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Eddie Mathews's Three-Home-Run Game, 1952

DateSep 27, 1952
ScoreBraves 11, Dodgers 3
TypeMulti homer

Eddie Mathews hit three home runs in one game for the Boston Braves against the Brooklyn Dodgers on September 27, 1952. The Boston Braves won 11–3.

The game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The announced attendance was 4,903. The game took 2h 13m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Eddie Mathews managed it. Joe Black started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Lee Ballanfant umpired behind the plate. It is the last of three three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BRO195209270
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BRO195209270
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