Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (A)

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Grover Cleveland Alexander, a member of the Hall of Fame, won two pitching Triple Crowns with the Phillies in his first tenure with the team.

The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The team has played officially under two names since beginning play in 1883: the current moniker, as well as the "Quakers", which was used in conjunction with "Phillies" during the team's early history. The team was also known unofficially as the "Blue Jays" during the World War II era. Since the franchise's inception, 2,081 players have made an appearance in a competitive game for the team, whether as an offensive player (batting and baserunning) or a defensive player (fielding, pitching, or both).

Of those 2,081 Phillies, 51 have had surnames beginning with the letter A. Three of those players have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, who played for the Phillies from 1911 to 1917 and again in 1930; second baseman Sparky Anderson, who played for the team in 1959 and was inducted to the Hall of Fame as a manager; and center fielder Richie Ashburn, who was a Phillie from 1948 to 1959. The Hall of Fame lists the Phillies as the primary team for both Alexander and Ashburn, and they are members of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame, as is Dick Allen. Ashburn's number 1 has been retired by the Phillies, who have also honored Alexander with a representation of the letter "P"; he played before uniform numbers were used in Major League Baseball. Ashburn also holds a franchise record; his 1,811 career singles are best among all of Philadelphia's players.

Among the 34 batters in this list, catcher Hezekiah Allen has the highest batting average: a .667 mark, with two hits in his three plate appearances. Other players with an average above .300 include Bobby Abreu (.303 in nine seasons), Jim Adduci (.368 in one season), Ethan Allen (.316 in three seasons), Stan Andrews (.333 in one season), Joe Antolick (.333 in one season), Buzz Arlett (.313 in one season), and Ashburn (.311 in twelve seasons). Richie Allen's 204 home runs lead Phillies players whose names begin with A, as do Abreu's 814 runs batted in.

Of this list's 17 pitchers, Antonio Alfonseca has the best win–loss record, in terms of winning percentage; his five wins and two losses notched him a .714 win ratio in his one season with the team. Alexander has the most wins (190), losses (91), and strikeouts (1,409), as well as the lowest earned run average (2.18) among qualifying pitchers; the only player to best Alexander in that category on this list is outfielder Mike Anderson, who made one pitching appearance in 1979, throwing one inning and allowing no runs (a 0.00 ERA).

Key to symbols in player list(s)

† or ‡	Indicates a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; ‡ indicates that the Phillies are the player's primary team[H]
§	Indicates a member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
*	Indicates a team record[R]
(#)	A number following a player's name indicates that the number was retired by the Phillies in the player's honor.
Year	Italic text indicates that the player is a member of the Phillies' active (25-man) roster.
Position(s)	Indicates the player's primary position(s)[P]
Notes	Statistics shown only for playing time with Phillies[S]
Ref	References

Bobby Abreu accumulated a .303 batting average in nine seasons playing right field in Philadelphia.

Pitcher Antonio Alfonseca's 5–2 win–loss record is the best among pitchers whose surnames begin with A.

Bob G. Allen played five seasons for the Phillies, also serving as manager for part of the 1890 season.

Ethan Allen's .316 batting average in three seasons with the Phillies is the fifth-best mark among the members of this list.

After playing five seasons with Philadelphia, Rubén Amaro, Jr. became the team's general manager in 2009.

Ed Andrews stole 155 bases in his six Phillies seasons.

Richie Ashburn's number 1 was retired by the team in his honor.

Andy Ashby struck out 101 batters in 3 seasons with the Phillies.

List of players whose surnames begin with A, showing season(s) and position(s) played and selected statistics

