Kyle Joseph Schwarber...Married, wife¡¯s name is Paige; has two sons, Kade and Asher...2011 graduate of Middletown High School (OH)...Attended Indiana University...Was a two-time First-Team All-American and was the highest draft pick in Indiana baseball history...Was one of three finalists for the 2014 Johnny Bench Award, given to the top Division I catcher in the nation...Hosts frontline heroes and first responders through his community ticket program, Schwarber¡¯s Neighborhood Heroes...Hobbies: Golf, fishing and hunting...Signed by: Stan Zielinski.
2023
His 47 HR were a single-season career high, ranked second in MLB and T-4th in Phillies history behind Ryan Howard (58 in 2006 and 48 in 2008) and Mike Schmidt (48 in 1980)...His 126 walks were second-most in MLB and T-4th in a season in Phillies history...Also set career-high marks in games played (160 ¨C 103 in LF & 57 as DH), runs (108) and RBI (104)...Ranked second in the NL in PA/BB (5.71), third in AB/HR (12.45), T-4th in games (160), sixth in pitches/PA (4.26), T-7th in runs (108) and ninth in RBI (104)...Named a 2023 Silver Slugger Award finalist...Was the Phillies Roberto Clemente Award nominee, presented annually to a player who best represents the game of baseball on and off the field...Led MLB with 20 game-winning RBI, the fourth time in Phils history a player had 20 game-winning RBI (Ryan Howard, 2011 & 2009 and Dick Allen, 1966)...Became the first player in MLB history with seven multi-HR games in a two-season span against any opponent (vs WSH in 2023: 6/4, 8/8, 8/18)...Set a franchise record with 11 leadoff HR in a single season, surpassing Jimmy Rollins, who hit nine leadoff HR in 2007...Per Elias, became the fastest to reach 50 HR in franchise history (168 games), surpassing Jim Thome who hit 50 HR in 172 games with the Phillies...His 93 HR in his first two seasons with the Phils passed Jim Thome (89 from 2003-04) for the most by a player in their first two seasons in Phils history and is the third player in MLB history with 90+ HR and 200+ walks in his first two years with a team (Mark McGwire, STL, 1997-98 & Babe Ruth, NYY, 1920-21)...Became the fourth Phillies player in team history with at least 45 HR/100 RBI/100 R/100 BB in a single season (Mike Schmidt, 1979; Jim Thome, 2003; Ryan Howard, 2006) and became one of 13 players in MLB since 1920 with at least 45 HR/100 RBI/100 R/120 BB in a single season (last, Aaron Judge in 2017)...Reached 200 career HR on 4/4 at NYY in the 16th-fewest games (824) in ML history...In May, tied Chuck Klein as the fastest player to reach 50 HR in a calendar month (138 G)...In June, became the only Phillie with 5 leadoff HR in any month, all-time...Recorded his 500th career RBI on 7/16 vs SD...Was the first Phillie since J.T. Realmuto (2019) with 2 grand slams at CBP in a single season with his sixth career GS on 7/1 vs WSH (also, 5/20 vs CHI)...On 7/15 vs SD, became the first Phillie to homer in both ends of a doubleheader since Rhys Hoskins in 2018...Homered in four straight games for the first time in his career from 7/15 (gm 1)-18...From 7/26-29, became the first Phillie since Edmundo Sosa (9/6-9/22) to reach base safely in 8 straight plate appearances...His 26 walks in 20 games from 7/21-8/11 were the most by a Phillie in a 20-game span (single season) since Ryan Howard had 27 walks in 20 games from 9/9-30/06...His 14 walks from 7/26-8/2 are tied with Pat Burrell (2002) and Bobby Abreu (1999) for the most walks by a Phillie in a seven-game span in the modern era...Had multiple walks in a career-high 5 straight games from 7/28-8/1, the first Phillie with such a streak since Pat Burrell in six games from 7/11-16/02...With his home run on 8/6 vs KC, has officially homered against all 30 major league clubs...Recorded a six-game streak with at least one XBH from 8/21-27, the longest such streak of the season by a Phillies batter...His 25 walks in August were the most by a Phillie in the month since Lenny Dykstra walked 26 times in August 