This ‘Phillies 50’ series highlights one position player and one pitcher from each Philadelphia Phillies team between the years 1971-2019, representative of the half-century that I’ve followed the ball club since age nine.

Forbes would stay in the Phillies organization, returning for one final season with their Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre Red Barons affiliate before finally retiring after the 2002 season at age 34.