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5 former Phillies appear on 2023 Hall of Fame ballot

Five former Philadelphia Phillies stars appear on the 2023 Hall of Fame ballot, which was released Monday:

Jayson Werth — who played for the Phillies from 2007-2010 — is the lone newcomer on the ballot among players who donned red pinstripes. Despite playing just four seasons for the team, Werth is the all-time leader in postseason home runs for the Phillies with 11.

While he put together an excellent 15-year career, primarily with the Phillies and Washington Nationals, Werth is likely to be one-and-done on the Hall of Fame ballot. You need votes on 5% of ballots to return for a second year, and Werth probably won’t receive that.

Interestingly, Carlos Ruiz was not given a spot on the ballot, despite last playing in 2017 like Werth. One of the greatest catchers in Phillies history, Ruiz played parts of 11 seasons in Philadelphia, all part of a 12-year career. The man affectionally referred to as “Chooch” is tied with Jason Varitek for the most no-hitters caught by a single catcher in MLB history at four.

Scott Rolen, Jimmy Rollins, Billy Wagner and Bobby Abreu are the other former Phillies who return to the ballot.

Baseball Writers Table
												Batting Stats													Pitching Stats
Rk	Name	YoB	Votes	%vote	HOFm	HOFs	Yrs	WAR	WAR7	JAWS	Jpos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	W	L	ERA	ERA+	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	Pos Summary
1	David Ortiz	1st	307	77.9%	171	55	20	55.3	35.2	45.3	53.8	2408	8640	1419	2472	541	1768	17	1319	.286	.380	.552	.931	141														*D3H
2	X-Barry Bonds	10th	260	66.0%	340	77	22	162.8	72.7	117.8	53.4	2986	9847	2227	2935	762	1996	514	2558	.298	.444	.607	1.051	182														*78HD/9
3	X-Roger Clemens	10th	257	65.2%	332	73	24	139.2	65.9	102.6	61.4	95	179	5	31	0	12	0	13	.173	.236	.207	.443	17	354	184	3.12	143	1.173	709	707	0	4916.2	4185	363	1580	4672	*1
4	Scott Rolen	5th	249	63.2%	99	40	17	70.1	43.6	56.9	55.7	2038	7398	1211	2077	316	1287	118	899	.281	.364	.490	.855	122														*5/H
5	X-Curt Schilling	10th	231	58.6%	171	46	20	79.5	48.6	64.0	61.4	402	773	39	117	0	29	1	25	.151	.178	.171	.348	-9	216	146	3.46	127	1.137	569	436	22	3261.0	2998	347	711	3116	*1/H
6	Todd Helton	4th	205	52.0%	175	59	17	61.8	46.6	54.2	53.8	2247	7962	1401	2519	369	1406	37	1335	.316	.414	.539	.953	133														*3H/7D9
7	Billy Wagner	7th	201	51.0%	107	24	16	27.7	19.8	23.7	32.5	810	20	1	2	0	1	0	1	.100	.143	.100	.243	-35	47	40	2.31	187	0.998	853	0	422	903.0	601	82	300	1196	*1
8	Andruw Jones	5th	163	41.4%	109	34	17	62.7	46.4	54.6	58.1	2196	7599	1204	1933	434	1289	152	891	.254	.337	.486	.823	111														*89H7D/3
9	Gary Sheffield	8th	160	40.6%	158	61	22	60.5	38.0	49.3	56.7	2576	9217	1636	2689	509	1676	253	1475	.292	.393	.514	.907	140														975D6H/3
10	Alex Rodriguez	1st	135	34.3%	390	77	22	117.6	64.3	90.9	55.4	2784	10566	2021	3115	696	2086	329	1338	.295	.380	.550	.930	140														65DH/3
11	Jeff Kent	9th	129	32.7%	123	51	17	55.4	35.8	45.6	57.1	2298	8498	1320	2461	377	1518	94	801	.290	.356	.500	.855	123														*453H/D6
12	Manny Ramirez	6th	114	28.9%	226	69	19	69.3	39.9	54.6	53.4	2302	8244	1544	2574	555	1831	38	1329	.312	.411	.585	.996	154														79*DH
