The obvious superstar in the Phillies roster put in an obvious superstar performance last season with the aforementioned figures above far outperforming his team-mates. NL Silver Slugger – check All-MLB team – check NL MVP of the season – check. Here we run through the best performers from the campaign, but of course there is only one person to start us off… (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)Īlthough Harper was, indeed, the standout performer throughout 2021 for the Phillies, as we all know baseball is a team game and nine of his team-mates definitely showed they were worth a mention too. Bryce Harper had a tremendous third season for the Phillies. That opening weekend three-match winning streak over the Braves which sent expectations soaring ended up signaling a false dawn by the time October rolled in, the final record not quite good enough to challenge for honors. 506 winning percentage, Girardi’s charges didn’t really get going until August with a superb 17-11 record that month but then fell slightly away in the final run. Otherwise it was under-par trades, a threadbare roster ravaged by injuries and not quite enough wins that dashed any high hopes Phillies fans had of finally making it through to the postseason.įinishing with an 82-80 record and subsequent. Leading the National League with 78 extra-base hits and tieing at the top of the overall MLB rankings with 42 doubles, Harper was a real standout. 309/.429/.615 with 35 home runs and 84 RBIs in the 141 games he played. Bryce Harper dominated to win his second National League MVP crown, posting phenomenal stats, Harper batted. It was a year of what could have been had the Phillies’ strength in depth been improved. And they made sure they ended the season on a high with the 5-0 victory over Miami Marlins on October 1 rounding up a “best of the rest” finish behind the eventual MLB champions. Still at least the season followed the trajectory from 2019 to 2020 with a gradual improvement in divisional position, marking Girardi’s second campaign at the helm.
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In the end, the Phillies missed out on the post-season play-offs to a team that would eventually go on to clinch the World Series – with a loss to the Braves on September 30 eliminating them from postseason action for the tenth year in a row. Last season saw the Phillies clinch their first winning record in a decade but ultimately fall short of glory thanks to a late-season collapse against divisional championship rivals Atlanta Braves which proved costly to Joe Girardi’s team.
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