5 Players You Forgot Played for the Phillies

13 years after "Fernandomania" swept Los Angeles and Valenzuela won the 1981 National League Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Awards, the Mexican-born southpaw latched on with the Phillies. In June of 1994, the Phillies lured a 33-year-old Valenzuela out of the Mexican League and signed him for the remainder of the season. The six-time All-Star made eight appearances for the Phillies - seven of which were starts - posting a very respectable 3.00 ERA. However, his 5.06 FIP over the same period suggests he was due for significant regression. We never got to see the remainder of Valenzuela's Phillies' tenure play out, as the season was suspended on Aug. 11 over a labor dispute, and ultimately cancelled. Valenzuela would pitch for the San Diego Padres in 1995.

Following a forgettable stint with the New York Yankees in 2004, the Phillies traded for the six-time All-Star center fielder ahead of the 2005 season. Lofton would hit a home run on opening day, though that was one of just two that he would hit in his age-38 season. In 110 games for Charlie Manuel's 2005 Phillies, Lofton did hit .335 and steal 22 bases. He proved to be a pretty valuable platoon mate with Jason Michaels. However, the Phillies narrowly missed the postseason with an 88-74 record in 2005, and upgraded the center field position in the offseason by acquiring Aaron Rowand from the Chicago White Sox in the Jim Thome trade. Lofton signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers after his season in Philadelphia.

The 2013 Phillies had a starting infield of Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins and Michael Young. If that quartet had been together at their peaks, it would have been one of the best infields in the history of the sport. Howard and Rollins both won National League MVP Awards, while Utley and Young finished their careers with 13 combined All-Star Game appearances. Unfortunately for the Phillies, injuries limited Howard to just 80 games in 2013, and Rollins had one of the worst offensive seasons of his career. Utley remained productive, but Young had a pretty underwhelming stint in Philadelphia, hitting .276 with eight home runs and a -1.1 bWAR in 126 games. The Phillies dealt Young to the Los Angeles Dodgers prior to the Aug. 31 waiver trade deadline, where he would play the final 21 games of his carer.

Not to be confused with the long-time MLB reliever Roberto Hernandez - who had a stint with the Phillies in 2004 - the pitcher formerly known as Fausto Carmona spent part of the 2013 season with the Phillies. Early in his career, Hernandez was a very valuable middle-of-the-rotation arm for the Cleveland Indians, even finishing in the top five in American League Cy Young Award voting in 2007. However, Hernandez was never able to recapture the magic that he had early in his career in Cleveland. He joined the Phillies on a one-year/$4.5 million deal ahead of the 2014 season. Though Hernandez's tenure with the Phillies was largely underwhelming, he posted a 3.94 ERA in five starts in July of 2014, enough to convince the Los Angeles Dodgers to take a flier on him in an August waiver trade.

Between 2005 and 2008, FanGraphs says that the only three players in baseball more valuable offensively than Sizemore were Albert Pujols, Chase Utley and Alex Rodriguez. When you add in his two Gold Glove Awards over that span, Sizemore was a true five-tool player for the Cleveland Indians. Unfortunately for Sizemore, a series of surgeries derailed what probably would have been a Hall of Fame career, limiting him to just 104 games in 2010 and 2011, his final two seasons in the league. He actually didn't play at all because of injuries in 2012 and 2013, before resurfacing with the Boston Red Sox in 2014. Sizemore played in just 52 games before ultimately being released by Boston. He managed to land with the Phillies, who he played in parts of the 2014 and 2015 seasons with. Sizemore was even the Phillies' Opening Day right fielder in 2015. In 260 total at-bats with the Phillies, Sizemore hit .250.