Phillies' Kyle Schwarber passes Babe Ruth, matches Lou Gehrig on historic day in doubleheader
This is quite the day of feats for Schwarber.
Phillies' Kyle Schwarber passes Babe Ruth, matches Lou Gehrig on historic day in doubleheader originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Even if the home runs hadn't made any kind of baseball history, they were exceptional.
Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber pulled two absolutely crushed homers way out of the ballpark during Thursday's doubleheader against the San Francisco Giants . The first soared high and far, right down the line, into the upper deck. The second was to right-center, so it had more room to fly before landing, eventually traveling 446 feet before it decided to rest.
And then in the big picture, these home runs made some cool history, too. The first piece is that Schwarber has actually hit more home runs in his first 1,321 MLB games than Babe Ruth. The Great Bambino had 348 homers in that time.
Schwarber is at 350. Babe Ruth hit 348 HRs in his first 1,321 MLB games. Kyle Schwarber hit 350 HRs in his first 1,321 MLB games.