The 2013 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 131st season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies played their first game of the season against the Atlanta Braves on April 1. The Phillies finished with a record of 73–89, clinching their first losing season since 2002.
Offseason transactions December 6, 2012: Acquired Ben Revere from Minnesota Twins for Vance Worley and Trevor May. December 9, 2012: Acquired Michael Young from Texas Rangers for pitcher Josh Lindblom and minor league pitcher Lisalverto Bonilla. December 15, 2012: Signed Mike Adams to a two-year deal. December 15, 2012: Signed John Lannan to a one-year deal. January 22, 2013: Signed Delmon Young to a one-year deal. January 29, 2013: Signed Chad Durbin to a one-year deal.
Season notes On April 5, the Kansas City Royals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 13–4, spoiling their home opener with a sellout crowd of 45,307 at Citizens Bank Park. The interleague matchup was a rare one between teams who first met in the 1980 World Series, as the Royals previously only visited Philadelphia in 2004. Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and George Brett, rivals when the Phillies beat the Royals to win their first championship 33 years earlier, threw out the first pitches (along with SNLs Joe Piscopo).April 5 Game Recap, from ESPN.
On August 16, 2013, the Phillies fired manager Charlie Manuel replacing him with third base coach Ryne Sandberg on an interim basis. At the time, the Phillies were 53–67, and Manuel had exactly 1,000 wins with the Phillies, a milestone he achieved on August 12. The league and fan base mostly expressed sadness and gratitude to Manuel for his tenure. Several Phillies veterans, including Chase Utley and Cole Hamels, expressed regret and guilt feeling their lack of production led to Manuel's firing; they viewed Manuel as a fatherly figure. Sandberg commented the next day, "It was a roller coaster of a day emotionally. It affected me and I think it affects the players." Manuel received significant accolades within the media for his class in handling the situation, while the Phillies organization, namely general manager Rubén Amaro, Jr., were criticized within the media for firing Manuel at that point in the season, as well as for not having better players.
Season standings
National League East
Standings
National League Wild Card
Standings
Record vs. opponents
Game log
Legend Phillies win Phillies loss PostponementBoldPhillies team member
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 1 || @ Braves || 5–7 || Luis Avilán (1–0) || Cole Hamels (0–1) || Craig Kimbrel (1) || 51,456 || 0–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 3 || @ Braves || 2–9 || Paul Maholm (1–0) || Roy Halladay (0–1) || None || 24,289 || 0–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 4 || @ Braves || 2–0 || Cliff Lee (1–0) || Kris Medlen (0–1) || Jonathan Papelbon (1) || 18,295 || 1–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 5 || Royals || 4–13 || Bruce Chen (1–0) || Kyle Kendrick (0–1) || None || 45,307 || 1–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || April 6 || Royals || 4–3 || Antonio Bastardo (1–0) || Greg Holland (0–1) || None || 39,475 || 2–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 7 || Royals || 8–9 || James Shields (1–1) || Cole Hamels (0–2) || Kelvin Herrera (1) || 39,451 || 2–4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 8 || Mets || 2–7 || Matt Harvey (2–0) || Roy Halladay (0–2) || None || 35,393 || 2–5 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 9 || Mets || 8–3 || Cliff Lee (2–0) || Dillon Gee (0–2) || None || 38,305 || 3–5 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 9 || April 10 || Mets || 7–3 || Kyle Kendrick (1–1) || Jeremy Hefner (0–2) || None || 38,715 || 4–5 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 12 || @ Marlins || 3–1 (10) || Phillippe Aumont (1–0) || Jon Rauch (0–1) || Jonathan Papelbon (2) || 17,923 || 5–5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 13 || @ Marlins || 1–2 || Steve Cishek (1–1) || Phillippe Aumont (1–1) || None || 20,037 || 5–6 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 12 || April 14 || @ Marlins || 2–1 || Roy Halladay (1–2) || Jon Rauch (0–2) || Jonathan Papelbon (3) || 21,412 || 6–6 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 13 || April 15 || @ Reds || 2–4 || Bronson Arroyo (2–1) || Jeremy Horst (0–1) || Aroldis Chapman (3) || 17,345 || 6–7 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 16 || @ Reds || 0–1 || Aroldis Chapman (2–0) || Phillippe Aumont (1–2) || None || 15,544 || 6–8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 17 || @ Reds || 2–11 || Mike Leake (1–0) || John Lannan (0–1) || None || 16,467 || 6–9 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 18 || Cardinals || 3–4 || Adam Wainwright (3–1) || Mike Adams (0–1) || Edward Mujica (1) || 34,256 || 6–10 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 19 || Cardinals || 8–2 (7) || Roy Halladay (2–2) || Jaime García (1–1) || None || 34,092 || 7–10 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 20 || Cardinals || 0–5 || Lance Lynn (3–0) || Cliff Lee (2–1) || None || 41,050 || 7–11 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 19 || April 21 || Cardinals || 7–3 || Mike Adams (1–1) || Mitchell Boggs (0–2) || None || 35,115 || 8–11 |- style="background:#bfb" | 20 || April 22 || Pirates || 3–2 || Raúl Valdés (1–0) || Jared Hughes (1–2) || Jonathan Papelbon (4) || 35,385 || 9–11 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 23 || Pirates || 0–2 || Jeff Locke (2–1) || Cole Hamels (0–3) || Jason Grilli (8) || 31,002 || 9–12 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 24 || Pirates || 3–5 || Vin Mazzaro (1–0) || Mike Adams (1–2) || Jason Grilli (9) || 32,158 || 9–13 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 25 || Pirates || 4–6 || Justin Wilson (2–0) || Phillippe Aumont (1–3) || Tony Watson (1) || 33,443 || 9–14 |- style="background:#bfb" | 24 || April 26 || @ Mets || 4–0 || Kyle Kendrick (2–1) || Dillon Gee (1–4) || None || 21,582 || 10–14 |- style="background:#bfb" | 25 || April 27 || @ Mets || 9–4 || Jonathan Pettibone (1–0) || Shaun Marcum (0–1) || None || 29,248 || 11–14 |- style="background:#bfb" | 26 || April 28 || @ Mets || 5–1 || Cole Hamels (1–3) || Jon Niese (2–2) || None || 28,990 || 12–14 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 27 || April 30 || @ Indians || 2–14 || Zach McAllister (2–3) || Roy Halladay (2–3) || None || 10,841 || 12–15
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 28 || May 1 || @ Indians || 0–6 || Trevor Bauer (1–1) || Cliff Lee (2–2) || None || 12,730 || 12–16 |- style="background:#bfb" | 29 || May 2 || Marlins || 7–2 || Kyle Kendrick (3–1) || Alex Sanabia (2–4) || None || 36,978 || 13–16 |- style="background:#bfb" | 30 || May 3 || Marlins || 4–1 || Jonathan Pettibone (2–0) || Ricky Nolasco (2–3) || Jonathan Papelbon (5) || 36,292 || 14–16 |- style="background:#fbb" | 31 || May 4 || Marlins || 0–2 || José Fernández (1–2) || Cole Hamels (1–4) || Steve Cishek (4) || 40,091 || 14–17 |- style="background:#fbb" | 32 || May 5 || Marlins || 2–14 || Kevin Slowey (1–2) || Roy Halladay (2–4) || None || 45,276 || 14–18 |- style="background:#bfb" | 33 || May 6 || @ Giants || 6–2 || Cliff Lee (3–2) || Madison Bumgarner (3–1) || None || 41,171 || 15–18 |- style="background:#bfb" | 34 || May 7 || @ Giants || 6–2 || Kyle Kendrick (4–1) || Tim Lincecum (2–3) || None || 41,226 || 16–18 |- style="background:#fbb" | 35 || May 8 || @ Giants || 3–4 (10) || Javier López (1–0) || Antonio Bastardo (1–1) || None || 41,048 || 16–19 |- style="background:#fbb" | 36 || May 9 || @ Diamondbacks || 1–2 || Patrick Corbin (5–0) || Cole Hamels (1–5) || Heath Bell (4) || 20,002 || 16–20 |- style="background:#fbb" | 37 || May 10 || @ Diamondbacks || 2–3 || Tony Sipp (2–1) || Mike Adams (1–3) || David Hernandez (1) || 31,900 || 16–21 |- style="background:#bfb" | 38 || May 11 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–1 || Cliff Lee (4–2) || Trevor Cahill (2–4) || Jonathan Papelbon (6) || 28,113 || 17–21 |- style="background:#bfb" | 39 || May 12 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–2 (10) || Justin De Fratus (1–0) || Matt Reynolds (0–1) || Jonathan Papelbon (7) || 32,785 || 18–21 |- style="background:#bfb" | 40 || May 14 || Indians || 6–2 || Jonathan Pettibone (3–0) || Scott Kazmir (2–2) || None || 39,689 || 19–21 |- style="background:#fbb" | 41 || May 15 || Indians || 4–10 || Corey Kluber (3–2) || Cole Hamels (1–6) || None || 38,440 || 19–22 |- style="background:#bfb" | 42 || May 17 || Reds || 5–3 || Justin De Fratus (2–0) || Sean Marshall (0–1) || Jonathan Papelbon (8) || 43,129 || 20–22 |- style="background:#fbb" | 43 || May 18 || Reds || 0–10 || Bronson Arroyo (4–4) || Kyle Kendrick (4–2) || None || 41,817 || 20–23 |- style="background:#bfb" | 44 || May 19 || Reds || 3–2 || Antonio Bastardo (2–1) || Aroldis Chapman (3–2) || None || 41,009 || 21–23 |- style="background:#fbb" | 45 || May 20 || @ Marlins || 1–5 || Alex Sanabia (3–6) || Cole Hamels (1–7) || None || 13,231 || 21–24 |- style="background:#bfb" | 46 || May 21 || @ Marlins || 7–3 || Tyler Cloyd (1–0) || Duane Below (0–1) || None || 13,996 || 22–24 |- style="background:#bfb" | 47 || May 22 || @ Marlins || 3–0 || Cliff Lee (5–2) || Kevin Slowey (1–5) || None || 15,520 || 23–24 |- style="background:#fbb" | 48 || May 24 || @ Nationals || 2–5 || Jordan Zimmermann (8–2) || Kyle Kendrick (4–3) || Rafael Soriano (14) || 28,980 || 23–25 |- style="background:#bfb" | 49 || May 25 || @ Nationals || 5–3 || Chad Durbin (1–0) || Drew Storen (0–1) || Jonathan Papelbon (9) || 38,012 || 24–25 |- style="background:#fbb" | 50 || May 26 || @ Nationals || 1–6 || Stephen Strasburg (3–5) || Cole Hamels (1–8) || None || 39,033 || 24–26 |- style="background:#fbb" | 51 || May 27 || @ Red Sox || 3–9 || Alfredo Aceves (2–1) || Tyler Cloyd (1–1) || None || 33,627 || 24–27 |- style="background:#bfb" | 52 || May 28 || @ Red Sox || 3–1 || Cliff Lee (6–2) || Ryan Dempster (2–6) || Jonathan Papelbon (10) || 33,643 || 25–27 |- style="background:#bfb" | 53 || May 29 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Kyle Kendrick (5–3) || John Lackey (3–5) || Jonathan Papelbon (11) || 38,831 || 26–27 |- style="background:#fbb" | 54 || May 30 || Red Sox || 2–9 || Franklin Morales (1–0) || Jonathan Pettibone (3–1) || None || 40,083 || 26–28 |- style="background:#fbb" | 55 || May 31 || Brewers || 5–8 || Yovani Gallardo (4–5) || Cole Hamels (1–9) || Francisco Rogríguez (2) || 37,420 || 26–29
|- style="background:#fbb" | 56 || June 1 || Brewers || 3–4 || Wily Peralta (4–6) || Tyler Cloyd (1–2) || Francisco Rogríguez (3) || 41,114 || 26–30 |- style="background:#bfb" | 57 || June 2 || Brewers || 7–5 || Cliff Lee (7–2) || Michael Fiers (1–4) || Antonio Bastardo (1) || 40,613 || 27–30 |- style="background:#bfb" | 58 || June 3 || Marlins || 7–2 || Kyle Kendrick (6–3) || Tom Koehler (0–4) || None || 35,087 || 28–30 |- style="background:#bfb" | 59 || June 4 || Marlins || 7–3 (11) || Michael Stutes (1–0) || Edgar Olmos (0–1) || None || 38,932 || 29–30 |- style="background:#bfb" | 60 || June 5 || Marlins || 6–1 || Cole Hamels (2–9) || A. J. Ramos (0–2) || None || 38,643 || 30–30 |- style="background:#bfb" | 61 || June 6 || @ Brewers || 5–1 || Tyler Cloyd (2–2) || Wily Peralta (4–7) || None || 21,581 || 31–30 |- style="background:#fbb" | 62 || June 7 || @ Brewers || 4–5 || Francisco Rodríguez (1–0) || Jeremy Horst (0–2) || None || 31,417 || 31–31 |- style="background:#fbb" | 63 || June 8 || @ Brewers || 3–4 || Tyler Thornburg (1–0) || Kyle Kendrick (6–4) || Francisco Rodríguez (4) || 38,267 || 31–32 |- style="background:#fbb" | 64 || June 9 || @ Brewers || 1–9 || Kyle Lohse (2–6) || Jonathan Pettibone (3–2) || None || 38,300 || 31–33 |- style="background:#fbb" | 65 || June 11 || @ Twins || 2–3 || Brian Duensing (1–1) || Mike Adams (1–4) || Glen Perkins (14) || 30,104 || 31–34 |- style="background:#fbb" | 66 || June 12 || @ Twins || 3–4 || Brian Duensing (2–1) || Antonio Bastardo (2–2) || Glen Perkins (15) || 28,910 || 31–35 |- style="background:#bfb" | 67 || June 13 || @ Twins || 3–2 || Cliff Lee (8–2) || Jared Burton (0–4) || Jonathan Papelbon (12) || 28,519 || 32–35 |- style="background:#bfb"