Kyle Schwarber
DH | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 229LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #4, Chicago Cubs | Indiana
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 669 577 100 126 46 10 .218 .323 .504 .827
2023 720 585 108 115 47 0 .197 .343 .474 .817
2024 692 573 110 142 38 5 .248 .366 .485 .851
10 Seasons 4,660 3,940 689 905 284 27 .230 .343 .491 .834
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .218 46 10 .827
2023 .197 47 0 .817
2024 .248 38 5 .851
10 Seasons .230 284 27 .834
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 22 1163 156 19 12.2 7.0 91.9 111.3 15.5 32.1 .241 .485 .364 .365 .464 42.3 28.2 13.2
2016 23 28 2 0 0.0 0.0 101.6 108.2 3.1 0.0 .260 .293 .138 .330 .478 100.0 40.0 20.0
2017 24 2110 272 41 15.1 8.4 89.6 116.1 18.6 29.8 .224 .488 .333 .347 .459 41.5 30.9 12.1
2018 25 2139 291 37 12.7 7.3 90.9 117.1 12.3 34.0 .245 .472 .343 .350 .450 45.0 27.5 15.3
2019 26 2539 379 55 14.5 9.0 93.5 117.6 15.5 35.6 .264 .555 .357 .376 .473 51.2 25.6 11.5
2020 27 955 125 14 11.2 6.3 92.8 114.9 8.8 28.8 .224 .441 .307 .340 .429 47.2 29.5 13.4
2021 28 1986 274 48 17.5 10.2 92.3 116.6 15.4 36.9 .265 .565 .392 .399 .510 52.2 27.0 13.6
2022 29 2878 379 76 20.1 11.4 93.3 114.8 19.2 35.4 .237 .535 .355 .375 .501 54.4 29.9 12.9
2023 30 3068 373 61 16.4 8.5 92.4 115.2 19.0 34.3 .220 .485 .350 .364 .460 48.8 29.9 17.5
2024 31 2852 384 60 15.6 8.7 93.6 115.6 15.0 31.8 .256 .512 .366 .380 .489 55.5 28.5 15.3
Player 19718 2635 411 15.6 8.8 92.4 117.6 16.1 33.6 .243 .511 .354 .369 .475 49.7 28.5 14.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 42.9 25.6 22.4 9.0 44.9 32.7 21.2 1.3 30.1 25.6 23.1 6.4 12.2 7.0
2016 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 38.6 30.9 18.4 12.1 37.9 38.6 23.5 5.5 23.9 29.4 19.5 5.5 15.1 8.4
2018 46.0 23.7 24.4 5.8 41.6 36.1 22.3 4.8 32.3 22.7 22.0 4.8 12.7 7.3
2019 38.8 28.8 24.0 8.4 40.9 31.1 28.0 2.4 27.7 25.9 19.8 9.0 14.5 9.0
2020 51.2 24.8 19.2 4.8 44.8 36.0 19.2 4.8 32.8 19.2 20.8 8.8 11.2 6.3
2021 39.4 33.6 20.8 6.2 43.8 36.1 20.1 2.9 26.6 24.5 21.2 6.9 17.5 10.2
2022 34.3 33.8 20.6 11.3 42.5 37.7 19.8 4.5 21.4 27.7 17.4 8.7 20.1 11.4
2023 34.6 33.8 20.1 11.5 52.5 32.7 14.7 2.1 27.1 30.8 16.9 6.7 16.4 8.5
2024 40.9 28.6 22.7 7.8 48.4 35.2 16.4 2.6 27.1 24.2 23.2 7.3 15.6 8.7
Player 39.6 29.9 21.6 8.9 44.4 35.0 20.5 3.4 27.0 26.1 20.2 7.2 15.6 8.8
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 7 887 31.1 224 .247 .540 .403 25.0 24.1 22.7 .279 .629 .445 60.2
2024 Slider 1.6 8 499 17.5 112 .253 .475 .357 40.7 38.4 25.0 .219 .399 .304 56.9
2024 Sinker 2.2 9 413 14.5 107 .364 .511 .439 22.9 16.8 20.2 .326 .502 .411 57.7
