The Art of Losing a Four Homer Game

Hitting four home runs in a single game is one of the rarest and most difficult hitting achievements in baseball. It has only occurred 18 times, often by some of the greatest sluggers of all time. Despite the immense runs four home runs create, there has been a notable game where a player hit 4 homers, only for his team to lose.
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[@PBW891]

This game was pre-empted by TBS to air the Goodwill games and played later that night. I amazed my friend by calling each of his 4 HRs.

[@bradd3840]

I was in the right field General Admission seats ($4 back then). My brother had to leave before the 9th to go to work. Incidentally, Horner broke his bat on the last HR. It's on display at Truist Park with other Braves memorabilia.

[@jamesrivera4947]

"You never have enough runs or enough money." --Bob Horner

[@ericponce8740]

Horner, sadly, was often out of shape and injured a lot. By the time he joined the Cardinals in 1988, Bob Horner allowed his weight to balloon and was out of baseball by the summer of that year.

[@sethtate2079]

That's a game that sums up the braves in the 80s. Have a few talented players but never could do anything. Dale Murphy should be in the hall though. Top 5 player in the 80s.

[@sethtate2079]

@@chrissadowski253 right. Stieb doesn't get in but Jack Morris does?? The HOF voters are very inconsistent. Kenny lofton, Don mattingly out.. Harold Baines in??

[@millypoo7713]

@sethtate2079 Dave Steib did not have the longevity that Morris had. Jack Morris had 110 Wins after age 32... while Steib had only 37. Injuries limited Steib's career stats and cost him the HOF. Career Wins... Morris- 254, Steib- 176.

[@sec9788]

@@sethtate2079Never will make sense. Steve Garvey should be in as well.

[@sethtate2079]

@@sec9788 absolutely! For some players the bar seems so high, yet for others you just have to be a pretty good player and you sneak in.

[@edwardklintworth2004]

On July 31, 1954, Joe Adcock of the Milwaukee Braves accomplished the rare feat of homering four times in a game, against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, also hitting a double off the top of the wall to set a record for most total bases in a game (18)[4][5] which stood for 48 years, until broken by Shawn Green in 2002.[6] Of note, the four home runs were hit off four different Brooklyn Dodgers pitchers, becoming the seventh player in major league history to hit four home runs in one game.[7]

[@barthunt8640]

I’m 53yo and as a longtime Braves fan I totally remember this game along with the 85 4th of July game against the Mets. It was tough to be a Braves fan back the in those days.

[@MajorDeliveries]

I'm almost 50 we got wtbs in western Washington west of Seattle I watched both those games you mentioned I loved Dale Murphy

[@CreatureWillis]

That was Al Newman's first and only MLB home run. He, of course, was later traded to the Twins and won 2 World Series rings.

[@walkoffstudios]

.946 OPS in eight WS plate appearances

[@johnfast5852]

HONK IF YOU'RE HORNER

[@rufuspipemos]

I remember this at the time. Horner, if not for injuries, would have been one of the best sluggers of my life.

[@walkoffstudios]

Certainly could have hit a couple hundred more home runs if not for injuries and the owner collusion scandal. He had over 130 home runs through his age 24 season!

[@guslevy3506]

Bob Horner…wow…haven’t thought of that name in 40yrs. For those that don’t know, Horner and Dale Murphy were two of the biggest bats that ever played in MLB history and were in that Braves line up. Injuries caught up to both unfortunately so few remember them, but they were legit as they come…

[@1972mrkleen]

Horner was my favorite player off that team. Of course everyone liked Murphy

[@bigglilwayne7050]

There's only been one 7 Sack game in NFL history and it came in a losing effort, that is WILD......

[@leonardharper7885]

My first braves game 1982 against the Padres and watched Horner hit a long bomb. The next day on TBS watched 24 ejections and some wild fights.

[@walkoffstudios]

That must've been a fun first impression. Real nice you also saw Horner play.

[@shelleyinthecity]

@@walkoffstudiosHorner was on the IR and had a broken wrist in a cast that game against the Padres and did not play.

[@thirdlegstalliano]

For the record, the Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966, so in the late 50s they were still in Milwaukee

[@MassenaLineRailfan]

I wonder what Braves fans in the mid '80s though was a more memorable? Bob Horner's four home run game on July 6th, 1986. Or the 19 inning game between the Braves and Mets on July 4th-5th, 1985 where Braves reliever Rick Camp, who entered that game with a .062 batting average, hits a game tying solo home run in the bottom of the 18th.

[@t21229513]

Exactly. I was 9-10 when both those games happened and I clearly remember the day both of them were played. Where almost 40 years goes amazes me. I also remember Horner going to Japan and returns with St. Louis in ‘88 and being something of a disaster

[@walkoffstudios]

I'd wager the 19 inning game just because we've seen 4 homer games before but there will never be another Rick camp game

[@edwardklintworth2004]

The Rick Camp game.

