Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Mahlon Duckett
It's a fun thing, to beat a legend without being one.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Henry Zeiher
The original "Whitey" would go on to play for the future Phillies' whiniest rivals. Also, he was terrible.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Jake Virtue
Dirty tricks and maimed teammates highlighted the career of defensive virtuoso Jake Virtue.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Shorty Wetzel
Cloaked in mystery, George "Shorty" Wetzel may never have been who we thought he was.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Abe Wolstenholme
Some people touch history only briefly; others, not at all.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Zeke Wrigley
One infielder showed that sarcasm was a welcome quality in teammates from any era.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Eddie Stanky
One tiny little man forced himself on baseball in a way that set the bar for the sport's many subsequent "scrappy" players.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Highball Wilson
Sometimes a little hair 'o the dog is just what you need to sleep through a literal trainwreck.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Oyster Burns
Oyster Burns' career was full of wondrous accolades and being told to shut the hell up.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Ed Sixsmith
No comical nickname this time; just a Civil War-born fellow who caught three innings for the Quakers.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: "Phenomenal" Smith
Philadelphia was the birthplace of the world's best reason people shouldn't come up with their own nickname.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: "Socks" Seibold
Some men just don't know when to give up. Others are named "Socks." One man was both.
Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: "Yank" Robinson
In the first entry to an offseason series on baseball players born in Philadelphia who didn't necessarily stay there, we look at a fielder with solid instincts who chose to deny himself one of the sport's small luxuries - a glove.