GOAT Candidates: Willie Mays (1961) and Mike Schmidt (1976)
Need we say anything here? Mays and Schmidt - and Gehrig, to boot - were starters on the MLB All-Time Team released in 1997. The NL duo combined for 36 All-Star nods, 22 Gold Gloves and five MVPs.
Player | Years Played | Career Home Runs | Career OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|
Willie Mays | 23 (1948; 1951-52; 1954-73) | 660 | 155 |
Mike Schmidt | 18 (1972-89) | 548 | 148 |
*Italics indicate player is in the MLB Hall of Fame
Mays ranks sixth in MLB history in home runs. Schmidt slots 16th. Both men had their four-homer days in April. Mays' transpired on Apr. 30, 1961 in Milwaukee against the Braves. Schmidt's occurred on Apr. 17, 1976 at Wrigley Field in an 18-16 win over the Cubs.
Live-Ball (Game) Losers: Bob Horner (1986) and Eugenio Suarez (2025)
Horner and Suarez are the only two four-homer mashers of the Live-Ball Era to lose despite trotting around the bases four times. Horner drove in six against the Montreal Expos on July 6, 1986, but his Braves came up on the short end of things, 11-8.
Player | Years Played | Career Home Runs | Career OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|
Bob Horner | 10 (1978-86; 1988) | 218 | 127 |
Eugenio Suarez | 12 (2014-Present) | 286 | 111 |
*BOLD indicates active player. Statistics for active players recorded through games up to and including Apr. 28, 2025.
Almost 30 years after losing with Horner, Atlanta got its revenge by beating Suarez's Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 in 10 innings on Apr. 26. Suarez, who accomplished the feat at 33 years old, is the oldest player in MLB history to hit four homers in a game.