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Ernie Banks's Three-Home-Run Game, 1957

DateSep 14, 1957
ScorePirates 3, Cubs 7
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

  1. Retrosheet, CHN195709142
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN195709142
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