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Bob Thurman's Three-Home-Run Game, 1956

DateAug 18, 1956
ScoreBraves 4, Redlegs 13
TypeMulti homer

Bob Thurman hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the Milwaukee Braves on August 18, 1956. The Cincinnati Redlegs won 13–4.

The game was played at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 21,472. The game took 2h 42m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Bob Thurman managed it. Ray Crone started for the Milwaukee Braves. Frank Dascoli 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, CIN195608180
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CIN195608180
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