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Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Lou Gehrig

Iron Man Lou Gehrig, the first baseman for the New York Yankees, became the first American League and modern player in baseball history to hit four home runs in one game.
"What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do that." - Lou Gehrig
4 Home Runs in 1 Game
by Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig

June 3, 1932 at Shibe Park
Hitting & Fielding Notes

New York Yankees
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Earle Combs cf 5 2 3 1
Jack Saltzgaver 2b 4 1 1 1
Babe Ruth lf 5 2 2 1
   Myril Hoag lf 0 1 0 0
Lou Gehrig 1b 6 4 4 6
Ben Chapman rf 5 3 2 1
Bill Dickey c 4 2 2 1
Tony Lazzeri 3b 6 3 5 6
Frankie Crosetti ss 6 1 2 2
Johnny Allen p 2 0 0 0
   Gordon Rhodes p 1 0 1 0
   Jumbo Brown p 1 0 0 0
   Lefty Gomez p 1 1 1 0
Totals 46 20 23 19

 

Philadelphia Athletics
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Max Bishop 2b 4 2 2 0
Doc Cramer cf 5 1 1 3
   c-Oscar Roettger ph 1 0 0 0
Bing Miller lf 0 0 0 0
Mickey Cochrane c 5 1 1 2
   d-Dib Williams ph 1 0 0 0
   Al Simmons lf-cf 4 2 0 0
Jimmie Foxx 1b 3 3 2 1
Ed Coleman rf 6 2 2 3
Eric McNair ss 5 1 3 0
Jimmy Dykes 3b 4 1 1 0
George Earnshaw p 2 0 0 0
   a-Mule Haas ph 1 0 1 0
   Roy Mahaffey p 0 0 0 0
   Rube Walberg p 0 0 0 0
   Lew Krausse p 0 0 0 0
   b-Ed Madjeski ph 1 0 0 0
   Eddie Rommel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 13 13 9

a: Single for Earnshaw in 5th inning.
b: Reached on error for Krausse in 8th inning.
c: Flied out for Cramer in 8th inning.
d: Batted for Cochrane in 9th inning.

Double Plays: Cochrane-McNair, Bishop-Foxx, Coleman-Cochrane.
Errors: Ruth, Gehrig, Crosetti 2, Allen, Earnshaw.
Doubles: Ruth, Lazzeri, Coleman, McNair.
Home Runs: Combs, Ruth, Gehrig 4, Lazzeri, Cochrane, Foxx.
Left on Base: New York 6, Philadelphia 11.
Stolen Base: Lazzeri.
Triples: Chapman, Lazzeri, Bishop, Cramer, Foxx.
Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York

 2 0 0 2 3 2 3 2 6 20 23 5

Philadelphia

 2 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 1 13 13 1
Pitching Notes

New York Yankees
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Johnny Allen 3.2 7 8 4 5 2
   Gordon Rhodes 1.1 1 2 2 2 0
   Jumbo Brown 2.0 3 2 1 1 0
   Lefty Gomez 2.0 2 1 1 0 1

 

Philadelphia Athletics
Name IP H R ER BB SO
George Earnshaw 5.0 8 7 6 2 8
   Roy Mahaffey 1.0 6 4 4 0 0
   Rube Walberg 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
   Lew Krausse 1.0 4 2 2 0 0
   Eddie Rommel 1.0 3 6 6 3 0

Losing Pitcher: Mahaffey.
Wild Pitch: Rhodes.
Winning Pitcher: Gomez.
Game Notes
Attendance: 7,300.
Length of Game: 2:55.
Umpires: HP: Harry Geisel, 1B: Bill McGowan, 3B: Charles Van Graflan.


During the ninth inning, Lou Gehrig hit a rocket that flew to deep center field and almost became the fifth long ball of the day,

Gil Hodges, who also hit four home runs in one game, once said, "Gehrig had one advantage over me. He was a better ballplayer."

During this same game, Lou Gehrig had seven putouts and one error. The Yankees, as a team, also broke their own record for errors in a game when they had five.
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