A full list of the MLB players who have hit 4 home runs in a single game

While no MLB player has yet to hit five home runs in a single game, there have been 21 different players to hit four home runs in a game, standing alone as the mark for single-game home run leaders for generations.

Yesterday, I posted a piece about how special of a start Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz is having to his MLB career, following up one of the best rookie campaigns in recent memory with an MVP-caliber season thus far in 2026.

In looking back at Kurtz’s monstrous 2025 campaign, there was one single-game accomplishment that stands out above the rest and made history in the process – hitting four home runs in one game, which Kurtz did against the Houston Astros on July 25, 2025, adding a double and a single to compile an astronomical 19 total bases.

While much of the specific attention surrounding Kurtz’s performance revolved around it being a 6-for-6 showing with four home runs, the milestone still put the rookie in incredibly elite company – as only 21 players in MLB history have gone deep four times in a single game.

To me, what’s most fascinating about the four home run game is how stable the milestone has been throughout baseball history. This sport has existed for over a century-and-a-half, and in a sport this old it feels like most single-game records are breakable to some extent. Yet since Bobby Lowe became the first to hit four homers in a game on May 30, 1894, nobody has ever been able to hit five.

Mike Cameron of the Seattle Mariners famously came close on May 2, 2002, hitting four home runs in Chicago against the White Sox while sending a fifth ball to the warning track. Still, Cameron’s achievement marked just the 13th time in MLB history to that point that this had happened.

The exceptional rarity of the four-homer game only makes the accomplishment sweeter, even though it isn’t nearly as talked about or revered as the perfect game, which has occurred slightly more often at 24 times across MLB history.

Another fascinating aspect of this feat is its defiance of home-field advantage, with 14 of the 21 instances of a player going deep four times in a game occurring on the road.

Here’s a look at the 21 players to have accomplished the feat, listed in chronological order:

1. Bobby Lowe, Boston Beaneaters, May 30, 1894 – vs. Cincinnati Reds
2. Ed Delahanty, Philadelphia Phillies, July 13, 1896 – at Chicago Colts
3. Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, June 3, 1932 – at Philadelphia Athletics
4. Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies, July 10, 1936 – at Pittsburgh Pirates
5. Pat Seerey, Chicago White Sox, July 18, 1948 – at Philadelphia Athletics
6. Gil Hodges, Brooklyn Dodgers, Aug. 31, 1950 – vs. Boston Braves
7. Joe Adcock, Milwaukee Braves, July 31, 1954 – at Brooklyn Dodgers
8. Rocky Colavito, Cleveland Indians, June 10, 1959 – at Baltimore Orioles
9. Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants, April 30, 1961 – at Milwaukee Braves
10. Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies, April 17, 1976 – at Chicago Cubs
11. Bob Horner, Atlanta Braves, July 6, 1986 – vs. Montreal Expos
12. Mark Whiten, St. Louis Cardinals, Sept. 7, 1993 – at Cincinnati Reds
13. Mike Cameron, Seattle Mariners, May 2, 2002 – at Chicago White Sox
14. Shawn Green, Los Angeles Dodgers, May 23, 2002 – at Milwaukee Brewers
15. Carlos Delgado, Toronto Blue Jays, Sept. 25, 2003 – vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
16. Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers, May 8, 2012 – at Baltimore Orioles
17. Scooter Gennett, Cincinnati Reds, June 6, 2017 – vs. St. Louis Cardinals
18. J.D. Martinez, Arizona Diamondbacks, Sept. 4, 2017 – at Los Angeles Dodgers
19. Eugenio Suarez, Arizona Diamondbacks, April 26, 2025 – vs. Atlanta Braves
20. Nick Kurtz, Athletics, July 25, 2025 – at Houston Astros
21. Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies, Aug. 28, 2025 – vs. Atlanta Braves