2012 Philadelphia Phillies Photo Cards - 2nd Edition

Number of Cards:  46
Card Size:  4" x 6"
Description:  Full bleed photos are the focus of this card's minimalist design.  The player's name can be found at the bottom of each card, with his uniform number and position in one of the top corners on either side of a simple Phillies "P" logo.  The horizontal card backs feature biographical information and complete career statistics.

How Distributed:  I purchased the original 40-card second edition set at Citizens Bank Park on July 21, 2012.  I was impressed (and I'm still impressed) with the player selection and the actual thought that went into putting together a checklist for this second half set.  Here is my original post documenting the players added and subtracted from the 2012 first edition set.

Very late in the season, the Phillies released a second version of this set, adding the six cards featured in the Complete Update Checklist below and dropping the six cards for Joe Blanton, Mike Fontenot, Hunter Pence, Jason Pridie, Brian Sanches and Shane Victorino who had all left the team via trade or release.  This post discussed the discovery of these late season cards and this post documents the additions and subtractions to the set after I had acquired it in late October 2012.

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

1. Antonio Bastardo (#37 - LHP)       2. Mick Billmeyer (#17 - CO) 3. Joe Blanton (#56 - RHP) 4. Jake Diekman (#63 - LHP) 5. Rich Dubee (#30 - CO) 6. Mike Fontenot (#18 - INF) 7. Freddy Galvis (#13 - INF) 8. Greg Gross (#21 - CO) 9. Roy Halladay (#34 - RHP) 10. Cole Hamels (#35 - LHP) 11. Jeremy Horst (#47 - LHP) 12. Ryan Howard (#6 - 1B) 13. Kyle Kendrick (#38 - RHP) 14. Erik Kratz (#31 - C)

15. Cliff Lee (#33 - LHP) 16. Hector Luna (#29 - INF) 17. Pete Mackanin (#5 - CO) 18. Charlie Manuel (#41 - MG) 19. John Mayberry Jr. (#15 - OF) 20. Laynce Nix (#19 - OF) 21. Jonathan Papelbon (#58 - RHP)       22. Hunter Pence (#3 - RF) 23. Sam Perlozzo (#2 - CO) 24. Juan Pierre (#10 - LF) 25. Placido Polanco (#27 - 3B) 26. Jason Pridie (#16 - OF) 27. Jimmy Rollins (#11 - SS)

28. Carlos Ruiz (#51 - C)  29. Juan Samuel (#12 - CO) 30. Brian Sanches (#48 - RHP) 31. Joe Savery (#55 - LHP) 32. Brian Schneider (#23 - C) 33. Michael Schwimer (#44 - RHP)       34. Chase Utley (#26 - 2B) 35. Raul Valdes (#46 - LHP) 36. Shane Victorino (#8 - CF) 37. Ty Wigginton (#24 - INF) 38. Vance Worley (#49 - RHP) 39. Phillie Phanatic 40. Phillies Broadcasters

Complete Update Checklist, 2nd Version: 

1. Domonic Brown (#9 - OF) 2. Kevin Frandsen (#28 - INF)

3. Josh Lindblom (#43 - RHP) 4. Michael Martinez (#7 - INF)

5. B.J. Rosenberg (#53 - RHP)       6. Nate Schierholtz (#22 - OF)

One and Only Phillies Baseball Card (3):  Fontenot, Luna, Pridie

First Appearance in Phillies Team Issued Set (10):  Diekman, Frandsen, Horst, Kratz, Lindblom, Rosenberg, Sanches, Savery, Schierholtz, Valdes
Returning Players in Phillies Team Issued Set (24):  Bastardo, Blanton, Brown, Galvis, Halladay, Hamels, Howard, Kendrick, Lee, Martinez, Mayberry Jr., Nix, Papelbon, Pence, Pierre, Polanco, Rollins, Ruiz, Schneider, Schwimer, Utley, Victorino, Wigginton, Worley

It's extremely impressive (and surprising) that Pridie has a card in this set, as he appeared in just nine games with the Phillies in July.  Fontenot and Luna also receive their one and only Phillies baseball cards in this set.

Manager (1):  Manuel
Coaches (6):  Billmeyer, Dubee, Gross, Mackanin, Perlozzo, Samuel
Phillie Phanatic (1):  The Phanatic returns to the set after a one year absence.
Broadcasters (1):  After an absence in the first edition, the broadcasters get their own card in the second edition set.  Newcomer Gregg Murphy joins Tom McCarthy, Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, Gary Matthews, Chris Wheeler and Jim Jackson.

