Lou Gehrig was perhaps the most famous of players with four-home run games (Photo via Wikipedia)

MLB Players Who Hit 4 Home Runs in One Game

18 players have accomplished the rare baseball feat

One of the rarest feats in the history of baseball is a player hitting four home runs in one game. So infrequently has this happened that only 18 players, which include a mix of stars and the not so famous, have accomplished the feat in a century and a half of play. Let’s take a look at these sluggers who each once had a very, very good day.

Bobby Lowe, 1894: An excellent second baseman, he blasted his four homers in the second game of a double header against the Cincinnati Reds. After the fourth blast, the crowd of 8,500 showered the field with coins in appreciation. Lowe’s teammates helped him collect what was later determined to be about $160.

Ed Delahanty, 1896: One of the bester hitters of early baseball, the future Hall of Famer had a career .346 batting average. In his landmark game, he hit two inside the park and two over the fence home runs against the Chicago Colts. Unbelievably, it wasn’t enough, as his Philadelphia Phillies lost the game 9–8. Sadly, Delahanty passed away just seven years later in 1903 when he was kicked off a train for being intoxicated and was swept over Niagara Falls as he stumbled through the dark .

Lou Gehrig, 1932: Often overshadowed by famous long-time teammate Babe Ruth…