No Phillies hitter has shined brighter in 2025 than Kyle Schwarber. The slugger has already reached the 50-homer milestone and even pulled off one of baseball’s rarest feats—slugging four home runs in a single game.
As the regular season winds down, Schwarber kept adding to his total. He went deep in the opener against the Miami Marlins, then followed it up with another blast in game two.
But as Matt Gelb of The Athletic noted, his 55th home run of the year carried special significance. The third-inning shot not only erased Miami’s lead but also came off left-hander Ryan Weathers, giving Schwarber a place in the record books for accomplishing something no player in MLB history had ever done before.
According to Matt Gelb, Schwarber’s 55th homer of the season set a historic mark — it gave him the MLB record for the most home runs ever hit by a left-handed batter off left-handed pitching.
Typically, lefty-on-lefty matchups tilt heavily in the pitcher’s favor. But Kyle Schwarber has proven to be the exception. Of his 55 home runs this season, 23 have come off southpaws and 32 against right-handers.
His splits show just how dangerous he is no matter who’s on the mound: Schwarber is batting .246 with a .946 OPS versus left-handers, compared to a .236 average and .919 OPS against righties. While he’s gone deep more often against righties, his production against lefties underscores why he remains one of the most feared power hitters in baseball.
At 32, Kyle Schwarber is putting together the best season of his career while playing out the final year of his four-year, $79 million contract. His offensive production — especially his remarkable success against left-handed pitchers — is sure to make him one of the most sought-after bats on the market this offseason.
Setting MLB history in the Phillies’ second-to-last series of the 2025 season only reinforces just how special his year has been. With so many legendary left-handed hitters in the game’s past, Schwarber now stands alone as the top power threat in left-on-left matchups. As the postseason approaches, that distinction only adds to the case that he’s Philadelphia’s most dangerous weapon at the plate.