[@yankees29]

So weird you brought up the july 4th game. I grew up a Yankees fan but our neighbors offered us feee tickets to that game. We didn’t go but I definitely remember it was the July 4th game!😂

[@t21229513]

@@yankees29 wasn’t that game in Atlanta?

[@nlabanok]

3 of Horner's 4 dingers were solo shots....no wonder they lost. Fyi, Horner may be the all-time king of the solo shot....outside of Dale Murphy, there weren't a lot of other guys getting on base in that era of the Bravos.

[@Rockhound6165]

Just a note, the 4 homeruns in Ed Delahanty's 4 home run game were 4 inside the park homeruns. Also, this would be the last season for Andre Dawson in Montreal as he would sign with the Cubs for the 1987 season. The Expos were notorious for doing little with a lot. A team that had players like Dawson, Gary Carter, Steve Rogers, Jeff Reardon, Larry Walker, Andres Gallaraga, Tim Raines, Tim Wallach, Al Oliver, and even a young Randy Johnson never legitimately made the playoffs in their entire existence. The only time they made it was in 1981 when they won the 2nd half of the strike shortened season. Yes they got jobbed in 1994 but this franchise didn't win their first legit series until 2019. Between the Braves and Expos there were only 3 playoff appearances between them after 2 division split in 1969. And as good as the Braves were in the 90's and 2000's to make the playoffs 23 times and only win the World Series twice is somewhat of an embarrassment.

[@CapAnson12345]

If Horner had less injuries he might have been a hall of famer. Never had a full healthy season and still had 215 home runs by age 28 in under 1000 games. Even his one year in Japan he missed like 30 games. Then more injuries forced his retirement after his return to the majors. Couldn't field his way out of a paper bag though.

[@camicawber]

1:15 Wait a second. Now I'm going to need a video on why Mike Scott is wearing an adjustable cap. ...That's the Astrodome, so it's not a Spring Training game. What's he doing with a snap back?

[@walkoffstudios]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnK8YZyLaNGLjdk This is the game in question

[@TheNairda76]

The only Braves game I ever attended. Awesome. Still love the blue Braves uniforms.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

The Braves pitching staff was a dumpster fire in 1986, much like a lot of those mid to late 80s years.

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Horner had the Laziest stiffest Stance at the plate...For one of the Greatest Power Hitter of his era.

[@BBB-Schmuck]

Horner had the build of a beer league softball player.

[@bamapaul2736]

I remember being at that game as akid

[@kevinevans5921]

Remember watching Horner do this live on TBS as a teenager in 86.’

[@LynchColl94]

I do, too. I was 14.

[@kdenis8852]

78 to 88 is an 11 year career. I know, math is hard.

[@walkoffstudios]

He didn't play in 1987, so it was 11 seasons in that stretch

[@sec9788]

Both of you could be right. Do people consider the Yakult Swallows a “major league” franchise?…☺️

[@waynegood9233]

Stan Musial hit 4 home runs consecutive but I think it was in a double game event and I heard it on radio

[@ronniewylie5115]

Did I hear the narrator say, at around 1:12 mark, "in an 8 to 9 loss?" The correct way to say that would be a "in a 9 to 8 loss." Always put the highest number first. We would know the Reds had 8 runs if I said the "Reds lost 9-8 to the Braves." We would know the Reds have 9 runs if I say the "Reds win 9-8." Always put the highest number first.

[@davanmani556]

Those plexiglass fences was dangerous. It cost Dale Murphy his consecutive games streak.

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Forgot Alfred E Nueman played for da Expos back in 86..What ...Me Worry ???

[@jmwmotorsporthobbies4498]

That Horner’s last productive MLB season. He played in Japan the next year due to collusion then played about a 1/3 of the 1988 season with the Cardinals and floundered.

[@astrostar49]

Another great story. Sucks that the MLB lost the Expos. Like the Houston Oilers of the NFL, the Expos had great uniforms, but were sabotaged by hideous ownership.

[@walkoffstudios]

Fully convinced that had the Expos won the division in 1989, they wouldn't have relocated so soon. Charles Bronfman went all in that season but they came up just short. Sold them a couple years later.

[@thirdlegstalliano]

Bob Horner was the man

[@l.rongardner2150]

There's a reason why the TV series was called "Eight is Enough" rather than "Four is Enough."

[@davesims7917]

How come 1959 till 1986 seems like a much bigger period of time then from 1986 until now???

[@garypiont6114]

Cammilio carron hit a game winning triple. The score board fired up. The only hit in white sox history.

[@anthonyjordan2576]

A little correct to you post…technically in those years there was only 1 round the ALCS Or NLCS then the World Series from1969 on..but before that it was just the World Series. It’s not like there was a Wild Card… you had to when your division… So a draught that long is way different compared to the Mariners playoff drought of the 2000’s Just adding more context for the people.

[@walkoffstudios]

That is true, perhaps I should have gone by record. The Braves were a consistent mid 80s win team during the 1960s, but had the second fewest amount of wins of any NL team from 1970-1985.

