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Johnny Mize's Three-Home-Run Game, 1938

DateJul 13, 1938
ScoreBees 10, Cardinals 5
TypeMulti homer

Johnny Mize hit three home runs in one game for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Boston Bees on July 13, 1938. The St. Louis Cardinals lost 10–5.

The game was played at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. The announced attendance was 7,846. The game took 2h 14m. It was a day game.

Johnny Mize did it six times in all. Jim Turner started for the Boston Bees. Dolly Stark 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, SLN193807130
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLN193807130
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