To the best of our knowledge, only one Negro League player hit four home runs in a game: Josh Gibson, in an inter-league matchup against the Memphis Red Sox in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1938. No box score has been found for that game but Retrosheet has compiled a game account based on what we do know about that game. In addition, Retrosheet has also compiled game accounts for several other games which saw significant home runs performances by either players or teams.
May 18, 1924 at Schorling Park, Chicago, IL Cuban Stars (West) 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 - 14 16 5 Chicago American Giants 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 x - 15 13 4 WP: G. Harney, LP: P. Martinez Retrosheet game file September 19, 1926 at Catholic Protectory Oval, New York, NY Cuban Stars (East) 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 - 13 13 0 New York Lincoln Giants 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 7 11 1 WP: O. Levis, LP: R. Chambers Retrosheet game file September 19, 1926 at Catholic Protectory Oval, New York, NY Cuban Stars (East) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 New York Lincoln Giants 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 9 1 WP: L. Gilmore, LP: E. Pedroso Retrosheet game file May 9, 1927 at Tate Field, Richmond, VA Hilldale Giants 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 - 7 13 0 Cuban Stars (East) 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 3 x - 12 16 3 WP: I. Fabre, LP: P. Cockrell Retrosheet game file June 6, 1929 at Catholic Protectory Oval, New York, NY Baltimore Black Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 7 1 New York Lincoln Giants 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 x - 4 9 1 WP: C. Rector, LP: W. Flournoy Retrosheet game file June 6, 1929 at Catholic Protectory Oval, New York, NY Baltimore Black Sox 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 3 New York Lincoln Giants 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 6 10 0 WP: B. Holland, LP: S. Lee Retrosheet game file September 1, 1929 at Catholic Protectory Oval, New York, NY Hilldale Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 6 0 New York Lincoln Giants 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 x - 11 16 1 WP: B. Holland, LP: P. Charleston Retrosheet game file September 1, 1929 at Catholic Protectory Oval, New York, NY Hilldale Giants 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 7 1 New York Lincoln Giants 5 2 0 4 0 0 x - 11 10 0 WP: C. Rector, LP: W. Pritchett Retrosheet game file July 28, 1938 at Mark Park, Zanesville, OH Memphis Red Sox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 4 ? 0 Homestead Grays ? ? ? ? 10 ? ? ? x - 17 4i 0 WP: ?, LP: ? Retrosheet game file June 4, 1939 at Offermann Stadium, Buffalo, NY Homestead Grays 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 3 5 0 Newark Eagles 3 2 0 ? ? ? ? 0 x - 20 19 0 WP: J. Hill, LP: L. Brown Retrosheet game file June 4, 1939 at Offermann Stadium, Buffalo, NY Homestead Grays 0 0 3 ? ? ? ? ? ? - 6 ? 0 Newark Eagles 2 1 0 1 ? ? ? ? x - 14 1i 0 WP: J. Walker, LP: ? Retrosheet game file May 18, 1940 at Island Park, Harrisburg, PA Baltimore Elite Giants 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 - 9 11 4 Homestead Grays 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 - 8 9 0 WP: W. Williams, LP: E. Walker Retrosheet game file May 10, 1941 at Island Park, Harrisburg, PA Baltimore Elite Giants 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 - 10 15 2 Homestead Grays 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 x - 13 13 2 WP: R. Brown, LP: B. Barnes Retrosheet game file July 18, 1947 at Yankee Stadium, New York, NY Homestead Grays 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 - 8 14 3 New York Black Yankees 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 9 12 1 WP: A. Newkirk, LP: B. Thurman Retrosheet game file
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