2024 Changeup 0.6 2 300 10.5 67 .164 .377 .268 40.7 40.3 25.7 .212 .390 .297 50.0
2024 Curveball 1.8 4 244 8.6 52 .217 .630 .388 36.9 36.5 21.8 .257 .651 .417 55.6
2024 Cutter -0.8 -2 215 7.5 58 .188 .396 .298 27.5 13.8 21.6 .246 .502 .366 47.6
2024 Sweeper 3.4 5 156 5.5 36 .241 .414 .386 40.7 41.7 27.3 .225 .474 .373 57.1
2024 Split-Finger 1.0 1 97 3.4 21 .211 .368 .290 51.4 42.9 25.7 .202 .389 .295 40.0
2024 Slurve 2.0 0 21 0.7 7 .400 .400 .457 57.1 42.9 42.9 .208 .289 .350 50.0
2024 Knuckleball -5.3 0 9 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .026 .026 .032 0.0
2024 Screwball 3.0 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 4 971 31.6 234 .226 .523 .373 25.1 26.5 23.6 .235 .532 .379 53.7
2023 Slider -1.5 -8 500 16.3 106 .092 .184 .214 46.4 42.5 28.8 .138 .259 .258 34.9
2023 Sinker 1.9 8 449 14.6 125 .227 .660 .432 17.2 23.2 22.8 .275 .668 .453 52.2
2023 Changeup 1.6 6 343 11.2 79 .222 .429 .361 38.2 24.1 17.6 .256 .416 .370 43.2
2023 Cutter 1.2 4 285 9.3 59 .245 .551 .409 21.7 22.0 19.7 .222 .556 .384 52.8
2023 Curveball 3.4 10 279 9.1 56 .267 .711 .461 43.4 37.5 24.1 .237 .611 .418 58.3
2023 Sweeper 0.2 0 151 4.9 32 .069 .276 .191 42.6 56.3 28.1 .096 .254 .195 27.3
2023 Split-Finger -2.1 -2 76 2.5 22 .056 .056 .168 44.4 31.8 22.6 .197 .238 .284 27.3
2023 Slurve 4.2 0 10 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Knuckleball 3.6 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 302 1,281 6 -2 7 7 18
2016 25 100 -2 0 1 1 0
2017 505 2,186 -11 -20 19 12 0
2018 491 2,144 -2 -26 20 10 1
2019 601 2,514 -1 -24 26 13 14
2020 230 989 -2 -14 7 7 -2
2021 519 2,195 10 -20 28 12 30
2022 737 3,211 -11 -11 29 16 23
2023 769 3,295 5 -30 30 19 24
2024 707 2,936 12 -19 23 16 32
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,163 46.2 63.7 70.5 28.6 55.3 42.8 31.1 44.8 34.0 5.9 73.5
2016 28 39.3 54.5 66.7 29.4 40.0 42.9 20.0 39.3 45.5 7.1 100.0
2017 2,110 45.9 66.2 76.3 26.5 56.1 43.0 29.4 44.6 29.8 6.3 82.0
2018 2,139 46.1 64.8 76.7 21.9 50.8 45.1 27.9 41.7 30.3 6.2 76.5
2019 2,539 46.7 65.7 77.7 23.9 56.3 41.6 28.8 43.3 28.0 6.0 76.0
2020 955 43.8 62.2 78.1 27.9 60.0 42.2 24.2 42.9 28.0 6.6 69.8
2021 1,986 47.3 64.4 77.0 20.8 55.5 43.4 29.1 41.4 28.6 7.4 76.7
2022 2,878 48.5 60.6 77.1 21.7 52.3 44.0 25.5 40.6 29.4 6.3 70.2
2023 3,068 47.0 55.8 77.1 21.6 47.6 42.8 23.3 37.7 31.5 6.4 64.5
2024 2,852 47.9 60.6 76.3 20.9 45.7 41.6 27.1 39.9 32.0 6.8 74.1
Player 19,718 46.9 62.2 76.6 23.0 52.6 43.0 27.1 41.4 30.2 6.4 73.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 84 56
2016 61 15
2017 69 7 79 93 48 87 96 84 99 82 5 84 15 55 47 5
2018 77 38 79 87 86 78 92 84 99 87 10 96 13 81 53 6
