Frank Thomas's Three-Home-Run Game, 1958
Frank Thomas hit three home runs in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Cincinnati Redlegs on August 16, 1958. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 13–4.
The game was played at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 9,564. The game took 2h 47m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Frank Thomas managed it. Harvey Haddix started for the Cincinnati Redlegs. Ed Sudol umpired behind the plate. It is the fifth of six three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, CIN195808160
- Retrosheet event files — event:CIN195808160
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