Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Bobby Lowe by Baseball Almanac

Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Bobby Lowe

Bobby Lowe set a standard in 1894 that has never been beaten. He was the first to ever connect on four long balls during a single game and he had two of them during the third inning.

"About the only thing that made him (Bid McPhee) colorful was the fact that he was the best defensive second baseman in the nineteenth century and for fourteen seasons he did it barehanded." - Bob Carroll

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Cincinnati Reds (Click Here for Roster)
Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Dummy Hoy	cf	6	1	1	0
Jack McCarthy	1b	5	2	2	0
Arlie Latham	3b	4	3	2	1
Bug Holliday	lf	4	3	2	5
Bid McPhee	2b	5	0	2	0
Farmer Vaughn	c	5	1	2	4
Jim Canavan	rf	5	1	1	1
Germany Smith	ss	5	0	1	0
Elton Chamberlain	p	5	0	1	0
Totals		44	11	14	11

Boston Beaneaters (Click Here for Roster)
Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Bobby Lowe	2b	6	4	5	6
Herman Long	ss	3	5	2	1
Hugh Duffy	cf	5	0	1	1
Tommy McCarthy	lf	6	2	3	2
Billy Nash	3b	4	3	3	1
Tommy Tucker	1b	2	1	0	0
Jimmy Bannon	rf	4	2	2	2
Jack Ryan	c	5	2	2	2
Kid Nichols	p	5	1	1	4
Totals		40	20	19	19

Doubles: Latham 2, Smith, Chamberlain, Long, McCarthy.
Home Runs: Holliday 2, Vaughn, Canavan, Lowe 4, Long.
Left on Base: Cincinnati 7, Boston 10.
Stolen Bases: Nash 2, Long, Duffy, Hoy, Latham.

Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	11	14	0
Boston	2	0	9	0	1	5	2	1	x	20	19	0

Pitching Notes

Cincinnati Reds (Click Here for Roster)
Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Elton Chamberlain	8.0	19	20	18	8	3

Boston Beaneaters (Click Here for Roster)
Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Kid Nichols	9.0	14	11	11	2	3

Hit-by-pitch: Long, Tucker (by Chamberlain).
Losing Pitcher: Chamberlain.
Wild Pitches: Chamberlain, Nichols.
Winning Pitcher: Nichols.

Game Notes

Attendance: 8,000.
Length of Game: 2:15.
Umpire: HP: Ed Swartwood.

Did you know that this was the first time in Major League history where one player hit four home runs in one game?

Thousands upon thousands of games have been played featuring historic sluggers — have any of your favorites ever hit four round-trippers in one game?

Bobby Lowe became the first National League player to hit four (4) home runs in one (1) game and on June 3, 1932, Lou Gehrig became the first American League player to hit four (4) in a game.

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