Johnny Bench's Three-Home-Run Game, 1973

Johnny Bench hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Reds against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 9, 1973. The Cincinnati Reds won 9–7.

The game was played at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The announced attendance was 11,992. The game took 2h 41m. It was a night game.

Johnny Bench did it three times in all. Steve Carlton started for the Philadelphia Phillies. John Kibler umpired behind the plate. It is the first of six three-home-run games the archive records that season.