2012 Philadelphia Phillies season

2012 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883) East Division (since 1969)
Location
Citizens Bank Park (since 2004) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Results
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Giles David Montgomery
General manager(s)	Rubén Amaro Jr.
Manager(s)	Charlie Manuel
Local television	Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Comcast Network Philadelphia PHL17 (MyNetworkTV) (Tom McCarthy, Chris Wheeler, Gary Matthews)
Local radio	Phillies Radio Network WPHT 1210 AM & WIP 94.1 FM (English) (Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, Jim Jackson) WDAS 1480 AM (Spanish) (Danny Martinez, Bill Kulik, Rickie Ricardo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The Philadelphia Phillies 2012 season was the 130th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies attempted to win the division title for the 6th year in a row. However, they finished 3rd place in the NL East with a record of 81–81 which they missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

Offseason[]

The offseason for the Phillies began on October 7, following their devastating loss in the NLDS to the St. Louis Cardinals. On November 5, the Phillies signed long-time veteran slugger Jim Thome to a 1-year deal, worth $1.25 million.^[1] Additionally, after numerous rumors, on November 14 the Phillies signed RHP Jonathan Papelbon to a 4-year deal, worth $50 million.^[2] The Phillies also added pitcher Dontrelle Willis from the Cincinnati Reds, on a 1-year deal, worth 1 million dollars, but released him toward the end of spring training.^[3] Laynce Nix was signed as a free agent and Ty Wigginton was acquired through a trade with the Colorado Rockies to shore up the bench. Several other veteran players including Dave Bush, Joel Piñeiro, Scott Elarton, Lou Montanez, and Scott Podsednik were signed to minor league deals with invitations to spring training.

Regular season[]

April[]

Opening Day[]

The Phillies opened the season in Pittsburgh in a 3-game series with the Pirates. Opening Day went as the Phillies drew it up, Roy Halladay threw 8 scoreless innings, and offseason acquisition Jonathan Papelbon retired all 3 batters he faced for a 1–0 Phillies victory. These were the starters on Opening Day for the Phillies:

Position	Name
Starting Pitcher	Roy Halladay
Catcher	Carlos Ruiz
First Baseman	Ty Wigginton
Second Baseman	Freddy Galvis
Third Baseman	Plácido Polanco
Shortstop	Jimmy Rollins
Left Fielder	John Mayberry Jr.
Center Fielder	Shane Victorino
Right Fielder	Hunter Pence

The Phillies would end up losing the series to Pittsburgh. The Phillies home opener was a disaster, losing to the newly revived Miami Marlins, 2–6.^[4] Halladay would end the three game skid, with another solid performance on the mound, as the Phillies won 7–1.^[5] The Phillies would end up winning the series the next day, with a 3–1 victory. The Phillies would then go on to trade two wins and losses for the next 8 games. In mid-April, the Phillies began their first major road trip of the season. They began the trip by taking 1 of 3 from the Giants. It was in the second game of the series, when Cliff Lee threw 10 scoreless innings, and ultimately not only did the Phillies lose the game in 11 innings, but Cliff Lee was placed on the 15-day DL with a left external oblique strain.^[6] After splitting a 4-game series with San Diego, the Phillies finally won a series against the Diamondbacks, taking 2 of 3. The Phillies finally returned home for a four-game series with the Cubs, where they would split the series. Roy Halladay and Cole Hamels each finished April with 3 wins, and Papelbon was a perfect 8 for 8 on save opportunities.^[7] The Phillies finished April with a record of 11–12, their first losing-record month since going 11–15 in June 2009.^[8] However, the Phillies have experienced struggle in April before, most notably in 2008, when they would eventually win the World Series, and in 2009, when they would eventually win the National League pennant.

May[]

The Phillies began May by taking two of three from the division-leading Braves. The only loss came in an 11-inning game, won by a walk-off home run by Chipper Jones.

The Phillies next series against the Washington Nationals began in the offseason. Andrew Feffer, the Nationals chief operating officer, launched a campaign in the offseason for the first home series against the Phillies to "Take Back the Park." In prior years, Nationals Park has been taken over by Phillies fans who could not get tickets for a home game, and the crowd was at times made up of over 80% Phillies fans.^[9] The park was publicly referred to by Phillies fans as "Citizens Bank Park South." To avoid this, Feffer allowed only those with Maryland, Virginia, or D.C. addressed credit cards to purchase tickets. Once the series came near, the Nationals released an official "Fans Guide to Natitude Weekend", which explained fans how to approach the series, and gave them guidelines on how to cheer for their home team. Once the series came, it was the Nationals who were in 1st place in the division, and the Phillies who were at the bottom. The first game of the series went into extra innings, with the Nationals taking game 1, 4–3. Charlie Manuel was ejected in the game in the 1st inning, it was his first ejection of the season.^[10] The Nationals also took game two of the series by a score of 7–1. However, the Phillies took the third game by a convincing 9–3 victory. In the game, former Phillie Jayson Werth broke his wrist, and while leaving the field, was heckled by a couple of Phillies fans. Following the game in an email to The Washington Post, Werth wrote "I am motivated to get back quickly and see to it personally those people never walk down Broad Street in celebration again."^[11] Despite an attempt to be shut out, many Phillies fans still made the trip to Washington, many of them sporting their "Occupy Nationals Park" T-shirts.^[12]

