No player in the history of baseball has or will ever get the type of reception Phillies fans gave Chase Utley when he bats in Philadelphia. The same can be for Matt Kemp, but just in a different fashion the way he’s dominated Philadelphia in his career.
Utley’s career with Philadelphia needs no lengthy dialog, he’s simply one of the best players to wear the uniform in the franchise’s 136 seasons. His 61.8 WAR is fourth-best in franchise history behind Mike Schmidt, Robin Roberts, and Steve Carlton.
Since being traded to his hometown Dodgers in 2015 for Darnell Sweeney and John Richy (both no longer with the organization), Utley has hit .