List of Major League Baseball single-game home run leaders

High school (ages 12+)
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1. How long is List of Major League Baseball single-game home run leaders?Nearly 36 years (between Ed Delahanty in 1896 and the next occurrence)
2. What is the total players with four home runs in a single MLB game?21
3. What is the first player to achieve the feat?Bobby Lowe on May 30, 1894

Home Run: A scoring play in baseball achieved by a batter hitting the ball in fair territory and legally advancing to home plate without being put out.
Major League Baseball (MLB): The highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, comprising the American League and the National League.
Runs Batted In (RBI): A statistic credited to a batter for each run that scores as a direct result of their plate appearance, excluding runs scored on errors.
Plate Appearance: A batter's turn at bat, which concludes when the batter is put out, reaches base, or the inning ends.