The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division

National League East

The National League East Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. The Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies are tied for the most National League East Division titles . All of Atlanta's NL East titles came during a record stretch of 14 consecutive division titles...

 of Major League Baseball's National League

National League

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. Since 2004, the team's home has been Citizens Bank Park

Citizens Bank Park

Citizens Bank Park is a 43,647-seat baseball park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, and home of the Philadelphia Phillies. Citizens Bank Park opened on April 3, 2004, and hosted its first regular season baseball game on April 12 of the same year, with the...

 in the South Philadelphia

South Philadelphia

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 section of the city.

The Phillies have won two World Series

World Series

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 championships (against Kansas City

Kansas City Royals

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 in and Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Rays

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 in ) and seven National League pennants, the first of which came in 1915.