Omissions:  Pete Orr is the only real omission here, as he appeared in 35 games and didn't make it into either the first or second release of this set.  Orr was on the opening day roster, was sent down to the minors on June 6th and returned to the club on September 4th.

Variations/Rarities:  Fellow collectors Steve and Rick have been invaluable in helping me checklist the variations and rarities from this set.  There are at least 10 versions of these photo cards available with a Phillies logo on the back, and these cards were used primarily for the players to sign at various public appearances.  The photos for these variations are the same used for the regularly issued cards.  The list below might not be complete and we learned of new variations available as late as December 2019 when Rick attended the annual Phillies holiday sale and completely bought out the team's inventory of autographed photo cards for sale.

Additionally, the Phillies used this design to feature new players and coaches who joined the team during the 2012-2013 offseason.  These cards were presumably produced for the sole purpose of public appearances during the team's various winter caravan stops, and again there's only the Phillies script logo on the backs.

Phillies Logo Back        1. Mick Billmeyer (#17 - CO) 2. Rich Dubee (#30 - CO) 3. Kevin Frandsen (#28 - INF) 4. Erik Kratz (#31 - C) 5. Charlie Manuel (#41 - MG) 6. John Mayberry, Jr. (#15 - OF) 7. Laynce Nix (#19 - OF) 8. Jonathan Papelbon (#58 - RHP)         9. Sam Perlozzo (#2 - CO) 10. Carlos Ruiz (#51 - C)

Offseason Additions 1. Mike Adams (#37 - RHP) 2. Steve Henderson (#5 - CO) 3. Wally Joyner (#21 - CO) 4. John Lannan (#27 - LHP) 5. Rod Nichols (#54 - CO) 6. Ben Revere (#2 - CF)

Interestingly enough, all these variations/rarities cards have a 2013 copyright date on the backs (see below) and they're listed here with the 2012 set only because these cards use that set's design.  Revere was acquired from the Twins on December 6, 2012 and Adams was signed as a free agent on December 20, 2012.

Resources:  14,000 Phillies; The Trading Card Database (excludes the additional six late season cards).


This set was originally featured in a post back in January 2015, 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 five-plus years.

2011 Philadelphia Phillies Photo Cards - 1st Edition / 2013 Philadelphia Phillies Photo Cards - 1st Edition

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

2014 Chachi Transactions #14 John Lannan

We're just nine days away from pitchers and catchers officially reporting to Clearwater, which means I need to clear out some of the clutter in my draft post folder.  It's somewhat fitting that I equate the word clutter with John Lannan's last official Chachi card.  Lannan signed a minor league contract with the Mets last month.

Lannan will be remembered more by Phillies fans for breaking Chase Utley's hand in July 2007 than he will for going 3-6 in 14 starts for the 2013 club.  He earned one standard sized baseball card as a member of the Phillies, which can be found within the 2013 Topps Update set.  He also appeared in both team issued sets last year.

As pointed out in his comment to the Michael Martinez "tribute" post, Jim from Downingtown noted that there is an inordinate number of former 2013 Phillies who could only land minor league deals this offseason.  That's definitely a testament to the lack of actual Major League depth on last year's team.  Of the 13 players to depart the team since October, only two are currently on their new teams' 40-man rosters - catcher Erik Kratz (Blue Jays) and reliever Raul Valdes (Astros).  Roy Halladay retired, Zach Miner and Mauricio Robles have yet to find employment, and the other eight guys, including Lannan, have minor league deals.

2013 Phillies Team Issue 2 #27 John Lannan

Phillies 3, Nationals 2
Game 90 - Monday Night, July 8th in Philadelphia
Record - 44-46, 3rd Place, 7 1/2 games behind the Braves

One Sentence Summary:  John Lannan punished his former team as the Phillies won the first game of this key series, 3-2.

What It Means:  See what the Phillies are doing to us here?  Just when we're ready to completely write them off for the season, they start playing like this, giving us hope.  I'm back on the bus if they take this series.

Who am I kidding.  I never got off the bus.

What Went Right:  WHO are you and WHAT have you done with John Lannan?  Someone who looks like Lannan shut out the Nationals for eight innings.  He allowed just four hits before yielding to Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth.  Papelbon decided to make things interesting by allowing a few runs, and almost giving up a game tying home run to Jayson Werth, before securing his 19th save.

