Before 2002, 5 pitchers were tied for giving up the most home runs in a game, with 6 HR. The first three are George Caster on September 24, 1940, Bill Kerksieck on August 13, 1939 and Tommy Thomas on June 27, 1936.
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most home runs given up by a pitcher in a regular-season game before 2002| NAME | HR | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Caster | 6 | 9/24/1940 |  PHA | vs |  BSA | 0 | 34.71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | B. Kerksieck | 6 | 8/13/1939 |  PHN | @ |  NYG | L | 1 | 15.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | T. Thomas | 6 | 6/27/1936 |  SLA | vs |  NYY | L | 1 | 10.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |
| 4 |  | S. Thurston | 6 | 8/13/1932 |  BKN | @ | NYG | W | 1 | 8.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | L. Benton | 6 | 5/12/1930 | NYG | @ |  CHC | W | 1 | 10.80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | R. Bell | 5 | 8/1/2001 |  TEX | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 31.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 7 |  | W. Williams | 5 | 7/13/2001 |  SDP | @ |  HOU | L | 1 | 12.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 8 |  | S. Chacon | 5 | 7/8/2001 |  COL | vs |  ANA | L | 1 | 19.80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 9 |  | L. Hernandez | 5 | 4/7/2001 |  SFG | @ |  LAD | L | 1 | 21.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 10 |  | A. Lopez | 5 | 9/9/2000 |  TBD | @ |  OAK | L | 1 | 19.64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 11 | | R. Helling | 5 | 8/27/2000 | TEX | vs |  TOR | L | 1 | 7.36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| 12 |  | I. Valdez | 5 | 6/11/2000 |  CHC | @ |  CWS | 1 | 7.94 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 13 |  | J. Lima | 5 | 4/27/2000 | HOU | vs | CHC | L | 1 | 21.60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 14 |  | V. De Los Santos | 5 | 4/9/2000 |  MIL | @ |  STL | L | 1 | 19.64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 15 |  | J. Weaver | 5 | 7/24/1999 |  DET | vs |  BOS | L | 1 | 20.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 16 |  | B. Tomko | 5 | 6/15/1999 |  CIN | vs |  NYM | L | 1 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 17 | | R. Arrojo | 5 | 4/24/1999 | TBD | vs |  SEA | L | 1 | 12.46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 18 | | M. Thompson | 5 | 4/19/1998 | COL | vs |  ATL | L | 1 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 19 |  | P. Hentgen | 5 | 6/25/1997 | TOR | vs | BOS | L | 1 | 12.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 20 | | J. D'Amico | 5 | 9/21/1996 |  MIL | vs | DET | W | 1 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 21 |  | D. Telgheder | 5 | 9/21/1996 | OAK | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 20.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 |  | T. Wakefield | 5 | 9/15/1996 |  BOS | vs | CWS | 1 | 7.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 23 | | A. Watson | 5 | 4/19/1996 | SFG | @ | CHC | L | 1 | 6.35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 24 | | P. Hentgen | 5 | 5/26/1995 |  TOR | vs |  CLE | L | 1 | 7.88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 25 |  | M. Mussina | 5 | 7/1/1994 |  BAL | vs |  CAL | W | 1 | 12.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for home runs allowed going back to the 1901 season.
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