October 9 – 22, 1961

Ray Charles

Hit the Road Jack

Al Orth had his best seasons late in his career with the New York Giants but he was still a decent player when he arrived in Philadelphia and joined the Phillies.

While Elmer Flick would enter the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Veteran’s Committee inductee mostly for what he did for Cleveland, the first four seasons of his career with Philadelphia cannot be discounted.

Shane Victorino made history in 2009 as the first Hawaiian to become an All-Star and it was a well earned honor for the then Philadelphia Phillie.  Victorino, also known as “The Flyin’ Hawaiian” was an exciting player who would use his speed to twice lead the NL in Triples (2009 & 2011) and would have four seasons with 25 Stolen Bases.  He was a two-time All-Star and a three time Gold Glove but his career highlight had to be winning the World Series with Philadelphia in 2008.