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Chuck Klein's Four-Home-Run Game, 1936

DateJul 10, 1936
ScorePhillies 9, Pirates 6
TypeMulti homer

Chuck Klein hit four home runs in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 10, 1936. The Philadelphia Phillies won 9–6.

The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. It went ten innings. The announced attendance was 2,500. The game took 2h 15m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Chuck Klein managed it. Jim Weaver started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ziggy Sears umpired behind the plate. It is the second of 19 four-home-run games the archive records between 1932 and 2025.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PIT193607100
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PIT193607100
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