Enhanced Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Mark Whiten

A doubleheader day that did not start too promising as St. Louis Cardinals' center fielder Mark Whiten went hitless during the twin-bill opener.

However, during game two Whiten broke wild and hit four massive home runs and had twelve runs batted in — tieing two Major League records in one game.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"We've got good balance on our club. When we get Jose (Canseco) healthy and (Mark) Whiten in there and (Roger) Clemens, I'm looking forward to that." - Kevin Kennedy

4 Home Runs in 1 Game
by Mark Whiten

Mark Whiten

September 7, 1993 at Riverfront Stadium

St. Louis Cardinals
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Geronimo Pena 2b 3 1 1 1
Lonnie Maclin lf 4 1 0 1
Bernard Gilkey rf 5 1 1 0
Todd Zeile 3b 2 3 1 0
Stan Royer 3b 1 0 0 0
Gerald Perry 1b 4 4 3 1
Mark Whiten cf 5 4 4 12
Tom Pagnozzi c 5 0 1 0
Tripp Cromer ss 5 0 0 0
Bob Tewksbury p 2 1 0 0
TOTALS 36 15 11 15
Cincinnati
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Thomas Howard lf 3 1 0 0
Rob Dibble p 0 0 0 0
Jacob Brumfield cf 4 1 2 0
Hal Morris 1b 2 0 1 1
Jack Daugherty rf 1 0 1 0
Chris Sabo 3b 3 0 0 0
Gary Varsho lf 1 0 0 0
Tim Costo rf-3b 4 0 1 0
Juan Samuel 2b 4 0 0 0
Dan Wilson c 4 0 0 0
Jeff Branson ss 4 0 1 0
Larry Luebbers p 1 0 0 0
a-Greg Tubbs ph 1 0 0 0
Mike Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Chris Bushing p 0 0 0 0
b-Brian Dorsett ph-1b 2 0 1 0
TOTALS 34 2 7 1

a: Grounded out for Luebbers in 5th inning.
b
: Singled for Bushing in 7th inning.

Double: Brumfield.
Errors: Zeile, Pagnozzi.
Home Runs: Pena, Whiten 4.
Left on Base: St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 7.
Sacrifice Flies: Maclin, Morris.
Sacrifice Hit: Pena.
Stolen Bases: Maclin, Brumfield.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 4 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 2 15 11 2
Cincinnati 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
St. Louis Cardinals
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Bob Tewksbury 9.0 7 2 2 1 4
Cincinnati
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Larry Luebbers 5.0 2 5 5 4 3
Mike Anderson 1.2 6 7 7 2 2
Chris Bushing 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Dibble 2.0 3 3 3 0 5

Losing Pitcher: Luebbers.
Wild Pitch
: Luebbers.
Winning Pitcher: Tewksbury.

Attendance: 31,231.
Length of Game: 2:17.
Umpires: HP: Randy Marsh, 1B: JEff Kellog.
Umpires: 2B: Larry Vanover, 3B: Harry Wendelstedt.
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baseball almanac fast facts

Mark Whiten hit the ball so hard during his youth that he was given the nickname Hard Hittin' Whiten — this game simply cemented that fitting title.

Seven days after this game, on September 14, 1993, Mark Whiten hit a home run from each side of the plate.

Mark Whiten tied the National League record of twelve runs batted in during a nine inning game. The original record was set on September 16, 1924 — do you remember which player set the original record?