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Just How Much Does Kyle Schwarber Own the Mets? Let’s Check the Stats

By Matt Schultz

Published: Jun 22nd, 2026 · 11:53 AM EDT

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The Phillies had a real nice weekend series against the Mets. Bryce Harper hit for his first career cycle. Zack Wheeler and Cristopher Sanchez shoved. The home team took two of three from a cratering Mets team that could’ve been them in an alternate universe, improving to 42-35 and just 6.5 games back from Atlanta for the division lead. It was great. The whole squad seemed to have some fun — but no one had a better weekend than Kyle Schwarber. The man raked all weekend, hitting four homers in three games (three HR on Saturday alone), which led to tweets like this:

Kyle Schwarber has hit 1,690 feet worth of home runs over his last 5 at-bats against the Mets pic.twitter.com/Jt5MO7CQHv

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) June 22, 2026

All Phillies fans inherently know that Kyle owns the Mets, but it’s nice to see tweets like this that crystallize it with stats. And it got me thinking: Exactly how much does he own them? Are there more stats to support what my eyes are telling me?

The answer is a resounding yes.

Some “Kyle Schwarber Owns the Mets” Stats I Found

In his career, Schwarber is slashing .263/.367/.590 with 24 home runs in 89 games against the Mets, good for a .957 OPS, with some seasons standing out as even more absurd that the averages would suggest: In 2021 against the Mets, Kyle went nuclear with 9 HR in 10 games (!!!) and a 1.610 OPS. In 2017 he gave the Mets a .421/.476/.789 slash line and a 1.266 OPS.  

Schwarber vs. Mets by Season

Season	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2026	3	13	6	0	0	4	9	1	3	.462	.500	1.385	1.885
2025	13	46	10	0	0	2	5	11	12	.217	.368	.348	.716
2024	13	51	11	3	0	1	5	7	17	.216	.310	.333	.644
2023	13	44	5	2	0	1	5	6	20	.114	.250	.227	.477
2022	17	61	14	2	1	3	8	11	22	.230	.347	.443	.790
2021	10	38	15	2	0	9	15	4	8	.395	.452	1.158	1.610
2019	7	23	5	1	0	1	3	3	9	.217	.308	.391	.699
2018	7	22	7	0	0	1	5	6	8	.318	.448	.455	.903
2017	6	19	8	1	0	2	3	2	5	.421	.476	.789	1.266

And while the career numbers are ridiculous, some of the individual games are even wilder.

Schwarber’s Best Individual Games Against the Mets

• In Saturday’s win, Kyle went 4-for-5 with 3 HR, 6 RBI, and a 3.400 OPS.
• On June 20th, 2021, he went 3-for-4 with 3 HR, 4 RBI, and a 3.750 OPS. (Same date as Saturday’s game! Weird stuff. June 20th is now officially Kyle Owns the Mets Day… We will all get off from work for this… Yes…)
• On June 18th, 2018, he drove in 4 runs with a grand slam (his only AB of the game) and finished with a 4.500 OPS.

Add it all up, and Kyle has six multi-home run games against the Mets (!!!), including two three-home run games.

Schwarber’s Home and Away Splits Against the Mets

I thought this one was particularly interesting: Kyle is way better playing the Mets at home than he is on the road.

• Home: .296/.402/.608, 1.009 OPS, 16 HR in 50 games
• Away (@ Citi Field): .198/.303/.405, .707 OPS, 8 HR in 39 games

There’s just something about when the Mets roll through his home turf. He seems to take it personally. He somehow becomes the best baseball player ever…

Reading all these stats, I thought to myself, “These numbers are nuts. The Mets have to be Schwarber’s best matchup. There is simply no way he could have better numbers than these against any other team.”

Which is incorrect! For as great as these numbers are, the Mets are only Kyle’s 15th best matchup (!!!):

Opponent	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Oakland Athletics	18	63	19	6	16	.302	.421	.651	1.072
San Francisco Giants	58	205	56	21	44	.273	.406	.634	1.041
Baltimore Orioles	20	68	19	6	15	.279	.390	.632	1.023
Washington Nationals	78	268	68	26	62	.254	.409	.586	.995
San Diego Padres	50	174	44	19	32	.253	.370	.598	.968
New York Yankees	19	71	19	6	13	.268	.388	.577	.966
Seattle Mariners	19	71	21	5	21	.296	.366	.592	.957
Boston Red Sox	15	60	15	7	16	.250	.338	.617	.955
Cleveland Indians	30	112	30	10	22	.268	.349	.598	.947
Colorado Rockies	52	184	43	20	41	.234	.344	.603	.947
Los Angeles Dodgers	51	167	40	16	27	.240	.366	.569	.935
Tampa Bay Rays	21	77	22	6	10	.286	.371	.532	.903
Detroit Tigers	16	59	13	6	9	.220	.352	.542	.894
Los Angeles Angels	16	65	16	6	14	.246	.338	.554	.892
New York Mets	89	317	81	24	58	.256	.361	.524	.885
Cincinnati Reds	96	344	82	26	68	.238	.333	.509	.842
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	346	83	22	55	.240	.346	.488	.834
Chicago Cubs	32	113	19	11	19	.168	.329	.504	.833
Miami Marlins	77	292	69	21	43	.236	.335	.497	.832
Arizona Diamondbacks	51	185	45	10	26	.243	.350	.465	.815
Chicago White Sox	38	129	27	8	20	.209	.346	.465	.811
Houston Astros	14	47	7	5	5	.149	.322	.468	.790
Milwaukee Brewers	103	334	75	21	48	.225	.334	.452	.786
Kansas City Royals	17	62	14	3	9	.226	.342	.435	.778
Toronto Blue Jays	25	98	22	7	21	.224	.297	.480	.777
Philadelphia Phillies	33	115	21	9	20	.183	.282	.487	.769
Atlanta Braves	92	318	61	21	45	.192	.326	.428	.754
Texas Rangers	22	84	19	5	11	.226	.323	.429	.751
St. Louis Cardinals	96	327	58	14	37	.177	.302	.339	.642
Minnesota Twins	21	71	14	2	9	.197	.329	.310	.639

How crazy is that? For as dominant as he’s been against the Mets, there are fourteen other teams he owns even more, which can lead us to one last conclusion: Kyle is so damn good at baseball.