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Bill Robinson's Three-Home-Run Game, 1976

DateJun 5, 1976
ScorePadres 11, Pirates 9
TypeMulti homer

Bill Robinson hit three home runs in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the San Diego Padres on June 5, 1976. The Pittsburgh Pirates lost 11–9.

The game was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. It went fifteen innings. The announced attendance was 15,558. The game took 4h 18m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Bill Robinson managed it. Randy Jones started for the San Diego Padres. Dick Stello umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PIT197606050
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PIT197606050
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