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May 30, 1894
 		After going 0-for-6 in the first game of a doubleheader, Beaneater Bob Lowe becomes the first major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game, helping Boston beat Cincinnati and Elton 'Icebox' Chamberlain, 20-11.
July 13, 1896
 		Phillies outfielder Ed Delahanty hits four home runs in one game in a 9-8 loss to the hometown Colts.The future Hall of Famer's quartet of West Side Grounds round-trippers are the inside-the-park variety. 
July 2, 1903
 		Ed Delahanty, who once hit four homers in one game, goes over a Niagara Falls railroad bridge and drowns. The circumstances of the Senator outfielder's death will remain a mystery, but rumors persist that he was kicked off a train by a conductor for being drunk and disorderly. 
October 13, 1921
 		In the first all-New York World Series, the Giants beat the Yankees at the Polo Grounds (home for both NY teams), 1-0, to win the Fall Classic in eight games. Art Nehf, the loser in Games 2 and 5, throws a complete-game four-hitter to get the victory, with the lone run of the game tallied in the top of the first inning thanks to an error.


Giants' hurler Art Nehf (1922)
Library of Congress - George Grantham Bain Collection

June 3, 1932
 		In Philadelphia, Lou Gehrig becomes the first player in the twentieth century to blast four home runs in one game and barely missed a fifth, hitting a sac fly to deep center field in the team's six-run ninth frame. The Yankees hammer out a major league record with 50 total bases in the 20-13 slugfest against the Philadelphia A's.
July 19, 1933
 		Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell hits a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning off his brother after Wes had gone deep in the top of the frame in the Indians' 9-8 victory at Fenway Park. The pair of round-trippers marks the third time brothers have homered in the same game, but it is the first time siblings on opposing teams have accomplished the feat.
July 10, 1936
 		At Forbes Field, Chuck Klein becomes the first National League player to hit four home runs in one game this century. The Phillies' 36-year-old outfielder's offensive outburst, which includes his final round-tripper on the first pitch in the tenth inning, powers Philadelphia's 9-6 victory over Pittsburgh.
July 18, 1948
 		Pat Seerey hits four home runs in the White Sox's 12-11 extra-inning victory over the A's. The Chicago outfielder's homer in the top of the eleventh inning proves the difference in the Shibe Park contest.
June 28, 1949
 		Joe DiMaggio returns to the lineup after missing the first 69 games of the season due to an ailing heel, which required an operation for bone spurs. The Yankee Clipper will go 5-for-11 (.455), connecting for four homers and driving nine runs in the team's three-game sweep against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
July 11, 1953
 		At Ebbets Field, Giant rookie Al Worthington throws a four-hitter, blanking the Dodgers, 6-0, marking the only game this season in which Brooklyn does not score a run and ending Brooklyn's record NL streak of homering in 24 consecutive games. The 24-year-old right-hander's whitewashing makes the National League freshman the first to throw successive shutouts at the start of a career, a feat that Karl Spooner will also match next season.
July 31, 1954
 		At Ebbets Field, using a borrowed bat, Joe Adcock hits four home runs in one game and a double, which misses by inches of being his fifth round-tripper, in the Braves' 15-7 victory over the Dodgers. The Milwaukee first baseman's 18 total bases, collected on seven pitches, set a major league record, surpassing the mark established in 1950 by Brooklyn's Gil Hodges.
August 24, 1957
 		The Dodgers employ eight pitchers in one game in a 13-3 loss to Milwaukee at Ebbets Field, tying a major league record. Johnny Podres gives up three home runs in the fourth frame when Nippy Jones, Hank Aaron, and Andy Pafko go deep off the Brooklyn starter.
June 10, 1959
 		In Baltimore, Rocky Colavito becomes the sixth player to hit four home runs in one game, helping the Indians defeat the Orioles, 11-8. The New York City native joins Lou Gehrig as the only player to accomplish the feat with four consecutive shots.
April 30, 1961
 		At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Willie Mays slams four homers in one game, with each round-tripper traveling over 400 feet. The San Francisco slugger is on deck when the third out ends the Giants' ninth inning in their eventual 14-4 win over the Braves.

