Delehanty, a Phillie from 1888 to 1901 (with a 1-season stop in Cleveland), holds the team record for highest single-season batting average, when he hit .410 in 1899. He hit the most triples in team history (157) and is third all-time in OPS (.923). He hit .400 3 times, led the league in OPS 4 times, hitting twice, and RBIs 3 times. His career batting average as a Phillie was .348.
Delehanty is probably best known for his bizarre death. While playing for the Washington Senators in 1903, a drunken Delehanty was kicked off a train in Fort Erie, Ontario, for being drunk and disorderly and threatening passengers. He started walking along the International Bridge and either jumped or fell into the Niagara River and was swept over Niagara Falls.
Klein played in Philadelphia from 1928-1933, 1936-1939, and 1940-1944. He hit 243 home runs and knocked in 983. As a Phillie, he led the league in home runs 4 times and RBIs twice. In 1930, he drove in 170 runs, a team record that still stands. He was a career .326 hitter with a .935 OPS for the Phillies.
Ashburn, remembered as much for his years as a broadcaster and his time in the outfield, was a Phillie from 1948 to 1959. As a Phillie, he hit .311 and led the league in hitting twice. He led the National League in hits 3 times, amassing more than 200 hits in each of those seasons. He was a 5-time All-Star.
There are others worthy of consideration, and most surprisingly in my mind, Bobby Abreu. People forget what a great hitter he was. Abreu holds the second-highest career OPS for a Phillie at .928, just behind Klein. Cy Williams (1918-1930) hit .300 or better 7 times. Del Ennis (1946-1956) hit more than 20 homers in a season 8 times and had 6 seasons with more than 100 RBI.
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