{"product_id":"the-four-home-runs-club-sluggers-who-achieved-baseballs-rarest-feat-9781538115428","title":"The Four Home Runs Club: Sluggers Who Achieved","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn all of baseball, one record shines as perhaps the most coveted: four home runs by one player in a single game. If the pinnacle of pitching is the perfect game, then the highpoint of hitting is four home runs, and only eighteen players in the history of the sport can boast this accomplishment.   In The Four Home Runs Club: Sluggers Who Achieved Baseball’s Rarest Feat, Steven K. Wagner profiles the select group of men who have accomplished the near impossible. Drawing on interviews with dozens of current and former major-league ballplayers, Wagner chronicles the lives of these few who, in the space of a few hours, left an indelible mark on the game. In doing so, the author draws attention to the unique features that distinguished some of these events: one player homered in three consecutive innings; another did it twice in the same inning; a third hit two inside-the-park home runs; one added a double and a single in the same game; and a fifth player drove in a record-tying twelve runs. Among the men in this elite club are legends Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays, and Mike Schmidt, as well as recent “inductees” Shawn Green, Scooter Gennett, and J. D. Martinez.  From the sandlots of Coushatta, Louisiana, to the suburbs of New York City, this book examines the special batsmen who parlayed four mighty swings into baseball immortality. A fascinating look into this extraordinary exploit, The Four Home Runs Club will appeal to baseball fans everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven K. Wagner’s The Four Home Runs Club is a meticulous account of 18 individually remarkable one-day heroics that represent the highest expectations of every athlete who has ever played the game. It illuminates why baseball has been and continues to be the “heartbeat” of ordinary American life. -- John Paciorek, major-league baseball’s greatest one-game wonder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Prologue  1: Bobby Lowe  2: Ed Delahanty  3: Lou Gehrig  4: Chuck Klein  5: Pat Seerey  6: Gil Hodges  7: Joe Adcock  8: Rocky Colavito  9: Willie Mays  10: Mike Schmidt  11: Bob Horner  12: Mark Whiten  13: Mike Cameron  14: Shawn Green  15: Carlos Delgado  16: Josh Hamilton  17: Scooter Gennett  18: J.D. Martinez  Appendix A: Members of the Four Home Runs Club: Rankings  Appendix B: Members of the Four Home Runs Club: Major League Statistics  Bibliography  Notes Index About the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041127170391,"sku":"9781538115428","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538115428.jpg?v=1750949043","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-four-home-runs-club-sluggers-who-achieved-baseballs-rarest-feat-9781538115428","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}