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Jim King's Three-Home-Run Game, 1964

DateJun 8, 1964
ScoreAthletics 5, Senators 4
TypeMulti homer

Jim King hit three home runs in one game for the Washington Senators against the Kansas City Athletics on June 8, 1964. The Washington Senators lost 5–4.

The game was played at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington. The announced attendance was 3,765. The game took 2h 36m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Jim King managed it. Moe Drabowsky started for the Kansas City Athletics. Johnny Stevens umpired behind the plate. It is the second of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, WS2196406080
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:WS2196406080
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