1993...Clubbed a leadoff HR in consecutive games from 9/1-2, the third Phillie (4th time) to do so: others, Jimmy Rollins, 2002 & 2005 and Randy Ready, 1989...Played his 300th game as a Phillie on 9/13 vs ATL and is one of 7 Phils since 1900 with 200+ runs in their first 300 games with the club (last, Jim Thome, 2003-04)...His 483-foot HR on 9/18 at ATL was the farthest regular season HR by a Phillie in the Statcast era (since 2015) and tied for the third-farthest HR of the year in MLB...Finished the season slashing .237/.393/.546 (.940 OPS) with nine HR, 18 RBI, 24 walks and 23 runs across his last 27 games (122 PA) since 9/2...Reached base safely in 18 straight postseason games from 10/14/22-10/11/23 (16 H, 16 BB, 3 HBP), the fourth-longest such streak in Phillies history...Clubbed his fourth career postseason leadoff HR and third as a Phillie in NLCS Game 1, 10/16 vs ARI (Zac Gallen), the most postseason leadoff HR in MLB history...Hit 2 HR in a postseason game for the first time in his career on 10/17 in Game 2 of the NLCS vs ARI (Merrill Kelly)...Slugged his 19th career postseason HR in NLCS Game 4, 10/20 vs ARI (Kyle Nelson), the most postseason HR by a left-handed hitter in MLB history...Became the fastest player in MLB history to 20 postseason HR (63 games) in NLCS Game 5, 10/21 at ARI (Zac Gallen), passing Jos¨¦ Altuve (68 games).
2022
Selected as an NL All-Star for the second time in his career (2021); entered the game in LF as a reserve and went 0-for-2 on 7/19 at Dodger Stadium...Won his first Silver Slugger Award and was named All-MLB Second Team...Led the NL and finished 2nd in MLB in HR with 46 (NYY¡¯s Aaron Judge, 62)...Became the first Phillie to lead the NL in HR since 2008 (Ryan Howard, 48)...Participated in the Home Run Derby on 7/18 as the No. 1 seed and lost to STL¡¯s Albert Pujols (No. 8 seed) in the first round, 20-19...Among all NL players, ranked third in pitches/PA (4.29), fourth in BB (86), T-6th in XBH (70) & runs (100), eighth in SLG (.504), 10th in OPS (.827) & TB (291) and T-10th in GW RBI (13)...Set career highs in HR, RBI (94), BB (86) and SB (10)...Set a new franchise record with 46 HR by an outfielder (primary position), passing Chuck Klein (43 in 1929)...Set a new franchise record with eight multi-HR games (previous record was seven ¨C Dick Allen in 1968 and Ryan Howard & Chase Utley in 2006)...His seven leadoff HR were second-most ever in a season by a Phillie, trailing only Jimmy Rollins (nine) in 2007...Hit 38 HR when batting in the leadoff spot, tops in MLB and most in a single season in franchise history (previous: Jimmy Rollins, 30 in 2007)...Became just the fourth player in franchise history with a 40-HR/10-SB season, joining Cy Williams in 1923 (41 HR/11 SB), Dick Allen in 1966 (40 HR/10 SB) and Mike Schmidt in 1980 (48 HR/12 SB) ...Led the N...with 24 HR that were game-tying or go-ahead homers (second in MLB to Aaron Judge, 25)...On Opening Day, 4/8 vs OAK, slugged a leadoff HR (Frankie Montas) and became just the third player to hit a leadoff HR in his first career game as a Phillie, joining Heinie Mueller (1938) and Andrew McCutchen (2019)...Hit a 468-foot home run on 4/20 at CO...(Germ¨¢n M¨¢rquez), which was the farthest HR of the season hit by a Phillie...On 4/24 vs MIL, was ejected by home plate umpire Ange...Hernandez in the ninth inning...Recorded his 15th career multi-HR game on 5/1 at NYM (both homers against Max Scherzer)...Had a career-best 31-game on-base streak, 5/26-6/28, during which he posted a .999 OPS...Named NL Player of the Month for June, his second career POM Award (other: June 2021) after leading MLB in HR (12) and runs (27) during the month...With two HR on both 7/5 and 7/6, became the first Phillies player with consecutive multi-HR games since Chase Utley, 4/13-14/06...His 29 HR prior to the All-Star break were the 2nd-most ever by a Phillies player, trailing only Mike Schmidt¡¯s 31 in 1979...His HR on 7/22 vs CHI was his 30th in his 91st game of the season, making him the 