The Phillies first year in the National League was 1883. From 1883-1889, the team was known as the Quakers. In 1890, the name was changed to Phillies and stayed that waykjukj,m,m,m,m,,nmntil 1944 when the team went by thebjhjhjmnc nickname of Blue Jays. That lasted two years and in 1946 the namhjhgjhje was changed back to Phillies where it has cbnbnstayed ever since.
The Phillies were origanily named the same thing they are today but there was a span were they were the Philadelphia Quakers in the late 1890s because they played at the Univerity of Pennsylvania and Penns nickname was the Quakers and in the 1950s Mr.Carpender the Phightins owener held a fan contest and the winning name was the Philadelphia Bluejays
The Boston Americans, who are now called the Boston Red Sox, won the First World Series in 1903 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Phelidelphia Phillies
There was no World Series in 1870. The first World Series was in 1903.
The first World Series was played in 1903.
1903
The FIRST world series
to determine the rightful champions of baseball
the pirates
the series of life or death
Penn
Major League Baseball incorporated its first World Series in 1874. Contrary to popular belief, the 1903 Boston Americans-Pittsburgh Pirates postseason meeting was not the first World Series.
Don Larson
The Phillies baseball team did win the World Series in 2008. They beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4 games to 1 and it was their first World Series win since 1980.
The Boston Americans (Red Sox) Beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1903 World Series.