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Bob Cerv's Three-Home-Run Game, 1959

DateAug 20, 1959
ScoreRed Sox 11, Athletics 10
TypeMulti homer

Bob Cerv hit three home runs in one game for the Kansas City Athletics against the Boston Red Sox on August 20, 1959. The Kansas City Athletics lost 11–10.

The game was played at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. The announced attendance was 6,938. The game took 3h 22m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Bob Cerv managed it. Jerry Casale started for the Boston Red Sox. Nestor Chylak 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, KC1195908200
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:KC1195908200
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