5th-fastest Phillie ever to reach 30 HR in a season in terms of games...On 10/3 at HOU, in the postseason-clinching win, hit his seventh leadoff HR (20th career) and logged his eighth multi-HR game in of the season (22nd career)...Per Statcast data, had a hard-hit percentage of 54.4, which ranked 4th among qualifying MLB hitters...Was in the 99th percentile in barrel percentage among qualifying MLB hitters...Had 10 HR against WSH, which were the most by a Phillies player against any club in one season since Mike Schmidt had 10 against CHI in 1980...Had a sacrifice fly in each game of the NL Wild Card Series at STL...His HR in Game 1 of the NLCS at SD (Yu Darvish) on 10/18 had an exit velocity of 119.7 mph, which made it the hardest-hit bal...in the postseason during the Statcast era (since 2015)...His HR traveled 488 feet, the second-farthest postseason HR in the Statcast era, trailing only CHI¡¯s Willson Contreras (491 feet) on 10/18/17 vs LAD...His HR on 10/18 was both the hardest-hit bal...and farthest HR hit by a Phillie during the Statcast era (regular season and postseason combined)...In Game 3 of the NLCS vs SD on 10/21, slugged a leadoff HR (Joe Musgrove) and became the second player in franchise history to hit a leadoff HR in the postseason, joining Jimmy Rollins (three; last: 10/15/08 at LAD)...Became the first Phillie ever to hit a leadoff HR in a World Series during Game 5 on 11/3 vs HOU (Justin Verlander); was the 26th leadoff HR in the history of the Fall Classic... Set franchise records for walks in a single postseason (15) and longest walk streak in a postseason (eight G, 10/22-11/5)...Over his final eight games of the postseason (NLCS Games 4 & 5 and the WS), slashed .280/.486/.760 (1.246 OPS).
2021
Named an All-Star for the first time in his career (did not play for NL due to injury)...In 113 games between WSH and BOS, hit 32 HR with 71 RBI and a .928 OPS...Set career highs in AVG (.266), OBP (.374), SLG (.554) and OPS...Finished T-1st in MLB in leadoff HR (8) with BAL¡¯s Cedric Mullins...Hit 30 or more HR for the third time in his career (also: 2017 and 2019)...Hit 28 of his 32 HR against RHP while posting a .990 OPS...His .623 SLG against RHP ranked 5th among all MLB players (min. 300 PA)...Began the season on the COVID-related IL...Made his season debut with WSH on 4/12 at STL...Hit two HR in his first 22 games (through 5/8) and then slugged 23 HR in his next 50 games before landing on the IL...Named NL Player of the Month for June...Had five multi-HR games in June, including a career-high three HR on 6/20 vs NYM...His other multi-HR games that month were on 6/13 vs SF, 6/19 vs NYM, 6/24 at MIA and 6/28 vs NYM...Set the WSH record for HR in a calendar month (16)...Tied Albert Belle (1995) for the MLB record for most HR in a 10-game span (12 from 6/19-29)...Set ML records for most HR as a leadoff hitter in a calendar month (15) and most leadoff HR in a calendar month (7)...Had no HR from 6/1-11, then from 6/12-29 tied the ML record for HR in an 18-game span (16; also: Sammy Sosa in 1998 and Barry Bonds in 2001)...Tied the ML record for HR in a two-game span (5) when he hit two HR on 6/19 and three HR on 6/20...Was placed on the 10-day IL on 7/3 (right hamstring strain)...Traded to BOS on 7/29...Reinstated from the IL on 8/13 and made his BOS debut that night...From 8/13 through the end of the season, ranked 2nd in the AL with 33 BB and a .435 OBP (min. 100 PA)...Reached base safely in a career-best 23 consecutive games from 6/19-8/26...Posted a .571 OBP during his first 10 games with BOS, the highest in club history by a player over his first 10 games with the club...Hit his eighth leadoff HR of the season on 9/3 vs CLE, the 13th of his career...On 9/22 vs NYM, logged his 14th career multi-HR game and sixth of the year (fourth against NYM)...Started each of his 72 games with WSH in LF ...With BOS, made 14 starts as the designated hitter, 14 in LF and nine at 1st base (those were his first career starts at the position).
