Counting down the Phillies' 5 longest home runs of the 2023 season
Here are the longest homers by Phillies hitters in 2023. Can you remember which home run topped the list this year?
Homer, round-tripper, big fly, dinger, long ball, jack, bomb, tater, blast. Whatever you call them, home runs are awesome. There's no denying it. Not only are they instant offense, but the biggest, loudest, and longest home runs are majestic sights to behold.
Paced by Kyle Schwarber's 47 home runs and five other players with at least 20 long balls, the Philadelphia Phillies totaled 220 home runs in 2023, the eighth most in the majors. More impressively, they hit 107 of those in the season's final two months, which tied them with the Atlanta Braves for the most in that time.
In case you missed it, we've already counted down the Phillies' five hardest hits of 2023.
But who hit the longest home runs of the year for the Phillies? Here are the top five.
No. 5: Kyle Schwarber, 450 feet
The first entry in the list of longest Phillies home runs in 2023 comes from Kyle Schwarber — big surprise, right? This 450-foot blast came on June 13 at Chase Field against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Leading off the game, Diamondbacks starter Zach Davies got the count to 2-2 before Schwarber took a 94.1 mph middle-in sinker into the seats down the right field line. Schwarber's 18th home run of the year left the bat at 111.6 mph at a 31-degree launch angle.
The solo shot got the party started for the Phillies, who went on to win the game by a lopsided 15-3 score. Surprisingly, that was Schwarber's only RBI in five at-bats despite the offensive onslaught.
With an average home run distance of 407 feet in 2023, there's a good chance we'll see Schwarber later on on this list of the Phillies' longest home runs of the season.
No. 4: Bryce Harper, 451 feet
The fourth longest Phillies homerun of 2023 came courtesy of Bryce Harper on Sept. 23 against the New York Mets.
With the Phillies down 2-0 in the bottom of the second, Harper led off the inning against veteran José Quintana. After working the count full, Harper demolished a 90.7 mph four-seamer, pulling the helpless baseball into the second deck in right field at Citizens Bank Park for his 20th home run of the season.
The no-doubter, 451-foot home run left the bat at 113 mph at a 24-degree launch angle and put the Phillies on the board. They would come back to win the game 7-5, with the two-time MVP playing a pivotal role, with three RBI and four hard-hit balls (95+ mph) on the day.
No. 3: Nick Castellanos, 454 feet
No. 3 on the list of longest Phillies home runs of 2023 comes from Nick Castellanos on Sept. 21, just a couple of days before Harper's entry.
Facing Mets reliever Jeff Brigham in the sixth inning, Castellanos broke a 4-4 tie with a 454-foot home run to left field, which would turn out to be the game-winning run as the Phillies held on for a 5-4 victory.
With a 1-1 count, Brigham tossed in a sweeper that didn't sweep enough. Castellanos crushed it, with a booming crack that they could have heard in New York. His 28th long ball of the season left the bat at 110.3 mph at a 28-degree launch angle and went off the facing of the second deck. It capped off a phenomenal day for Casty, as he ended up with four RBI in the win.
No. 2: Kyle Schwarber, 465 feet
We welcome Kyle Schwarber back to the list with the second-longest Phillies home run of 2023. This one comes on the road on Sept. 6 in San Diego against the Padres. Leading off the game against Padres starter Michael Wacha, Schwarber got hold of one and took a 465-foot blast to straightaway center field.
Wacha threw four fastballs in a row and was obviously trying to stay away from the slugger, but the last one got too much of the plate. Schwarber launched the mammoth jack at 112 mph off the bat at a 26-degree launch angle, making the pitcher-friendly Petco Park look small — Petco was the sixth-hardest MLB park in which to hit a home run in 2023.
It was Schwarber's 41st of the season and 10th lead-off home run and paced the Phillies to a 5-1 win.
No. 1: Kyle Schwarber, 483 feet
And finally, in a surprise to absolutely no one, Kyle Schwarber tops the list of the longest Phillies home runs in 2023, with a gargantuan blast against the Atlanta Braves on Sept. 18.
Facing Braves reliever Michael Tonkin in the top of the sixth inning, Schwarber unloaded a mammoth 483-foot home run that made Truist Park look like a little league diamond. Tonkin served up two 93.4 mph sinkers, in almost the same spot. Schwarber fouled the first off but definitely didn't miss the second one.
He crushed the ball at 113.9 mph off the bat at a 32-degree launch angle. The 2-run moon shot was the Phillies fifth homer of the game and made it 7-1, which would be the final score in a win over the division rivals. Schwarber's 45th round-tripper of the season ended up as the third-longest homer run of the year across the majors.
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