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Frank Robinson's Three-Home-Run Game, 1959

DateAug 22, 1959
ScoreCardinals 4, Redlegs 11
TypeMulti homer

Frank Robinson hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 22, 1959. The Cincinnati Redlegs won 11–4.

The game was played at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 6,915. The game took 2h 46m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Frank Robinson managed it. Vinegar Bend Mizell started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Vic Delmore umpired behind the plate. It is the last of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CIN195908220
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CIN195908220
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