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Charlie Keller's Three-Home-Run Game, 1940

DateJul 28, 1940
ScoreYankees 10, White Sox 9
TypeMulti homer

Charlie Keller hit three home runs in one game for the New York Yankees against the Chicago White Sox on July 28, 1940. The New York Yankees won 10–9.

The game was played at Comiskey Park I in Chicago. The game took 2h 14m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Charlie Keller managed it. Ted Lyons started for the Chicago White Sox. Bill Summers umpired behind the plate. It is the third of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHA194007281
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHA194007281
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