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Six Home Runs Allowed

There have been 11 six-home-run games allowed since 1897, measured across 223,199 games, one every 20,290 games. The most recent was Miles Mikolas on 4 July 2025; the first was Larry Benton on 12 May 1930.

Six home runs given up by one pitcher.
11times in history
1 in 20,290games · 1897+
1930first · Larry Benton
2025-07-04most recent · Miles Mikolas
63y 11mlongest drought · 1940-09-24 to 2004-08-08

By decade

1930s4
1940s1
2000s2
2010s2
2020s2

Every occurrence (11 of them)

DatePlayer#Game
2025-07-04Miles Mikolas11
2022-06-11Matt Swarmer10
2017-07-27Michael Blazek9
2010-08-07James Shields8
2006-04-06R.A. Dickey7
2004-08-08Tim Wakefield6
1940-09-24George Caster5
1939-08-13Bill Kerksieck4
1936-06-27Tommy Thomas3
1932-08-13Sloppy Thurston2
1930-05-12Larry Benton1