No. 4: 20-20-20-20 club
Jimmy Rollins started the 2007 season with a bang, proclaiming the Phillies “the team to beat” in the National League East. He proceeded to do his part all season long, winning the NL East during the final game of the season, winning the NL MVP and accomplished one of the rarest feats in baseball.
Rollins had already had a career season regardless of what happened in the regular season finale. Heading to the last at-bat of the season, Rollins was a triple shy of 20, which would put him into a club that only two players in league history had done at that point. The elusive 20-20-20-20 club was there for the taking.
Rollins ripped one off the right-field wall and away from that Washington’s Austin Kearns. Not hesitating a bit out of the box, Rollins was going to make the Nationals execute flawlessly to throw him out at third base. After a head-first slide that just beat the tag, Rollins accomplished the improbable.
Rollins finished the season with a .296 average, 38 doubles, 20 triples, 30 home runs, 94 RBI, 139 runs scored and 41 stolen bases. He won the National League MVP award with 16 of 32 first-place votes and a total vote share of 79%. Rollins was the second straight Phillie to win the award after Ryan Howard won it the year prior and just the fifth in franchise history.
To top it off, Brett Myers recorded the last out with a strikeout to seal Jamie Moyer‘s 14th win and the Phillies winning their first NL East title since 1993.