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Hank Leiber's Three-Home-Run Game, 1939

DateJul 4, 1939
ScoreCardinals 6, Cubs 4
TypeMulti homer

Hank Leiber hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 4, 1939. The Chicago Cubs lost 6–4.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The game took 2h 13m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Hank Leiber managed it. Bill McGee started for the St. Louis Cardinals. George Magerkurth umpired behind the plate. It is the second of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN193907041
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN193907041
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