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Jim Hickman's Three-Home-Run Game, 1965

DateSep 3, 1965
ScoreMets 6, Cardinals 3
TypeMulti homer

Jim Hickman hit three home runs in one game for the New York Mets against the St. Louis Cardinals on September 3, 1965. The New York Mets won 6–3.

The game was played at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. The announced attendance was 13,774. The game took 2h 47m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Jim Hickman managed it. Ray Sadecki started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Bob Engel umpired behind the plate. It is the last of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, SLN196509030
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLN196509030
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