The Philadelphia Phillies are off to 34-14 start, tied for their best in franchise history through 48 games.
Joe Giglio has 20 mind-blowing stats about the red hot Phils on the latest episode of WIP Daily .
1. Since the third game of the season, the Phillies are 34-12 with a +94 run differential. The Braves are 24-16 with a +24 run differential.
2. On this date last year, the Braves were 5.5 games up on the Phillies. Today, the Phillies are 5.0 games up on the Braves.
3. Phillies are still +145 to win the NL East on FanDuel.
4. Only 16 National League teams since 1954 have won 33 times through their first 47 games. That's the Phillies, before yesterday. Every single one of those teams went on to win the division title while 10 out of 16 won the NL pennant.
5. Phillies are on pace for 115 wins this season.
6. Phillies just the 5th NL team over the last 38 years to start 34-14 or better. The last team to do it was the WS Championship Chicago Cubs in 2016.
7. Over last 23 games, the Phillies have won 19 times. In the other four games, they have had the potential tying run at the plate in the ninth inning or later.
8. Alec Bohm is now on pace for 142 runs batted in.
9. Bryson Stott has more walks (25) and runs scored (30) than he does strikeouts (23).
10. The 2008 Phillies' non pitchers had a 105 adjusted OPS, they were 5-percent above league average. This team has a 115 adjust OPS, so they've been 15-percent above average.
11. The 2011 Phillies' pitching staff had a 127 adjusted ERA, 27-percent above league average. This team has a 128 adjusted ERA.
12. Matt Strahm gave up runs on Opening Day. Since then, he has gone 18.2 consecutive scoreless innings and has a 29-1 strikeout to walk ratio.
13. The Phillies could play .500 baseball the rest of the way and win 91 games, more than they did last year.
14. The Phillies are 11.0 games up now on the team right outside of the final wildcard spot, the NL's 7th best team. That's the postseason cushion.
15. Seven active Phillies' pitchers have ERAs under 3.00 on this team.
16. The Phillies are doing all of this with an 81-run created plus (wRC+) number from their outfield. They have the 5th worst outfield offense in baseball.
17. Ranger Suarez is 8-0 with a 1.37 ERA in his first nine starts holding batters to a 1.71 batting average. He is just one of 10 pitchers to start a year like this since 1920.
18. The last time the Phillies played a team that is currently over .500 is March 31st.
19. Kody Clemens has a 1.166 OPS right now.
20. Last year team's did not win it's 34th game until June 14th.
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