1904-2019: 3 or 4 home runs in a game by individuals have been hit 605 times by 425 batters, obviously including multiple times by some batters. In only one game did more than one batter do it: Brewers TEAMMATES Richie Sexon and Jeremy Burnitz.
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Start Time: 7:08 p.m. Local
Attendance: 35,032
Venue: Bank One Ballpark
Game Duration: 3:36
Night Game, on grass
Start Time: 7:08 p.m. Local
Attendance: 35,032
Venue: Bank One Ballpark
Game Duration: 3:36
Night Game, on grass
Brewers 9, Diamondbacks 4
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Milwaukee Brewers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Jeff D'Amico (2-3) • LP: Albie Lopez (8-19) | |||||||||||||
Batting 4th and 5th, all plate appearances:
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | Pit | Str | Ctct | StS | StL | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | WPA | RE24 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albie Lopez, L (8-19) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5.20 | 22 | 85 | 56 | 37 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 35 | -0.254 | 0.92 | -2.2 | ||
| Troy Brohawn | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.88 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.039 | 0.35 | -0.4 | |
| Brian Anderson | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.39 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.030 | 0.33 | -1.0 | |
| Mike Morgan | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.97 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.014 | 0.18 | 1.1 | |
| Mike Mohler | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.39 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.22 | 0.2 | |
| Erik Sabel | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.38 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.032 | 0.10 | -1.6 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8.00 | 42 | 163 | 101 | 61 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | -0.338 | 0.60 | -3.9 |
After hitting three each, Sexon had 39 for the season and Burnitz 31. Each hit three homers in one other game.
Burnitz that same season, his last with Milwaukee:
HR: Jeromy Burnitz 3 (11, 2 off Julian Tavarez, 1st inn, 2 on, 1 out to RF; 5th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF, 1 off Felix Heredia, 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF)
Sexon did not homer in that game.
Sexon in 2003:
HR: Richie Sexson 3 (8, 1 off Trey Hodges, 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to CF, 2 off Shane Reynolds, 1st inn, 2 on, 0 outs to LF; 3rd inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF)
2001 was a season of great home run hitting by individuals:
| 1. | Bonds • SFG | 73 |
| 2. | Sosa • CHC | 64 |
| 3. | Gonzalez • ARI | 57 |
| 4. | Rodriguez • TEX | 52 |
| 5. | Thome • CLE | 49 |
| Green • LAD | 49 | |
| Helton • COL | 49 | |
| 8. | Palmeiro • TEX | 47 |
| 9. | Sexson • MIL | 45 |
| 10. | Nevin • SDP | 41 |
| Glaus • ANA | 41 | |
| Ramirez • BOS | 41 |
Sexon was 9th in MLB. Burnitz finished with 34.
The Milwaukee Brewers started as the Seattle Pilots in 1969, then in 1970 moved to Milwaukee renamed the Brewers by new owner Allan Huber "Bud" Selig, who acquired the team in bankruptcy. In 1998 the Brewers switched from the American League to the National League. Selig was acting commissioner 1992-1998 while still in direct control of the Brewers after which control was transferred to his daughter Wendy when Selig became commissioner 1998-2015. The Brewers have never won the World Series.
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