Players who won an MVP with the Phillies | Immaculate Grid Answers for Grid 120 July 31, 2023

Are you hooked on Immaculate Grid, the daily trivia game from Baseball Reference? We sure are! We’ll warn you right now—this blog post contains spoilers. But if you’re looking for a little help with today’s grid (or you already filled it out and want to know who else qualified) read on.

To fill out today’s grid, you need to choose the players who won an MVP with the Phillies. Here are some examples:

Bryce Harper

Bryce Harper was the first overall pick in the 2010 amateur draft and the National League Rookie of the Year in 2012.

Harper went 16 for 28 with six doubles, four homers and 16 RBI in eight games in the 2008 Youth Pan Am Games to help the USA win the Gold Medal. The next year, he batted .626/.723/1.339 with 14 homers, 22 doubles, 9 triples, 36 steals, 76 runs and 55 RBI in 115 games as a high school sophomore. He was the only underclassman picked for either the Baseball America first team or second team High School All-America Team, chosen as the top catcher in high school ball in the USA. Not only that, he became the first underclassman to ever win the Baseball America High School Player of the Year Award; Joe Mauer had been the only catcher to win the honor previously.

Jimmy Rollins

Jimmy Rollins was the long-time leadoff hitter and starting shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies. One of the fastest players in the game, Rollins consistently had about 30-40 stolen bases a year. Rollins also had a strong arm and was one of the top fielding shortstops in the game. Rollins was often criticized for swinging at the first pitch, which often led to him flying out or grounding out.

Rollins placed 3rd in the Rookie of the Year Award voting in 2001, with 44 points, behind Albert Pujols and Roy Oswalt.

He became the first player in major league history to hit the first inside-the-park home run in two different parks in the same year, doing it in Citizens Bank Park against the Kansas City Royals and Petco Park against the San Diego Padres, both in 2004.

Ryan Howard

Ryan Howard is a slugger who has set the record for home runs by a second-year player in 2006. He was chosen the 2006 National League MVP.

Howard was born in Missouri, and went to Lafayette High School in Wildwood, MO. He also attended Southwest Missouri State University.

Howard was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft. He was signed by scout Jerry Lafferty and sent to Batavia in the New York-Penn League that summer, where he hit .272/~.385/.456. The year 2002 was spent in Lakewood of the South Atlantic League hitting .280 with 19 home runs. 2003 was at Clearwater in the Florida State League where he cleared a .300 average and a .500 slugging percentage for the first time, posting a line of .304/.374/.514. In 2004, he passed a .600 slugging percentage at both of his stops, hitting .297/.386/.647 in Double A ball at Reading in the Eastern League and .270/.362/.604 at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the International League. That got him his first cup of coffee in the majors in September of 2004. Philadelphia had offered Howard to the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier that summer for Kris Benson but Dave Littlefield refused, as the organization felt Brad Eldred was comparable. Benson later was part of a deal for Jose Bautista and Ty Wigginton.

Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt is considered perhaps the best all-around third baseman in major league history.

Schmidt played high school and college baseball in Ohio and was a second-round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1971 amateur draft. The Phillies were, to put it mildly, in rebuilding mode, and by late 1972 Schmidt was in the starting lineup. A graceful fielder at third base (he was the Phillies’ emergency shortstop for many years), a fast runner with keen instincts on the basepaths, Schmidt was initially overmatched at the plate, batting .196 in his rookie season (1973) with only flashes of power. He struck out at a hideous rate in 1973, earning him what seemed a lifetime default level of boos at Veterans Stadium. Phillies fans never really took in that Schmidt walked at an equally astonishing rate that made his strikeouts fairly irrelevant.

Jim Konstanty

Jim Konstanty played 11 seasons in the majors. He was one of baseball’s first relief aces, and he won the 1950 National League Most Valuable Player Award.

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After graduating from Syracuse University with a degree in physical education, Konstanty began his pro career in 1941. He reached the majors with the Cincinnati Reds in 1944, starting in 12 of 20 appearances. After missing 1945 while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he was back in the majors with the Boston Braves to begin 1946. After posting a 5.28 ERA in 10 outings, his contract was sold to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League, for whom he pitched for the next several seasons.

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