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Fred Lynn's Three-Home-Run Game, 1975

DateJun 18, 1975
ScoreRed Sox 15, Tigers 1
TypeMulti homer

Fred Lynn hit three home runs in one game for the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers on June 18, 1975. The Boston Red Sox won 15–1.

The game was played at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. The announced attendance was 13,029. The game took 2h 26m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Fred Lynn managed it. Joe Coleman started for the Detroit Tigers. Jerry Neudecker 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

  1. Retrosheet, DET197506180
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:DET197506180
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