Six Home Runs Allowed

There have been 12 six-home-run games allowed since 1897, measured across 223,559 games, an average of one occurrence every 18,629 games. The most recent was Joe Ryan on 20 July 2026; the first was Larry Benton on 12 May 1930.

Six home runs given up by one pitcher.
12recorded occurrences
1 in 18,629games · 1897+
1930first · Larry Benton
2026-07-20most recent · Joe Ryan
63y 11mlongest drought · 1940-09-24 to 2004-08-08

By decade

Recorded occurrences in each decade within this page’s coverage.

1930s4
1940s1
2000s2
2010s2
2020s3

Every occurrence (12 of them)

DatePlayer#Game
2026-07-20Joe Ryan12↗
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↗