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Ed Coleman's Three-Home-Run Game, 1934

DateAug 17, 1934
ScoreWhite Sox 8, Athletics 9
Venue Shibe Park
TypeMulti homer

Ed Coleman hit three home runs in one game for the Philadelphia Athletics against the Chicago White Sox on August 17, 1934. The Philadelphia Athletics won 9–8.

The game was played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. It went ten innings. The game took 2h 13m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Ed Coleman managed it. George Earnshaw started for the Chicago White Sox. Brick Owens umpired behind the plate. It is the last of two three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PHA193408171
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PHA193408171
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