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- In baseball, a home run occurs when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process. In modern baseball, the feat is typically achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence between the foul poles (or making contact with either foul pole) without first touching the ground, resulting in an automatic home run. There is also the "inside-the-park" home run where the batter reaches home safely while the baseball is in play on the field. Eighteen players have hit four home runs in a single Major League Baseball (MLB) game, which writers of Sporting News described as "baseball's greatest single-game accomplishment". The most recent to accomplish the feat to date is J. D. Martinez with the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 4, 2017. No player has done this more than once in his career. Five home runs in a game has been achieved four times: Pete Schneider (1923), Lou Frierson (1934), Cecil Dunn (1936) and Dick Lane (1948). In the pre-professional era, Lipman Pike also hit five home runs in 1866. No player has ever hit four home runs in a postseason game; that record is three, first accomplished by Babe Ruth in Game 4 of the 1926 World Series. According to the Society for American Baseball Research, Oil Cities catcher Jay J. Clarke went 8-8 with eight home runs, a single-game professional record. However, Clarke’s total is still disputed, reported by some newspapers as three homers and eight runs scored, but there is no surviving box score to help confirm or deny his feat. Bobby Lowe was the first to hit four home runs in a single game, doing so on May 30, 1894 for the Boston Beaneaters. Fans were reportedly so excited that they threw $160 in silver coins ($5,000 today) onto the field after his fourth home run. Of all players to achieve the feat, Lowe hit the fewest career home runs, with a total of 71. Two years after Lowe's feat, Ed Delahanty of the Philadelphia Phillies became the second player to hit four home runs in a game. Two other Phillies players have achieved the feat, Chuck Klein in 1932 and Mike Schmidt in 1976. Two other current franchises, the Atlanta Braves (with three) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (with two), have had multiple four-homer games in their history and share the distinction of having one four-homer game in each city they have called home (for the Braves, Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta; for the Dodgers, Brooklyn and Los Angeles). Five current franchises – the Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and Oakland Athletics – share the record of having surrendered two four-homer games over their histories. Thirteen of the 30 franchises (as of 2021) have achieved at least one four-homer game, and 12 franchises have surrendered at least one. Eleven have never been involved in a four-homer game at all, although only three of these (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins) have existences dating to before the 1960s expansion era. Despite Delahanty's achievement on July 13, 1896, the Phillies lost to the Chicago Colts, one of only two occasions when a player hit four home runs but finished on the losing team. The other such occasion took place in 1986, when Bob Horner struck four home runs for the Braves but the Montreal Expos emerged victorious. Following Delahanty's four-home run game in 1896, no other player would accomplish the feat for nearly 36 years, the longest gap between such occurrences. The shortest interval took place in 2002, when Mike Cameron hit his four on May 2, 2002, and Shawn Green repeated the feat 21 days later, on May 23. This was the first time two players had achieved a four-homer game in the same season; this would occur again in 2017 when Scooter Gennett and J. D. Martinez achieved the feat in June and September respectively. When Martinez struck his four home runs for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he became the first player with a four-homer game to hit more homers than his opponents gained base hits. These games have resulted in other MLB single-game records due to the extreme offensive performance. Mark Whiten tied Jim Bottomley for the most runs batted in in a single game with 12 in his four-homer game. Shawn Green hit a double and a single along with his four home runs for 19 total bases, an MLB record. It surpassed Joe Adcock's mark of 18, which also came from a four-homer