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Charlie Maxwell's Three-Home-Run Game, 1959

DateMay 3, 1959
ScoreYankees 2, Tigers 8
TypeMulti homer

Charlie Maxwell hit three home runs in one game for the Detroit Tigers against the New York Yankees on May 3, 1959. The Detroit Tigers won 8–2.

The game was played at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. The announced attendance was 43,438. The game took 2h 40m. It was a day game, at 70 degrees.

It was the only time Charlie Maxwell managed it. Duke Maas started for the New York Yankees. Charlie Berry umpired behind the plate. It is the second of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, DET195905032
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:DET195905032
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