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Don Mueller's Three-Home-Run Game, 1951

DateSep 1, 1951
ScoreDodgers 1, Giants 8
TypeMulti homer

Don Mueller hit three home runs in one game for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers on September 1, 1951. The New York Giants won 8–1.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The announced attendance was 40,794. The game took 2h 18m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Don Mueller managed it. Ralph Branca started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Lee Ballanfant umpired behind the plate. It is the last of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NY1195109010
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NY1195109010
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