Furuta Hits Four Consecutive HRs
Not sure if that fits into the above stats, but just for your information.
Player Team Date1 vs. HRs Date2 vs. HRs Date3 vs. HRs
---------------- --------- ---------- --------- --- ----- --------- --- ----- ----- ---
Aota Noboru Taiyo 1956.05.06 Hiroshima 1 05.06 Hiroshima 3
Oh Sadaharu Giants 1964.05.03 Hanshin 4
Nagaike Tokuji Hankyu 1967.06.04 Toei 2 06.06 Nankai 2
Daigo Takeo Lotte 1971.07.03 Toei 3 07.04 Toei 1
* Tabuchi Koichi Hanshin 1974.04.29 Giants 3 05.10 Giants 1
Hada Koichi Kintetsu 1973.05.09 Giants 2 05.01 Taiheiyo 2
Matsuhara Makoto Taiyo 1976.06.01 Hanshin 2 06.02 Hanshin 2
Takagi Morimichi Chunichi 1977.06.12 Hanshin 1 06.12 Hanshin 1 06.14 Taiyo 2
* Kakefu Masayuki Hanshin 1978.08.31 Hiroshima 3 09.01 Yakult 1
* Tony Solaita N.Ham 1980.04.20 Nankai 4
Tony Solaita N.Ham 1980.09.04 Kintetsu 1 09.05 Seibu 3
Yazawa Kenichi Chunichi 1981.09.20 Giants 3 09.21 Giants 1
Randy Bass Hanshin 1986.05.31 Taiyo 2 06.01 Taiyo 2
* Ralph Bryant Kintetsu 1989.10.12 Seibu 3 10.12 Seibu 1
Rod Allen Hiroshima 1990.05.10 Yakult 3 05.12 Giants 1
Doug Jennings Orix 1995.08.08 Kintetsu 3 08.09 Kintetsu 1
Nigel Wilson N.Ham 1997.06.21 Kintetsu 4
* Furuta Atsuya Yakult 2003.06.28 Hiroshima 4
* denotes walk or hit by pitch within streak.
Notice that Iwamoto is missing from this list? That's because his four home runs in the game in 1951 were not in consecutive at bats. Solaita was hit by a pitch (not an at bat) and Furuta received a base on balls.
That should give this article a more complete feel.
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(Numbers in parentheses denote RBIs for at bat.)
This was the first four home run game since Oh did it 39 years ago. Of the 18 times four consecutive at bats with a home run have been hit, the above four players are the only ones to do so in a single game. Furuta and four others have an "*" next to their names as they each had a walk or dead ball (HBP) sandwitched in there.
On the afternoon of the 29th at Hiroshima, Furuta had a chance to become the first player to hit home runs in five consecutive at bats. After recieving a walk to lead off the second inning, he struck out following a two run home run by Suzuki Ken. There were four home runs in the game, but none by Furuta who went 0 for 2 and walked twice. Still, Yakult won in 10 innings, which is some consolation.
[Source: Nikkan Sports]