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Art Shamsky's Three-Home-Run Game, 1966

DateAug 12, 1966
ScorePirates 14, Reds 11
TypeMulti homer

Art Shamsky hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Reds against the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 12, 1966. The Cincinnati Reds lost 14–11.

The game was played at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. It went thirteen innings. The announced attendance was 25,477. The game took 4h 22m. It was a night game, at 73 degrees.

It was the only time Art Shamsky managed it. Bob Veale started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Stan Landes umpired behind the plate. It is the second of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CIN196608120
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CIN196608120
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