Following the series in Washington, the Phillies returned home for a three-game set with the Mets. During that stretch, the Phillies had a difficult time advancing runners that were in scoring position, and as a result, they were swept. It must have been a wake-up call because the Phillies would go on to take 2 of 3 from the Padres, and sweep both the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs. The final victory against the Cubs put the Phillies over the .500 mark for the first time since Opening Day. The Phillies would then open inter league play against the Boston Red Sox, and would win the first game 6–4. They would then lose the next two games, and open up another three game set against the Nationals. The outcome of was the same as earlier in Washington, the Phillies would drop the first two games of the series, and then behind Cole Hamels, the Phillies would win the third game to end their losing skid at 4. The Phillies began to pick it up at the end of May; taking 3 of 4 from the St. Louis Cardinals. However, in the 4th game of the series, after giving up a 1st inning grand slam to Yadier Molina, Roy Halladay left the game after 2 innings due to soreness in his shoulder. It would turn out that Halladay would need surgery on his shoulder, and he would miss 6–8 weeks. However, after seeing a second doctor, it was concluded that Halladay may not need surgery, and needed to simply rest for a minimum of three weeks.^[13] The Phillies finished May by taking 2 of 3 from the Mets, behind solid pitching performances from Hamels and Cliff Lee. Hamels finished May leading the Majors with 8 wins, and Jonathan Papelbon continued his dominance as a closer, finishing 2nd in the Majors with 14 saves. The Phillies finished May with a 27–25 record, just 3 games out of the 1st place Nationals in the NL East.

June[]

The Phillies entered June with a record of 27–25 and 3 games behind the Washington Nationals for first place in the East Division. The Phillies started the month by winning the first game to the Miami Marlins, but then lost the next 2. The Phillies struggled in the next series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, losing all 4 games in the series, causing them to slump to a 6-game losing streak and 5.5 games behind the Nationals. The Phillies then won 1 of 3 games against the Baltimore Orioles and 2 of 3 games against the Minnesota Twins. However, they would get swept by the Toronto Blue Jays In game 2 of the series, it looked like Cliff Lee was about to finally get his first win of the season, but the Phillies ended up blowing a 5–2 lead in extra innings. Then the Phillies won 2 of 3 games against the struggling Colorado Rockies In the next series against the Tampa Bay Rays, game 1 was postponed to a double header on the same day as game 3. In game 2 of the series, however, the Phillies took a 2-run lead heading into the top of the 9th inning. The Rays however ended up tying the game, putting the game tied at 6–6 heading into the bottom of 9th inning. In the inning, Jim Thome hit a walk-off home run, giving the Phillies the win and putting Thome in 1st place in career walk-off homers. The Phillies would lose both games the next day, though. In the next series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Phillies would win the first 2 games of the series, but then lose the next 2. The Phillies would end the month by getting swept by the Marlins. By the end of July 1, the Phillies were 11 games behind the 1st place Nationals. At the end of the month, The Phillies traded Jim Thome to the Orioles for Class A players Gabriel Lino and Kyle Simon.^[14]

July[]

The Phillies were 36–45 and 11 games behind the first place Nationals after their series against the Marlins. The Phillies started the month by taking 1 of 3 from the New York Mets. The one win, however, came with Cliff Lee finally winning his first game of the season after 13 starts. The streak tied for 5th for the longest winless streak for a pitcher.^[15] The Phillies would end the first half by getting swept by the Atlanta Braves. They ended the first half with a disastrous 37–50 mark, their worst since 1997.^[16] The Phillies seemed to have woken up in the second half, as they would take 2 of 3 from the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers. Although they only took 1 of 3 from the San Francisco Giants, they would make it up by sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers, all from late comebacks. The sweep was their first 3-game sweep of the year. The sweep, however, got taken back by the Braves as they would get swept by them again because they had a hard time with runners in scoring position. The sweep woke up the Phillies, as they would blow out the Washington Nationals in the 1st game of the series on July 31, 8–0. The Phillies would end up taking 2 of 3 from the Nationals. After the series against the Nationals on August 2, the Phillies were 47–58, 15 and a half games behind the first place Nationals, and 13 game behind the second wild card. Although their playoff chances are slim, the Phillies performance after the all-star break looked promising for next season. Throughout the month, knowing that they will likely not make the postseason, the Phillies made trades with some of their players. One of the trades were Hunter Pence getting traded to the Giants for Nate Schierholtz, Tommy Joseph, and Seth Rosin. Another trade was Shane Victorino getting trading to the Dodgers for 2 pitchers.^[17] Pitcher Joe Blanton also got involved in a trade with the Dodgers.^[18] The Phillies would also resign Cole Hamels to a six-year, $144 million extension, the second-largest contract for a pitcher in baseball history.^[19]

