FAN SIDED - Coming into the season, everyone around the Philadelphia Phillies knew how good of a hitter Kyle Schwarber was. This season, he has exploded with national attention thanks to his early home run barrage and domination of left-handed pitching.

On Monday, with the Phillies opening a seven-game road trip in Colorado, the designated hitter reached the 300 home run milestone by hitting his MLB-leading 16th “Schwarbomb” of the year. It was obvious that Schwarber would reach the plateau this season, entering the year with 284, but with his early-season tear, it has happened a little sooner than most likely thought it would.

Kyle Schwarber’s 300th career home run a massive moon shot at Coors Field

Leading off the top of the ninth with the Phillies up 6-3 over the Rockies, Schwarber absolutely crushed a 466foot home run off the facing of the third deck in right field at Coors Field.

Schwarber becomes the 163rd MLB player to reach 300 career home runs, reaching the milestone in 1,176 games. He joins current teammate Bryce Harper, who was the last player to hit his 300th career homer as a Phillie on Aug. 30, 2023, on the exclusive list. Other players to reach 300 home runs while wearing a Phillies uniform include Chuck Klein in 1941, Roy Sievers in 1963, Mike Schmidt in 1981 and Ryan Howard in 2012.

There are only two players who hit 300 or more homers all while with the Phillies. Both career Phillies, Schmidt hit 548 and Howard launched 382.

Schwarber is the 11th active player to reach the 300 home run milestone, joining Giancarlo Stanton, Mike Trout, Paul Goldschmidt, Freddie Freeman, Nolan Arenado, Manny Machado, Harper, Aaron Judge, Carlos Santana, Andrew McCutchen, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Scott Lauber.

Now in his fourth season in Philadelphia, Schwarber has 147 home runs in 512 games in red pinstripes, ranking him 18th on the Phillies all-time home run list, trailing Rhys Hoskins by one. Coming into the game, Schwarber had a .224 batting average and a .348 on-base percentage as a Phillie and his .494 slugging percentage ranks 13th among players who have suited up in at least 500 games with the Phillies. He has 338 RBIs and 351 runs scored