<P> Writers of Sporting News described hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball ( MLB ) game as `` baseball 's greatest single - game accomplishment '' . Eighteen players have accomplished the feat to date , the most recent being J.D. Martinez -- then with the Arizona Diamondbacks -- against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 4 , 2017 . No player has done this more than once in his career and no player has ever hit more than four in a game . Bobby Lowe was the first to hit four home runs in a single game , doing so on May 30 , 1894 . Fans were reportedly so excited that they threw $160 in silver coins ( $4,500 today ) onto the field after his fourth home run . </P>
<P> Writers of Sporting News described hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball ( MLB ) game as `` baseball 's greatest single - game accomplishment '' . Eighteen players have accomplished the feat to date , the most recent being J.D. Martinez -- then with the Arizona Diamondbacks -- against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 4 , 2017 . No player has done this more than once in his career and no player has ever hit more than four in a game . Bobby Lowe was the first to hit four home runs in a single game , doing so on May 30 , 1894 . Fans were reportedly so excited that they threw $160 in silver coins ( $4,500 today ) onto the field after his fourth home run . </P>
most home runs in a mlb game by one player
most home runs in a mlb game by one player
four
four