most home runs given up by a pitcher in a single game mlb

11 pitchers are tied for allowing the most home runs in a game, with 6 HR. 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 home runs given up by a pitcher in a single regular-season game MLB
NAMEHRDATETMOPPDECGSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Miles Mikolas
M. Mikolas
6
7/4/2025
STL STL
@
CHC CHC
L
1
12.00
4
0
0
0
6.0
10
8
8
0
0
0
0
28
0
2Matt Swarmer
M. Swarmer
6
6/11/2022
CHC CHC
@
NYY NYY
L
1
10.80
4
0
0
0
5.0
7
6
6
0
0
0
0
22
0
3Michael Blazek
M. Blazek
6
7/27/2017
MIL MIL
@
WSH WSH
L
1
30.86
4
0
0
0
2.1
7
8
8
1
0
0
0
15
0
4James Shields
J. Shields
6
8/7/2010
TBR TBR
@
TOR TOR
L
1
18.00
2
0
0
0
4.0
9
8
8
4
0
0
0
25
1
5R.A. Dickey
R.A. Dickey
6
4/6/2006
TEX TEX
vs
DET DET
L
1
18.90
1
0
0
0
3.1
8
7
7
1
0
0
0
18
0
6Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
6
8/8/2004
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W
1
12.60
2
0
0
0
5.0
8
7
7
0
0
0
0
23
0
7George Caster
G. Caster
6
9/24/1940
PHA PHA
vs
BSA BSA
0
34.71
1
0
0
0
2.1
10
9
9
1
0
0
17
0
8Bill Kerksieck
B. Kerksieck
6
8/13/1939
PHN PHN
@
NYG NYG
L
1
15.75
1
0
0
0
4.0
7
7
7
4
0
0
22
0
9Tommy Thomas
T. Thomas
6
6/27/1936
SLA SLA
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
10.00
2
1
0
0
9.0
16
10
10
6
0
0
48
1
10Sloppy Thurston
S. Thurston
6
8/13/1932
BKN BKN
@
NYG NYG
W
1
8.00
0
1
0
0
9.0
12
8
9
0
0
0
41
0
11Larry Benton
L. Benton
6
5/12/1930
NYG NYG
@
CHC CHC
W
1
10.80
6
0
0
0
6.2
9
8
9
5
0
0
35
0
12Shane Baz
S. Baz
5
8/19/2025
TBR TBR
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
18.00
3
0
0
0
3.0
7
6
6
2
0
0
0
18
0
13Anthony Molina
A. Molina
5
8/5/2025
COL COL
vs
TOR TOR
L
1
12.60
2
0
0
0
5.0
9
7
7
1
0
0
0
24
0
14Mitch Spence
M. Spence
5
7/9/2025
ATH ATH
vs
ATL ATL
L
1
12.00
3
0
0
0
6.0
9
8
8
1
0
0
0
28
0
15Kyle Gibson
K. Gibson
5
4/29/2025
BAL BAL
vs
NYY NYY
L
1
22.09
2
0
0
0
3.2
11
9
9
2
0
0
0
24
0
16Bowden Francis
B. Francis
5
4/29/2025
TOR TOR
vs
BOS BOS
L
1
21.00
1
0
0
0
3.0
8
7
7
0
0
0
0
17
0
17Nestor Cortes
N. Cortes
5
3/29/2025
MIL MIL
@
NYY NYY
L
1
36.00
2
0
0
0
2.0
6
8
8
5
0
0
0
17
0
18Carson Spiers
C. Spiers
5
8/20/2024
CIN CIN
@
TOR TOR
L
1
18.69
3
0
0
0
4.1
13
9
10
2
1
0
0
28
0
19Kutter Crawford
K. Crawford
5
7/21/2024
BOS BOS
@
LAD LAD
L
1
10.80
2
0
0
0
5.0
7
6
6
0
0
0
0
22
0
20Martín Pérez
M. Pérez
5
5/15/2024
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
L
1
16.20
4
0
0
0
5.0
11
9
9
1
0
0
0
26
0
21Hunter Greene
H. Greene
5
8/20/2023
CIN CIN
vs
TOR TOR
L
1
24.00
4
0
0
0
3.0
10
8
9
3
0
0
0
24
1
22Tony Gonsolin
T. Gonsolin
5
8/18/2023
LAD LAD
vs
MIA MIA
L
1
27.00
2
0
0
0
3.1
8
10
10
4
0
0
0
22
0
23Joe Ryan
J. Ryan
5
6/27/2023
MIN MIN
@
ATL ATL
L
1
18.00
5
0
0
0
3.0
9
6
6
0
0
0
0
18
0
24Josh Fleming
J. Fleming
5
5/28/2023
TBR TBR
vs
LAD LAD
1
12.00
3
0
0
0
6.0
12
8
10
2
0
0
1
32
0
25José Suarez
J. Suarez
5
4/24/2023
LAA LAA
vs
OAK OAK
1
12.60
5
0
0
0
5.0
8
7
7
2
0
0
0
23
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for home runs allowed going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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CHC CHC
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6-2
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TOR TOR
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LAD LAD
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TOR TOR
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10/27
TOR TOR
@
LAD LAD
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LAD LAD
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