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Dan Wilson's Three-Home-Run Game, 1996

DateApr 11, 1996
ScoreMariners 9, Tigers 1
TypeMulti homer

Dan Wilson hit three home runs in one game for the Seattle Mariners against the Detroit Tigers on April 11, 1996. The Seattle Mariners won 9–1.

The game was played at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. The announced attendance was 12,272. The game took 2h 39m. It was a day game under sunny skies, at 68 degrees.

It was the only time Dan Wilson managed it. Greg Gohr started for the Detroit Tigers. Gary Cederstrom umpired behind the plate. It is the first of fifteen three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, DET199604110
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:DET199604110
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