June 17, 1962
 		In the second inning of Game 1 of a twin bill against the Yankees, Jerry Kindall, Bubba Phillips, and Jim Mahoney, the bottom of the Indians' lineup, hit consecutive home runs, helping Dick Donovan improve his record to 10-2. The Tribe also takes the nightcap to complete a four-game sweep of the World Champs, much to the delight of the largest home crowd in eight seasons.
October 6, 1963
 		The Dodgers complete a four-game World Series sweep of the Yankees as Sandy Koufax wins his second game, 2-1. Frank Howard leads the offense with a home run and a single, the only two hits Whitey Ford gives up, and New York's first baseman Joe Pepitone's error (he loses a thrown ball in the white-shirted crowd) leads to the decisive run in the seventh inning.
May 5, 1965
 		In a match-up of eventual Hall of Famers at Shea Stadium, Phillies right-hander Jim Bunning beats the Mets, 1-0, for his sixth straight complete-game victory over the New Yorkers. The Philadelphia starter provides the game's lone run with a sixth-inning lead-off solo homer run off southpaw Warren Spahn, who also goes the distance, giving up just four hits.
July 6, 1966
 		Tying an American League record, Boot Powell knocks in 11 runs in a doubleheader. In Game One, the Baltimore first baseman hit two homers, including a grand slam, two doubles, and a sacrifice fly, driving in seven runs in the Orioles' 11-0 victory over the Kansas City A's, adding four more RBIs in the nightcap.
October 9, 1966
 		For the second consecutive day, the Orioles win a World Series game, 1-0, in a contest decided by a home run when Frank Robinson takes a Don Drysdale pitch deep over the left-field fence in the fourth inning. With the lone run scored on a homer, for only the fifth time in the history of the Fall Classic, and the complete-game shutout thrown by Dave McNally, Baltimore completes a four-game sweep over the Dodgers.
May 17, 1971
 		Ralph Garr ties a major league record for the round-trippers in extra innings, going deep in the 10th and the 12th frame with a walk-off homer against the Mets in the Braves' 4-3 victory. The Atlanta left-fielder, called the 'Road Runner' by his teammates, is the fourth player to accomplish the feat and the first to do so since 1966, when New York's Art Shamsky went yard in the 10th and 11th in a losing cause for the Reds at Crosley Field.
April 17, 1976
 		At Wrigley Field, Mike Schmidt hits four home runs in one game, including the game-winner, when the Phillies come back from an 11-run deficit to beat the Cubs in ten innings, 18-16. The Phillies' slugging third baseman is the first National Leaguer, third overall, to hit his homers consecutively.

August 22, 1984
 		Graig Nettles' fourth-inning two-run homer off Dwight Gooden is his seventh round-tripper in his last six games, tying a National League record shared by Walker Cooper, George Kelly, and Willie Mays. The Padres' third baseman's blast, one of only three hits given up by the New York 19-year-old rookie in the Mets' 5-2 victory, accounts for all of San Diego's runs in the Jack Murphy Stadium contest. 
August 6, 1986
 		In the game that establishes a new record for bases-full homers in one game, Texas beats Baltimore, 13-11. Rangers infielder Toby Harrah hits a second-inning grand slam, and Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer each go deep with the bases loaded in the Orioles' nine-run fourth frame. 
July 6, 1986
 		At Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, first baseman Bob Horner becomes the eleventh major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game. However, three of the four homers are solo shots, allowing the Expos to beat the Braves, 11-8.

July 19, 1989
 		Joe Carter blasts a trio of homers in the Indians' 10-1 rout of Minnesota, marking the second time he has gone deep three times in a game this season. The Cleveland outfielder's fourth three-home run career contest ties Lou Gehrig for the American League record.
September 7, 1993
 		In the nightcap of a doubleheader at Cincinnati, Cardinal outfielder Mark Whiten becomes the 12th player to hit four home runs in one game, helping to tie two established RBI records. With 12 RBIs in the second game, he equals the single-game mark set by Jim Bottomley in 1924, and with his ribbie in the opener, he ties a 21-year-old record established by Nate Colbert for the most RBIs (13) in a twin bill.

June 10, 1995
 		Jeff Manto hits his fourth consecutive home run over three games, equaling Johnny Blanchard's 1961 accomplishment. The Orioles' third baseman, who hit two homers against the Angels last night and one the previous night off of the Mariners' Rafael Carmona, goes deep in the bottom of the second inning during Baltimore's 6-2 victory over the Halos at Camden Yards.
October 20, 1996
 		Andruw Jones becomes the fourth rookie in baseball history to hit two home runs in the same World Series game when he goes deep twice in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium. The Braves' center fielder joins Charlie Keller (1939 - Yankees), Tony Kubek (1957 - Yankees), and Willie McGee (1982 - Cardinals) in accomplishing the feat.

