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Johnny Callison's Three-Home-Run Game, 1965

DateJun 6, 1965
ScorePhillies 10, Cubs 9
TypeMulti homer

Johnny Callison hit three home runs in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Chicago Cubs on June 6, 1965. The Philadelphia Phillies won 10–9.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 16,845. The game took 3h 17m. It was a day game under cloudy skies.

Johnny Callison did it twice in all. Larry Jackson started for the Chicago Cubs. Tony Venzon umpired behind the plate. It is the first of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN196506062
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN196506062
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