Has anyone ever hit 3 home runs in a row?

October”—hits three homers in three swings. On October 18, 1977, in the sixth game of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels.
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hits three home runs in a row off of three consecutive pitches from three different pitchers.
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How many times have 3 home runs been hit in a row?

Listed below are the occurrences of Major League Baseball players who have hit three home runs in a single game. To date, there have been 246 occurrences in the National League, 233 in the American League, and 1 in the American Association, for a total of 480 by 336 different players.
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Has any team ever hit 4 home runs in a row?

June 8, 1961: Milwaukee Braves belt a record four consecutive home runs in one inning.
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What is the most home runs hit in a row?

Here's a breakdown of MLB's longest home run streaks:
  • 8 STRAIGHT GAMES.
  • Ken Griffey, Jr., Mariners -- July 20-28, 1993.
  • Don Mattingly, Yankees -- July 8-18, 1987.
  • Dale Long, Pirates -- May 19-28, 1956.
  • 7 STRAIGHT GAMES.
  • Mike Trout, Angels -- Sept. ...
  • Joey Votto, Reds -- July 24-30, 2021.
  • Kendrys Morales, Blue Jays -- Aug.
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Has anyone ever hit 3 home runs in a game?

Babe Ruth was the first player to hit three home runs in game at least once both leagues, once with the New York Yankees in 1930, and once in the National League, with the Boston Braves in 1935. Merv Connors had eight career home runs, the fewest career home runs by any player with a 3-homer game on their resume.
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Yankees GO OFF for 5 home runs in 1 inning, including 3 in a row! (Voit, Stanton and more!)



Has anyone hit 7 home runs in a game?

"The White Sox hit seven home runs during Saturday's game against the Blue Jays at U.S. Cellular Field, and made dubious history in the process. Those seven long balls, all amazingly of the solo variety, were not enough to prevent a 10-8 loss.
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Has anyone hit 4 home runs in one game?

Gehrig was the first AL player and the first in the modern era to hit four homers in a single contest during the Yankees' 20-13 win over the Athletics at Shibe Park.
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Has there ever been 5 home runs in one inning?

Astros tie MLB record with 5 home runs in 1 inning, all off Red Sox's Nathan Eovaldi. The Houston Astros exploded on Tuesday with five home runs in the second inning off Boston Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi.
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Has anyone thrown a no hitter and lost?

On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45s became the first pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter and lose. In fact, he is still the only individual to throw an official (nine-inning) no-hitter and lose.
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What is the farthest HR ever?

How to watch the 2023 World Baseball Classic. In 1987, Joey Meyer of the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs launched a moonshot into the second deck of Mile High Stadium. City of Denver engineer Jerry Tennyson was able to verify the distance of the home run at 582 feet.
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Who gave up 5 home runs in one inning?

Boston Red Sox right-hander Nathan Eovaldi made the wrong kind of history in his start on Tuesday night against the Houston Astros by tying Major League Baseball's record for the most home runs ever allowed in a single inning with five (GameTracker).
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Who hit 6 home runs in one game?

One can't mention Marshall McDougall without talking about what he accomplished on May 9, 1999, in FSU's 26-2 win over the Maryland Terrapins in College Park, Maryland. After ripping a single in the first inning, McDougall hit six home runs in his next six at-bats that day.
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Who has the longest home run streak?

"More than anyone else, Dale Long can relate to New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly's feat of homering in eight consecutive games. Long set the major-league record for homers in consecutive games while playing with the Pittsburgh Pirates May 19-28, 1956.
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How many times have 4 home runs in a row?

In Major League Baseball history, there have been 15, four-home-run games. The list ranges from five Hall of Famers (Mike Schmidt, Willie Mays, Ed Delahanty, Chuck Klein, and Lou Gehrig) to three players who never played in an All-Star game (Bobby Lowe, Pat Seerey, and Mark Whiten).
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Has anyone ever had 3 hits in one inning?

Boston sent 23 batters to the plate, and 20-year-old rookie Gene Stephens -- who had a . 591 OPS for the season -- set a modern record with three hits in the same inning.
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Did Babe Ruth ever hit 3 homeruns in a game?

It only seems fitting that Babe Ruth's final home run came in a game in which he hit three on May 25, 1935. Most players' star power begins to fade over time, and Ruth was no exception to this rule. Released by the Yankees following the 1934 season, Ruth returned to Boston to play for the Braves.
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What is the rarest thing in baseball?

Rarest of all is the unassisted triple play by an outfielder, performed only once in professional baseball history, by Walter Carlisle. It is possible for a team to score on a triple play, but that is also phenomenally rare.
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Has there ever been a 27 pitch game?

No, there has never been a 27-strikeout baseball game. The all-time record for strikeouts in a 9-inning game is 20.
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Can you pitch a perfect game and lose?

There have been two instances when a pitcher has had a perfect game through nine frames, but then lost it in extra innings. In 1959, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched twelve perfect innings before losing the no-hitter and the game to the Milwaukee Braves in the 13th.
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Can there be a 10th inning in baseball?

There are nine regulation innings in a professional baseball game.
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Is there a 10 run rule in baseball?

The Ten Run Rule Explained

If at the end of five innings, your team is down ten runs, then the game ends and you lose. If you are the home team and are winning, you will not bat in the bottom half of the inning.
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What is the shortest home run ever?

Playing for a minor league team called the Minnesota Millers back in 1900, Andy Oyler hit the shortest home run in the history of the entire world. The home run traveled only 24 inches—that's right, two feet!
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Has anyone ever played all 9 positions in one game?

It was on that night that Campaneris -- then just a 23-year-old in his first full big league season -- became the first player in AL/NL history to play all nine positions in the same game. Only four other players have accomplished the feat since: Cesar Tovar (Sept. 22, 1968), Scott Sheldon (Sept.
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Has anyone ever hit 2 grand slams in one inning?

Why April 23 is Fernando Tatis Day. Saturday marks the 23rd anniversary of the night Cardinals third baseman Fernando Tatis pummeled two grand slams in the same inning at Dodger Stadium, and even more astonishingly, did so off the same pitcher (Chan Ho Park).
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Has a player ever hit 2 grand slams in one game?

Fernando Tatis got his 15 minutes of fame and then some Friday night when he clubbed two grand slams off Los Angeles starter Chan Ho Park.
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