Babe Ruth's Three-Home-Run Game, 1935
DateMay 25, 1935
TeamsBoston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates
ScoreBraves 7, Pirates 11
Venue Forbes Field
TypeMulti homer
Babe Ruth hit three home runs in one game for the Boston Braves against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 25, 1935. The Boston Braves lost 11–7.
The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 10,000. The game took 2h 14m. It was a day game.
Babe Ruth did it twice in all. Red Lucas started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Beans Reardon umpired behind the plate. It is the second of three three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, PIT193505250
- Retrosheet event files — event:PIT193505250
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