2019 90 63 92 94 79 95 94 99 99 99 23 82 25 81 54 3
2020 62 19 60 75 62 71 75 95 97 86 15 83 39 46 50 13 52
2021 95 70 94 96 94 82 96 90 98 93 16 94 25 90 44 2 44
2022 97 31 98 99 80 99 99 99 96 99 8 94 20 87 30 1 31
2023 87 10 84 95 86 96 96 94 96 88 12 99 16 86 7 1 23
2024 96 64 94 96 95 96 96 97 97 98 13 99 11 93 15 99 30 13
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 -- 0 0.5 -1 2 1 0 --
2017 23.9 31 29.8 1 9 13 19 61.3
2018 24.6 26 24.4 2 7 11 15 57.7
2019 24.8 38 35.2 3 18 24 18 47.4
2020 24.2 11 11.1 0 4 7 5 45.5
2021 23.4 35 35.5 -1 3 24 17 48.6
2022 24.2 52 48.7 3 14 28 24 46.2
2023 25.7 52 44.8 7 10 25 25 48.1
2024 25.3 39 38.4 1 5 21 23 59.0
Player 24.6 284 268.3 16 72 154 146 51.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
2017 31 30 30 29 30 30 32 29 25 28 29 35 30 27 29 29 28 29 30 29 30 34 32 32 28 28 29 35 33 31 23
2018 26 27 21 24 26 25 26 23 22 21 23 27 27 21 25 26 22 24 24 26 23 25 29 26 21 22 25 26 28 27 19
2019 38 39 37 35 39 36 42 31 32 26 34 40 39 34 34 32 30 29 35 40 37 39 46 36 26 30 31 40 42 36 29
2020 11 12 12 12 10 12 12 12 9 9 9 12 10 11 11 10 12 11 12 14 12 12 14 10 9 9 12 10 12 11 9
2021 35 41 30 33 38 35 40 39 26 27 33 35 32 31 41 40 37 37 34 37 37 32 41 39 36 35 38 40 35 33 32
2022 52 49 41 53 49 50 50 48 31 45 42 47 54 49 51 52 48 51 47 50 50 47 60 52 47 46 53 55 52 48 44
2023 52 42 37 48 48 45 50 42 43 42 39 44 46 45 51 47 50 43 45 52 44 43 53 49 39 44 44 44 46 44 35
2024 39 37 35 38 37 41 42 37 32 34 36 39 41 35 40 36 37 35 40 46 41 37 47 43 32 39 35 40 42 41 38
Player 284 277 243 273 278 274 294 261 220 232 245 281 280 253 282 273 264 259 268 295 274 269 323 288 238 253 268 292 291 271 229
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.9 101.6 9.7 ↑ 89.6 -12.0 ↓ 90.9 1.3 ↑ 93.5 2.6 ↑ 92.8 -0.7 ↓ 92.3 -0.5 ↓ 93.3 1.0 ↑ 92.4 -0.9 ↓ 93.6 1.2 ↑
Launch Angle 15.5 3.1 -12.4 ↓ 18.6 15.5 ↑ 12.3 -6.3 ↓ 15.5 3.2 ↑ 8.8 -6.7 ↓ 15.4 6.6 ↑ 19.2 3.8 ↑ 19.0 -0.2 ↓ 15.0 -4.0 ↓
Barrel % 12.2 0.0 -12.2 ↓ 15.1 15.1 ↑ 12.7 -2.4 ↓ 14.5 1.8 ↑ 11.2 -3.3 ↓ 17.5 6.3 ↑ 20.1 2.6 ↑ 16.4 -3.7 ↓ 15.6 -0.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 42.3 100.0 57.7 ↑ 41.5 -58.5 ↓ 45.0 3.5 ↑ 51.2 6.2 ↑ 47.2 -4.0 ↓ 52.2 5.0 ↑ 54.4 2.2 ↑ 48.8 -5.6 ↓ 55.5 6.7 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.1 0.0 -32.1 ↓ 29.8 29.8 ↑ 34.0 4.2 ↑ 35.6 1.6 ↑ 28.8 -6.8 ↓ 36.9 8.1 ↑ 35.4 -1.5 ↓ 34.3 -1.1 ↓ 31.8 -2.5 ↓
xBA .241 .260 0.019 ↑ .224 -0.036 ↓ .245 0.021 ↑ .264 0.019 ↑ .224 -0.040 ↓ .265 0.041 ↑ .237 -0.028 ↓ .220 -0.017 ↓ .256 0.036 ↑
BA .246 .000 -0.246 ↓ .211 0.211 ↑ .238 0.027 ↑ .250 0.012 ↑ .188 -0.062 ↓ .266 0.078 ↑ .218 -0.048 ↓ .197 -0.021 ↓ .248 0.051 ↑
