Today's quiz: Who holds the Phillies career record for home runs by a second baseman?
Answer: Chase Utley (233 homers).
More Chase Utley facts-
- Passed Juan Samuel in 2007 as all-tile leader of homers for a Phillies' second baseman. Samuel had 90 home runs.
- Utley also owns the club records for a second baseman in hits (1,623), doubles (346). runs (949). RBIs (916), walks (625), on-base percentage (.366), slugging percentage (.481), and OPS (.847). He ranks second to Tony Taylor in games (1,551) and at-bats (5,748).
- Utley is also the club leader in getting hit-by-pitches, both career and in a season. 173 times Utley was hit, nearly double as much as any other Phillie in team history. He owns the single-season record as well, getting drilled 27 times in 2008.
- Drafted by the Phillies in 2000 at No.15 in the first round. He played college baseball at UCLA.
- His first major-league hit was a grand slam.
- Hit 32 home runs in 2006.
- 2008 stats: Set a club record by reaching 20 homers in a season faster than any other Phillie, clubbing his 20th HR on June 1. Utley tied the team record by hotting a home run in five consecutive games on two separate occasions in 2008. Led National League voting in All-Star Game with four million votes.
- In the 2009 World Series, Utley pounded five homers against the Yankees, tying Reggie Jackson's World Series record.
- Six-time All-Star.
-Traded to Dodgers in 2015. First time back at Citizens Bank Park, on August 17, 2016, Utley hit two homer runs, including a grand slam and received three standing ovations.
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