August[]

The Phillies were 47–58, 151⁄2 games behind the first-place Nationals, and 10 games behind the second wild card after their series against the Nationals on August 2. The Phillies started the month by taking 2 of 3 from the Arizona Diamondbacks. The game 3 victory was huge for Ryan Howard, who had struggled since coming off his injury. After getting booed by striking out when the game was tied in the 8th inning with the bases loaded, Ryan Howard came through by hitting an RBI single with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to win the game and the series. The victory also put them out of last place in the NL East for the first time since June 27.^[20] The Phillies then took 1 of 3 from the Braves, a team that they got swept by in the past 2 series. In game 1 of the series, the Phillies saw their sellout streak end when the Phillies did not have a sell-out crowd. This ended their streak at 257 games, the third-longest sellout streak in MLB history.^[21] The Phillies then took 2 of 3 from the St. Louis Cardinals and came back from 3 runs down to win game 3 in extra innings. The Phillies then also took 2 of 3 from the Miami Marlins. The Phillies then split the series at 2–2 against the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds. After their game 4 win against the Reds, the Phillies moved up to third place in the division for the first time since April 12.^[22] The Phillies then pulled off a three-game sweep of the Nationals, marking their second three-game sweep of the season. The Phillies would however take just 1 of 3 from the New York Mets. To finish the month, the Phillies would pull off a comeback win against the Braves in game 1 on August 31. The Phillies ended up taking 2 of 3 from that series. They could have swept the series, but the Phillies blew a 7–3 lead in the bottom of the 9th inning in game 3. The Phillies finished August by going 17–12, their best month of the season overall so far. However, Carlos Ruiz, who had been the star of the Phillies with his remarkable performance this season,^{[citation needed]} had to sit out for 4–6 weeks because of a fractured knee that took a beating throughout the month. Ruiz was replaced by Erik Kratz due to catcher Brian Schneider also suffering an injury.^[23] This month also saw a huge improvement by Kyle Kendrick. After Charlie Manuel got really disappointed in an awful outing by Kyle in a 12–6 loss when he allowed 6 runs, he has been the hottest Phillies's pitcher since. Right away in his next outing, he shut the Miami Marlins out, allowing no runs. He did the same in his next outing against a normally strong Milwaukee Brewers offense. Although in his next outing Kyle allowed a 2-run home run against the Washington Nationals, Kendrick received his 3rd win in a row when the Phillies won 4–2. Kendrick picked up his fourth win in a row when the Phillies won 3–2 against the New York Mets.^[24]

September/ October[]

The Phillies were 64–70 and were 8 games behind the Second Wild Card team St. Louis Cardinals after their series with the Braves on September 2. The Phillies will try to make an impressive late run to make the Wild Card. The Phillies started the month of September by taking 2 of 3 from the Cincinnati Reds. Then, the Phillies caught fire in the wild card standings, by sweeping both the Colorado Rockies and Miami Marlins in a 3-game series to climb back up above .500 for the first time since June 3, partly due to strong performances by Jimmy Rollins shortly after coming back after getting benched when he did not hustle after a pop-up on August 30.^[25] Meanwhile, the teams ahead of them struggled, with the Pittsburgh Pirates losing 6 in a row and the Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers losing 6 of their last 7 games. As a result, the Phillies were just 3 games behind the Cardinals on September 12.^[26] However, just as it seemed like the Phillies were going to make an improbable run to the playoffs, disaster stroke in the next series against the Houston Astros. Mainly due to bad pitching performances, the Phillies lost 3 of 4 to the last-place Astros and were 4 games back after the series. This was also when the Phillies were eliminated from winning the division with a 6–7 loss on August 16.^[27] However, the Phillies tried to rebound. They then had their revenge on the New York Mets for the tough losses they gave the Phils this season by sweeping them. This includes a come-from-behind 3–2 when Ryan Howard hit a 2-run home run when the Phillies were down to their final out and a huge blowout 16–1 win when the Phillies scored 8 runs on the road in the first inning for the first time since 1912. Despite the sweep, the Phillies were unable to pick up any games as the Cardinals started getting hot around this time. Then in the next series against the Atlanta Braves, although they would win the first game to climb back to 3 games behind the Cardinals, they would lose the final 2 games which sunk them to 51⁄2 games behind the Cardinals and majorly damaged their playoff hopes. However, in game 2 of the series, Ryan Howard hit his 300th career home run after 1,093 games, becoming the second fastest player to hit the 300th homer.^[28] The Phillies were unable to keep their now very slim playoff chances alive by taking just 1 of 3 from the Washington Nationals. However, Darin Ruf, who recently joined the Phillies from the minor leagues, saw that his first hit was also his first home run.^[29] Their playoff chances then ended for good when the Phillies loss the first game of the next series against the Marlins on September 28.^[30] The Phillies would then finish the year by winning the next 2 games against the Marlins, but would win only 1 of 3 from the Nationals. The Phillies would finish the year 81–81. Although it was impressive to recover from 14 games behind .500 in just half a season, this season was their first non-winning season since 2002.^[31] The Phillies already fired first base coach Sam Perlozzo, bench coach Pete Mackanin and hitting coach Greg Gross.

