The Philadelphia Phillies have announced that Pat Burrell, 2008 World Series champion, will be this year's Toyota Wall of Fame inductee.
And the 37th inductee into the #Phillies Toyota WOF is… Pat Burrell! Induction ceremony on 7/31 prior to the game. pic.twitter.com/EAkHV4lQWM
— Phillies (@Phillies) February 26, 2015
In nine seasons with the Phillies, Burrell batted .257 with 251 home runs and 827 runs batted in, ranking fourth and tenth respectively all-time in franchise history.
Player Profile
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Age (DOB) |
Positions |
Bats/Throws |
Draft Position (Year) |
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38 (10/10/76) |
LF, DH, 1B |
Right/Right |
| Year | Age | Tm | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | TB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23 | PHI | 474 | 408 | 57 | 106 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 79 | 63 | 139 | .260 | .359 | .463 | .822 | 189 |
| 2001 | 24 | PHI | 618 | 539 | 70 | 139 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 89 | 70 | 162 | .258 | .346 | .469 | .816 | 253 |
| 2002 | 25 | PHI | 684 | 586 | 96 | 165 | 39 | 2 | 37 | 116 | 89 | 153 | .282 | .376 | .544 | .920 | 319 |
| 2003 | 26 | PHI | 599 | 522 | 57 | 109 | 31 | 4 | 21 | 64 | 72 | 142 | .209 | .309 | .404 | .713 | 211 |
| 2004 | 27 | PHI | 534 | 448 | 66 | 115 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 84 | 78 | 130 | .257 | .365 | .455 | .821 | 204 |
| 2005 | 28 | PHI | 669 | 562 | 78 | 158 | 27 | 1 | 32 | 117 | 99 | 160 | .281 | .389 | .504 | .892 | 283 |
| 2006 | 29 | PHI | 567 | 462 | 80 | 119 | 24 | 1 | 29 | 95 | 98 | 131 | .258 | .388 | .502 | .890 | 232 |
| 2007 | 30 | PHI | 598 | 472 | 77 | 121 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 97 | 114 | 120 | .256 | .400 | .502 | .902 | 237 |
| 2008 | 31 | PHI | 645 | 536 | 74 | 134 | 33 | 3 | 33 | 86 | 102 | 136 | .250 | .367 | .507 | .875 | 272 |
| 2009 | 32 | TBR | 476 | 412 | 45 | 91 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 64 | 57 | 119 | .221 | .315 | .367 | .682 | 151 |
| 2010 | 33 | TBR | 96 | 84 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 28 | .202 | .292 | .333 | .625 | 28 |
| 2010 | 33 | SFG | 341 | 289 | 41 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 51 | 47 | 77 | .266 | .364 | .509 | .872 | 147 |
| 2011 | 34 | SFG | 219 | 183 | 17 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 67 | .230 | .352 | .404 | .756 | 74 |
| 12 Yrs | 6520 | 5503 | 767 | 1393 | 299 | 16 | 292 | 976 | 932 | 1564 | .253 | .361 | .472 | .834 | 2600 | ||
| PHI (9 yrs) | 5388 | 4535 | 655 | 1166 | 253 | 14 | 251 | 827 | 785 | 1273 | .257 | .367 | .485 | .852 | 2200 | ||
| TBR (2 yrs) | 572 | 496 | 54 | 108 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 77 | 67 | 147 | .218 | .311 | .361 | .672 | 179 | ||
| SFG (2 yrs) | 560 | 472 | 58 | 119 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 72 | 80 | 144 | .252 | .359 | .468 | .827 | 221 | ||
Ceremonies will take place on July 31st, prior to the game against the division-rival Atlanta Braves. Unfortunately, we will not be seeing Elvis, Burrell's dog who captured the hearts of Philadelphia fans at the 2008 World Series parade festivities, as he passed away this past September.
Elvis has left the building. He was our mascot, a great teammate and my buddy. My condolences to Pat Burrell. Elvis was a helluva good dog.
— Charlie Manuel (@CMBaseball41) September 20, 2014
Excluding the late broadcaster Harry Kalas, last year's inductee Charlie Manuel was the first member from the most-recent championship to have his name forever enshrined out at Ashburn Alley.
Expect many more inductees to come from the 2008 team, and perhaps from the few years following as well up leading up to the end of the 2011 season, their best season all-time in franchise history.
Matt Rappa (@mattrappa) is a contributor to Philliedelphia.com.
