Four Batters Hit
There have been 74 games with four batters hit since 1897, measured across 223,641 games, an average of one occurrence every 3,022 games. The most recent was Sandy Alcantara on 26 May 2026; the first was Win Mercer on 12 June 1897.
One pitcher hitting four or more batters.
74recorded occurrences
1 in 3,022games · 1897+
1897first · Win Mercer
2026-05-26most recent · Sandy Alcantara
19y 10mlongest drought · 1968-06-15 to 1988-04-22
By decade
Recorded occurrences in each decade within this page’s coverage.
Done it most
Every occurrence (74 of them)
| Date | Player | # | Game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | 4 | 74 | ↗ | |
| 2023-07-09 | 4 | 73 | ↗ | |
| 2022-06-15 | 4 | 72 | ↗ | |
| 2021-04-16 | 4 | 71 | ↗ | |
| 2019-07-16 | 4 | 70 | ↗ | |
| 2018-06-09 | 4 | 69 | ↗ | |
| 2017-08-23 | 4 | 68 | ↗ | |
| 2017-07-25 | 4 | 67 | ↗ | |
| 2015-07-04 | JSJosh Smith | 4 | 66 | ↗ |
| 2005-07-20 | 4 | 65 | ↗ | |
| 2005-06-03 | 4 | 64 | ↗ | |
| 2003-07-19 | VZVictor Zambrano | 4 | 63 | ↗ |
| 2001-06-07 | SSScott Schoeneweis | 4 | 62 | ↗ |
| 2001-04-22 | PAPedro Astacio | 4 | 61 | ↗ |
| 2000-08-17 | 4 | 60 | ↗ | |
| 2000-04-19 | 4 | 59 | ↗ | |
| 1999-06-13 | OOOmar Olivares | 4 | 58 | ↗ |
| 1999-05-22 | SSSteve Sparks | 4 | 57 | ↗ |
| 1997-09-13 | TCTom Candiotti | 4 | 56 | ↗ |
| 1996-06-02 | 4 | 55 | ↗ | |
| 1988-04-22 | 4 | 54 | ↗ | |
| 1968-06-15 | 4 | 53 | ↗ | |
| 1964-04-23 | KMKen McBride | 4 | 52 | ↗ |
| 1962-06-20 | MFMike Fornieles | 4 | 51 | ↗ |
| 1960-07-21 | FLFrank Lary | 4 | 50 | ↗ |
| 1957-06-02 | MDMoe Drabowsky | 4 | 49 | ↗ |
| 1950-07-05 | 4 | 48 | ↗ | |
| 1948-07-08 | JLJim LaMarque | 4 | 47 | ↗ |
| 1945-07-15 | CSCharley Schanz | 4 | 46 | ↗ |
| 1941-05-15 | LHLeniel Hooker | 4 | 45 | ↗ |
| 1940-06-08 | CDCarl Doyle | 4 | 44 | ↗ |
| 1936-05-31 | CHChief Hogsett | 4 | 43 | ↗ |
| 1933-07-16 | 4 | 42 | ↗ | |
| 1924-04-16 | EWEarl Whitehill | 4 | 41 | ↗ |
| 1921-06-29 | GBGeorge Britt | 4 | 40 | ↗ |
| 1915-06-22 | HMHarry Moran | 4 | 39 | ↗ |
| 1913-04-18 | THTom Hughes | 4 | 38 | ↗ |
| 1912-10-04 | BHByron Houck | 4 | 37 | ↗ |
| 1911-04-27 | CHCharley Hall | 4 | 36 | ↗ |
| 1908-07-28 | VLVive Lindaman | 4 | 35 | ↗ |
| 1908-05-26 | EREd Reulbach | 4 | 34 | ↗ |
| 1907-08-31 | PFPatsy Flaherty | 4 | 33 | ↗ |
| 1907-07-28 | JWJake Weimer | 4 | 32 | ↗ |
| 1907-07-04 | 4 | 31 | ↗ | |
| 1904-09-21 | WCWalter Clarkson | 4 | 30 | ↗ |
| 1904-09-14 | DRDoc Reisling | 4 | 29 | ↗ |
| 1904-08-24 | BPBarney Pelty | 4 | 28 | ↗ |
| 1904-05-30 | JHJack Harper | 4 | 27 | ↗ |
| 1904-04-15 | WHWeldon Henley | 4 | 26 | ↗ |
| 1903-08-01 | TPTogie Pittinger | 4 | 25 | ↗ |
| 1903-04-20 | OJOscar Jones | 4 | 24 | ↗ |
| 1902-07-11 | DVDike Varney | 4 | 23 | ↗ |
| 1901-07-23 | BCBill Carrick | 4 | 22 | ↗ |
| 1901-06-25 | DNDoc Newton | 4 | 21 | ↗ |
| 1901-04-30 | DNDoc Newton | 4 | 20 | ↗ |
| 1900-06-25 | BCBert Conn | 4 | 19 | ↗ |
| 1899-07-19 | WPWiley Piatt | 4 | 18 | ↗ |
| 1899-07-17 | FBFrank Bates | 5 | 17 | ↗ |
| 1899-05-24 | BMBill Magee | 4 | 16 | ↗ |
| 1899-04-15 | EDEd Doheny | 4 | 15 | ↗ |
| 1898-09-22 | KMKit McKenna | 4 | 14 | ↗ |
| 1898-08-28 | FDFrank Dwyer | 4 | 13 | ↗ |
| 1898-08-20 | DMDoc McJames | 5 | 12 | ↗ |
| 1898-07-04 | WSWillie Sudhoff | 4 | 11 | ↗ |
| 1898-06-02 | FKFrank Killen | 4 | 10 | ↗ |
| 1898-05-09 | BCBert Cunningham | 4 | 9 | ↗ |
| 1898-04-23 | WMWin Mercer | 4 | 8 | ↗ |
| 1897-09-06 | CFChick Fraser | 4 | 7 | ↗ |
| 1897-09-03 | MSMike Sullivan | 4 | 6 | ↗ |
| 1897-07-31 | JGJohn Grimes | 5 | 5 | ↗ |
| 1897-07-17 | PDPete Dowling | 4 | 4 | ↗ |
| 1897-06-30 | DFDanny Friend | 4 | 3 | ↗ |
| 1897-06-26 | SKSilver King | 4 | 2 | ↗ |
| 1897-06-12 | WMWin Mercer | 4 | 1 | ↗ |