Lou Gehrig

MLB's Big Boppers: The Four-Homer Club

New York, June 3, 1932.

Went 4-for-6 with four consecutive home runs and six RBIs in the Yankees' 20-13 victory at the Philadelphia Athletics.

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Elite Sluggers Josh Hamilton's historic May 8 slugfest in Baltimore made him the 16th player in major league history with four homers in a game. Here's how his big night stacks up against the rest.

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Robert Lowe Boston, May 30, 1894, consecutive.

The first player to hit four homers in a major league game went deep in four straight at-bats for the Beaneaters against the Cincinnati Reds and finished 5-for-6 with six RBIs in a 20-11 victory.

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Ed Delahanty Philadelphia, July 13, 1896.

According to The Sporting News Major League Handbook, all four of his home runs were inside the park. He went 5-for-5 with seven RBIs for the Phillies in a 9-8 loss to Chicago.

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Lou Gehrig New York, June 3, 1932.

Went 4-for-6 with four consecutive home runs and six RBIs in the Yankees' 20-13 victory at the Philadelphia Athletics.

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Chuck Klein Philadelphia, July 10, 1936.

His fourth homer was a three-run shot in the 10th inning to give the Phillies a 9-6 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He went 4-for-5 with six RBIs.

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Gil Hodges Brooklyn, Aug. 31, 1950.

The Dodgers' first baseman went 5-for-6 with nine RBIs, and hit his four homers off four pitchers in a 19-3 home victory against the Boston Braves.

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Joe Adcock Milwaukee, July 31, 1954.

He went 5-for-5 with a double, setting a record with 18 total bases and driving in seven runs in a 15-7 victory at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

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Rocky Colavito Cleveland, June 10, 1959.

Finished 4 for 4 with four straight homers, six RBIs and five runs scored in the Indians' 11-8 victory.

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Willie Mays San Francisco, April 30, 1961.

Mays went 4-for-5 with eight RBIs in the Giants' 14-4 win at the Milwaukee Braves.

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Mike Schmidt Philadelphia, April 17, 1976.

The star third baseman went 5-for-6 and knocked in eight runs as the Phillies beat the Cubs at Wrigley field 18-16 in 10 innings.

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Bob Horner Atlanta, July 6, 1986.

Horner went 4-for-5 with six RBIs, but it wasn't enough to keep the Braves from losing to the Montreal Expos 11-8 in Atlanta.

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Mark Whiten St. Louis, Sept. 7, 1993. After going hitless in the first game of the doubleheader in Cincinnati, Whiten went 4 for 5, tying another major league record with 12 RBIs as the Cardinals won 15-2.

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Shawn Green Los Angeles, May 23, 2002.

Green went 6-for-6, with a single and double to go along with four homers. He set a major league record with 19 total bases and drove in seven runs as the Dodgers won 16-3 at Milwaukee.

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Mike Cameron Seattle, May 2, 2002.

Hit four consecutive solo home runs in the Mariners' 15-4 victory against the White Sox. And in his fifth at-bat, hit a flyball to the warning track that was caught.

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Carlos Delgado Toronto, Sept. 25, 2003.

The last man before Hamilton to homer four times in game, Delgado went 4-for-4 with six RBIs and the Blue Jays beat Tampa Bay 10-8 in Toronto.

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Josh Hamilton Texas, May 8, 2012.

The Rangers' outfielder sets an AL record with 18 total bases, going 5-for-5 with four two-run homers and eight RBIs in a 10-3 victory against the Orioles.

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