Bill White's Three-Home-Run Game, 1961
DateJul 5, 1961
ScoreCardinals 9, Dodgers 1
TypeMulti homer
Bill White hit three home runs in one game for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 5, 1961. The St. Louis Cardinals won 9–1.
The game was played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. The announced attendance was 16,498. The game took 2h 27m. It was a night game.
It was the only time Bill White managed it. Johnny Podres started for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Shag Crawford umpired behind the plate. It is the second of six three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, LAN196107050
- Retrosheet event files — event:LAN196107050
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