Season standings[]

NL East standings[]

v t NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	98	64	0.605	—	50–31	48–33
Atlanta Braves	94	68	0.580	4	48–33	46–35
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	17	40–41	41–40
New York Mets	74	88	0.457	24	36–45	38–43
Miami Marlins	69	93	0.426	29	38–43	31–50

NL Wild Card[]

v t Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	0.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	0.580

v t Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	0.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	5
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	0.500	7
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	0.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	0.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	0.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	33

Record vs. opponents[]

2012 National League Records v t Source: MLB Standings Grid
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	HOU	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–5	5–4	2–5	9–7	6–0	12–6	5–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	3–4	7–11	9–9	1–5	2–4	9–6
Atlanta	5–2	–	3–4	1–5	6–1	4–2	3–3	14–4	3–3	12–6	12–6	3–2	4–3	3–4	5–1	8–10	8–10
Chicago	4–5	4–3	–	4–12	2–4	8–5	2–4	2–4	4–13	4–2	2–4	8–8	3–3	1–6	7–10	1–6	5–10
Cincinnati	5–2	5–1	12–4	–	5–1	10–5	2–4	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	11–7	6–2	4–3	6–7	2–5	7–8
Colorado	7–9	1–6	4–2	1–5	–	5–2	8–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	2–7	2–4	8–10	4–14	2–5	4–3	2–13
Houston	0–6	2–4	5–8	5–10	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	8–9	4–2	3–3	5–12	3–5	1–8	4–11	1–7	6–9
Los Angeles	6–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–8	4–2	–	4–2	1–6	4–3	5–2	6–1	11–7	8-10	6–5	4–2	6–9
Miami	3–5	4–14	4–2	3–3	4–3	4–2	2–4	–	4–4	4–12	8–10	1–4	5–1	5–2	2–5	9–9	5–13
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	13–4	6–9	1–5	9–8	6–1	4–4	–	3–2	2–5	11–4	3–4	2–4	6–9	3–5	6–9
New York	4–3	6–12	2–4	2–6	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–4	2–3	–	10–8	5–2	4–3	4–4	4–3	4–14	8–7
Philadelphia	4–2	6–12	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–3	2–5	10–8	5–2	8–10	–	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–2	9-9	5–10
Pittsburgh	4–3	2–3	8–8	7–11	4–2	12–5	1–6	4–1	4–11	2–5	4–3	–	1–5	3–3	8–7	3–2	10–8
San Diego	11–7	3–4	3–3	2–6	10–8	5–3	7–11	1–5	4–3	3–4	3–4	5–1	–	6–12	3–3	2–3	8–7
San Francisco	9–9	4–3	6–1	3–4	14–4	8–1	10–8	2–5	4–2	4–4	4–2	3–3	12–6	–	3–3	1–5	7–8
St. Louis	5–1	1–5	10–7	7–6	5–2	11–4	5–6	5–2	9–6	3–4	3–4	7–8	3–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–7
Washington	4–2	10–8	6–1	5–2	3–4	7–1	2–4	9–9	5–3	14–4	9-9	2–3	3–2	5-1	4-3	–	10–8

Game log[]

