Phillies Honor Former Haddonfield Player, South Jersey Legend Joe Hartmann

The Philadelphia Phillies honored a South Jersey baseball legend Monday night.

Prior to their game with the Tampa Bay Rays, the Phillies surprised Joe Hartmann by honoring him on the field, the Courier Post reports.

Hartmann played four years of baseball at Haddonfield and started the baseball and football programs at Cherry Hill East. He also coached at Eastern Regional, according to the report.

Hartmann is best known in Philadelphia for founding the Carpenter Cup Classic and in South Jersey for founding the Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic.

The Carpenter Cup is named after former Philadelphia Phillies’ owners Bob and Ruly Carpenter. It was first played in 1986.

The tournament consists of high school baseball all-stars from the surrounding area. The Tri-Cape team consists of all-stars from the Tri-County Conference and the Cape-Atlantic League.

A total of 16 teams from what is traditionally considered the South Jersey area compete in the Diamond Classic, generally regarded as the unofficial championship tournament of South Jersey baseball.

Hartmann is also an area scout for Tampa Bay, and he told them about Angels star and Millville native Mike Trout since Trout was in seventh grade, according to the report. Trout has come to be regarded by many as the “Face of Baseball” and was the MVP of this year’s All-Star Game.

Read more at courierpostonline.com.