Phillies Mike Schmidt Hits Four Homers in One Game - This Day in History – Apr 17th

Back in 1976, Philadelphia Phillies third baseman, Michael Jack Schmidt became the fourth player in the history to hit four consecutive homers in one game.  This feat occurred against the Chicago Cubs. 

The three players who recorded this feat before Schmidt were:

    Bobby Lowe of the Boston Beaneaters (1894)

    Lou Gehrig of the NY Yankees (1932)

    Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians (1959)

History.com states that, “In 1987, Schmidt recorded the 500th home run of his career. Two years later, in May 1989, the Phillies’ star third baseman retired from baseball, having been sidelined with injuries for much of the previous season. During his 18-year career, Schmidt made 12 All-Star appearances, was voted the National League’s Most Value Player three times (1980, 1981, 1986) and received 10 Gold Glove awards for fielding excellence. Additionally, he had a career total of 548 homers, 1,595 RBIs and a .267 batting average. Schmidt hit 30 or more home runs in a season 13 times, a figure just second to Hank Aaron, who did it 15 times. Schmidt was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.” 

To date only two other players have hit four homers in a row since Mike Schmidt, Seattle Mariner Mike Cameron (1976) and Toronto Blue Jay Carlos Delgado (2003).

All History facts provided are from the link below:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-antiwar-protest-of-the-year-is-conducted?catId=15