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John Mayberry's Three-Home-Run Game, 1975

DateJul 1, 1975
ScoreRoyals 4, Rangers 5
TypeMulti homer

John Mayberry hit three home runs in one game for the Kansas City Royals against the Texas Rangers on July 1, 1975. The Kansas City Royals lost 5–4.

The game was played at Arlington Stadium in Arlington. The announced attendance was 12,714. The game took 2h 30m. It was a night game.

John Mayberry did it twice in all. Fergie Jenkins started for the Texas Rangers. Marty Springstead umpired behind the plate. It is the second of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, TEX197507010
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:TEX197507010
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