2020
Led the Cubs and ranked sixth among Major League left-handed hitters (15th in all of MLB) in exit velocity (92.8), according to MLB Statcast...He tied for the team lead with 30 walks, while his 11 home runs were tied for second on the club...His 11 homers ranked tied for 10th among National League left-handed hitters, while his 30 walks were tied for ninth...Hit .188 with a .308 on-base percentage and a .393 slugging percentage with six doubles, 11 homers, 24 RBI, 30 walks and 30 runs scored...He was one of two qualified National League players to hit under .200 but have an OPS over .700, joining Los Angeles¡¯ Max Muncy...Schwarber appeared in 59 of the 60 games, making 48 starts in left field and nine as Chicago¡¯s designated hitter...He did not commit an error in 73 total chances in left field.
2019
Kyle hit a career-high 38 home runs, the second-most in a single season by a left-handed hitter in franchise history (Billy Williams, 42 in 1970)...is the third Cubs left-handed batter with multiple 30-homer campaigns, joining Billy Williams (five) and Anthony Rizzo (four)...batted .250 (132-for529) and set career marks with 29 doubles, 38 homers and 92 RBI in 155 games...Was third on the team with 70 walks, contributing to a .339 on-base percentage (89 points higher than his .250 average)...Batted .348 (39-for-112) with 11 doubles, nine homers and a .422 OBP in his final 32 games beginning August 25...Posted a .900 OPS and a .255 average (107-for-420) against right-handers...had a .756 OPS and a .229 average (25-for-109) against southpaws...Batted .394 (26-for-66) with 12 homers when putting the first pitch of an at-bat in play...hit .319 (23-for-72) with seven homers in the first inning...Hit 65 points higher at home (.283/73-for-258) than on the road (.218/59-for-271), yet hit 20 homers on the road and 18 at home...Played 140 games in left field, recording a .974 fielding percentage (6 E/227 TC)...led N.L. left fielders with seven assists...Reached 70 extra-base hits, becoming just the sixth Cubs left-handed hitter to reach 70 in a campaign...joins Wildfire Schulte (in 1911), Bill Nicholson (in 1944), Billy Williams (5 times, last in 1972), Mark Grace (in 1995) and Anthony Rizzo (in 2015 and 2016)...Recorded nine game-winning RBI, second-most on the club behind Javier Báez (12)...His 20 homers after the All-Star break led N.L. left-handed hitters and ranked tied for fourth in the N.L. overall...Hit a game-winning two-run homer in the eighth inning, April 30 at Seattle, helping the Cubs to a 6-5 victory...Walked a career-high tying four times, May 11 vs. Milwaukee (two intentional)...Hit five leadoff homers: May 24 vs. Cincinnati, May 29 at Houston, June 13 at the Dodgers, June 18 vs. the White Sox and June 27 vs. Atlanta...Hit his first-career walk-off homer, July 16 vs. Cincinnati, his career-high third-straight game with a homer...Had a career game, July 28 at Milwaukee...went 3-for-3 with a second-inning grand slam and a fourth-inning three-home run, leading to a career-high seven RBI in the Cubs' 11-4 win...scored a careerhigh four runs, the most by a Cub in 2019...Became just the fifth Cub ever to hit a grand slam and three-run homer in the same game, joining Riggs Stephenson (July 1, 1929 @ STL), Ed Bailey (July 22, 1965 vs. PHI), Ron Santo (July 6, 1970 [gm. 2] vs. MON) and Derrek Lee (July 2, 2009 vs. MIL)...thanks to Ed Hartig for his assistance...August 6, was at catcher in the ninth for pitcher Taylor Davis, his first appearance behind the plate since Sept. 9, 2017 vs. Milwaukee....August 15 at Philadelphia, hit his 100th-career homer in his 453rdcareer game, a franchise record for fewest games to 100 homers...HIt his 30th homer of the season, August 25 vs. Washington...was a game-tying two-run shot in the eighth inning...Tied his career high with an eight-game hitting streak, September 19- 28...he batted .448 (13-for-29) with a 1.267 OPS during the run.
