The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

From 2004 to the present, the Phillies have played their home games at Citizens Bank Park in the South Philadelphia section of the city.

The Phillies have won one World Series championship (against Kansas City in 1980) and five National League pennants in their history, but the franchise has also experienced long periods of struggle.

After being founded in 1883 as the "Quakers," the team changed its name to the "Philadelphias", after the convention of the times.

The Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves in the 1993 National League Championship Series, four games to two, to earn the fifth pennant in franchise history, only to suffer defeat by the defending world champion Toronto Blue Jays in the 1993 World Series.

Toronto's Joe Carter hit a walk-off home run in Game 6 to clinch another Phillies loss.

The players' strike in 1994 was a blow to the Phillies' attendance and on-field success, as was the arrival of the Atlanta Braves in the division due to league realignment.

In 2001, the Phillies had their first winning season in eight years under new manager Larry Bowa, and would not dip their season record below .500 again from the 2003 season onward.

In 2004, the Philadelphia Phillies moved to their new home across the street from the Vet, Citizens Bank Park.

Charlie Manuel took over the reins of the Philadelphia Phillies from Bowa in 2005, and general manager Ed Wade was replaced by Pat Gillick.

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