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Dave Kingman's Three-Home-Run Game, 1979

DateJul 28, 1979
ScoreCubs 4, Mets 6
TypeMulti homer

Dave Kingman hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Mets on July 28, 1979. The Chicago Cubs lost 6–4.

The game was played at Shea Stadium in New York. The announced attendance was 11,359. The game took 2h 43m. It was a day game.

Dave Kingman did it five times in all. Pete Falcone started for the New York Mets. Fred Brocklander umpired behind the plate. It is the ninth of eleven three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NYN197907280
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NYN197907280
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