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GilRuth never did that. Neither did Aaron, Bonds, nor Williams ever hit 4 hrs in a game. Foxx, Greenberg, Ott, and most other sluggers also never achieved this accomplishment. But Pat Seerey did. And I like his Leaf card among the other much more noteworthy players who did get 4hrs/gm.
Pat was a player who every time he strode to the plate, he thought he was the Babe. And his perpetual swinging for the seats netted him many season strikeout records eventhough he typically didn't play a full season (because his batting average was continually flirting with the Mendoza line).
But Pat Seerey did get his day in the sun, it was an extra inning game, but it also was a four homer game. And this too, I commemorate with his Leaf card - right alongside of that of Gil Hodges, Ed Delahanty, Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays, and the others.