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Phillies All-Decade Team of the 2010s: Breaking down the legends

Game One of the 2009 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 28, 2009 (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
Game One of the 2009 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 28, 2009 (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – OCTOBER 01: Ryan Howard #6 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action against the New York Mets during a game at Citizens Bank Park on October 1, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /

Ryan Howard

During the 2010’s decade, Ryan Howard led all Phillies in virtually every offensive category: home runs (160), games (840), plate appearances (3,386), at-bats (3,020), and RBI (554). If he wasn’t first, he was second behind Cesar Hernandez.

The 2010 season was Howard’s sixth as a full-time player, finishing in the top-10 for the National League MVP for the fifth time in six years. While it wasn’t his best season, he still hit 31 home runs with 108 RBI, a career-year for most players. He’s hit .303 in nine postseason games against Cincinnati and San Francisco, but he didn’t have a home run and struck out 17 times.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – JULY 14: Former Philadelphia Phillies all-star Ryan Howard during a ceremony in his honor before a baseball game at Citizens Bank Park on July 14, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – JULY 14: Former Philadelphia Phillies all-star Ryan Howard during a ceremony in his honor before a baseball game at Citizens Bank Park on July 14, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /

After his sixth consecutive season of 30 home runs and 100 RBI, Howard tore his Achilles tendon on the final play of the 2011 Phillies season on a groundout versus his hometown team, the St. Louis Cardinals. A Hall of Fame career snapped in an instant, Howard was never the same after that injury.

Howard gave the Phillies three more 23 home run seasons and finished second as the Phillies all-time home run leader with 382, playing his final game in 2016. Among the all-time stats in franchise history, Howard is third in RBI with 1,194 and fourth in extra-base hits with 680.

He’s undoubtedly the greatest first baseman in Phillies history and among the greatest players in franchise history.

Shoutouts in the decade go to Tommy Joseph and his 43 home runs in two seasons and Rhys Hoskins thanks to the strong start to his Phillies career.

Honorable Mention: Tommy Joseph, Rhys Hoskins

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