Phillies

August Schwarber Might be the New June Schwarber

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Aug 8th, 2024 · 10:02 AM EDT

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Kyle Schwarber Wednesday night/Thursday morning:

Kyle Schwarber had himself a BALLGAME @Cherry_Pins pic.twitter.com/ipvEVL4vBo

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) August 8, 2024

Schwarber in the month of August has 12 hits in 25 at bats, two doubles, five home runs, 10 RBI, and four walks. He’s slashing .480/.552/1.160 with a 1.712 OPS.

That’s a six-game sample size, not a large one, but encompasses two road series against good teams. He came out of the All-Star Break slow, like everyone else in the lineup, logging just two hits against Pittsburgh and Minnesota. The Cleveland series was a six-hit, three-dinger turnaround, but he went cold against the Yankees and didn’t get back to being himself until the Phils vacated the Delaware Valley for Seattle.

There have only been three 3-home run Phillies games going back to 2008, when Jayson Werth clubbed a trio against Toronto. Bryce Harper did it earlier this year and “Bamboo” Brad Miller blasted three against the Cubbies.

Couple more good stats here:

Kyle Schwarber has 27 home runs and a .390 OBP.

The only other major-leaguers matching/exceeding both categories are Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto.

— Corey Seidman (@CSeidmanNBCS) August 8, 2024

Here’s one for you @jaysonst :

Kyle Schwarber became just the fifth player to ever have 4+ hits, 3+ HR and 7+ RBI in a game in which his team scored fewer than 10 runs and won the game. The others?

1924 George Kelly
1970 Orlando Cepeda
1983 George Brett
1999 Larry Walker…

— Anthony SanFilippo (@AntSanPhilly) August 8, 2024

In parts of six seasons (551 games) with the Cubs, Kyle Schwarber hit 121 home runs.

In parts of three seasons (418 games) with the Phillies, Schwarber has 118 home runs.

— Tim Kelly (@TimKellySports) August 8, 2024