The four home run game is one of the Holy Grails of baseball.
Rarer than a perfect game and about 15 times rarer than a cycle, the feat has sometimes only been achieved once or twice in a decade. 2025 is an exception, as it became the third season in MLB history with multiple four home run performances.
Has anyone ever beaten four home runs in a game in the long history of Major League Baseball?
Here's a closer look at the record for most home runs in an MLB game and which players share it.
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Most home runs in MLB game
No player has ever hit more than four home runs in one MLB game. Here are the 21 who have hit four in a single game:
| Player | Date | Team |
| Bobby Lowe | May 30, 1884 | Beaneaters |
| Ed Delahanty | July 13, 1896 | Phillies |
| Lou Gehrig | June 3, 1932 | Yankees |
| Chuck Klein | July 10, 1936 | Phillies |
| Pat Seerey | July 18, 1948 | White Sox |
| Gil Hodges | Aug. 31, 1950 | Dodgers |
| Joe Adcock | July 31, 1954 | Braves |
| Rocky Colavito | June 10, 1959 | Indians |
| Willie Mays | April 30, 1961 | Giants |
| Mike Schmidt | April 17, 1976 | Phillies |
| Bob Horner | July 6, 1986 | Braves |
| Mark Whiten | Sept. 7, 1993 | Cardinals |
| Mike Cameron | May 2, 2002 | Mariners |
| Shawn Green | May 23, 2002 | Dodgers |
| Carlos Delgado | Sept. 25, 2003 | Blue Jays |
| Josh Hamilton | May 8, 2012 | Rangers |
| Scooter Gennett | June 6, 2017 | Reds |
| J.D. Martinez | Sept. 4, 2017 | Diamondbacks |
| Eugenio Suarez | April 26, 2025 | Diamondbacks |
| Nick Kurtz | July 25, 2025 | Athletics |
| Kyle Schwarber | Aug. 28, 2025 | Phillies |
There have only been nine 4-home run games since the start of the 21st century, with Phillies' star Kyle Schwarber now owning the most recent one. Before Schwarber, Nick Kurtz, and Eugenio Suarez produced four-home run games in 2025, no one had achieved the feat since J.D. Martinez and Scooter Gennett in 2017.
Three-home run games are an exceptional achievement, but it's still happened hundreds of times in MLB history. Four is the high-water mark, achieved less than two-dozen times, and no one has hit five — a feat that would require some help from teammates just to get up to the plate five times. Plus, if a player does have a chance at a fifth home run, the chances of the opposing pitcher giving him something to hit are slim.
A five-home run game may seem inevitable, but the nearly 150-year history of Major League Baseball has yet to produce one.
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Last 4-home run game
Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber has the most recent four-home run game, as he blasted four bombs against the Braves at Citizens Bank Field on Aug. 28, 2025.
4 HR TONIGHT.
— MLB (@MLB) August 29, 2025
49 HR IN 2025.
KYLE SCHWARBER IS UNREAL 🤯 pic.twitter.com/CbBnWBqCVS
Schwarber went 4-for-6 with four runs and nine RBIs in his dominant performance, narrowly missing a "home run cycle" by "only" blasting a three-run shot instead of a grand slam for his final dinger of the night.
He had a real chance at MLB's first five-HR game, facing a position player in his final at-bat, but got under a slow lob and popped out to the center fielder.