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Ed Bailey's Three-Home-Run Game, 1956

DateJun 24, 1956
ScoreRedlegs 10, Dodgers 6
TypeMulti homer

Ed Bailey hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 24, 1956. The Cincinnati Redlegs won 10–6.

The game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The game took 2h 36m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Ed Bailey managed it. Roger Craig started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jocko Conlan umpired behind the plate. It is the second of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BRO195606241
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BRO195606241
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