Name	Season(s)	Position(s)	Notes	Ref
Ed Abbaticchio	1897–1898	Third baseman	.235 batting average 4 doubles 14 runs batted in
Fred Abbott	1905	Catcher	.195 batting average 6 doubles 12 runs batted in
Kyle Abbott	1992 1995	Pitcher	3–14 record 4.90 earned run average 109 strikeouts
Paul Abbott	2004	Pitcher	1–6 record 6.24 earned run average 21 strikeouts
Bobby Abreu	1998–2006	Right fielder	.303 batting average 195 home runs 814 runs batted in
Cy Acosta	1975	Pitcher	6.23 earned run average 2 strikeouts 1 save
Bert Adams	1915–1919	Catcher	.201 batting average 2 home runs 39 runs batted in
Bob Adams	1931–1932	Pitcher	0–1 record 5.25 earned run average 5 strikeouts
Buster Adams	1943–1945 1947	Center fielder	.266 batting average 25 home runs 125 runs batted in
Terry Adams	2002–2003 2005	Pitcher	8–15 record 4.33 earned run average 151 strikeouts
Jim Adduci	1989	First baseman	.368 batting average 7 hits 19 plate appearances
Luis Aguayo	1980–1988	Shortstop	.240 batting average 33 home runs 93 runs batted in
Darrel Akerfelds	1990–1991	Pitcher	7–3 record 4.29 earned run average 73 strikeouts
Jack Albright	1947	Shortstop	.232 batting average 2 home runs 5 runs batted in
Scott Aldred	1999–2000	Pitcher	2–4 record 4.61 earned run average 40 strikeouts
Grover Cleveland Alexander‡§ (P)	1911–1917 1930	Pitcher	190–91 record 2.18 earned run average 1,409 strikeouts
Antonio Alfonseca	2007	Pitcher	5–2 record 5.44 earned run average 24 strikeouts
Bob E. Allen	1937	Pitcher	0–1 record 6.75 earned run average 8 strikeouts
Bob G. Allen	1890–1894	Shortstop	.237 batting average 13 home runs 281 runs batted in
Ethan Allen	1934–1936	Left fielder Center fielder	.316 batting average 19 home runs 157 runs batted in
Hezekiah Allen	1884	Catcher	.667 batting average 2 hits 3 plate appearances
Dick Allen§	1963–1969 1975–1976	First baseman Third baseman Left fielder	.290 batting average 204 home runs 655 runs batted in
Bill Almon	1988	Third baseman Shortstop	.115 batting average 2 doubles 1 run batted in
Porfi Altamirano	1982–1983	Pitcher	7–4 record 3.92 earned run average 50 strikeouts
Clemente Álvarez	2000	Catcher	.200 batting average 1 hit 5 plate appearances
Rubén Amaro, Jr.	1992–1993 1996–1998	Right fielder Left fielder	.239 batting average 13 home runs 86 runs batted in
Rubén Amaro, Sr.	1960–1965	Shortstop	.241 batting average 7 home runs 135 runs batted in
Red Ames	1919	Pitcher	0–2 record 6.19 earned run average 4 strikeouts
Larry Andersen	1983–1986 1993–1994	Pitcher	11–14 record 3.27 earned run average 221 strikeouts
Dave Anderson	1889–1890	Pitcher	1–2 record 7.44 earned run average 15 strikeouts
Harry Anderson	1957–1960	Left fielder	.268 batting average 59 home runs 233 runs batted in
John Anderson	1958	Pitcher	7.88 earned run average 9 strikeouts 4 walks
Marlon Anderson	1998–2002	Second baseman	.266 batting average 26 home runs 182 runs batted in
Mike Anderson	1971–1975 1979	Right fielder	.246 batting average 23 home runs 102 runs batted in
Sparky Anderson†	1959	Second baseman	.218 batting average 9 doubles 34 runs batted in
Ed Andrews	1884–1889	Center fielder	.261 batting average 85 doubles 155 stolen bases
Fred Andrews	1976–1977	Second baseman	.276 batting average 1 triple 2 runs batted in
Stan Andrews	1945	Catcher	.333 batting average 1 home run 6 runs batted in
Bill Andrus	1937	Third baseman	3 games played 2 plate appearances 2 strikeouts
Joe Antolick	1944	Catcher	.333 batting average 2 hits 6 plate appearances
John Antonelli	1945	Third baseman	.256 batting average 1 home run 28 runs batted in
Alex Arias	1998–2000	Shortstop	.272 batting average 7 home runs 79 runs batted in
Buzz Arlett	1931	Right fielder	.313 batting average 18 home runs 72 runs batted in
Morrie Arnovich	1936–1940	Left fielder	.288 batting average 20 home runs 218 runs batted in
Richie Ashburn‡§ (#1)	1948–1959	Center fielder	.311 batting average 1,811 singles* 499 runs batted in
Andy Ashby	1991–1992 2000	Pitcher	6–15 record 6.14 earned run average 101 strikeouts
Dick Attreau	1926–1927	First baseman	.215 batting average 1 home run 16 runs batted in
Bill Atwood	1936–1940	Catcher	.229 batting average 7 home runs 112 runs batted in
Earl Averill, Jr.	1963	Catcher	.268 batting average 3 home runs 8 runs batted in
Ramón Avilés	1979–1981	Second baseman Shortstop	.268 batting average 2 home runs 24 runs batted in
Bob Ayrault	1992–1993	Pitcher	4–2 record 4.36 earned run average 35 strikeouts

Footnotes

Key

• ^H The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum determines which cap a player wears on their plaque, signifying "the team with which he made his most indelible mark". The Hall of Fame considers the player's wishes in making their decision, but the Hall makes the final decision as "it is important that the logo be emblematic of the historical accomplishments of that player’s career".
• ^P Players are listed at a position if they appeared in 30% of their games or more during their Phillies career, as defined by Baseball-Reference. Additional positions may be shown on the Baseball-Reference website by following each player's citation.
• ^R Franchise batting and pitching leaders are drawn from Baseball-Reference. A total of 1,500 plate appearances are needed to qualify for batting records, and 500 innings pitched or 50 decisions are required to qualify for pitching records.
• ^S Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2010 Major League Baseball season.

References

General

• "Philadelphia Phillies Player Career Batting Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
• "Philadelphia Phillies Player Career Pitching Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2010.

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