Philadelphia Phillies Hall of Fame announcer Harry Kalas was such a gifted broadcaster that you often began to say certain player’s names in his voice. One of those names was Bobby Abreu. Abreu, who spent eight-and-a-half seasons with the Phillies, will join Kalas on the Phillies Wall of Fame, the Phillies announced Wednesday.
Now 45, Abreu didn’t reach the postseason once with the Phillies from 1998 until his trade to the New York Yankees in July of 2006, but it certainly wasn’t his fault. The Venezuelan baseball icon hit over .300 in six seasons for the Phillies, posting four 100 plus RBI seasons, seven seasons with over 100 walks and an fWAR just shy of 50.