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Gus Bell's Three-Home-Run Game, 1956

DateMay 29, 1956
ScoreRedlegs 10, Cubs 4
TypeMulti homer

Gus Bell hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the Chicago Cubs on May 29, 1956. The Cincinnati Redlegs won 10–4.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 3,852. The game took 2h 29m. It was a day game.

Gus Bell did it twice in all. Sam Jones started for the Chicago Cubs. Augie Donatelli umpired behind the plate. It is the first of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN195605290
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN195605290
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