Between June 17, 1985 and June 17, 2025, 40 players are tied for the most home runs in a game before the 3rd inning, with 2 homers. The first three are CJ Abrams on May 18, Ben Rice on April 29 and Corbin Carroll on September 18.

most home runs by a player before the third in one regular-season game in the past 40 years

	NAME	HR	DATE	TM		OPP	AB	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB
1	CJ Abrams	2	5/18/2025	WSH	@	BAL	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
2	Ben Rice B. Rice	2	4/29/2025	NYY	@	BAL	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
3	Corbin Carroll C. Carroll	2	9/18/2024	ARI	@	COL	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
4	Ezequiel Tovar E. Tovar	2	8/27/2024	COL	vs	MIA	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
5	George Springer G. Springer	2	6/27/2024	TOR	vs	NYY	2	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
6	Riley Greene R. Greene	2	6/15/2024	DET	@	HOU	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
7	Andy Ibáñez A. Ibáñez	2	5/7/2024	DET	@	CLE	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
8	Jose Altuve J. Altuve	2	9/5/2023	HOU	@	TEX	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
9	Aaron Judge A. Judge	2	8/23/2023	NYY	vs	WSH	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
10	Ronald Acuña Jr. R. Acuña Jr.	2	6/27/2023	ATL	vs	MIN	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
11	Evan Longoria E. Longoria	2	9/30/2022	SFG	vs	ARI	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
12	Gleyber Torres G. Torres	2	9/11/2022	NYY	vs	TBR	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
13	Yoán Moncada Y. Moncada	2	9/8/2022	CWS	@	OAK	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
14	José Ramírez J. Ramírez	2	7/16/2022	CLE	vs	DET	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
15	Rowdy Tellez R. Tellez	2	6/26/2022	MIL	vs	TOR	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
16	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	2	6/14/2022	STL	vs	PIT	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
17	Byron Buxton B. Buxton	2	6/9/2022	MIN	vs	NYY	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
18	Evan Longoria E. Longoria	2	5/25/2022	SFG	vs	NYM	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
19	Byron Buxton B. Buxton	2	4/10/2022	MIN	vs	SEA	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
20	Tim Anderson T. Anderson	2	9/23/2021	CWS	@	CLE	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
21	Kyle Schwarber K. Schwarber	2	9/22/2021	BOS	vs	NYM	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
22	Nick Castellanos N. Castellanos	2	9/1/2021	CIN	vs	STL	2	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
23	Eloy Jiménez E. Jiménez	2	8/9/2021	CWS	@	MIN	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
24	Mookie Betts M. Betts	2	8/4/2021	LAD	vs	HOU	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0
25	Fernando Tatis Jr. F. Tatis Jr.	2	6/25/2021	SDP	vs	ARI	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0