Legend
	Phillies win
	Phillies loss
	Postponement
Bold	Phillies team member

2012 Game Log[32]
show April (11–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Pirates 1–0 Halladay (1–0) Bédard (0–1) Papelbon (1) 39,585 1–0 2 April 7 @ Pirates 1–2 (10) Cruz (1–0) Blanton (0–1) 38,885 1–1 3 April 8 @ Pirates 4–5 Hanrahan (1–0) Herndon (0–1) 19,856 1–2 4 April 9 Marlins 2–6 Sánchez (1–0) Hamels (0–1) 45,574 1–3 5 April 11 Marlins 7–1 Halladay (2–0) Johnson (0–2) 45,359 2–3 6 April 12 Marlins 3–1 Blanton (1–1) Buehrle (0–2) Papelbon (2) 44,751 3–3 7 April 13 Mets 2–5 Dickey (2–0) Lee (0–1) 45,429 3–4 8 April 14 Mets 0–5 Niese (2–0) Worley (0–1) 45,750 3–5 9 April 15 Mets 8–2 Hamels (1–1) Ramírez (1–1) 45,829 4–5 10 April 16 @ Giants 5–2 Halladay (3–0) Lincecum (0–2) Papelbon (3) 41,136 5–5 11 April 17 @ Giants 2–4 Bumgarner (2–1) Blanton (1–2) Casilla (1) 41,101 5–6 12 April 18 @ Giants 0–1 (11) Hensley (1–0) Bastardo (0–1) 41,860 5–7 13 April 19 @ Padres 2–0 Worley (1–1) Wieland (0–2) Papelbon (4) 17,573 6–7 14 April 20 @ Padres 4–1 Hamels (2–1) Vólquez (0–2) Papelbon (5) 23,748 7–7 15 April 21 @ Padres 1–5 Luebke (2–1) Halladay (3–1) 31,437 7–8 16 April 22 @ Padres 1–6 Bass (1–2) Blanton (1–3) 26,759 7–9 17 April 23 @ Diamondbacks 5–9 Miley (2–0) Kendrick (0–1) 21,195 7–10 18 April 24 @ Diamondbacks 8–5 Worley (2–1) Collmenter (0–2) Papelbon (6) 24,213 8–10 19 April 25 @ Diamondbacks 7–2 Hamels (3–1) Cahill (1–2) 25,934 9–10 20 April 27 Cubs 1–5 Maholm (2–2) Halladay (3–2) Dolis (1) 45,261 9–11 21 April 28 Cubs 5–2 Blanton (2–3) Wells (0–1) Papelbon (7) 45,196 10–11 22 April 29 Cubs 1–5 Garza (2–1) Kendrick (0–2) 45,550 10–12 23 April 30 Cubs 6–4 Qualls (1–0) Maine (0–1) Papelbon (8) 45,397 11–12
show May (16–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Braves 4–2 Bastardo (1–1) Venters (2–1) Papelbon (9) 21,640 12–12 25 May 2 @ Braves 13–15 (11) Durbin (1–0) Sanches (0–1) 26,504 12–13 26 May 3 @ Braves 4–0 Blanton (3–3) Delgado (2–3) 24,015 13–13 27 May 4 @ Nationals 3–4 (11) Perry (1–0) Schwimer (0–1) 34,377 13–14 28 May 5 @ Nationals 1–7 Gonzalez (3–1) Worley (2–2) 39,496 13–15 29 May 6 @ Nationals 9–3 Hamels (4–1) Zimmermann (1–3) 33,058 14–15 30 May 7 Mets 2–5 Byrdak (1–0) Papelbon (0–1) Francisco (8) 44,365 14–16 31 May 8 Mets 4–7 Acosta (1–2) Qualls (1–1) Rauch (1) 43,821 14–17 32 May 9 Mets 6–10 Byrdak (2–0) Kendrick (0–3) 43,840 14–18 33 May 11 Padres 7–3 Worley (3–2) Richard (1–5) 44,056 15–18 34 May 12 Padres 1–2 Vólquez (2–2) Halladay (3–3) Thayer (3) 45,542 15–19 35 May 13 Padres 3–2 Hamels (5–1) Suppan (2–1) Papelbon (10) 45,442 16–19 36 May 14 Astros 5–1 Blanton (4–3) Harrell (2–3) 43,824 17–19 37 May 15 Astros 4–3 (10) Diekman (1–0) Myers (0–1) 43,781 18–19 38 May 16 @ Cubs 9–2 Contreras (1–0) Camp (2–2) 38,678 19–19 39 May 17 @ Cubs 8–7 Halladay (4–3) Volstad (0–6) Papelbon (11) 37,986 20–19 40 May 18 Red Sox 6–4 Hamels (6–1) Bard (3–5) Papelbon (12) 45,205 21–19 41 May 19 Red Sox 5–7 Lester (3–3) Blanton (4–4) Aceves (9) 45,656 21–20 42 May 20 Red Sox 1–5 Beckett (4–4) Lee (0–2) 45,586 21–21 43 May 21 Nationals 1–2 Gonzalez (6–1) Kendrick (0–4) Burnett (2) 43,787 21–22 44 May 22 Nationals 2–5 Zimmermann (3–4) Halladay (4–4) Clippard (1) 45,569 21–23 45 May 23 Nationals 4–1 Hamels (7–1) Jackson (1–2) 43,926 22–23 46 May 24 @ Cardinals 10–9 Valdés (1–0) Salas (0–3) Papelbon (13) 40,135 23–23 47 May 25 @ Cardinals 5–3 (10) Valdés (2–0) Motte (3–2) Papelbon (14) 43,375 24–23 48 May 26 @ Cardinals 4–0 Kendrick (1–4) García (3–3) 44,476 25–23 49 May 27 @ Cardinals 3–8 Wainwright (4–5) Halladay (4–5) 42,659 25–24 50 May 28 @ Mets 8–4 Hamels (8–1) Parnell (1–1) 32,122 26–24 51 May 29 @ Mets 3–6 Hefner (1–2) Blanton (4–5) Francisco (14) 25,487 26–25 52 May 30 @ Mets 10–6 Bastardo (2–1) Rauch (3–4) 30,064 27–25
