Del Wilber's Three-Home-Run Game, 1951
Del Wilber hit three home runs in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Cincinnati Reds on August 27, 1951. The Philadelphia Phillies won 3–0.
The game was played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The announced attendance was 9,766. The game took 2h 02m. It was a night game.
It was the only time Del Wilber managed it. Ken Raffensberger started for the Cincinnati Reds. Jocko Conlan 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
- Retrosheet, PHI195108272
- Retrosheet event files — event:PHI195108272
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