Four Homers

Written by Lazers

I did a bit of research to follow-up on the “4 consecutive homers” stat and found the following (note: teams have hit 4 consecutive homers only 6 times in MLB history):


JD Drew was involved in 2 of the 6 times (‘07 Red Sox and ‘06 Dodgers).
The ‘61 Braves did it but still lost the game.
For 2 of the 6, the same pitcher gave up all 4 homers (‘07 Red Sox off of the Yankees’ Chase Wright; ‘63 Indians off of the Angels Paul Foytack).
The most prolific quartet was from the ‘64 Twins- those players hit 138 homers that season (Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall and Harmon Killebrew).
The least prolific quartet was from the ‘63 Indians- those players hit only 35 homers that season (Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona and Larry Brown).
Pedro Ramos of the ’63 Indians was a pitcher. He hit 3 homers that entire season.
The ’06 Dodgers hit the homers in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the game against the Padres. After allowing 1 run in the 10th, the Dodgers scored 2 in their half of the inning to win the game.
The ’64 Twins hit their homers to lead off the 11th inning.

The full slate:
’61 Braves vs Reds (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas).
’63 Indians vs Angels (Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona and Larry Brown).
’64 Twins vs A’s (Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall and Harmon Killebrew).
’06 Dodgers vs Padres (Jeff Kent, JD Drew, Russell Martin and Marlon Anderson).
’07 Red Sox vs Yankees (Manny Ramirez, JD Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek).
’08 White Sox vs Royals (Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe).