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The Phillies have won two World Series championships (against Kansas City in 1980 and Tampa Bay in 2008) and seven National League pennants, the first of which came in 1915. The franchise has also experienced long periods of struggle. The age of the team and its history of adversity has earned it the distinction of having lost the most games of any team in the history of American professional sports.[2]  Read more... (331 words, 1 image)

The franchise was founded in Philadelphia in 1883, replacing the team from Worcester, Massachusetts. The team has played at several stadiums in the city, beginning with

The World Series is played between the League Championship Series winning clubs from MLB’s two circuits, the American and National Leagues, which collectively consist of 29 teams based in the United States and one in Canada (Toronto) with players drawn primarily from the United States, Latin America (including the Caribbean), Canada, Japan, and Korea. With the exception of 1904 (boycott) and 1994 (player strike), the “modern” World Series has been played every year since 1903. Baseball has employed various championship formulas since the 1860s. When the term “World Series” is used by itself, it is usually understood to refer to the “modern” World Series exclusively.  Read more... (488 words, 1 image)

The term “World Series” is derived from “World’s Championship Series”, a term which first appeared in the 1880s and continued into the early 1900s.