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The numbers behind Kyle Schwarber's road to the 300-homer club

by John Roberts

Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber became the 163rd player in history to hit 300 home runs when he belted a pitch from the Rockies’ Scott Alexander 466 feet on Monday at Coors Field. Here’s a look at how Schwarber got to 300 and what it means.

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466 for No. 300

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Schwarber was sitting on 299 for three games entering Monday. After an 0-for-3 start, he clubbed a pitch 466 feet in the ninth for No. 300. It was the third-longest homer of the season, trailing Mike Trout (484) and Aaron Judge (468).

Schwarber joins elite company

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Schwarber became the 11th active player with at least 300 homers. It’s a list that includes teammate Bryce Harper (343), who hit No. 300 in 2023, and Millville's Mike Trout, whose 387 homers are second to Giancarlo Stanton’s 429.

Welcome to the club

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Schwarber became the sixth player to hit No. 300 in a Phillies uniform. The most recent was Harper, who joined the club in August 2023 and now has 343.

Other members of the club and their career totals: Mike Schmidt (548), Ryan Howard (382), Roy Sievers (318), and Chuck Klein, who hit No. 300 in 1941 and didn’t hit another over parts of the next three seasons.

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The road to 300

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Schwarber has six seasons of 30-plus homers, and two of 40-plus. He has hit 46 home runs leading off a game, including a major-league record 15 last season. He has 155 home runs batting first in the lineup.

Schwarber has 24 home runs against the Reds (he’s an Ohio native) and Nationals (his former team), the most against any opponent.

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Where it all began

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Schwarber hit his first home run as a 22-year-old rookie with the Cubs on June 18, 2015. He took Cleveland’s Danny Salazar deep for a two-run homer. He hit 121 home runs over parts of six seasons with the Cubs.

He hit his first home run against the Phillies in 2017 as a Cub, when he hit a three-run homer off Jeremy Hellickson on May 2. Schwarber hit nine home runs against the Phillies in his career before signing with them as a free agent in 2022. 

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Powering the Phillies

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Schwarber has hit 147 of his 300 home runs as a Phillie, including 78 at Citizens Bank Park. He averaged 36 homers over his first three seasons in Philly and is on pace for 55 this season, which would be a career high.

How far they’ve flown

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Schwarber’s 300 homers have covered 122,494 feet, or 23.1 miles. His 466-foot shot on Monday was the eighth-longest of his career. His longest: 483 feet vs. the Braves on Sept. 18, 2023. His 300 home runs have averaged 408.3 feet.

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