most career home runs in first 5000 plate appearances

13 players made 6 plate appearances. The first three are Lou Gehrig on June 3, 1932, Gil Hodges on August 31, 1950 and Mike Schmidt on April 17, 1976.

Interpreted as:
most career home runs in first 5000 plate appearances in a game by a player
NAMEPAHRDATETMOPPABRH2B3BRBIBBHBPSOSBCSTBXBHSHSFIBBGIDP
1Lou Gehrig
L. Gehrig
6
4
6/3/1932
@
6
4
4
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
16
4
0
2Chuck Klein
C. Klein
5
4
7/10/1936
@
5
4
4
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
16
4
0
0
3Pat Seerey
P. Seerey
7
4
7/18/1948
@
6
4
4
0
0
7
1
0
1
0
0
16
4
0
0
4Gil Hodges
G. Hodges
6
4
8/31/1950
vs
6
5
5
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
17
4
0
0
0
5Joe Adcock
J. Adcock
5
4
7/31/1954
@
5
5
5
1
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
18
5
0
0
0
0
6Rocky Colavito
R. Colavito
5
4
6/10/1959
@
4
5
4
0
0
6
1
0
0
0
0
16
4
0
0
0
0
7Willie Mays
W. Mays
5
4
4/30/1961
@
5
4
4
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
16
4
0
0
0
0
8Mike Schmidt
M. Schmidt
6
4
4/17/1976
@
6
4
5
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
17
4
0
0
0
0
9Bob Horner
B. Horner
5
4
7/6/1986
vs
5
4
4
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
16
4
0
0
0
0
10Mark Whiten
M. Whiten
5
4
9/7/1993
@
5
4
4
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
16
4
0
0
0
0
11Mike Cameron
M. Cameron
6
4
5/2/2002
@
5
4
4
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
16
4
0
0
0
0
12Shawn Green
S. Green
6
4
5/23/2002
@
6
6
6
1
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
19
5
0
0
0
0
13Carlos Delgado
C. Delgado
4
4
9/25/2003
vs
4
4
4
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
16
4
0
0
0
0
14Josh Hamilton
J. Hamilton
5
4
5/8/2012
@
5
4
5
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
18
5
0
0
0
0
15Scooter Gennett
S. Gennett
5
4
6/6/2017
vs
5
4
5
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
17
4
0
0
0
0
16J.D. Martinez
J.D. Martinez
5
4
9/4/2017
@
5
4
4
0
0
6
0
0
1
0
0
16
4
0
0
0
0
17Eugenio Suárez
E. Suárez
4
4
4/26/2025
vs
4
4
4
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
16
4
0
0
0
0
18Nick Kurtz
N. Kurtz
6
4
7/25/2025
@
6
6
6
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
19
5
0
0
0
0
19Kyle Schwarber
K. Schwarber
6
4
8/28/2025
vs
6
4
4
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
16
4
0
0
0
0
20Ken Williams
K. Williams
4
3
4/22/1922
vs
4
3
3
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
12
3
0
21Butch Henline
B. Henline
5
3
9/15/1922
vs
5
3
3
0
0
6
0
0
1
0
0
12
3
0
22Cy Williams
C. Williams
6
3
5/11/1923
vs
5
4
3
0
0
7
1
0
0
0
0
12
3
0
23High Pockets Kelly
H. Pockets Kelly
5
3
9/17/1923
@
5
4
5
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
15
4
0
24High Pockets Kelly
H. Pockets Kelly
5
3
6/14/1924
vs
4
3
4
0
0
8
1
0
0
0
0
13
3
0
25Joe Hauser
J. Hauser
5
3
8/2/1924
@
5
4
4
1
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
14
4
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for home runs and plate appearances going back to the 1901 season.
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