Our Chanukah celebration continues as I highlight a few more prominent Phillies to have worn the number eight.
Dick Sisler
After Chuck Klein left the team, there was a series of mostly nondescript players to bear the number eight for the Phillies. In 1948, the Phillies traded for Dick Sisler, and after spending a season as number six, he switched to eight for the next three years, which included the second-ever National League pennant in franchise history.
Sisler was a lefty-hitting first basemen/outfielder who parlayed his strong on-base skills into a spot on the 1950 NL All-Star team.