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The Phillies at one time held the record for the longest World Series championship drought in baseball history at 97 years (1883-1980). This unfortunate record was broken by the Chicago Cubs (1908-present) in 2005. Still, the Phillies have lost more games than any franchise in any sport (9,956) and will soon become the first professional franchise to reach 10,000 losses.
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Founded in 1883 as the Philadelphia Quakers to replace the disbanded Worcester Worcesters in the National League, the team's inaugural season opened on May 1, 1883 at Recreation Park. The Quakers managed to win only 17 of 98 games, with pitcher John Coleman losing 48.
Oh man... wait until twisted reads the above.
Last year the Phillies went 85-77, a .524. Assuming the Phillies duplicate that this year, they will hit the 10K mark on:
[be right back]
