2013 Phillies Team Issue - 1st Edition

Number of Cards:  41
Card Size:  4" x 6"
Description:  This is the first of four straight team issued sets featuring basically the same design elements.  The player's name, number and position are listed at the bottom of the card in a red and blue design with the Phillies script logo appearing in one of the top corners.  All photos used for this set were taken during spring training 2013.  The horizontal card backs feature biographical information and complete career statistics.

How Distributed:  The 41-card set was available for sale at the ballpark up until early July when an entirely new set with a new design was issued.  I picked up my set on March 29th during one of the on-deck exhibition game with the Blue Jays.

Complete Standard Checklist:  The cards are unnumbered, but I've presented them below ordered by uniform number.

2 - Ben Revere 3 - Delmon Young 5 - Steve Henderson CO 6 - Ryan Howard 8 - Juan Samuel CO 9 - Domonic Brown 10 - Michael Young 11 - Jimmy Rollins 12 - Humberto Quintero 13 - Freddy Galvis 15 - John Mayberry, Jr. 17 - Mick Billmeyer CO 18 - Darin Ruf 19 - Laynce Nix 21 - Wally Joyner CO 23 - Ryne Sandberg CO 25 - Yuniesky Betancourt 26 - Chase Utley 27 - John Lannan 28 - Kevin Frandsen 30 - Rich Dubee CO

31 - Erik Kratz 33 - Cliff Lee 34 - Roy Halladay 35 - Cole Hamels 37 - Mike Adams 38 - Kyle Kendrick 40 - Michael Stutes 41 - Charlie Manuel MG 43 - Ender Inciarte 45 - Chad Durbin 46 - Raul Valdes 47 - Jeremy Horst 48 - Phillippe Aumont 51 - Carlos Ruiz 54 - Rod Nichols CO 58 - Jonathan Papelbon 59 - Antonio Bastardo 79 - Justin De Fratus Phillie Phanatic Phillies Broadcasters

One and Done (3):  Betancourt, Inciarte, Quintero
First Appearances (8):  Adams, Aumont, De Fratus, Lannan, Revere, Ruf, D. Young, M. Young
Returning Players (20):  Bastardo, Brown, Durbin, Frandsen, Galvis, Halladay, Hamels, Horst, Howard, Kendrick, Kratz, Lee, Mayberry Jr., Nix, Papelbon, Rollins, Ruiz, Stutes, Utley, Valdes

Betancourt and Inciarte never appeared in a game with the Phillies.  Betancourt was released in late March.  Inciarte was a Rule 5 pick from the Diamondbacks and he made the opening day roster.  However, the Phillies signed Ezequiel Carrera on the second day of the season and Inciarte was shipped back to Arizona having never officially appeared in a game with the Phillies.  The final One and Done is Quintero who appeared in 24 games with the Phillies before parting ways with the club in July.

The First Appearance designation is for players who have never before appeared within a Phillies team issued set.  These players may have already appeared on other Phillies baseball cards.

Manager (1):  Manuel
Coaches (7):  Billmeyer, Dubee, Henderson, Joyner, Nichols, Samuel, Sandberg
Phillie Phanatic (1)
Broadcasters (1):  The card features Tom McCarthy, Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, Gary Matthews, Chris Wheeler, Gregg Murphy and Jim Jackson in their spring training gear.
Commemorative Cards (0)

Variations/Rarities:  Cards for Adams, Henderson and Kendrick exist with a Phillies script logo on the card backs.  Thanks to tips from fellow collectors Steve F. and Rick in December 2016, I was able to add these three (autographed) cards to my collection.

In December 2019, Rick also found logo-backed cards for Papelbon for sale at the annual Phillies holiday sale.

Also See:  2013 Phillies Survival Guide
Trivia:  Beckett omits this set from its online database.
Resources:  14,000 Phillies; The Trading Card Database