As promised, after the recent All-Phillips family name Hall of Names treatise,
we're back to examine how the first-named Philips (and Phillips, and
even the Filomenos and others) of the world come together for a HoN
treatment.
There have been more than 100 players in MLB history who carried the
name "Phil," in some form, as a first or middle name, even as we
discount the few who went by "Phil," even though it wasn't actually
anywhere on the birth certificate. (We're looking at guys like you, William Franklin "Phil" Irwin and Pinson Lamar "Phil" McCullough!)
Anyway, even though the first-named Phils outnumber their middle-named
counterparts by more than two-to-one, it turns out we can build rosters
for both of them. Let's start at the beginning, then, and meet ...
PHIL IN THE BLANKS
** indicates Hall of Famer
* indicates All-Star
MGR Phil Garner* (927-981 through 2006)
Player/Coach Phil Cavarretta (169-213, 1951-53 CHC; player/manager)
Player/Coach Phil Regan (71-73, 1995 BAL)
LINEUP
C Phil Masi* (.264 in 14 years)
1B Phil Cavarretta* (.293, 1934-55; 1945 NL MVP)
2B Phil Garner* (.260, 109 HR, 225 SB in 16 years)
SS Phil Rizzuto** (.273 in 13 years; 1950 AL MVP)
3B Phil Nevin* (also 1B/OF/C; .270, 208 homers through 2006)
LF Phil B. Clark (also 1B/C; .276, 1992-96, three teams)
CF Phil Bradley* (.286, 1983-90)
RF Phil Plantier (.240/34/100 w/1993 SDP; 91 career homers)
DH Phil Weintraub (1B/OF; .295, 1933-38, '44-45)
BENCH
C Phil Roof (.215, 1961-77)
2B/3B/OF/1B Phil Gagliano (.238, 1963-74)
SS/2B/3B Phil Linz (.235, 1963-68)
3B Phil Mankowski (.264, 1976-82 DET, NYM)
OF Phil Voyles (.235, 1929 BSN)
UTIL Phil Reccius (3B/P/OF/SS: .231; 6-12, 3.26)
ROTATION
RHSP Phil Niekro** (318-274; also 29 saves)
LHSP Phil Knell (50-38, 1890-91, 79-90 career)
RHSP Phil Marchildon (68-75, parts of 1940-50)
RHSP Phil Douglas (94-93, 1912-22)
RHSP Philip "Red" Ehret (139-167, 1888-98)
BULLPEN
CL-RH Phil Regan (96-81, 92 saves in 13 years)
RHRP Phil Hennigan (17-14, 25 saves, 1969-73)
LHRP Phillip "Lefty" Weinert (18-33, 1919-24, '27-28, '31)
RHRP Phil Collins (Sussudio! 80-85, 24 saves, 1923, '29-35)
RHRP Phillips Steere "Phil" Paine (10-1 career, parts of 1951-58)
CUTS (Among many others)
C Phil "Grandmother" Powers (.180, 1878-85)
1B Phil "Hook" Todt (.258, 1924-31)
SS Phil Wisner (0 AB, 1 game, 1895 WAS, three erros, FP% .250)
SS Phil "Buster" Tomney (.232, 1888-90 LOU)
RHSP Philip Hughes (1-1 so far as AL's youngest player in 2007)
RHS-RP Philip Wiley Taylor (2-10, three teams, 1911-14; went by "Wiley")
RHRP Phil Stockman (0-0, 2.25, 2006 ATL rookie)
RHRP Philip Humber (two shutout innings, 2006 NYM)
LHRP Phil Barzilla (1/3 shutout IP with 2006 HOU)
3B/OF Phil Hiatt (.216, 1993, '95-96, 2001)
RHRP Phillip Cory Bailey (went by Cory, 9-10, parts of 1993-2002)
RHSP Filomeno "Phil" Ortega (46-62 1960-69; 34-37, 1965-67 WAS)
RHP Phil Huffman (6-18 for 1979 TOR; 0-0 with '85 BAL)
And now on to a more middling squad, where for lack of options, we will
drop the DH, go with a short bench and expand the pitching staff to a
healthy 21st-century-like 12 men ...
MEN IN THE MID-PHIL
** indicates Hall of Famer
* indicates All-Star
MGR Roger Philip Bresnahan** (328-432 ,1909-12 STL, '15 CHC, player/manager)
Player/Coach Daniel Philip Howley (397-524, 1927-29 SLB, '30-32 CIN)
Player/Coach James Philip Austin (31-44 parts of 1913, '18, '23 SLB; player/manager)
LINEUP
C Salvatore Philip Butera (.227, 1980-88)
1B Broderick Phillip Perkins (.271, 1978-84
2B Frederick Philip Sanchez* (mostly 3B; Freddy won 2006 NL batting crown)
SS Joseph Phillip Cassidy(Also OF/3B; .228, 1904-05 WAS)
3B James Philip Austin ("Pepper" hit .246, parts of 1909-29)
LF Roger Philip Bresnahan** (.279, 1897-1914; mostly C, played all nine positions)
CF Charles Philip "Chick" Fullis (.295, 1928-36)
RF Walter Phillip "Wally" Rehg (.250, 1912-19)
BENCH
C Bruce Philip Robinson (.228, 1978-80)
3B Robert Phillip Maier (.263, 1945 DET)
OF Jeffrey Philip Fiorentino (.253 through 2006)
IF/OF Norman Phillip Gigon (.171, 1967 CHC)
OF John Phillips Jenkins "Count" Sensenderfer (.299, 1871-74 PHA)
ROTATION
RHSP Dock Phillip Ellis* (138-119 in 12 years)
LHSP James Phillip Rooker (103-109 in 13 years)
RHSP Jason Phillip Bere* (71-65 in 11 years)
LHSP Scott Phillip Aldred (20-39, 1990-2000)
RHSP John Philip Tsitouris (34-38, 1957-68)
BULLPEN
CL-RH Timothy Philip Burke* (49-33, 102 saves)
LHRP James Philip Shellenback (16-30, 1966-67, '68-69, '77)
RHRP John Phillip James (5-1, 1960 NYY; 5-3 career)
LHRP James Phillip "J.P." Howell (4-8 through 2006)
RHRP Scott Phillip Randall (2-5, 2003 CIN)
LH-LONG John Philip Rheinecker (4-6 with 2006 TEX)
RH-LONG James Philip "Bear" Owens (42-68, 1955-62 PHI, '63 CIN, '65-67 HOU)
CUTS (Among others)
RHSP Jacob Phillip Volz ("Silent Jake" 2-4, 1901 BOS, '05 BSN, '08 CIN)
LHRP Daniel Phillip Dugan (1-4, 1 save, 1928-29 CHW)
LHRP Mark Philip Schaeffer (2-0, 1 save, 1972 SDP)
LHRP William Philip "Lefty" Kalfass (1-0, 3.00, 1937 PHA)
NOTES ... Well, from this angle, it looks like we've "Philled" each
roster (and managed to avoid any Philadelphia Phillie puns) pretty well
-- the first-named lineup is better, though nothing in itself to write
home about; the bullpens are about equal, though the middle-named
version is deeper, for the same reason that the first-named bench is
the far superior unit. All in all, let's call this one 86-76,
first over middle.
Thoughts, Bauxites?
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