game. Carlos Delgado is the only player to make four plate appearances in a game and hit a home run each time. Warren Spahn pitched the ball which Gil Hodges hit for the first of his four, the only Hall of Fame pitcher faced during a four-home-run game. Of the 14 players eligible for the Hall of Fame who have hit four home runs in a game, six have been elected. Players are eligible for the Hall of Fame if they have played in at least 10 major league seasons and have been either retired for five seasons or deceased for at least six months. These requirements leave three players ineligible who are living and have played in the past five seasons and one (Seerey) who did not play 10 seasons in MLB. (en)
- En baseball, frapper quatre coups de circuit en une partie est considéré comme un exploit sportif exceptionnel ; seulement 18 joueurs ont accompli cette performance dans l'histoire des Ligues majeures, 6 joueurs l'ayant réalisé au sein d'une équipe de Ligue américaine, les 12 autres avec une équipe de Ligue nationale. (fr)
- Jornalistas do site Sporting News descrevem a façanha de rebater quatro home runs em um único jogo da Major League Baseball (MLB) como "a maior realização em jogo único no beisebol". Dezoito jogadores conseguiram o feito até o momento, o mais recente sendo J. D. Martinez do Arizona Diamondbacks em 4 de setembro de 2017 contra o Los Angeles Dodgers. Nenhum jogador desta lista conseguiu repetir a proeza assim como ninguém conseguiu rebater mais do que quatro em um jogo. Bobby Lowe foi o primeiro a rebater quatro home runs em um jogo, em 30 de Maio de 1894. Informações dão conta que os fãs ficaram tão empolgados que jogaram ao campo 160 dólares em moedas de prata ($4.400 em valores atuais) após seu quarto home run. Estes jogos resultaram em outros recordes em jogos únicos por suas atuações extremamente ofensivas. , por exemplo, empatou com Jim Bottomley por maior número de corridas impulsionadas em um único jogo com 12 em seu jogo de quatro home runs. Shawn Green rebateu uma simples e uma dupla além de seus quatro home runs para um total de 19 bases, recorde da MLB. Ultrapassou a marca de 18 de Joe Adcock, que também é decorrência de um jogo com quatro home runs. Chuck Klein, e Mike Schmidt rebateram seus quatro home runs em jogos com entradas extras. Quatro home runs geram uma significativa força ofensiva, o que normalmente permite o time vencer, entretanto os times de Ed Delahanty e perderam seus respetivos jogos. No jogo de Ed Delahanty do Philadelphia Phillies dois dos quatro home runs foram inside-the-park home runs. Esta foi a única vez em que um dos quatro home-runs tenha sido um inside-the-park. e são os dois únicos jogadores em que um dos 4 home runs foi um grand slam. Carlos Delgado foi o único que rebateu seus quatro home runs em um jogo em apenas quatro vezes no bastão. foi o arremessador da bola que Gil Hodges rebateu seu primeiro de quatro home runs, o único arremessador membro do Hall of Fame enfrentado em um jogo de quatro home runs. Hodges e Adcock são os únicos jogadores a rebater quatro home runs contra quatro diferentes arremessadores em um jogo. Lowe e Delahanty, por outro lado, são os únicos jogadores a rebater quatro home runs contra o mesmo arremessador: e respectivamente. rebateu seus quatro em 2 de Maio de 2002 e Green 21 dias mais tarde em 23 de Maio de 2002, o mais curto espaço de tempo entre estes tipos de jogos. Lowe e Seerey cada um, rebateram menos do que 100 home runs na duração de suas carreiras enquanto Willie Mays, com 660, rebateu mais do que qualquer outro jogador neste grupo. Ambos Mays e Schmidt são membros da lista de jogadores com mais de 500 home runs. Dos 11 jogadores elegíveis para o Hall da Fama e que rebateram quatro home runs em um jogo, cinco foram eleitos. Jogadores são elegíveis para o Hall da Fama se jogaram ao menos 10 temporadas da MLB, e estão aposentados por cinco temporadas ou falecido por ao menos seis meses. Estes requisitos deixam quatro jogadores inelegíveis, pois estão vivos ou jogaram nas últimas cinco temporadas, e um (Seerey) que não jogou 10 temporadas na MLB. Nenhum jogador jamais rebateu quatro home runs em jogo de pós-temporada (o recorde é três e oito jogadores conseguiram a proeza: Babe Ruth (2 vezes) em 1926 e 1928, em 1971, Reggie Jackson em 1977, George Brett em 1978, Adam Kennedy em 2002, Adrián Beltré em 2011, Albert Pujols em 2011 e Pablo Sandoval em 2012). (pt)
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