2018
Kyle belted 26 home runs with 61 RBI in a career-high 137 games during his fourth season with the Cubs ... along with 30 homers in 2017, became the first Cubs outfielder with consecutive campaigns of 26 or more home runs since Alfonso Soriano in 2011-12 ... Led the team with a career-high 78 walks to contribute to a .356 on-base percentage, 118 points higher than his .238 batting average (102-for-428) ... Participated in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby and reached the final round before falling to Bryce Harper, 19-18 … his 55 homers in the three rounds were the most of any competitor ... Played 120 games (115 starts) in left field ... recorded 11 outfield assists, tied for the most by any left fielder in the majors with Boston's Andrew Benintendi, and recorded a .995 fielding percentage (1 E/186 TC) ... Posted a .273 average (21-for-77) with a .385 on-base percentage in his first 24 games ... hit .231 (81-for-351) with a .349 OBP from May 1 through season's end ... His first 25 homers on the season came against right-handed pitching, tying the single-season franchise record for consecutive homers off same-handed pitchers, previously done by left-handed hitter Bill Nicholson, who also hit his first 25 homers of the 1940 campaign off righties ... Dating to 2017, hit 29-consecutive homers off righthanders, two shy of the franchise mark across multiple seasons ... Nicholson holds the record with 31-straight homers vs. righties from 1939-41 ... hit his first homer of the season off a southpaw, September 23 at the White Sox (Carlos Rodon ... Notched his sixth-career multi-homer game, April 24 at Cleveland ... Tied his career high with four RBI in the Cubs' 16-5 win at Colorado on April 20, finished 3-for-4 with a three-run homer, a walk and two runs scored ... Went 2-for-4 with a game-winning two-run homer May 20 at Cincinnati ... was also ejected for the first time in his career ... Registered a career-high tying four RBI in just two at-bats, June 1 at New York in a 7-4 win over the Mets ... entered the game in the sixth inning and hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and a three-run homer in the eighth inning ... Notched a career-long seven game hitting streak from June 28-July 8 ... went 9-for-23 (.391) with two doubles, two homers, three RBI and eight runs ... Hit a game-winning solo homer in the second inning of a 5-4 win vs. the Padres on August 4, his 20th homer of the season ... Drove in the game's only run with a solo homer in the second-inning of the Cubs' 1-0 win at Pittsburgh on August 17 ... Scored a season-high three runs in a 10-6 victory vs. the Reds on August 25 ... hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning.