September 18, 2000
 		In between his first and sixth-inning home runs, Vladimir Guerrero's older brother Wilton goes deep in the fourth frame of the Expos' 11-4 rout of the Marlins at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The three home runs stroked by the siblings, who have now gone deep in the same game a record-setting four times, are all hit off Florida starter Jesus Sanchez.
May 23, 2002
 		Shawn Green hits four home runs in one game to become the 14th player in major league history, the second this month, to accomplish the feat. The Dodger right fielder's 6-for-6 performance in Milwaukee's Miller Park, which includes a single and double, breaks Joe Adcock's 1954 mark for total bases by one, with a total of 19.

May 2, 2002
 		In the Mariners' 15-4 victory over the White Sox, Mike Cameron becomes the 13th major leaguer to hit four homers in one game. The Seattle outfielder's first two dingers are followed by round-trippers by second baseman Bret Boone, making it the first time the same two teammates have hit back-to-back homers twice in one inning.

September 25, 2003
 		Carlos Delgado becomes the 15th player in big-league history and only the fifth American League player to hit four home runs in one game. The Blue Jays first baseman's first homer was the 300th of his career, and his barrage gives him 41 for the season.

May 21, 2005
 		At the Ballpark in Arlington, the Rangers establish two team records when the club hits four homers in one inning and eight times altogether, routing the Astros, 18-3, in a Lone Star interleague game. Rod Barajas, Hank Blalock, Laynce Nix, and Mark Teixeira go deep in the team's eight-run second inning, with Kevin Mench, Richard Hidalgo, and David Dellucci, who connects twice, also contributing to the franchise mark.
July 16, 2006
 		Chipper Jones ties a major league record by collecting an extra-base hit in his 14th straight game. The Braves' third baseman's fourth-inning home run equals the mark established in 1927 by Pirates outfielder Paul Waner.
May 16, 2006
 		After drawing a warning from home plate umpire Joe West for throwing a ball behind Barry Bonds, Astros' hurler Russ Springer strikes the Giants slugger on the shoulder with the fifth pitch of the at-bat. This incident will cost the 37-year-old right-handed reliever four games when baseball suspends him for his action against the San Francisco superstar, who needs just one home run to equal Babe Ruth's career home run mark.
September 28, 2006
 		At Coors Field in Colorado, James Loney collects four hits, including two homers, and drives in nine runs in the Dodgers' 19-11 victory over the Rockies. The rookie first baseman, who had one homer and eight runs batted in 93 previous at-bats with the team, ties the franchise RBI mark set by Gil Hodges in his 1950 four-homer game for Brooklyn and breaks the Los Angeles club mark held by Ron Cey.
September 8, 2008
 		Gary Sheffield's second home run of the game is the 250,000th round-tripper in major league history. The Tigers slugger, who needs only four more to reach a personal milestone of 500 homers, hit the round-tripper that set the record for the number of home runs in the major league in a season, bringing the total to 4,458 blasts.
February 20, 2009
 		The Nationals and Ryan Zimmerman (.283, 14, 51) avoid arbitration, agreeing to a one-year, $3.3 million contract. The 24-year-old third baseman is Washington's all-time leader in almost every offensive category, including homers, RBI, runs, hits, and games since the franchise relocated from Montreal four seasons ago.
May 8, 2012
 		Josh Hamilton becomes the 16th major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game when he blasts a 0-2 pitch over the Camden Yards centerfield fence in the eighth inning of the Rangers' 10-3 victory over Baltimore. The Texas outfielder, who connected each time with a man on base, also hit a double to break Ty Cobb's 1925 American League single-game record for total bases with 18, one shy of Shawn Green's major league mark of 19 established in 2002 with the Dodgers.

September 4, 2013
 		Matt Adams becomes the seventh major leaguer to hit two home runs in extra innings of the same game when he goes deep twice in the Cardinals' 5-4 victory over Cincinnati. The Cardinal first baseman, who entered the game in the fourth inning, will hit solo homers in the top of the 14th and 16th frames, with his second blast proving to be the difference in the Great American Ball Park contest.
August 7, 2016

"Of course I think I can play baseball. You always think you have one more hit in you. That wasn't in the cards. That was the Yankees' decision and I'm at peace with it." - ALEX RODRIGUEZ, announcing his retirement.

