Ernie Banks's Three-Home-Run Game, 1962
DateMay 29, 1962
TeamsMilwaukee Braves @ Chicago Cubs
ScoreBraves 11, Cubs 9
Venue Wrigley Field
TypeMulti homer
Ernie Banks hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the Milwaukee Braves on May 29, 1962. The Chicago Cubs lost 11–9.
The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 3,468. The game took 3h 03m. It was a day game.
Ernie Banks did it three times in all. Bob Hendley started for the Milwaukee Braves. Frank Walsh umpired behind the plate. It is the first of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, CHN196205290
- Retrosheet event files — event:CHN196205290
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