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 South Side Park III, Chicago IL Regular-Season game Cuban Stars (West) 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 - 14 16 4 Chicago American Giants 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 x - 15 13 4 WP: George Harney, LP: Pasqual Martinez Retrosheet game file September 19, 1926 at Catholic Protectory Oval, New York NY Exhibition game Cuban Stars (East) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 New York Lincoln Giants 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 9 1 WP: Lefty Gilmore, LP: Eustaquio Pedroso Retrosheet game file May 9, 1927 at Tate Field, Richmond VA Regular-Season game Hilldale Giants 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 - 7 13 1 Cuban Stars (East) 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 3 x - 12 16 4 WP: Isidro Fabre, LP: Phil Cockrell Retrosheet game file October 11, 1928 at , Butler PA Exhibition game American League All Stars 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 2 - 10 17 2 Homestead Grays 0 2 3 2 2 0 3 0 x - 12 16 0 WP: Sam Streeter, LP: Rube Walberg Retrosheet game file September 1, 1929 at Catholic Protectory Oval, New York NY Regular-Season game 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: Bill Holland, LP: Porter Charleston Retrosheet game file July 31, 1937 at , Fairmont WV Regular-Season game Washington Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 4 9 0 Homestead Grays 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 x - 8 13 1 WP: Edsall Walker, LP: Andy Porter, SV: Ray Brown Retrosheet game file July 28, 1938 at Mark Park, Zanesville OH Exhibition game Memphis Red Sox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 4 Homestead Grays ? ? ? ? 10 ? ? ? x - 18 WP: , LP: Clifford Allen Retrosheet game file June 4, 1939 at Offermann Stadium, Buffalo NY Regular-Season game Newark Eagles 3 0 2 1 1 3 9 0 1 - 20 19 0 Homestead Grays 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 WP: Jimmy Hill, LP: L. Brown Retrosheet game file July 17, 1939 at Osborne Stadium, Winnipeg MAN Regular-Season game Chicago American Giants ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 7 0 Kansas City Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 11 3 0 WP: , LP: Retrosheet game file May 3, 1947 at Mitchell Field, Stamford CT Exhibition game New York Black Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 Newark Eagles ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 24 0 WP: Cotton Williams, LP: Marvin Barker Retrosheet game file July 25, 1949 at , Columbus MS Regular-Season game Birmingham Black Barons ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 2 4 Memphis Red Sox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 6 WP: Isiah Harris, LP: Retrosheet game file
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