most game starting home runs

48 pitchers started the game. The first three are Miles Mikolas on July 4, Matt Swarmer on June 11, 2022 and Michael Blazek on July 27, 2017.

Interpreted as:
most game starting home runs by a player
NAMEGSHRDATETMOPPDECERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Miles Mikolas
M. Mikolas
1
6
7/4/2025
@
L
12.00
4
0
0
0
6.0
10
8
8
0
0
0
0
28
0
2Matt Swarmer
M. Swarmer
1
6
6/11/2022
@
L
10.80
4
0
0
0
5.0
7
6
6
0
0
0
0
22
0
3Michael Blazek
M. Blazek
1
6
7/27/2017
@
L
30.86
4
0
0
0
2.1
7
8
8
1
0
0
0
15
0
4James Shields
J. Shields
1
6
8/7/2010
@
L
18.00
2
0
0
0
4.0
9
8
8
4
0
0
0
25
1
5R.A. Dickey
R.A. Dickey
1
6
4/6/2006
vs
L
18.90
1
0
0
0
3.1
8
7
7
1
0
0
0
18
0
6Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
1
6
8/8/2004
@
W
12.60
2
0
0
0
5.0
8
7
7
0
0
0
0
23
0
7Bill Kerksieck
B. Kerksieck
1
6
8/13/1939
@
L
15.75
1
0
0
0
4.0
7
7
7
4
0
0
22
0
8Tommy Thomas
T. Thomas
1
6
6/27/1936
vs
L
10.00
2
1
0
0
9.0
16
10
10
6
0
0
48
1
9Sloppy Thurston
S. Thurston
1
6
8/13/1932
@
W
8.00
0
1
0
0
9.0
12
8
9
0
0
0
41
0
10Larry Benton
L. Benton
1
6
5/12/1930
@
W
10.80
6
0
0
0
6.2
9
8
9
5
0
0
35
0
11Tanner Bibee
T. Bibee
1
5
5/25/2026
vs
L
21.00
3
0
0
0
3.0
8
7
7
0
0
0
0
16
0
12Jameson Taillon
J. Taillon
1
5
5/16/2026
@
L
14.40
2
0
0
0
5.0
8
8
8
1
0
0
0
24
0
13Brayan Bello
B. Bello
1
5
4/24/2026
@
L
21.60
2
0
0
0
3.1
13
8
8
1
0
0
0
23
0
14Shane Baz
S. Baz
1
5
8/19/2025
vs
L
18.00
3
0
0
0
3.0
7
6
6
2
0
0
0
18
0
15Anthony Molina
A. Molina
1
5
8/5/2025
vs
L
12.60
2
0
0
0
5.0
9
7
7
1
0
0
0
24
0
16Mitch Spence
M. Spence
1
5
7/9/2025
vs
L
12.00
3
0
0
0
6.0
9
8
8
1
0
0
0
28
0
17Kyle Gibson
K. Gibson
1
5
4/29/2025
vs
L
22.09
2
0
0
0
3.2
11
9
9
2
0
0
0
24
0
18Bowden Francis
B. Francis
1
5
4/29/2025
vs
L
21.00
1
0
0
0
3.0
8
7
7
0
0
0
0
17
0
19Nestor Cortes
N. Cortes
1
5
3/29/2025
@
L
36.00
2
0
0
0
2.0
6
8
8
5
0
0
0
17
0
20Carson Spiers
C. Spiers
1
5
8/20/2024
@
L
18.69
3
0
0
0
4.1
13
9
10
2
1
0
0
28
0
21Kutter Crawford
K. Crawford
1
5
7/21/2024
@
L
10.80
2
0
0
0
5.0
7
6
6
0
0
0
0
22
0
22Martín Pérez
M. Pérez
1
5
5/15/2024
@
L
16.20
4
0
0
0
5.0
11
9
9
1
0
0
0
26
0
23Hunter Greene
H. Greene
1
5
8/20/2023
vs
L
24.00
4
0
0
0
3.0
10
8
9
3
0
0
0
24
1
24Tony Gonsolin
T. Gonsolin
1
5
8/18/2023
vs
L
27.00
2
0
0
0
3.1
8
10
10
4
0
0
0
22
0
25Joe Ryan
J. Ryan
1
5
6/27/2023
@
L
18.00
5
0
0
0
3.0
9
6
6
0
0
0
0
18
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for home runs allowed and starts going back to the 1901 season.
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