Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Pat Seerey

Lou Gehrig was the first American League player to hit four home runs in one game and on July 18, 1948, Pat Seerey of the Chicago White Sox became the first American League player to hit four home runs during an extra inning game.

"Get into uniform. They tell me you (Chuck Klein) can hit. Goodness knows we need hitters. We need everything." - Burt Shooton
4 Home Runs in 1 Game
by Pat Seerey

Shibe Park

July 18, 1948 at Shibe Park

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Chicago White Sox
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Don Kolloway 2b 7 2 5 3
Tony Lupien 1b 7 1 1 0
Luke Appling 3b 7 1 3 1
Pat Seerey lf 6 4 4 7
Aaron Robinson c 6 0 3 0
Taffy Wright rf 6 0 2 0
Dave Philley cf 6 1 2 0
Cass Michaels ss 6 3 4 0
Frank Papish p 0 0 0 0
   Glen Moulder p 1 0 0 0
   a-Ralph Hodgin ph 1 0 0 0
   Earl Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
   b-Floyd Baker ph 1 0 0 0
   Howie Judson p 3 0 0 0
   Marino Pieretti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 12 24 11

 

Philadelphia Athletics
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Eddie Joost ss 7 4 4 5
Barney McCosky lf 2 2 1 1
Don White cf 4 1 2 0
   Lou Brissie p 0 0 0 0
   d-Sam Chapman ph 0 0 0 0
   e-Billy DeMars pr 0 0 0 0
Ferris Fain 1b 5 0 0 2
Hank Majeski 3b 5 0 1 1
Elmer Valo rf 3 0 1 0
Buddy Rosar c 3 0 0 0
   Mike Guerra c 3 0 0 0
Pete Suder 2b 5 2 1 0
Carl Scheib p 1 1 0 0
   Bob Savage p 1 0 0 0
   Bubba Harris p 1 1 1 0
   Joe Coleman p 0 0 0 0
   c-Ray Coleman ph 2 0 1 0
Totals 42 11 12 9

a: Flied out for Moulder in 4th inning.
b: Flied out for Caldwell in 6th inning.
c: Grounded out for J.Coleman in 9th inning.
d: Base on balls for Brissie in 11th inning.
e: Pinch ran for Chapman in 11th inning.

Double Plays: McCoskey-Rosar, Kolloway, Michaels-Lupien.
Errors: Michaels, Harris.
Doubles
: Robinson, Wright, Kolloway, Philley, Joost 2, Majeski.
Home Runs: Seerey 4, Joost.
Left on Base: Chicago 15, Philadelphia 14.
Sacrifice Hits: McCoskey, White 2.
Stolen Base: Appling.
Triple: Kolloway.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

Chicago

0 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 12 24 1

Philadelphia

1 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 12 1
Pitching Notes

Chicago White Sox
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Frank Papish 1.0 3 5 4 4 0
   Glen Moulder 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
   Earl Caldwell 2.0 4 2 2 1 1
   Howie Judson 5.2 5 4 4 7 2
   Marino Pieretti 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

 

Philadelphia Athletics
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Carl Scheib 4.2 9 4 4 1 2
   Bob Savage 1.0 5 5 5 1 0
   Bubba Harris 1.2 4 2 1 0 0
   Joe Coleman 1.2 2 0 0 1 1
   Lou Brissie 2.0 4 1 1 0 1

Balk: Judson.
Hit By Pitcher
: Valo (by Papish).
Losing Pitcher: Brissie.
Save:Pieretti.
Wild Pitches
: Papish, Moulder, Savage.
Winning Pitcher: Judson.

Game Notes
Attendance: 17,296.
Length of Game: 3:44.
Umpires: HP: Eddie Hurley, 1B: Charlie Berry, 3B: Bill Grieve.


Why did we choose a Chuck Klein quotation? Because he was the first Major League player to hit four home runs during an extra inning game.

On July 24, 1948, Pat Seerey set another record when he struck out seven times during a doubleheader.

Pat Seerey is also the lone player from the American League to have a record four home runs during an extra inning game.