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George Kelly's Three-Home-Run Game, 1923

DateSep 17, 1923
ScoreGiants 13, Cubs 6
TypeMulti homer

George Kelly hit three home runs in one game for the New York Giants against the Chicago Cubs on September 17, 1923. The New York Giants won 13–6.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 8,000. The game took 2h 08m. It was a day game.

George Kelly did it twice in all. Vic Aldridge started for the Chicago Cubs. Charlie Moran umpired behind the plate. It is the last of two three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN192309170
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN192309170
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