As we head towards the 139th season in Phillies franchise history, a question from a commenter prompted some searches into baseball-reference.com for the biggest performers in Phils’ Opening Day games.
We’ll look at career leaders in Opening Day stats, as well as some of the biggest single game performances, covering pitchers today, and hitters tomorrow.
Stats are since 1901, when baseball-reference begins tracking game-level details.
Starters
- All Starting Pitchers’ stats on Opening Day
- List of all 120 Opening Day starts
Over those past 120 years, 63 different pitchers have taken the mound for the Phillies on Opening Day.