2017
Kyle ranked second on the Cubs with 30 home runs in 422 at-bats spanning 129 games for Chicago ... averaged one home run every 14.07 at-bats, a mark that would have been third-highest among N.L. hitters had he qualified for the league lead (was just 16 plate appearances shy) ... all told, hit .211 (89-for422) with 16 doubles, a triple, 30 homers, 59 RBI, 59 walks and a OBP over 100 points higher than his average, at .315... Posted a .922 OPS beginning July 27 through the end of the season, second-best on the Cubs in that span behind only Kris Bryant (.992)... His .283 batting average (17-for-60) in Sept./Oct. was his highest monthly mark since batting .302 in July of 2015... Had an .814 OPS and a .221 average (75-for-340) against right-handed pitching ... posted a .648 OPS and a .171 average (14-for-82) against southpaws... His .894 OPS in the season's second half was 200 points higher than his .694 OPS leading up to the All-Star Break... Batted .436 (17-for-39) with 10 homers in the first pitch of an at-bat... Hit four homers while serving as the club's designated hitter, tied for the most by any Cub in a single season (Alfonso Soriano in 2012)... Played 110 games in left field, posting a .967 fielding percentage (5 E/153 TC) with seven assists ... played four games at catcher, totaling 7.0 innings, and saw one game at first base... Was optioned to Triple-A Iowa, June 21 (post-game) ... was batting .171 with a .295 OBP in 64 games prior to being sent to Iowa ... recalled, July 6, and batted .255 (51-for-200) with 18 homers and 31 RBI in 65 games the rest of the way... Began the season as the primary leadoff hitter and reached base to lead off the game nine times in his first 16 opportunities... Hit a 470-foot home run (as measured by Statcast), May 23 vs. San Francisco, which was his longest homer of his career ... also hit a homer measured at 467 feet, June 14... Hit a game-winning grand slam in the seventh inning, June 3 vs. the Cardinals ... gave the Cubs a 5-3 lead ... his four RBI tied a career-high ... marked the first go-ahead grand slam by a Cubs batter when trailing in the seventh inning or later since David DeJesus, May 11, 2012 at Milwaukee ... first time it happened at Wrigley Field since Aramis Ramirez, August 28, 2008 vs. the Phillies... Notched his first-career pinch-hit home run, June 11 vs. Colorado (was part of back-to-back home runs with Addison Russell)... Recorded a career-high tying 11 total bases, July 27 at the White Sox as he went 3-for-4 with a triple and two homers... Went 2-for-6 with two homers and four RBI, August 30 vs. Pittsburgh ... marked his fifth-career multi-homer game, tied for fifth-most by a Cubs player by his age 24 season ... the second homer was his 40th of his career, becoming the fastest player in Cubs history to 40 homers (178 games)... Went 3-for-17 (.176) with a solo homer and three walks in seven postseason games.
2016
Made a comeback in the World Series after suffering a regular season-ending left knee injury two games into the season when he collided with Dexter Fowler in the outfield, April 7 in Arizona ... suffered torn ligaments (ACL and LCL) in his left knee along with a severely sprained left ankle ... placed on the 15-day disabled list the following day ... Transferred to the 60-day disabled list, April 11 ... Underwent ACL reconstruction and LCL repair surgery on his left knee, April 19, by Dallas Cowboys orthopedic specialist Dr. Daniel Cooper ... Activated from the 60-day disabled list, October 22, and was assigned to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League to rehab ... went 1-for-6 with a double and two walks in two games ... Made the World Series roster and went 7-for-17 (.412) with a double, two RBI and three walks, becoming the first position player to collect a hit in the World Series after going hitless during the regular season ... tallied a pair of RBI singles in Game Two and went 3-for-5 in the decisive Game Seven, including a single to begin the 10th inning.
