George Brett's Three-Home-Run Game, 1979
DateJul 22, 1979
TeamsKansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers
ScoreRoyals 7, Rangers 6
Venue Arlington Stadium
TypeMulti homer
George Brett hit three home runs in one game for the Kansas City Royals against the Texas Rangers on July 22, 1979. The Kansas City Royals won 7–6.
The game was played at Arlington Stadium in Arlington. The announced attendance was 29,863. The game took 2h 56m. It was a night game.
George Brett did it twice in all. Steve Comer started for the Texas Rangers. Dave Phillips umpired behind the plate. It is the seventh of eleven three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, TEX197907220
- Retrosheet event files — event:TEX197907220
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