[@anthonyjordan2576]

@@walkoffstudios totally agree with that Statement…

[@jaybingham3711]

Now do a video on Greg The Bull Luzinski. Horner and Greg...cut from the same cloth.

[@walkoffstudios]

Super underrated player, would be a good idea to cover him one day

[@robertanderson2898]

I remember Tim Wakefield giving up SIX HOMERS to Detroit, and they still won the game.

[@walkoffstudios]

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[@s.henrlllpoklookout5069]

Bob Horner is the only ATLANTA Brave to hit 4 home runs in a game. Joe Adcock also hit 4 home runs for the MILWAUKEE Braves in 1954

[@walkoffstudios]

That gaffe is on me 🤦‍♂

[@rebirth_mishap]

I saw this live as a kid 👍🏻

[@emperorpalpatine1228]

One thing I've learned about Baseball is that She is a cruel Mistress.

[@roydaniels6297]

Loved the Expos ⚾️

[@part6133]

Curious to know how many total bases Mitch Webster

[@walkoffstudios]

He had 9

[@rebirth_mishap]

I don't think they were called the Phillies back then but I might be wrong?

[@walkoffstudios]

They've been known as the Phillies ever since 1886, according to baseball reference

[@scottthomas3672]

BobHorner...............a legend

[@micpay]

Didn’t that happen when Josh Hamilton in a game where he hit 4 homer in a game ?

[@charlesdowell4505]

One of the worst teams in that era, I could sit anywhere I wanted with a general admission ticket

[@dizbang3073]

I still have Bob Horner's rookie card.

[@PatrickMichalski]

horner was not the only brave to hit four hrs joe adcock did so for milwaukee

[@jamesdelaney3797]

Eric greg before he ate those 4 missing children

[@billysikes1374]

Didn't have to do a 12 minute video, he hit 4 bombs, lost, 34 seconds

[@stoytrivia1126]

Bob Horner could legit mash

[@garypiont6114]

Dave Nicholson hit a cheap baseball totally out of a old-school comisky ball park. Ala the most strike outs.

[@DNSKansas]

What a shock....RERUN Gregg blows a call. This time, it went in the Braves' favor. Eleven years later, Gregg would give the Braves the big FUCK YOU in Miami (Gardens).

[@jalenlowe7988]

Listen, players such as Bob Horner, Dale Murphy, Bruce Benedict amongst a couple of others were GREAT players for the Braves back in the '80s, and I would like to congratulate most this squad for actually bringing in an '82 Western Division title to the team back during their dark ages of the '70s and '80s, but yeah...this was BAD, really bad, and I certainly hope that some of others of this team in the second half of '80s got freaking fired, seriously! - 🤦‍♂️

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Praise Da Lord..Andres Gallaragha..Thee Big Cat !!

[@thomascapalbo1369]

ask my mlb the show character about twice a week

[@peterolbrisch8970]

Well, your team's pitching sucks too, it doesn't seem that big a deal.

[@ultimatejoecolton]

The first round lol

[@tommyhunter1817]

Loserville can pull anything off.

[@aspiceronni4462]

Ain't that some shit?

[@vdoggydogg3922]

He did not lose..the team did

[@millypoo7713]

High school voice. I can't take it. I'm out!

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

That's Old Skool

[@grimeypipes2765]

" swept in the first round " there were only 2 rounds......

[@timjeffries1555]

An 8-9 loss?

[@lashonharris7743]

This was hard to listen to. I hate to say this, but you need to … muffle or soften or put some bass in your voice. It was super aired and nasally. 😬

[@rbarger71]

The Braves quite literally sucked from 83 till 89.

[@shelleyinthecity]

Well not literally, it is figuratively.

[@jamesrfb]

Dale Murphy grounded into a DP right before Horner’s final AB: his second GIDP of the game. Murphy was a player who, unfortunately, would put up terrific numbers in the early innings - but he was awful in the clutch.

[@seanbohannon]

Weird, I have no memory of the Braves wearing blue. Maybe just a sign of their irrelevance during my childhood.

[@ka-pop2243]

Good grief, can you try any harder to sound annoying and throw obscure stats at us?

[@BlazingShackles]

dude, why can't you pronounce hit?

[@BrettShadow]

Bro just use your normal speaking voice

[@j.tyler2024]

Bro, no offense... and this would be the only time ever to say this... I think you should have used an AI voice, man. Your voice is too high-pitched.

[@user-bu6qb8fk5y]

Legend has it that his balls has recently dropped

[@libraryquiet]

For Christ's sake, get to the main action that you advertised. Your username, "WalkoffStudios" is going to be added to my list of, " Don't watch. It's a waste of time." That list is long. And the way KZbin operates now-a-days, that list is getting longer. Forget the baseball history narration. I wanted to see only Bob Horner. When he hits each homer. That's it! Forget it, I'm out of here.

[@theultimatemale6820]

BOB HORNY SHOULD'VE BEEN ON THE SHOW "MY 600 LBS. LIFE"

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Yeah, but it was also Horner's 2 momentum-changing fielding errors that helped the Expos more than anything else.