Home Run, Home Run, Home Run, Home Run

There are many ways a baseball player can set or tie a record in a single game. Today we are looking at one of the rare feats that will most certainly get the attention of all the highlight shows. Not the perfect game or the unassisted triple play, but hitting four home runs in one MLB game.

On May 2, 2002 Michael T. Cameron of the Seattle Mariners became the 13th MLB player to hit four home runs in one game when he lead his team to a 15-4 win over the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago. One of the things that made Camerons feat so unique was that each of his home runs were solo shots as he had only 4 RBIs on the game. His first two home runs were in the Mariners 10 run first inning, both blasts were following home runs by his teammate Bret Boone. His third home run was in the third inning. His fourth home run was in the fifth inning. During his fifth trip to the plate, he was hit by a pitch. In the ninth inning, he lined to the warning track in right field, becoming only the second player to get a second chance to hit a fifth home run during a game. (Thank You Retrosheet.org)

The feat of hitting four home runs in a MLB game has been done twice since. The feat has been done in the minor leagues 86 times and four players in the minors have hit five home runs in one game with one player hitting eight home runs in one game (June 15 preview).

Are you convinced this is going to be a great blog to follow on a daily basis yet? Tune in tomorrow when we look at a wild game that was played in the National Indoor Football League in 2003.