The Philadelphia... Daisies?

“Phillies” is perfectly serviceable as a nickname, evoking the team’s home city. However it’s bland enough that both team officials and fans have tried to introduce a new name for the team from time to time.

According to baseball-reference.com, the team that entered the National League in 1883* was known as the Quakers. There’s some debate about that though, and it’s not clear that “Quakers” was used any more than “Phillies”:

First, nicknames were not official monikers used by major league teams until the 20th century. In the 19th century, nicknames were created and used by newspapers. In 1883 alone, the Philadelphia Baseball Club Limited was identified as “Philadelphias”, “Phillies”,…