Ernie Banks's Three-Home-Run Game, 1957
DateSep 14, 1957
TeamsPittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs
ScorePirates 3, Cubs 7
Venue Wrigley Field
TypeMulti homer
Ernie Banks hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 14, 1957. The Chicago Cubs won 7–3.
The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 6,170. The game took 2h 03m. It was a day game.
Ernie Banks did it three times in all. Whammy Douglas started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Augie Donatelli 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
- Retrosheet, CHN195709142
- Retrosheet event files — event:CHN195709142
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