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Ernie Banks's Three-Home-Run Game, 1963

DateJun 9, 1963
ScoreDodgers 11, Cubs 8
TypeMulti homer

Ernie Banks hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 9, 1963. The Chicago Cubs lost 11–8.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 35,743. The game took 2h 44m. It was a day game.

Ernie Banks did it three times in all. Sandy Koufax started for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Augie Donatelli umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of seven three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN196306090
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN196306090
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