The city of Philadelphia had every reason to love Del Ennis, a local boy who we could argue was the original “Whiz Kid”.

The Phillies starting Rightfielder for the Phillies throughout the 1960s (save for a couple years at left) Johnny Callison came with heavy expectations (some called him the next Mickey Mantle) but while he was never pegged as a Hall of Famer during his career this is still a three-time All-Star.

While Jim Bunning played and won significantly more games and was named to more All Star Games (5 to 2) as a Detroit Tiger, he will always be far more known for what he accomplished in Philadelphia.

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame via the Veterans Committee in 1974, Sam Thompson’s contract was purchased from the Detroit Wolverines by the then named Philadelphia Quakers for $5,000 and it would prove to be money well spent.