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Gary Carter's Three-Home-Run Game, 1985

DateSep 3, 1985
ScoreMets 8, Padres 3
TypeMulti homer

Gary Carter hit three home runs in one game for the New York Mets against the San Diego Padres on September 3, 1985. The New York Mets won 8–3.

The game was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The announced attendance was 14,960. The game took 2h 34m. It was a night game.

Gary Carter did it twice in all. Dave Dravecky started for the San Diego Padres. Charlie Williams 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

  1. Retrosheet, SDN198509030
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SDN198509030
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