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Kyle Schwarber
DH
PHI
Age: 32
Birth Date: 1993 Mar 05
Birthplace: Middletown, OH, USA
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 229 lb.
Current Contract: $20,000,000
B/T: Left/Right

STATS OVERVIEW

Season
G Games
PA Plate Appearances
WARP Wins Above Replacement Player
DRC+ Deserved Runs Created plus - Measures batter contributions, not just results. 100 is average. Higher is better, lower is worse.
SD± DRC+ Standard Deviation - Our measure of uncertainty surrounding a player’s DRC+
DRAA Deserved Runs Above Average - DRC+ converted to runs
BRR Base Running Runs - Measures the number of runs contributed by a player's advancement on the bases -- opportunity and park adjusted
DRP Deserved Runs Prevented - Total summary of all fielding contributions
Career - - - - - - - -
Current Season - - - - - - - -

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TRANSACTION HISTORY
  • 2021-01-09 : Washington Nationals signed free agent LF Kyle Schwarber.

  • 2020-12-02 : LF Kyle Schwarber elected free agency.

  • 2017-07-06 : Chicago Cubs recalled LF Kyle Schwarber from Iowa Cubs.

  • 2015-07-17 : Chicago Cubs recalled LF Kyle Schwarber from Iowa Cubs.

  • 2015-06-16 : Chicago Cubs selected the contract of Kyle Schwarber from Tennessee Smokies.

  • 2015-02-06 : Chicago Cubs invited non-roster C Kyle Schwarber to spring training.

  • 2014-06-11 : Chicago Cubs signed C Kyle Schwarber.

INJURIES
Date On When the player was placed on IL or injured
Date Off When the player was activated from IL or returned
Transaction Action taken by team
Days Total days missed by player
Games Approximate team games missed by player
Side The side of the body where the injury occurred
Body Part The part of the body where the injury occured
Injury A description of the injury
2024-06-28 2024-07-09 10 day 11 - left upper leg groin strain
2021-07-03 2021-08-13 10 day 41 - right upper leg hamstring strain
2021-06-03 2021-06-04 DTD 1 - right knee knee injury
2021-04-06 2021-04-12 10 day 6 - none internal COVID-19 Protocol
2018-09-11 2018-09-21 DTD 10 - No Side Back Soreness
2018-09-06 2018-09-07 DTD 1 - No Side Low Back Tightness
2017-06-20 2017-06-21 DTD 1 - Right Ankle Contusion
2016-04-08 2016-04-08 Concurrent 0 - Left Ankle Sprain
2016-04-08 2016-10-22 60-DL 197 - Left Knee ACL and LCL
2016-03-11 2016-03-13 Camp 2 - Left Knee Soreness
2015-09-02 2015-09-08 DTD 6 - Right Ribcage Soreness

CONTRACT HISTORY

  • 4 years/$79M (2022-25). igned by Philadelphia as a free agent 3/17/22. 22:$19M, 23:$20M, 24:$20M, 25:$20M.
  • 1 year/$10M (2021). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/9/21. 21:$7M, 22:$11.5M mutual option ($3M buyout). Schwarber declined 2022 option 11/4/21.
  • 1 year/$7.01M (2020). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 1/10/20 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$3.39M (2019). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$604,500 (2018). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/18.
  • 1 year/$565,500 (2017). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/9/17.
  • 1 year/$522,000 (2016). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/4/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 6/16/15.
  • Drafted by Chicago Cubs 2014 (1-4) (Indiana). $3.125M signing bonus ($4.6212M slot).

COMPENSATION

Year Contract Year
Age Seasonal Age
Team Signing Team
Salary Salary or other detail
Service Time Accured service time
2015 22 CHN 0 0.086
2016 23 CHN $522,000 1.086
2017 24 CHN $565,500 2.083
2018 25 CHN $604,500 3.085
2019 26 CHN $3,390,000 4.086
2020 27 CHN $7,010,000 5.086
2021 28 CHN $7,000,000 -
2022 29 PHI $19,000,000 -
2023 30 PHI $20,000,000 -
2024 31 PHI $20,000,000 -
2025 32 PHI $20,000,000 -