Gil Hodges's Four-Home-Run Game, 1950
DateAug 31, 1950
TeamsBoston Braves @ Brooklyn Dodgers
ScoreBraves 3, Dodgers 19
Venue Ebbets Field
TypeMulti homer
Gil Hodges hit four home runs in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves on August 31, 1950. The Brooklyn Dodgers won 19–3.
The game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The announced attendance was 14,226. The game took 3h 03m. It was a night game.
It was the only time Gil Hodges managed it. Warren Spahn started for the Boston Braves. Jocko Conlan umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of 19 four-home-run games the archive records between 1932 and 2025.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, BRO195008310
- Retrosheet event files — event:BRO195008310
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