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Hal Trosky's Three-Home-Run Game, 1934

DateMay 30, 1934
ScoreWhite Sox 4, Indians 5
TypeMulti homer

Hal Trosky hit three home runs in one game for the Cleveland Indians against the Chicago White Sox on May 30, 1934. The Cleveland Indians won 5–4.

The game was played at League Park IV in Cleveland. The announced attendance was 27,000. The game took 1h 55m. It was a day game.

Hal Trosky did it twice in all. Les Tietje started for the Chicago White Sox. Brick Owens umpired behind the plate. It is the first of two three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CLE193405302
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CLE193405302
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