You think Cole Hamels was bad last night? Here are some worse starts at Citizens Bank Park.
The prodigal lefty's outing wasn't as bad as the time an ex-Sixer gave up 10 runs in 2008 or the inning in 2017 that chased a former National into retirement.

The Phillies roughed up Cole Hamels last night, but his outing was hardly the worst ever at Citizens Bank Park.
Fourteen pitchers in the 16 seasons the Bank has been open have given up more than the eight earned runs that Hamels allowed. Roy Halladay once gave up nine. Gavin Floyd gave up eight in back-to-back starts. The Mets’ Steven Matz gave up eight runs earlier this year (six earned) and never got an out. Yikes.
Here’s a list of guys who’ve given up 10 or more earned runs in starts at CBP, with some notes tacked at the bottom.
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Notable
Tim Stauffer, Padres (11 ER allowed in 2007) – Final major-league appearance that year. Had surgery after the season to repair a torn labrum and didn’t pitch in the majors until nearly two years later. … Ryan Howard and Chris Coste homered off Stauffer, who had last pitched in 2015. … The victory started a 6-game winning streak for the Phillies. Two weeks later, they still found themselves seven games back of the Mets with 17 to go.
Orlando Hernandez, Mets (11 in 2006) – Won three championships with the Yankees, but was at the end of his career here. … Shane Victorino and David Dellucci hit first-inning homers for the Phillies. … The Phillies chased Pedro Martinez the night before with six runs in the first inning. … They beat Tom Glavine the night after they roughed up Hernandez. … Speedster Jose Reyes hit three home runs for the Mets. “At least we kept him off the bases,” joked Phillies manager Charlie Manuel.
Vince Velasquez, Phillies (10 in 2018) – Most earned runs allowed by a Phillies pitcher at Citizens Bank Park. … “[It was] 1990s Retro Night,” wrote our Matt Breen, “and the blowout loss felt like a fitting tribute to those late-1990s Phillies teams.” … This was the 40th time a Phillies pitcher had given up at least 10 earned runs, and the club’s most recent. … Al Jurisich (1947) and Flint Rhem (1933) share the dubious club mark since 1913 of 14 ER allowed in a game. Who could ever forget Flint Rhem? … Velasquez rebounded with a win in his next start, pitching into the seventh inning.
Jeremy Guthrie, Nationals (10 in 2017) – Made 273 starts in his 13-year career. This was his first for the Nationals. It’s also probably the ugliest ever at CBP. The Phillies scored 10 runs in the first off Guthrie and two more off Enny Romero. All without a home run. … Making matters worse, it was Guthrie’s 38th birthday. He was designated for assignment the following day and never pitched in the majors again. “You think about the work that you put in and the effort that you give, with new teammates and new coaches,” he said after the game. “And you feel like an outing like this, it kind of erases those feelings."
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Mark Hendrickson, Marlins (10 in 2008) – Chris Coste and Chase Utley hit homers as the Phillies moved into first place over the surprising Marlins. … Hendrickson is one of 13 ever to play in both the NBA and MLB. He was a second-round pick of the Sixers in 1996 and played one season here. (Allen Iverson was their first-rounder that year.) Numerologists might enjoy that he gave up 10 runs in this start and played an average of 10.4 minutes for the Sixers in 1996-97.
Johan Santana, Mets (10 in 2010) – Most earned runs ever given up by Santana, a two-time Cy Young winner and three-time league leader in ERA. … The Phillies scored nine runs in the fourth inning (eight off Santana) all with two outs. The catalyst of the inning was 40-year-old Jamie Moyer’s drawing a bases-loaded walk. “When you’re hitting the ball and scoring runs, you play better defense,” Manuel said. “You catch the ball. You have more zip in your step. You have bigger smiles. The pitcher is going to have more confidence because he knows you’re going to score runs.”
Baseball-Reference.com contributed to this report.