2017 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 2017 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 135th season in the history of the franchise, and its 14th season at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies opened the season against the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ball Park on April 3 and finished the season on October 1 against the New York Mets in Philadelphia. They were coached by Pete Mackanin in his third year as manager of the Phillies. On September 17, 2017, the Phillies were mathematically eliminated from postseason contention. They finished the season 66–96 to finish in last place in the National League East for the third time in four seasons, failing to make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.
Manager Pete Mackanin was reassigned to a front office position following the season.

Offseason

The Phillies made several moves over the offseason to bolster the bullpen and add a veteran presence to the lineup. On November 4, the Phillies acquired relief pitcher Pat Neshek from the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. A few days later, Darin Ruf and Darnell Sweeney were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for left fielder Howie Kendrick. Andrés Blanco signed a one-year, $3 million contract to return to the Phillies on December 14. On January 19, the Phillies signed free agent outfielder Michael Saunders to a one-year deal.
Matt Stairs was hired as the team's hitting coach in the offseason. He replaced Steve Henderson, who had served in the role since 2013.

Regular season

April

For the second consecutive season, the Phillies faced the Cincinnati Reds on the road to start the season. The Phillies won the game 4–3, behind a leadoff home run by César Hernández; the first Opening Day leadoff home run for the Phillies since 1938.
The Phillies faced the Washington Nationals in their home opener on April 7. The Nationals would win the game 7–6. The next night, the Phillies scored 12 runs in the first inning off of Jeremy Guthrie and Enny Romero en route to a 17–3 victory over Washington. During the same homestand, Clay Buchholz left a game with a torn flexor tendon in his pitching arm. He was placed on the disabled list, and the Phillies called up Zach Eflin to take his place in the rotation.

August

The Phillies turned a triple play on August 27 in the 5th inning against the reigning World Series champion Chicago Cubs. The Phillies would go on to win the game 6–3.

Roster

''All players who made an appearance for the Phillies during 2017 are included.''

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Freddy Galvis	162	608	71	155	29	6	12	61	14	45	.255	.382
Maikel Franco	154	575	66	132	29	1	24	76	0	41	.230	.409
Odúbel Herrera	138	526	67	148	42	3	14	56	8	31	.281	.452
César Hernández	128	511	85	150	26	6	9	34	15	61	.294	.421
Tommy Joseph	142	495	51	119	27	1	22	69	1	33	.240	.432
Aaron Altherr	107	372	58	101	24	5	19	65	5	32	.272	.516
Nick Williams	83	313	45	90	14	4	12	55	1	20	.288	.473
Cameron Rupp	88	295	35	64	17	0	14	34	1	34	.217	.417
Michael Saunders	61	200	25	41	9	2	6	20	0	13	.205	.360
Daniel Nava	80	183	21	55	8	1	4	21	1	26	.301	.421
Andrew Knapp	56	171	26	44	8	1	3	13	1	31	.257	.368
Rhys Hoskins	50	170	37	44	7	0	18	48	2	37	.259	.618
Howie Kendrick	39	141	16	48	8	1	2	16	8	11	.340	.454
Andrés Blanco	80	130	10	25	4	0	3	13	1	12	.192	.292
Jorge Alfaro	29	107	12	34	6	0	5	14	0	3	.318	.514
Ty Kelly	69	88	11	17	7	0	2	14	0	8	.193	.341
Cameron Perkins	42	88	9	16	5	0	1	8	0	5	.182	.273
Hyun-soo Kim	40	87	9	20	4	1	0	4	0	10	.230	.299
Brock Stassi	51	78	6	13	2	1	2	7	0	12	.167	.295
J. P. Crawford	23	70	8	15	4	1	0	6	1	16	.214	.300
Pedro Florimón	15	46	6	16	4	1	0	6	0	3	.348	.478
Pitcher totals	162	281	16	35	3	1	2	14	0	10	.125	.164
Team totals	162	5535	690	1352	287	36	174	654	59	494	.250	.409

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Aaron Nola	12	11	3.54	27	27	0	168.0	154	67	66	49	184
Nick Pivetta	8	10	6.02	26	26	0	133.0	144	91	89	57	140
Jerad Eickhoff	4	8	4.71	24	24	0	128.0	142	74	67	53	118
Jeremy Hellickson	6	5	4.73	20	20	0	112.1	111	62	59	30	65
Mark Leiter Jr.	3	6	4.96	27	11	0	90.2	90	59	50	31	84
Ben Lively	4	7	4.26	15	15	0	88.2	90	45	42	24	52
Héctor Neris	4	5	3.01	74	0	26	74.2	68	26	25	26	86
Vince Velasquez	2	7	5.13	15	15	0	72.0	74	44	41	34	68
Luis García	2	5	2.65	66	0	2	71.1	61	22	21	26	60
Zach Eflin	1	5	6.16	11	11	0	64.1	79	45	44	12	35
Edubray Ramos	2	7	4.21	59	0	0	57.2	57	29	27	28	75
Adam Morgan	3	3	4.12	37	0	0	54.2	51	25	25	18	63
Jake Thompson	3	2	3.88	11	8	0	46.1	50	27	20	22	35
Joaquín Benoit	1	4	4.07	44	0	2	42.0	32	19	19	16	43
Pat Neshek	3	2	1.12	43	0	1	40.1	28	5	5	5	45
Hoby Milner	0	0	2.01	37	0	0	31.1	30	7	7	16	22
Ricardo Pinto	1	2	7.89	25	0	0	29.2	39	28	26	17	25
Joely Rodríguez	1	2	6.33	26	0	0	27.0	37	26	19	15	18
Jeanmar Gómez	3	2	7.25	18	0	2	22.1	31	19	18	7	21
Jesen Therrien	0	0	8.35	15	0	0	18.1	24	17	17	7	10
Yacksel Ríos	1	0	4.41	13	0	0	16.1	15	8	8	9	17
Henderson Álvarez	0	1	4.30	3	3	0	14.2	14	7	7	11	6
Victor Arano	1	0	1.69	10	0	0	10.2	6	2	2	4	13
Clay Buchholz	0	1	12.27	2	2	0	7.1	16	10	10	3	5
Casey Fien	0	1	10.50	4	0	0	6.0	14	7	7	2	4
Kevin Siegrist	0	0	3.60	7	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	2	7
Zac Curtis	0	0	2.45	3	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	2	4
Drew Anderson	0	0	23.14	2	0	0	2.1	6	7	6	1	2
Juan Nicasio	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1
Pedro Beato	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
Andres Blanco	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0
Team totals	66	96	4.55	162	162	33	1441.0	1471	782	729	527	1309

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