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Landmark · May 12, 2026

Schwarber at 350

Twelve seasons, four clubs, and a left-handed bat that came back from a torn knee to help win a World Series.

350 career home runs · PHI

The Tenth Inning

Kyle Schwarber tore knee ligaments in a 2016 outfield collision and missed nearly the entire season. He returned for the World Series without a single major-league at-bat to his name that year. He doubled in Game 1 for his first hit of the season. Later he told catcher David Ross he would adjust and drive a cutter deep. In Game 7, he singled to start the decisive 10th inning. The Cubs won, and teammates credited him with helping bring it home.

He was in his second major-league season. He is 33 now, in his fifth year with Philadelphia, and on May 12 he reached 350 career home runs.

Middletown

The total spans four clubs — six seasons with the Cubs, a 2021 campaign split between Washington and Boston, and the Phillies since 2022. A four-time All-Star, he won the Ted Williams All-Star MVP in 2025. His career batting average is .232, his slugging percentage .504. This season he has 180 strikeouts and 37 home runs in 119 games.

Schwarber was born in Middletown, Ohio, the son of Greg, a retired police chief, and Donna, a retired nurse. As a high school sophomore, his low line-drive home run cleared the fence and smashed the window of a Ford Aerostar. His coach still remembers the sound of breaking glass. The next year, he launched one beyond the press box — a feat previously achieved only by his childhood idol, Ken Griffey Jr., from a nearby school. The Cubs took him fourth overall out of Indiana University in 2014.

With his wife Paige, he founded Schwarber's Neighborhood Heroes, which supports first responders, military personnel, and their families through events, grants, and game-day experiences. Phillies teammates and others describe him as a natural leader and selfless teammate who makes people around him feel secure and valued regardless of status.

He is the designated hitter in Philadelphia, in his twelfth major-league season.

Reporting: ESPN, MLB.com, Wikipedia, NBC, The Athletic, Schwarber's Neighborhood Heroes. Career and biographical data: MLB StatsAPI, via the Fever engine.