Say what you will about what he has done after his playing career, but Curt Schilling was a force to be reckoned with on the mound. He was an effective pitcher for two decades with five teams, including the Phillies.
Schilling resurrected his career as a starter in 1992, starting 26 games and appearing in 42 games altogether. He led the league in WHIP and hits per nine innings that year while being worth 5.9 wins above replacement. While Schilling did not have a great regular season in 1993, he was NLCS MVP that year, allowing three earned runs in two starts.
Schilling earned his first All-Star appearance in 1997, finishing fourth in Cy Young voting that year. He racked up a league-leading 319 strikeouts in 254.1 innings. It set the record for most strikeouts by a Phillie in single-season. Schilling had a 17-11 record, 2.97 ERA, 1.046 WHIP, and 5.50 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 35 starts.
In 1998, Schilling led the league in complete games (15), starts (35), innings (268.2), and strikeouts (300). Schilling didn’t lead the league in any category the next year, but still was an All-Star.
Altogether, Schilling finished his Phillies career with a 3.35 ERA, 14 shutouts, 1.120 WHIP, and 3.74 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 242 appearances. Schilling was traded to the Diamondbacks in 2000, where he went on be World Series MVP in 2001. He won two more World Series with the Red Sox in 2004 and 2007, his final year in the majors.