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George Kelly's Three-Home-Run Game, 1924

DateJun 14, 1924
ScoreReds 6, Giants 8
TypeMulti homer

George Kelly hit three home runs in one game for the New York Giants against the Cincinnati Reds on June 14, 1924. The New York Giants won 8–6.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The announced attendance was 20,000. The game took 1h 55m. It was a day game.

George Kelly did it twice in all. Tom Sheehan started for the Cincinnati Reds. Hank O'Day umpired behind the plate. It is the second of three three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NY1192406140
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NY1192406140
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