Phillies Philography: Granny Hamner

The Philadelphia Phillies have a rich history in the National League dating back to the 1883 season.

Since the fall of 2014, I’ve been running an off-season series titled “Philography” in which I present a brief biography of the important players in the Phillies’ past, both recent and distant. I try to mostly key on their playing career, but also toss in a few personal tidbits to frame their background.

In two chapters of the series earlier in this current off-season, I covered a pair of shortstops who were vital to National League pennant-winning Phillies teams of the past. Larry Bowa was the starting shortstop with the NL pennant winners who also won the World Series in 1980, and Kevin…