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Dusty Rhodes's Three-Home-Run Game, 1954

DateJul 28, 1954
ScoreCardinals 0, Giants 10
TypeMulti homer

Dusty Rhodes hit three home runs in one game for the New York Giants against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 28, 1954. The New York Giants won 10–0.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The announced attendance was 10,856. The game took 2h 20m. It was a day game.

Dusty Rhodes did it twice in all. Tom Poholsky started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Bill Engeln umpired behind the plate. It is the last of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NY1195407280
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NY1195407280
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