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Jeff Bagwell's Three-Home-Run Game, 1999

DateApr 21, 1999
ScoreAstros 10, Cubs 3
TypeMulti homer

Jeff Bagwell hit three home runs in one game for the Houston Astros against the Chicago Cubs on April 21, 1999. The Houston Astros won 10–3.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 17,999. The game took 2h 51m. It was a day game under overcast skies, at 52 degrees.

Jeff Bagwell did it three times in all. Scott Sanders started for the Chicago Cubs. Bob Davidson umpired behind the plate. It is the first of 16 three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN199904210
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN199904210
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