Ben Revere had a three-hit night, raising his average to .300 and he also scored twice.  Darin Ruf, now officially the club's first baseman with Ryan Howard on the shelf with a torn meniscus, walked with the bases loaded in the first.

Featured Card:  Lannan's only two Phillies cards to date appear in the first and second team issued sets. I'm hoping he's a candidate to appear in the Topps Update set.

2013 Chachi #18 John Lannan

#27

John Edward Lannan

Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left  Throws: Left  Height: 6'4"  Weight: 236

Born: September 27, 1984, Long Beach, NY

Home: Tampa, FL

Drafted: Selected by the Washington Nationals in the 11th round of the June 2005 draft

Teams: Washington Nationals 2007-2012, Phillies 2013

Acquired: Signed as a free agent formerly with the Washington Nationals, December 18, 2012

Contract Status: Signed through the 2013 season

2013 Phillies Team Issue #28 Kevin Frandsen

Phillies 4, Royals 3
Game 5 - Saturday Night, April 6th in Philadelphia
Record - 2-3, 4th Place, 2 games behind the Nationals and Braves

One Sentence Summary:  Kevin Frandsen hit a three-run, walk-off double to give the Phillies a thrilling 4-3 victory.

What It Means:  Thanks to Frandsen and some patient batters in the ninth, it meant the Phillies finally gave the fans in attendance at Citizens Bank Park a reason to cheer.

What Went Right:  Frandsen's heroics were set up when Royals closer Greg Holland walked Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Michael Young to start the bottom of the ninth.  The Phillies had managed to score only once in the first eight innings but Frandsen's double to left center cleared the bases and started the celebration.

Not to be overlooked in this big win is the fact that fifth starter John Lannan pitched remarkably well.  He no-hit the Royals through four and pitched seven solid innings while allowing three runs on five hits.  He struck out five.

Featured Card:  What's a guy gotta do to get a Topps Phillies card?  Frandsen has only two Phillies cards to date, both coming within the Phillies team issued sets.  I'd love to see him with a card in Topps Series Two or even the update series.  If Fleer and Upper Deck were still around, Frandsen definitely would have had a standard sized card by now.

Field Report:  For the second game in a row, we were there.  It was a cold and at times boring game, but it was nice to even my personal Phillies record this year to 1-1.  Prior to the game, I took a picture of the 2011 Topps-style giant cards of Humberto Quintero and Lannan, as featured in the game's starting line-up in Ashburn Alley.  We also cheered as Jimmy Rollins received his fourth Gold Glove.

2013 Chachi Transactions #10 John Lannan

I can easily rattle off the names of certain Phillies pitchers from the recent past that seem to attract home team boos much more frequently than other pitchers.  Adam Eaton.  Kyle Kendrick.  Joe Blanton.  Chad Qualls.  In some cases, the boos were justified.  In others, the booing was a symptom of that pitcher being the decent, but not great fifth guy in an otherwise stellar starting rotation.

I've been a Phillies partial season ticket holder since 1992 and even with the All Star caliber starting pitchers on the roster over the past half dozen seasons, it definitely seems as if more often than not our tickets fall on the day the fifth guy is pitching.  I know I've seen Kendrick and Blanton pitch much more often than Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels or Cliff Lee.  And I just know that our 2013 season tickets will feature many more John Lannan games than games featuring the Three Aces.

Furthermore, and I hope I'm wrong here, Lannan is going to get booed.  And if he struggles, he will be booed with Eatonian vigor.  He will inevitably have rough outings.  But the primal source of the boos will be more basic than a poor outing from the newly acquired fifth starter.  In short, Phillies fans already don't like him.

During his Major League debut on July 26, 2007, Lannan was getting knocked around by the Phillies in a game I attended.  In the fifth inning that day, he hit Ryan Howard and Chase Utley on consecutive at bats, with Utley leaving the game with a broken hand.  Utley missed a month of the season, and the Phillies picked up Tadahito Iguchi to help fill the void.  The Phils inexplicably won their division in 2007, but our dislike for Lannan didn't wane.

Earlier this year, Phillies Nation awarded him the tenth spot on their list of "Guys We Despise," right ahead of Rod Barajas.  And now he's a Phillie.  It might be a little premature, but I feel safe in calling Lannan the guy "Most Likely to be Booed in 2013."  Again, I hope I'm wrong.