LEE THOMAS BUILT THE ’93 PHILLIES AS PART OF A LIFE IN BASEBALL
In 1993, Lee Thomas had the year MLB executives can only dream of having.
The year before, the Phillies had been among the worst teams in the league, going 70-102. But in 1993, the Phillies completed a remarkable turnaround by winning 97 games and reaching the World Series.
That team was built almost completely by Thomas, who had become the Phillies’ general manager in 1988. He brought key cogs on the ’93 pennant winners such as Curt Schilling, Lenny Dykstra and Mitch Williams to Philadelphia.
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