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Joe Carter's Three-Home-Run Game, 1989

DateJun 24, 1989
ScoreIndians 7, Rangers 3
TypeMulti homer

Joe Carter hit three home runs in one game for the Cleveland Indians against the Texas Rangers on June 24, 1989. The Cleveland Indians won 7–3.

The game was played at Arlington Stadium in Arlington. The announced attendance was 39,496. The game took 2h 48m. It was a night game, at 88 degrees.

Joe Carter did it five times in all. Charlie Hough started for the Texas Rangers. Dale Ford umpired behind the plate. It is the first of three three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, TEX198906240
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:TEX198906240
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