Phillies Madness: An All-Time Phillies bracket

13 Dick Allen vs 20 Scott Rolen

Dick Allen belongs in the Hall of Fame, and he could get his shot when his turn comes on the Veteran’s Committee ballots.

Allen is 10th on the Phillies all-time home runs list with 204, third in slugging and seventh in oWAR. Despite playing 50 years ago, he still holds Phillies’ rookie records for games played, runs, hits, total bases and slugging percentage after his Rookie of the Year season in 1964.

Scott Rolen will hopefully join Allen in the Hall of Fame, perhaps at the same time in 2021.

His career was cut short in Philadelphia due to the team’s lack of talent and his relationship with manager Larry Bowa, but Rolen remains one of the great Phillies of his time. In 844 games Rolen had 880 hits, 207 doubles, 150 home runs, and hit .282 for a team that finished last in three of his seasons here.

4 Pete Alexander vs 29 Carlos Ruiz

Grover Cleveland “Pete” Alexander is the greatest pitcher in baseball history that few fans have heard of. Many might even miss that he shares a name similar to our 22nd/24th President Grover Cleveland, the only US President to serve two non-consecutive terms.

Alexander pitched 8 of his 20 seasons in Philadelphia and won THREE CONSECUTIVE triple crowns, an unheard of accomplishment in today’s game. In Philadelphia he won 190 games, including three straight 30 win seasons pitching nearly 400 innings a season, twice as much as today’s pitchers.

Carlos Ruiz is one of the most beloved players in modern-day Phillies history, catching a World Series-clinching strikeout and four no-hitters, the most in baseball history.

The career numbers don’t put Ruiz among the all-time greats, but his ability to call a game and play behind the plate was superior to anyone else in the game. His 21.8 WAR is 27th in team history and his 10.4 dWAR is eight-best among all Phillies.