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Bob Elliott's Three-Home-Run Game, 1949

DateSep 24, 1949
ScoreBraves 6, Giants 4
TypeMulti homer

Bob Elliott hit three home runs in one game for the Boston Braves against the New York Giants on September 24, 1949. The Boston Braves won 6–4.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The announced attendance was 3,673. The game took 1h 51m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Bob Elliott managed it. Larry Jansen started for the New York Giants. George Barr umpired behind the plate. It is the last of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NY1194909240
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NY1194909240
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