show June (9–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 Marlins 6–4 Kendrick (2–4) Buehrle (5–5) Papelbon (15) 44,497 28–25 54 June 2 Marlins 4–5 Nolasco (6–3) Hamels (8–2) Bell (11) 45,509 28–26 55 June 3 Marlins 1–5 Zambrano (4–3) Blanton (4–6) Bell (12) 45,356 28–27 56 June 4 Dodgers 3–4 Belisario (1–0) Papelbon (0–2) Jansen (7) 45,572 28–28 57 June 5 Dodgers 1–2 Billingsley (3–4) Lee (0–3) Jansen (8) 43,989 28–29 58 June 6 Dodgers 5–6 Capuano (8–2) Kendrick (2–5) Jansen (9) 44,216 28–30 59 June 7 Dodgers 3–8 Harang (5–3) Hamels (8–3) 44,096 28–31 60 June 8 @ Orioles 9–6 Blanton (5–6) Arrieta (2–8) Papelbon (16) 40,459 29–31 61 June 9 @ Orioles 4–6 (12) Ayala (2–1) Rosenberg (0–1) 46,611 29–32 62 June 10 @ Orioles 4–5 (10) O'Day (4–0) Savery (0–1) 45,267 29–33 63 June 12 @ Twins 7–11 Blackburn (3–4) Kendrick (2–6) 32,622 29–34 64 June 13 @ Twins 9–8 Hamels (9–3) Walters (2–2) Papelbon (17) 32,581 30–34 65 June 14 @ Twins 6–1 Blanton (6–6) Diamond (5–2) 32,205 31–34 66 June 15 @ Blue Jays 0–3 Villanueva (2–0) Worley (3–3) Janssen (6) 28,266 31–35 67 June 16 @ Blue Jays 5–6 (10) Cordero (2–4) Savery (0–2) 42,070 31–36 68 June 17 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Cecil (1–0) Kendrick (2–7) 45,060 31–37 69 June 19 Rockies 7–2 Hamels (10–3) Outman (0–3) 44,329 32–37 70 June 20 Rockies 7–6 Papelbon (1–2) Betancourt (1–3) 43,729 33–37 71 June 21 Rockies 1–4 Roenicke (2–0) Worley (3–4) Betancourt (11) 43,805 33–38 – June 22 Rays Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 24 72 June 23 Rays 7–6 Papelbon (2–2) McGee (2–2) 44,878 34–38 73 June 24 (1) Rays 2–3 Price (10–4) Bastardo (2–2) Rodney (21) 44,785 34–39 74 June 24 (2) Rays 3–7 Gomes (2–2) Lee (0–4) 44,088 34–40 75 June 25 Pirates 8–3 Blanton (7–6) Karstens (0–2) 44,721 35–40 76 June 26 Pirates 5–4 Worley (4–4) Bédard (4–8) Papelbon (18) 45,096 36–40 77 June 27 Pirates 7–11 McDonald (7–3) Valdés (2–1) 44,057 36–41 78 June 28 Pirates 4–5 Burnett (9–2) Kendrick (2–8) Hanrahan (20) 44,521 36–42 79 June 29 @ Marlins 2–6 Johnson (5–5) Lee (0–5) 28,246 36–43 80 June 30 @ Marlins 2–3 Buehrle (7–8) Hamels (10–4) Bell (16) 31,311 36–44
show July (10–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 @ Marlins 2–5 Nolasco (7–6) Blanton (7–7) Bell (17) 31,727 36–45 82 July 3 @ Mets 1–11 Niese (7–3) Worley (4–5) 42,516 36–46 83 July 4 @ Mets 9–2 Lee (1–5) Young (2–2) 28,687 37–46 84 July 5 @ Mets 5–6 Parnell (2–1) Papelbon (2–3) 28,409 37–47 85 July 6 Braves 0–5 Hudson (7–4) Bastardo (2–3) 44,441 37–48 86 July 7 Braves 3–6 Hanson (10–5) Blanton (7–8) Kimbrel (24) 44,797 37–49 87 July 8 Braves 3–4 Jurrjens (3–2) Valdés (2–2) Kimbrel (25) 43,881 37–50 – July 10 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri 88 July 13 @ Rockies 2–6 Friedrich (5–6) Lee (1–6) 33,346 37–51 89 July 14 @ Rockies 8–5 Worley (5–5) Guthrie (3–9) Papelbon (19) 35,151 38–51 90 July 15 @ Rockies 5–1 Hamels (11–4) Pomeranz (1–4) 25,685 39–51 91 July 16 @ Dodgers 3–2 Blanton (8–8) Eovaldi (1–6) Papelbon (20) 32,238 40–51 92 July 17 @ Dodgers 3–2 Kendrick (3–8) Belisario (3–1) Papelbon (21) 53,498 41–51 93 July 18 @ Dodgers 3–5 (12) Wright (4–2) Diekman (1–1) 39,955 41–52 94 July 20 Giants 2–7 Lincecum (4–10) Worley (5–6) 44,205 41–53 95 July 21 Giants 5–6 (10) Romo (3–1) Papelbon (2–4) Casilla (24) 45,989 41–54 96 July 22 Giants 4–3 (12) Kendrick (4–8) Penny (0–1) 44,551 42–54 97 July 23 Brewers 7–6 Savery (1–2) Rodríguez (2–5) 43,717 43–54 98 July 24 Brewers 7–6 Schwimer (1–1) Loe (4–4) Papelbon (22) 43,745 44–54 99 July 25 Brewers 7–6 (10) Schwimer (2–1) Rodríguez (2–6) 44,715 45–54 100 July 27 @ Braves 1–6 Sheets (3–0) Hamels (11–5) 42,239 45–55 101 July 28 @ Braves 1–2 Minor (6–7) Blanton (8–9) Kimbrel (30) 39,886 45–56 102 July 29 @ Braves 2–6 Hudson (10–4) Halladay (4–6) 23,726 45–57 103 July 31 @ Nationals 8–0 Lee (2–6) Strasburg (11–5) 30,167 46–57
show August (17–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Nationals 3–2 Worley (6–6) Jackson (6–7) Papelbon (23) 23,777 47–57 105 August 2 @ Nationals 0–3 Detwiler (6–4) Hamels (11–6) Clippard (21) 28,825 47–58 106 August 3 Diamondbacks 2–4 Kennedy (10–8) Kendrick (4–9) Putz (20) 43,766 47–59 107 August 4 Diamondbacks 3–0 Halladay (5–6) Saunders (5–8) Papelbon (24) 43,762 48–59 108 August 5 Diamondbacks 5–4 Papelbon (3–4) Collmenter (3–3) 43,741 49–59 109 August 6 Braves 1–6 Sheets (4–1) Worley (6–7) 41,665 49–60 110 August 7 Braves 3–0 Hamels (12–6) Minor (6–8) 42,660 50–60 111 August 8 Braves 6–12 Durbin (4–1) Bastardo (2–4) 41,501 50–61 112 August 