Phillies part ways with Myers today

Myers was the Opening Day pitcher in 2007, 2008, and 2009 for the Phillies 

  Brett Allen Myers is no longer a Philadelphia Phillie. He will though remain a popular ex-Phillies pitcher in my opinion, that is of course he pitches for another team that the Phillies are facing in the playoffs or something. Myers colorful career with the Phillies did not take long to come to a crashing end though. Just days after the World Series loss by the Phillies, Myers was informed by Ruben Amaro Jr. that he wouldn’t be back.


   Myers took delight in drenching Amaro with champagne during the playoffs in the Division Series in the locker room. He was left off of the NLCS roster and rejoined the team for the World Series, but only pitched 1.0 innings in the 2009 World Series. He’s certainly been one of the more durable pitchers the Phillies have had and went from starter to bullpen when asked by the team without hesitation. His career is far from over, but the Phillies felt they didn’t have a spot for him in 2010.


  Brett Myers found a lot of the negative spotlight over the years in Philly, and the highlight of these incidents may have been when Myers allegedly struck his wife on the street in Boston a few years ago during an argument. He got over this, and several other situations that he probably wasn’t proud of.


   We’ll see what happens to Myers wherever he lands, hopefully he won’t land with the Mets or Braves, but you never know. Phillies pitchers have a knack for coming back to face their old team from time to time. Take Randy Wolf, and Vincente Padilla for instance for the Dodgers.



Here’s Brett’s numbers as a Phillies pitcher:

Year ▴	Age	Tm	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2002	21	PHI	4	5	.444	4.25	12	12	1	0	0	72.0	73	38	34	11	29	34	4.3	1.17
2003	22	PHI	14	9	.609	4.43	32	32	1	1	0	193.0	205	99	95	20	76	143	6.7	1.88
2004	23	PHI	11	11	.500	5.52	32	31	1	1	0	176.0	196	113	108	31	62	116	5.9	1.87
2005	24	PHI	13	8	.619	3.72	34	34	2	0	0	215.1	193	94	89	31	68	208	8.7	3.06
2006	25	PHI	12	7	.632	3.91	31	31	1	0	0	198.0	194	93	86	29	63	189	8.6	3.00
2007	26	PHI	5	7	.417	4.33	51	3	0	0	21	68.2	61	33	33	9	27	83	10.9	3.07
2008	27	PHI	10	13	.435	4.55	30	30	2	1	0	190.0	197	103	96	29	65	163	7.7	2.51
2009	28	PHI	4	3	.571	4.84	18	10	0	0	0	70.2	74	38	38	18	23	50	6.4	2.17
8 Seasons			73	63	.537	4.40	240	183	8	3	21	1183.2	1193	611	579	178	413	986	7.5	2.39
162 Game Avg.			12	10	.537	4.40	39	29	1	0	3	190	192	98	93	29	66	159	7.5	2.39

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/6/2009.

Here's Brett's numbers in the last two seasons in the Playoffs and World Series

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	SO
2008	27	PHI	NL	NLDS	W	MIL	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1	7.0	2	2	2	4
2008	27	PHI	NL	NLCS	W	LAD	1	0	1.000	9.00	1	1	5.0	6	5	5	6
2008	27	PHI	NL	WS	W	TBR	0	1	.000	3.86	1	1	7.0	7	4	3	2
2009	28	PHI	NL	NLDS	W	COL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		9.00	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	2
3 Seasons (6 Series)							2	1	.667	4.50	7	3	22.0	18	12	11	17
3 NLDS							1	0	1.000	2.00	4	1	9.0	4	2	2	7
1 NLCS							1	0	1.000	9.00	1	1	5.0	6	5	5	6
2 WS							0	1	.000	4.50	2	1	8.0	8	5	4	4

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/6/2009.