4 Home Runs in 1 Game by Baseball Almanac

Four Home Runs in One Game

Some days, a player just feels like they are "on". Only fifteen players in Major League history have been this "on". Each of these men did what seemed impossible, they hit four home runs in one game. Yes, FOUR!

Surprisingly, only one New York Yankee (Lou Gehrig) and no Boston Red Sox (Boston's Bobby Lowe was a Beaneater) has reached this pinnacle. Philadelphia has seen the feat three times over eighty years, and 2002 was the first year it has been achieved twice. The National League has had exactly twice as many four home run games as the American League, but the most recent has been in the American League.

Even more interesting, both Ed Delahanty (Philadelphia) and Bob Horner (Atlanta) did not even see their team win with their effort. The American League went forty-three years without such a game (from 1959 to 2002). Five of the fifteen men to have such a game are in the Hall of Fame (Gehrig, Delahanty, Mays, Klein, and Schmidt). The RBIs received during a four homer game range from four (Cameron) to twelve (Whiten).

Every team needs a leader. These players proved to be the leaders of their teams, in a particularly difficult-even fabulous-way.

"It was just one of those days. If I could compare it to anything, it was like MJ (Michael Jordan) when he hit the six three's against Portland and he just shrugged his shoulders. That's what I told guys on the bench, I don't know. I'm just putting a good swing on the ball." - Seattle Mariners Center Fielder Mike Cameron on MLB.com (Bill Chuck, 05/05/2010, 'Baseball high-fives for Cinco de Mayo', Source)

Four Home Runs In One Game American League Players in Chronological Order
Name	Position	Team	Date / Box
Lou Gehrig	1B	New York	06-03-1932
Pat Seerey	LF	Chicago	07-18-1948
Rocky Colavito	RF	Cleveland	06-10-1959
Mike Cameron	CF	Seattle	05-02-2002
Carlos Delgado	1B	Toronto	09-25-2003
Name	Position	Team	Date / Box
Four Home Runs In One Game National League Players in Chronological Order
Name	Position	Team	Date / Box
Bobby Lowe	2B	Boston	05-30-1894
Ed Delahanty	LF	Philadelphia	07-13-1896
Chuck Klein	RF	Philadelphia	07-10-1936
Gil Hodges	1B	Brooklyn	08-31-1950
Joe Adcock	1B	Milwaukee	07-31-1954
Willie Mays	CF	San Francisco	04-30-1961
Mike Schmidt	3B	Philadelphia	04-17-1976
Bob Horner	1B	Atlanta	07-06-1986
Mark Whiten	RF	St. Louis	09-07-1993
Shawn Green	RF	Los Angeles	05-23-2002
Name	Position	Team	Date / Box
Four Home Runs In One Game

Bobby Lowe, Mike Cameron, Rocky Colavito, Carlos Delgado, Lou Gehrig and Mike Schmidt hit each of their four home runs in consecutive order.

Chuck Klein, Pat Seerey and Mike Schmidt each needed extra innings to get four home runs. The remaining players all did it during a nine inning contest.

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