Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Joe Adcock

Joe Adcock hammered his way into the four home runs club quite differently as he connected off four different pitchers, added a double, and finished the game with a record eighteen total bases!
"The wind had been blowing in all night and maybe it was a freak because when I came to bat, the flag in center field was still. I was thinking he'd (Harvey Haddix) been keeping the ball away from me all night and maybe he-d do it again, and he did and I hit it." - Joe Adcock on breaking up the Harvey Haddix perfect game
4 Home Runs in 1 Game
by Joe Adcock

Joe Adcock

July 31, 1954 at Ebbets Field
Hitting & Fielding Notes

Milwaukee Braves
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Bill Bruton cf 6 0 4 1
Danny O'Connell 2b 5 0 0 0
Eddie Mathews 3b 4 3 2 2
Hank Aaron lf 5 2 2 0
Joe Adcock 1b 5 5 5 7
Andy Pafko rf 4 2 3 2
   Jim Pendleton rf 1 1 0 0
Johnny Logan ss 2 1 1 1
   Roy Smalley ss 2 1 1 0
Del Crandall c 4 0 0 0
   Sam Calderone c 1 0 1 0
Jim Wilson p 1 0 0 0
   Lew Burdette p 3 0 0 0
   Bob Buhl p 0 0 0 0
   Dave Jolly p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 15 19 12

 

Brooklyn Dodgers
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Jim Gilliam 2b 4 1 4 0
Pee Wee Reese ss 3 0 1 0
   Don Zimmer ss 1 0 0 0
Duke Snider cf 4 0 1 1
George Shuba lf 1 0 0 0
Gil Hodges 1b 5 1 1 1
   Sandy Amoros lf-cf 5 2 3 0
Jackie Robinson 3b 0 0 0 0
   Don Hoak 3b 2 1 1 2
Carl Furillo rf 5 1 2 1
Rube Walker c 5 1 1 2
Don Newcombe p 0 0 0 0
   Clem Labine p 0 0 0 0
   a-Walt Moryn ph 1 0 0 0
   Erv Palica p 0 0 0 0
   Pete Wojey p 1 0 0 0
   b-Johnny Podres p 2 0 2 0
Totals 39 7 16 7

a: Grounded into double play for Labine in 2nd inning.
b: Singled for Wojey in 7th inning.

Double Plays: Mathews-O'Connell-Adcock, O'Connell-Logan-Adcock, Zimmer-Gilliam-Hodges.
Doubles: Gilliam, Pafko, Bruton 3, Amoros, Adcock, Aaron.
Error: Hoak.
Home Runs: Mathews 2, Adcock 4, Hoak, Pafko, Hodges, Walker.
Left on Base: Milwaukee 5, Brooklyn 10.
Sacrifice Fly: Hoak.
Sacrifice Hit: O'Connell.
Triple: Amoros.
Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Milwaukee

 1 3 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 15 19 0

Brooklyn

 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 7 16 1
Pitching Notes

Milwaukee Braves
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Jim Wilson 1.0 5 1 1 0 0
   Lew Burdette 6.1 8 5 5 2 3
   Bob Buhl 0.0 2 0 0 0 0
   Dave Jolly 1.2 1 1 1 1 1

 

Brooklyn Dodgers
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Don Newcombe 1.0 4 4 4 0 0
   Clem Labine 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
   Erv Palica 2.1 5 5 5 2 1
   Pete Wojey 2.2 4 3 3 0 3
   Johnny Podres 2.0 5 3 2 0 1

Hit by Pitcher: Robinson (by Wilson).
Losing Pitcher: Newcombe.
Wild Pitch: Podres.
Winning Pitcher: Burdette.
Game Notes
Attendance: 12,263.
Length of Game: 2:53.
Umpires: HP: Dusty Boggess, 1B: Bill Engeln.
Umpires: 2B: Bill Stewart, 3B: Al Barlick.


On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix and Lew Burdette went head-to-head in what many consider the finest pitched game in Major League history. On that date, Joe Adcock got the lone hit to break up Haddix's perfect game.

On April 29, 1953, Joe Adcock became the first player to hit a home run over the centerfield wall at the Polo Grounds.

Did you know that Joe Adcock is one of the top fifty all-time leaders in grand slams hit during a career?
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