2015
Kyle made his major league debut with Chicago just a year after he was the team's first selection (fourth overall) in the 2014 draft ... batted .246 (57-for-232) with 52 runs, six doubles, a triple, 16 homers and 43 RBI in 69 games…Batted .333 (9-for-27) with five home runs, six runs scored, eight RBI and four walks in nine post-season games ... the five post-season homers are the most by any Cub in post-season history and are second-most by any rookie in a single postseason (Evan Longoria, six in 2008)…Drove in runs in each of his first two career post-season at-bats in the Wild Card game at Pittsburgh, including a two-run third-inning shot off Gerrit Cole….In NLDS Game Four against the Cardinals, hit a home run that reached the top of the right field video board at Wrigley Field….Became the first Cub in franchise history with 16 homers in his first 52 career major league games ... thanks to Ed Hartig….Ranked fifth among N.L. rookies with 16 homers and was seventh with 52 runs scored….His 15 homers in the season's second half ranked tied for seventh-most in the N.L. while his 46 runs scored ranked tied for eighth…Hit .281 (38-for-135) in 38 road games, 85 points higher than his .196 average (19-for-97) at Wrigley Field…Played 41 games (36 starts) in left field, 21 games (15 starts) at catcher and had four games (two starts) in right field…Selected from Double-A Tennessee, June 16, and made his major league debut as a defensive replacement behind the plate that night vs. Cleveland…Recorded his first career hit, June 17 in Cleveland, a RBI triple in the second inning off Shaun Marcum…Finished 4-for-5 with three runs and two RBI as the team's designated hitter…Collected six hits in his first two career starts, June 17-18 in Cleveland, becoming just the sixth Cub since 1914 to accomplish that feat…Joins Sparky Adams in 1922 (six hits), Walter Stephenson in 1935 (six), Coaker Triplett in 1938 (seven), Doug Dascenzo in 1988 (six) and Tyler Houston in 1996 (seven)…Batted .381 (8-for-21) with a triple, homer, six RBI and a 1.028 OPS in five starts as the team's DH, June 17-21, before he was optioned to Triple-A Iowa…Recalled following the All-Star break, July 17 ... made the start at catcher that night in Atlanta, and went 3-for-4 with a double and run scored…Went 4-for-7 with a game-tying homer in the ninth inning and a game-winning homer in the 13th, July 21 in Cincinnati ... became the first Cub with a game-tying blast in the ninth and a game-winning homer in extras since Andre Dawson, May 8, 1990 vs. Atlanta…Became the sixth player and first rookie in club history to hit two homers in the ninth inning or later, joining Ron Santo, Dave Kingman, Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson and Sammy Sosa…Also became the first Cubs player since at least 1914 with a pair of four-hit games within his first 11 major league games, and the first big leaguer to do so within his first 11 contests since St. Louis' Bo Hart in 2003…Became the first big leaguer to record his first 18 career hits exclusively on the road since Steve Scarsone in 1992-93 with the Phillies, Orioles and Giants…Scored at least two runs and drove in at least two runs in three-straight games, August 5 at Pittsburgh and August 6-7 vs. San Francisco … became the first Cubs rookie to register multiple RBI in at least three-straight games since Randy Hundley did so in three-straight contests in 1966…Drove in a career-high four runs for the second time, August 13 vs. Milwaukee…Hit his 10th homer in his 36th career game and 118th career at-bat, August 19 vs. Detroit ... the previous Cub to amass at least 10 homers in his first 36 career games was Bob Speake in 1955 (11 HR in first 36 games)…Recorded his third career multi-homer effort, September 11 in Philadelphia, homering on each of the first two pitches he saw…The three multi-homer efforts came within his first 51 career games … that's the fewest amount of games for any Cub since at least 1914 (thanks to STATS Inc.)…Is just the sixth MLB player since 1914 to record three multi-homer efforts within his first 51 career games … the others: Boston's Wally Berger in 1930, the White Sox Zeke Bonura in 1934, the Royals Mark Quinn in 1999-2000, the Indians Russell Branyan in 1998-2000 and the White Sox Jose Abreu in 2014.
2014
In his first season in pro baseball, Kyle advanced from Boise to Kane County to Daytona, hitting over .300 at each stop and picking up three Player of the Week honors ... finished third in the Cubs farm system with 18 homers despite not making his season debut until June 13 ... Began his pro career with Boise where in five games he batted .600 with four home runs, earning him Northwest League Player of the Week honors and a promotion to Single-A Kane County ... Batted .361 (30-for-83) with eight doubles, four home runs and 15 RBI in 23 games with Kane County ... hit safely in 18 of the 23 games ... Earned Player of the Week honors for the week of June 23-29 (.409, 8 R, 3 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI) ... went 4-for-5 with two homers, three runs scored and five RBI on June 28 at Beloit ... Batted .302 (48-for-159) with 10 homers, 31 runs scored and 28 RBI in 44 games with Daytona ... he hit home runs in five-straight contests, August 21-24, on the way to earning the FSL Hitter of the Week award ... Collected hits in 15-consecutive games (.417/25-for-60), including nine multi-hit games, August 14-27 ... finished August with a .330 mark (34-for-103) and eight homers in 28 games.
