Nick Kurtz just had one of the greatest games in MLB History and honestly, it’s not even up for debate

In a season full of jaw-dropping performances, Nick Kurtz just dropped the mother of all stat lines and permanently broke the game of baseball.

The 22-year-old Athletics rookie didn’t just have a career night, he may have put together the single greatest offensive game in MLB history.

Against the Houston Astros on Friday night at Daikin Park, Kurtz went 6-for-6 with four home runs, six runs scored, eight RBIs, and tied an all-time MLB record with 19 total bases. You could’ve told me this was a video game sim and I’d believe you.

Nick Kurtz: 6-6, 4 HR

6-for-6, 4-HR games since 1900:

– Shawn Green, 2002
– Nick Kurtz pic.twitter.com/cOg2npHVKt

— MLB (@MLB) July 26, 2025

The Nick Kurtz Masterclass

• 1st inning: Single off Ryan Gusto
• 2nd inning: Two-run nuke off Gusto
• 4th inning: Double off Gusto (RIP to his ERA)
• 6th inning: Solo HR off Nick Hernandez
• 8th inning: Solo HR off Kaleb Ort
• 9th inning: Three-run tank off Cooper Hummel

Kurtz went full cheat code. He took three different relievers deep, sprinkled in some extra-base hits just for fun, and casually became the first rookie in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game.

You can watch all four homers right here and bask in the absurdity.

NICK KURTZ TONIGHT:
SINGLE
HOME RUN
DOUBLE
HOME RUN
HOME RUN
HOME RUN

IT'S COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.pic.twitter.com/y0S6ENUMIp

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 26, 2025

Kurtz joined Shawn Green (2002) as the only players to ever go 6-for-6 with four home runs in a game. That night by Green was considered untouchable until this 22-year-old freak of nature came along. He also tied Green’s record for most total bases in a single game with 19.

The Athletics destroyed the Astros 15-3, and it honestly felt like Kurtz beat them by himself. Houston pitchers should be awarded trauma pay for surviving that game.

As if things couldn’t get more ridiculous, Kurtz has now leapfrogged his own teammate Jacob Wilson in the AL Rookie of the Year race. What Eugenio Suárez did earlier this season with his four-homer night against Atlanta was insane. Shohei’s 6-for-6 masterpiece last year was legendary. Nick Kurtz just did both… in one game.

We may never see this again. A rookie showing up in a ballpark and absolutely annihilating an entire pitching staff while rewriting the MLB history books is the type of stuff you lie about at a bar 20 years from now and nobody believes you.

Call it whatever you want. A fluke, a fever dream, a baseball miracle, doesn’t matter. One thing is certain, Nick Kurtz just had the most absurd game of the 2025 season, and maybe of all time.

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