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Ruly Carpenter, 1980 Phillies team president, has passed away.
Former Philadelphia Phillies team president Ruly Carpenter — who was at the helm of the organization during its first World Series championship season in 1980 — has passed away at 81 years of age.
The Carpenter family had owned the Phillies ever since 1943, when Ruly’s grandfather brought the team and named his son, Robert (Bob) R.M. Carpenter, Jr., president. Ruly succeeded his dad in 1972.
The then-32-year-old would go on to oversee the greatest period in Phillies history to that point — including three consecutive NLCS appearances from 1976-78, the franchise’s first-ever World Series championship in 1980, and an NLDS finish in 1981.