13	Omar Vizquel	5th	94	23.9%	120	42	24	45.6	26.8	36.2	55.4	2968	10586	1445	2877	80	951	404	1028	.272	.336	.352	.688	82														*65H4/D379
14	X-Sammy Sosa	10th	73	18.5%	202	52	18	58.6	43.8	51.2	56.7	2354	8813	1475	2408	609	1667	234	929	.273	.344	.534	.878	128														*98DH/7
15	Andy Pettitte	4th	42	10.7%	128	44	18	60.2	34.1	47.2	61.4	108	196	6	27	1	13	0	6	.138	.163	.184	.346	-10	256	153	3.85	117	1.351	531	521	0	3316.0	3448	288	1031	2448	*1/H
16	Jimmy Rollins	1st	37	9.4%	121	42	17	47.6	32.7	40.1	55.4	2275	9294	1421	2455	231	936	470	813	.264	.324	.418	.743	95														*6H/D4
17	Bobby Abreu	3rd	34	8.6%	95	54	18	60.2	41.6	50.9	56.7	2425	8480	1453	2470	288	1363	400	1476	.291	.395	.475	.870	128														*9DH7/8
18	Mark Buehrle	2nd	23	5.8%	52	31	16	59.1	35.8	47.4	61.4	55	125	4	9	1	3	0	2	.072	.087	.112	.199	-47	214	160	3.81	117	1.281	518	493	0	3283.1	3472	361	734	1870	*1
19	Torii Hunter	2nd	21	5.3%	58	34	19	50.7	30.8	40.7	58.1	2372	8857	1296	2452	353	1391	195	661	.277	.331	.461	.793	110														89DH/7
20	X-Joe Nathan	1st	17	4.3%	98	29	16	26.7	21.7	24.2	32.5	168	63	4	10	2	4	0	3	.159	.194	.302	.496	27	64	34	2.87	151	1.120	787	29	377	923.1	690	84	344	976	*1
21	X-Tim Hudson	2nd	12	3.0%	66	42	17	57.9	38.3	48.1	61.4	297	613	35	98	4	42	0	26	.160	.196	.214	.410	10	222	133	3.49	120	1.239	482	479	0	3126.2	2957	248	917	2080	*1/HD
22	X-Tim Lincecum	1st	9	2.3%	66	17	10	19.5	23.9	21.7	61.4	262	474	26	53	0	19	0	34	.112	.171	.129	.300	-16	110	89	3.74	104	1.293	278	270	1	1682.0	1506	147	669	1736	1/H
23	X-Ryan Howard	1st	8	2.0%	99	25	13	14.7	19.2	17.0	53.8	1572	5707	848	1475	382	1194	12	709	.258	.343	.515	.859	125														*3H/D
24	X-Mark Teixeira	1st	6	1.5%	109	33	14	50.6	38.0	44.3	53.8	1862	6936	1099	1862	409	1298	26	918	.268	.360	.509	.869	126														*3D/H957
25	X-Jonathan Papelbon	1st	5	1.3%	80	23	12	23.3	19.5	21.4	32.5	306	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						41	36	2.44	177	1.043	689	3	368	725.2	572	57	185	808	*1
26	X-Justin Morneau	1st	5	1.3%	56	20	14	27.0	24.4	25.7	53.8	1545	5699	772	1603	247	985	5	573	.281	.348	.481	.828	120														*3DH
27	X-A.J. Pierzynski	1st	2	0.5%	108	30	19	23.8	18.1	20.9	44.2	2059	7290	807	2043	188	909	15	308	.280	.319	.420	.739	94														*2HD
28	X-Prince Fielder	1st	2	0.5%	85	27	12	23.8	24.9	24.4	53.8	1611	5821	862	1645	319	1028	18	847	.283	.382	.506	.887	134														*3DH
29	X-Jake Peavy	1st	0	0.0%	56	27	15	39.2	30.7	35.0	61.4	278	519	48	87	3	33	0	22	.168	.205	.222	.427	17	152	126	3.63	110	1.196	388	377	0	2377.0	2134	259	708	2207	*1/H
30	X-Carl Crawford	1st	0	0.0%	53	22	15	39.1	32.3	35.7	53.4	1716	6655	998	1931	136	766	480	377	.290	.330	.435	.765	105														*7H8D

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/21/2022.

Of that quartet, Rolen appears to have the best path to election, having received votes on 63.2% of ballots in 2022, his fifth of 10 potential years of eligibility. Candidates need to get votes on 75% of ballots to be elected.

Meanwhile, Jimmy Rollins — one of the greatest players in Phillies history — got votes on 9.4% of ballots in 2022, his first year on eligibility.

Last January, Rollins said that he Chase Utley were the two core players from the 2007-2011 Phillies not already in the Hall of Fame that deserved to be elected. Utley will become eligible for the Hall of Fame ballot in 2024