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Among the Jewish players in Phillies lore are:
- Morrie Arnovich, who played four-plus seasons (1936-39)
- Joe Rosenbaum Bennett, who played in a single game for the 1923 club
- Nathan Berkenstock, who struck out in three of his four at bats in his only major league game (1871)
Alta Cohen (right), who spent one season with the Phillies in 1933- Dick Conger, who went 2-7 in 1943, as part of his four-year career with the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates
- Eddie Feinberg, who spent his only two seasons with the Phils (1938-39) and was out of the majors by the age of 22
- Harry Kane (nee Cohen), who won the only two games of his ML career with the Phillies in 1905 and 1906. He played for the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers ptior to joining the Phils.
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Mike Lieberthal
Mike Lieberthal who spent all but one of his 14 big league seasons (1994-2007) with the Phillies, hitting an even 150 home runs for the ballclub.
- Cy Malis, who pitched his only major league game for the team in 1934
- Erskine Mayer, who won 21 games in consecutive seasons for the Phillies (1914-15), for whom he pitched from 1912-18, followed by stints with the Pirates and Chicago White Sox
- Sam Nahem, who won one decision and lost three others for the Phils in 1942 and returned to baseball six years later, going 3-3
- Saul Rogovin, who pitched two and a half seasons for the Phils (1955-57), win 12 and losing nine. He was the last Jewish pitcher to hit a grand slam until the Cubs’ Jason Marquis clubbed one this season.
- Harry Shuman, who was a Philly native and had no won-loss record in 18 appearances for the team in 1944; he also spent two seasons with the Pirates.
- Lefty Weinert, who made his big league pitching debut with the Phils in 1919 at age 17 and put in a total of six seasons there (14-30) before moving on to the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees
- Phil Weintraub, who spent his 1938 season with the Phillies, posting a .311 batting average in 351 at bats. he also played for the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds during his seven-year career.
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What about Ruben Amaro Jr., who I believe had a bar mitzvah and who played for the Phillies like his dad and was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2009