Gene Hermanski's Three-Home-Run Game, 1948
DateAug 5, 1948
TeamsChicago Cubs @ Brooklyn Dodgers
ScoreCubs 4, Dodgers 6
Venue Ebbets Field
TypeMulti homer
Gene Hermanski hit three home runs in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on August 5, 1948. The Brooklyn Dodgers won 6–4.
The game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The announced attendance was 15,579. The game took 2h 26m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Gene Hermanski managed it. Ralph Hamner started for the Chicago Cubs. Lee Ballanfant umpired behind the plate. It is the last of three three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, BRO194808050
- Retrosheet event files — event:BRO194808050
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