10 Cardinals 3–1 Halladay (6–6) Browning (0–1) Papelbon (25) 43,122 51–61 113 August 11 Cardinals 1–4 Westbrook (12–8) Lee (2–7) Motte (26) 44,233 51–62 114 August 12 Cardinals 8–7 (11) Horst (1–0) Browning (0–2) 42,877 52–62 115 August 13 @ Marlins 4–0 Hamels (13–6) Eovaldi (3–8) 23,309 53–62 116 August 14 @ Marlins 1–0 Kendrick (5–9) Johnson (7–9) Papelbon (26) 23,879 54–62 117 August 15 @ Marlins 2–9 Buehrle (10–11) Halladay (6–7) 22,450 54–63 118 August 16 @ Brewers 4–7 Hernández (4–1) Lindblom (2–3) Henderson (3) 30,117 54–64 119 August 17 @ Brewers 2–6 Gallardo (12–8) Worley (6–8) 39,163 54–65 120 August 18 @ Brewers 4–3 Hamels (14–6) Fiers (6–6) Papelbon (27) 43,386 55–65 121 August 19 @ Brewers 8–0 Kendrick (6–9) Wolf (3–10) 42,224 56–65 122 August 20 Reds 12–5 Halladay (7–7) Leake (5–8) 44,341 57–65 123 August 21 Reds 4–5 Broxton (3–3) Papelbon (3–5) Chapman (30) 45,091 57–66 124 August 22 Reds 2–3 Arroyo (10–7) Worley (6–9) Chapman (31) 41,794 57��67 125 August 23 Reds 4–3 (11) Valdés (3–2) Simón (2–2) 41,972 58–67 126 August 24 Nationals 4–2 Kendrick (7–9) Jackson (7–9) Papelbon (28) 42,096 59–67 127 August 25 Nationals 4–2 Halladay (8–7) Gonzalez (16–7) Papelbon (29) 44,256 60–67 128 August 26 Nationals 4–1 Lee (3–7) Zimmermann (9–8) Lindblom (1) 44,653 61–67 129 August 28 Mets 5–9 (10) Parnell (4–3) Rosenberg (0–2) 41,227 61–68 130 August 29 Mets 2–3 Harvey (3–3) Cloyd (0–1) Francisco (22) 42,882 61–69 131 August 30 Mets 3–2 Kendrick (8–9) Niese (10–8) Papelbon (30) 43,141 62–69 132 August 31 @ Braves 8–5 (10) Lindblom (3–3) Martínez (5–4) Papelbon (31) 31,203 63–69
show September (17–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 @ Braves 5–1 Lee (4–7) Hudson (13–5) 44,749 64–69 134 September 2 @ Braves 7–8 Moylan (1–0) Papelbon (3–6) 36,394 64–70 135 September 3 @ Reds 4–2 Cloyd (1–1) Cueto (17–7) Aumont (1) 22,487 65–70 136 September 4 @ Reds 1–2 Latos (12–4) Kendrick (8–10) Chapman (35) 17,806 65–71 137 September 5 @ Reds 6–2 Halladay (9–7) Leake (7–9) 19,267 66–71 138 September 7 Rockies 3–2 Papelbon (4–6) Harris (1–1) 42,028 67–71 – September 8 Rockies Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 9 139 September 9 (1) Rockies 3–2 Papelbon (5–6) Belisle (3–6) 41,813 68–71 140 September 9 (2) Rockies 7–4 Rosenberg (1–2) Roenicke (4–2) Papelbon (32) 40,394 69–71 141 September 10 Marlins 3–1 Kendrick (9–10) LeBlanc (2–4) Bastardo (1) 41,505 70–71 142 September 11 Marlins 9–7 Halladay (10–7) Eovaldi (4–12) Papelbon (33) 42,028 71–71 143 September 12 Marlins 3–1 Lee (5–7) Johnson (8–12) Papelbon (34) 42,178 72–71 144 September 13 @ Astros 4–6 Wright (1–2) Aumont (0–1) López (5) 13,028 72–72 145 September 14 @ Astros 12–6 Hamels (15–6) González (2–1) 17,535 73–72 146 September 15 @ Astros 0–5 Keuchel (2–7) Kendrick (9–11) 20,419 73–73 147 September 16 @ Astros 6–7 Wright (2–2) Bastardo (2–5) López (6) 17,438 73–74 148 September 17 @ Mets 3–1 Lee (6–7) Dickey (18–6) Papelbon (35) 20,527 74–74 – September 18 @ Mets Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 20 149 September 19 @ Mets 3–2 Horst (2–0) Edgin (1–2) Papelbon (36) 21,741 75–74 150 September 20 @ Mets 16–1 Cloyd (2–1) Hefner (2–7) 20,010 76–74 151 September 21 Braves 6–2 Kendrick (10–11) Hanson (12–9) 44,052 77–74 152 September 22 Braves 2–8 Minor (10–10) Halladay (10–8) 45,377 77–75 153 September 23 Braves 1–2 Hudson (16–6) Lee (6–8) Kimbrel (39) 43,968 77–76 154 September 25 Nationals 6–3 Hamels (16–6) Detwiler (10–7) Papelbon (37) 42,304 78–76 155 September 26 Nationals 4–8 Lannan (4–0) Kendrick (10–12) 41,440 78–77 156 September 27 Nationals 3–7 Gonzalez (21–8) Cloyd (2–2) 44,070 78–78 157 September 28 @ Marlins 1–2 Cishek (5–2) Lindblom (3–4) 28,201 78–79 158 September 29 @ Marlins 9–5 Halladay (11–8) Nolasco (12–13) 30,202 79–79 159 September 30 @ Marlins 4–1 Hamels (17–6) Eovaldi (4–13) Papelbon (38) 28,317 80–79
show October (1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Nationals 2–0 Kendrick (11–12) Lannan (4–1) Aumont (2) 35,387 81–79 161 October 2 @ Nationals 2–4 Duke (1–0) Lindblom (3–5) Storen (4) 33,546 81–80 162 October 3 @ Nationals 1–5 Jackson (10–11) Lee (6–9) 37,075 81–81

