What’s new today on Sunday Surmising? The fact a guy hitting .167 on the season hit four home runs in a Saturday MLB game is what’s new. More pitchers (24) have tossed perfect games in professional baseball history for the major leagues—not including Armando Galarraga, of course. Eugenio Suárez became the 19th player in history to hit a quartet of dingers, and he did it in a nine-inning game, too, which is bona fide.

However, his Arizona Diamondbacks did lose the game, scoring just seven total runs. That’s the fewest runs of any team that had the benefit of a four-HR guy in their lineup, which is pretty damning, if you think about it. Who were the other 18 guys? Here’s the list, and there are some nobodies on it, truly, just like the list for perfect games. Baseball can be funny that way, obviously, which is we love the sport, crazily enough.

  • Bobby Lowe, Boston Beaneaters, 1894: He hit two in the same inning, coincidentally. That takes luck.
  • Ed Delahanty, Philadelphia Phillies, 1896: Two his HRs were inside-the-park jobs. His team also lost.
  • Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, 1931: He almost hit a fifth HR in this game, too, which is incredible.
  • Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies, 1936: He finished with exactly 300 HRs for his career, too. Lucky!
  • Pat Seerey, Chicago White Sox, 1948: Who?! Exactly, and he did need extra innings to make it happen.
  • Gil Hodges, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1950: His victims included Warren Spahn and Johnny Antonelli.
  • Joe Adcock, Milwaukee Braves, 1954: His 18 total bases, including a double, was a record at the time.
  • Rocky Colavito, Cleveland Indians, 1959: He was third player to do the four HRs in four straight ABs.
  • Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants, 1961: Allegedly, he was pretty sick that day at the office, too.
  • Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies, 1976: The third Phillies player on the list, which is a record.
  • Bob Horner, Atlanta Braves, 1986: His team lost the game, putting him in even more exclusive groups.
  • Mark Whiten, St. Louis Cardinals, 1993: “Light-hittin’ Whiten” posted 12 RBI in the game, still tops.
  • Mike Cameron, Seattle Mariners, 2002: All his homers came by the fifth, including two in the first.
  • Shawn Green, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2002: He ended up with 19 total bases to set the new record there.
  • Carlos Delgado, Toronto Blue Jays, 2003: Another player who was allegedly ill before his big game.
  • Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers, 2012: Each of his HRs was a two-run shot, which is unique in that way.
  • Scooter Gennett, Cincinnati Reds, 2017: He had just three HRs on the year before this early June feat.
  • J.D. Martinez, Arizona Diamondbacks, 2017: Just the second time to have two guys in one year do it.

Suárez became the first player this season to reach double-digit HRs, and he also raised his batting average to .202 for the year with the explosive effort. Perhaps it will cure his ills at the plate and lead to a better May for the age-33 journeyman. He was an All Star once, back in 2018, but he has played for four teams now in his 12-season MLB career. His best year (4.1 WAR) came in 2022 with the Mariners, incidentally.