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Ben Oglivie's Three-Home-Run Game, 1983

DateMay 14, 1983
ScoreRed Sox 7, Brewers 8
TypeMulti homer

Ben Oglivie hit three home runs in one game for the Milwaukee Brewers against the Boston Red Sox on May 14, 1983. The Milwaukee Brewers won 8–7.

The game was played at County Stadium in Milwaukee. It went ten innings. The announced attendance was 26,180. The game took 3h 02m. It was a night game, at 53 degrees.

Ben Oglivie did it three times in all. Bruce Hurst started for the Boston Red Sox. Dan Morrison umpired behind the plate. It is the second of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, MIL198305140
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:MIL198305140
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