The Phillies are 1.5 games ahead of MLB-worst Milwaukee in the "race" for the first overall pick in 2016.
MLB Standings
The Phils head on the road, where they do have the undisputed worst record, as David S. Cohen details. No other team in MLB has won fewer than 10 road games, and no other team has a road W-L% below .345:
It's worth noting again that the poor A's have essentially the same run differential as their neighbors across the Bay, and yet are only a half game ahead of the Phillies:
NL Standings and Key Stats
Phillies Stats vs. last year, and vs. the Reds
Hitting
There are now comments off to the right in the table below.
Pitching
Phillies Hitters
Andres Blanco, ladies and gentlemen:
Phillies Pitchers
- Finally, he has allowed 2 more unearned runs than average, bringing his total runs allowed, given his innings pitched, to 11 fewer than the average starter:
Milestones
Chase Utley
- Utley's next HBP (4th this year) will tie 19th century outfielder Curt Welch for 13th all-time.
Ben Revere
His next walk (14th this year) will surpass his total for the entire 2014 season. It will also be the 100th of his career.
Cole Hamels
- Hamels' next walk will tie him for 9th on the Phils' list with Kid Gleason, who began his major league career as a pitcher with the Phillies in 1888, later switched to second base, and came back to play there for the Phillies as late as 1908. Gleason was born in Camden, New Jersey, and is buried at Northwood Cemetery in West Oak Lane. However Gleason is best known as the manager of the 1919 Black Sox. His SABR Bio.
- He still needs two more wins to tie Curt Simmons for 5th most on the Phillies list. Here's hoping he wins three more to pass Simmons before he's traded:
Steve Carlton - 241
Robin Roberts - 234
Pete Alexander - 190
Chris Short - 132
Curt Simmons - 115
Cole Hamels - 113
Always-a-Phillie Jimmy Rollins
- Rollins has now been caught stealing 99 times, and will soon become the 125th player in history to have beeen caught 100+. Of the other 124, only THREE had more stolen bases at their 100th CS than Rollins' 458:
Tim Raines (612)
Willie Wilson (512)
Vince Coleman (486)
Rollins has been one of the most successful base stealers in history -- to put it another way, of the 44 players with 500+stolen base attempts since 1951 (when CS started being tracked regularly), only three have a higher SB success rate than Rollins.
- Below is a summary of where he stands on some key milestones among all shortstops, among switch hitters, and then out of all players:
Shortstops:
With one more total base he'll tie Omar Vizquel for 5th among all shortstops. It will also tie Vizquel for 12th among all switch hitters to ever play the game.
He needs two more games at Short to reach 12th in most games there. And by the end of the month he will likely reach Alan Trammell at #11 in hits (needs 16).
Switch hitters:
In addition to the total bases, he could get to 4th in doubles among all switch hitters in history by the end of the season (needs 17).
All players:
Very soon Rollins will reach the top 100 all-time in both extra base hits (needs 2), and runs scored (needs 6). The top 100 in total bases will likely have to wait until next year (needs 155).