Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber Nearly Makes History With Moonshot Home Run

The 483-foot home run Kyle Schwarber mashed on Monday was the second-longest of his career and the second-longest in Phillies history.

When Kyle Schwarber hits home runs, he leaves no doubt where the ball is going.

That remained the case in the Philadelphia Phillies' victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

Philadelphia was already up 5-1 when Schwarber stepped up to the plate with one man on in the top of the sixth. The veteran slugger got a hold of a sinker right down the middle and sent it soaring well over the right field wall for the Phillies' fifth homer of the night.

The ball left Schwarber's bat at 113.9 miles per hour with a 32 degree launch angle. The no-doubter traveled 483 feet, nearly leaving Truist Park entirely.

According to MLB.com's Sarah Langs, it was the second-longest home run by a Phillies player since the Statcast era began in 2015. The longest was a 488-foot bomb by Schwarber in Game 1 of the 2022 NLCS.

In addition to Monday's moonshot being the second-longest homer of Schwarber's career, ESPN Stats & Info reported that it was the third-longest in all of MLB this season.

483 foot MOONSHOT for Kyle Schwarber! 😱 pic.twitter.com/hlaOQStq5t

— MLB (@MLB) September 19, 2023

Schwarber has made plenty of headlines this year with his long home runs, the vast majority of which have come out of the leadoff spot.

Having only missed one of the Phillies' 150 games so far in 2023, Schwarber is batting .197 with 45 home runs, 99 RBI, an .824 OPS and a 0.5 WAR.

Schwarber is now tied for the seventh-most single-season home runs in franchise history, per TSN's StatsCentre. One more home run would tie him for sixth, as he hit 46 with Philadelphia in 2022. Ryan Howard, Mike Schmidt and Jim Thome are the only Phillies who have hit more.

The two-time All-Star is tied for the second-most home runs in baseball since becoming an everyday player with the Chicago Cubs in 2017, in addition to ranking third in strikeouts in that time.

Philadelphia and Atlanta – MLB's two most homer-happy teams this September – continue their divisional series Tuesday night at 7:20 p.m. ET.

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