Pat Gillick already had built two World Series-winning teams in Toronto and a 116-win club in Seattle. Still, he felt like his legacy was not nearly complete.
“I probably wouldn’t have been elected to the Hall of Fame if I hadn’t come to Philadelphia,” Gillick said Friday.
More specifically, if he hadn’t won Philadelphia.
Gillick, 80, was hired as Phillies general manager after the 2005 season. He took a young team with an emerging core and added the pieces that produced a division title in 2007 and the second World Series championship in franchise history in 2008.