Who hit 4 HR in one game?

Twenty-one players have hit four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game, a rare feat most recently achieved by Kyle Schwarber for the Phillies in August 2025, with Nick Kurtz becoming the first rookie to do so in July 2025, and Scooter Gennett doing it in 2017, joining legends like Willie Mays, Mike Schmidt, and the first player, Bobby Lowe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major League_Baseball_single-game_home_run_leaders, in 1894.
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Has anyone hit four homeruns in one game?

There are currently 21 players in Major League Baseball history who have hit four home runs in a single game. But Kyle Schwarber almost did them all one better.
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Did Mickey Mantle hit a 643 ft home run?

Yes, Mickey Mantle did hit a home run in 1960 that was measured at 643 feet, landing in a warehouse in Detroit's Tiger Stadium, and was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest MLB home run, though it was a post-game trigonometric calculation including roll, not an in-air measurement, with newer research often citing shorter distances for his longest actual airborne blasts.
 
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Who hit the most HR in one game?

The Major League Baseball (MLB) record for most home runs in a single game is four, a feat achieved by 21 different players, with the most recent being Kyle Schwarber in August 2025; no player has hit five or more in MLB history, though there are historical claims from earlier eras. The closest official record outside MLB is Jay Clarke's eight homers in a minor league game in 1902. 
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Did Ted Williams hit a 502 ft home run?

The longest home run ever hit at Fenway Park was a 502-foot shot by Ted Williams on June 9, 1946. This home run landed in Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21, which is now famously painted red as a tribute to Williams's feat.
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FOUR HOMERS IN ONE GAME FOR ROOKIE NICK KURTZ! (Best single-game MLB performance EVER?! 😳)

Has anyone had a 5 homer game?

No, no player has ever hit five home runs in a single Major League Baseball (MLB) game, but several have hit four, and some have come extremely close, with players like Kyle Schwarber in 2025 getting a chance for their fifth. While it hasn't happened in MLB, five-homer games have occurred in minor leagues, and some players, like Stan Musial in 1954, hit five homers in a doubleheader, notes the Baseball Hall of Fame. 
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Who hit 8 home runs in a game?

In September 2025, the Philadelphia Phillies hit a team-record eight home runs against the Miami Marlins. Though the feat was impressive, other teams have scored 9 or more home runs in a single game.
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What's the biggest blowout in MLB history?

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  • In 1897, the Chicago Colts of the National League defeated the Louisville Colonels 36–7.
  • The modern record (i.e., post-1900) for margin of victory was set in 2007, when the Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 30–3.
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Who was better, Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle?

Mantle's three best seasons are still superior to Willie's – by the microscopic total of 0.1 WAA, equivalent to about one run created per season. While Mantle's offensive contribution was bigger, Mays balanced that out with his almost unparalleled work in center field.
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Who is considered the greatest baseball player of all time?

While there's no single consensus, Babe Ruth is most frequently called the greatest baseball player ever for revolutionizing the game with home runs and his larger-than-life persona, though Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, and modern superstar Shohei Ohtani (for his unique two-way dominance) are also strong contenders, with different eras and criteria shaping the debate. 
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Why did DiMaggio have a grudge against Mickey Mantle?

He never took kindly to Mantle replacing him (more precisely, Mantle upstaging him), and for his hard-partying lifestyle that directly contradicted DiMaggio's advice on how a ballplayer should behave. Though not blameless, Mantle always maintained a baseline of respect for his predecessor.
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Who went 6-for-6 with 4 home runs?

🤔 July 25, 2025 - In a game against the Houston Astros, Nick Kurtz batted 6-6, with FOUR homeruns, 8 RBI, and ran a total of 19 bases. He is now the first and only rookie in history with four homers in a game, and no one had ever batted 6-6 since 1955.
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What is a 4 run homer called?

A grand slam occurs when a batter hits a home run with men on first base, second base and third base. Four runs score on a grand slam -- the most possible on one play -- and a batter is awarded four RBIs.
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What is the longest home run ever hit?

The longest home run ever hit is a debated topic, but Babe Ruth's 575-foot blast in 1921 is often cited by historians like Bill Jenkinson and Guinness World Records as the longest in a Major League Baseball game, while Joey Meyer holds the record for a minor league game at 582 feet in 1987, and Nomar Mazara hit the longest Statcast-tracked homer at 505 feet in 2019.
 
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Who hit a 582 foot home run?

Meyer holds the record for the longest home run in professional baseball history at 582 feet (177 m), which he hit June 3, 1987, at Denver's Mile High Stadium. There have been longer home runs reportedly hit but not measured by accurate methods.
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Has anyone ever gone 7'7" in an MLB game?

Stennett slashed a triple to right field for his seventh and final hit of the game. He was removed for pinch-runner Willie Randolph, ending his day a perfect 7-for-7. The final hit came off Paul Reuschel, Rick's brother. In a sense, Stennett's day had come full circle.
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What is the shortest homerun ever?

The shortest home run ever is legendary minor leaguer Andy Oyler's two-foot inside-the-park homer in 1901, where the ball got stuck in mud near home plate, allowing him to run around the bases while fielders searched. For modern over-the-fence homers in MLB, Lorenzo Cain's 302-foot blast at Fenway in 2017 and Ceddanne Rafaela's 308-foot walk-off in 2025 are among the shortest recorded by Statcast technology. 
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Did Josh Gibson hit a ball out of Yankee Stadium?

Negro Leagues star Josh Gibson is credited with a drive that hits just two feet below the rim of Yankee Stadium, about 580 feet from home plate. It is estimated that the ball would have traveled nearly 700 feet if unimpeded, June 3, 1937.
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What's the hardest home run ever hit?

Here are the hardest-hit home runs in MLB
  • Oneil Cruz: 122.9 mph. Date: May 25, 2025, vs. MIL. ...
  • Stanton: 121.7 mph. Date: Aug. 9, 2018, vs. ...
  • Stanton: 121.3 mph.
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How rare is a 4 home run game?

Did you know 4-homer games are MORE rare than perfect games?! There have been 24 perfect games in Major League history, but only 19 4-homer games.
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Who had 12 hits in a row?

Miranda is tied with the Tigers' Walt Dropo (1952), the Red Sox's Pinky Higgins (1938) and the Cubs' Johnny Kling (1902), who all got hits in 12 straight at-bats, for the overall lead.
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