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Dusty Rhodes's Three-Home-Run Game, 1953

DateAug 26, 1953
ScoreCardinals 4, Giants 13
TypeMulti homer

Dusty Rhodes hit three home runs in one game for the New York Giants against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 26, 1953. The New York Giants won 13–4.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The announced attendance was 4,235. The game took 2h 49m. It was a day game.

Dusty Rhodes did it twice in all. Harvey Haddix started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Bill Jackowski umpired behind the plate. It is the only three-home-run game the archive records anywhere in the majors that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NY1195308260
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NY1195308260
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