most home runs given up by a pitcher in a game before 2002

Before 2002, 5 pitchers were tied for allowing 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.

Interpreted as:

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	George Caster 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	Bill Kerksieck 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	Tommy Thomas 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	Sloppy Thurston 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	Larry Benton 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	Rob Bell 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	Woody Williams 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	Shawn Chacon 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	Livan Hernandez 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	Albie Lopez 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	Rick Helling 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	Ismael Valdez 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	Jose Lima 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	Valerio De Los Santos 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	Jeff Weaver 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	Brett Tomko 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	Rolando Arrojo 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	Mark Thompson 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	Pat Hentgen 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	Jeff D'Amico 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	Dave Telgheder 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	Tim Wakefield 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	Allen Watson 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	Pat Hentgen 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	Mike Mussina 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