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Jim Tabor's Three-Home-Run Game, 1939

DateJul 4, 1939
ScoreRed Sox 18, Athletics 12
Venue Shibe Park
TypeMulti homer

Jim Tabor hit three home runs in one game for the Boston Red Sox against the Philadelphia Athletics on July 4, 1939. The Boston Red Sox won 18–12.

The game was played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The announced attendance was 22,030. The game took 2h 30m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Jim Tabor managed it. George Caster started for the Philadelphia Athletics. Bill Summers umpired behind the plate. It is the third of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PHA193907042
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PHA193907042
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