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Bill Terry's Three-Home-Run Game, 1932

DateAug 13, 1932
ScoreDodgers 18, Giants 9
TypeMulti homer

Bill Terry hit three home runs in one game for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 13, 1932. The New York Giants lost 18–9.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The game took 2h 15m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Bill Terry managed it. Hollis Thurston started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Dolly Stark umpired behind the plate. It is the last of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NY1193208131
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NY1193208131
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