Who had 9 hits in a game?

The Man Who Racked Up 9 Hits in a Single Game

It sounds almost impossible in modern baseball—a player collecting a hit in every at-bat, then doing it again… and again… and again. Yet, back in 1932, Ike Burnett did just that, etching his name into the record books with an unfathomable nine hits in a single game.

Playing for the now-defunct Chattanooga Lookouts in a minor league doubleheader against the Atlanta Crackers, Burnett went a perfect 9-for-9 over the two games—five hits in the first and four in the second. While this feat occurred outside Major League Baseball’s official structure, it remains the most hits ever recorded by a professional player in one day and is widely recognized as a record in professional baseball history.

It’s worth noting that no Major League Baseball player has ever recorded nine hits in a single game. The closest anyone came was Rennie Stennett of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who went 7-for-7 in a nine-inning game in 1975—a performance so rare it still stuns fans and historians alike. In fact, even six hits in a game is a monumental achievement in the majors, accomplished only a handful of times.

Burnett’s 9-hit day may never be matched, not just because of its sheer difficulty, but because today’s game—pitching specialization, defensive shifts, and analytics—makes sustained offensive explosions increasingly rare. His accomplishment stands not just as a statistical outlier, but as a reminder of baseball’s unpredictable magic, when a player finds rhythm and everything clicks, bat after bat.

While Burnett never reached the majors, his name lives on in baseball lore. In a game where failure is built into the rhythm—strikes, outs, losses—his perfect day remains a celebration of what’s possible when a player defies the odds.