never before appeared within a Phillies team issued set.  These players may have already appeared on other Phillies baseball cards.

Manager (1):  Manuel
Coaches (7):  Billmeyer, Dubee, Henderson, Lopes, S. Smith, Thompson, Williams
Phillie Phanatic (1):  This is one of the strangest Phanatic cards from all the team issued sets.  The card is horizontal and someone played picture putty with the fans in the background of the photo to create a multi-colored psychedelic design.
Broadcasters (1):  Scott Graham got the boot and was replaced by Gary Matthews in the booth.  Sarge is joined on this card by Harry Kalas, Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen and Chris Wheeler.
Commemorative Cards (0)

Variations/Rarities:  As pointed out in a comment to an earlier post by Steve F., Geoff Jenkins and Brad Lidge had cards designed in the style of the 2007 Phillies Team Issue set.  Both Jenkins and Lidge were acquired prior to the 2008 season.  Rick adds that there are cards with facsimile autographs for Burrell, Howard, Rollins and Utley.

• 10 - Geoff Jenkins
• 54 - Brad Lidge

Also See:  The Phillies and Upper Deck gave away a pack of baseball cards on Alumni Night featuring 25 regular cards and 10 "Vintage" cards featuring Phillies alumni.  The alumni cards only came one per pack, making them much harder to track down.
Trivia:  There's no record of this set on Beckett.com or on any other online resources.
Resources:  Phillies collector Steve F. and Rick (@rickphils)

2007 Chachi #22 Geoff Geary

Braves 7, Phillies 5
Game 83 - Wednesday Night, July 7th in Philadelphia

The bats woke up a little tonight, but the Phillies were ultimately undone by a 6-run 6th inning from the Braves against Phillies' starter Jamie Moyer.  The loss dropped the Phils to 6 back in the NL East, the first time they've been that far back in the East since September 2007 (see below).  Martin Prado did the most damage - hitting 2 home runs and going 3 for 5 on the night.  Brian McCann's bases clearing double in the 6th didn't help matters either.

Jimmy Rollins (2 doubles), Ryan Howard (2-run home run in the 5th) and Greg Dobbs each had two hits a piece, but it wasn't enough to overcome Moyer's nightmarish 6th inning.  Shane Victorino added a solo home run (his 13th) in the 7th inning.  Billy Wagner (who is a bum) recorded his 19th save of the season, shutting down the Phils in order in the 9th.

6 Games Back:  The last time the Phillies were at least 6 games back in the NL East was September 2007, right before the team rallied to overtake the Mets and win the division on the last day of the season.  Things looked grim back on September 12th, when the Rockies roughed up Kyle Kendrick to win, 12-0, and drop the Phils 7 games back in the East.  It looked even worse the next day when Phillies' starter J.D. Durbin allowed three 1st inning Rockies' runs.  The Phils countered with 4 runs of their own in the bottom of the 1st, capped by a Wes Helms' 2-run double.  Geoff Geary came on in the 2nd to shut down the Rockies for 3 innings, as the Phils eventually won the game, 12-4. 

I've previously posted Kent Tekulve and Johnny Wockenfuss baseball cards in the hopes of turning around the Phillies' fortunes.  Why not try Geoff Geary?