Picking the Philadelphia Phillies’ MVP for Each of the Last 25 Seasons

In good times, and in bad times. In sickness, and in health.

For those who have watched the Philadelphia Phillies play baseball over the last 25 seasons, that has been the feeling. Though the marriage has been rocky at times, specifically, through most of the 1990s and into the early 2000s, those who have been able to endure have been rewarded, the highlight of the agreement—a big, shiny World Series trophy in 2008.

It hasn’t been easy. The club has featured superstars and replacement level players. Stars have demanded trades that would send them as far away from the Phillies as possible, and then again, players would only waive their trade rights if the Phils came calling.

In the last 25 years, they said that Veterans Stadium needed to go. It was old and decrepit and sucking the life out of the franchise, and it did. Thus, Citizens Bank Park was built. In its infancy, they said that pitchers would never come to Philadelphia to play there, and now that time has worn on, the Phillies have the best pitching staff in baseball.

The point is this: Things change. People change.

However, one thing that absolutely can not change from season to season is that no matter how good or how bad a club may be, they’ll have a best player. Whether that player was the cream of the crop or the best of a bunch of mediocre guys, the Phillies have had a team Most Valuable Player over each of the 25 seasons.

Some players won’t come as much of a surprise, but others…Well, you’ll just have to read on to find out.

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