xwOBA .365 .330 -0.035 ↓ .347 0.017 ↑ .350 0.003 ↑ .376 0.026 ↑ .340 -0.036 ↓ .399 0.059 ↑ .375 -0.024 ↓ .364 -0.011 ↓ .380 0.016 ↑
wOBA .364 .138 -0.226 ↓ .333 0.195 ↑ .343 0.010 ↑ .357 0.014 ↑ .307 -0.050 ↓ .392 0.085 ↑ .355 -0.037 ↓ .350 -0.005 ↓ .366 0.016 ↑
xSLG .485 .293 -0.192 ↓ .488 0.195 ↑ .472 -0.016 ↓ .555 0.083 ↑ .441 -0.114 ↓ .565 0.124 ↑ .535 -0.030 ↓ .485 -0.050 ↓ .512 0.027 ↑
SLG .487 .000 -0.487 ↓ .467 0.467 ↑ .467 0.000 .531 0.064 ↑ .393 -0.138 ↓ .554 0.161 ↑ .504 -0.050 ↓ .474 -0.030 ↓ .485 0.011 ↑
K% 28.2 40.0 11.8 ↑ 30.9 -9.1 ↓ 27.5 -3.4 ↓ 25.6 -1.9 ↓ 29.5 3.9 ↑ 27.0 -2.5 ↓ 29.9 2.9 ↑ 29.9 0.0 28.5 -1.4 ↓
BB% 13.2 20.0 6.8 ↑ 12.1 -7.9 ↓ 15.3 3.2 ↑ 11.5 -3.8 ↓ 13.4 1.9 ↑ 13.6 0.2 ↑ 12.9 -0.7 ↓ 17.5 4.6 ↑ 15.3 -2.2 ↓
Swing % 44.8 39.3 -5.5 ↓ 44.6 5.3 ↑ 41.7 -2.9 ↓ 43.3 1.6 ↑ 42.9 -0.4 ↓ 41.4 -1.5 ↓ 40.6 -0.8 ↓ 37.7 -2.9 ↓ 39.9 2.2 ↑
Whiff% 34.0 45.5 11.5 ↑ 29.8 -15.7 ↓ 30.3 0.5 ↑ 28.0 -2.3 ↓ 28.0 0.0 28.6 0.6 ↑ 29.4 0.8 ↑ 31.5 2.1 ↑ 32.0 0.5 ↑
In Zone % 46.2 39.3 -6.9 ↓ 45.9 6.6 ↑ 46.1 0.2 ↑ 46.7 0.6 ↑ 43.8 -2.9 ↓ 47.3 3.5 ↑ 48.5 1.2 ↑ 47.0 -1.5 ↓ 47.9 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.8 60.7 6.9 ↑ 54.1 -6.6 ↓ 53.9 -0.2 ↓ 53.3 -0.6 ↓ 56.2 2.9 ↑ 52.7 -3.5 ↓ 51.5 -1.2 ↓ 53.0 1.5 ↑ 52.1 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.6 29.4 0.8 ↑ 26.5 -2.9 ↓ 21.9 -4.6 ↓ 23.9 2.0 ↑ 27.9 4.0 ↑ 20.8 -7.1 ↓ 21.7 0.9 ↑ 21.6 -0.1 ↓ 20.9 -0.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 31.1 20.0 -11.1 ↓ 29.4 9.4 ↑ 27.9 -1.5 ↓ 28.8 0.9 ↑ 24.2 -4.6 ↓ 29.1 4.9 ↑ 25.5 -3.6 ↓ 23.3 -2.2 ↓ 27.1 3.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.1 40.0 -20.1 ↓ 57.2 17.2 ↑ 56.8 -0.4 ↓ 55.8 -1.0 ↓ 52.5 -3.3 ↓ 55.5 3.0 ↑ 59.7 4.2 ↑ 57.1 -2.6 ↓ 56.4 -0.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 4 2 50.0 .345 .000
2017 Shifts L 483 345 71.4 .349 .328
2018 Shifts L 490 316 64.5 .276 .380
2019 Shifts L 600 416 69.3 .366 .353
2020 Shifts L 223 183 82.1 .337 .300
2021 Shifts L 467 379 81.2 .435 .385
2022 Shifts L 664 602 90.7 .251 .365
2023 Shades L 710 475 66.9 .363 .346
2024 Shades L 678 446 65.8 .372 .363
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2015 319 17.2 28.8% 3.8% 214 23.2 9.3% 19.2%
2016 6 19.9 0.0% 16.7% 6 23.0 0.0% 33.3%
2017 672 17.7 23.5% 1.9% 343 23.6 0.3% 12.2%
2018 681 17.3 24.8% 2.9% 380 23.7 0.8% 16.6%
2019 860 17.6 21.7% 4.1% 375 23.9 0.0% 14.7%
2020 313 17.4 24.6% 2.2% 161 22.6 2.5% 9.3%
2021 645 18.6 15.0% 2.9% 354 24.0 0.8% 14.7%
2022 1022 18.3 16.3% 4.1% 440 24.4 0.5% 18.2%
2023 984 15.5 43.3% 0.2% 549 18.9 5.3% 0.5%
2024 967 15.9 37.5% 0.5% 388 19.3 3.6% 0.8%
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