the last time the phillies won the world series was 2008.
the last time the phillies won the world series was 2008.
when is the last time the phillies won the world series?
2008
the city's sole existing major league baseball team is the philadelphia phillies. founded in 1883, the team is the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional american sports. the phillies compete in the national league east and have won the world series twice, in and . the phillies have won seven national league pennants and eleven nl east division titles. in 2007, the phillies lost a game for the 10,000th time in franchise history; according to the elias sports bureau, no professional sports franchise in any sport has lost more games. for its first thirty years, the franchise often finished in the middle of the national league. led by pitcher grover cleveland alexander, the franchise appeared in the 1915 world series and made strong finishes in 1916 and 1917. after trading alexander in 1917, the franchise had one of the worst stretches in professional sports history, as it managed just one winning season between 1918 and 1948. the "whiz kid" phillies, led by pitcher robin roberts, reached the 1950 world series, but the team was swept by the new york yankees. the team finished towards the middle of the pack for much of the 1950s and 1960s. after a down period in the early 1970s, third baseman mike schmidt and pitcher steve carlton led the phillies to six playoff appearances in eight years. the phillies won their first world series in 1980, defeating the kansas city royals in six games. the phillies also appeared in the 1983 world series, but lost to the baltimore orioles. the franchise had just one winning season between 1987 and 2000, although the 1993 phillies appeared in the 1993 world series, losing to the toronto blue jays. the franchise experienced a resurgence starting in 2001, though it did not make the playoffs until 2007. from 2007 to 2011, the phillies made the playoffs for five straight seasons, winning the 2008 world series over the tampa bay rays and also appearing in the 2009 world series. since 2013, the team has finished below .500 for six straight seasons.
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aside from several brawls in the 1980s, the rivalry remained relatively low-key before the 2006 season, as the teams had seldom been equally good at the same time. a notable moment in their early meetings was jim bunning's perfect game on father's day of 1964, the first perfect game in phillies history, which happened when the mets were on a losing streak. the phillies were near the bottom of the nl east when the mets won the 1969 world series and the national league pennant in 1973, while the mets did not enjoy success in the late 1970s when the phillies won three straight division championships. although both teams each won a world series in the 1980s, the mets were not serious contenders in the phillies' playoff years (1980, 1981, and 1983), nor did the phillies seriously contend in the mets' playoff years (1986 and 1988). the mets were the majors' worst team when the phillies won the nl pennant in 1993, and the phillies could not post a winning record in either of the mets' wild-card-winning seasons of 1999 or 2000, when the mets faced the new york yankees in the 2000 world series.
mets–phillies rivalry