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From Draft Day Doubts to Phillies’ Wall of Fame: Jimmy Rollins’ Journey Puts Him with Team Greats
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUG 2 – Rollins led the Phillies to five consecutive NL East titles and the 2008 World Series, setting franchise records and earning Wall of Fame honors alongside other team legends.
- Jimmy Rollins, selected by Philadelphia in the second round of the 1996 draft, was honored Friday evening with induction into the team’s Wall of Fame at their home stadium.
- Rollins transformed the Phillies from a struggling late-1990s team into a dominant force, helping the club secure the National League East championship every year from 2007 through 2011 and capturing the 2008 World Series title.
- He was named the 2007 NL MVP, selected for three All-Star Games, achieved a hitting streak that lasted 38 games, and holds the franchise record for the most hits during his time with Philadelphia, totaling 2,306.
- Former GM Ed Wade, who helped build the core team, praised Rollins as a Hall of Famer in character, makeup, and talent, while Ryan Howard called Rollins' confidence contagious, saying, "You go, we go."
- Despite earning 18% of the Hall of Fame vote last year, short of the 75% needed for induction, Rollins’ legacy endures through his key role in transforming the Phillies into perennial contenders.
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Jimmy Rollins goes from draft day doubt to Phillies’ Wall of Fame
PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollins was a Bay Area kid who grew up rooting for Rickey Henderson and admiring Jackie Robinson as he blossomed into one of the top high school prospects in baseball. So when the Philadelphia Phillies called in 1996 to tell the slick-fielding shortstop they had picked him in the second round of the draft, Rollins had one major question. “I’m like, ‘Who?’ ” Rollins said with a laugh. Yes, the Phillies, one of the worst orga…
A secret meeting kept Jimmy Rollins in Philly and made him a Phillies icon: ‘I was meant to be here’
Rollins, along with former general manger Ed Wade, were added to the Phillies' Wall of Fame. "This is my city," Rollins, who spent 15 years with the team, said after the ceremony.
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From draft day doubts to Phillies' Wall of Fame: Jimmy Rollins' journey puts him with team greats
Jimmy Rollins, a Bay Area native who admired Ricky Henderson and Jackie Robinson, has been inducted into the Phillies’ Wall of Fame.
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