At a crowded news conference, Yankee 3B/DH Alex Rodriguez announces he will play his final major league game against the Rays in the Bronx on August 12th before becoming a special adviser and instructor with the team. The 41-year-old A-Rod, currently hitting .204, will end his career with 696 home runs, fourth on the all-time list, trailing only Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), and Babe Ruth (714).

June 6, 2017
 		Scooter Gennett, claimed off of waivers by the Reds at the end of spring training, becomes the 17th player in major league history and the first in the franchise's 135 years to hit four homers in a game. The Cincinnati second baseman establishes a franchise record with 17 total bases with his quartet of round-trippers in consecutive at-bats, contributing 10 RBIs to the club's 13-1 victory over the Cardinals at Great American Ball Park.

September 4, 2017
 		Joining Reds utilityman Scooter Gennett as the second player to accomplish the feat this season, J.D. Martinez becomes the 18th major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game, going deep in the top of the ninth in the Diamondbacks' 13-0 rout of the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine. The Arizona outfielder, acquired in a trade from the Tigers in July, had one more home run than the opponent's total number of hits in the contest.

September 22, 2019
 		En route to clinching a playoff spot, the Cardinals beat the Cubs 3-2, completing the team's first four-game sweep at Wrigley Field in 98 seasons. The series marks the first time in a century a home team drops four straight contests by a run against the same opponent, with Chicago losing five straight decisions by the slimmest margin for the first time since 1915.
July 8, 2021
 		In his second career plate appearance, Padres rookie reliever Daniel Camarena hits a grand slam against one of the top pitchers in baseball, Max Scherzer, making him the first pitcher since 1898 to hit a bases-full home run for his first career hit. The 28-year-old San Diego native's fourth-inning grand salami contributes to San Diego's nine-run comeback, ending in an eventual 9-8 walk-off victory over the Nationals at Petco Park.

(Ed. Note: In 1898, in a game against the Giants, Philadelphia Nationals' pitcher Bill Duggelby blasted a grand slam in his first major league at-bat. - LP)

August 11, 2022
 		Chandler Redmond hits four home runs in consecutive innings, the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth in the Texas League's Springfield Cardinals (AA) 21-4 rout of the Amarillo Sod Poodles. The 25-year-old first baseman accomplishes the feat with a solo shot, a two-run homer, a three-run homer, and a grand slam, making it only the second time that a player in professional baseball has hit for a home run cycle.

(Ed. Note: Arkansas Travelers [Cardinals AA affiliate] outfielder Tyrone Horne also accomplished the feat in 1998 during a road game against the San Antonio Missions. - LP)

April 26, 2025
 		With his game-tying ninth-inning blast off a 3-2 pitch thrown by Braves' right-hander Raisel Iglesias, Eugenio Suarez becomes baseball's 19th player to hit four home runs in a single game. Unfortunately, the 33-year-old infielder joins Bob Horner (1986) and Ed Delahanty (1896) to accomplish the feat in a losing cause when Arizona drops an 8-7 extra-inning decision to Atlanta in the following frame.

July 25, 2025
 		At Daikin Park, Nick Kurtz becomes the 20th major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game as he collects six hits, including a double and a single, in the A's 15-3 victory over the Astros. The 22-year-old rookie first baseman drives in eight runs, scores six times, and collects 19 total bases, tying a major league record established in 2002 by former Dodger Shawn Green.
August 28, 2025
 		Kyle Schwarber becomes the 21st major leaguer in history to hit four home runs in a single game and joins Ed Delahanty (1896), Chuck Klein (1936), and Mike Schmidt (1976) as the fourth to accomplish the feat in a Phillies' uniform. The Philadelphia DH's 4-for-6 performance, including two three-run shots, a two-run blast, and a solo homer, sets a franchise record with nine RBIs in the team's 19-4 rout of the Braves at Citizens Bank Park.
October 13, 2025
 		In the fourth inning of Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, Max Muncy grounds into an 8-6-2-2 double play - Brewer center fielder Sal Frelick to shortstop Joey Ortiz to catcher William Contreras - who forces out Teoscar Hernández at home and forces out Will Smith at third. Thanks to Dodgers starter Blake Snell spinning an eight-inning, 10-strikeout, one-hit, no-run gem, Los Angeles holds on to beat Milwaukee, who loads the bases in the ninth, 2-1, in the American Family Field contest.

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