Roster[]

All players who made an appearance for the Phillies during 2012 are included.^[33]

†	Indicates players who started on Opening Day in 2012[34]

2012 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 48 Phillippe Aumont 37 Antonio Bastardo 56 Joe Blanton 59 Tyson Brummett 50 Tyler Cloyd 52 José Contreras 79 Justin De Fratus 63 Jake Diekman 34 Roy Halladay † 35 Cole Hamels 57 David Herndon 47 Jeremy Horst 38 Kyle Kendrick 33 Cliff Lee 43 Josh Lindblom 58 Jonathan Papelbon 50 Chad Qualls 53 B. J. Rosenberg 48 Brian Sanches 55 Joe Savery 44 Michael Schwimer 40 Michael Stutes 46 Raúl Valdés 49 Vance Worley		Catchers 31 Erik Kratz 39 Steven Lerud 51 Carlos Ruiz † 23 Brian Schneider Infielders 18 Mike Fontenot 28 Kevin Frandsen 13 Freddy Galvis †  6 Ryan Howard 29 Héctor Luna  7 Michael Martínez  4 Pete Orr 27 Plácido Polanco † 11 Jimmy Rollins † 25 Jim Thome 26 Chase Utley 24 Ty Wigginton †		Outfielders  9 Domonic Brown 15 John Mayberry Jr. † 19 Laynce Nix  3 Hunter Pence † 10 Juan Pierre 16 Jason Pridie 18 Darin Ruf 22 Nate Schierholtz  8 Shane Victorino †		Manager 41 Charlie Manuel Coaches 17 Mick Billmeyer (bullpen) 30 Rich Dubee (pitching) 18 Greg Gross (hitting)  5 Pete Mackanin (bench)  2 Sam Perlozzo (1B) 12 Juan Samuel (3B) 81 Jesús Tiamo (bullpen catcher)

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	International League	Ryne Sandberg
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Dusty Wathan
A	Clearwater Threshers	Florida State League	Chris Truby
A	Lakewood BlueClaws	South Atlantic League	Mickey Morandini
A-Short Season	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York–Penn League	Andy Tracy
Rookie	GCL Phillies	Gulf Coast League	Roly de Armas

External links[]

• 2012 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference
• Philadelphia Phillies' official website

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