Talk:List of Major League Baseball single-game home run leaders

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that fans threw silver coins onto the field to celebrate Bobby Lowe hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game, the first player to accomplish that feat?

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Home/Road Breakdown[edit]

Adding "Home/Away" to the table would reveal an interesting fact: most of the 4-HR games were achieved by a visiting player. It seems that the effect of familiarity with the ballpark is outweighed by the fact that home team doesn't get nine innings on offense when they win, and a win is quite likely when you get three homers from one of your players. A player striving for a fourth home run needs every plate appearance he can get, and losing an inning is critical here. WHPratt (talk) 14:35, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Intresting, yes, but beware of the OR of drawing conclusions from it. There are other factors. Bobby Lowe's 4 were hit at home, albeit in a ballpark with a close left field fence. Ed Delahanty's were hit in a park with a spacious outfield. Mike Schmidt's 4 were hit on a day when the wind was blowing out strongly and there were a lot of other homers hit. Also, if you've hit 3 home runs, the chances are good you've had plenty of at bats. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 15:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sure, there are many other factors, and those probably should be in footnotes. However, the "visiting" factor should be part of the equation. WHPratt (talk) 14:14, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Under the notes section it stated that Tony Lazzeri was the only player to complete a cycle by hitting a grand slam. Jason Kubel accomplished that on April 17th 2009. Please change it back if I mis-read the Lazzeri comment. Otherwise, tip your cap to Jason Kubel! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.197.87 (talk) 06:01, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of the home runs hit during game in list[edit]

When the name of the article was changed from List of Major League Baseball hitters with four home runs in one game to its current name, perhaps it was overlooked that the four home runs are mentioned nowhere in the list itself. Sure, it's in the lead, but with lists many readers skip the lead and head straight to the list. The stand-alone list right now doesn't really give any indication of what it's portraying. Lizard (talk) 19:38, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Attempted to remedy it, with a table title. Lizard (talk) 19:59, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Remove See Also to Nig[edit]

Nig purportedly hit 8 HRs in a non-major league game in a stadium with a short fence. There is no mention to why he is being linked in the see also either. If you're going to leave him in you may as well include all players who have hit 4HR in professional games ( http://sabr.org/research/four-homers-one-game ) which is a very long list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.216.220 (talk) 02:09, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Detail to add[edit]

So yesterday, this Scooter Gennett hits 4 HRs, and one was a grand slam. Someone has added that detail--about the Grand Slam--to the text, and thank you to whomever did that. But I came here wondering if anyone else's 4 HRs included a Grand Slam. Can't tell. So I'm suggesting that we add another column to the table. It could simply be called "Comments" or something, where some detail could be added. Anyone have a GS in their four? Add it. How many RBI from the four? Add it. How many pitchers did he face? Anything that seems noteworthy, add it. Any thoughts? Un school 15:51, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with the "Players who have hit four home runs in a single game" table[edit]

The Career HR column doesn't sort properly. If I click on "Career HR" it puts Willy Mays first but it puts Scooter Gennett second. The problem with that is that Scooter Gennett and his 62 home runs should be at the bottom of the collum when sorted for Career HR. I'm very bad with math but even I can tell that Scooter Gennett should be at the bottom of the column when sorted by Career HR. That's the bad news... The good news is that the column sorts properly in every other way, just not for Scotter Gennett. I don't know how columns work in Wikipedia. Can anyone help fix that?? Allthenamesarealreadytaken (talk) 00:48, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Five-Home Runs[edit]

Why are the players mentioned in the lede who hit five home runs in a single game (Pete Schneider (1923), Lou Frierson (1934), Cecil Dunn (1936) and Dick Lane (1948), and Lipman Pike (1866)) not included in the players list/table? Surely someone who hit five home runs in a single game mathematically must have also hit four home runs in that very same game. Those players should be at the top of the list with their number of home runs (5) prioritizing their rankings above the other players. Or else there should be some explanation as to why they have been omitted entirely.

I assume there has never been a player to hit six home runs or more in a single game (only because the article does not mention any such instances), but there is no explicit mention that five is the overall record. That should be clearly stated in the lede. One should not have to sift through an entire article to deduce this fact. 66.91.36.8 (talk) 11:28, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]