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Ken Harrelson's Three-Home-Run Game, 1968

DateJun 14, 1968
ScoreRed Sox 7, Indians 2
TypeMulti homer

Ken Harrelson hit three home runs in one game for the Boston Red Sox against the Cleveland Indians on June 14, 1968. The Boston Red Sox won 7–2.

The game was played at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland. The announced attendance was 21,771. The game took 2h 39m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Ken Harrelson managed it. Luis Tiant started for the Cleveland Indians. Bill Valentine 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, CLE196806140
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CLE196806140
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